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The '''2025 World Women's Handball Championship qualification''' decided who qualified for the ] in ] and ]. Excluding the previous ], qualifying occurred between October 2024 and April 2025. The championship will feature 32 teams for the third time. The '''2025 World Women's Handball Championship qualification''' decided who qualified for the ] in ] and ]. Excluding the previous ], qualifying occurred between October 2024 and April 2025. The championship will feature 32 teams for the third time.


==Qualified teams== ==Qualified teams==
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Eight teams competed in the Asian Championship, held at the ] in ], ], from 3 to 10 December 2024.<ref>https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/eight-teams-collide-title-2024-ahf-asian-womens-handball-championship</ref> The top 4 reached the world championship. Since ] withdrew before the competition started, Oceania's spot was made into a second wildcard. ], ], ] and ] reached the world championship.<ref>https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/japan-deal-masterstroke-performance-seal-second-ahf-asian-womens-handball</ref><ref>https://www.handball.or.jp/system/prog/content.php?sd=g&c=1&sc=1&article_idno=950</ref> Eight teams competed in the Asian Championship, held at the ] in ], ], from 3 to 10 December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/eight-teams-collide-title-2024-ahf-asian-womens-handball-championship|title=IHF &#124; Eight teams collide for title at the 2024 AHF Asian Women&#039;s Handball Championship|website=www.ihf.info}}</ref> The top 4 reached the world championship. Since ] withdrew before the competition started, Oceania's spot was made into a second wildcard. ], ], ] and ] reached the world championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/japan-deal-masterstroke-performance-seal-second-ahf-asian-womens-handball|title=IHF &#124; Japan deal masterstroke performance to seal second AHF Asian Women&#039;s Handball Championship title in history|website=www.ihf.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.handball.or.jp/system/prog/content.php?sd=g&c=1&sc=1&article_idno=950|title=女子日本代表「おりひめジャパン」 第20回女子アジア選手権 決勝結果 韓国に勝利し20年ぶり2回目の優勝!!|website=公益財団法人日本ハンドボール協会}}</ref>
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==Africa== ==Africa==
{{main|2024 African Women's Handball Championship}} {{main|2024 African Women's Handball Championship}}
Twelve teams competed in the African Championship, held at the ] in ], ], from 27 November to 7 December 2024.<ref>https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/12-teams-line-start-2024-cahb-african-womens-handball-championship</ref> The top four from the championship qualified. Those teams ended up being ], ], ], ].<ref>https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/angola-strike-gold-again-cahb-african-womens-handball-championship</ref> Twelve teams competed in the African Championship, held at the ] in ], ], from 27 November to 7 December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/12-teams-line-start-2024-cahb-african-womens-handball-championship|title=IHF &#124; 12 teams line up at the start of the 2024 CAHB African Women&#039;s Handball Championship|website=www.ihf.info}}</ref> The top four from the championship qualified. Those teams ended up being ], ], ], ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/angola-strike-gold-again-cahb-african-womens-handball-championship|title=IHF &#124; Angola strike gold again at the CAHB African Women&#039;s Handball Championship|website=www.ihf.info}}</ref>
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===Bracket=== ===Bracket===
The draw took place on 15 December 2024 in ].<ref>https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/strong-sides-face-daunting-challenge-qualification-europe-phase-2-2025-ihf-womens</ref> The draw took place on 15 December 2024 in ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/strong-sides-face-daunting-challenge-qualification-europe-phase-2-2025-ihf-womens|title=IHF &#124; Strong sides face daunting challenge in Qualification Europe Phase 2 for the 2025 IHF Women&#039;s World Championship|website=www.ihf.info}}</ref>
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==South and Central America== ==South and Central America==
{{main article|2024 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship}} {{main article|2024 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship}}
Six teams competed in the South and Central American Championship, held at the ] in ], ], from 26 to 30 November 2024.<ref>https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/powerhouses-fight-title-and-coveted-world-championship-places-2024-south-and</ref> The top three from the championship qualified. ], ] and ] would finish in top three and advance to the world championship.<ref>https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/brazil-confirm-powerhouse-status-and-win-title-2024-south-and-central-american</ref> Six teams competed in the South and Central American Championship, held at the ] in ], ], from 26 to 30 November 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/powerhouses-fight-title-and-coveted-world-championship-places-2024-south-and|title=IHF &#124; Powerhouses to fight for title and coveted World Championship places at the 2024 South and Central American Women&#039;s Handball Championship|website=www.ihf.info}}</ref> The top three from the championship qualified. ], ] and ] would finish in top three and advance to the world championship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/brazil-confirm-powerhouse-status-and-win-title-2024-south-and-central-american|title=IHF &#124; Brazil confirm powerhouse status and win title at the 2024 South and Central American Women&#039;s Handball Championship|website=www.ihf.info}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 11:37, 25 December 2024

