2027 World Women's Handball Championship
| 2027-es női kézilabda-világbajnokság | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Hungary |
| Dates | 30 November – 19 December |
| Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
The 2027 World Women's Handball Championship, the 28th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Hungary from 30 November to 19 December 2027.[1][2] It will be the main qualifying event for the women's handball tournament of the 2028 Summer Olympics.[3]
Venues
Following is a list of all venues and host cities which were used.
| Hungary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest | Debrecen | Győr | Tatabánya |
| MVM Dome | Főnix Arena | Audi Aréna Győr | Tatabánya Multifunctional Sport Hall |
| Capacity: 20,022 | Capacity: 6,500 | Capacity: 5,500 | Capacity: 6,000 |
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It was announced that the final round would certainly be in Budapest.[4]
The bid includes the following four host cities/venues:
Qualification
| Competition | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 28 February 2020 |  Cairo |
1 | Hungary |
| 2025 World Championship | 14 December 2025 |  Germany Netherlands |
1 |  Norway |
| 2026 European Championship | 3–20 December 2026 |  Czech Republic Poland Romania Slovakia Turkey |
4 + ? | |
| European qualification | 21 October 2026 – 2027 | |||
| 2026 Asian Championship | 4 + ? | |||
| 2026 South and Central American Championship | 3 + ? | |||
| 2026 African Championship | 4 + ? | |||
| 2027 Nor.Ca. Women's Championship | 1 + ? | |||
| Wild card | 18 October 2018 |  Doha |
1 or 2[1][2] |
^1. To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council will award the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships, if they reach a certain performance level.[5][6]
^2. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finish within the top 5, they will qualify for the World Championships. If either finishes sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Last | Streak | ||||
| Hungary |
Host | 28 February 2020 | 26th | 1957 | 2025 | 8 | Champions (1965) |
| Norway |
Defending champions | 14 December 2025 | 24th | 1971 | 21 | Champions (1999, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2025) | |
- ↑ Bold text indicates they hosted that edition.
References
- ↑ "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". IHF. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ Dalibor (28 February 2020). "Les organisateurs des championnats du monde 2025 et 2027". Handnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ↑ "2025 and 2027 World Championships awarded in Cairo". European Handball Federation. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "A 2027-es világbajnokság rendezőjeként a magyar küldöttség átvette a női kézilabda-vb zászlaját". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 15 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ↑ "Strategic plan | USA" (PDF). IHF.
- ↑ "Council Meeting No. 3" (PDF). Doha, Qatar: IHF. 18 October 2018. pp. 8–9.
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