Handball World Championship 2017

23rd Women's Handball World Championship 2017
23rd Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	France (2nd title)
venue	Germany
Opening game	01st December 2017
Endgame	17th December 2017
Games	84
Gates	4,384   (∅: 52.19 per game)
spectator	237,166   (∅: 2,823 per game)
Top scorer	Nora Mørk (66 goals)
Best player	Stine Oftedal
yellow cards	396  (∅: 4.71 per game)
Time penalties	614  (∅: 7.31 per game)
Red cards	18  (∅: 0.21 per game)
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The 23rd women's handball world championship was held in Germany from December 1st to 17th, 2017 . A total of 24 teams competed. France became world champion. The organizer was the International Handball Federation (IHF).

host

The only applicant to host the games was the German Handball Federation (DHB). The IHF awarded the German federation the event on December 15, 2011 in São Paulo . Germany hosted the World Championships as early as 1965 and 1997 .

qualification

→ Main article : 2017 Women's Handball World Championship / Qualification

Attendees

24 teams took part in the tournament. Norway as defending champions and Germany as hosts were automatically qualified .

country	Continent (association)	Qualified as	Qualification date	Number of participations	Previous participation in world championships
Germany	Europe	host	Dec 15, 2011	21st	1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Norway	Europe (EHF)	World Champion 2015	Dec 20, 2015	18th	1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Angola	Africa (CAHB)	African champions 2016	0Dec 5, 2016	13	1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Tunisia	Africa (CAHB)	2nd of the African Cup of Nations 2016	0Dec 5, 2016	8th	1975, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Cameroon	Africa (CAHB)	3rd of the African Cup of Nations 2016	07th Dec 2016	1	2005
Netherlands	Europe (EHF)	2nd of the European Championship 2016	Dec 14, 2016	10	1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015
Denmark	Europe (EHF)	4th of the European Championship 2016	Dec 14, 2016	12	1962, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
France	Europe (EHF)	3rd of the European Championship 2016	Dec 14, 2016	12	1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Romania	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	June 13, 2017	22nd	1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Sweden	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	June 13, 2017	8th	1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015
Hungary	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	June 14, 2017	20th	1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015
Serbia	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	June 14, 2017	4th	2001, 2003, 2013, 2015
Spain	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	June 14, 2017	8th	1993, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Russia	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	15th June 2017	11	1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015
Slovenia	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	15th June 2017	4th	1997, 2001, 2003, 2005
Czech Republic	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	15th June 2017	5	1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2013
Montenegro	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	15th June 2017	3	2011, 2013, 2015
South Korea	Asia (AHF)	Asian champion 2017	20 Mar 2017	16	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Japan	Asia (AHF)	2nd Asian Cup 2017	20 Mar 2017	17th	1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
People's Republic of China	Asia (AHF)	3rd Asian Cup 2017	22 Mar 2017	14th	1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Poland	Europe (EHF)	Wildcard	23rd June 2017	15th	1957, 1962, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015
Brazil	Pan America (PATHF)	1st place Pan American Championship 2017	June 24, 2017	10	1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015
Argentina	Pan America (PATHF)	2nd place Pan American Championship 2017	June 24, 2017	8th	1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Paraguay	Pan America (PATHF)	3rd place Pan American Championship 2017	June 25, 2017	2	2007, 2013

Venues

The German Handball Federation started the tendering process on February 20, 2015. This online procedure was used to find the venues for the 2017 World Cup. The six venues were announced on November 25th. The games were played in the following halls:

Leipzig	Hamburg	Magdeburg	Bietigheim-Bissingen	Oldenburg	trier
Arena Leipzig	Barclaycard Arena	GETEC Arena	EgeTrans Arena	EWE Arena	Arena Trier
6,250 seats	12,500 seats	6,200 seats	4,500 seats	5,250 seats	4,100 seats

Group draw

The draw for the preliminary group took place on June 27, 2017 in Hamburg .

