2019 World Women's Handball Championship

2019 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Venue(s)	5 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	30 November – 15 December
Teams	24 (from 6 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	96
Goals scored	5,179 (53.95 per match)
Attendance	315,748 (3,289 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lois Abbingh; (71 goals)
Best player	Estavana Polman
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The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019.^[1]

The Netherlands won their first title after defeating Spain in the final.^[2]

Venues[edit]

Kumamoto region was entrusted with the organization of the World Championship. Additionally the Japanese Organizing Committee will have a venue in Tokyo in order to prepare for the 2020 Olympic Games. Kumamoto has had a lot of experience with handball tournaments, hosting the 1997 Men's World Championships.^[3]

Higashi-ku	Minami-ku		Nishi-ku
Park Dome Kumamoto Capacity: 10,000	Aqua Dome Kumamoto Capacity: 6,400		Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium Capacity: 3,400

Yatsushiro		Yamaga
Yatsushiro General Gymnasium Capacity: 2,500		Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium Capacity: 2,100

Qualification[edit]

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	28 October 2013	Doha	1	Japan
2017 World Championship	1–17 December 2017	Germany	1	France
2018 South and Central American Championship	29 November – 4 December 2018	Maceió	2	Argentina Brazil
2018 European Championship	29 November – 16 December 2018	France	3	Netherlands Romania Russia
2018 Asian Championship	30 November – 9 December 2018	Japan	4^[1]	Australia China Kazakhstan South Korea
2018 African Championship	2–12 December 2018	Brazzaville	3	Angola DR Congo Senegal
2019 Nor.Ca. Championship	28 May – 2 June 2019^[4]	Mexico City	1	Cuba
European qualification	23 November 2018 – 6 June 2019	Various	9	Denmark Germany Hungary Montenegro Norway Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden

^ 1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, they qualified for the World Championships. If they placed sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.^[5]

Qualified teams[edit]

Country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous appearances in tournament^[a]
Japan	Host	28 October 2013	18 (1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1986, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
France	Defending World Champion	17 December 2017	13 (1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Brazil	Top two at the 2018 South and Central American Championship	3 December 2018	12 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Argentina	Top two at the 2018 South and Central American Championship	3 December 2018	9 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
China	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	4 December 2018	15 (1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Kazakhstan	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	4 December 2018	4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
South Korea	Semifinalist of 2018 Asian Championship	4 December 2018	17 (1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Australia	Fifth place of 2018 Asian Championship	8 December 2018	7 (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Senegal	Finalist of 2018 African Championship	10 December 2018	debut
Angola	Finalist of 2018 African Championship	10 December 2018	14 (1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
DR Congo	Third place of 2018 African Championship	12 December 2018	2 (2013, 2015)
Netherlands	Semifinalist of 2018 European Championship	12 December 2018	11 (1971, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Romania	Semifinalist of 2018 European Championship	12 December 2018	23 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Russia	Semifinalist of 2018 European Championship	12 December 2018	12 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Cuba	2019 Nor.Ca. Champion	2 June 2019	3 (1999, 2011, 2015)
Hungary	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	21 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Denmark	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	19 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Germany	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	11 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Norway	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	19 (1971, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Montenegro	European playoff winner	5 June 2019	4 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Sweden	European playoff winner	6 June 2019	9 (1957, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017)
Serbia	European playoff winner	6 June 2019	3 (2013, 2015, 2017)
Slovenia	European playoff winner	6 June 2019	5 (1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2017)
Spain	European playoff winner	6 June 2019	9 (1993, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)

^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

Draw[edit]

The draw was held on 21 June 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.^[6]^[7]

Seeding[edit]

The seeding was announced on 19 June 2019.^[8] As organizer, Japan had the right to choose their group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France Russia Netherlands Romania	Norway Sweden Hungary Denmark	Montenegro Japan Germany Serbia	Spain Slovenia South Korea China	Brazil Angola Senegal Argentina	Kazakhstan Cuba DR Congo Australia

Referees[edit]

17 referee pairs were selected.^[9]

Referees
Algeria	Yousef Belkhiri Sid Ali Hamidi
Argentina	María Paolantoni Mariana García
China	Cheng Yufeng Zhou Yunlei
Croatia	Davor Lončar Zoran Lončar
Denmark	Karina Christiansen Line Hansen
Egypt	Yasmina El-Saied Heidy El-Saied
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
Germany	Maike Merz Tanja Schilha
Japan	Koyoshi Hizaki Tomokazu Ikebuchi

Referees
Romania	Cristina Năstase Simona Stancu
Russia	Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berezkina
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
Serbia	Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević
South Korea	Koo Bon-ok Lee Se-ok
Spain	Ignacio García Andreu Marín
Tunisia	Samir Krichen Samir Makhlouf
Uruguay	Mathias Sosa Cristian Lemes

Squads[edit]

Each team consisted of up to 28 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.

