Women's handball world championship 2019

24th Women's Handball World Championship 2019
24th Women's Handball World Championship
Number of nations	24
World Champion	Netherlands (1st title)
venue	Japan
Opening game	November 30, 2019
Endgame	15th December 2019
Games	96
Gates	5,179   (∅: 53.95 per game)
spectator	315,748   (∅: 3,289 per game)
Top scorer	Lois Abbingh (71 goals)
Best player	Estavana Polman
yellow cards	226  (∅: 2.35 per game)
Time penalties	734  (∅: 7.65 per game)
Red cards	24  (∅: 0.25 per game)
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The 24th women's handball world championship was held from November 30th to December 15th, 2019 in the Japanese city of Kumamoto . A total of 24 teams competed. The organizer was the International Handball Federation (IHF).

host

The only competitor for hosting the games alongside the Japan Handball Association was the Norges Håndballforbund (NHF), which withdrew its application at short notice. The IHF therefore awarded the Japanese federation the event on October 28, 2013.

qualification

The hosts Japan and the defending champions France qualified directly. In addition, the three best teams from the 2018 European handball championship qualified . Behind European champions France, these were Russia, the Netherlands and Romania. The remaining participants were determined through qualifying tournaments.

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Attendees

24 teams will take part in the 2019 World Cup. The host Japanese and France were directly qualified as 2017 world champions .

country	Continent (association)	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous participation in world championships
				number	Years
Japan	Asia (AHF)	host	October 28, 2013	18th	1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
France	Europe (EHF)	World Champion 2017	17th December 2017	13	1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 , 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Brazil	Pan America (PATHF)	South and Central American Championship 2018	03rd December 2018	11	1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013 , 2015, 2017
Argentina	Pan America (PATHF)	South and Central American Championship 2018	03rd December 2018	9	1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
South Korea	Asia (AHF)	Asian champion 2018	04th December 2018	17th	1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995 , 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
People's Republic of China	Asia (AHF)	3rd Asian Cup 2018	04th December 2018	15th	1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Kazakhstan	Asia (AHF)	4th Asian Cup 2018	04th December 2018	4th	2007, 2009, 2011, 2015
Australia	Oceania (OCHF)	5th Asian Cup 2018	0December 8, 2018	7th	1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Angola	Africa (CAHB)	African champions 2018	December 10, 2018	14th	1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Senegal	Africa (CAHB)	2nd African Cup of Nations 2018	December 10, 2018	0
Democratic Republic of Congo	Africa (CAHB)	3rd African Cup of Nations 2018	December 12, 2018	2	2013, 2015
Russia	Europe (EHF)	2nd European Championship 2018	December 12, 2018	12	1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 , 2003, 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011, 2015, 2017
Netherlands	Europe (EHF)	3rd European Championship 2018	December 12, 2018	11	1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Romania	Europe (EHF)	4th European Championship 2018	December 12, 2018	23	1957, 1962 , 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Cuba	Pan America (PATHF)	North America and Caribbean Championship 2019	02nd June 2019	3	1999, 2011, 2015
Germany	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	05th June 2019	22nd	1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993 , 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Denmark	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	05th June 2019	13	1962, 1993, 1995, 1997 , 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Hungary	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	05th June 2019	21st	1957, 1962, 1965 , 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017
Norway	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	05th June 2019	19th	1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 , 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 , 2013, 2015 , 2017
Montenegro	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	05th June 2019	4th	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Sweden	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	0June 6, 2019	9	1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
Serbia	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	0June 6, 2019	5	2001, 2003, 2013, 2015, 2017
Slovenia	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	0June 6, 2019	5	1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2017
Spain	Europe (EHF)	Play-offs Europe	0June 6, 2019	9	1993, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017

bold = world champion in the respective year

Group draw

The preliminary group draw took place on June 21, 2019 in Tokyo .

Group place 1	France	Russia	Netherlands	Romania
Group place 2	Norway	Sweden	Hungary	Denmark
Group place 3	Japan	Montenegro	Germany	Serbia
Group place 4	Spain	Slovenia	South Korea	People's Republic of China
Group place 5	Brazil	Angola	Senegal	Argentina
Group place 6	Kazakhstan	Cuba	Democratic Republic of Congo	Australia

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Netherlands	France	Romania	Russia
Norway	Denmark	Hungary	Sweden
Serbia	Germany	Montenegro	Japan
Slovenia	South Korea	Spain	People's Republic of China
Angola	Brazil	Senegal	Argentina
Cuba	Australia	Kazakhstan	Democratic Republic of Congo

game schedule

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, each team in a group played once against each other team in the same group. The top three teams in each group qualified for the main round, while the fourth, fifth and sixth group played for places 13 to 24 in the President's Cup .