Of the 24 qualified teams, five teams were seeded:

• France on group place 1 in group A
• Norway on group place 1 in group B
• Denmark on group place 1 in group C
• Netherlands on group place 1 in group D
• Germany on group place 2 in group D

The 19 remaining teams were divided into five pots according to their performance in the qualification so that they could be drawn to the remaining group places.

Group place 1
Group place 2	Romania		Russia	Sweden
Group place 3	Serbia	Czech Republic	Brazil	Spain
Group place 4	Hungary	Montenegro	South Korea	Slovenia
Group place 5	Angola	Japan	Argentina	People's Republic of China
Group place 6	Paraguay	Tunisia	Cameroon	Poland

The draw then resulted in the following groups:

Group A Trier	Group B Bietigheim-Bissingen	Group C Oldenburg	Group D Leipzig
France (set)	Norway (set)	Denmark (set)	Netherlands (set)
Romania	Sweden	Russia	Germany (set)
Spain	Czech Republic	Brazil	Serbia
Slovenia	Hungary	Montenegro	South Korea
Angola	Argentina	Japan	People's Republic of China
Paraguay	Poland	Tunisia	Cameroon

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 on points, the following criteria will determine 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 is qualified for the round of 16

Team takes part in the President's Cup

Group A

Team photo Angola

Team photo Paraguay

The group A games were played in the Trier Arena in Trier .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Romania	05	04th	00	01	0123: 1120	+11	08th
02.	France	05	03	01	01	0135: 9800	+37	07th
03.	Spain	05	03	01	01	0135: 1090	+26	07th
04th	Slovenia	05	03	00	02	0138: 1340	+4	06th
05.	Angola	05	01	00	04th	0124: 1410	−17	02
06th	Paraguay	05	00	00	05	0095: 1560	−61	00

December 2, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Romania	29:17	Paraguay	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 2,369 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi
	Florianu 5	(16: 7)	Fiore 7
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×

December 2, 2017 6:00 p.m.	France	23:24	Slovenia	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 3,317 Referees: Grillo, Lenci
	Landre , Niombla 4 each	(10:13)	Gros 9
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

December 2, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Spain	28:24	Angola	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 3,042 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović
	Martin 9	(15:13)	Cazanga 7
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 3, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Slovenia	28:31	Romania	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 2,411 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović
	Gros 10	(14:14)	Neagu 11
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

December 3, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Angola	19:26	France	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 2,227 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf
	Cazanga 4	(10:11)	Lacrabère 7
	4 ×  2 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 3, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Paraguay	15:32	Spain	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 1,723 Referees: Grillo, Lenci
	Fiore, Insfrán each 4	(6:16)	Martín 7
	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

December 5, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Slovenia	32:25	Angola	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 1,303 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović
	Gros 7	(15:15)	Cazanga 6
	4 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

December 5, 2017 6:00 p.m.	France	35:13	Paraguay	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 1,678 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi
	Houette 9	(14:10)	Acuña , Fiore 3 each
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

December 5, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Romania	19:17	Spain	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 1,724 Referees: Grillo, Lenci
	Neagu 8	(9: 7)	Pena , González each 4
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 7, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Paraguay	22:28	Slovenia	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 1,590 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf
	Fiore 8	(9:18)	Gros, Stanko 6 each
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 7, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Romania	27:24	Angola	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 3,123 Referees: Hisaki, Ikebuchi
	Neagu 7	(14:14)	Cazanga, Guialo 7 each
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

December 7, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Spain	25:25	France	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 3,316 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović
	Martín, Cabral B. 6 each	(10:11)	Houette 5
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

December 8, 2017 2:30 p.m.	Angola	32:28	Paraguay	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 1,123 Referees: Hisaki, Ikebuchi
	Carlos 10	(16:17)	Fiore 8
	3 ×  7 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×

December 8, 2017 6:00 p.m.	France	26:17	Romania	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 3,824 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf
	Houette 7	(17: 7)	Florianu 6
	2 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

December 8, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Spain	33:26	Slovenia	Arena Trier , Trier Spectators: 3,422 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik
	Pena 9	(13:14)	Gros, Stanko 7 each
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