Preliminary round[edit]

The schedule was announced on 3 July 2019.^[10]

Tiebreakers[edit]

In the group stage, teams were ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). After completion of the group stage, if two or more teams had scored the same number of points, the ranking was determined as follows:^[11]

Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved (or in the away match in case of a two-team tie);
Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by IHF through drawing of lots.

During the group stage, only criteria 4–5 applied to determine the provisional ranking of teams.

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	1	178	134	+44	8^[a]	Main round
2	Norway	5	4	1	169	115	+54	8^[a]
3	Serbia	5	3	2	155	143	+12	6
4	Angola	5	2	3	150	151	−1	4^[b]
5	Slovenia	5	2	3	142	150	−8	4^[b]
6	Cuba	5	0	5	122	223	−101	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Netherlands 30–28 Norway
^ ^a ^b Slovenia 24–33 Angola

30 November 2019 15:00	Serbia	32–25	Angola	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 3,605 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Nikolić 7	(16–12)	Guialo 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 4×

30 November 2019 18:00	Netherlands	26–32	Slovenia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,864 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Abbingh, Polman 5	(14–15)	Stanko 12
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

30 November 2019 20:30	Norway	47–16	Cuba	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 1,871 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Herrem, Løke 8	(25–9)	Céspedes, Lusson 3
	3×	Report	1×

2 December 2019 12:30	Cuba	27–46	Serbia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 5,570 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Rizo 6	(11–25)	three players 6
	5×	Report	1× 4×

2 December 2019 15:00	Angola	28–35	Netherlands	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 4,690 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Carlos 9	(12–17)	Abbingh 11
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

2 December 2019 20:30	Slovenia	20–36	Norway	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 1,680 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Gros 9	(12–13)	Røsberg Jacobsen 8
	3×	Report	3×

3 December 2019 15:00	Netherlands	51–23	Cuba	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 5,060 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Malestein 11	(22–11)	Céspedes 4
	1× 5×	Report	6×

3 December 2019 18:00	Slovenia	24–33	Angola	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,280 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Stanko 9	(12–16)	Carlos, Kassoma 6
	2× 3×	Report	5×

3 December 2019 20:30	Norway	28–25	Serbia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 1,970 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Hegh Arntzen, Oftedal 7	(13–12)	Liščević 6
	3× 4×	Report	1× 8× 1×

5 December 2019 15:00	Cuba	26–39	Slovenia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 5,520 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Rizo 7	(15–17)	Stanko 11
	2× 2×	Report	3× 5×

5 December 2019 18:00	Serbia	23–36	Netherlands	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,460 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	three players 6	(12–20)	Polman 8
	4×	Report	2× 4×

5 December 2019 20:30	Norway	30–24	Angola	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 1,870 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Hegh Arntzen 6	(13–12)	Carlos 6
	3× 2×	Report	1× 5×

6 December 2019 15:00	Serbia	29–27	Slovenia	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 4,680 Referees: Makhlouf, Krichen (TUN)
	Pop-Lazić 8	(12–11)	Stanko 10
	1× 4×	Report	2× 2×

6 December 2019 18:00	Angola	40–30	Cuba	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 2,680 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Guialo 7	(20–16)	Lusson 7
	6×	Report	1× 6×

6 December 2019 20:30	Netherlands	30–28	Norway	Aqua Dome Kumamoto, Minami-ku Attendance: 3,380 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Abbingh 6	(14–18)	Oftedal 9
	2× 1×	Report	2×

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	5	3	2	0	149	124	+25	8	Main round
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	142	111	+31	7^[a]
3	Denmark	5	3	1	1	132	100	+32	7^[a]
4	France	5	2	1	2	137	100	+37	5
5	Brazil	5	1	1	3	119	115	+4	3
6	Australia	5	0	0	5	53	182	−129	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Denmark 25–26 Germany

30 November 2019 15:00	Germany	30–24	Brazil	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,300 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Behnke 6	(14–11)	Nascimento 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 1×

30 November 2019 18:00	France	27–29	South Korea	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Zaadi 5	(13–12)	Ryu 12
	2× 5×	Report	1× 2× 1×

30 November 2019 20:30	Denmark	37–12	Australia	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Østergaard 6	(17–4)	Potocki 4
	2× 2×	Report	8×

1 December 2019 15:00	Brazil	19–19	France	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,580 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	four players 3	(7–10)	three players 3
	3×	Report	2× 5× 1×

1 December 2019 18:00	Australia	8–34	Germany	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Potocki 3	(4–16)	Lauenroth 6
	2×	Report	1× 6×

