2021 World Women's Handball Championship

2021 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	1–19 December
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (4th title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	105
Goals scored	5,873 (55.93 per match)
Attendance	119,041 (1,134 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nathalie Hagman; (71 goals)
Best player	Kari Brattset Dale
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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]

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 city	Venue	Capacity
Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	12,000
Granollers	Palau d'Esports de Granollers	5,200
Tarragona	Palacio de Deportes de Tarragona	5,000
Lleida	Pavelló Barris Nord	5,500
Castellón de la Plana	Pavelló Ciutat de Castelló	5,200
Badalona	Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona	12,500

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 city	Venue	Capacity
Veszprém	Veszprém Aréna	8,000
Győr	Audi Aréna	5,500
Szeged	Pick Aréna	8,000
Budapest	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena	12,000
Debrecen	Főnix Aréna	6,000
Tatabánya	Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok	6,000

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.

Granollers	Llíria
Palau d'Esports de Granollers Capacity: 5,685	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc Capacity: 4,200

Castellón Granollers Llíria Torrevieja
Castelló	Torrevieja
Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló Capacity: 5,263	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja Capacity: 4,500

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	28 January 2017	France	1	Spain
2019 World Championship	30 November – 15 December 2019	Japan	1	Netherlands
2020 European Championship	3–20 December 2020	Denmark	4	Croatia Denmark France Norway
European qualification	19 March – 21 April 2021	Various	10	Austria Czech Republic Germany Hungary Montenegro Romania Russia^[1] Serbia Slovenia Sweden
2021 African Championship	8–18 June 2021	Cameroon	4	Angola Cameroon Congo Tunisia
2021 Nor.Ca. Women's Championship	22–25 August 2021	United States	1	Puerto Rico
2021 Asian Championship	15–25 September 2021	Jordan	5	Iran Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Uzbekistan
2021 South and Central American Championship	5–9 October 2021	Paraguay	3	Argentina Brazil Paraguay
Oceania	8 August 2021	N/A	0^[2]^[3]	None
Wild card^[5]^[6]	8 August 2021		2^[2]^[3]	Slovakia Poland
Wild card^[5]^[6]	23 September 2021		1^[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

Country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous appearances in tournament^[a]
Spain	Host	28 January 2017	10 (1993, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Netherlands	Defending world champion	15 December 2019	12 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Norway	Semifinalist of 2020 European Championship	12 December 2020	20 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
France		15 December 2020	14 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Croatia			6 (1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)
Denmark			20 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Hungary	European playoff winner	18 April 2021	22 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Montenegro		20 April 2021	5 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Germany			13 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Austria			12 (1957, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Russian Handball Federation			13 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)^[b]
Czech Republic			6 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2013, 2017)
Romania		21 April 2021	24 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Serbia			4 (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Sweden			10 (1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Slovenia			6 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2017, 2019)
Angola	Semifinalist of 2021 African Championship	15 June 2021	15 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Tunisia			9 (1975, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Congo			5 (1982, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009)
Cameroon			2 (2005, 2017)
Slovakia	Wild card	8 August 2021	1 (1995)
Poland	Wild card	8 August 2021	16 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Puerto Rico	Winner of Nor.Ca Championship	25 August 2021	1 (2015)
Kazakhstan	Top five of 2021 Asian Championship	19 September 2021	5 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019)
South Korea		19 September 2021	18 (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Iran		21 September 2021	0 (Debut)
Japan		21 September 2021	19 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
China	Wild card	23 September 2021	16 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Uzbekistan	Top five of 2021 Asian Championship	25 September 2021	1 (1997)
Argentina	Top three of 2021 Central and South American Championship	7 October 2021	10 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Brazil		7 October 2021	13 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Paraguay		9 October 2021	3 (2007, 2013, 2017)

^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.
^ Participated as Russia in 1993–2019.

