The 2015

IHF World Women's Handball Championship The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is ...

, the 22nd event hosted by the

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, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011. In the final Norway won 31–23 against the Netherlands to gain their third title. Romania won bronze after they defeated Poland 31–22.

Venues

Venues for the tournament were announced on 7 June 2014. Jyske Bank Boxen in

Herning Herning () is a Denmark, Danish town in the Central Denmark Region of the Jutland peninsula. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Herning Municipality. Herning has a population of 51,782 (1 January 2025)

hosted the final, both semi-finals, two quarter-finals, matches in the round of 16 and Denmark's group. SYDBANK Arena in

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was the venue of two quarter-finals, eighth-finals and neighbour Germany's group, while Arena Nord in

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and the new venue in

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hosted one eighth-final and one group each.

Qualification

Final qualification tournament

A final qualification tournament was held from 15 to 17 June 2015 in

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to determine the last participant. The schedule was revealed on 3 June 2015.

Standings

Results

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Qualified teams

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year, ''Italics'' indicates host for that year.

Squads

Referees

17 referee pairs were selected:

Draw

The draw was held on 24 June 2015 at Koldinghus in

, Denmark at 20:00 local time.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 23 June 2015.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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President's Cup

17–20th place playoff

17–20th place semifinals

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19th place game

17th place game

21st–24th place playoff

21st–24th place semifinals

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23rd place game

21st place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

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Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Statistics

Final ranking

Places 9–16 were ranked according to their preliminary round results against teams that advanced to the round of 16.

All Star Team

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts.

Top goalscorers

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Top goalkeepers

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References

External links

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