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 main round

Team took part in the President's Cup

All playing times are in local time ( Japan Standard Time ).

Group A

The group A games were played in the Aqua Dome in Kumamoto .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Netherlands	05	04th	00	01	0178: 1340	+44	08th
02.	Norway	05	04th	00	01	0169: 1150	+54	08th
03.	Serbia	05	03	00	02	0155: 1430	+12	06th
04th	Angola	05	02	00	03	0150: 1510	−1	04th
05.	Slovenia	05	02	00	03	0142: 1500	−8	04th
06th	Cuba	05	00	00	05	0122: 2230	−101	00

November 30, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Serbia	32:25	Angola	Aqua Dome , Kumamoto Spectators: 3,605 Referees: García, Paolantoni
	Nikolić 7	(16:12)	Guialo 5
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

November 30, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Netherlands	26:32	Slovenia	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,864 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf
	Abbingh , Polman 5 each	(14:15)	Stanko 12
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

November 30, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Norway	47:16	Cuba	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,871 Referees: H. El-Said, Y. El-Said
	Løke , Herrem 8 each	(25: 9)	Lusson , Céspedes 3 each
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×

December 2, 2019 12:30 p.m.	Cuba	27:46	Serbia	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 5,570 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf
	Rizo 6	(11:25)	Radosavljević , Kojić , Pop-Lazić 6 each
	5 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

December 2, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Angola	28:35	Netherlands	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 4,690 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi
	Carlos 9	(12:17)	Abbingh 11
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 2, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Slovenia	20:36	Norway	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,680 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Gros 9	(12:13)	Jacobsen 8
	3 ×	Match report	3 ×

3 December 2019 3 p.m.	Netherlands	51:23	Cuba	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 5,060 Referees: García, Paolantoni
	Malestein 11	(22:11)	Céspedes 4
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	6 ×

December 3, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Slovenia	24:33	Angola	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,280 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Stanko 9	(12:16)	Kassoma , Carlos 6 each
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	5 ×

December 3, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Norway	28:25	Serbia	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,970 Referees: Kuttler, Merz
	Arntzen , Oftedal 7 each	(13:12)	Liščević 6
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  8 ×  1 ×

December 5, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Cuba	26:39	Slovenia	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 5,520 Referees: Năstase, Stancu
	Rizo 7	(15:17)	Stanko 11
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 5, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Serbia	23:36	Netherlands	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,460 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura
	Trifunović , Obradović , Liščević 6 each	(12:20)	Polman 8
	4 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 5, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Norway	30:24	Angola	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,870 Referees: García, Paolantoni
	Arntzen 6	(13:12)	Carlos 6
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

December 6, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Serbia	29:27	Slovenia	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 4,680 Referees: Makhlouf, Krichen
	Pop-Lazić 8	(12:11)	Stanko 10
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 6, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Angola	40:30	Cuba	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,680 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi
	Guialo 7	(20:16)	Lusson 7
	6 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

December 6, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Netherlands	30:28	Norway	Aqua Dome, Kumamoto Spectators: 3,380 Referees: García, Marín
	Abbingh 6	(14:18)	Oftedal 9
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×

Group B

Game scene of the game between Australia and South Korea

The Group B games were played at the Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium in Yamaga and the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium in Kumamoto .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	South Korea	05	03	02	00	0149: 1240	+25	08th
02.	Germany	05	03	01	01	0142: 1110	+31	07th
03.	Denmark	05	03	01	01	0132: 1000	+32	07th
04th	France	05	02	01	02	0137: 1000	+37	05
05.	Brazil	05	01	01	03	0119: 1150	+4	03
06th	Australia	05	00	00	05	0053: 1820	−129	00

November 30, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Germany	30:24	Brazil	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium , Yamaga Spectators: 1,300 Referees: García, Marín
	Behnke 6	(14:11)	do Nascimento 5
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

