Women's handball world championship 2015

22nd women's handball world championship 2015
22th Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Norway (3rd title)
venue	Denmark
Opening game	05th December 2015
Endgame	20th December 2015
Games	88
Gates	4,707   (∅: 53.49 per game)
spectator	304,426   (∅: 3,459 per game)
Top scorer	Cristina Neagu (63 goals)
Best player	Cristina Neagu
yellow cards	514  (∅: 5.84 per game)
Time penalties	705  (∅: 8.01 per game)
Red cards	15  (∅: 0.17 per game)
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The 22nd women's handball world championship was held in Denmark from December 5th to 20th, 2015 . A total of 24 teams competed. Norway became world champion. The organizer was the International Handball Federation (IHF).

host

After South Korea withdrew its application, the Danish Handball Federation (DHF) was the only applicant to host the games. The Council of the International Handball Federation (IHF) awarded the 2015 Women's World Cup to the DHF on January 27, 2011 in Malmö .

Venues

The games were to be played in the following halls:

Herning	Kolding	Frederikshavn	Næstved
Jyske Bank boxes	Sydbank Arena	Arena north	Næstved Arena
14,000 seats	5,100 seats	2,800 seats	3,500 seats

qualification

→ Main article : 2015 Women's World Handball Championship / Qualification

Attendees

Of the 24 participating teams, Denmark as hosts, Brazil as defending world champions in 2013 and Norway as European champions in 2014 qualified directly for participation. Germany and Serbia received the two wildcards, the allocation of which was determined by the IHF on November 21, 2014.

The following teams qualified for participation in the tournament:

country	Continent (association)	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous participation in world championships
Denmark	Europe (EHF)	host	Jan. 27, 2011	11 (1962, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Brazil	Pan America (PATHF)	World Champion 2013	Dec 22, 2013	09 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013)
Norway	Europe (EHF)	European Champion 2014	Dec 21, 2014	17 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Montenegro	Europe (EHF)	Play Offs Europe	June 13, 2015	02 (2011, 2013)
Hungary	Europe (EHF)	Play Offs Europe	June 13, 2015	19 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013)
Spain	Europe (EHF)	Play Offs Europe	June 13, 2015	07 (1993, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Netherlands	Europe (EHF)	Play Offs Europe	June 13, 2015	09 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013)
Romania	Europe (EHF)	Play Offs Europe	June 13, 2015	21 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Russia	Europe (EHF)	Play Offs Europe	June 13, 2015	10 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Poland	Europe (EHF)	Play Offs Europe	June 13, 2015	14 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013)
France	Europe (EHF)	Play Offs Europe	June 13, 2015	11 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Sweden	Europe (EHF)	Play Offs Europe	June 13, 2015	07 (1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011)
Tunisia	Africa (CAHB)	African Champion 2014	Jan. 25, 2014	03 (1978, 1997, 2013)
Democratic Republic of Congo	Africa (CAHB)	2nd African Cup of Nations 2014	Jan. 25, 2014	01 (2013)
Angola	Africa (CAHB)	3rd African Cup of Nations 2014	Jan. 25, 2014	12 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
South Korea	Asia (AHF)	Asian champion 2015	21 Mar 2015	15 (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Japan	Asia (AHF)	2nd Asian Cup 2015	21 Mar 2015	16 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
People's Republic of China	Asia (AHF)	3rd Asian Cup 2015	23 Mar 2015	13 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Cuba	Pan America (PATHF)	2nd Pan American Championship 2015	May 28, 2015	02 (1999, 2011)
Argentina	Pan America (PATHF)	3rd Pan American Championship 2015	May 28, 2015	07 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Puerto Rico	Pan America (PATHF)	4th Pan American Championship 2015	May 28, 2015	00
Kazakhstan	Asia (AHF)	Qualifying tournament	June 16, 2015	03 (2007, 2009, 2011)
Germany	Europe (EHF)	Wildcard	June 22, 2015	20 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Serbia	Europe (EHF)	Wildcard	June 22, 2015	03 (2001, 2003, 2013)

Group draw

The draw for the preliminary group took place on June 24, 2015 in Kolding .
Four of the 24 qualified teams were seeded:

• Denmark on group place 1 in group A
• Sweden on group place 2 in group B
• Germany on group place 6 in group C
• Norway on group place 1 in group D

The 20 remaining teams were divided into six pots according to their performance in qualification so that they could be drawn to the remaining group places.

