The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the

2023 World Women's Handball Championship The 2023 IHF World Women's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF) from 29 November to 17 December 2023 and jointly hosted by Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It was the ...

. Each team had a provisional list of 35 players. Each roster consists of 18 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match. ''Age, club, caps and goals as of 29 November 2023.''

Group A

China

Head coach: Zheng Yongli

Croatia

A 22-player squad was announced on 7 November 2023. It was reduced to 20 players on 28 November 2023. Head coach:

Ivica Obrvan Ivica Obrvan (born 2 June 1966) is a Croatian retired handball player and current coach of both, RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatia women's national handball team, Croatian women's national team. Honours Player Metković *Croatian Premier H ...

Senegal

The squad was announced on 18 November 2023. Head coach: Yacine Messaoudi

Sweden

An 18-player squad was announced on 27 October 2023. On 9 December

Carin Strömberg Carin Strömberg (born 10 July 1993) is a Swedish handball player for Chambray Touraine Handball and the Swedish national team. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark. In 2021 she was part of the Viborg HK team ...

replaced Daniela de Jong due to a hand fracture. Head coach: Tomas Axnér

Group B

Cameroon

A 22-player squad was announced on 27 October 2023. Head coach: Bertin Njantou Tabeth

Hungary

A 20-player squad was announced on 26 October 2023. The final roster was revealed on 16 November 2023. Head coach:

Vladimir Golovin Vladimir Golovin (; born 21 March 1970) is a former handball player and the current head coach of the Hungarian women's national team. Born in Odessa, Soviet Union, Golovin moved to Hungary in 1992 and since then obtained the Hungarian citize ...

Montenegro

A 19-player squad was announced on 19 November 2023. 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 2000's, despite not being given any official recognition. A ...

Paraguay

A 28-player squad was announced on 6 November 2023. The final roster was revealed on 24 November 2023. Head coach: Marizza Faría

Group C

Austria

The squad was announced on 9 November. Head coach: Herbert Müller

Greenland

The squad was announced on 1 November 2023. Head coach: Anders Friis

Norway

An 18/19-player squad was announced on 7 November 2023. On 25 November, Silje Solberg-Østhassel was added to the squad. On 27 November, Eli Marie Raasok was cut from the squad. On 3 December,

Katrine Lunde Katrine Lunde (former Haraldsen; born 30 March 1980) is a Norwegian handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Norwegian national team. She is the twin sister of fellow handball player Kristine Lunde-Borgersen. Her sporting achievements in ...

replaced Marie Davidsen in the squad. Head coach:

Þórir Hergeirsson Þórir Hergeirsson (; ; born 27 April 1964) is an Icelandic handball coach and former player. He is one of the most decorated national team coaches in handball history and won seventeen championship medals with the Norwegian women's national ...

South Korea

A 17-player squad was announced on 13 November 2023. Head coach: Henrik Signell

Group D

Angola

A 17-player squad was announced on 30 October 2023. Head coach:

Vivaldo Eduardo Vivaldo Francisco Eduardo (born 11 September 1966), is a handball coach. He has been the head coach of the Angola women's national handball team at the 2011 and 2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span ...

France

A 20-player squad was announced on 6 November 2023. On 24 November,

Déborah Lassource Déborah Lassource (born 29 September 1999) is a French female handballer for Borussia Dortmund Handball and the French national team as a left back and centre back. Career Déborah Lassource started her career at Issy Paris Hand / Paris 92, w ...

replaced

Océane Sercien-Ugolin Océane Sercien-Ugolin (born 15 December 1997) is a French professional handball player for Vipers Kristiansand and the French national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in Women's team handball. Career In ...

in the squad, who had to withdraw due to an injury. The final roster was revealed on 27 November 2023, as Djazz Chambertin and Orlane Ahanda were removed from the squad. On 3 December,

replaced Laura Flippes in the squad. Head coach:

Olivier Krumbholz Olivier Krumbholz (born 12 September 1958) is a French handball coach of German descent who was the head coach for the French women's national team in two periods from 1998-2013 and again from 2016-2024. He is considered one of the most success ...

Iceland

The squad was announced on 1 November 2023. Elín Klara Þorkelsdóttir withdrew due to an injury on 21 November 2023 and was replaced by Katla María Magnúsdóttir. Head coach:

Arnar Pétursson Arnar Pétursson (born 12 March 1991) is an Icelandic long-distance runner. In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain. He finished in 116th place. In 2019, he won t ...