Group B

The group B games were played in the EgeTrans Arena in Bietigheim-Bissingen .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Sweden	05	04th	00	01	0160: 1390	+21	08th
02.	Norway	05	04th	00	01	0163: 1100	+53	08th
03.	Hungary	05	03	00	02	0138: 1270	+11	06th
04th	Czech Republic	05	02	00	03	0134: 1470	−13	04th
05.	Poland	05	02	00	03	0144: 1450	−1	04th
06th	Argentina	05	00	00	05	0102: 1730	−71	00

December 2, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	28:22	Argentina	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 2,363 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Ryšánková 7	(15: 9)	Mendoza 4
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×

December 2, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	30:33	Poland	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 3,620 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Mellegård , Gulldén , Hagman 5 each	(15:17)	Achruk 9
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 2, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Norway	30:22	Hungary	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 3,620 Referees: Hansen, Christiansen
	Mørk 7	(21:11)	Háfra 4
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 3, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Poland	25:29	Czech Republic	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 2,720 Referees: Hansen, Christiansen
	Kudłacz-Gloc 6	(15:12)	Jeřábková 8
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

December 3, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	22:25	Sweden	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 3,620 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Schatzl , Klivinyi 5 each	(11:11)	Gullden 7
	2 ×  7 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 3, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Argentina	21:36	Norway	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 3,620 Referees: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Gavilan 4	(13:18)	Løke 7
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

December 5, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Hungary	33:15	Argentina	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 2,110 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Lukács 7	(18: 7)	Ponce de Leon 5th
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×

December 5, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	36:32	Czech Republic	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 2,600 Referees: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Mellegård, Gulldén, Westberg 6 each	(16:18)	Luzumová 9
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 5, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Norway	35:20	Poland	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 2,600 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Kristiansen 6	(18:11)	Zych 4
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×

December 7, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Poland	28:31	Hungary	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 1,570 Referees: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Kudłacz-Gloc 8	(11:13)	Kovacsics 8
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×

December 7, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	38:24	Argentina	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 2,220 Referees: Hansen, Christiansen
	Hagman 6	(17:13)	Five players each 3
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

December 7, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Czech Republic	16:34	Norway	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 2,300 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Jeřábková 4	(7:20)	Mørk 7
	2 ×  7 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 8, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Argentina	20:38	Poland	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 1,100 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Salvadó 4	(9:19)	Kudłacz-Gloc 10
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×

December 8, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	29:30	Hungary	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 3,620 Referees: Hansen, Christiansen
	Jeřábková 9	(14:17)	Bognár-Bódi 7
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×

December 8, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Norway	28:31	Sweden	EgeTrans Arena , Bietigheim-Bissingen Spectators: 3,620 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Mørk 9	(18:16)	Gullden 9
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

Group C

The group C games were played in the EWE Arena in Oldenburg .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Russia	05	05	00	00	0149: 1110	+38	10
02.	Denmark	05	03	00	02	0142: 1200	+22	06th
03.	Japan	05	02	01	02	0134: 1300	+4	05
04th	Montenegro	05	02	01	02	0135: 1270	+8	05
05.	Brazil	05	01	02	02	0110: 1190	−9	04th
06th	Tunisia	05	00	00	05	0093: 1560	−63	00

December 2, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Russia	36:16	Tunisia	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 2,293 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Four players each 5	(14: 9)	Chebbah 6
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

December 2, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Brazil	28:28	Japan	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 2,973 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Rodrigues Belo 11	(12:15)	Hara 7
	4 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 2, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	24:31	Montenegro	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 3,079 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Grigel , Tranborg 5 each	(12:17)	Radičević 12
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

December 3, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Tunisia	22:23	Brazil	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 2,351 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Chebbah 7	(13:10)	Rodrigues Belo 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 3, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Montenegro	24:28	Russia	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 2,269 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Bulatović 7	(12:15)	Dmitrieva 5
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