Group place 1		Cuba	Brazil
Group place 2	Montenegro		France	Spain
Group place 3	Hungary	Netherlands	Argentina	Romania
Group place 4	Japan	Poland	South Korea	Russia
Group place 5	Tunisia	People's Republic of China	Democratic Republic of Congo	Puerto Rico
Group place 6	Serbia	Angola		Kazakhstan

The draw then resulted in the following groups:

Group A Herning	Group B Næstved	Group C Kolding	Group D Frederikshavn
Denmark (set)	Cuba	Brazil	Norway (set)
Montenegro	Sweden (set)	France	Spain
Hungary	Netherlands	Argentina	Romania
Japan	Poland	South Korea	Russia
Tunisia	People's Republic of China	Democratic Republic of Congo	Puerto Rico
Serbia	Angola	Germany (set)	Kazakhstan

game schedule

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, each team in a group played once against each other team in the same group. The best four teams in each group qualified for the round of 16, the fifth and sixth group play for places 17 to 24.

Evaluation criteria

If two or more teams are tied, the following criteria will decide on the placement after the preliminary round:

1. higher number of points in direct encounters between teams with equal points;
2. better goal difference in direct encounters between teams with the same points;
3. higher number of goals in direct encounters between teams with equal points;
4. better goal difference from all group games;
5. higher number of goals from all group matches;
6. the lot.

Legend

Team qualified for the round of 16

Team participated in the President's Cup in part

Group A

The group A games were played in Jyske Bank Kasten in Herning :

December 5, 2015 3:45 p.m.	Montenegro	28:28	Serbia	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Serradilla, Llorente
	Bulatović 8	(16:14)	Krpež , Živković 6
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×  1 ×

December 5, 2015 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	39:20	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Tomori 6	(16: 5)	Chebbah 10
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 5, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Denmark	30:21	Japan	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 12,500 Referees: Lenci, López
	Gravholt 6	(17:11)	Honda 5
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 6, 2015 4:15 p.m.	Japan	23:29	Montenegro	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Sunami 9	(15:17)	Radičević 10
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

December 6, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Serbia	26:32	Hungary	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 5,800 Referees: Lenci, López
	Krpež 5	(16:18)	Tomori 10
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

December 6, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Tunisia	20:32	Denmark	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 12,000 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate
	Chebbah, Jlezi 5	(10:16)	Kristiansen , Nørgaard , S. Jørgensen 6
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 8, 2015 4:15 p.m.	Japan	31:21	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Hara 9	(13: 9)	Jlezi 5
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 8, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Montenegro	32:15	Hungary	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Arntsen, Røen
	Bulatović, Mehmedović , Raičević 6	(17: 9)	Mayer , Görbicz , Szöllősi-Zácsik 3
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

December 8, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Denmark	29:20	Serbia	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 12,500 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	L. Jørgensen 7	(13:12)	Liščević 5
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

December 9, 2015 4:15 p.m.	Montenegro	37:26	Tunisia	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 1,700 Referees: Lenci, López
	Jauković 9	(19:12)	Chebbah 9
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 9, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Serbia	27:22	Japan	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 7,000 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate
	Krpež 6	(13:12)	Sunami, Ishitate 5
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 9, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Hungary	29:22	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Arntsen, Røen
	Szucsánszki 8	(15:12)	S. Jørgensen 4
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 11, 2015 4:15 p.m.	Hungary	31:21	Japan	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 1,500 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Triscsuk 6	(17:11)	Fujii 6
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 11, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Tunisia	21:43	Serbia	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Arntsen, Røen
	Chebbah, Clezi, Jouini 4	(10:23)	Krpež 11
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 11, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Denmark	21:23	Montenegro	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Serradilla, Llorente
	Hansen 8	(7:12)	Jauković 7
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

Final table of group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Montenegro	05	04th	01	00	0149: 1130	+36	09
02.	Hungary	05	04th	00	01	0146: 1210	+25	08th
03.	Denmark	05	03	00	02	0134: 1130	+21	06th
04th	Serbia	05	02	01	02	0144: 1320	+12	05
05.	Japan	05	01	00	04th	0118: 1380	−20	02
06th	Tunisia	05	00	00	05	0108: 1820	−74	00

Group B

Group B games were played in the Næstved Arena in Næstved :

December 5, 2015 4:15 p.m.	Netherlands	42:21	China	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 2,950 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Abbingh , Broch 7	(19: 9)	Qiao 5
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 5, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Cuba	22:27	Poland	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 3,112 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Ayling 8	(11:12)	Kudłacz-Gloc 11
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