November 30, 2019 6:00 p.m.	France	27:29	South Korea	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Spectators: 1,450 Referees: Sosa, Lemes
	Zaadi 5	(13:12)	Ryu 12
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×  1 ×

November 30, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	37:12	Australia	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium , Kumamoto Spectators: 1,400 Referees: Cheng, Zhou
	Jensen 6	(17: 4)	Potocki 4
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	8 ×

December 1, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Brazil	19:19	France	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Spectators: 1,580 Referees: Lah, Sok
	de Paula , Araújo , Rodrigues Belo , Cardoso each 3	(7:10)	Bouquet , Flippes , Edwige 3 each
	3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×

December 1, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Australia	8:34	Germany	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Spectators: 1,450 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi
	Potocki 3	(4:16)	Lauenroth 6
	2 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

December 1, 2019 8:30 p.m.	South Korea	26:26	Denmark	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,380 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Ryu 9	(13:10)	Højlund 4
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×  1 ×

3 December 2019 3 p.m.	South Korea	33:27	Brazil	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Spectators: 1,750 Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri
	Shin , Ryu 8	(16:14)	Amorim 9
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 3, 2019 7:00 p.m.	France	46: 7	Australia	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Spectators: 1,540 Referees: Elsaied, Elsaied
	Coatanea 7	(21: 3)	Potocki 4
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

December 3, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	25:26	Germany	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Sosa, Lemes
	K. Jørgensen 5	(11:13)	Behnke 7
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 4, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Australia	17:34	South Korea	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Spectators: 1,590 Referees: D. Lončar, Z. Lončar
	Potocki 10	(10:18)	M. Lee 5
	1 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×

December 4, 2019 7:00 p.m.	Germany	25:27	France	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Spectators: 1,950 Referees: García, Marín
	Bölk 9	(12:14)	Zaadi 4
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

December 4, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	24:18	Brazil	Kumamoto Prefectural High School, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,100 Referees: García, Paolantoni
	S. Jørgensen 6	(11: 9)	Vieira 5
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	5 ×

December 6, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Brazil	31: 9	Australia	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Spectators: 1,490 Referees: Cheng, Zhou
	Rodrigues Belo 5	(15: 5)	Potocki 7
	1 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×

December 6, 2019 7:00 p.m.	Germany	27:27	South Korea	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Spectators: 2,100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Behnke 7	(15:14)	Ryu 10
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×

December 6, 2019 8:30 p.m.	France	18:20	Denmark	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,600 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Lacrabère 6	(7: 9)	S. Jørgensen 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	6 ×

Group C

The Group C games were played in Yatsushiro General Gymnasium in Yatsushiro and in Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium in Kumamoto .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	05	05	00	00	0159: 1030	+56	10
02.	Montenegro	05	04th	00	01	0137: 1230	+14	08th
03.	Romania	05	03	00	02	0121: 1290	−8	06th
04th	Hungary	05	02	00	03	0145: 1170	+28	04th
05.	Senegal	05	01	00	04th	0119: 1370	−18	02
06th	Kazakhstan	05	00	00	05	0092: 1640	−72	00

November 30, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Montenegro	29:25	Senegal	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium , Yatsushiro Spectators: 1,900 Referees: Kuttler, Merz
	Jauković 7	(14:15)	Sankharé , Keita 5 each
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

November 30, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	39:15	Kazakhstan	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Spectators: 1,800 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi
	Schatzl , Márton 7 each	(22: 8)	Abilda 5
	1 ×	Match report

November 30, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Romania	16:31	Spain	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium , Kumamoto Spectators: 1,300 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Neagu 6	(9:16)	Fernández , Cabral Barbosa 6 each
	2 ×  7 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

December 1, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	21:30	Montenegro	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Spectators: 1,910 Referees: H. El-Said, Y. El-Said
	Alexandrowa 5	(11:13)	Radičević 9
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

December 1, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Spain	29:25	Hungary	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,600 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen
	Cabral Barbosa 7	(18:13)	Tóvizi 5
	1 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

December 1, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Senegal	24:29	Romania	Yatsushiro General High School, Yatsushiro Spectators: 1,850 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Camara , Ndiaye , Dapina 6 each	(12:15)	Neagu 13
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×  7 ×

3 December 2019 3 p.m.	Spain	29:20	Senegal	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Spectators: 1,950 Referees: Lah, Sok
	Cabral Barbosa 8	(14:13)	Camara 6
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×

