2027 World Women's Handball Championship

2027 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
Dates	TBA 2027
Teams	32 (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

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

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	28 February 2020	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			4 + ?
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	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

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)

^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

References

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

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

[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.

[MyUser_Eurohandball.com_March_4_2020c-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.

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