2017 World Women's Handball Championship

2017 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	1–17 December
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	84
Goals scored	4,384 (52.19 per match)
Attendance	236,613 (2,817 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nora Mørk; (66 goals)
Best player	Stine Bredal Oftedal
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The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017.^[1] Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World Championships in 1965 and 1997.

France won their second title after 2003, by defeating reigning champions Norway 23–21 in the final.^[2]

Venues

The tournament is being played in the following venues: Bietigheim-Bissingen, Magdeburg, Oldenburg, Leipzig, Trier and Hamburg as the final four venue.^[3]

Magdeburg	Oldenburg
Bietigheim-Bissingen	Hamburg	Bietigheim-Bissingen Hamburg Magdeburg Oldenburg Leipzig Trier
EgeTrans Arena Capacity: 4,500	Barclaycard Arena Capacity: 12,500

GETEC Arena Capacity: 6,200	EWE Arena Capacity: 5,250

Leipzig	Trier
Arena Leipzig Capacity: 6,250	Trier Arena Capacity: 4,100

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	15 December 2011	1	Germany
2015 World Championship	5–20 December 2015	1	Norway
2016 African Women's Handball Championship	28 November – 7 December 2016	3	Angola Cameroon Tunisia
2016 European Women's Handball Championship	4–18 December 2016	3	Denmark France Netherlands
2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship	13–22 March 2017	3	China Japan South Korea
European qualification	9–15 June 2017	9	Czech Republic Hungary Montenegro Romania Russia Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden
2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship	18–25 June 2017	3	Argentina Brazil Paraguay
Wild card		1	Poland^[4]

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Germany	Host	15 December 2011	110 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Norway	2015 World Champion	20 December 2015	180 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Angola	Finalist of 2016 African Championship	5 December 2016	130 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Tunisia	Finalist of 2016 African Championship	5 December 2016	80 (1975, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Cameroon	Third place of 2016 African Championship	7 December 2016	10 (2005)
Netherlands	Semifinalist of 2016 European Championship	14 December 2016	100 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Denmark	Semifinalist of 2016 European Championship	14 December 2016	180 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
France	Semifinalist of 2016 European Championship	14 December 2016	120 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
South Korea	Finalist of 2017 Asian Championship	20 March 2017	160 (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Japan	Finalist of 2017 Asian Championship	20 March 2017	170 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
China	Third place of 2017 Asian Championship	22 March 2017	140 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Sweden	European playoff winner	13 June 2017	80 (1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015)
Romania	European playoff winner	13 June 2017	220 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Serbia	European playoff winner	14 June 2017	20 (2013, 2015)
Hungary	European playoff winner	14 June 2017	200 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015)
Spain	European playoff winner	14 June 2017	80 (1993, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Montenegro	European playoff winner	15 June 2017	30 (2011, 2013, 2015)
Slovenia	European playoff winner	15 June 2017	40 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2005)
Czech Republic	European playoff winner	15 June 2017	50 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2013)
Russia	European playoff winner	15 June 2017	110 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
Poland^[4]	Wildcard	23 June 2017	150 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015)
Brazil	Finalist of 2017 Pan American Championship	24 June 2017	110 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Argentina	Finalist of 2017 Pan American Championship	24 June 2017	80 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Paraguay	Third place of 2017 Pan American Championship	25 June 2017	20 (2007, 2013)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held on 27 June 2017 at Hamburg, Germany.^[5]^[6]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 26 June 2017.^[7]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Norway Netherlands France Denmark	Romania Germany Russia Sweden	Serbia Czech Republic Spain Brazil	Hungary Montenegro Slovenia South Korea	Angola Japan Argentina China	Paraguay Tunisia Cameroon Poland

Referees

16 referee pairs were selected:^[8]^[9]

Referees
Argentina	Julian Grillo Sebastián Lenci
Denmark	Karina Christiansen Line Hansen
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Hungary	Péter Horváth Balázs Márton
Japan	Koyoshi Hizaki Tomokazu Ikebuchi
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
Norway	Kjersti Arntsen Guro Røen

Referees
Russia	Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berezkina
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
Serbia	Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević
South Korea	Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok
Spain	Ignacio García Andreu Marín
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Tunisia	Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf
Turkey	Kürşad Erdoğan Ibrahim Özdeniz