December 5, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Sweden	37:23	Angola	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 3,204 Referees: Florescu, Stoia
	Hagman 8	(18:12)	André 6
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×  1 ×

December 6, 2015 4:15 p.m.	China	39:30	Cuba	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 1,475 Referees: Florescu, Stoia
	Zhang 8	(22:15)	Livia 7
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 6, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Angola	24:37	Netherlands	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 2,850 Referees: Koo, Lee
	André 5	(11:19)	Polman 12
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 6, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Poland	30:31	Sweden	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 3,120 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Kudłacz-Gloc 6	(13:15)	Hagman 7
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 8, 2015 4:15 p.m.	Cuba	23:38	Angola	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 1,284 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Ayling, Lusson , Rizo 4	(14:20)	Bernardo , Viegas 7
	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 8, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Poland	29:24	China	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 2,584 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Kudłacz-Gloc 7	(12:11)	Jin 8
	4 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

December 8, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Sweden	28:28	Netherlands	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 2,894 Referees: Serradilla, Llorente
	Gullden 8	(12:15)	Groot 9
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×  1 ×

December 9, 2015 4:15 p.m.	Cuba	23:45	Netherlands	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 1,494 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Lusson, Rizo 7th	(13:20)	Fig 8
	2 ×  8 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 9, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Angola	27:29	Poland	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 2,820 Referees: Serradilla, Llorente
	Bernardo 8	(15:12)	Kocela 7
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×

December 9, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Sweden	47:28	China	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 2,864 Referees: Florescu, Stoia
	Roberts 10	(25:14)	Yan 9
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

December 11, 2015 4:15 p.m.	China	29:32	Angola	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 1,628 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Qiao 5	(11:15)	Bernardo 10
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×

December 11, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Netherlands	31:20	Poland	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 2,652 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Abbingh 7	(14: 9)	Niedźwiedź , Achruk 5
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

December 11, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Cuba	25:49	Sweden	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 2,781 Referees: Florescu, Stoia
	Martinez 7	(12:23)	Hagman 14
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Final table of group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Netherlands	05	04th	01	00	0183: 1160	+67	09
02.	Sweden	05	04th	01	00	0192: 1340	+58	09
03.	Poland	05	03	00	02	0135: 1350	± 0	06th
04th	Angola	05	02	00	03	0144: 1550	−11	04th
05.	People's Republic of China	05	01	00	04th	0141: 1800	−39	02
06th	Cuba	05	00	00	05	0123: 1980	−75	00

Group C

Group C games were played in the Tre-For Arena in Kolding :

December 5, 2015 4:00 p.m.	Argentina	23:15	Congo	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,752 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi
	Pizzo 5	(11:10)	Mwasesa 6
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×

December 5, 2015 6:15 p.m.	France	30:20	Germany	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 2,200 Referees: Almawt, Marhoon
	Pineau 7	(16: 7)	S. Müller 9
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

December 5, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Brazil	24:24	South Korea	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,430 Referees: Birch, Stenrad
	Belo 7	(10:12)	Eun-hee 7
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

December 7, 2015 4:00 p.m.	Congo	11:26	Brazil	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,500 Referees: Almawt, Marhoon
	Mwasesa 4	(4:14)	Nascimento 7
	2 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

December 7, 2015 6:15 pm	South Korea	22:22	France	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 2,100 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson
	Young 8	(11:11)	Nze Minko 7
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

December 7, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Germany	33:13	Argentina	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Birch, Stenrad
	S. Müller 7	(17: 8)	Mendoza , Karsten 4
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 8, 2015 4:00 p.m.	South Korea	35:17	Congo	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,200 Referees: Birch, Stenrad
	Choi 8	(14: 6)	Mwasesa 7
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×  1 ×

December 8, 2015 6:15 pm	France	20:12	Argentina	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,300 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi
	Ayglon , Dembélé , Niombla 4	(13: 6)	Mendoza 3
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

December 8, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Brazil	24:21	Germany	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,500 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate
	Amorim 7	(9: 8)	S. Müller, Smits , Loerper 4
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 10, 2015 4:00 p.m.	Argentina	19:23	Brazil	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,800 Referees: Almawt, Marhoon
	Pizzo 6	(8:11)	Fachinello 7
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

December 10, 2015 6:15 p.m.	France	29:16	Congo	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,200 Referees: Birch, Stenrad
	Lacrabère 8	(14:10)	Mwasesa 7
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 10, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Germany	40:28	South Korea	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Boualloucha, Khenissi
	F. Müller , Smits 6	(14:15)	Jung, Han-na 6
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