December 3, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Japan	18:32	Denmark	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 2,389 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Four players each 3	(5:16)	Heindahl , Böhme , S. Jørgensen 5 each
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

December 5, 2017 12:00 p.m.	Montenegro	28:29	Japan	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 1,103 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Radičević 7	(15:12)	Ikehara 9
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

December 5, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Russia	24:16	Brazil	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 1,721 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Samochina 6	(14: 7)	Amorim 5
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

December 5, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	37:19	Tunisia	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 1,812 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	L. Jørgensen 6	(15: 6)	Chebbah 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 6, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Russia	29:28	Japan	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 1,187 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Dmitrijewa, Vjachirewa , Samochina 5 each	(13:11)	Ikehara, Sunami 6 each
	2 ×  8 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×

December 6, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Tunisia	23:29	Montenegro	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 1,989 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Chebbah, Kouki 5 each	(13:15)	Raičević 9
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×

December 6, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Brazil	20:22	Denmark	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 2,105 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Rodrigues Belo 6	(13:13)	S. Jørgensen 9
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

December 8, 2017 12:00 p.m.	Japan	31:13	Tunisia	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 809 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Yokoshima 8	(15: 6)	Chebbah 5
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×  1 ×

December 8, 2017 5:45 p.m.	Brazil	23:23	Montenegro	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 3,607 Referees: Arntsen, Røen
	Rodrigues Belo, Amorim 6 each	(13:12)	Bulatović 6
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 8, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	27:32	Russia	EWE Arena , Oldenburg Spectators: 4,021 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Fisker , Woller 5 each	(11:12)	Samochina 7
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

Group D

The group D games were played in the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Serbia	05	03	02	00	0159: 1210	+38	08th
02.	Netherlands	05	03	01	01	0149: 1110	+38	07th
03.	Germany	05	03	01	01	0120: 9500	+25	07th
04th	South Korea	05	03	00	02	0134: 1180	+16	06th
05.	Cameroon	05	00	01	04th	0105: 1500	−45	01
06th	People's Republic of China	05	00	01	04th	0092: 1640	−72	01

December 1, 2017 7:00 p.m.	Germany	28:15	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 6,000 Referees: Arntsen, Røen
	Loerper 5	(12: 7)	Djiepmou Medibe 3
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  8 ×  1 ×

December 2, 2017 3:30 p.m.	Serbia	43:23	China	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 1,352 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz
	Krpež Šlezak , Damnjanović 8 each	(21:11)	Liu 9
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×

December 2, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Netherlands	22:24	South Korea	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 2,066 Referees: García, Marín
	Abbingh 11	(11:14)	Kang 6
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

December 3, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Cameroon	21:34	Serbia	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 2,107 Referees: García, Marín
	Atangana Belibi , Touba Byolo 5 each	(9:20)	Krpež Šlezak, Radosavljević 6 each
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 3, 2017 6:00 p.m.	China	15:40	Netherlands	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 4,381 Referees: Arntsen, Røen
	Liu 6	(9:20)	Polman , Steenbakkers , Malestein 5 each
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

December 3, 2017 8:30 p.m.	South Korea	18:23	Germany	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 5,794 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik
	Sim , Lee 5 each	(10:11)	Gubernatis 7
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  5 ×

December 5, 2017 12:00 p.m.	South Korea	31:19	China	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 3,917 Referees: García, Marín
	Yu 8	(18:10)	Liu 8
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 5, 2017 3:30 p.m.	Netherlands	29:22	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 2,237 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz
	van der Heijden , Polman 4 each	(14: 8)	Djiepmou Medibe, Touba Byolo 4 each
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×  1 ×

December 5, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Germany	22:22	Serbia	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 3,871 Referees: Arntsen, Røen
	Huber 6	(9:11)	Krpež Šlezak 7
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×  4 ×

