2021 World Women's Handball Championship

The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25th event by the International Handball Federation, was held in Spain from 1 to 19 December 2021.[1] On 18 October 2018, at a congress in Doha, Qatar, the IHF announced that the World Championship would be expanded from 24 teams to 32 teams from 2021 onwards.[2]

2021 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates1–19 December
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Norway (4th title)
Runner-up France
Third place Denmark
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played105
Goals scored5,873 (55.93 per match)
Attendance119,041 (1,134 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Nathalie Hagman
(71 goals)
Best playerNorway Kari Brattset Dale
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The Netherlands were the defending champions after winning for the first time in 2019. However, they finished third in their main round group and failed to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Norway defeated France to win their fourth title.[3] Denmark captured the bronze medal by winning against Spain.[4]

Bidding process

Spain and Hungary bid for the right to organise the 2021 Women's World Handball Championship. The International Handball Federation decided that the voting process would take place during the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.

The Spanish bid included the following six host cities and venues:

Host cityVenueCapacity
BarcelonaNou Palau Blaugrana12,000
GranollersPalau d'Esports de Granollers5,200
TarragonaPalacio de Deportes de Tarragona5,000
LleidaPavelló Barris Nord5,500
Castellón de la PlanaPavelló Ciutat de Castelló5,200
BadalonaPalau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona12,500

The President of the Royal Spanish Handball Federation confirmed that full support is granted by the Olympic Movement, Spanish government and the handball community. The Spanish government guaranteed the introduction of all necessary measures so that the event could be celebrated in a full security setting, with special attention paid to key infrastructures for the staging of the competitions and to IHF operations, its subsidiaries and delegations from different countries.

The Hungarian bid included the following six host cities and venues:

Host cityVenueCapacity
VeszprémVeszprém Aréna8,000
GyőrAudi Aréna5,500
SzegedPick Aréna8,000
BudapestLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena12,000
DebrecenFőnix Aréna6,000
TatabányaTatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok6,000

The 2021 Women's World Handball Championship was awarded to Spain by a secret ballot of members of the IHF Council.

Venues

The tournament is being played in the following venues: Llíria, Torrevieja, Castelló and Granollers as the final four venue.

GranollersLlíria
Palau d'Esports de Granollers
Capacity: 5,685
Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc
Capacity: 4,200
CastellóTorrevieja
Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló
Capacity: 5,263
Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja
Capacity: 4,500

Qualification

CompetitionDatesHostVacanciesQualified
Host nation28 January 2017  France1  Spain
2019 World Championship30 November –
15 December 2019
 Japan1  Netherlands
2020 European Championship3–20 December 2020  Denmark4  Croatia
 Denmark
 France
 Norway
European qualification19 March – 21 April 2021Various10  Austria
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Hungary
 Montenegro
 Romania
 Russia[1]
 Serbia
 Slovenia
 Sweden
2021 African Championship8–18 June 2021  Cameroon4  Angola
 Cameroon
 Congo
 Tunisia
2021 Nor.Ca. Women's Championship22–25 August 2021  United States1  Puerto Rico
2021 Asian Championship15–25 September 2021  Jordan5  Iran
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 South Korea
 Uzbekistan
2021 South and Central American Championship5–9 October 2021  Paraguay3  Argentina
 Brazil
 Paraguay
Oceania8 August 2021N/A0[2][3]None
Wild card[5][6]
8 August 20212[2][3]  Slovakia
 Poland
23 September 20211[4]  China

^ 1. On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated.[7][8] Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision.[9] After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russian sportspeople to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation.[10] Like the men's team, the Russian women's team played under the alternative name of the sport's domestic governing body, the Russian Handball Federation.[11]

^ 2. Since 2018 countries from Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) are participating in the Asian Championships: if one of them finishes within the top five, it qualifies for the World Championship. Otherwise the place transfers to the wild card spot.

^ 3. Since Oceania did not register a team for the upcoming Asian qualification event, the IHF Council awarded two Wild Cards for the 2021 IHF Women’s World Championship in Spain, namely to the National Federations of Slovakia and Poland.

^ 4. As the 2021 Asian tournament was only played with 11 teams instead of 12, only five teams qualified and a wild card was granted to China.

