2019 World Women's Handball Championship

2019 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Japan
Dates 30 November–15 December
Teams 24 (from 5 confederations)
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The 2019 World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, will be held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019.[1]

Venues

Kumamoto region will be entrusted the organization of the World Championship. Additionally the Japanese Organizing Committee will have a venue in Tokyo in order prepare for the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo. Kumamoto has had a lot of experience with handball tournaments. In 1997 Kumamoto hosted the Men’s World Championships.[2]

Qualification

Competition Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 28 October 2013 1  Japan
2017 World Championship 1–17 December 2017 1  France
2018 European Championship 29 November–16 December 2018 3
2018 African Women's Handball Championship 2–18 December 2018 3
2018 Asian Women's Handball Championship 1–8 December 2018 3
European qualification 9
2019 Pan American Games 26 July – 11 August 2019 3
Wild card 1

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asQualification datePrevious appearances in tournament1
 JapanHost28 October 201318 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 FranceDefending World Champion17 December 201713 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "Japan and Denmark/Germany are the hosts of the 2019 World Championships". 28 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Japan will host Women´s World Cup 2019". handball-world.com. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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