Ahead of the beginning of the Main Round and President’s Cup/13-24 Placement Round of the 2019 IHF Women’s World Championship, IHF.info takes a look at some of the statistics.

Matches to be played at Japan 2019 in total: 96

Matches completed after the Preliminary Round: 60

Matches remaining: 36

Top goalscorer: Tjasa STANKO (Slovenia) – 45 goals

Top assists: Anna VYAKHIREVA (Russia) – 32 assists

Top goals and assists: Eun Hee RYU (Republic of Korea) – 62 (43 goals/19 Assists)

Most goals scored: Netherlands – 178 goals

Fewest goals scored: Australia – 53 goals

Fewest goals conceded: Russia – 91 goals

Most goals conceded: Australia – 223 goals

Total number of players in squads at Japan 2019: 399
All 24 teams are allowed to have 16 in their squad – 384 in total. The 15 extra players are player replacements.

Youngest average age of squad at Japan 2019: China – 23.1 years

Oldest average age of squad at Japan 2019: Spain – 28.3 years

Shortest average squad at Japan 2019: Japan – 1,67m

Tallest average squad at Japan 2019: Angola – 1,80m

Tallest Player at Japan 2019: Arailym ABDIKHAMIT (Kazakhstan) – 1,95m

Shortest Player at Japan 2019:  Jessie WOOD (Australia) – 1,55m

Club represented by most players: Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto (Angola) – 13 players

Further statistics can be found on the 2019 IHF Women’s World Championship website HERE.

All statistics correct as of 0900hrs (Japan time), Sunday 8 December 2019