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asQualification datePrevious appearances in tournament[a]
 SpainHost28 January 201710 (1993, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 NetherlandsDefending world champion15 December 201912 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 NorwaySemifinalist of 2020 European Championship12 December 202020 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 France15 December 202014 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Croatia6 (1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)
 Denmark20 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 HungaryEuropean playoff winner18 April 202122 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Montenegro20 April 20215 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Germany13 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Austria12 (1957, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Russian Handball Federation13 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)[b]
 Czech Republic6 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2013, 2017)
 Romania21 April 202124 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Serbia4 (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Sweden10 (1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Slovenia6 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2017, 2019)
 AngolaSemifinalist of 2021 African Championship15 June 202115 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Tunisia9 (1975, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Congo5 (1982, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009)
 Cameroon2 (2005, 2017)
 SlovakiaWild card8 August 20211 (1995)
 Poland16 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Puerto RicoWinner of Nor.Ca Championship25 August 20211 (2015)
 KazakhstanTop five of 2021 Asian Championship19 September 20215 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 South Korea18 (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Iran21 September 20210 (Debut)
 Japan19 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 ChinaWild card23 September 202116 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 UzbekistanTop five of 2021 Asian Championship25 September 20211 (1997)
 ArgentinaTop three of 2021 Central and South American Championship7 October 202110 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Brazil13 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Paraguay9 October 20213 (2007, 2013, 2017)

Draw

The draw took place on 12 August 2021 at 22:00 in Castellón, Spain.[12][13]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 8 August 2021.[14] As organizer, Spain had the right to choose their group. The Asian, North and South American teams were not known at the time of the draw.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Referees

18 referee pairs were selected on 12 October 2021.[15]

Referees
 MontenegroNovica Mitrović
Miljan Vešović
 PortugalMarta Sá
Vânia Sá
 RomaniaCristina Năstase
Simona Stancu
 RussiaViktoria Alpaidze
Tatiana Berezkina
 SerbiaMarko Sekulić
Vladimir Jovandić
 South KoreaKoo Bo-ok
Lee Se-ok
 SpainJavier Álvarez
Ion Bustamante
 TunisiaSamir Krichen
Samir Makhlouf
 TurkeyKürşad Erdoğan
İbrahim Özdeniz

Squads

Each team consists of up to 18 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).[16]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  France33008357+266Main round
2  Slovenia31117172−13
3  Montenegro31026772−52
4  Angola30126585−201Presidents Cup
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.
3 December 2021
18:00
France  30–20  AngolaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 791
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Foppa, Granier 4(13–9)Venâncio 5
 4× Report  7×
3 December 2021
20:30
Montenegro  18–28  SloveniaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,007
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Radičević 7(8–16)Gros 6
 4× Report 5×

5 December 2021
18:00
Slovenia  18–29  FrancePalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,211
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Varagić 6(8–13)Nze Minko 6
 5× Report  3×
5 December 2021
20:30
Montenegro  30–20  AngolaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,310
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Radičević 12(11–9)Guialo 6
 2× Report 2×  1×

7 December 2021
18:00
Angola  25–25  SloveniaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,450
Referees: Stancu, Lovin (ROU)
Pascoal 7(14–13)Gros 12
 2× Report  2×
7 December 2021
20:30
France  24–19  MontenegroPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 2,481
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Lassource 6(12–12)Radičević 7
 2× Report  4×  1×

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Russian Handball Federation33009863+356Main round
2  Serbia32019071+194
3  Poland31027770+72
4  Cameroon300355116−610Presidents Cup
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.
3 December 2021
18:00
Russian Handball Federation40–18  CameroonPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 690
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Markova 6(17–10)Ekoh 4
 3× Report 3×
3 December 2021
20:30
Serbia  25–21  PolandPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 1,067
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Janjušević 7(16–13)Rosiak 6
 4× Report  4×

5 December 2021
18:00
Poland  23–26Russian Handball FederationPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 1,166
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Rosiak 8(10–16)Ilina 8
 2× Report  3×
5 December 2021
20:30
Serbia  43–18  CameroonPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 1,086
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
M. Agbaba 7(19–9)Ekoh 7
 1× Report  6×

7 December 2021
18:00
Cameroon  19–33  PolandPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 1,179
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Ekoh 9(7–16)Roszak 9
 6× Report 4×
7 December 2021
20:30
Russian Handball Federation32–22  SerbiaPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Managarova 7(15–9)Radojević, Stoiljković 4
 3× Report  4×  1×

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Norway330012049+716Main round
2  Romania32019961+384
3  Kazakhstan310266109−432
4  Iran300345111−660Presidents Cup
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.
3 December 2021
18:00
Romania  39–11  IranPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 600
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Dincă, Laslo 6(20–3)Vatanparast 6
Report  2×
3 December 2021
20:30
Norway  46–18  KazakhstanPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 900
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Hovden 7(24–10)Alexandrova 7
 3× Report

