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2027 World Women's Handball Championship

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2027 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Hungary
DatesTBA 2027
Teams32 (from 5 confederations)
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The 2027 World Women's Handball Championship, the 28th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, will take place in Hungary in 2027.[1][2] It will be the main qualifying event for the women's handball tournament of the 2028 Summer Olympics.[3]

Venues

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The bid includes the following four host cities/venues:

Host city Venue Capacity
Budapest MVM Dome 20,022
Debrecen Főnix Hall 8,500
Győr Audi Aréna 5,500
Tatabánya New Arena 6,000

Qualification

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Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 28 February 2020 Egypt Cairo 1  Hungary
2025 World Championship December 2025  Germany
 Netherlands
1
2026 European Championship 3–20 December 2026  Czech Republic
 Poland
 Romania
 Slovakia
 Turkey
4 + ?
European qualification
2026 Asian Championship 4 + ?
2026 South and Central American Championship 3 + ?
2026 African Championship 4 + ?
2027 Nor.Ca. Women's Championship 1 + ?
Wild card 18 October 2018 Qatar Doha 1 or 2[1][2]  United States

^ 1. To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council awarded the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships.[4][5]

^ 2. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finish within the top 5, they will qualify for the World Championships. If either finishes sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.

Qualified teams

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Country Qualified as Qualification date Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Hungary Host 28 February 2020 24 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 United States Wild card 18 October 2018 6 (1975, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 2025)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". IHF. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ Dalibor (28 February 2020). "Les organisateurs des championnats du monde 2025 et 2027". Handnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ^ "2025 and 2027 World Championships awarded in Cairo". European Handball Federation. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Strategic plan | USA" (PDF). IHF.
  5. ^ "Council Meeting No. 3" (PDF). Doha, Qatar: IHF. 18 October 2018. pp. 8–9.