The 2019
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 24th event hosted by the
International Handball Federation
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, was held in
Japan
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from 30 November to 15 December 2019.
The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final. The final was decided on a controversial penalty decision, when
Ainhoa Hernandez blocked the Dutch goalkeeper's pass stopping a potential counter with seconds to go.
Venues
Kumamoto
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2.
had a populat ...
region was entrusted with the organization of the World Championship. Additionally the Japanese Organizing Committee will have a venue in
Tokyo
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in order to prepare for the
2020 Olympic Games
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
.
Kumamoto
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2.
had a populat ...
has had a lot of experience with handball tournaments, hosting the
1997 Men's World Championships.
Qualification
1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.
Qualified teams
Draw
The draw was held on 21 June 2019 in
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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.
Seeding
The seeding was announced on 19 June 2019. As organizer, Japan had the right to choose their group.
Referees
17 referee pairs were selected.
Squads
Each team consisted of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.
Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 3 July 2019.
Tiebreakers
In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams had scored the same number of points, the ranking was determined as follows:
#Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
#Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
#Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
#Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
#Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;
If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by IHF through drawing of lots.
During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 applied to determine the provisional ranking of teams.
''All times are local (
UTC+9
UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00.
During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time with ...
).''
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
21st–24th place playoffs
21st–24th place semifinals
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23rd place game
21st place game
17–20th place playoffs
17–20th place semifinals
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19th place game
17th place game
13–16th place playoffs
13–16th place semifinals
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15th place game
13th place game
Main round
Group I
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Group II
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Final round
Bracket
Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
All Star Team
The All Star Team and MVP was announced on 15 December 2019.
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Top goalkeepers
Top assists
Notes
References
External links
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IHF website
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