Host country Denmark Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities) Runner-up Netherlands | Dates 5–20 December Champions Norway (3rd title) | |
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Teams 24 (from 5 confederations) | ||
The 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 22nd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Denmark. The decision to select Denmark as the host was announced on 27 January 2011.
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In the final Norway won 31–23 against the Netherlands to gain their third title. Romania won bronze after they defeated Poland 31–22.
Venues
Venues for the tournament were announced on 7 June 2014. Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning hosted the final, both semi-finals, two quarter-finals, matches in the round of 16 and Denmark's group. SYDBANK Arena in Kolding was the venue of two quarter-finals, eighth-finals and neighbour Germany's group, while Arena Nord in Frederikshavn and the new venue in Næstved hosted one eighth-final and one group each.
Final qualification tournament
A final qualification tournament was held from 15 to 17 June 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to determine the last participant. The schedule was revealed on 3 June 2015.
Referees
17 referee pairs were selected:
Draw
The draw was held on 24 June 2015 at Koldinghus in Kolding, Denmark at 20:00 local time.
Seeding
The seeding was announced on 23 June 2015.
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).