1 December 2019 20:30	South Korea	26–26	Denmark	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,380 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Ryu 9	(13–10)	Højlund 4
	1× 5×	Report	1× 6× 1×

3 December 2019 15:00	South Korea	33–27	Brazil	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Hamidi, Belkhiri (ALG)
	Ryu, Shin 8	(16–14)	Amorim 9
	2× 6×	Report	2× 3×

3 December 2019 19:00	France	46–7	Australia	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,540 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Coatanea 7	(21–3)	Potocki 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 6×

3 December 2019 20:30	Denmark	25–26	Germany	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	K. Jørgensen 5	(11–13)	Behnke 7
	1× 2×	Report	2× 5×

4 December 2019 15:00	Australia	17–34	South Korea	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,590 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Potocki 10	(10–18)	Lee 5
	1× 6×	Report	3×

4 December 2019 19:00	Germany	25–27	France	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,950 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Bölk 8	(12–14)	Zaadi 4
	2× 1×	Report	1× 2×

4 December 2019 20:30	Denmark	24–18	Brazil	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,100 Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	S. Jørgensen 6	(11–9)	Vieira 5
	1× 3×	Report	5×

6 December 2019 15:00	Brazil	31–9	Australia	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 1,490 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Belo 5	(15–5)	Potocki 7
	1× 7× 1×	Report	2×

6 December 2019 19:00	Germany	27–27	South Korea	Yamaga City Overall Gymnasium, Yamaga Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Behnke 7	(15–14)	Ryu 10
	2× 6×	Report	2×

6 December 2019 20:30	France	18–20	Denmark	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	Lacrabère 6	(7–9)	S. Jørgensen 7
	3× 4×	Report	6×

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	159	103	+56	10	Main round
2	Montenegro	5	4	1	137	123	+14	8
3	Romania	5	3	2	121	129	−8	6
4	Hungary	5	2	3	145	117	+28	4
5	Senegal	5	1	4	119	137	−18	2
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	5	92	164	−72	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

30 November 2019 15:00	Montenegro	29–25	Senegal	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Jauković 7	(14–15)	Keïta, Sankharé 5
	3× 5×	Report	1× 2×

30 November 2019 18:00	Romania	16–31	Spain	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Neagu 6	(9–16)	Cabral, Fernández 6
	2× 7×	Report	1× 5×

30 November 2019 18:00	Hungary	39–15	Kazakhstan	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Márton, Schatzl 7	(22–8)	Abilda 5
	1×	Report

1 December 2019 15:00	Kazakhstan	21–30	Montenegro	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,910 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Alexandrova 5	(11–13)	Radičević 9
	3×	Report	1× 5×

1 December 2019 18:00	Spain	29–25	Hungary	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Cabral 7	(18–13)	Tóvizi 5
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 5×

1 December 2019 18:00	Senegal	24–29	Romania	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,850 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	three players 6	(12–15)	Neagu 13
	2× 3×	Report	4× 7×

3 December 2019 15:00	Hungary	24–25	Montenegro	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,600 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Schatzl 7	(12–13)	Radičević 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 7× 1×

3 December 2019 15:00	Spain	29–20	Senegal	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,950 Referees: Lah, Sok (SVN)
	Cabral 8	(14–13)	Camara 6
	3× 5×	Report	4×

3 December 2019 19:00	Romania	22–20	Kazakhstan	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 1,810 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Pintea 5	(14–11)	Khardina 6
	1× 3×	Report	1×

4 December 2019 15:00	Montenegro	27–26	Romania	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Radičević, Raičević 6	(11–12)	Neagu 11
	3× 7× 1×	Report	1× 7× 1×

4 December 2019 15:00	Kazakhstan	16–43	Spain	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 2,000 Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Abilda, Rejemetova 3	(11–19)	M. López 10
	5×	Report	4×

4 December 2019 19:00	Hungary	30–20	Senegal	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 2,020 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Kovács 6	(17–9)	Sankharé 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

6 December 2019 15:00	Senegal	30–20	Kazakhstan	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Camara 8	(15–7)	Abilda 7
	3×	Report	1× 6× 1×

6 December 2019 15:00	Montenegro	26–27	Spain	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Radičević 7	(14–14)	Cabral, Pena 6
	7×	Report	2× 4×

6 December 2019 19:00	Romania	28–27	Hungary	Yatsushiro General Gymnasium, Yatsushiro Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Neagu 10	(10–16)	Kovacsics, Szabó 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 5×

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	158	91	+67	10	Main round
2	Sweden	5	4	1	144	114	+30	8
3	Japan (H)	5	3	2	136	121	+15	6
4	Argentina	5	2	3	124	133	−9	4
5	DR Congo	5	1	4	86	137	−51	2
6	China	5	0	5	100	152	−52	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

