This article displays the squads for the

2019 World Women's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019. The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final. ...

. Each team consisted of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match. ''Age, club, caps and goals as of 30 November 2019.''

Group A

Angola

A 19-player squad was announced on 29 October 2019. Head coach:

Morten Soubak Morten Soubak (born 6 August 1964 in Fodby) is a Danish handball coach for Primeiro de Agosto and the Angola women's national team. He coached the Brazilian national team between 2009 and 2016 and lead them to a historic title at the 2013 Worl ...

Cuba

Head coach:

Jorge Coll Jorge Coll (born 1977/1978) is a Spanish art dealer, and the CEO of Colnaghi, one of the world's oldest art galleries and dealerships. Early life The son of a Spanish art dealer, Coll grew up in Barcelona and after finishing his studies spent fou ...

Netherlands

An 18-player squad was announced on 4 November 2019. Head coach:

Emmanuel Mayonnade Emmanuel Mayonnade (born 12 June 1983) is a French handball coach who currently serves as head coach of Metz Handball and previously the Dutch women's national team. He coached the Netherlands at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship. H ...

Norway

The squad was announced on 4 November 2019. On 11 December,

Kristine Breistøl Kristine Breistøl (born 23 August 1993) is a Norwegian handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Norwegian national team. She also represented Norway in the 2011 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 12th, and in the 2012 Women ...

replaced

Helene Gigstad Fauske Helene Gigstad Fauske (born 31 January 1997) is a Norwegian handball player for Brest Bretagne Handball and formerly the Norwegian national team. She also represented Norway at the 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, placing 5th, at ...

in the squad. Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson

Serbia

The squad was announced on 14 November 2019. Head coach:

Ljubomir Obradović Ljubomir Obradović (born 16 September 1954) is a Serbian handball coach of the Cape Verde men's national handball team, Cape Verde national team. Managerial honours ;Comercio e Industria (Setubal) *Portuguese Handball Second Division, Portuguese ...

Slovenia

The squad was announced on 7 November 2019. Head coach:

Uroš Bregar Uroš Bregar (born 22 February 1979) is a Slovenian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass ...

Group B

Australia

The squad was announced on 24 November 2019. Head coach: Heba Aly

Brazil

The squad was announced on 7 November 2019. Head coach: Jorge Dueñas

Denmark

The squad was announced on 18 October 2019. On 9 December,

Mia Rej Mia Rej (born 2 February 1990) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denma ...

replaced

Simone Böhme Simone Böhme Kristensen (born 17 August 1991) is a Danish female handballer for Kastamonu and the Danish national team. International honours *EHF Champions League: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2017 *EHF Cup: **''Winner'': 2010, 2019 File:2019 co ...

in the squad. Head coach:

Klavs Bruun Jørgensen Klavs Bruun Jørgensen (born 3 April 1974) is a Danish handball player and coach. As a player, he led FCK Håndbold to the Danish championship in May 2008. He has previously played for many years by Danish Handball League rivals GOG, with whom ...

France

A 20-player squad was announced on 7 November 2019. Head coach:

Olivier Krumbholz Olivier Krumbholz (born 12 September 1958) is a French handball coach of German descent for the French women's national team. He brought the French team to victory at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia, and has later coached ...

Germany

A 17-player squad was announced on 29 October 2019. Head coach:

Henk Groener Hendrikus Franciscus Groener, commonly known as Henk Groener (born 29 September 1960) is a Dutch handball coach, and former handball player. He is the current head coach of Borussia Dortmund Handball, since November 2022. Career He played 208 gam ...

South Korea

Head coach:

Kang Jae-won Kang Jae-Won (born 30 November 1965) is a South Korean retired handball player and current coach for the South Korean women's national team.

Group C

Hungary

A 28-player squad was announced on 3 November 2019. An 18-player squad was announced on 11 November 2019. Head Coach:

Kim Rasmussen Kim Rasmussen (born 22 September 1972) is a Danish handball coach. Career In 2010, Rasmussen took over Poland Women's national team, which he coached until 2016 and led into two semi-final finishes at the World Championships of 2013 and 2015. ...

Kazakhstan

Head coach: Berik Beknazarov

Montenegro

A 20-player squad was announced on 17 November 2019. A 17-player squad was revealed on 19 November 2019. The same day, the squad was reduced to 16 players, as it was announced that Ivona Pavićević would not participate, due to doping investigations. Head coach: Per Johansson

Romania

An 18-player squad was announced on 7 November 2019. A final 17-player squad was revealed on 20 November 2019. Head coach: Tomas Ryde

Senegal

A 20-player squad was announced on 25 October 2019. Head coach: Frédéric Bougeant

Spain

A 17-player squad was announced on 6 November 2019. On 19 November 2019, Maitane Etxeberria replaced

Carmen Martín Carmen Dolores Martín Berenguer (born 29 May 1988) is a Spanish handballer who plays as a right wing for IK Sävehof and the Spanish national team. Martín has three All- European Championship first team selections, one All-World Championship ...

in the squad due to a foot injury. Head coach:

Carlos Viver Carlos Viver (born 24 April 1973) is a Spanish former handball player and current head coach of the Spanish women's national team. On 23 February 2017, he replaced Jorge Dueñas as head coach of Spain national team. Trophies Player ; Granol ...

Group D

Argentina

An 18-player squad was announced on 4 November 2019. Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

China

Head coach: Heine Jensen

DR Congo

Head coach: Célestin Mpoua

Japan

A 21-player squad was announced on 12 November 2019. Head coach:

Ulrik Kirkely Ulrik Kirkely (born 5 January 1972) is a Danish handball coach of Hungarian club Győri ETO KC. He coached the Japanese national team between 2017 and 2021. The major tournaments where the team participated in that phase include the 2017 World ...

Russia

A 20-player squad was announced on 8 November 2019. On 20 November the squad was reduced to 18 players. Head coach: Ambros Martin

Sweden

An 18-player squad was announced on 22 October 2019. On 5 November 2019,

Kristin Thorleifsdóttir Kristin Thorleifsdóttir (born 13 January 1998) is a Swedish female handballer for HH Elite and the Swedish national team. Thorleifsdóttir represented Sweden at the 2017 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, placing 9th and at the 2018 W ...

replaced

Sabina Jacobsen Sabina Rosengren Jacobsen (born 24 March 1989) is a Swedish handball player for Lugi HF and the Swedish national team. International honours *EHF Champions League: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2018 *Cup Winners' Cup: **''Winner'': 2015 * European C ...

in the squad due to a knee injury. On 30 November,

Jessica Ryde Jessica Ryde (born 18 May 1994) is a Swedish handball player for Neptunes de Nantes and the Sweden women's national handball team, Swedish national team. She represented Sweden at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. Achievements *W ...

and

were cut from the squad. Head coach: Henrik Signell

Statistics

Player representation by league system

In all, World Championship squad members play for clubs in 31 different countries.

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

References

{{World Handball Championship World Women's Handball Championship squads 2019 in women's handball