Handball World Championship 2019 / Qualification

This page describes the qualification for the Women's Handball World Championship 2019 in Japan .

Africa

Africa provides three participants who were determined at the 2018 African Cup of Nations. The championship took place from December 2 to 12, 2018 in Brazzaville as a tournament.

Qualified for the 2019 World Cup are:

•  Angola (Africa Champion 2018)
•  Senegal (2nd of the African Championships 2018)
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo (3rd of the 2018 African Championships)

America

For the first time, the World Cup qualification in the PATHF area took place in two regionally separate tournaments.

Two participants come from South and Central America, which were determined in December 2018:

•  Brazil
•  Argentina

In May and June 2019, another participant was determined at the North America and Caribbean Championship.

•  Cuba

Asia and Oceania

In addition to hosts Japan, the continental federations of Asia (AHF) and Oceania (OCHF) provide four other participants who were determined at the 2018 Asian Cup . The championship took place in Japan from November 30th to December 9th, 2018.

Qualified for the 2019 World Cup are:

•  Japan (hosts)
•  South Korea (Asian champions 2018)
•  People's Republic of China (3rd of the 2018 Asian Cup)
•  Kazakhstan (4th of the 2018 Asian Cup)
•  Australia (representative of Oceania; 5th of the Asian Cup 2018)

Europe

Qualifying round

After the end of the first qualification phase, the following final tables resulted in the four groups:

Final table of group 1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Slovakia	03	03	00	00	0100: 6700	+33	0006-0000
02.	Ukraine	03	02	00	01	0111: 8000	+31	0004: 2000
03.	Israel	03	01	00	02	0073:8400	−11	0002: 4000
04th	Kosovo	03	00	00	03	0059: 1120	−53	0000: 6000

Final table of group 2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Switzerland	03	03	00	00	0065:4900	+16	0006-0000
02.	Lithuania	03	01	00	02	0075:7100	+4	0002: 4000
03.	Faroe Islands	03	01	00	02	0063:6600	−3	0002: 4000
04th	Finland	03	01	00	02	0057:7400	−17	0002: 4000

Final table of group 3

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Belarus	03	03	00	00	0094:6700	+27	0006-0000
02.	Greece	03	02	00	01	0057:6200	−5	0004: 2000
03.	Portugal	03	01	00	02	0072:6700	+5	0002: 4000
04th	Italy	03	00	00	03	0065:9200	−27	0000: 6000

Final table of group 4

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	North Macedonia	03	03	00	00	0100: 6600	+34	0006-0000
02.	Iceland	03	02	00	01	0106: 7000	+36	0004: 2000
03.	Turkey	03	01	00	02	0078:9200	−14	0002: 4000
04th	Azerbaijan	03	00	00	03	0066: 1220	−56	0000: 6000

Slovakia, Switzerland, Belarus and North Macedonia qualified as group winners for the play-off games. Iceland also qualified as the best runner-up in the group due to the better goal difference compared to Ukraine and Greece. One of the deciding factors for this was the high 49:18 victory in Iceland's last group game against Azerbaijan.

Play-offs

The draw for the play-off games took place on December 15, 2018 on the sidelines of the European Championship in France.

Lottery pots

Pot 1	Pot 2
Norway (5th EM 2018) Sweden (6th EM 2018) Hungary (7th EM 2018) Denmark (8th EM 2018) Montenegro (9th EM 2018) Germany (10th EM 2018) Serbia (11th EM 2018) Spain (12th EM 2018) Slovenia (13th EM 2018)	Poland (14th EM 2018) Czech Republic (15th EM 2018) Croatia (16th EM 2018) Austria (EHF nation ranking) North Macedonia (qualifying group winner) Slovakia (qualifying group winner) Belarus (qualifying group winner) Switzerland (qualifying group winner ) Iceland (best qualifying group runner-up)

The first legs took place between May 31 and June 2, 2019; the decisive second legs were played between June 4 and 6, 2019:

date	Time	Home team		Visiting team	Result
1. Play-off:
		Croatia	-	Germany	24:24 (11:10)
		Germany	-	Croatia	25:21 (14: 9)
2. Play-off:
		Denmark	-	Switzerland	35:22 (18:10)
		Switzerland	-	Denmark	14:26 (5:12)
3. Play-off:
		Sweden	-	Slovakia	33:18 (18:10)
		Slovakia	-	Sweden	24:45 (10:25)
4. Play-off:
		Belarus	-	Norway	21:34 (10:17)
		Norway	-	Belarus	31:28 (21:11)
5. Play-off:
		Serbia	-	Poland	33:19 (17:11)
		Poland	-	Serbia	30:27 (12:14)
6. Play-off:
		Czech Republic	-	Montenegro	26:24 (15:13)
		Montenegro	-	Czech Republic	25:23 (12:11)
7. Play-off:
		North Macedonia	-	Slovenia	30:33 (14:15)
		Slovenia	-	North Macedonia	38:27 (20:14)
8. Play-off:
		Austria	-	Hungary	23:41 (9:20)
		Hungary	-	Austria	28:19 (16:10)
9. Play-off:
		Spain	-	Iceland	35:26 (21: 7)
		Iceland	-	Spain	32:31 (13:15)

The nine winners of the play-offs are qualified for the 2019 World Cup.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2019 Women's World Championship: Qualification Europe Phase 1. In: eurohandball.com (EHF). Retrieved December 15, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Adrian Costeiu: Slovakia, Switzerland, FYR Macedonia and Iceland reach World Championship play-offs. In: eurohandball.com (EHF). December 2, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Pots for Women's World Championship 2019 Play-off Draw confirmed. In: ehf-euro.com. December 14, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Draw of World Cup play-offs: Germany meets Croatia. In: handball-world.news. December 15, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 . 
5. ↑ The way to Japan leads via Croatia: German opponents of the World Cup playoffs drawn. In: DHB.de. December 15, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 .