5 December 2021
18:00
Romania  38–17  KazakhstanPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Moisă 6(14–9)Alexandrova 8
 3× Report  1×
5 December 2021
20:30
Iran  9–41  NorwayPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 850
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
three players 2(3–22)Røsberg Jacobsen 7
 3× Report 1×

7 December 2021
18:00
Kazakhstan  31–25  IranPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Alexandrova 8(14–10)Kianiara 6
 6× Report 4×
7 December 2021
20:30
Norway  33–22  RomaniaPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Brattset Dale 7(17–11)Laslo 6
 2× Report  4×

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Netherlands321014463+815[a]Main round
2  Sweden321012556+695[a]
3  Puerto Rico310255127−722
4  Uzbekistan300356134−780Presidents Cup
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:
3 December 2021
18:00
Netherlands  55–15  Puerto RicoPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 548
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Vollebregt, Van Wetering 8(23–6)Ceballos 5
 1× Report
3 December 2021
20:30
Sweden  46–15  UzbekistanPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 1,138
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Lerby 6(22–11)Khudoykulova, Razakbergenova 3
Report 1×

5 December 2021
15:30
Sweden  48–10  Puerto RicoPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 907
Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
Hagman 19(26–5)Ceballos 3
 4×  1× Report 5×
5 December 2021
18:00
Uzbekistan  17–58  NetherlandsPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 1,009
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Abdumannonova, Bahromova 4(10–28)Bont, Nüsser 7
 4× Report  1×

7 December 2021
18:00
Puerto Rico  30–24  UzbekistanPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 571
Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
Ceballos 9(14–12)Khudoykulova 10
 4× Report  2×
7 December 2021
20:30
Netherlands  31–31  SwedenPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 1,825
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Bont 6(17–18)Roberts 8
 3× Report 3×

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Germany33009267+256Main round
2  Hungary32019183+84
3  Czech Republic31027486−122
4  Slovakia30037495−210Presidents Cup
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.
2 December 2021
18:00
Germany  31–21  Czech RepublicPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 375
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Maidhof 5(17–10)three players 4
 3× Report 3×  1×
2 December 2021
20:30
Hungary  35–29  SlovakiaPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 448
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Háfra, Klujber 7(16–16)Bíziková 8
 2× Report 3×

4 December 2021
18:00
Slovakia  22–36  GermanyPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 1,144
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Bajčiová, Bíziková 4(12–17)Grijseels 6
 3× Report 3×
4 December 2021
20:30
Hungary  32–29  Czech RepublicPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 1,145
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Klujber 11(17–15)Jeřábková 10
 7× Report  2×

6 December 2021
18:00
Czech Republic  24–23  SlovakiaPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 1,294
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Jeřábková, Zachová 4(15–14)Lancz 5
 3×  1× Report  2×  1×
6 December 2021
20:30
Germany  25–24  HungaryPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 2,053
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Maidhof, Schmelzer 5(14–9)Lukács 5
 3× Report 3×

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Denmark330010357+466Main round
2  South Korea32019187+44
3  Congo31027494−202
4  Tunisia30036999−300Presidents Cup
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.
2 December 2021
18:00
South Korea  37–23  CongoPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 641
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Kim S. 6(22–11)Nkou 5
 3× Report 3×
2 December 2021
20:30
Denmark  35–16  TunisiaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 727
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Heindahl 6(16–8)Amiche 4
 5× Report 3×

4 December 2021
18:00
South Korea  31–29  TunisiaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 491
Referees: Stancu, Lovin (ROU)
Ryu 7(14–14)Rezgui 6
 4× Report 2×
4 December 2021
20:30
Congo  18–33  DenmarkPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 611
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Ngombele 5(7–18)Nolsøe 6
 4× Report 5×

6 December 2021
18:00
Tunisia  24–33  CongoPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 972
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Hachana 7(9–18)Yimga 11
 1× Report  5×
6 December 2021
20:30
Denmark  35–23  South KoreaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,502
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Iversen 6(19–14)Ryu 9
 2× Report 2×

Group G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Brazil33009269+236Main round
2  Japan32019372+214
3  Croatia31028974+152
4  Paraguay300352111−590Presidents Cup
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.
2 December 2021
18:00
Croatia  25–30  BrazilPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 700
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Blažević 7(12–18)De Paula 7
 3× Report  3×
2 December 2021
20:30
Japan  40–17  ParaguayPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 400
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Aizawa, Yoshidome 6(19–10)Fiore, Fernández 4
 6× Report 2×