30 November 2019 15:00	Japan	24–20	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 9,100 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Ohyama 5	(14–10)	Karsten 7
	2× 9×	Report	2× 4×

30 November 2019 18:00	Russia	26–11	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 4,900 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Managarova 5	(13–6)	Chen 4
	3×	Report	4×

30 November 2019 20:30	Sweden	26–16	DR Congo	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,230 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Lagerquist 6	(11–8)	Mwasesa 6
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

2 December 2019 15:00	Argentina	22–35	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,628 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	three players 4	(12–17)	Gorshenina 5
	3× 1×	Report	1× 7× 1×

2 December 2019 18:00	DR Congo	16–28	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 4,476 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Ngo 4	(9–17)	Ohyama 6
	1× 2×	Report	4×

2 December 2019 20:30	China	19–32	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Stancu, Năstase (ROU)
	Jin 5	(7–16)	three players 4
	1× 6×	Report	2× 6×

3 December 2019 14:30	Russia	34–13	DR Congo	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,765 Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Managarova 6	(19–7)	Mwasesa 5
	4×	Report	5× 1×

3 December 2019 17:00	China	28–34	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 1,985 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Jin 10	(13–18)	Karsten 12
	4×	Report	1× 3×

3 December 2019 19:30	Sweden	34–26	Japan	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,375 Referees: Krichen, Makhlouf (TUN)
	Blohm 7	(20–13)	Tanabe 5
	1× 4×	Report	4×

5 December 2019 15:00	DR Congo	25–24	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,729 Referees: Kuttler, Merz (GER)
	Mwasesa 12	(10–11)	Jin 8
	2× 6× 1×	Report	1× 5×

5 December 2019 18:00	Japan	23–33	Russia	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,220 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Sasaki 7	(16–16)	Sen 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

5 December 2019 20:30	Sweden	30–23	Argentina	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,442 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Mässing 5	(14–11)	Mendoza 8
	1× 5×	Report	2× 3×

6 December 2019 15:00	Japan	35–18	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 8,310 Referees: Sosa, Lemes (URU)
	Akiyama 8	(17–8)	Sun 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

6 December 2019 18:00	Argentina	25–16	DR Congo	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 2,950 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Karsten 8	(9–13)	Mwasesa 5
	2× 3×	Report	5×

6 December 2019 20:30	Russia	30–22	Sweden	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 3,826 Referees: Koo, Lee (KOR)
	Frolova 11	(16–12)	Gulldén 8
	3× 8×	Report	5×

President's Cup[edit]

21st–24th place playoffs[edit]

21st–24th place semifinals		21st place

8 December

Cuba	45
		9 December
Australia	25
		Cuba (pen.)	33
8 December
		Kazakhstan	31
Kazakhstan	29

China	23
		23rd place

		9 December

		Australia	15

		China	33

21st–24th place semifinals[edit]

8 December 2019 10:00	Cuba	45–25	Australia	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 800 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Robert, Téllez 7	(25–16)	Potocki 10
	1× 8× 2×	Report	4× 1×

8 December 2019 12:30	Kazakhstan	29–23	China	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Rejemetova 8	(16–15)	Jin 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

23rd place game[edit]

9 December 2019 12:30	Australia	15–33	China	Park Dome Kumamoto, Higashi-ku Attendance: 6,920 Referees: Lemes, Sosa (URU)
	Potocki 9	(7–17)	Chen 11
	1× 3×	Report	2× 4×

21st place game[edit]

9 December 2019 12:30	Cuba	33–31	Kazakhstan	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Camejo, Toledo 7	(15–14)	Khardina 9
	3× 4× 1×	Report	1×
	FT: 29–29 Pen: 4–2

17–20th place playoffs[edit]

17–20th place semifinals		17th place

8 December

Slovenia	19
		9 December
Brazil	32
		Brazil	22
8 December
		Senegal	18
Senegal	28

DR Congo	23
		19th place

		9 December

		Slovenia	29

		DR Congo	27

17–20th place semifinals[edit]

8 December 2019 15:00	Slovenia	19–32	Brazil	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Gros 5	(9–18)	Araújo, Lima 6
	4×	Report	1×

8 December 2019 18:00	Senegal	28–23	DR Congo	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium, Nishi-ku Attendance: 600 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	N'Diaye, Sankharé 6	(16–9)	Mwasesa 7
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

19th place game[edit]

9 December 2019
15:00

Slovenia

29–27

[6] Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

[table_hth_NED0.4929728440442-13] Netherlands 30–28 Norway

[table_hth_ANG0.4929728440442-14] Slovenia 24–33 Angola

[table_hth_GER0.77843759245166-15] Denmark 25–26 Germany

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