December 11, 2015 4:00 p.m.	Argentina	22:29	South Korea	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 700 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Pizzo 6	(12:14)	Kim , Young 6
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 11, 2015 6:15 pm	Brazil	21:20	France	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,600 Referees: Birch, Stenrad
	Belo 5	(11: 9)	Pineau 6
	4 ×  4 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

December 11, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Congo	19:37	Germany	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 300 Referees: Almawt, Marhoon
	Milemba , Lusamba 4	(11:18)	S. Müller, Fischer 8
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Final table of group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Brazil	05	04th	01	00	0118: 9500	+23	09
02.	France	05	03	01	01	0121: 9100	+30	07th
03.	Germany	05	03	00	02	0151: 1140	+37	06th
04th	South Korea	05	02	02	01	0138: 1250	+13	06th
05.	Argentina	05	01	00	04th	0089: 1200	−31	02
06th	Democratic Republic of Congo	05	00	00	05	0078: 1500	−72	00

Group D

Group D games were played in the Arena Nord in Frederikshavn :

December 5, 2015 4:00 p.m.	Romania	47:14	Puerto Rico	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,258 Referees: Antić, Jakolvjević
	Chiper 10	(23: 3)	Hiraldo 5
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

December 5, 2015 6:15 p.m.	Spain	31:10	Kazakhstan	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,285 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri
	Martín 6	(16: 5)	Tankina 4
	1 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

December 5, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Norway	25:26	Russia	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,360 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Mørk 6	(11:14)	Vyachireva 9
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

December 7, 2015 4:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	20:36	Romania	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 771 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Alexandrova 7	(12:18)	Nechita , Manea 6
	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 7, 2015 6:15 pm	Russia	28:26	Spain	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,380 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Blisnowa 7	(16:14)	Martín 6
	4 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

December 7, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Puerto Rico	13:39	Norway	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,516 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri
	Maldonado 4	(6:17)	Sulland 7
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

December 8, 2015 4:00 p.m.	Russia	45:18	Puerto Rico	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 647 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Kuznetsova , Iljina , Atkowa 6	(22: 7)	Maldonado 5
	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  8 ×

December 8, 2015 6:15 pm	Spain	26:18	Romania	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,259 Referees: Antić, Jakolvjević
	Pena 7	(13:12)	Neagu 6
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

December 8, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Norway	40:19	Kazakhstan	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,384 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Lord 7	(20:10)	Pikalova 6
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×  1 ×

December 10, 2015 4:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	19:42	Russia	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 585 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Tankina, Rodina 5	(6:21)	Sen , Vyachirewa , Ilyina 7
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

December 10, 2015 6:15 p.m.	Spain	39:13	Puerto Rico	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,060 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri
	López 8	(18: 8)	Ceballos 4
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

December 10, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Romania	22:26	Norway	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,610 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Neagu 8	(10:13)	Mørk 7
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 11, 2015 4:00 p.m.	Puerto Rico	30:27	Kazakhstan	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 269 Referees: Ota, Shimajiri
	Maldonado 7	(18:14)	Pikaova 9
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 11, 2015 6:15 pm	Romania	27:30	Russia	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,415 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Ardean-Elisei 6	(16:17)	Vyachireva 6
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

December 11, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Norway	29:26	Spain	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,781 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Mørk 6	(18:12)	Pena 9
	4 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

Final table of group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Russia	05	05	00	00	0171: 1150	+56	10
02.	Norway	05	04th	00	01	0159: 1060	+53	08th
03.	Spain	05	03	00	02	0148: 9800	+50	06th
04th	Romania	05	02	00	03	0150: 1160	+34	04th
05.	Puerto Rico	05	01	00	04th	0088: 1970	−109	02
06th	Kazakhstan	05	00	00	05	0095: 1790	−84	00

Final round

Round of 16

December 13, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Netherlands	36:20	Serbia	Næstved Arena , Næstved Spectators: 2,744 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Abbingh 6	(17: 6)	Krpež 6
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

December 13, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Germany	22:28	Norway	Arena Nord , Frederikshavn Spectators: 1,348 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Smits, S. Müller 7	(10:15)	Løke 9
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