Squads

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 30 June 2017^[10] with the exact throw-off times confirmed on 10 July 2017.^[11]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	5	4	0	1	123	112	+11	8	Round of 16
2	France	5	3	1	1	135	98	+37	7^[a]
3	Spain	5	3	1	1	135	109	+26	7^[a]
4	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	138	134	+4	6
5	Angola	5	1	0	4	124	141	−17	2
6	Paraguay	5	0	0	5	95	156	−61	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spain 25–25 France

2 December 2017 14:00	Romania	29–17	Paraguay	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 2,369 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Florianu 5	(16–7)	Fiore 7
	4× 3×	Report	1×

2 December 2017 18:00	France	23–24	Slovenia	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 3,317 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Landre, Niombla 4	(10–13)	Gros 9
	2× 1×	Report	4× 3×

2 December 2017 20:30	Spain	28–24	Angola	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 3,042 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Martín 9	(15–13)	Cazanga 7
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4×

3 December 2017 14:00	Slovenia	28–31	Romania	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 2,411 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Gros 10	(14–14)	Neagu 11
	1× 4×	Report	4× 3×

3 December 2017 18:00	Angola	19–26	France	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 2,227 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Cazanga 4	(10–11)	Lacrabère 7
	4× 2× 1×	Report	2× 3×

3 December 2017 20:30	Paraguay	15–32	Spain	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 1,723 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Acuña, Fiore 4	(6–16)	Arderíus 7
	2× 7× 1×	Report	1× 4×

5 December 2017 14:00	Slovenia	32–25	Angola	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 1,303 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Gros 7	(15–15)	Cazanga 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 6×

5 December 2017 18:00	France	35–13	Paraguay	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 1,678 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Houette 9	(14–10)	Acuña, Fiore 3
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

5 December 2017 20:30	Romania	19–17	Spain	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 1,724 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Neagu 8	(9–7)	M. González, Pena 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

7 December 2017 14:00	Paraguay	22–28	Slovenia	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 1,590 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Fiore 8	(9–18)	Gros, Stanko 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5×

7 December 2017 18:00	Romania	27–24	Angola	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 3,123 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Neagu 7	(14–14)	Cazanga, Guialo 7
	4× 2×	Report	4× 4×

7 December 2017 20:30	Spain	25–25	France	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 3,316 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Cabral, Martín 6	(10–11)	Houette 5
	4× 3×	Report	1× 2×

8 December 2017 14:00	Angola	32–28	Paraguay	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 1,123 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Carlos 10	(16–17)	Fiore 8
	3× 7×	Report	2× 5× 1×

8 December 2017 18:00	France	26–17	Romania	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 3,824 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Houette 7	(17–7)	Florianu 6
	2×	Report	3× 4×

8 December 2017 20:30	Spain	33–26	Slovenia	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 3,422 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Pena 9	(13–14)	Gros, Stanko 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	4	1	160	139	+21	8^[a]	Round of 16
2	Norway	5	4	1	163	110	+53	8^[a]
3	Hungary	5	3	2	138	127	+11	6
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	134	147	−13	4^[b]
5	Poland	5	2	3	144	145	−1	4^[b]
6	Argentina	5	0	5	102	173	−71	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Norway 28–31 Sweden
^ ^a ^b Poland 25–29 Czech Republic

2 December 2017 14:00	Czech Republic	28–22	Argentina	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 2,363 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Ryšánková 7	(15–9)	Mendoza 4
	2× 1×	Report	3×

2 December 2017 18:00	Sweden	30–33	Poland	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 3,620 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	three players 5	(15–17)	Achruk 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

2 December 2017 20:30	Norway	30–22	Hungary	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 3,620 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Mørk 7	(21–11)	Háfra 4
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

3 December 2017 14:00	Poland	25–29	Czech Republic	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 2,720 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Kudłacz-Gloc 6	(15–12)	Jeřábková 8
	1× 2×	Report	4× 5×

3 December 2017 18:00	Hungary	22–25	Sweden	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 3,620 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Klivinyi, Schatzl 5	(11–11)	Gulldén 7
	2× 7×	Report	3× 3×

3 December 2017 20:30	Argentina	21–36	Norway	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 3,620 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Gavilan 4	(13–18)	Løke 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 6×

5 December 2017 14:00	Hungary	33–15	Argentina	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 2,110 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Kovács 7	(18–7)	Ponce de Leon 5
	3× 4×	Report	2×