Slovenia

A 22-player squad was announced on 8 November 2023. It was reduced to 20 players on 25 November 2023. Head coach: Dragan Adžić

Group E

Chile

The squad was announced on 30 November 2023. Head coach:

Felipe Barrientos Felipe Ignacio Barrientos Castillo (born 12 June 1984) is a Chilean handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outc ...

Denmark

The squad was announced on 2 November 2023. On 16 December, Kaja Kamp replaced Kathrine Heindahl in the squad due to a knee injury. Head coach: Jesper Jensen

Romania

A 20-player squad was announced on 14 November 2023. It was reduced to 18 players on 26 November 2023. On 27 November,

Diana Lixăndroiu Diana Maria Lixăndroiu (born 14 August 2005) is a Romanian handball player who plays for HC Dunărea Brăila HC Dunărea Brăila is a team handball, women's handball club from Brăila, Romania, that competes in the Liga Națională (women's ...

was added to the squad. Head coach: Florentin Pera

Serbia

A 19-player squad was announced on 13 November 2023. Head coach:

Uroš Bregar Uroš Bregar (born 22 February 1979) is a Slovenian handball coach who is the assistant coach of Győri ETO KC Győri ETO KC (, lit. Concordance Gymnastics Department of Győr Handball Club) is a Hungary, Hungarian professional women's handball ...

Group F

Germany

The squad was announced on 9 November 2023. Mia Zschocke withdrew due to an injury and was replaced by Toni-Luisa Reinemann on 16 November 2023. Mareike Thomaier was added on 26 November 2023. Head coach: Markus Gaugisch

Iran

The squad was announced on 2 November 2023. Head coach: Gholam Ali Akbarabadi

Japan

A 20-player squad was announced on 7 November 2023. Head coach: Shigeo Kusumoto

Poland

An 18-player squad was announced on 7 November 2023. Head coach: Arne Senstad

Group G

Brazil

The squad was announced on 13 November 2023. Head coach: Cristiano Silva

Kazhakstan

Head coach: Yevgeniy Shishkin

Spain

A 19-player squad was announced on 7 November 2023.

Soledad López Soledad López Jiménez (born 4 April 1992) is a Spanish female handball player for CBF Málaga Costa del Sol and the Spanish national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship The 2018 European Women's Handba ...

was added to the squad on 20 November 2023. On 21 November,

Seynabou Mbengue Seynabou Mbengue (born 15 March 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Seconde Ligue club Metz. She has been a member of the Senegal national team. Club career Mbengue has played for Valenciennes FC and Yzeur ...

and Jennifer Gutiérrez withdrawn from the squad due to injuries. On 24 November,

Alexandrina Cabral Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa (born 5 May 1986), also known as Alexandrina Cabral or Alexandrina Barbosa or Shandy Barbosa, is a former handballer who last played for Brest Bretagne Handball. Born in Portugal, she represented Spain women's nation ...

was also removed from the squad. Head coach:

Ambros Martín Ambrosio José Martín Cedres (born 30 April 1968) is a Spanish former handball player and current coach. In the summer of 2012, he replaced Karl Erik Bøhn as head coach of Győri ETO KC. Contemporaneously with his job in Hungary, he has been a ...

Ukraine

The squad was announced on 20 November 2023. Head coach: Vitaliy Andronov

Group H

Argentina

An 18-player squad was announced on 7 November 2023. Head coach: Eduardo Gallardo

Congo

Head coach:

Younes Tatby Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) is a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the minor prophets, ...

Czech Republic

A 21-player squad was announced on 16 November 2023. The final roster was revealed on 25 November 2023. Head coach: Bent Dahl

Netherlands

A 17-player squad was announced on 6 November 2023. On 21 November,

Merel Freriks Merel Freriks (born 6 January 1998) is a Dutch female handball player for Danish club Team Esbjerg and the Netherlands women's national handball team, Dutch national team. She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Hand ...

had to withdraw from the squad due to an ACL-injury and was replaced by

Yvette Broch Yvette Broch (born 23 December 1990) is a retired Dutch professional handball player, who last played for Győri ETO KC and the Dutch national team. She is also known for being a runner up on the fourth season of '' Holland's Next Top Model''. ...

. On 24 November Loïs van Vliet was added to the squad. Head coach: Per Johansson

Statistics

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represent their own country.

References

{{World Handball Championship World Women's Handball Championship squads 2023 in women's handball