2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Romania
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Teams24 (from 4 confederations)

The 2020 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the cancelled 22nd edition of the IHF Women's Junior World Championship. Originally scheduled for 1 to 13 July 2020 at venues in Bucharest and Brașov, Romania,[1][2] the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in its delay to 2 to 13 December 2020.[3]

Following another delay, the tournament was cancelled on 22 February 2021.[4]

Qualification

QualificationHostDatesVacanciesQualified
Host1 Romania
2019 Women's U-19 European Handball ChampionshipHungary Győr11–21 July 201910 Hungary
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Russia
 Denmark
 France
 Spain
 Germany
 Croatia
 Austria
2019 Asian Women's Junior Handball ChampionshipLebanon Beirut20–29 July 20194 South Korea
 Japan
 China
 Lebanon
2019 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge TrophyNew Caledonia Païta11–16 August 20191 Australia1
2019 African Women's Junior Handball ChampionshipNiger Niamey5–14 September 20193 Tunisia
 Angola
 Guinea
IHF Trophy – North America and Caribbean[5]Canada Montreal15–20 October 20191 Mexico
IHF Trophy – Intercontinental PhaseColombia Cali13–17 October 20201
2020 South and Central American Women's Junior Championship[6]Cancelled3 Brazil
 Chile
 Paraguay

^1 Tournament won by New Caledonia who are ineligible for World Championship. Spot taken by second place Australia.

Venues

Matches would have been played in Brașov, and Bucharest

References

  1. ↑ "Veste extraordinară pentru handbalul românesc: o fostă handbalistă a fost aleasă într-o funcție importantă în Comitetul Executiv al IHF" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 11 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dr Hassan Moustafa re-elected IHF President". International Handball Federation. 11 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Martinique and Mexico qualify for IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase". IHF. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "South and Central American teams for 2020 Women's Youth and Junior World Championships determined". IHF. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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