Tourney Name: | World Women's Handball Championship |
Year: | 2019 |
Size: | 300 |
Country: | Japan |
Dates: | 30 November – 15 December |
Num Teams: | 24 |
Confederations: | 6 |
Venues: | 5 |
Cities: | 3 |
Count: | 1 |
Matches: | 96 |
Goals: | 5179 |
Top Scorer: | Lois Abbingh (71 goals) |
Player: | Estavana Polman |
Previous: | 2017 World Women's Handball Championship |
Next: | 2021 World Women's Handball Championship |
The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019.[1]
The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final.[2]
Kumamoto region was entrusted with the organization of the World Championship. Additionally the Japanese Organizing Committee will have a venue in Tokyo in order to prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games. Kumamoto has had a lot of experience with handball tournaments, hosting the 1997 Men's World Championships.[3]
Higashi-ku | Minami-ku | Nishi-ku | ||||
Park Dome Kumamoto Capacity: 10,000 | Aqua Dome Kumamoto Capacity: 6,400 | Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium Capacity: 3,400 | ||||
Yatsushiro | Yamaga | |||||
Yatsushiro General Gymnasium Capacity: 2,500 | Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium Capacity: 2,100 | |||||
Competition | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host nation | 28 October 2013 | Doha | 1 | ||
2017 World Championship | 1–17 December 2017 | 1 | |||
2018 South and Central American Championship | 29 November – 4 December 2018 | Maceió | 2 | ||
2018 European Championship | 29 November – 16 December 2018 | 3 | |||
2018 Asian Championship | 30 November – 9 December 2018 | 4 | |||
2018 African Championship | 2–12 December 2018 | Brazzaville | 3 | ||
2019 Nor.Ca. Championship | 28 May – 2 June 2019[4] | Mexico City | 1 | ||
European qualification | 23 November 2018 – 6 June 2019 | Various | 9 |
The draw was held on 21 June 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.[6] [7]
The seeding was announced on 19 June 2019.[8] As organizer, Japan had the right to choose their group.
17 referee pairs were selected.[9]
Referees | ||
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Yousef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi | ||
María Paolantoni Mariana García | ||
Cheng Yufeng Zhou Yunlei | ||
Davor Lončar Zoran Lončar | ||
Karina Christiansen Line Hansen | ||
Yasmina El-Saied Heidy El-Saied | ||
Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura | ||
Maike Merz Tanja Schilha | ||
Koyoshi Hizaki Tomokazu Ikebuchi |
Referees | ||
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Cristina Năstase Simona Stancu | ||
Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berezkina | ||
Bojan Lah David Sok | ||
Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević | ||
Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok | ||
Ignacio García Andreu Marín | ||
Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf | ||
Mathias Sosa Cristian Lemes |
See main article: 2019 World Women's Handball Championship squads.
Each team consisted of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.
The schedule was announced on 3 July 2019.[10]
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:[11]
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).
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Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics through other tournaments | ||
Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament | ||
Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament through other tournaments |
The All Star Team and MVP was announced on 15 December 2019.[12]
Position | Player | |
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Most valuable player | ||
Goalkeeper | ||
Right wing | ||
Right back | ||
Centre back | ||
Left back | ||
Left wing | ||
Pivot |
Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % | |
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1 | Lois Abbingh | 71 | 114 | 62 | ||
2 | Ryu Eun-hee | 69 | 114 | 61 | ||
3 | Tjaša Stanko | 62 | 98 | 63 | ||
4 | Alexandrina Cabral | 60 | 95 | 63 | ||
5 | Estavana Polman | 58 | 107 | 54 | ||
Jovanka Radičević | 82 | 71 | ||||
7 | Stine Bredal Oftedal | 51 | 82 | 62 | ||
8 | Cristina Neagu | 49 | 82 | 60 | ||
9 | Yaroslava Frolova | 48 | 69 | 70 | ||
10 | Sally Potocki | 47 | 100 | 47 |
Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
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1 | Catherine Gabriel | 42 | 34 | 81 | |
2 | Victoriya Kalinina | 39 | 42 | 107 | |
Sandra Toft | 90 | 229 | |||
4 | Hatadou Sako | 37 | 85 | 228 | |
5 | Dinah Eckerle | 36 | 103 | 290 | |
6 | Blanka Bíró | 35 | 43 | 123 | |
Amandine Leynaud | 46 | 133 | |||
Silje Solberg | 113 | 321 | |||
9 | Bárbara Arenhart | 34 | 49 | 146 | |
Filippa Idéhn | 88 | 256 |
Rank | Name | Team | Assists |
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1 | Anna Vyakhireva | 62 | |
2 | Milena Raičević | 51 | |
3 | Stine Bredal Oftedal | 47 | |
4 | Estavana Polman | 43 | |
5 | Emilie Hegh Arntzen | 40 | |
Yui Sunami | |||
7 | Kristina Liščević | 37 | |
8 | Alexandrina Cabral | 33 | |
9 | Jelena Lavko | 31 | |
Ryu Eun-hee |