Women's handball world championship 2023
| 26th Women's Handball World Championship 2023 | |
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| 26th Women's Handball World Championship | |
| Number of clubs | 24 |
| venue |
 Denmark Norway Sweden 
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| ← World Cup 2021
WM 2025 →
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The 26th women's handball world championship will be held in Denmark , Norway and Sweden in 2023 . A total of 24 teams compete. The organizer is the International Handball Federation (IHF).
host
On January 28, 2017 in Paris, the IHF awarded the hosting of the 2023 World Cup to the three Scandinavian associations from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which means that for the first time in history a host trio will host a women's World Cup.
qualification
24 teams will take part in the tournament. Denmark, Norway and Sweden are directly qualified as hosts as well as the still to be determined world champions from 2021 .
| country | Continent (association) | Qualified as | Qualification date | Previous participation in world championships | |
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| number | Years | ||||
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Denmark
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Europe (EHF) | host | January 28, 2017 | 14th | 1962, 1993, 1995, 1997 , 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 |
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Norway
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Europe (EHF) | host | January 28, 2017 | 20th | 1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 , 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 , 2013, 2015 , 2017, 2019 |
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Sweden
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Europe (EHF) | host | January 28, 2017 | 10 | 1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 |
bold = world champion in the respective year
Venues
When the World Cup was awarded in January 2017, the individual competition venues had not yet been determined.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Spain will host Women`s World Cup 2021, all Scandinavian tournament in 2023. In: handball-world.news. January 28, 2017, accessed July 25, 2018 .
- ↑ 2021 and 2023 IHF Women's World Championships awarded. International Handball Federation (IHF), January 28, 2017, accessed on July 25, 2018 (English).