5 December 2017 18:00	Sweden	36–32	Czech Republic	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	three players 6	(16–18)	Luzumová 9
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

5 December 2017 20:30	Norway	35–20	Poland	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Kristiansen 6	(18–11)	Zych 4
	2× 1×	Report	2×

7 December 2017 14:00	Poland	28–31	Hungary	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 1,570 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Kudłacz-Gloc 8	(11–13)	Kovacsics 8
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4× 1×

7 December 2017 18:00	Sweden	38–24	Argentina	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Hagman 6	(17–13)	five players 3
	2× 6× 1×	Report	1× 3×

7 December 2017 20:30	Czech Republic	16–34	Norway	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Jeřábková 4	(7–20)	Mørk 7
	2× 7×	Report	2× 4×

8 December 2017 14:00	Argentina	20–38	Poland	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Salvadó 4	(9–19)	Kudłacz-Gloc 7
	2× 3×	Report	3×

8 December 2017 18:00	Czech Republic	29–30	Hungary	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 3,620 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Jeřábková 9	(14–17)	Bódi 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 7×

8 December 2017 20:30	Norway	28–31	Sweden	EgeTrans Arena, Bietigheim-Bissingen Attendance: 3,620 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Mørk 9	(18–16)	Gulldén 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	149	111	+38	10	Round of 16
2	Denmark	5	3	0	2	142	120	+22	6
3	Japan	5	2	1	2	134	130	+4	5^[a]
4	Montenegro	5	2	1	2	135	127	+8	5^[a]
5	Brazil	5	1	2	2	110	119	−9	4
6	Tunisia	5	0	0	5	93	156	−63	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Montenegro 28–29 Japan

2 December 2017 14:00	Russia	36–16	Tunisia	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 2,293 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	four players 5	(14–9)	Chebbah 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

2 December 2017 17:45	Brazil	28–28	Japan	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 2,973 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Belo 11	(12–15)	Hara 7
	4× 6× 1×	Report	2× 3×

2 December 2017 20:30	Denmark	24–31	Montenegro	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 3,079 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Grigel, Tranborg 5	(12–17)	Radičević 12
	3× 5×	Report	4× 5×

3 December 2017 14:00	Tunisia	22–23	Brazil	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 2,351 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Chebbah 7	(13–10)	Belo 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 5×

3 December 2017 17:45	Montenegro	24–28	Russia	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 2,269 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Bulatović 7	(12–15)	Dmitrieva 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

3 December 2017 20:30	Japan	18–32	Denmark	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 2,389 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	four players 3	(5–16)	three players 5
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4×

5 December 2017 12:00	Montenegro	28–29	Japan	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 1,103 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Radičević 7	(15–12)	Ikehara 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

5 December 2017 17:45	Russia	24–16	Brazil	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 1,721 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Samokhina 6	(14–7)	Amorim 5
	2× 5×	Report	4× 3×

5 December 2017 20:30	Denmark	37–19	Tunisia	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 1,812 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	L. Jørgensen 6	(15–6)	Chebbah 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

6 December 2017 14:00	Russia	29–28	Japan	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 1,187 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	three players 5	(13–11)	Ikehara, Y. Sunami 6
	2× 8×	Report	2× 7× 1×

6 December 2017 17:45	Tunisia	23–29	Montenegro	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 1,989 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Chebbah, Kouki 5	(13–15)	Raičević 9
	1× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

6 December 2017 20:30	Brazil	20–22	Denmark	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 2,105 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Belo 6	(13–13)	S. Jørgensen 9
	4× 2×	Report	4× 4×

8 December 2017 12:00	Japan	31–13	Tunisia	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 809 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Yokoshima 8	(15–6)	Chebbah 5
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4× 1×

8 December 2017 17:45	Brazil	23–23	Montenegro	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 3,607 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Amorim, Belo 6	(13–12)	Bulatović 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

8 December 2017 20:30	Denmark	27–32	Russia	Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 4,021 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Fisker, Woller 5	(11–12)	Samokhina 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	5	3	2	0	159	121	+38	8	Round of 16
2	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	149	111	+38	7^[a]
3	Germany (H)	5	3	1	1	120	95	+25	7^[a]
4	South Korea	5	3	0	2	134	118	+16	6
5	Cameroon	5	0	1	4	105	150	−45	1^[b]
6	China	5	0	1	4	92	164	−72	1^[b]

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Netherlands 31–23 Germany
^ ^a ^b China 26–26 Cameroon