December 13, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Brazil	22:25	Romania	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,100 Referees: Serradilla, Llorente
	Belo 5	(8:13)	Brădeanu 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 13, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Denmark	26:19	Sweden	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Arntsen, Røen
	S. Jørgensen 6	(15: 7)	Ahlm 5
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 14, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Poland	24:23	Hungary	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 1,230 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Kudłacz-Gloc 8	(13:14)	Szucsánszki, Hornyák 5
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  1 ×

December 14, 2015 5:45 p.m.	Spain	21:22	France	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 1,400 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Pena 7	(12: 9)	Niombla 8
	4 ×  8 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

December 14, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Montenegro	38:28	Angola	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 1,230 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Radičević 9	(19:13)	Bernardo 11
	3 ×  9 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 14, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Russia	30:25	South Korea	Kolding halls , Kolding Spectators: 1,100 Referees: Grillo, Lenci
	Akopjan 6	(16:13)	Eun-bi 7
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

Quarter finals

December 16, 2015 5:45 p.m.	Netherlands	28:25	France	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 2,500 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Polman 10	(15:12)	Pineau 8
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 16, 2015 6:00 p.m.	Poland	21:20	Russia	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Arntsen, Røen
	Kobylińska 6	(11: 9)	Vyachireva 5
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 16, 2015 8:30 p.m.	Norway	26:25	Montenegro	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 2,800 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Mørk 8	(13:11)	Radičević, Mehmedović 6
	4 ×  8 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×  1 ×

December 16, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Denmark	30:31 a.d.	Romania	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 12,500 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	L. Jørgensen 6	(10:13, 27; 27)	Neagu 15
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

Placement games place 5-8

December 18, 2015 1 p.m.	France	25:31	Russia	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 3,500 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Zaadi 6	(8:15)	Vyachireva 6
	3 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  9 ×

December 18, 2015 3:30 p.m.	Montenegro	20:28	Denmark	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 9,500 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Radičević, Raičević 4	(11:15)	S. Jørgensen 8
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

Game for 7th place

December 20, 2015 9:45 am	France	34:23	Montenegro	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Ayglon , Dembélé 7	(20:13)	J. Radičević 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Play for 5th place

December 20, 2015 12:15 p.m.	Russia	25:21	Denmark	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 9,000 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Vyachireva 7	(12:16)	S. Jørgensen 7
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

Semifinals

December 18, 2015 6:00 p.m.	Netherlands	30:25	Poland	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 9,500 Referees: Antić, Jakovlvević
	Polman 6	(15: 8)	Kudłacz-Gloc 5
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

December 18, 2015 8:45 p.m.	Norway	35:33 n.V.	Romania	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 10,200 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Mørk 8	(17:14, 27:27)	Neagu 8
	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

3rd place match

December 20, 2015 2:45 p.m.	Poland	22:31	Romania	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Arntsen, Røen
	Achruk 6	(8:15)	Neagu 10
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

final

December 20, 2015 5:15 pm	Netherlands	23:31	Norway	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 12,500 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Polman 8	(9:20)	Lord 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

President's Cup

Placement games

December 13, 2015 3:30 p.m.	Tunisia	28:24	Cuba	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 1,500 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Hamrouni 7	(15:12)	Rizo 9
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

December 13, 2015 6:00 p.m.	Congo	30:31 n.p.	Kazakhstan	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 4,500 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Mwasesa 11	(12:11, 26:26)	Tankina 8
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  8 ×

December 13, 2015 3:30 p.m.	Japan	24:29	China	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 600 Referees: Birch, Stenrad
	Fujii 14	(11:16)	Sun , Yin 7
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

December 13, 2015 6:00 p.m.	Argentina	28:14	Puerto Rico	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 400 Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate
	Salvadó 7	(13: 6)	Hiraldo, Ceballos , Garcia 3
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

Game for 23rd place

December 14, 2015 3:30 p.m.	Cuba	29:19	Congo	Jyske Bank Kasten , Herning Spectators: 100 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Rizo 9	(14:10)	Mwasesa 7
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×

Game for 21st place

December 14, 2015 1 p.m.	Tunisia	39:23	Kazakhstan	Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning Attendance: 100 Referee: Arntsen, Røen
	Hamrouni 9	(16:12)	Tankina, Rodina 5
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

Game for 19th place

December 14, 2015 1 p.m.	Japan	44:15	Puerto Rico	Kolding halls , Kolding spectators: 400 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Matsumura 9	(21: 7)	Ceballos, Garcia 4
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

Game for 17th place

December 14, 2015 3:30 p.m.	China	35:27	Argentina	Kolding-Hallen , Kolding Spectators: 200 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Yan 8	(20: 9)	Karsten 7
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×

