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2017 World Women's Handball Championship

2017 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	World Women's Handball Championship
year	2017
image	2017 World Women's Handball Championship.png
size	260px
country	Germany
dates	1–17 December
num_teams	24
confederations	4
venues	6
cities	6
champion_other
count	2
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	84
goals	4384
attendance
top_scorer	NOR Nora Mørk
(66 goals)
player	NOR Stine Bredal Oftedal
previous	2015 World Women's Handball Championship
next	2019 World Women's Handball Championship

(66 goals) 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. 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.

Venues

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

Bietigheim-Bissingen	Hamburg	Magdeburg	Oldenburg
EgeTrans Arena
Capacity: 4,500	Barclaycard Arena
Capacity: 12,500
[[File:EgeTrans Arena Haupttribuene 2012-12-26.jpg	160px]]	[[File:Barclaycard-Arena-Hamburg-Aussendarstellung.JPG	160px]]
GETEC Arena
Capacity: 6,200	EWE Arena
Capacity: 5,250
[[File:Boerdeland-Halle.jpg	160px]]	[[File:Oldenburg Grosse EWE Arena 02.jpg	160px]]
Arena Leipzig
Capacity: 6,250	Trier Arena
Capacity: 4,100
[[File:Arena leipzig 2.jpg	160px]]	[[File:Arena Trier 1.jpg	160px]]

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Vacancies
Host nation	15 December 2011	1
2015 World Championship	5–20 December 2015	1
2016 African Women's Handball Championship	28 November – 7 December 2016	3

2016 European Women's Handball Championship	4–18 December 2016	3

2017 Asian Women's Handball Championship	13–22 March 2017	3

European qualification	9–15 June 2017	9

2017 Pan American Women's Handball Championship	18–25 June 2017	3

Wild card		1

Qualified teams

Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament1
Host	1993]]', 1995, 1997'', 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
2015 World Champion	1971]], 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Finalist of 2016 African Championship	1990]], 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Finalist of 2016 African Championship	1975]], 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Third place of 2016 African Championship	2005]])
Semifinalist of 2016 European Championship	1971]], 1973, 1978, 1986'', 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Semifinalist of 2016 European Championship	1957]], 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Semifinalist of 2016 European Championship	1986]], 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Finalist of 2017 Asian Championship	1978]], 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Finalist of 2017 Asian Championship	1962]], 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Third place of 2017 Asian Championship	1986]], 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
European playoff winner	1957]], 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015)
European playoff winner	1957]], 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
European playoff winner	2013]]'', 2015)
European playoff winner	1957]], 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015)
European playoff winner	1993]], 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
European playoff winner	2011]], 2013, 2015)
European playoff winner	1997]], 2001, 2003, 2005)
European playoff winner		50 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2013)
European playoff winner	1993]], 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
Wildcard	1957]], 1962, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015)
Finalist of 2017 Pan American Championship	1995]], 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Finalist of 2017 Pan American Championship	1999]], 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Third place of 2017 Pan American Championship		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.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 26 June 2017.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6

Referees

16 referee pairs were selected:

Referees

Referees

Squads

Main article: 2017 World Women's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round

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

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

President's Cup

;17th place bracket |10 December||33| (Pen.)|34 |10 December||28||26 |11 December||29||27 |11 December||33||23

;21st place bracket |10 December||28||25 |10 December||31||32 |11 December||23||21 |11 December||29||19

21st–24th place semifinals

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17th–20th place semifinals

23rd place game

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21st place game

19th place game

17th place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

|10 December||33||21 |10 December||17||21 |10 December||26||29 |10 December||29||31 |11 December||24| (ET)|26 |11 December||27||28 |11 December||23||31 |11 December| (ET)|36||35 |12 December||26||23 |12 December||25||22 |13 December||30||26 |13 December||34||17 |15 December||22||24 |15 December||23||32 |17 December||23||21 |17 December||21||24

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

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Final ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
[[File:gold medal icon.svg]]
[[File:silver medal icon.svg]]
[[File:bronze medal icon.svg]]
4
5
6
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

2017 Women's World Champions

All Star Team

The All Star Team and MVP was announced on 17 December 2017.

Position	Player
Most valuable player	Stine Bredal Oftedal
Goalkeeper	Katrine Lunde
Right wing	Nathalie Hagman
Right back	Nora Mørk
Centre back	Grâce Zaadi
Left back	Lois Abbingh
Left wing	Siraba Dembélé
Pivot	Yvette Broch

Top goalscorers

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

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

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

Source: IHF

References

[http://ihf.info//MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=962 IHF Council awards World Championships 2017 to Germany and France], by [[International Handball Federation]], 15 December 2011
(17 December 2017). "France make it a double, Norway dethroned". ihf.info.
(25 November 2015). "Sechs Spielorte für die Frauen-Weltmeisterschaft 2017". dhb.de.
(23 June 2017). "2017 Women’s World Championship – Poland receives wild card". ihf.info.
(19 May 2017). "Germany 2017 draw event – Media accreditation". ihf.info.
(27 June 2017). "Germany 2017 draw results". ihf.info.
(26 June 2017). "Draw for the 2017 IHF Women’s World Championship in Germany". ihf.info.
(7 August 2017). "Referee couples nominated for Germany 2017". ihf.info.
(19 September 2017). "Germany 2017 referees fully-prepared in Frankfurt". ihf.info.
(30 June 2017). "Frame schedule of the World Championship is set". germanyhandball2017.com.
(10 July 2017). "Match schedule of 2017 IHF Women’s World Championship released". ihf.info.
[https://archive.ihf.info/files/competitiondata/b7fe36bb-2a18-4340-a6e0-6b148a154448/pdf/summary.pdf Final ranking]
(17 December 2017). "The Germany 2017 All-star Team". ihf.info.

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