1 December 2017 19:00	Germany	28–15	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Loerper 5	(12–7)	Djiepmou 3
	3× 1×	Report	2× 8× 1×

2 December 2017 15:30	Serbia	43–23	China	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Damnjanović, Krpež Slezak 8	(21–11)	Liu 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4× 1×

2 December 2017 18:00	Netherlands	22–24	South Korea	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 2,066 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Abbingh 11	(11–14)	Kang 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 1×

3 December 2017 14:00	Cameroon	21–34	Serbia	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 2,107 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Atangana, Touba 5	(9–20)	Krpež Slezak, Radosavljević 6
	1× 5×	Report	2× 3×

3 December 2017 18:00	China	15–40	Netherlands	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 4,381 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Liu 6	(9–20)	three players 5
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

3 December 2017 20:30	South Korea	18–23	Germany	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 5,794 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Lee, Sim 5	(10–11)	Gubernatis 7
	3× 3×	Report	4× 5×

5 December 2017 12:00	South Korea	31–19	China	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 3,917 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Yu 8	(18–10)	Liu 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

5 December 2017 15:30	Netherlands	29–22	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 2,237 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Polman, Van der Heijden 4	(14–8)	Djiepmou, Touba 4
	3× 3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

5 December 2017 18:00	Germany	22–22	Serbia	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 3,871 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Huber 6	(9–11)	Krpež Slezak 7
	4× 6×	Report	4× 4×

6 December 2017 12:00	Cameroon	21–33	South Korea	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 667 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Djiepmou 6	(6–16)	three players 5
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 2×

6 December 2017 15:30	Serbia	27–27	Netherlands	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 2,545 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Dmitrović 9	(15–15)	Abbingh 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

6 December 2017 18:00	Germany	24–9	China	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 3,165 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Bölk 4	(10–3)	three players 2
	3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

8 December 2017 14:00	China	26–26	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 1,825 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Qiao 5	(13–13)	Baniomo, Nchouapouognigni 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

8 December 2017 18:00	Netherlands	31–23	Germany	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 6,000 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Abbingh 9	(18–10)	Stolle 6
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

8 December 2017 20:30	Serbia	33–28	South Korea	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 5,432 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Damnjanović, Pop-Lazić 5	(15–14)	Yu 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

President's Cup

17th place bracket

17th–20th place semifinals		17th place

10 December

Angola	33
		11 December
Poland (Pen.)	34
		Poland	29
10 December
		Brazil	27
Brazil	28

Cameroon	26
		19th place

		11 December

		Angola	33

		Cameroon	23

21st place bracket

21st–24th place semifinals		21st place

10 December

Paraguay	28
		11 December
Argentina	25
		Paraguay	23
10 December
		China	21
Tunisia	31

China	32
		23rd place

		11 December

		Argentina	29

		Tunisia	19

21st–24th place semifinals

10 December 2017 11:30	Paraguay	28–25	Argentina	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 1,493 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Fiore 8	(10–12)	Ponce de Leon, Salvadó 5
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

10 December 2017 14:00	Tunisia	31–32	China	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 1,787 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Hamrouni 6	(14–16)	Liu 9
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

17th–20th place semifinals

10 December 2017 11:30	Angola	33–34	Poland	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 763 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Guialo 9	(13–12)	Grzyb 13
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×
	FT: 24–24 Pen: 9–10

10 December 2017 14:00	Brazil	28–26	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 637 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	D. Rocha 7	(14–15)	Mossy, Touba 6
	2× 4×	Report	1× 7×

23rd place game

11 December 2017 11:30	Argentina	29–19	Tunisia	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 1,361 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Salvadó 8	(15–10)	Chabchoub 5
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

21st place game

11 December 2017 14:00	Paraguay	23–21	China	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 1,361 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Fiore 5	(14–10)	Sun 6
	1× 6×	Report	4×

19th place game

11 December 2017 11:30	Angola	33–23	Cameroon	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 227 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Machado 8	(16–12)	three players 4
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

17th place game

11 December 2017 14:00	Poland	29–27	Brazil	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 242 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Kudłacz-Gloc 7	(15–13)	M. Costa 8
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 5× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

