One of the most consistent teams in recent years in women’s handball, Denmark, have climbed on the podium in all major competitions since 2021 – a streak which they will certainly aim to maintain at the 27th IHF Women’s World Championship.

While Denmark are by any means new to success – opening their medal account in the second edition of the women’s flagship event – between 2000 and 2020 they have only made the top three on five occasions – twice at the EHF EURO, twice at the Olympic Games and only once at the World Championship. 

Germany play host to the IHF Women’s World Championship for the fourth time after the country welcomed the global competition in 1965, 1997 and 2017, with the 2025 edition the first time the country will be co-hosting the event.

After the reunification of East and West Germany in the early 1990s, Germany took gold in their first World Championship (1993) as a unified nation, going on to win bronze twice, in 1997 and 2007, but since then, the medal cupboard had been empty, at continental, world and Olympic level.