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 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Netherlands Norway Spain France Croatia Denmark Russian Handball Federation Germany	Montenegro Hungary Sweden South Korea Japan Romania Serbia Austria	Angola Brazil Argentina Cameroon Czech Republic Tunisia Puerto Rico Kazakhstan	Iran Slovakia Slovenia Uzbekistan China Congo Paraguay Poland

Referees

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

Referees
Algeria	Yousef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi
Argentina	María Paolantoni Mariana García
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin
Croatia	Davor Lončar Zoran Lončar
Denmark	Karina Christiansen Line Hansen
Egypt	Yasmina El-Saied Heidy El-Saied
France	Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi
Germany	Maike Merz Tanja Kuttler
Moldova	Alexei Covalciuc Igor Covalciuc

Referees
Montenegro	Novica Mitrović Miljan Vešović
Portugal	Marta Sá Vânia Sá
Romania	Cristina Năstase Simona Stancu
Russia	Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berezkina
Serbia	Marko Sekulić Vladimir Jovandić
South Korea	Koo Bo-ok Lee Se-ok
Spain	Javier Álvarez Ion Bustamante
Tunisia	Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf
Turkey	Kürşad 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	83	57	26	6	Main round
2	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	71	72	−1	3
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	67	72	−5	2
4	Angola	3	0	1	2	65	85	−20	1	Presidents 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	Angola	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 791 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Foppa, Granier 4	(13–9)	Venâncio 5
	4×	Report	1× 7×

3 December 2021 20:30	Montenegro	18–28	Slovenia	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,007 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Radičević 7	(8–16)	Gros 6
	1× 4×	Report	5×

5 December 2021 18:00	Slovenia	18–29	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,211 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Varagić 6	(8–13)	Nze Minko 6
	1× 5×	Report	1× 3×

5 December 2021 20:30	Montenegro	30–20	Angola	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,310 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Radičević 12	(11–9)	Guialo 6
	1× 2×	Report	2× 1×

7 December 2021 18:00	Angola	25–25	Slovenia	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Stancu, Lovin (ROU)
	Pascoal 7	(14–13)	Gros 12
	2×	Report	1× 2×

7 December 2021 20:30	France	24–19	Montenegro	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 2,481 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Lassource 6	(12–12)	Radičević 7
	3× 2×	Report	1× 4× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russian Handball Federation	3	3	0	98	63	35	6	Main round
2	Serbia	3	2	1	90	71	19	4
3	Poland	3	1	2	77	70	7	2
4	Cameroon	3	0	3	55	116	−61	0	Presidents 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 Federation	40–18	Cameroon	Poliesportiu 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	Poland	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 1,067 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Janjušević 7	(16–13)	Rosiak 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4×

5 December 2021 18:00	Poland	23–26	Russian Handball Federation	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 1,166 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Rosiak 8	(10–16)	Ilina 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

5 December 2021 20:30	Serbia	43–18	Cameroon	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 1,086 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	M. Agbaba 7	(19–9)	Ekoh 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 6×

7 December 2021 18:00	Cameroon	19–33	Poland	Poliesportiu 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 Federation	32–22	Serbia	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Managarova 7	(15–9)	Radojević, Stoiljković 4
	3×	Report	1× 4× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	120	49	71	6	Main round
2	Romania	3	2	1	99	61	38	4
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	66	109	−43	2
4	Iran	3	0	3	45	111	−66	0	Presidents 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	Iran	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 600 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Dincă, Laslo 6	(20–3)	Vatanparast 6
	1×	Report	1× 2×

3 December 2021 20:30	Norway	46–18	Kazakhstan	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 900 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Hovden 7	(24–10)	Alexandrova 7
	1× 3×	Report

5 December 2021 18:00	Romania	38–17	Kazakhstan	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 1,200 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Moisă 6	(14–9)	Alexandrova 8
	3×	Report	1× 1×