The 2025 World Women's Handball Championship qualification decided who qualified for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany and Netherlands. Excluding the previous World Championship, qualifying occurred between October 2024 and April 2025. The championship will feature 32 teams for the third time.

Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Qualification date Previous appearances in tournament
 Germany Co-host 28 February 2020 15 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Netherlands Co-host 28 February 2020 14 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 United States Wild card 18 October 2018 5 (1975, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995)
 France Defending champion 17 December 2023 16 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Argentina Top three of 2024 Central and South American Championship 29 November 2024 12 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Brazil 15 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Uruguay 30 November 2024 5 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011)
 Tunisia Semifinalists of 2024 African Championship 4 December 2024 10 (1975, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2021)
 Angola 17 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Senegal 2 (2019, 2023)
 Egypt 0 (Debut)
 South Korea Semifinalists of 2024 Asian Championship 6 December 2024 20 (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Kazakhstan 7 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Japan 21 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Iran 2 (2021, 2023)
 Hungary Semifinalists of 2024 European Championship 8 December 2024 24 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Norway 9 December 2024 22 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 Denmark 11 December 2024 22 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

Slot allocation

The slot allocation is as follows:

  • AHF (Asia): 4 slots
  • CAHB (Africa): 4 slots
  • EHF (Europe): 17 slots (including the two co-hosts and defending champion)
  • NACHC (North America and the Caribbean): 1 slot
  • OCHF (Oceania): 0 slots
  • SCAHC (South and Central America): 4 slots
  • Wildcards: 2 slots
Detailed distribution of places (following current IHF rules) Vacancies Details Comments
Organisers 2
Reigning world champion 1
Performance places for the continental confederations 12 Based on teams ranked 1–12 in the preceding world championship
Africa 0
Asia 0
Europe 11
North America and the Caribbean 0
South and Central America 1 As Brazil ranked 9th in previous World Championship
Oceania 0
Compulsory places for the continental confederations 15 17 compulsory places reduced by 1 due to having two organisers
Africa 4
Asia 4
Europe 3 4 compulsory places reduced by 1 due to having two organisers from Europe
North America and the Caribbean 1
South and Central America 3
Oceania 0 or 1 Place allocated to Oceania or an additional free wild card
Wild card 1 or 2
Total 32

Summary

Summary of qualification process

The World Championship hosts will be directly qualified, along with the reigning world champions. In regards to the 12 performance spots, and based on the results of the 2025 Women's World Championship, Europe receives 11 more spots, while South and Central America takes 1.

Map of each IHF federation.
Detailed summary of 2025 World Women's Handball Championship qualification process
Confederation Direct slots Teams started Teams eliminated Teams qualified Percentage of entered teams with spots in finals Qualifying start date Qualifying end date
AHF 4 8 4 4 50% 3 December 2024 10 December 2024
CAHB 4 12 8 4 33% 27 November 2024 7 December 2024
EHF 15+2 34+2 19 15+2 44.11% 24 October 2024 13 April 2025
NACHC 1+1 TBD TBD 1+1 TBD% TBD 205 TBD 2025
OCHF 0 or 1 1 1 0 12.25% 3 December 2024 10 December 2024
SCAHC 4 TBD TBD 4 TBD% 26 November 2024 TBD 2025
Total 28+2+2 TBD+2 TBD 28+2+2 24 October 2024 TBD 2025

