Following the completion of the quarter-finals and President's Cup/placement matches of the 2021 IHF Women’s World Championship in Spain, ranking places 5-32 can now be confirmed.

The ranking can also be found under the ‘Statistics’ menu on the Spain 2021 home page on ihf.info.

Final Ranking

1-4   To be played: Denmark (DEN) / Spain (ESP) / Norway (NOR) / France (FRA)
5      Sweden (SWE)
6      Brazil (BRA)
7      Germany (GER)
8      RHF
9      Netherlands (NED)
10    Hungary (HUN)
11    Japan (JPN)
12    Serbia (SRB)
13    Romania (ROU)
14    Republic of Korea (KOR)
15    Poland (POL)
16    Austria (AUT)
17    Slovenia (SLO)
18    Croatia (CRO)
19    Czech Republic (CZE)
20    Puerto Rico (PUR)
21    Argentina (ARG)
22    Montenegro (MNE)
23    Congo (CGO)
24    Kazakhstan (KAZ)
25    Angola (ANG)
26    Slovakia (SVK)
27    Tunisia (TUN)
28    Cameroon (CMR)
29    Paraguay (PAR)
30    Uzbekistan (UZB)
31    Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI)
32    People’s Republic of China (CHN)

Determination of places: Placement matches, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals

Teams ranked 9th-24th

Teams ranked 3rd in each main round group will be ranked 9th to 12th. Teams ranked 4th in each main round group will be ranked 13th to 16th. Teams ranked 5th in each main round group will be ranked 17th to 20th. Teams ranked 6th in each main round group will be ranked 21st to 24th.

Determination of these places is done by calculation according to the following evaluation criteria:

a) Number of points gained.

b) In case of equal number of points, the goal difference in the main round shall decide.

c) In case of equal number of points and the same goal difference, the greater number of goals scored in the main round shall decide.

d) If teams are still equal, number of points gained in the preliminary round shall be considered followed by the goal difference in the preliminary round and the greater number of goals scored in the preliminary round.

e) If ranking is not possible according to items a)-d), the decision shall be made by drawing lots.

Teams ranked 5th-8th

The ranking of losers of the quarter-finals is done by calculation according to the following evaluation criteria:

a) The ranking will be done according to the places of the main round. If two (2) or more teams were ranked on the same place in the main round, the number of points gained in the main round will decide.

b) In case of equal number of points, the goal difference in the main round shall decide.

c) In case of equal number of points and the same goal difference, the greater number of goals scored in the main round shall decide.

d) If teams are still equal, number of points gained in the preliminary round shall be considered followed by the goal difference in the preliminary round and the greater number of goals scored in the preliminary round.

e) If ranking is not possible according to items a)-d), the decision shall be made by drawing lots.