5 December 2021 20:30	Iran	9–41	Norway	Pabellón 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	Iran	Pabellón 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	Romania	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Brattset Dale 7	(17–11)	Laslo 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	144	63	81	5^[a]	Main round
2	Sweden	3	2	1	0	125	56	69	5^[a]
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	55	127	−72	2
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	56	134	−78	0	Presidents 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:

^ ^a ^b Netherlands 31–31 Sweden

3 December 2021 18:00	Netherlands	55–15	Puerto Rico	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 548 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Vollebregt, Van Wetering 8	(23–6)	Ceballos 5
	1× 1×	Report

3 December 2021 20:30	Sweden	46–15	Uzbekistan	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 1,138 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Lerby 6	(22–11)	Khudoykulova, Razakbergenova 3
	1×	Report	1×

5 December 2021 15:30	Sweden	48–10	Puerto Rico	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 907 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Hagman 19	(26–5)	Ceballos 3
	2× 4× 1×	Report	5×

5 December 2021 18:00	Uzbekistan	17–58	Netherlands	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 1,009 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Abdumannonova, Bahromova 4	(10–28)	Bont, Nüsser 7
	4×	Report	1× 1×

7 December 2021 18:00	Puerto Rico	30–24	Uzbekistan	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 571 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Ceballos 9	(14–12)	Khudoykulova 10
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

7 December 2021 20:30	Netherlands	31–31	Sweden	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 1,825 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Bont 6	(17–18)	Roberts 8
	3×	Report	3×

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	92	67	25	6	Main round
2	Hungary	3	2	1	91	83	8	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	74	86	−12	2
4	Slovakia	3	0	3	74	95	−21	0	Presidents 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 Republic	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 375 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Maidhof 5	(17–10)	three players 4
	1× 3×	Report	3× 1×

2 December 2021 20:30	Hungary	35–29	Slovakia	Poliesportiu 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	Germany	Poliesportiu 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 Republic	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 1,145 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Klujber 11	(17–15)	Jeřábková 10
	2× 7×	Report	2× 2×

6 December 2021 18:00	Czech Republic	24–23	Slovakia	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 1,294 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Jeřábková, Zachová 4	(15–14)	Lancz 5
	3× 1×	Report	2× 2× 1×

6 December 2021 20:30	Germany	25–24	Hungary	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 2,053 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Maidhof, Schmelzer 5	(14–9)	Lukács 5
	1× 3×	Report	3×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	103	57	46	6	Main round
2	South Korea	3	2	1	91	87	4	4
3	Congo	3	1	2	74	94	−20	2
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	69	99	−30	0	Presidents 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	Congo	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 641 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Kim S. 6	(22–11)	Nkou 5
	1× 3×	Report	3×

2 December 2021 20:30	Denmark	35–16	Tunisia	Palau 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	Tunisia	Palau 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	Denmark	Palau 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	Congo	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 972 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Hachana 7	(9–18)	Yimga 11
	2× 1×	Report	3× 5×

6 December 2021 20:30	Denmark	35–23	South Korea	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,502 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Iversen 6	(19–14)	Ryu 9
	2×	Report	2×

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	92	69	23	6	Main round
2	Japan	3	2	1	93	72	21	4
3	Croatia	3	1	2	89	74	15	2
4	Paraguay	3	0	3	52	111	−59	0	Presidents 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	Brazil	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 700 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Blažević 7	(12–18)	De Paula 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

2 December 2021 20:30	Japan	40–17	Paraguay	Pabellón 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	Croatia	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 550 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Acuña 5	(5–15)	Blažević, Turk 6
	8×	Report	1× 5×

4 December 2021 20:30	Japan	25–29	Brazil	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 890 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	three players 4	(15–12)	Cardoso 7
	5×	Report	1× 2×

6 December 2021 18:00	Brazil	33–19	Paraguay	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 850 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Quintino 6	(20–7)	Fernández, Mendoza 3
	1× 4×	Report	1×

6 December 2021 20:30	Croatia	26–28	Japan	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Kalaus 6	(14–14)	Nakayama 9
	1× 4×	Report	7×

