The 27th IHF Women's World Championship was staged in the Netherlands and Germany from 26 November to 14 December 2025.

QUALIFIED TEAMS 

updated on 12 May 2025

Hosts: Germany (GER), Netherlands (NED)

Reigning world champions: France (FRA)

Wild cards: Croatia (CRO), People's Republic of China (CHN)

Qualification events 

Africa: Angola (ANG), Egypt (EGY), Senegal (SEN), Tunisia (TUN)

Asia and Oceania: I.R. Iran (IRI), Japan (JPN), Kazakhstan (KAZ), Republic of Korea (KOR)

Europe: Austria (AUT), Czechia (CZE), Denmark (DEN), Faroe Islands (FAR), Hungary (HUN), Iceland (ISL), Montenegro (MNE), Norway (NOR), Poland (POL), Romania (ROU), Serbia (SRB), Spain (ESP), Sweden (SWE), Switzerland (SUI)

North America and the Caribbean: Cuba (CUB)

South and Central America: Argentina (ARG), Brazil (BRA), Paraguay (PAR), Uruguay (URU)

VENUES 

The competition will take place in five venues, two in the Netherlands and three in Germany, with the final weekend being scheduled in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

• Westfalenhalle, Dortmund
• Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart
• Trier Arena, Trier
• Ahoy, Rotterdam
• Maaspoort,  's-Hertogenbosch

DRAW

The draw event took place on 22 May 2025.

Pots

Pot 1: FRA, NOR, DEN, HUN, SWE, NED, GER, MNE

Pot 2: POL, BRA, SRB, ROU, SUI, ESP, AUT, ANG

Pot 3: CZE, JPN, SEN, ISL, ARG, FAR, KOR, TUN

Pot 4: EGY, URU, KAZ, PAR, IRI, CUB, CHN, CRO

Results

FINAL RANKING 

1. Norway
2. Germany
3. France
4. Netherlands, 5. Denmark, 6. Brazil, 7. Hungary, 8. Montenegro, 9. Romania, 10. Angola, 11. Poland, 12. Serbia, 13. Japan, 14. Spain, 15. Sweden, 16. Austria, 17. Faroe Islands, 18. Czechia, 19. Switzerland, 20. Tunisia, 21. Iceland, 22. Argentina, 23. Republic of Korea, 24. Senegal, 25. Croatia, 26. P.R. of China, 27. Paraguay, 28. Egypt, 29. Uruguay, 30. Cuba, 31. Kazakhstan, 32. I.R. of Iran