This article displays the squads for the

2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021. On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championsh ...

. Each team had a provisional list of 35 players. Each roster consisted of 18 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match. ''Age, club, caps and goals as of 1 December 2021.''

Group A

Angola

The squad was announced on 11 November 2021. Head coach: Filipe Cruz

France

A 20-player squad was announced on 29 October 2021. It was cut to 18 on 29 November 2021. 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 ...

Montenegro

A 19-player squad was announced on 22 November 2021. Head coach:

Bojana Popović Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past decade, despite not being given any official recogniti ...

Slovenia

A 26-player squad was announced on 16 November 2021. It was cut to 19 on 25 November 2021. Head coach:

Dragan Adžić Dragan Adžić (born 13 December 1969) is a Montenegrin handball coach of Krim and the Slovenia women's team. He led Montenegro at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. With the team, he won silver medal at the 2012 Summer ...

Group B

Cameroon

A 22-player squad was announced on 5 October 2021. The final roster was revealed on 27 November 2021. Head coach: Serge Christian Guébogo

Poland

A 20-player squad was announced on 10 November 2021. It was cut to 17 on 25 November 2021. Julia Niewiadomska replaced Magda Więckowska on 30 November 2021. Head coach:

Arne Senstad Arne Senstad (born 8 August 1969) is a professional Norwegian handball coach for the Polish women's national team. Playing career Between 1989 and 1999 he played professional handball in Norway and Switzerland. He transferred from Fredensborg ...

Russian Handball Federation

A 20-player squad was announced on 15 November 2021. Head coach:

Lyudmila Bodniyeva Lyudmila Valeryevna Bodniyeva (russian: Людмила Валерьевна Бодниева; born on October 15, 1978 in Elista, Russia) is the current head coach of the Russian women's national handball team. She formerly played for t ...

Serbia

A 23-player squad was announced on 15 November 2021. It was cut to 18 on 30 November 2021. 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 C

Iran

A 27-player squad was announced on 17 November 2021. It was cut to 19 on 23 November 2021. Head coach: Ezzatollah Razmgar

Kazakhstan

Head coach: Lyazzat Ishanova

Norway

The squad was announced on 9 November 2021. On 22 November,

Stine Skogrand Stine Ruscetta Skogrand (born 3 March 1993) is a Norwegian handball player for Ikast Håndbold and the Norwegian national team. Her position is mainly right back, although in the national team she usually plays right wing. She made her debut o ...

announced her pregnancy, and withdrew from the squad. On 3 December,

Malin Aune Malin Larsen Aune (born 4 March 1995) is a Norwegian handball player for CSM București and the Norwegian national team. She also represented Norway in the 2013 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 4th, and in the 2014 Women' ...

Emilie Hovden Emilie Hovden (born 5 April 1996) is a Norwegian handball player who currently plays for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team. She also represented Norway at the 2015 Women's Under-19 European Handball Championship, placing 6th and at ...

and

Rikke Granlund Rikke Marie Granlund (born 14 November 1989) is a Norwegian handball player for french league club Chambray Touraine Handball and the Norwegian national team. She was selected to represent Norway at the 2020 European Women's Handball Champio ...

were added to a now 18-player squad. Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson

Romania

A 21-player squad was announced on 16 November 2021. It was cut to 18 on 30 November 2021. On 4 December 2021, Alexandra Badea replaced

Oana Borș Ioana or Oana is a female given name of Romanian origin. It is the equivalent of the English name Joan, and the male version John, all of which derive from the Hebrew name Yohanan. A common diminutive is Ionela. Persons with this name include: *Io ...

in the squad due to a knee injury in the opening match. Head coach: Adrian Vasile

Group D

Netherlands

A 21-player squad was announced on 8 November 2021. It was cut to 18 on 28 November 2021. Head coach: Monique Tijsterman

Puerto Rico

Head coach: Camilo Estevez

Sweden

The squad was announced on 3 November 2021. On 22 November, Evelina Källhage replaced Mathilda Lundström due to an injury. On 30 November, it was announced