Summary of qualified teams

Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nations 28 February 2020 Egypt Cairo 2  Germany
 Netherlands
2023 World Championship 17 December 2023  Denmark
 Norway
 Sweden
1  France
2024 South and Central American Championship 26–30 November 2024 Brazil Niterói 3+1  Argentina
 Brazil
 Uruguay
2024 African Championship 27 November – 7 December 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa 4  Angola
 Egypt
 Senegal
 Tunisia
2024 Asian Championship 3–10 December 2024 India New Delhi 4  Iran
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 South Korea
2024 European Championship 28 November – 15 December 2024  Austria
 Hungary
 Switzerland
3  Denmark
 Hungary
 Norway
2025 Nor.Ca. Women's Championship 1
European qualification 24 October 2024 – 13 April 2025 11
Wild card 18 October 2018 Qatar Doha 2  United States

1. To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council awarded the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships.

2. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finish within the top 5, they will qualify for the World Championships. If either finishes sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot. As New Zealand didn't registered and Australia withdrew before the draw, the place is transferred.

World Championship

Main article: 2023 World Women's Handball Championship

World champion directly qualified for 2025 edition. France won the 2023 World Championship to secure their ticket to the 2025 edition.

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Denmark
4  Sweden
5  Netherlands
6  Germany
7  Montenegro
8  Czech Republic
9  Brazil
10  Hungary
11  Slovenia
12  Romania
13  Spain
14  Croatia
15  Angola
16  Poland
17  Japan
18  Senegal
19  Austria
20  Argentina
21  Serbia
22  South Korea
23  Ukraine
24  Cameroon
25  Iceland
26  Congo
27  Chile
28  China
29  Paraguay
30  Kazakhstan
31  Iran
32  Greenland

Asia

Main article: 2024 Asian Women's Handball Championship

Eight teams competed in the Asian Championship, held at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi, India, from 3 to 10 December 2024. The top 4 reached the world championship. Since Australia withdrew before the competition started, Oceania's spot was made into a second wildcard. Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea reached the world championship.

Group A Group B

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  South Korea 3 6
2  Kazakhstan 3 4
3  China 3 2
4  Singapore 3 0
Source: Asianhandball

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Japan 3 6
2  Iran 3 4
3  India (H) 3 2
4  Hong Kong 3 0
Source: Asianhandball
(H) Hosts

Bracket

 Semi-finalsFinal
       
 8 December
 
  South Korea33
 10 December
  Iran20
  South Korea24
 8 December
  Japan25
  Japan30
 
  Kazakhstan23
 Third place
 
 10 December
 
  Iran22
 
  Kazakhstan28

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kazakhstan
4  Iran
5  China
6  India
7  Hong Kong
8  Singapore
Qualified for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship

Africa

Main article: 2024 African Women's Handball Championship

Twelve teams competed in the African Championship, held at the Stade des Martyrs Gymnasium in Kinshasa, DR Congo, from 27 November to 7 December 2024. The top four from the championship qualified. Those teams ended up being Angola, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia.

Group A Group B

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Congo 5 8
2  Egypt 5 8
3  Senegal 5 8
4  Algeria 5 4
5  Cape Verde 5 2
6  Kenya 5 0
Source: CAN

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Angola 5 10
2  Cameroon 5 8
3  DR Congo (H) 5 6
4  Tunisia 5 3
5  Guinea 5 3
6  Uganda 5 0
Source: CAN
(H) Hosts

Bracket

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
           
 4 December
 
  Congo24
 6 December
  Tunisia28
  Tunisia18
 4 December
  Senegal26
  Cameroon19
 7 December
  Senegal26
  Senegal18
 4 December
  Angola27
  Egypt23
 6 December
  DR Congo22
  Egypt22
 4 December
  Angola36 Third place
  Angola34
 7 December
  Algeria15
  Tunisia25
 
  Egypt22
 

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Angola
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Senegal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Tunisia
4  Egypt
5  DR Congo
6  Congo
7  Cameroon
8  Algeria
9  Guinea
10  Cape Verde
11  Uganda
12  Kenya
Team qualified for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship

Europe

Main article: 2024 European Women's Handball Championship

The three highest ranked non-qualified teams secure a ticket to the world championship.