10 December

Sweden

33

12 December

Slovenia

21

Sweden

26

10 December

Denmark

23

Germany

17

15 December

Denmark

21

Sweden

22

10 December

France

24

Hungary

26

12 December

France

29

France

25

10 December

Montenegro

22

Serbia

29

17 December

Montenegro

31

France

23

11 December

Norway

21

Japan

24

13 December

Netherlands (ET)

26

Netherlands

30

11 December

Czech Republic

26

Romania

27

15 December

Czech Republic

28

Netherlands

23

11 December

Norway

32

Third place

Spain

23

13 December

17 December

Norway

31

Norway

34

Sweden

21

11 December

Russia

17

Netherlands

24

Russia (ET)

36

South Korea

35

Round of 16

10 December 2017 17:30	Serbia	29–31	Montenegro	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 3,011 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Cvijić 7	(9–14)	Radičević 9
	1× 5×	Report	3× 6×

10 December 2017 17:30	Hungary	26–29	France	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 1,385 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Kovacsics, Lukács 6	(11–14)	Lacrabère 5
	3× 5×	Report	1× 4×

10 December 2017 20:30	Germany	17–21	Denmark	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 4,133 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Smits 6	(7–11)	S. Jørgensen, Tranborg 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 6× 1×

10 December 2017 20:30	Sweden	33–21	Slovenia	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 1,190 Referees: Grillo, Lenci (ARG)
	Westberg 8	(18–12)	Koren 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

11 December 2017 17:30	Russia	36–35 (ET)	South Korea	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 1,132 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Vedekhina 9	(16–13)	Lee 11
	3× 4× 1×	Report	1× 1×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 6–5

11 December 2017 17:30	Romania	27–28	Czech Republic	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 1,003 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Neagu 13	(17–14)	Jeřábková 7
	4× 10×	Report	4× 3×

11 December 2017 20:30	Japan	24–26 (ET)	Netherlands	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 1,231 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Ikehara 5	(10–10)	Malestein 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×
	FT: 20–20 ET: 4–6

11 December 2017 20:30	Spain	23–31	Norway	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 1,263 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Martín 6	(10–13)	Mørk 11
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

Quarterfinals

12 December 2017 17:30	Sweden	26–23	Denmark	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 2,387 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Blomstrand 7	(13–11)	Tranborg 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

12 December 2017 20:45	France	25–22	Montenegro	Arena Leipzig, Leipzig Attendance: 2,019 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Pineau 5	(12–10)	Bulatović 9
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

13 December 2017 17:30	Netherlands	30–26	Czech Republic	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 1,451 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Abbingh 14	(17–16)	Luzumová 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

13 December 2017 20:30	Norway	34–17	Russia	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 1,583 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Mørk 9	(15–8)	Kochetova 5
	2×	Report	1× 4×

Semifinals

15 December 2017 17:30	Netherlands	23–32	Norway	Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 11,261 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Van Der Heijden 5	(10–17)	Mørk 8
	1× 2×	Report	3× 5×

15 December 2017 20:45	Sweden	22–24	France	Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 11,261 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Hagman 8	(12–11)	Lacrabère 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 7×

Third place game

17 December 2017 14:30	Sweden	21–24	Netherlands	Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 11,162 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Gulldén 7	(8–14)	Abbingh 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 6× 1×

Final

17 December 2017 17:30	France	23–21	Norway	Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 11,261 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Houette, Pineau 4	(11–10)	Kristiansen, Mørk 7
	4× 4×	Report	1×

Final ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team^[12]
	France
	Norway
	Netherlands
4	Sweden
5	Russia
6	Denmark
6	Montenegro
8	Czech Republic
9	Serbia
10	Romania
11	Spain
12	Germany
13	South Korea
14	Slovenia
15	Hungary
16	Japan
17	Poland
18	Brazil
19	Angola
20	Cameroon
21	Paraguay
22	China
23	Argentina
24	Tunisia

2017 Women's World Champions France Second title Team roster: Blandine Dancette, Camille Ayglon, Allison Pineau, Laurisa Landre, Astride N'Gouan, Grâce Zaadi, Amandine Leynaud, Manon Houette, Kalidiatou Niakaté, Cléopâtre Darleux, Siraba Dembélé, Laura Flippes, Orlane Kanor, Béatrice Edwige, Estelle Nze Minko, Gnonsiane Niombla, Alexandra Lacrabère. Head coach: Olivier Krumbholz.