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	3	0	93	50	43	6	Main round
2	Argentina	3	2	1	80	82	−2	4
3	Austria	3	1	2	86	89	−3	2
4	China	3	0	3	69	107	−38	0	Presidents 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	Argentina	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 2,080 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Cabral, Campos 5	(11–10)	Karsten, Urban 3
	2× 4×	Report	5×

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

4 December 2021 18:00	Austria	29–31	Argentina	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 1,622 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Pandza 10	(14–18)	Karsten 11
	2× 8× 1×	Report	4×

4 December 2021 20:30	China	18–33	Spain	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 2,619 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Wang S. 3	(7–16)	Cabral 5
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 2×

6 December 2021 18:00	Argentina	36–24	China	Palacio 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	Austria	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Martín 9	(14–6)	Kovács 8
	2× 2×	Report	3×

Presidents Cup

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	3	0	128	43	85	6	25th place game
2	Cameroon	3	2	1	98	75	23	4	27th place game
3	Uzbekistan	3	1	2	71	126	−55	2	29th place game
4	Iran	3	0	3	57	110	−53	0	31st 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	Cameroon	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 220 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Kassoma 6	(16–14)	Ekoh 7
	2× 6× 1×	Report	1× 2×

9 December 2021 17:30	Iran	32–37	Uzbekistan	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 415 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Ghasemi 9	(18–20)	Khudoykulova 11
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

11 December 2021 15:00	Angola	41–8	Iran	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 285 Referees: Stancu, Lovin (ROU)
	Kassoma 8	(24–4)	Kianiara 4
	2× 3×	Report	1×

11 December 2021 17:30	Cameroon	42–23	Uzbekistan	Poliesportiu 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	Angola	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 50 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Mirzaeva 3	(5–30)	Kassoma 8
	1×	Report	1× 2×

13 December 2021 17:30	Cameroon	32–17	Iran	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 120 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Ebanga 7	(14–9)	Kianiara 5
	1×	Report	1×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	3	0	74	54	20	6	25th place game
2	Tunisia	3	2	1	72	59	13	4	27th place game
3	Paraguay	3	1	2	85	92	−7	2	29th place game
4	China^[a]	3	0	3	24	50	−26	0	31st 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:

^ China withdrew after their first game due to a positive COVID-19 test by a player.^[17]

8 December 2021 15:00	Slovakia	31–27	Tunisia	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 320 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Bíziková 9	(17–14)	Rezgui 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

8 December 2021 17:30	Paraguay	30–24	China	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 966 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Mendoza 6	(12–12)	Jin 9
	1× 3×	Report	1× 7×

10 December 2021 15:00	Slovakia	33–27	Paraguay	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 120 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Lancz 9	(16–15)	Acuña, Fiore 8
	3× 2×	Report	1× 4×

10 December 2021	Tunisia	10–0^{[note 1]}	China

12 December 2021	China	0–10^{[note 1]}	Slovakia

12 December 2021 17:30	Tunisia	35–28	Paraguay	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 823 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Hachana 8	(17–11)	Fernández 8
	4×	Report	1× 3×

31st place game

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

29th place game

15 December 2021 12:30	Uzbekistan	33–39	Paraguay	Poliesportiu 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	Tunisia	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 500 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Essam, Ebanga 9	(15–20)	Hachana 10
	2× 1×	Report	2× 3×

25th place game

15 December 2021 17:30	Angola	23–21	Slovakia	Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria Attendance: 340 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Guialo, Kassoma 6	(11–9)	Bíziková 7
	1× 5×	Report	4×

Main round

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

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	0	134	100	34	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russian Handball Federation	5	3	1	1	143	129	14	7	Quarterfinals
3	Serbia	5	3	0	2	124	125	−1	6
4	Poland	5	2	0	3	120	131	−11	4
5	Slovenia	5	1	1	3	123	131	−8	3
6	Montenegro	5	0	0	5	115	143	−28	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.