Final placements

• The first place qualified for participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Places 2 to 7 qualify for the qualification for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games .
• The placements of places 9 to 16 were based on the following criteria:
  • Points in the preliminary round matches against teams ranked 1 to 4 of the respective group
  • Goal difference in the preliminary round matches against teams ranked 1 to 4 of the respective group
  • Number of goals scored in the preliminary round matches against teams ranked 1 to 4 of the respective group

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Norway (European champions) a b	9	8th	0	1	279: 209	0+70
	Netherlands	9	7th	1	1	300: 217	0+83
	Romania	9	5	0	4th	270: 225	0+45
04th	Poland	9	5	0	4th	227: 239	0−12
05.	Russia	9	8th	0	1	277: 207	0+70
06th	Denmark	9	5	0	4th	239: 208	0+31
07th	France	9	5	1	3	227: 194	0+33
08th.	Montenegro	9	5	1	3	255: 229	0+26
09.	Sweden	6th	4th	1	1	211: 160	0+50
10.	Brazil (Pan American champions) b	6th	4th	1	1	140: 120	0+20
11.	Hungary	6th	4th	0	2	169: 145	0+24
12.	Spain	6th	3	0	3	169: 120	0+49
13.	Germany	6th	3	0	3	173: 142	0+31
14th	South Korea (Asian champions) b	6th	2	2	2	163: 155	00+8
15th	Serbia	6th	2	1	3	164: 168	00−4
16.	Angola (African champions) b	6th	2	0	4th	172: 193	0−21
17th	People's Republic of China c	7th	3	0	4th	205: 231	0−26
18th	Argentina	7th	2	0	5	144: 169	0−25
19th	Japan	7th	2	0	5	186: 182	00+4
20th	Puerto Rico	7th	1	0	6th	117: 269	−152
21st	Tunisia	7th	2	0	5	175: 229	0−54
22nd	Kazakhstan	7th	1	0	6th	149: 248	0−99
23.	Cuba	7th	1	0	6th	176: 245	0−69
24.	Democratic Republic of Congo	7th	0	0	7th	127: 210	0−83

^aqualified as world champion for the 2017 world championship

^bwere directly qualified as continental or new world champions for the 2016 Summer Olympics

^cPresident's Cup winner

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Tess Wester	Netherlands
Left winger:	Valentina Ardean-Elisei	Romania
Back left:	Cristina Neagu	Romania
Back center:	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway
Back right:	Nora Mørk	Norway
Right winger:	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro
Circle:	Heidi Løke	Norway

statistics

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	FT	7m goals	T / S	Games
01.	Cristina Neagu	Romania	63	45	18th	7.00	9
02.	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro	60	55	05	6.67	9
03.	Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc	Poland	52	46	06th	5.78	9
03.	Anna Viktorovna Vyachireva	Russia	52	20th	32	5.78	9
05.	Estavana Polman	Netherlands	51	36	15th	5.67	9
06th	Katarina Bulatović	Montenegro	49	34	15th	5.44	9
07th	Stine Jørgensen	Denmark	48	30th	18th	5.33	9
08th.	Christianne Mwasesa	Democratic Republic of Congo	45	36	09	6.43	7th
09.	Nora Mørk	Norway	44	28	16	4.89	9
10.	Natália Bernardo	Angola	43	25th	18th	7.17	6th
10.	Mouna Chebbah	Tunisia	43	28	15th	6.14	7th
FT - field goals, 7m - seven meters, T / S - goals per game; Source: ihf.info, as of December 20, 2015

Assists

Pl.	player	team	templates	Games
1.	Cornelia Nycke Groot	Netherlands	54	9
2.	Jiaqin Zhao	People's Republic of China	48	7th
3.	Nora Mørk	Norway	37	9
4th	Mayuko Ishitate	Japan	35	7th
4th	Milena Raičević	Montenegro	35	9
6th	Isabelle Gullden	Sweden	34	6th
6th	Kristina Kristiansen	Denmark	34	9
6th	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway	34	9
9.	Estavana Polman	Netherlands	33	9
10.	Karolina Kudlacz-Gloc	Poland	31	9
Source: ihf.info, as of December 20, 2015

