# 2017 World Women's Handball Championship

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2017 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship

International handball competition

2017 World Women's Handball Championship Tournament details Host country Germany Venues 6 (in 6 host cities) Dates 1–17 December Teams 24 (from 4 confederations) Final positions Champions France (2nd title) Runners-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 scorers Nora Mørk (66 goals) Awards Best player Stine Bredal Oftedal ← Previous Next →

The 2017 [IHF World Women's Handball Championship](/source/IHF_World_Women's_Handball_Championship), the 23rd event hosted by the [International Handball Federation](/source/International_Handball_Federation), was held in [Germany](/source/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](/source/1965_World_Women's_Handball_Championship) and [1997](/source/1997_World_Women's_Handball_Championship).

France won their second title after [2003](/source/2003_World_Women's_Handball_Championship), by defeating reigning champions Norway 23–21 in the final.[2]

## Venues

The tournament is being played in the following venues: [Bietigheim-Bissingen](/source/Bietigheim-Bissingen), [Magdeburg](/source/Magdeburg), [Oldenburg](/source/Oldenburg_(city)), [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), [Trier](/source/Trier) and [Hamburg](/source/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 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](/source/Hamburg), [Germany](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Central_European_Time)).*

### 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](https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/womensworldchampionships/ihfwomen%e2%80%99sworldchampionshipingermany2017/teamsranking.aspx)
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. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_FRA0.68601567097288_12-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_FRA0.68601567097288_12-1) 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×

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

Source: [IHF](https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/womensworldchampionships/ihfwomen%e2%80%99sworldchampionshipingermany2017/teamsranking.aspx)
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. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_SWE0.21996975840068_13-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_SWE0.21996975840068_13-1) Norway 28–31 Sweden

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_CZE0.21996975840068_14-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_CZE0.21996975840068_14-1) 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](https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/womensworldchampionships/ihfwomen%e2%80%99sworldchampionshipingermany2017/teamsranking.aspx)
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. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_JPN0.86732002760625_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_JPN0.86732002760625_15-1) 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×

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](https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/ihfcompetitions/worldchampionships/womensworldchampionships/ihfwomen%e2%80%99sworldchampionshipingermany2017/teamsranking.aspx)
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:

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_NED0.73401745396388_16-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_NED0.73401745396388_16-1) Netherlands 31–23 Germany

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_CMR0.73401745396388_17-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_CMR0.73401745396388_17-1) 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 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

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## External links

- [Official website](http://germanyhandball2017.com/home/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20171016174030/http://germanyhandball2017.com/home/) 2017-10-16 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [IHF website](https://archive.ihf.info/IHFCompetitions/WorldChampionships/WomensWorldChampionships/IHFWomen%E2%80%99sWorldChampionshipinGermany2017)

v t e World Women's Handball Championship IHF World Women's Field Handball Championship Tournaments Yugoslavia 1957 Romania 1962 West Germany 1965 Netherlands 1971 Yugoslavia 1973 Soviet Union 1975 Czechoslovakia 1978 Hungary 1982 Netherlands 1986 South Korea 1990 Norway 1993 Austria / Hungary 1995 Germany 1997 Denmark / Norway 1999 Italy 2001 Croatia 2003 Russia 2005 France 2007 China 2009 Brazil 2011 Serbia 2013 Denmark 2015 Germany 2017 Japan 2019 Spain 2021 Denmark / Norway / Sweden 2023 Germany / Netherlands 2025 Hungary 2027 Spain 2029 Czech Republic / Poland 2031 Qualification 2025 Group B 1977 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1992 Group C 1986 1988 1991 Squads 1957 1962 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

v t e 2017 World Women's Handball Championship qualification Africa 2016 African Women's Handball Championship Asia 2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship America 2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship Europe 2016 European Women's Handball Championship European qualification

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