3 December 2019 3 p.m.	Hungary	24:25	Montenegro	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,600 Referees: García, Marin
	Schatzl 7	(12:13)	Radičević 8
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  7 ×  1 ×

December 3, 2019 7:00 p.m.	Romania	22:20	Kazakhstan	Yatsushiro General High School, Yatsushiro Spectators: 1,810 Referees: Cheng, Zhou
	Pintea 5	(14:11)	Khardina 6
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×

December 4, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Montenegro	27:26	Romania	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,700 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen
	Raičević , Radičević 6 each	(11:12)	Neagu 11
	3 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  7 ×  1 ×

December 4, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	16:43	Spain	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Spectators: 2,000 Referees: Y. El-Said, H. El-Said
	Reemetowa , Abilda each 3	(11:19)	López 10
	5 ×	Match report	4 ×

December 4, 2019 7:00 p.m.	Hungary	30:20	Senegal	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Spectators: 2,020 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Kovács 6	(17: 9)	Sankharé 6
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

December 6, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Senegal	30:20	Kazakhstan	Kumamoto Prefectural High School, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,700 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi
	Camara 8	(15: 7)	Abilda 7
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×  1 ×

December 6, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Montenegro	26:27	Spain	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Spectators: 2,000 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Radičević 7	(14:14)	Pena , Cabral Barbosa 6 each
	7 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 6, 2019 7:00 p.m.	Romania	28:27	Hungary	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Spectators: 2,500 Referees: Kuttler, Merz
	Neagu 10	(10:16)	Kovacsics , Szabó each 6
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

Group D

The Group D games were played at Park Dome Kumamoto in Kumamoto .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Russia	05	05	00	00	0158: 9100	+67	10
02.	Sweden	05	04th	00	01	0144: 1140	+30	08th
03.	Japan	05	03	00	02	0136: 1210	+15	06th
04th	Argentina	05	02	00	03	0124: 1330	−9	04th
05.	Democratic Republic of Congo	05	01	00	04th	0086: 1370	−51	02
06th	People's Republic of China	05	00	00	05	0100: 1520	−52	00

November 30, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Japan	24:20	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto , Kumamoto Spectators: 9,100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu
	Ohyama 5	(14:10)	Karsten 7
	2 ×  9 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

November 30, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Russia	26:11	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 4,900 Referees: D. Lončar, Z. Lončar
	Manaharowa 5	(13: 6)	Shuo 4
	3 ×	Match report	4 ×

November 30, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	26:16	DR Congo	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,230 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Camp quist 6	(11: 8)	Mwasesa 6
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

December 2, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Argentina	22:35	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,628 Referees: Cheng, Zhou
	Pizzo , Cavo , Bolling 4 each	(12:17)	Gorschenina 5
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  7 ×  1 ×

December 2, 2019 6:00 p.m.	DR Congo	16:28	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 4,476 Referees: D. Lončar, Z. Lončar
	Ngo Leyi 4	(9:17)	Ohyama 6
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×

December 2, 2019 8:30 p.m.	China	19:32	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,100 Referees: Stancu, Năstase
	Mengqing 5	(7:16)	Blohm , Hagman , Mässing 4 each
	1 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×

December 3, 2019 2:30 p.m.	Russia	34:13	DR Congo	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,765 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi
	Manaharowa 6	(19: 7)	Mwasesa 5
	4 ×	Match report	5 ×  1 ×

December 3, 2019 5:00 p.m.	China	28:34	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,985 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Mengqing 10	(13:18)	Karsten 12
	4 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

December 3, 2019 7:30 p.m.	Sweden	34:26	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,375 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf
	Blohm 7	(20:13)	Tanabe 5
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	4 ×

December 5, 2019 3:00 p.m.	DR Congo	25:24	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,729 Referees: Kuttler, Merz
	Mwasesa 12	(10:11)	Mengqing 8
	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

December 5, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Japan	23:33	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,220 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Sasaki 7	(16:16)	Sen 8
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

December 5, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	30:23	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,442 Referees: D. Lončar, Z. Lončar
	Mässing 5	(14:11)	Mendoza 8
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 6, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Japan	35:18	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 8,310 Referees: Sosa, Lemes
	Akiyama 8	(17: 8)	Menying 5
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 6, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Argentina	25:16	DR Congo	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,950 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen
	Karsten 8	(9:13)	Mwasesa 5
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	5 ×