December 6, 2017 12:00 p.m.	Cameroon	21:33	South Korea	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 667 Referees: Arntsen, Røen
	Djiepmou Medibe 6	(6:16)	Yu, Jo , Choi 5 each
	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 6, 2017 3:30 p.m.	Serbia	27:27	Netherlands	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 2,545 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik
	Dmitrović 9	(15:15)	Abbingh 7
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 6, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Germany	24: 9	China	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 3,165 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz
	Bölk 4	(10: 3)	Zhang , Liu, Sun 2 each
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 8, 2017 2:00 p.m.	China	26:26	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 1,825 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Ru 5	(13:13)	Nchouapouognigni 5
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 8, 2017 6:00 p.m.	Netherlands	31:23	Germany	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 6,000 Referees: García, Marín
	Abbingh 9	(18:10)	Stolle 6
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 8, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Serbia	33:28	South Korea	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 5,432 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz
	Damnjanović, Pop-Lazić 5 each	(15:14)	Yu 8
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

Final round

From the final round, the games were played in knockout mode. In the event of a tie after regular playing time, there was an extension of five minutes twice. If the first extra time also ended in a draw, a second extra time should be played twice for five minutes. If there is still no team in the lead, the game must be decided in a 7-meter throw.

Overview

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

B1

Sweden

33

A4

Slovenia

21st

B1

Sweden

26th

C2

Denmark

23

D3

Germany

17th

C2

Denmark

21st

B1

Sweden

22nd

A2

France

24

B3

Hungary

26th

A2

France

29

A2

France

25th

C4

Montenegro

22nd

D1

Serbia

29

C4

Montenegro

31

A2

France

23

B2

Norway

21st

C3

Japan

24

D2

Netherlands

26 V

D2

Netherlands

30th

B4

Czech Republic

26th

A1

Romania

27

B4

Czech Republic

28

D2

Netherlands

23

B2

Norway

32

A3

Spain

23

B2

Norway

31

B2

Norway

34

3rd place match

C1

Russia

17th

C1

Russia

36 V

B1

Sweden

21st

D4

South Korea

35

D2

Netherlands

24

^V victory after extra time

Round of 16

December 10, 2017 5:30 p.m.	Hungary	26:29	France	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 1,385 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović
	Kovacsics, Lukács 6 each	(11:14)	Lacrabère 5
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

December 10, 2017 5:30 p.m.	Serbia	29:31	Montenegro	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 3,011 Referees: García, Marín
	Cvijić 7	(9:14)	Radičević 9
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

December 10, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	33:21	Slovenia	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 1,190 Referees: Grillo, Lenci
	Westberg 8	(18:12)	Koren 8
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 10, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Germany	17:21	Denmark	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 4,133 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik
	Smits 6	(7:11)	Tranborg, S. Jørgensen 5 each
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×

December 11, 2017 5:30 p.m.	Russia	36:35 a.d.	South Korea	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 1,132 Referees: Arntsen, Røen
	Wedjochina 9	(16:13), (30:30)	Lee 11
	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

December 11, 2017 5:30 p.m.	Romania	27:28	Czech Republic	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 1,003 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies
	Neagu 13	(17:14)	Jeřábková 7
	4 ×  10 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

December 11, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Spain	23:31	Norway	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 1,263 Referees: Hansen, Christiansen
	Martín 6	(10:13)	Mørk 11
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

December 11, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Japan	24:26 a.d.	Netherlands	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 1,231 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf
	Ikehara 5	(10:10), (20:20)	Malestein 7
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

Quarter finals

December 12, 2017 5:30 p.m.	Sweden	26:23	Denmark	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 2,387 Referees: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Blomstrand 7	(13:11)	Tranborg 7
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 12, 2017 8:45 p.m.	France	25:22	Montenegro	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 2,019 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Pineau 5	(12:10)	Bulatović 9
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 13, 2017 5:30 p.m.	Netherlands	30:26	Czech Republic	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 1,451 Referees: Horváth, Marton
	Abbingh 14	(17:16)	Luzumová 11
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 13, 2017 8:30 p.m.	Norway	34:17	Russia	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 1,583 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Mørk 9	(15: 8)	Kochetova 5
	2 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

