The 26th IHF Women's World Championship was staged in Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 29 November to 17 December 2023. The event took place in six cities and venues across the three countries and was the second edition of the IHF Women's World Championship to feature 32 teams.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

Hosts: Denmark (DEN), Norway*(NOR), Sweden (SWE)

Africa: Angola (ANG), Cameroon (CMR), Congo (CGO), Senegal (SEN)

Asia: Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), Japan (JPN), Kazakhstan (KAZ), PR of China (CHN), Republic of Korea (KOR), 

Europe: Croatia (CRO), Czechia (CZE), France (FRA), Germany (GER), Hungary (HUN), Montenegro (MNE), Netherlands (NED), Poland (POL), Romania (ROU), Serbia (SRB), Slovenia (SLO), Spain (ESP), Ukraine (UKR)

North America and the Caribbean: Greenland (GRL)

South and Central America: Argentina (ARG), Brazil (BRA), Chile (CHI), Paraguay (PAR)

Wild Card: Austria (AUT), Iceland (ISL)

VENUES

The event was staged in six venues, with Frederikshavn and Herning hosting the event in Denmark, Stavanger and Trondheim in Norway and Gothenburg and Helsingborg in Sweden.

DRAW

The draw for the event took place in Gothenburg, Sweden on Thursday 6 July at 15:30 CEST. The draw was streamed live on the IHF YouTube channel.

Pots

Pot 1: Norway, Denmark, Montenegro, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Brazil, Germany
Pot 2: Slovenia, Spain, Croatia, Republic of Korea, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Czechia
Pot 3: Serbia, Japan, Ukraine, Greenland, Argentina, Angola, People’s Republic of China, Cameroon
Pot 4: Congo, Senegal, Paraguay, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kazakhstan, Chile, Austria, Iceland

Draw results

Group A: SWE, CRO, CHN, SEN

Group B: MNE, HUN, CMR, PAR

Group C: NOR, KOR, GRL, AUT

Group D: FRA, SLO, ANG, ISL

Group E: DEN, ROU, SRB, CHI

Group F: GER, POL, JPN, IRI

Group G: BRA, ESP, UKR, KAZ

Group H: NED, CZE, ARG, CGO

FINAL RANKING

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

*In case the reigning world champion is also hosting the next World Championship, the Continental Confederation of the reigning World Champion obtains one additional performance place. With Norway being reigning champion and co-hosts of the 2023 IHF Women's World Championship, this place goes to the continent of Europe.