With just four games left of the 2023 IHF Women’s World Championship in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, IHF.info and Toma-soft ltd, looked through all previous 108 match results to pull out some interesting numbers for you as the handball world looks forward to the conclusion of the event on Sunday.

To view the numbers after the Preliminary Round click here.

Total games played so far: 108

Total goals scored: 5,802

Average goals per game: 53.7

Most goals scored in a game: 73 (Austria vs Norway, 28:45 & Kazakhstan vs Congo 36:37)

Least goals scored in a game: 36 (Montenegro vs Cameroon, 25:11)

Total goals scored in first half: 2,851 (average 26.39 per game)

Total goals scored in second half: 2,929 (27.12)

Most goals scored in first half: 39 (France vs Austria (25:19)

Least goals scored in first half: 15 (Montenegro vs Cameroon 13:2)

Most goals scored in first half: 25 – Romania (vs Chile), Brazil (vs Kazakhstan), Germany (vs Islamic Republic of Iran), France (vs Austria)

Least goals scored in first half: 2 – Cameroon (vs Montenegro)

Most goals scored in second half: 40 (Austria vs Norway 16:24 & Kazakhstan vs Congo 18:22)

Least goals scored in second half: 15 (Croatia vs Cameroon 6:9)

Most goals scored in second half: 26 – Denmark (vs Chile)

Least goals scored in second half: 4 – Greenland (vs Norway)

Top scorer (individual player): 58 goals – Marketa Jerabkova, Czechia (8 games)

Top scorer (team): 274 – Norway (34.2 goals per game)

Highest percentage of shooting success (team): 68.7% – Brazil (196 goals from 285 attempts)

Most shooting attempts (team): 413 – Netherlands (51.6 attempts from eight games)

Average attacks per game (team): 64 – Kazakhstan, Islamic Republic of Iran (448 total, seven games)

Lowest average goals conceded per game: 20 – Croatia (120 conceded in six games)

Most goals in a game: 15 – Henny Reistad, Norway (vs Denmark)

Most assists in a game: 10 – Jovana Jovovic, Serbia (vs Chile)

Most assists (total): 45 – Matea Pletikosic, Montenegro (8 games)

Most saves in a game: 18 – Irma Schjott, Sweden (vs Cameroon), Marta Samuel Alberto, Angola (vs Austria), Petra Kudlackova, Czechia (vs Spain & vs Germany)

Most saves (overall): 72 – Madeleine Noelia Cortez Fuenzalida, Chile (from 218 attempts, 33%)

Best saves percentage in a game (at least 10 attempts): 11/13, 85% – Marta Batinovic, Montenegro (vs Cameroon)

Most playing time: 6 hours, 46 minutes, 2 seconds (406:02): Veronika Mala, Czechia

Best player valorisation in a game: 18.5 Natsuki Aizawa, Japan (vs Germany)

Best goalkeeper valorisation in a game: 23 Irma Schjott, Sweden (vs Cameroon)

'Player Valorisation' is a statistical-based model developed by Toma-soft ltd which measures the influence of players on games.

*All information correct as of 16 December