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary
4  France
5  Sweden
6  Netherlands
7  Germany
8  Montenegro
9  Poland
10  Slovenia
11  Romania
12   Switzerland
13  Spain
14  Austria
15  Czech Republic
16  Iceland
17  Faroe Islands
18  North Macedonia
19  Croatia
20  Türkiye
21  Serbia
22  Portugal
23  Ukraine
24  Slovakia
Team qualified for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship

European qualification

Main article: 2025 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification

From October 2024 to April 2025, the EHF organised a separate qualification for 11 places.

Bracket

The draw took place on 15 December 2024 in Vienna.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Switzerland   Slovakia 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Italy   Romania 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Poland   North Macedonia 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Sweden   Kosovo 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Slovenia   Serbia 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Portugal   Montenegro 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Faroe Islands   Lithuania 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Czech Republic   Ukraine 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Croatia   Spain 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Austria   Turkey 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr
Iceland   Israel 9–10 Apr 12–13 Apr

North America and Caribbean

Main article: 2025 Nor.Ca. Women's Handball Championship

The championship will be held in 2025 at a date to be determined.

South and Central America

Main article: 2024 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship

Six teams competed in the South and Central American Championship, held at the Colégio Niterói in Niterói, Brazil, from 26 to 30 November 2024. The top three from the championship qualified. Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay would finish in top three and advance to the world championship.

Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Brazil (H) 5 10
2  Argentina 5 8
3  Uruguay 5 6
4  Paraguay 5 4
5  Chile 5 2
6  El Salvador 5 0
Source: Torneoscoscabal
(H) Hosts

Notes

  1. All hosting federations are automatically entitled to take part in the World Championship. If there is more than one organiser from the same continental confederation, the number of compulsory places of the respective confederation shall be reduced accordingly. If there is more than one organiser and the organisers are not from the same confederation, the IHF Council shall decide about the reduction of the compulsory places, considering only the compulsory places of the confederations involved.
  2. The reigning world champion automatically qualifies for the next World Championship and, as a rule, is placed first in the first performance row. In case the reigning world champion is also hosting the next World Championship, the confederation of the reigning world champion obtains one additional performance place.
  3. The continental confederation of Oceania does not have a direct compulsory place for a confederational qualification event, therefore, the Oceanian confederation is invited to participate in the Asian qualification events. The compulsory place is awarded to Oceania if the representative from Oceania is ranked 5th or higher in the Asian qualification. If Oceania fails to rank 5th or does not participate, the IHF Council will award this place as a free wild card.
  4. If the teams representing Oceania fail to finish in the top 5 of the Asian Championship or does not participate, the IHF Council will change Oceania's spot into a second wild card.
  5. There are ways of qualifying from Europe, via the European Championship or European qualification
  6. The Asian Championship acts as qualification for the Oceanian teams.
  7. Oceanian teams who enter, participate in the Asian Champiponship to decides their qualification. However, Australia withdrew before the tournament, meaning no Oceanian team qualified.

References

  1. "V. Regulations for IHF Competitions (Indoor Handball)" (PDF). International Handball Federation. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. "Strategic plan | USA" (PDF). IHF.
  3. "Council Meeting No. 3" (PDF). Doha, Qatar: IHF. 18 October 2018. pp. 8–9.
  4. "Tournament Summary" (PDF). ihf.info. IHF. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  5. "IHF | Eight teams collide for title at the 2024 AHF Asian Women's Handball Championship". www.ihf.info.
  6. "IHF | Japan deal masterstroke performance to seal second AHF Asian Women's Handball Championship title in history". www.ihf.info.
  7. "女子日本代表「おりひめジャパン」 第20回女子アジア選手権 決勝結果 韓国に勝利し20年ぶり2回目の優勝!!". 公益財団法人日本ハンドボール協会.
  8. "IHF | 12 teams line up at the start of the 2024 CAHB African Women's Handball Championship". www.ihf.info.
  9. "IHF | Angola strike gold again at the CAHB African Women's Handball Championship". www.ihf.info.
  10. "IHF | Strong sides face daunting challenge in Qualification Europe Phase 2 for the 2025 IHF Women's World Championship". www.ihf.info.
  11. "IHF | Powerhouses to fight for title and coveted World Championship places at the 2024 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship". www.ihf.info.
  12. "IHF | Brazil confirm powerhouse status and win title at the 2024 South and Central American Women's Handball Championship". www.ihf.info.

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