4 December 2021
18:00
Paraguay  16–38  CroatiaPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 550
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Acuña 5(5–15)Blažević, Turk 6
 8× Report  5×
4 December 2021
20:30
Japan  25–29  BrazilPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 890
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
three players 4(15–12)Cardoso 7
 5× Report  2×

6 December 2021
18:00
Brazil  33–19  ParaguayPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 850
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Quintino 6(20–7)Fernández, Mendoza 3
 4× Report 1×
6 December 2021
20:30
Croatia  26–28  JapanPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Kalaus 6(14–14)Nakayama 9
 4× Report 7×

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Spain (H)33009350+436Main round
2  Argentina32018082−24
3  Austria31028689−32
4  China300369107−380Presidents Cup
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) Hosts
1 December 2021
20:30
Spain  29–13  ArgentinaPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 2,080
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Cabral, Campos 5(11–10)Karsten, Urban 3
 4× Report 5×

2 December 2021
18:00
Austria  38–27  ChinaPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 250
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Pandza 9(22–13)Zhang 8
 4× Report  9×

4 December 2021
18:00
Austria  29–31  ArgentinaPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 1,622
Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
Pandza 10(14–18)Karsten 11
 8×  1× Report 4×
4 December 2021
20:30
China  18–33  SpainPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 2,619
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Wang S. 3(7–16)Cabral 5
 5×  1× Report  2×

6 December 2021
18:00
Argentina  36–24  ChinaPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 1,326
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Karsten 8(17–9)Jin 8
Report 6×
6 December 2021
20:30
Spain  31–19  AustriaPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Martín 9(14–6)Kovács 8
 2× Report 3×

Presidents Cup

Group I

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Angola330012843+85625th place game
2  Cameroon32019875+23427th place game
3  Uzbekistan310271126−55229th place game
4  Iran300357110−53031st place game
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.
9 December 2021
15:00
Angola  35–24  CameroonPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 220
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Kassoma 6(16–14)Ekoh 7
 6×  1× Report  2×
9 December 2021
17:30
Iran  32–37  UzbekistanPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 415
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Ghasemi 9(18–20)Khudoykulova 11
 3× Report  3×

11 December 2021
15:00
Angola  41–8  IranPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 285
Referees: Stancu, Lovin (ROU)
Kassoma 8(24–4)Kianiara 4
 3× Report 1×
11 December 2021
17:30
Cameroon  42–23  UzbekistanPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 400
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Ateba 14(19–6)Bahromova 6
 1×  1× Report 3×

13 December 2021
15:00
Uzbekistan  11–52  AngolaPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 50
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Mirzaeva 3(5–30)Kassoma 8
 1× Report  2×
13 December 2021
17:30
Cameroon  32–17  IranPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 120
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Ebanga 7(14–9)Kianiara 5
 1× Report

Group II

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Slovakia33007454+20625th place game
2  Tunisia32017259+13427th place game
3  Paraguay31028592−7229th place game
4  China[a]30032450−26031st place game
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:
8 December 2021
15:00
Slovakia  31–27  TunisiaPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 320
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Bíziková 9(17–14)Rezgui 6
 3× Report  2×
8 December 2021
17:30
Paraguay  30–24  ChinaPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 966
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Mendoza 6(12–12)Jin 9
 3× Report  7×

10 December 2021
15:00
Slovakia  33–27  ParaguayPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 120
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Lancz 9(16–15)Acuña, Fiore 8
 2× Report  4×
10 December 2021Tunisia  10–0[note 1]  China

12 December 2021China  0–10[note 1]  Slovakia
12 December 2021
17:30
Tunisia  35–28  ParaguayPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 823
Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
Hachana 8(17–11)Fernández 8
 4× Report  3×

31st place game

15 December 2021Iran  10–0[note 1]  China

29th place game

15 December 2021
12:30
Uzbekistan  33–39  ParaguayPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 450
Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
Abdumannonova 11(19–19)Fiore 10
 2× Report 2×

27th place game

15 December 2021
15:00
Cameroon  29–35  TunisiaPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Essam, Ebanga 9(15–20)Hachana 10
 2×  1× Report  3×

25th place game

15 December 2021
17:30
Angola  23–21  SlovakiaPoliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Attendance: 340
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Guialo, Kassoma 6(11–9)Bíziková 7
 5× Report 4×

Main round

All points obtained in the preliminary round against teams that advanced as well, were carried over.

