Romania are the only team in history to have taken part at each and every edition of the IHF Women’s World Championship, this being their 26th appearance. However, the European side has been navigating on shaky ground over the last editions, having finished 10th at Germany 2017, 12th at Japan 2019 and 13th at Spain 2021.

The Czech Republic has a rich handball history, as Czechoslovakia won a title in 1957 and had several top-10 finishes up until 1993. Since, Czechia's best outcome was at the Women's IHF Handball Championship 2017 in Germany, when they reached the quarter-finals and finished eighth.

After missing out on the World Championship 2019 and EHF EURO 2022, with a 19th place at Spain 2021 in between, the Czech Federation decided to take a new turn and parted ways with head coach Jan Basny. In June 2022 Norwegian coach Bent Dahl took over the team, with high ambitions for Czechia.

Poland missed out on taking part at the 2019 IHF Women's World Championship and came to Spain 2021, after being named as the first substitute nation of the Continental Confederation. Now, after securing their place for the 18th time at the world handball flagship competition, with a win against Kosovo in the Qualification Europe Round 2, Poland is ready to make a step forward.

Slovenia's best result to-date at the IHF Women's World Championship is eighth place in 2003. For the last 20 years, they have not been able to pass the 14th-place mark despite having a well-assembled team, with plenty of experience. Now, for the best part of the last two years, since Spain 2021, a new era began for Slovenia, under the guide of Montenegrin coach Dragan Adzic.

Hungary have been rebuilding their side in the last few years, as head coach Vladimir Golovin started to mould the team to his liking. Since taking over from Gabor Elek in 2021, he and his assistant coach Krisztina Pigniczki have been eager to recreate the performances sealed in the younger age categories, as Golovin himself has been Hungary's coach at the youth and junior level.

For the first time in 14 years, Chile are back at the IHF Women’s World Championship, making their second appearance in the world handball flagship competition, after they finished 23rd at China 2009.

Turning back the time, the South American side secured only one win in nine matches, avoiding a last-place finish only thanks to a 32:21 win over Australia in the Placement Match 23/24, but they failed to make the cut for the IHF Women’s World Championship over the next six editions.

After 12 years of absence from the world stage, Austria finally returned to the 2021 IHF World Championships in Spain. But there was no happy ending to that story as the team led by head coach Herbert Müller had to improvise throughout the whole tournament due to players testing positive for COVID-19. However, they managed to proceed to the main round and finished their campaign with a win against Croatia, ending up on the 16th place. 

The 2023 IHF World Championship marks Iceland’s fourth appearance at a major nternational competition, but only their second one at the IHF Women's World Championship. They qualified only once before for a World Championship in 2011, finishing in 12th place. In this period, they also qualified for the European Championship two times in a row in 2010 and 2012, finishing both tournaments in 15th place. 

Croatia shocked the handball world at the EHF EURO 2020 when they won the bronze medal and have since dreamt of new successes on the court. European medal marked their return to the IHF Women's World Championship and with a new generation led by the head coach Nenad Sostaric, Croatia are eager to continue on the same path.

After claiming second place at the 2019 IHF World Championship in Japan, Spain had high hopes for the 2021 IHF World Championship on home ground. They got the first blow in the semi-final against winners Norway, with the second one following only two days later in the bronze-medal match, where they lost against a strong Denmark outing.