All Star Team

The All Star Team and MVP was announced on 17 December 2017.^[13]

Position	Player
Most valuable player	Stine Bredal Oftedal (NOR)
Goalkeeper	Katrine Lunde (NOR)
Right wing	Nathalie Hagman (SWE)
Right back	Nora Mørk (NOR)
Centre back	Grâce Zaadi (FRA)
Left back	Lois Abbingh (NED)
Left wing	Siraba Dembélé (FRA)
Pivot	Yvette Broch (NED)

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Nora Mørk	Norway	66	97	68
2	Lois Abbingh	Netherlands	58	100	58
3	Iveta Luzumová	Czech Republic	47	73	64
4	Isabelle Gulldén	Sweden	46	74	62
5	Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc	Poland	44	70	63
5	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway	44	68	65
7	Sabrina Fiore	Paraguay	43	62	69
	Ana Gros	Slovenia		67	64
	Markéta Jeřábková	Czech Republic		101	43
10	Katarina Bulatović	Montenegro	42	85	49
	Cristina Neagu	Romania		72	58
	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro		61	69

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Katja Kramarczyk	Germany	42	30	71
1	Katrine Lunde	Norway	42	92	217
3	Yuliya Dumanska	Romania	40	39	98
4	Cléopâtre Darleux	France	39	41	106
4	Kinga Janurik	Hungary	39	27	70
6	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	Norway	38	43	112
6	Park Sae-young	South Korea	38		113
8	Clara Woltering	Germany	37		115
9	Marija Čolić	Serbia	35	39	113
	Victoriya Kalinina	Russia		38	108
	Amandine Leynaud	France		65	186
	Sandra Toft	Denmark		68	192

Source: IHF

References

^ IHF Council awards World Championships 2017 to Germany and France, by International Handball Federation, 15 December 2011
^ "France make it a double, Norway dethroned". ihf.info. 17 December 2017.
^ "Sechs Spielorte für die Frauen-Weltmeisterschaft 2017". dhb.de. 25 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "2017 Women's World Championship – Poland receives wild card". ihf.info. 23 June 2017.
^ "Germany 2017 draw event – Media accreditation". ihf.info. 19 May 2017.
^ "Germany 2017 draw results". ihf.info. 27 June 2017.
^ "Draw for the 2017 IHF Women's World Championship in Germany". ihf.info. 26 June 2017.
^ "Referee couples nominated for Germany 2017". ihf.info. 7 August 2017.
^ "Germany 2017 referees fully-prepared in Frankfurt". ihf.info. 19 September 2017.
^ "Frame schedule of the World Championship is set". germanyhandball2017.com. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
^ "Match schedule of 2017 IHF Women's World Championship released". ihf.info. 10 July 2017.
^ Final ranking
^ "The Germany 2017 All-star Team". ihf.info. 17 December 2017.

External links

Official website Archived 2017-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
IHF website

[table_hth_FRA0.76748849114752-12] Spain 25–25 France

[table_hth_SWE0.14644302946815-13] Norway 28–31 Sweden

[table_hth_CZE0.14644302946815-14] Poland 25–29 Czech Republic

[table_hth_JPN0.29692122307463-15] Montenegro 28–29 Japan

[table_hth_NED0.33151868653089-16] Netherlands 31–23 Germany

[table_hth_CMR0.33151868653089-17] China 26–26 Cameroon

[1] IHF Council awards World Championships 2017 to Germany and France, by International Handball Federation, 15 December 2011

[2] "France make it a double, Norway dethroned". ihf.info. 17 December 2017.

[3] "Sechs Spielorte für die Frauen-Weltmeisterschaft 2017". dhb.de. 25 November 2015.

[WC-4] "2017 Women's World Championship – Poland receives wild card". ihf.info. 23 June 2017.

[5] "Germany 2017 draw event – Media accreditation". ihf.info. 19 May 2017.

[6] "Germany 2017 draw results". ihf.info. 27 June 2017.

[7] "Draw for the 2017 IHF Women's World Championship in Germany". ihf.info. 26 June 2017.

[8] "Referee couples nominated for Germany 2017". ihf.info. 7 August 2017.

[9] "Germany 2017 referees fully-prepared in Frankfurt". ihf.info. 19 September 2017.

[10] "Frame schedule of the World Championship is set". germanyhandball2017.com. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[11] "Match schedule of 2017 IHF Women's World Championship released". ihf.info. 10 July 2017.

[18] Final ranking

[19] "The Germany 2017 All-star Team". ihf.info. 17 December 2017.

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