Semifinals

December 15, 2017 5:30 p.m.	Netherlands	23:32	Norway	Barclaycard Arena , Hamburg Spectators: 11,261 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik
	van der Heijden 5	(10:17)	Mørk 8
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 15, 2017 8:45 p.m.	Sweden	22:24	France	Barclaycard Arena , Hamburg Spectators: 11,261 Referees: García, Marín
	Hagman 8	(12:11)	Lacrabère 5
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×

3rd place match

December 17, 2017 2:30 p.m.	Sweden	21:24	Netherlands	Barclaycard Arena , Hamburg Spectators: 11,162 Referees: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Gullden 7	(8:14)	Fig 8
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×  1 ×

final

December 17, 2017 5:30 p.m.	France	23:21	Norway	Barclaycard Arena , Hamburg Spectators: 11,261 Referees: Hansen, Christiansen
	Pineau, Houette 4 each	(11:10)	Kristiansen, Mørk 7th each
	4 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×

President's Cup

At the President's Cup, places 17 to 24 were played out. The group fifth from the preliminary round played for places 17 to 20 and the group sixth from the preliminary round for places 21 to 24. Just like the finals, the games were played in knockout mode. In the event of a tie after regular time, a 7-meter throw took place in the placement games without prior extra time. Otherwise, the games for 17th, 19th, 21st and 23rd place had to be played in extra time with two five minutes playing time if the game ended in a draw. If the first extra time also ended in a draw, a second extra time had to be played twice for five minutes. If there is still no team in the lead, the game had to be decided in a 7-meter throw, just as in the placement games.

Overview

Placement round places 17-20     Game for 17th place                         A5   Angola 33     B5   Poland 34 p             B5   Poland 29         C5   Brazil 27   C5   Brazil 28         D5   Cameroon 26th         Game for 19th place       A5   Angola 33   D5   Cameroon 23

Placement round places 21-24     Game for 21st place                         A6   Paraguay 28     B6   Argentina 25th             A6   Paraguay 23         D6   China 22nd   C6   Tunisia 31         D6   China 32         Game for 23rd place       B6   Argentina 29   C6   Tunisia 19th

^S victory after a 7-meter throw

Placement games

December 10, 2017 11:30 a.m.	Paraguay	28:25	Argentina	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 1,493 Referees: Arntsen, Røen
	Fiore 8	(10:12)	Ponce de Leon, Salvadó each 5
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 10, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Tunisia	31:32	China	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 1,787 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Hamrouni 6	(14:16)	Liu 9
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 10, 2017 11:30 a.m.	Angola	33:34 n.p.	Poland	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 763 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz
	Guialo 9	(13:12), (24:24)	Grzyb 13
	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 10, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Brazil	28:26	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 637 Referees: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Rocha 7	(14:15)	Mossy Solle , Touba Byolo 6 each
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  7 ×

Game for 23rd place

December 11, 2017 11:30 am	Argentina	29:19	Tunisia	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 1,361 Referees: García, Marín
	Salvadó 8	(15:10)	Chabchoub 5
	1 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

Game for 21st place

December 11, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Paraguay	23:21	China	GETEC Arena , Magdeburg Spectators: 1,361 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik
	Fiore 5	(14:10)	Sun 6
	1 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×

Game for 19th place

December 11, 2017 11:30 am	Angola	33:23	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 227 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Machado 8	(16:12)	Touba Byolo, Yotchoum , Yuoh 4 each
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

