2017 World Women's Handball Championship

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.

2017 World Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	1–17 December
Teams	24 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (2nd title)
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches	84
Goals scored	4384 (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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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]

Bietigheim-Bissingen	Hamburg	Bietigheim-Bissingen Hamburg Magdeburg Oldenburg Leipzig Trier
EgeTrans Arena Capacity: 4,500	Barclaycard Arena Capacity: 12,500
Magdeburg	Oldenburg
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 tournament^1
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

Main article: 2017 World Women's Handball Championship 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[lower-alpha 1]
3	Spain	5	3	1	1	135	109	+26	7[lower-alpha 1]
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:

1. 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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	4	0	1	160	139	+21	8[lower-alpha 1]	Round of 16
2	Norway	5	4	0	1	163	110	+53	8[lower-alpha 1]
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	138	127	+11	6
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	134	147	−13	4[lower-alpha 2]
5	Poland	5	2	0	3	144	145	−1	4[lower-alpha 2]
6	Argentina	5	0	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:

1. Norway 28–31 Sweden
2. 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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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[lower-alpha 1]
4	Montenegro	5	2	1	2	135	127	+8	5[lower-alpha 1]
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:

1. 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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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[lower-alpha 1]
3	Germany (H)	5	3	1	1	120	95	+25	7[lower-alpha 1]
4	South Korea	5	3	0	2	134	118	+16	6
5	Cameroon	5	0	1	4	105	150	−45	1[lower-alpha 2]
6	China	5	0	1	4	92	164	−72	1[lower-alpha 2]

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) Host.
Notes:

1. Netherlands 31–23 Germany
2. 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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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

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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×

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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

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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×

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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 Stine Bredal Oftedal  Norway 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 Katrine Lunde  Norway 92 217 3 Yuliya Dumanska  Romania 40 39 98 4 Cléopâtre Darleux  France 39 41 106 Kinga Janurik  Hungary 27 70 6 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø  Norway 38 43 112 Park Sae-young  South Korea 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

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.
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.
11. "Match schedule of 2017 IHF Women's World Championship released". ihf.info. 10 July 2017.
12. Final ranking
13. "The Germany 2017 All-star Team". ihf.info. 17 December 2017.

External links

• Official website
• IHF website