December 6, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Russia	30:22	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 3,826 Referees: Koo, Lee
	Frolova 11	(16:12)	Gullden 8
	3 ×  8 ×	Match report	5 ×

Main round

2 groups of 6 teams are formed, whereby the three best-placed teams in preliminary round groups A and B are assigned to group 1, and the three best-placed teams in preliminary round groups C and D are assigned to group 2. The results of the teams against the teams that move into the main round from their own preliminary round group are taken with them.

colour	meaning
	Team qualifies for the semi-finals
	Team qualifies for the game for 5th place
	Team qualifies for the game for 7th place

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Norway	05	04th	00	01	0146: 1280	+18	08th
02.	Netherlands	05	03	00	02	0153: 1360	+17	06th
03.	Serbia	05	02	01	02	0139: 1510	−12	05
04th	Germany	05	02	01	02	0135: 1370	−2	05
05.	Denmark	05	01	02	02	0123: 1230	± 0	04th
06th	South Korea	05	00	02	03	0144: 1650	−21	02

December 8, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Serbia	36:33	South Korea	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 3,450 Referees: García, Marín
	Lavko 7	(21:16)	Ryu 10
	1 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

December 8, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Netherlands	23:25	Germany	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 4,020 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Dulfer 4	(12:11)	Bölk 6
	4 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

December 8, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Norway	22:19	Denmark	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,890 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Arntzen 5	(12: 9)	Grigel , Højlund 4 each
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 9, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Germany	28:29	Serbia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 5,090 Referees: Năstase, Stancu
	Minevskaja , Berger 6 each	(17:19)	Cvijić 7
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×

9 December 2019 6:00 p.m.	Denmark	27:24	Netherlands	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,200 Referees: García, Marín
	Hansen 5	(14: 9)	Polman , Snelder 5 each
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

December 9, 2019 8:30 p.m.	South Korea	25:36	Norway	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 2.120 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Ryu 7	(10:20)	Oftedal 7
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 11, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Netherlands	40:33	South Korea	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 5,070 Referees: Năstase, Stancu
	Abbingh 11	(23:16)	Ryu 9
	1 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

11 December 2019 6:00 p.m.	Serbia	26:26	Denmark	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 3,080 Referees: García, Marín
	Pop-Lazic 6	(14:11)	Jørgensen 6
	1 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 11, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Norway	32:29	Germany	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 3,520 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Bratt set 6	(17:16)	Bölk 6
	2 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Russia	05	05	00	00	0161: 1170	+44	10
02.	Spain	05	03	01	01	0145: 1370	+8	07th
03.	Montenegro	05	03	00	02	0137: 1370	± 0	06th
04th	Sweden	05	02	01	02	0141: 1320	+9	05
05.	Japan	05	01	00	04th	0143: 1500	−7	02
06th	Romania	05	00	00	05	0102: 1560	−54	00

December 8, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Romania	18:27	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 5,870 Referees: García, Paolantoni
	Neagu 5	(10:10)	Vyachirewa , Bobrownikowa 5 each
	1 ×  3 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 8, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Montenegro	30:26	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 7,356 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi
	Radičević 8	(14:11)	Fujita 7
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 8, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Spain	28:28	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,132 Referees: Lah, Sok (until the end of 1st half), Kuttler, Merz (from 2nd half) (a)
	Cabral Barbosa 6	(14: 8)	Hagman , Mässing 8 each
	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

^(a)The Slovenian referees Lah, Sok were replaced at halftime by the German reserve team Kuttler, Merz. The reason for this was an injury to referee Sok, who was unable to continue.

December 10, 2019 3 p.m.	Russia	35:28	Montenegro	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,338 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf
	Manaharowa 12	(17:16)	Radičević 8
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×

December 10, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Japan	31:33	Spain	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 3,428 Referees: Kuttler, Merz
	Ohyama 6	(13:17)	Pena 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 10, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	34:22	Romania	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,980 Referees: Lemes, Sosa
	Mellegård 7	(14: 9)	Udriștioiu , Neagu, Pintea each 4
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

December 11, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Spain	26:36	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,281 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Cabral Barbosa 6	(12:16)	Frolova 9
	1 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

11 December 2019 6:00 p.m.	Romania	20:37	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 3,962 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi
	Udriștioiu, Perianu each 4	(8:18)	Sasaki 8
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report

December 11, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Montenegro	26:23	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,926 Referees: García, Paolantoni
	Mehmedović 7	(12:12)	Blohm 7
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×

President's Cup

The teams that do not qualify for the main round play in the President's Cup for their placement. Places 13 to 24 are played out. The group fourth in the preliminary round will play for places 13 to 16, the group fifth for places 17 to 20 and the group sixth for places 21 to 24. The games will be played in a knockout system . In the event of a tie after regular time, the game will be decided directly by a seven-meter throw without extra time .