9 December 2021 15:30	Russian Handball Federation	26–26	Slovenia	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 385 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Ilyina 7	(14–15)	Stanko 7
	2×	Report	1× 6×

9 December 2021 18:00	Montenegro	25–27	Serbia	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 810 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Radičević 8	(18–14)	Radojević 8
	6×	Report	1× 1× 1×

9 December 2021 20:30	France	26–16	Poland	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 884 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Foppa 5	(14–9)	three players 3
	1× 1×	Report	4×

11 December 2021 15:30	Montenegro	25–31	Russian Handball Federation	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 843 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Brnović, Radičević 7	(10–18)	Fomina, Skorobogatchenko 6
	2× 5×	Report	2× 5×

11 December 2021 18:00	Serbia	19–22	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 975 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Radojević 5	(12–9)	Zaadi 6
	2× 2×	Report	1× 5×

11 December 2021 20:30	Slovenia	26–27	Poland	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 902 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Gros 8	(13–12)	Nocuń 6
	4×	Report	1× 1×

13 December 2021 15:30	Poland	33–28	Montenegro	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 320 Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	Rosiak 7	(16–9)	Brnović 6
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

13 December 2021 18:00	Serbia	31–25	Slovenia	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,180 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Stoiljković 7	(19–14)	Varagić 5
	2× 3×	Report	5×

13 December 2021 20:30	Russian Handball Federation	28–33	France	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 2,620 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Managarova 5	(12–17)	Foppa, Pineau 5
	2×	Report	1× 3×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	1	0	189	111	78	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	5	3	2	0	198	121	77	8	Quarterfinals
3	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	212	128	84	7
4	Romania	5	2	0	3	163	135	28	4
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	0	4	82	216	−134	2
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	97	230	−133	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.

9 December 2021 15:30	Netherlands	31–30	Romania	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 450 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Van Wetering 6	(17–14)	Laslo, Pintea 6
	2×	Report	1× 3×

9 December 2021 18:00	Norway	43–7	Puerto Rico	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 350 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Solberg-Isaksen 10	(21–3)	three players 2
	1×	Report	1×

9 December 2021 20:30	Kazakhstan	20–55	Sweden	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 290 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Alexandrova 7	(10–21)	Hagman 19
	2×	Report	1× 1×

11 December 2021 15:30	Romania	43–20	Puerto Rico	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 650 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Dindiligan 7	(20–9)	Ceballos, Fuentes 4
	2× 2×	Report	3×

11 December 2021 18:00	Kazakhstan	15–61	Netherlands	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 950 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Alexandrova 5	(9–27)	Van Wetering 18
	3× 1×	Report	1×

11 December 2021 20:30	Sweden	30–30	Norway	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Hagman 9	(12–14)	Kristiansen 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 2×

13 December 2021 15:30	Puerto Rico	30–27	Kazakhstan	Pabellón 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	Romania	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Blohm 7	(19–14)	Laslo 7
	2× 1×	Report	2× 4×

13 December 2021 20:30	Netherlands	34–37	Norway	Pabellón Ciutat de Castelló, Castelló Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Housheer 9	(17–17)	Reistad 9
	4×	Report	3× 2×

Group III

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	5	0	159	90	69	10	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	4	1	138	123	15	8	Quarterfinals
3	Hungary	5	3	2	140	134	6	6
4	South Korea	5	2	3	148	156	−8	4
5	Czech Republic	5	1	4	114	145	−31	2
6	Congo	5	0	5	102	153	−51	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.