Goalkeepers

Pl.	player	team	Rate in%	Parades	Litters	Games
1.	Tess Wester	Netherlands	43	120	277	9
2.	Darly de Paula	Spain	42	28	66	9
3.	Rikke Poulsen	Denmark	41	76	186	9
4th	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	Norway	40	80	201	9
5.	Johanna Bundsen	Sweden	39	56	145	6th
5.	Filippa Idéhn	Sweden	39	40	102	6th
7th	Mayssa Pessoa	Brazil	38	28	74	6th
7th	Silje Margaretha Solberg	Norway	38	52	138	9
9.	Laura Glauser	France	36	41	113	9
9.	Nesrine Hamza	Tunisia	36	26th	73	7th
9.	Katja Kramarczyk	Germany	36	56	155	6th
Source: ihf.info, as of December 20, 2015

Team fair play

Pl.	team	Points / game	Points (total) a	disqualification	warning	2 minutes	Games
1.	Argentina	8.0	56		20th	18th	7th
2.	Hungary	8.5	51		15th	18th	6th
3.	Tunisia	8.7	61		15th	23	7th
4th	South Korea	9.0	54		18th	18th	6th
5.	Spain	9.3	56	1	15th	18th	6th
6th	Netherlands	9.4	85	1	24	28	9
7th	Angola	9.7	58	1	17th	18th	6th
8th.	Germany	10.5	63		19th	22nd	6th
9.	Romania	10.9	98		26th	36	9
10.	Sweden	11.0	66		18th	24	6th
11.	Brazil	11.5	69		19th	25th	6th
12.	Denmark	11.7	105		29	38	9
12.	Japan	11.7	82		16	33	7th
12.	Norway	11.7	105	2	29	33	9
15th	France	11.8	106	1	29	36	9
15th	Poland	11.8	106	1	31	35	9
17th	Russia	12.6	113	1	26th	41	9
18th	People's Republic of China	12.9	90		24	33	7th
19th	Kazakhstan	13.0	91	2	21st	30th	7th
20th	Democratic Republic of Congo	13.3	93	2	17th	33	7th
21st	Montenegro	13.6	122	1	29	44	9
22nd	Puerto Rico	13.9	97		21st	38	7th
23.	Cuba	14.0	98	1	17th	38	7th
24.	Serbia	15.0	90	1 b	20th	30th	6th
aThe following number of points is awarded for each penalty: 1 point, 2 points, (directly or by 3 × ) 5 points, with report 10 points bIs one with a report
Source: ihf.info as of December 20, 2015

referee

The EHF nominated 12 pairs of referees for the European Championship  .

country	Surname	Calls
		Preliminary round	Final round	President's Cup	Semifinals	Finals
		Group / game	Group / game
Argentina	Julian Ismael Grillo	A / DEN - JPN A / SRB - HUN A / MNE - TUN	AF / RUS - COR
	Sebastián Lenci
Brunei	Hussain Almawt	C / FRA - DEU C / CGO - BRA C / ARG - BRA C / CGO - DEU
	Sameer Marhoon
Denmark	Anders Kærlund Birch	C / BRA - KOR C / DEU - ARG C / KOR - CGO C / FRA - CGO C / BRA - FRA		PR / JPN - CHN
	Dennis Engkebølle Stenrad
Germany	Robert Schulze	B / CUB - POL A / DEN - SRB A / HUN - JAP	AF / ESP - FRA	PR / CGO - KAZ		P7 / FRA - MNE
	Tobias Tönnies
Ivory Coast	Yalatima Nanga Coulibaly	A / TUN - DEN C / BRA - DEU A / SRB - JPN		PR / ARG - PRI
	Mamoudoi diabats
France	Charlotte Bonaventure	B / NED - CHN B / POL - SWE B / CUB - ANG B / NED - POL	AF / NED - SRB VF / DEN - ROU	P23 / CUB - CGO		F / NED - NOR
	Julie Bonaventure
Iceland	Jónas Elíasson	C / KOR - FRA
	Anton Gylfi Pálsson
Japan	Tomoko Ota	D / ESP - KAZ D / PUR - NOR D / ESP - PUR D / PRI - KAZ
	Mariko Shimajiri
Norway	Kjersti Arntsen	A / MNE - HUN A / HUN - DEN A / TUN - SRB	AF / DEN - SWE VF / POL - RUS	P21 / TUN - KAZ		P3 / POL - ROU
	Guro Røen
Romania	Diana-Carmen Florescu	B / SWE - ANG B / CHN - CUB B / SWE - CHN B / CUB - SWE
	Anamaria Stoia
Russia	Viktoria Alpaidze	A / HUN - TUN A / JPN - MNE A / JPN - TUN C / ARG - KOR		P17 / CHN - ARG
	Tatiana Berjoskina
Spain	Ignacio García Serradilla	A / MNE - SRB B / SWE - NED B / ANG - POL A / DEN - MNE	AF / BRA - ROU
	Andreu Marín Llorente
Slovenia	Bojan Lah	D / RUS - ESP D / NOR - KAZ D / ROU - NOR D / NOR - ESP	AF / POL - HUN VF / NOR - MNE		NOR - ROU	P5 / RUS - DEN
	David Sok
Serbia	Vanja Antić	D / ROU - PUR D / ESP - ROU D / KAZ - RUS		PR / TUN - CUB P19 / JPN - PRI	NOR - POL
	Jelena Jakovljević
South Korea	Lee Seok	B / ANG - NED B / POL - CHN B / CUB - NED B / CHN - ANG	AF / MNE - ANG P 5 - 8 / FRA - RUS
	Koo Bon-ok
Tunisia	Ismail Boualloucha	C / ARG - CGO C / FRA - ARG C / DEU - KOR
	Ramzi Khenissi
Hungary	Péter Horváth	D / NOR - RUS D / KAZ - ROU D / RUS - PUR D / ROU - RUS	AF / DEU - NOR VF / NED - FRA P 5 - 8 / MNE - DEN
	Balázs Marton