Overview

Placement round places 21–24     Game for 21st place                         6A   Cuba 45     6B   Australia 25th             6A   Cuba 33         6C   Kazakhstan 31   6C   Kazakhstan 29         6D   People's Republic of China 23         Game for 23rd place       6B   Australia 15th   6D   People's Republic of China 33

Placement round places 17–20     Game for 17th place                         5A   Slovenia 19th     5B   Brazil 32             5B   Brazil 22nd         5C   Senegal 18th   5C   Senegal 28         5D   DR Congo 23         Game for 19th place       5A   Slovenia 29   5D   DR Congo 27

Placement round places 13–16     Game for 13th place                         4C   Hungary 34     4D   Argentina 26th             4C   Hungary 21st         4B   France 26th   4A   Angola 18th         4B   France 27         Play for 15th place       4D   Argentina 27   4A   Angola 30th

Placement games

December 8, 2019 10:00 a.m.	Cuba	45:25	Australia	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 800 Referees: Lemes, Sosa
	Robert , Tellez 7th each	(25:16)	Potocki 10
	1 ×  8 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  1 ×

December 8, 2019 12:30 p.m.	Kazakhstan	29:23	China	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević
	Reemetova 8	(16:15)	Mengqing 7
	1 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

December 8, 2019 12:30 p.m.	Hungary	34:26	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 3,726 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen
	Kovacsics 7	(19:12)	Karsten 9
	3 ×	Match report

December 8, 2019 12:30 p.m.	Angola	17:28	France	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 3,430 Referees: D. Lončar, Z. Lončar
	Guialo 4	(9: 9)	Nze Minko 5
	4 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 8, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Slovenia	19:32	Brazil	Kumamoto Prefectural High School, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,100 Referees: Lee, Koo
	Gros 5	(9:18)	T. Araujo , L. Araujo 6 each
	4 ×	Match report	1 ×

December 8, 2019 6:00 p.m.	Senegal	28:23	DR Congo	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 600 Referees: Năstase, Stancu
	Sankharé , Ndiaye 6 each	(16: 9)	Mwasesa 7
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

Game for 23rd place

9 December 2019 12:30 p.m.	Australia	15:33	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,920 Referees: Lemes, Sosa
	Potocki 9	(7:17)	Shuo 11
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

Game for 21st place

9 December 2019 12:30 p.m.	Cuba	33:31 n.p.	Kazakhstan	Kumamoto Prefectural High School, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,700 Referees: Cheng, Zhou
	Camejo , Toledo 7 each	(15:14), (29:29)	Khardina 9
	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×

Game for 19th place

December 9, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Slovenia	29:27	DR Congo	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 1,900 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi
	Stanko 13	(14:13)	Mwasesa 9
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

Game for 17th place

9 December 2019 6:00 p.m.	Brazil	22:18	Senegal	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto Spectators: 600 Referees: H. Elsaied, Y. Elsaied
	do Nascimento 4	(13: 9)	Sankharé 7
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×

Play for 15th place

December 9, 2019 3:00 p.m.	Argentina	27:30	Angola	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,464 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi
	Karsten 6	(17:13)	Guialo 11
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×  9 ×

Game for 13th place

9 December 2019 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	21:26	France	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 2,920 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Lukács 7	(12:12)	Lacrabère 6
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×

Final round and games for places 5 to 8

From the final round, the games are played in a knockout system . In the event of a tie after normal playing time, there will be two extra five minutes. If there is still a tie after the first extra time, there will be a second extra time of five minutes twice. If the game ends in a draw after the second extension, the seven-meter throw decides .