8 December 2021 15:30	Czech Republic	26–32	South Korea	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 542 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Cholevová 6	(13–20)	Kim J. 8
	2×	Report	1× 2×

8 December 2021 18:00	Germany	29–18	Congo	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,558 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Stockschläder 6	(15–7)	Diagouraga 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 3×

8 December 2021 20:30	Denmark	30–19	Hungary	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,921 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Jørgensen 6	(15–11)	Kácsor 4
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

10 December 2021 15:30	South Korea	28–37	Germany	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 438 Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	Lee 6	(16–19)	Bölk, Grijseels 8
	4×	Report	1× 6×

10 December 2021 18:00	Hungary	30–22	Congo	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 583 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Planéta 8	(16–8)	Ngombele 7
	3×	Report	2× 4×

10 December 2021 20:30	Czech Republic	14–29	Denmark	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,019 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Kovářová 4	(9–12)	Friis 4
	1× 4×	Report	4×

12 December 2021 15:30	Congo	21–24	Czech Republic	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 620 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Divoko, Yimga 4	(11–11)	Zachová 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

12 December 2021 18:00	South Korea	28–35	Hungary	Palau 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	Germany	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 1,735 Referees: Paolantoni, García (ARG)
	three players 5	(13–8)	Grijseels 5
	1× 2×	Report	2× 3× 1×

Group IV

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	5	5	0	142	105	37	10	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	4	1	145	127	18	8	Quarterfinals
3	Japan	5	3	2	142	140	2	6
4	Austria	5	1	4	136	155	−19	2^[a]
5	Croatia	5	1	4	125	134	−9	2^[a]
6	Argentina	5	1	4	112	141	−29	2^[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:

^ ^a ^b ^c First head-to-head goal difference: Austria 2; Croatia 2; Argentina −4, next head-to-head number of goals scored: Austria 56; Croatia 51.

8 December 2021 15:30	Croatia	28–22	Argentina	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 390 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Posavec 8	(12–14)	Cavo, Mendoza 5
	2× 6×	Report	2×

8 December 2021 18:00	Brazil	38–31	Austria	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 606 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Araujo 6	(15–15)	I. Ivančok, Kovács 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5×

8 December 2021 20:30	Spain	28–26	Japan	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Cabral, Etxeberria 5	(15–15)	Aizawa, Matsumoto 7
	1× 2×	Report	3×

10 December 2021 15:30	Argentina	19–24	Brazil	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Karsten 5	(10–13)	Matieli 9
	2×	Report	1× 3× 1×

10 December 2021 18:00	Japan	32–30	Austria	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 450 Referees: Jovandić, Sekulić (SRB)
	Kondo 6	(15–19)	I. Ivančok 8
	1× 2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

10 December 2021 20:30	Croatia	23–27	Spain	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Blažević 7	(9–12)	Cabral 6
	2× 6×	Report	3×

12 December 2021 15:30	Argentina	27–31	Japan	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 500 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Karsten 13	(14–15)	three players 7
	1× 3×	Report	4×

12 December 2021 18:00	Austria	27–23	Croatia	Palacio de los Deportes de Torrevieja, Torrevieja Attendance: 850 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Kovács 7	(12–13)	Kalaus 6
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3×

12 December 2021 20:30	Spain	27–24	Brazil	Palacio 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-finals		Semi-finals		Final

15 December

France	31
		17 December
Sweden	26
		France	23
14 December
		Denmark	22
Denmark	30
				19 December
Brazil	25
				France	22
15 December
				Norway	29
Norway	34
		17 December
Russian Handball Federation	28
		Norway	27
14 December
		Spain	21	Third place
Spain	26
				19 December
Germany	21
				Denmark	35

				Spain	28

Quarterfinals

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

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

15 December 2021 17:30	Norway	34–28	Russian Handball Federation	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 870 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Mørk 9	(19–15)	Markova, Skorobogatchenko 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

15 December 2021 20:30	France	31–26	Sweden	Palau 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	Denmark	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 3,150 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Foppa 4	(10–12)	Haugsted 5
	2× 1×	Report	2× 4×

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

Third place game

19 December 2021 14:30	Denmark	35–28	Spain	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 3,969 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Burgaard 7	(16–13)	Martín 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

Final

19 December 2021 17:30	France	22–29	Norway	Palau d'Esports de Granollers, Granollers Attendance: 4,316 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Pineau 4	(16–12)	Reistad 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 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.