Group I

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  France5500134100+3410Quarterfinals
2Russian Handball Federation5311143129+147
3  Serbia5302124125−16
4  Poland5203120131−114
5  Slovenia5113123131−83
6  Montenegro5005115143−280
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.
9 December 2021
15:30
Russian Handball Federation26–26  SloveniaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 385
Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
Ilyina 7(14–15)Stanko 7
 2× Report  6×
9 December 2021
18:00
Montenegro  25–27  SerbiaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 810
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Radičević 8(18–14)Radojević 8
 6× Report  1×  1×
9 December 2021
20:30
France  26–16  PolandPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 884
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Foppa 5(14–9)three players 3
 1× Report 4×

11 December 2021
15:30
Montenegro  25–31Russian Handball FederationPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 843
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Brnović, Radičević 7(10–18)Fomina, Skorobogatchenko 6
 5× Report  5×
11 December 2021
18:00
Serbia  19–22  FrancePalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 975
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Radojević 5(12–9)Zaadi 6
 2× Report  5×
11 December 2021
20:30
Slovenia  26–27  PolandPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 902
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Gros 8(13–12)Nocuń 6
 4× Report  1×

13 December 2021
15:30
Poland  33–28  MontenegroPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 320
Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
Rosiak 7(16–9)Brnović 6
 3× Report  2×
13 December 2021
18:00
Serbia  31–25  SloveniaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,180
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Stoiljković 7(19–14)Varagić 5
 3× Report 5×
13 December 2021
20:30
Russian Handball Federation28–33  FrancePalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 2,620
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Managarova 5(12–17)Foppa, Pineau 5
 2× Report  3×

Group II

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Norway5410189111+789Quarterfinals
2  Sweden5320198121+778
3  Netherlands5311212128+847
4  Romania5203163135+284
5  Puerto Rico510482216−1342
6  Kazakhstan500597230−1330
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.
9 December 2021
15:30
Netherlands  31–30  RomaniaPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 450
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Van Wetering 6(17–14)Laslo, Pintea 6
 2× Report  3×
9 December 2021
18:00
Norway  43–7  Puerto RicoPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 350
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Solberg-Isaksen 10(21–3)three players 2
Report
9 December 2021
20:30
Kazakhstan  20–55  SwedenPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 290
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Alexandrova 7(10–21)Hagman 19
 2× Report  1×

11 December 2021
15:30
Romania  43–20  Puerto RicoPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 650
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Dindiligan 7(20–9)Ceballos, Fuentes 4
 2× Report 3×
11 December 2021
18:00
Kazakhstan  15–61  NetherlandsPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 950
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Alexandrova 5(9–27)Van Wetering 18
 3×  1× Report
11 December 2021
20:30
Sweden  30–30  NorwayPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
Hagman 9(12–14)Kristiansen 7
 4× Report  2×

13 December 2021
15:30
Puerto Rico  30–27  KazakhstanPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 250
Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
Ceballos 13(13–11)Alexandrova 8
 3× Report 3×
13 December 2021
18:00
Sweden  34–30  RomaniaPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Blohm 7(19–14)Laslo 7
 1× Report  4×
13 December 2021
20:30
Netherlands  34–37  NorwayPabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Housheer 9(17–17)Reistad 9
 4× Report  2×

Group III

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Denmark550015990+6910Quarterfinals
2  Germany5401138123+158
3  Hungary5302140134+66
4  South Korea5203148156−84
5  Czech Republic5104114145−312
6  Congo5005102153−510
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.
8 December 2021
15:30
Czech Republic  26–32  South KoreaPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 542
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Cholevová 6(13–20)Kim J. 8
Report  2×
8 December 2021
18:00
Germany  29–18  CongoPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,558
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Stockschläder 6(15–7)Diagouraga 7
 5× Report  3×
8 December 2021
20:30
Denmark  30–19  HungaryPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,921
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Jørgensen 6(15–11)Kácsor 4
 3× Report  3×

10 December 2021
15:30
South Korea  28–37  GermanyPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 438
Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
Lee 6(16–19)Bölk, Grijseels 8
 4× Report  6×
10 December 2021
18:00
Hungary  30–22  CongoPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 583
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Planéta 8(16–8)Ngombele 7
 3× Report  4×
10 December 2021
20:30
Czech Republic  14–29  DenmarkPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,019
Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
Kovářová 4(9–12)Friis 4
 4× Report 4×