Game for 17th place

December 11, 2017 2:00 p.m.	Poland	29:27	Brazil	Arena Leipzig , Leipzig Spectators: 242 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi
	Kudłacz-Gloc 7	(15:13)	Costa 8
	3 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Katrine Lunde	Norway
Left winger:	Siraba Dembélé	France
Back left:	Lois Abbingh	Netherlands
Back center:	Grace Zaadi	France
Back right:	Nora Mørk	Norway
Right winger:	Nathalie Hagman	Sweden
Circle:	Yvette Broch	Netherlands

statistics

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	FT	7 m goals	T / S	Games
01.	Nora Mørk	Norway	66	41	25th	7.33	9
02.	Lois Abbingh	Netherlands	58	38	20th	6.44	9
03.	Iveta Luzumová	Czech Republic	47	29	18th	6.71	7th
04th	Isabelle Gullden	Sweden	46	27	19th	5.11	9
05.	Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc	Poland	44	31	13	6.29	7th
05.	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway	44	36	08th	4.89	9
07th	Sabrina Fiore	Paraguay	43	33	10	6.14	7th
07th	Ana Gros	Slovenia	43	30th	13	7.17	6th
07th	Markéta Jeřábková	Czech Republic	43	43	00	6.14	7th
010.	Katarina Bulatović	Montenegro	42	38	04th	6.00	7th
010.	Cristina Neagu	Romania	42	31	11	7.00	6th
010.	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro	42	35	07th	6.00	7th
FT - field goals, 7 m - seven meters, T / S - goals per game; Source: ihf.info, as of December 17, 2017

Team fair play

Pl.	team	Games	disqualification		2 minutes	warning	Points
			m. report	o. report			per game	total a
1.	South Korea	6th			11	11	5.5	33
2.	Argentina	7th			15th	12	6.0	42
3.	Norway	9			27	15th	7.7	69
4th	France	9			28	19th	8.3	47
5.	Poland	7th		1	20th	14th	8.4	59
	Sweden	9			27	22nd	8.4	76
7th	Tunisia	7th		1	21st	15th	8.9	62
8th.	Netherlands	9		1	29	20th	9.2	83
9.	Germany	6th			19th	20th	9.7	58
10.	Slovenia	6th			22nd	15th	9.8	59
11.	People's Republic of China	7th		1	25th	14th	9.9	69
12.	Czech Republic	7th			25th	20th	10.0	70
13.	Japan	6th		1	22nd	13	10.3	62
	Paraguay	7th		2	26th	10	10.3	72
15th	Spain	6th			26th	14th	11.0	66
16.	Serbia	6th			26th	16	11.3	68
17th	Romania	6th			25th	21st	11.8	71
18th	Denmark	7th		1	31	17th	12.0	84
	Russia	7th		1	31	17th	12.0	84
20th	Brazil	7th		2	28	21st	12.4	87
21st	Montenegro	7th		1	31	22nd	12.7	89
22nd	Angola	7th		2	30th	21st	13.0	91
23.	Hungary	6th		1	30th	16	13.5	81
24.	Cameroon	7th		3	39	11	14.9	104
aThe following number of points is awarded for each penalty: 1 point, 2 points, (directly or by 3 × ) 5 points, 10 points
Source: ihf.info as of December 17, 2017

