The IHF Executive Committee confirmed 15 referee couples to whistle at the 2017 Women’s World Championship in Germany (1-17 December).

The couples are as follows:

ARG: GRILLO LOPEZ Julian Ismael / LENCI Sebastian

DEN: HESSELDAL HANSEN Line / CHRISTIANSEN Carina

ESP: GARCIA Ignacio / MARIN Andreu

FRA: BONAVENTURA Charlotte / BONAVENTURA Julie

GER: SCHULZE Robert / TÖNNIES Tobias

HUN: HORVATH Peter / MARTON Balazs

JPN: HIZAKI Koyoshi / IKEBUCHI Tomokazu

MNE: PAVICEVIC Ivan / RAZNATOVIC Milos

NOR: ARNTSEN Kjersti / RÖEN Guro

SLO: LAH Bojan / SOK David

RUS: ALPAIDZE Viktoria / BEREZKINA Tatiana

SRB: ANTIC Vanja / JAKOVLJEVIC Jelena

SWE: KURTAGIC Mirza / WETTERWIK Mattias

TUN: KRICHEN Samir /MAKHLOUF Samir

TUR: ERDOGAN Kürsad / ÖZDENIZ Ibrahim

The 16th couple will be nominated end of August 2017.

Similar to the 2017 Men’s World Championship in France it has been decided to stage a comprehensive referee preparation seminar in September in view of the upcoming 2017 Women’s World Championship, in order to support the referees and to provide the best possible preparation for this major event.