Daniela de Jong Daniela de Jong (born 1 September 1998) is a Swedish handball player for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Swedish national team. She represented Sweden at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship. Achievements * Swedish Handball League: **Gol ...

and

Olivia Mellegård Olivia Mellegård (born 17 June 1996) is a Swedish handball player for IK Sävehof and the Swedish national team. Mellegård comes from a family of handballers. She is the daughter of former handball player Glenn Gustavsson, niece of former ha ...

were added to the squad. On 9 December,

Evelina Eriksson Evelina Eriksson (born 20 August 1996) is a Swedish handballer for CSM București (women's handball), CSM București and the Sweden women's national handball team, Swedish national team. Eriksson was chosen to participate for Sweden at the 2020 E ...

replaced

Martina Thörn Martina Thörn (born 21 February 1991) is a Swedish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Swedish national team. She represented Sweden at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, th ...

due to an injury. Head coach:

Tomas Axnér Ulf Tomas Axnér (born 30 November 1969) is a Swedish former handball player and current coach of the Sweden women's national team. Between 2012 and 2020 he coached Lugi HF, except for a one-year break. As a player he played in the Handball-Bun ...

Uzbekistan

Head coach: Zafar Azimov

Group E

Czech Republic

A 21-player squad was announced on 12 November 2021. The squad was cut down to 18 players on 30 November 2021. Head coach: Jan Bašný

Germany

The squad was announced on 15 November 2021. 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 ...

Hungary

A 21-player squad was announced on 10 November 2021. It was cut to 20 on 17 November 2021 and again to 18 on 25 November 2021. Head coach:

Vladimir Golovin Vladimir Golovin ( hu, Golovin Vlagyimir; born 21 March 1970) is a former team handball, handball player and the current head coach of the Hungary women's national handball team, Hungarian women's national team. Born in Odessa, Soviet Union, G ...

Slovakia

A 20-player squad was announced on 16 November 2021. The official squad was announced 30 November 2021. Head coach:

Pavol Streicher Pavol is a masculine Slovak given name, equivalent to Paul (name), Paul. Notable people with the name include: *Pavol Adami (1739–1795), Slovak scientist and scholar, one of the first veterinarians *Pavol Baláž (born 1984), Slovak footballer *P ...

Group F

Congo

A 21-player squad was announced on 14 November 2021. Head coach: Younes Tatby

Denmark

The squad was announced on 2 November 2021. On 3 December 2021,

Michala Møller Michala Elsberg Møller (born 16 February 2000) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team. She also represented Denmark in the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, 2018 Women's Youth World Handball Ch ...

replaced

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 ...

in the squad due to a knee injury in the opening match. Head coach: Jesper Jensen

South Korea

Head coach: Jang In-ik

Tunisia

A 17-player squad was announced on 4 October 2021. Head coach: Moez Ben Amor

Group G

Brazil

A 18-player squad was announced on 22 October 2021. Head coach:

Cristiano Silva Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward and Captain (association football), captains the Portugal nat ...

Croatia

A 19-player squad was announced on 9 November 2021. It was cut to 18 on 22 November 2021 and again to 16 on 28 November 2021. Head coach:

Nenad Šoštarić Nenad Šoštarić (born 16 February 1959) is a Croatian retired handball player and current coach of both, RK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the Croatian women's national team. Career Šoštarić took over the Croatian women's national team as the head ...

Japan

A 20-player squad was announced 4 November 2021. Head coach: Shigeo Kusumoto

Paraguay

The squad was announced 17 November 2021. Head coach: Neri Vera

Group H

Argentina

A 18-player squad was announced 1 November 2021. Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

Austria

The squad was announced on 10 November 2021. Head coach: Herbert Müller

China

Head coach: Kim Gap-soo

Spain

A 18-player squad was announced on 15 November 2021. Head coach: José Ignacio Prades

Statistics

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

References

{{World Handball Championship World Women's Handball Championship squads 2021 in women's handball