Overview

Semifinals					final
	Norway	22nd
	Spain	28			Endgame
						Spain	29
						Netherlands	30th
	Russia	32
	Netherlands	33
					3rd place match
						Norway	28
						Russia	33
					Play for 5th place
						Serbia	26th
						Montenegro	28
					Game for 7th place
						Germany	24
						Sweden	35

Game for 7th place

December 13, 2019 2:30 p.m.	Germany	24:35	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 6,860 Referees: García, Marín
	Stolle 6	(13:18)	Gullden 7
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

Play for 5th place

December 13, 2019 11:30 a.m.	Serbia	26:28	Montenegro	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 5,690 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi
	Stoiljković 6	(12:13)	Ramusović , Raičević each 4
	1 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Semifinals

December 13, 2019 5:30 p.m.	Russia	32:33	Netherlands	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 4,240 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Vyachireva 11	(16:16)	Polman 9
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×

December 13, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Norway	22:28	Spain	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 4,261 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Aune 5	(13:13)	Cabral Barbosa 7
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

3rd place match

December 15, 2019 5:30 p.m.	Norway	28:33	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 8,664 Referees: García, Marín
	Arntzen , Oftedal 7 each	(15:18)	Vyachireva 9
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	4 ×

final

December 15, 2019 8:30 p.m.	Spain	29:30	Netherlands	Park Dome Kumamoto, Kumamoto Spectators: 9,624 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Cabral Barbosa 7	(13:16)	Polman 9
	2 ×  1 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

Final placements

• First place entitles you to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics .
• Places 2 to 7 qualify for the qualification for the Summer Olympics 2020 .
• The placements of places 9 to 12 were based on the following criteria:
  • The fifth-placed teams of the two main round groups were placed in 9th and 10th place. The sixth-placed teams were placed 11th and 12th.
• About the better placement of the fifth and sixth placed team (9th place, 11th place) then decided:
  • the score,
  • in the event of a tie, the better goal difference from the preliminary round,
  • even if there was equality here, the higher number of goals scored from the preliminary round and
  • even if there was equality here, the lot.

rank	team
	Netherlands
	Spain
	Russia
04th	Norway
05	Montenegro
06th	Serbia
07th	Sweden
08th	Germany
09	Denmark
10	Japan
11	South Korea
12	Romania
13	France
14th	Hungary
15th	Angola
16	Argentina
17th	Brazil
18th	Senegal
19th	Slovenia
20th	Democratic Republic of Congo
21st	Cuba
22nd	Kazakhstan
23	People's Republic of China
24	Australia

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Tess Wester	Netherlands
Left winger:	Camilla Herrem	Norway
Back left:	Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa	Spain
Back center:	Estavana Polman	Netherlands
Back right:	Anna Vyachireva	Russia
Right winger:	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro
Circle:	Linn Blohm	Sweden

statistics

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates	FT	7 m goals	T / S	Games
01.	Lois Abbingh	Netherlands	71	42	29	7.10	10
02.	Ryu Eun-hee	South Korea	69	64	05	8.63	08th
03.	Tjaša Stanko	Slovenia	62	56	06th	8.86	07th
04th	Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa	Spain	60	41	19th	6.00	10
05.	Estavana Polman	Netherlands	58	56	02	5.80	10
05.	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro	58	39	19th	6.44	09
07th	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway	51	33	18th	5.10	10
08th.	Cristina Neagu	Romania	49	24	25th	6.13	08th
09.	Yaroslav Vladimirovna Frolova	Russia	48	33	15th	4.80	10
10.	Sally Potocki	Australia	47	37	10	6.71	07th
FT - field goals, 7 m - seven meters, T / S - goals per game; Source: ihf.info, as of December 15, 2019

referee

The following pairs of referees have been nominated by the International Handball Federation for the 2019 Handball World Championship:

country	Surname	Calls
		Preliminary round	Main round	President's Cup	Final round
		Group / game	Group / game	Play around 13th to 23rd place	Semifinals and finals Play for 3rd to 7th place
Egypt	Yasmina Elsaied / Heidy Elsaied	A / NOR - CUB C / KAZ - MNE B / FRA - OFF C / KAZ - ESP		P17 / BRA - SEN
Algeria	Yousef Belkhiri / Sid Ali Hamidi	A / ANG - NED B / KOR - BRA A / ANG - CUB	G 2 / MNE - JPN G 2 / ROU - JPN	P 19 / SLO - COD	P 5 / SRB - MNE
Argentina	María Inés Paolantoni / Mariana García	A / SRB - ANG A / NED - CUB B / DEN - BRA A / NOR - ANG A / NOR	G 2 / ROU - RUS G 2 / MNE - SWE
China	Yufeng Cheng / Yunlei Zhou	B / DEN - OFF D / ARG - RUS C / ROU - KAZ B / BRA B / BRA - OFF		P 21 / CUB - KAZ
Denmark	Karina Christiansen / Line Hesseldal Hansen	C / ESP - HUN C / MNE - ROU D / ARG - COD		PS / HUN - ARG
Germany	Maike Merz / Tanja Kuttler	C / MNE - SEN A / NOR - SRB D / COD - CHN C / ROU - HUN	G 2 / JPN - ESP G 2 / ESP - SWE a)
France	Charlotte Bonaventura / Julie Bonaventura	C / ROU - ESP A / SLO - NOR A / SRB - NED C / MNE - ESP	G 1 / NED - GER G 1 / KOR - NOR G 2 / ESP - RUS		HF / RUS - NED F / ESP - NED
Japan	Koyoshi Hizaki / Tomokazu Ikebuchi	C / HUN - KAZ B / DEN - OFF D / RUS - COD C / SEN - KAZ		P 15 / ARG - ANG
Croatia	Before that Lončar / Zoran Lončar	D / RUS - CHN D / COD - JPN B / OFF - COR D / SWE - ARG		PS / ANG - FRA
Romania	Cristina Năstase / Simona Stancu	D / JPN - ARG D / CHN - SWE A / CUB - SLO	G 1 / GER - SRB G 1 / NED - KOR KOR	PS / SEN - COD
Russia	Viktorija Alpaidze / Tatiana Berjoskina	B / COR - DEN C / HUN - SEN B / GER - COR	G 1 / NOR - DEN G 1 / NOR - GER	P 13 / HUN - FRA	HF / NOR - ESP
Serbia	Vanja Antić / Jelena Jakovljević	D / SWE - COD D / CHN - ARG D / JPN - RUS		PS / KAZ - CHN
Slovenia	Bojan Lah / David Sok	B / BRA - FRA C / ESP - SEN B / FRA - DEN	G 2 / ESP - SWE a)
Spain	Ignacio García Serradilla / Andreu Marín Llorente	B / GER - BRA C / HUN - MNE B / GER - FRA A / NED - NOR	G 1 / SRB - COR G 1 / DEN - NED G 1 / SRB - DEN		P 7 / GER - SWE P 3 / NOR - RUS
South Korea	Lee Se-ok / Koo Bon-ok	C / SEN - ROU A / SLO - ANG D / RUS - SWE		PS / SLO - BRA
Tunisia	Samir Krichen / Samir Makhlouf	A / NED - SLO A / CUB - SRB D / SWE - JPN A / SRB - SLO	G 2 / RUS - MNE
Uruguay	Mathias Sosa / Cristian Lemes	B / FRA - COR B / DEN - GER D / JPN - CHN	G 2 / SWE - ROU	PS / CUB - OFF P 23 / AUS - CHN
a)The Slovenian referee Sok was injured. The team dropped out at half time and had to be replaced by the German team Merz / Kuttler, who were in charge of the second half.

Television broadcasts

Sportdeutschland.TV and its offshoot Handball-Deutschland.TV transferred all games of this World Cup via Internet stream live and on-demand ( on-demand ).

Web links

Commons : Women's Handball World Championship 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website for the 2019 World Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Julia Nikoleit: "This tournament is an example for us" - Organizers present frame for Women`s World Cup 2019 in Japan. In: handball-world.news. December 21, 2017, accessed December 25, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Without competition: Japan hosts the 2019 Women's World Cup. In: handball-world.news. October 29, 2013, accessed December 7, 2017 . 
3. ↑ First phase of the qualification for the Women's World Cup 2019 drawn: Switzerland intervenes, Austria directly in play-offs
4. ^ Dpa: Difficult preliminary group for Germany with three continental champions. In: handball-world.news. June 21, 2019, accessed June 22, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Goalscorers. (PDF) In: ihf.info. International Handball Federation, December 13, 2019, accessed on December 13, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Julia Nikoleit: Merz / Schilha nominated for Women's World Cup 2019. In: handball-world.news. September 5, 2019, accessed December 2, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Sportdeutschland.TV broadcasts complete women's handball world championships. In: Handball-World.news. November 22, 2019, accessed November 26, 2019 .