Rank	Team^[18]
	Norway
	France
	Denmark
4	Spain
5	Sweden
6	Brazil
7	Germany
8	Russian Handball Federation
9	Netherlands
10	Hungary
11	Japan
12	Serbia
13	Romania
14	South Korea
15	Poland
16	Austria
17	Slovenia
18	Croatia
19	Czech Republic
20	Puerto Rico
21	Argentina
22	Montenegro
23	Congo
24	Kazakhstan
25	Angola
26	Slovakia
27	Tunisia
28	Cameroon
29	Paraguay
30	Uzbekistan
31	Iran
32	China^[17]

	Qualified for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship

2021 Women's World Champions Norway Fourth title Team roster: Henny Reistad, Emilie Hegh Arntzen, Veronica Kristiansen, Nora Mørk, Stine Bredal Oftedal, Malin Aune, Silje Solberg, Kari Brattset Dale, Vilde Ingstad, Katrine Lunde, Moa Högdahl, Marit Røsberg Jacobsen, Camilla Herrem, Sanna Solberg-Isaksen, Kristine Breistøl, Emilie Hovden, Rikke Granlund, Maren Nyland Aardahl. Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson.

All-Star team

The all-star team and MVP was announced on 19 December 2021.^[19]

Position	Player
Most valuable player	Kari Brattset Dale
Goalkeeper	Sandra Toft
Right wing	Carmen Martín
Right back	Nora Mørk
Centre back	Grâce Zaadi Deuna
Left back	Henny Reistad
Left wing	Coralie Lassource
Pivot	Pauletta Foppa

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Nathalie Hagman	Sweden	71	91	78
2	Alexandrina Cabral	Spain	44	81	54
3	Irina Alexandrova	Kazakhstan	43	87	49
	Elke Karsten	Argentina		73	59
	Patrícia Kovács	Austria		74	58
	Nora Mørk	Norway		62	69
7	Cyrielle Ebanga	Cameroon	41	79	52
7	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro	41	56	73
9	Bo van Wetering	Netherlands	40	50	80
10	Kari Brattset Dale	Norway	38	46	83
	Albertina Kassoma	Angola		42	90
	Henny Reistad	Norway		60	63

Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Althea Reinhardt	Denmark	50	71	141
2	Yara ten Holte	Netherlands	44	24	54
3	Sandra Toft	Denmark	43	80	188
4	Kristina Graovac	Serbia	40	26	65
4	Tess Wester	Netherlands	40	72	181
6	Marta Alberto	Angola	37	43	115
7	Johanna Bundsen	Sweden	36	20	56
	Mercedes Castellanos	Spain		50	137
	Silvia Navarro	Spain		64	179
	Viktória Oguntoyová	Slovakia		38	107
	Silje Solberg	Norway		45	124

Source: IHF

Top assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists
1	Patrícia Kovács	Austria	46
2	Larissa Nüsser	Netherlands	45
2	Jamina Roberts	Sweden	45
4	Nora Mørk	Norway	44
5	Natsuki Aizawa	Japan	42
	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway
	Lee Mi-gyeong	South Korea
8	Grâce Zaadi Deuna	France	41
9	Itana Grbić	Montenegro	39
10	Marizza Faría	Paraguay	36
	Kristina Jørgensen	Denmark
	Adjani Ngouoko	Cameroon

Source: IHF

Top blocks

Rank	Name	Team	Total	Average
1	Line Haugsted	Denmark	19	2.1
2	Liliana Venâncio	Angola	15	2.1
3	Kelly Dulfer	Netherlands	12	2.0
4	Tamires de Araújo	Brazil	10	1.4
5	Kari Brattset Dale	Norway	9	1.0
5	Kristine Breistøl	Norway	9	1.0
7	Daniela de Jong	Sweden	8	1.1
7	Albertina Kassoma	Angola	8	1.1
9	Karina dos Santos	Paraguay	7	1.0
	Béatrice Edwige	France		0.8
	Irene Espínola Perez	Spain		0.8
	Marija Petrović	Serbia		1.2
	Danick Snelder	Netherlands		1.2
	Yvette Yuoh	Cameroon		1.0