referee

country	Surname	Calls
		Preliminary round	Final round	President's Cup	Semifinals	Finals
		Group / game	Group / game
Argentina	Julián Ismael Grillo	A / FRA - SLO A / PRY - ESP A / ROU - ESP	AF / SWE - SLO
	Sebastián Lenci
Denmark	Karina Christiansen	B / NOR - HUN B / POL - CZE B / SWE - ARG B / CZE - HUN	AF / ESP - NOR			F / FRA - NOR
	Line Hesseldal Hansen
Germany	Robert Schulze	B / SWE - POL B / HUN - ARG B / CZE - NOR B / ARG - POL	AF / ROU - CZE
	Tobias Tönnies
France	Charlotte Bonaventure	B / BRA - JPN C / MNE - RUS C / DEN - DO C / RUS - JPN	VF / NOR - RUS	PS / TUN - CHN
	Julie Bonaventure
Japan	Koyoshi Hizaki	A / ROU - PRY A / FRA - PRY A / ROU - ARG A / ANG - PRY		P17 / POL - BRA
	Tomokazu Ikebuchi
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević	A / ESP - ANG A / SLO - ROU A / SLO - ANG A / ESP - FRA C / BRA - MNE	AF / HUN - FRA
	Miloš Ražnatović
Norway	Kjersti Arntsen	D / DEU - CMR D / CHN - NLD D / DEU - SRB D / CMR - COR	AF / RUS - COR	PS / PRY - ARG
	Guro Røen
Russia	Viktoria Alpaidze	B / ARG - NOR B / SWE - CZE B / POL - HUN	VF / SWE - DNK	PS / BRA - CMR		P3 / SWE - NLD
	Tatiana Berjoskina
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic	D / KOR - DEU D / SRB - NLD A / ESP - SLO	AF / DEU - DNK	P21 / PRY - CHN	1.HF / NLD - NOR
	Mattias Wetterwik
Serbia	Vanja Antić	C / RUS - DO C / JPN - DNK C / TUN - MNE D / CHN - CMR
	Jelena Jakovljević
Slovenia	Bojan Lah	C / TUN - BRA C / MNE - JPN C / DNK - RUS
	David Sok
Spain	Ignacio García Serradilla	D / NLD - KOR D / CMR - SRB D / KOR - CHN D / NLD - DEU	AF / SRB - MNE	P23 / ARG - DO	2. HF / SWE - FRA
	Andreu Marín Llorente
South Korea	Lee Seok	B / CZE - ARG B / HUN - SWE B / NOR - POL B / NOR - SWE	VF / FRA - MNE	P19 / ANG - CMR
	Koo Bon-ok
Turkey	Kürşad Erdoğan	D / SRB - CHN D / NLD - CMR D / DEU - CHN D / SRB - COR		PS / ANG - POL
	İbrahim Özdeniz
Tunisia	Samir Krichen	A / ANG - FRA A / PRY - SLO A / FRA - ROU	AF / JPN - NLD
	Samir Makhlouf
Hungary	Péter Horváth	C / DNK - MNE C / RUS - BRA C / BRA - DNK C / JPN - DO	VF / NLD - CZE
	Balázs Marton

Television broadcast

The DHB games were free to watch in Germany on Sport1 and Sport1 +. If the German team had qualified for the semi-finals or the final, these games would also have been broadcast by ARD / ZDF. Sportdeutschland.TV broadcast all games exclusively via internet stream.

mascot

The official mascot was again Hanniball ( case word from Hannibal and handball ), who had already helped with the marketing ten years earlier when Germany hosted the 2007 men's handball world championship .

Web links

Commons : 2017 World Women's Handball Championship  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website for the 2017 World Cup
• Handball World Championship 2017 on the IHF website
• 2017 Handball World Championship schedule

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tim Oliver Kalle: WM 2017: Application phase for venues begins. German Handball Federation, February 20, 2015, accessed on May 4, 2017 . 
2. ↑ "Start in Leipzig, arrive in Hamburg" - Voices on the announcement of the World Cup venues for 2017. DHB, November 25, 2015, accessed on November 26, 2015 . 
3. ↑ DHB assigns World Cup venues: Germany for the preliminary round in Leipzig, final in Hamburg. handball-world.com, November 25, 2015, accessed November 26, 2015 . 
4. ↑ handball-world.news: IHF publishes World Cup seeding list: DHB team protected from Russia, Sweden and Romania . Retrieved June 26, 2017 . 
5. ↑ IHF.info: Draw for the 2017 IHF Women's World Championship in Germany . Retrieved June 26, 2017 (English). 
6. ↑ handball-world.news: WM 2017: Group stage drawn - DHB team with feasible tasks . Retrieved June 27, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Goalscorers. (PDF) In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation, December 17, 2017, accessed on December 21, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Team fair play. (PDF) In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation, December 12, 2017, accessed on December 13, 2017 . 
9. ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Relief at the DHB: Women's World Cup live on free TV . Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 15, 2017, accessed on August 21, 2020 . 
10. ^ Hanniball will be the official mascot of the World Championship in Germany. In: 23rd IHF Women`s Handball World Championship. International Handball Federation / German Handball Federation , June 28, 2017, accessed on July 23, 2017 (English).