They say the best things come last, therefore the last two months of 2023 will deliver some mouth-watering, exciting and dramatic handball, with crucial competitions scheduled for November and December.

But until the last month of the year, it is time to see what November will bring and this month will surely be remembered for years to come, thanks to its variety on the menu, with some exciting competitions ready to start.

While the bulk of the 2023 IHF Women’s World Championship will surely take place in December, the world handball flagship competition will start on 29 November, with 12 matches scheduled this month.

The 32-team line-up will gather at the start for the first-ever edition of the IHF Women’s World Championship held in three countries. Denmark, Norway and Sweden will be the three hosts, as six venues – Herning and Frederikshavn in Denmark, Stavanger and Trondheim in Norway and Gothenburg and Helsingborg in Sweden – ready to deliver some fantastic matches.

112 matches are scheduled in total, with the big final taking place on 17 December in the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, with the best of the best ready to take over and deliver some dramatic matches over the 19 days of competition.

Tickets are still available for the 2023 IHF Women’s World Championship and can be purchased here.

The men also have their lion’s share in this month, as the 2023 IHF Men’s Super Globe is set to be staged in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, between 7 and 12 November, with the top club teams in the world fighting for the coveted trophy. This will be the second edition of the competition with 12 teams at the start, will all continents being represented.

The reigning champions, SC Magdeburg, will try to secure their third title in a row, but will face sturdy opposition, as the line-up is stellar. European powerhouses Barca, Industria Kielce and Fuchse Berlin are also at the start, as well as hosts Khaleej and Egyptian side Al-Ahly, which had excellent performances over the last edition.

The 12 sides are divided into four groups of three teams, with the winner of each group progressing to the semi-finals, with the final taking place on Sunday, 12 November.

One coveted Paris 2024 Olympic Games ticket will also be awarded at the end of the Pan American Games, with the men’s competition taking place between 30 October and 4 November in Viña del Mar, Chile. Eight teams will be at the start, with only the winner progressing to Paris 2024.

Brazil and Argentina are the two favourites, as the South American sides aim to win against their opponents and progress to the final tournament in Paris, as there will be no room for mistake over the six days of competition.

Moving on to Asia, the women's youth and junior tournaments of the IHF Trophy Asia will be staged in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 6 to 11 November 2023. The event serves as qualification event for the Intercontinental Phase of the IHF Trophy and will have three teams starting in the youth tournament – Bangladesh, Hong Kong and Uzbekistan – and three teams featuring in the junior competition – Hong Kong, India and Uzbekistan.

The 26th Asian Men’s Club League Handball Championship will also take place between 17 and 27 November in Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait, with 12 teams entering the fray, including the defending champions, Al-Najma and strong teams like Saudi side Khaleej, Qatar’s Al-Gharafa and hosts Qadsia SC.

Last, but not least, stage 4 – the final stage of the IHF Beach Handball Global Tour – will take place in Doha, Qatar, from 3 to 4 November and includes four men’s and four women’s national teams from six countries, playing a total of 16 games (eight each in the men’s and women’s competitions).

Teams in each competition will battle it out to be crowned the ‘2023 IHF Beach Handball Global Tour Champions’, with Brazil and Tunisia fielding teams in both the men’s and women’s events, joined by Qatar and Denmark in the men’s competition and Poland and the People’s Republic of China in the women’s competition.