Source: IHF

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c The match could not be played after China withdrew and was forfeited.^[17]

References

^ "2021 and 2023 IHF Women's World Championships awarded". International Handball Federation. 28 January 2017.
^ "IHF Council decides to increase number of teams at World Championships". ihf.info. 19 October 2018.
^ "Norway win fourth gold medal with stunning comeback". ihf.info. 19 December 2021.
^ "Mighty Denmark secure first medal since 2013". ihf.info. 19 December 2021.
^ "Poland and Slovakia receive 25th IHF Women's World Championship Wild Cards". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Spain 2021: Asian qualification update; PR of China receive Wild Card". ihf.info. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^ MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019.
^ "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019.
^ "Russia Confirms It Will Appeal 4-Year Olympic Ban". Time. AP. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
^ Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". AP.
^ "25th IHF Women's World Championship". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ "Castellón will host the draw for the 2021 Women's Handball World Championship". www.spainhandball2021.com. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Defined the groups of the Women's Handball World Championship 2021". www.spainhandball2021.com. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "25th IHF Women's World Championship". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "IHF announces referees for 25th IHF Women's World Championship". ihf.info. 12 October 2021.
^ "Spain 2021: Match schedule confirmed". ihf.info. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "PR of China Withdraw from 25th IHF Women's World Championship". ihf.info. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ "Tournament Summary" (PDF). www.ihf.info. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
^ "Spain 2021 All-Star Team". ihf.info. 19 December 2019.

External links

[12] Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

[13] Participated as Russia in 1993–2019.

[table_hth_NED0.82938865750534-19] Netherlands 31–31 Sweden

[table_note_CHN0.67849414780666-21] China withdrew after their first game due to a positive COVID-19 test by a player.^[17]

[table_hth_AUT0.69467139648957-23] First head-to-head goal difference: Austria 2; Croatia 2; Argentina −4, next head-to-head number of goals scored: Austria 56; Croatia 51.

[Forfeit-22] The match could not be played after China withdrew and was forfeited.^[17]

[1] "2021 and 2023 IHF Women's World Championships awarded". International Handball Federation. 28 January 2017.

[2] "IHF Council decides to increase number of teams at World Championships". ihf.info. 19 October 2018.

[3] "Norway win fourth gold medal with stunning comeback". ihf.info. 19 December 2021.

[4] "Mighty Denmark secure first medal since 2013". ihf.info. 19 December 2021.

[5] "Poland and Slovakia receive 25th IHF Women's World Championship Wild Cards". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[6] "Spain 2021: Asian qualification update; PR of China receive Wild Card". ihf.info. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

[7] MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019.

[8] "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019.

[9] "Russia Confirms It Will Appeal 4-Year Olympic Ban". Time. AP. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.

[10] Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". AP.

[11] "25th IHF Women's World Championship". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[14] "Castellón will host the draw for the 2021 Women's Handball World Championship". www.spainhandball2021.com. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[15] "Defined the groups of the Women's Handball World Championship 2021". www.spainhandball2021.com. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[16] "25th IHF Women's World Championship". www.ihf.info. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[17] "IHF announces referees for 25th IHF Women's World Championship". ihf.info. 12 October 2021.

[18] "Spain 2021: Match schedule confirmed". ihf.info. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[PR_of_China-20] "PR of China Withdraw from 25th IHF Women's World Championship". ihf.info. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[24] "Tournament Summary" (PDF). www.ihf.info. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

[25] "Spain 2021 All-Star Team". ihf.info. 19 December 2019.

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