Television broadcast

At the beginning of 2014, the TV rights for the 2014 men's handball world championships in Qatar and France as well as the 2015 and 2017 women's world championships were sold to the Qatari subsidiary of Al Jazeera beIN Sports for a record sum of CHF 100 million .

As with the men's handball world championship in January 2015, no German TV broadcaster such as Sport1 and Sportdeutschland.tv was able to agree with beIN Sports on the German TV rights for broadcasting the women's handball world championship. Satellite encryption was cited as the same reason - since many channels can also be received abroad, the satellite transmission should be encrypted so that the exclusive rights of other European channels would not be infringed. The encryption would contradict the basic mandate of the public broadcasters and "the European principle of" free flow of information "". The pay-TV channel Sky also did not acquire the broadcasting rights - unlike the 2015 men's handball world championship.

On December 5, 2015 - i.e. on the day of the German team's first round game - it became known that the US Internet provider eversport.tv had secured the rights for all games in the German distribution area and that they were broadcasting them free of charge as a live stream on the Internet.

Official mascot

Each of the four venues was represented by its own local mascot : Naessi from Næstved , Trille from Herning , Trolle from Kolding and Frederik from Frederikshavn .

Official song

The official song of the World Cup was Heart of Handball by the Danish singer Zindy Laursen .

Web links

• Official website for the 2015 World Cup ( Memento from September 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
• Handball World Championship 2015 on the IHF website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Denmark and Qatar host World Championships 2015. In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation , January 27, 2011, accessed December 25, 2013 . 
2. ↑ VM 2015 i Frederikshavn, Herning, Kolding og Næstved. hbold.dk, July 7, 2014, accessed April 14, 2018 (Danish). 
3. ↑ Germany and Serbia receive wild cards for 2015 Women's World Championship in DEN. IHF, June 22, 2015, accessed on June 22, 2015 . 
4. ↑ German women at the World Cup draw on Wednesday in pot 6. DHB, June 23, 2015, accessed on June 25, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Draw: German handball players at the World Cup with an expected heavy group. In: handball-world.com. Handball-World, June 24, 2015, accessed June 24, 2015 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Goalscorers. (PDF) In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation, December 20, 2015, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Goalkeeper. (PDF) In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation, December 20, 2015, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Team fair play. (PDF) In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation, December 20, 2015, accessed December 21, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Mega deal in handball: broadcaster pays 80 million for TV rights. digitalfernsehen.de, February 21, 2014, accessed on January 23, 2015 . 
10. ^ ^{A b} World Cup in Denmark: Handball women are threatened with TV blackout. In: Focus Online . November 12, 2015, accessed December 6, 2015 . 
11. ↑ This is why the Handball World Cup is not running live on free TV. WDR, January 22, 2015, accessed on January 23, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Livestream for German games at the 2015 World Cup. DHB, December 5, 2015, accessed on December 6, 2015 . 
13. ↑ Meet the mascots. In: 22nd IHF Women's Handball World Championship Denmark 2015. Dansk Håndbold Forbund , archived from the original on November 14, 2015 ; accessed on July 23, 2017 (English). 
14. ↑ "Heart of Handball" - that's the song of the 2015 Women's World Cup. Handball-world.com, September 29, 2015, accessed on November 25, 2015 .