12 December 2021
15:30
Congo  21–24  Czech RepublicPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 620
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Divoko, Yimga 4(11–11)Zachová 6
 2× Report  5×
12 December 2021
18:00
South Korea  28–35  HungaryPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,019
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Lee 6(13–17)Háfra 8
 4× Report 3×
12 December 2021
20:30
Denmark  32–16  GermanyPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,735
Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
three players 5(13–8)Grijseels 5
 2× Report  3×  1×

Group IV

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Spain (H)5500142105+3710Quarterfinals
2  Brazil5401145127+188
3  Japan5302142140+26
4  Austria5104136155−192[a]
5  Croatia5104125134−92[a]
6  Argentina5104112141−292[a]
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) Hosts
Notes:
8 December 2021
15:30
Croatia  28–22  ArgentinaPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 390
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Posavec 8(12–14)Cavo, Mendoza 5
 6× Report 2×
8 December 2021
18:00
Brazil  38–31  AustriaPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 606
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Araujo 6(15–15)I. Ivančok, Kovács 8
 3× Report  5×
8 December 2021
20:30
Spain  28–26  JapanPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
Cabral, Etxeberria 5(15–15)Aizawa, Matsumoto 7
 2× Report 3×

10 December 2021
15:30
Argentina  19–24  BrazilPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 200
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Karsten 5(10–13)Matieli 9
 2× Report  3×  1×
10 December 2021
18:00
Japan  32–30  AustriaPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 450
Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
Kondo 6(15–19)I. Ivančok 8
 2×  1× Report  2×
10 December 2021
20:30
Croatia  23–27  SpainPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Blažević 7(9–12)Cabral 6
 6× Report 3×

12 December 2021
15:30
Argentina  27–31  JapanPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 500
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Karsten 13(14–15)three players 7
 3× Report 4×
12 December 2021
18:00
Austria  27–23  CroatiaPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 850
Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
Kovács 7(12–13)Kalaus 6
 5×  1× Report 3×
12 December 2021
20:30
Spain  27–24  BrazilPalacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Cabral 7(12–10)Quintino 6
 3× Report 3×

Final round

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
15 December
 
 
 France31
 
17 December
 
 Sweden26
 
 France23
 
14 December
 
 Denmark22
 
 Denmark30
 
19 December
 
 Brazil25
 
 France22
 
15 December
 
 Norway29
 
 Norway34
 
17 December
 
Russian Handball Federation28
 
 Norway27
 
14 December
 
 Spain21Third place
 
 Spain26
 
19 December
 
 Germany21
 
 Denmark35
 
 
 Spain28
 

Quarterfinals

14 December 2021
17:30
Denmark  30–25  BrazilPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,220
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Nolsøe 6(14–13)Cardoso 10
 5×  1× Report  4×

14 December 2021
20:30
Spain  26–21  GermanyPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 2,565
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Campos 7(14–10)Maidhof 6
 1× Report  3×

15 December 2021
17:30
Norway  34–28Russian Handball FederationPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 870
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Mørk 9(19–15)Markova, Skorobogatchenko 4
 2× Report  3×

15 December 2021
20:30
France  31–26  SwedenPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 1,226
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
three players 4(15–15)Hagman 9
 3× Report 2×

Semifinals

17 December 2021
17:30
France  23–22  DenmarkPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 3,150
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Foppa 4(10–12)Haugsted 5
 1× Report  4×

17 December 2021
20:30
Norway  27–21  SpainPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 3,150
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Mørk 8(11–11)Cabral 5
 3× Report  2×

Third place game

19 December 2021
14:30
Denmark  35–28  SpainPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 3,969
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Burgaard 7(16–13)Martín 6
 3× Report  4×

Final

19 December 2021
17:30
France  22–29  NorwayPalau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers
Attendance: 4,316
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Pineau 4(16–12)Reistad 6
 4× Report  3×

Final ranking and awards

Places 1 to 4 and 25 to 32 were decided by play-off or knock-out. The losers of the quarter finals were ranked 5th to 8th according to the places in the main round, points gained and goal difference. Teams finishing third in the main round were ranked 9th to 12th, teams finishing fourth in the main round were ranked 13th to 16th, teams finishing fifth in the main round were ranked 17th to 20th and teams ranked sixth were ranked 21st to 24th. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the main round was taken into account, then number of goals scored. If teams were still equal, number of points gained in the preliminary round were considered followed by the goal difference and then number of goals scored in the preliminary round.

Statistics

Notes

References

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