32 teams learnt their fate on Thursday as they embark on the journey for the 2025 IHF Women’s World Championship, Tehran Times reported.
In a star-studded ceremony, the draw for the preliminary round of the world handball flagship competition took place in the historic halls of the Noordbrabants Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, one of the five hosts cities of the competition.
The 27th edition of the IHF Women’s World Championship will take place in five cities – ‘s-Hertogenbosch and Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Stuttgart, Dortmund and Trier in Germany – between 26 November and 14 December 2025.
2025 IHF Women’s World Championship – preliminary round draw results
Group A (in Rotterdam, Netherlands): Denmark, Romania, Japan, Croatia
Group B (in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands): Hungary, Switzerland, Senegal, Iran
Group C (in Stuttgart, Germany): Germany, Serbia, Iceland, Uruguay
Group D (in Trier, Germany): Montenegro, Spain, Faroe Islands, Paraguay
Group E (in Rotterdam, Netherlands): Netherlands, Austria, Argentina, Egypt
Group F (in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands): France, Poland, Tunisia, China
Group G (in Stuttgart, Germany): Sweden, Brazil, Czechia, Cuba
Group H (in Trier, Germany): Norway, Angola, Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan
MNA