2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Romania |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 2–13 December |
Teams | 24 (from 4 confederations) |
The 2020 IHF Women's Junior World Championship will be the 22nd edition of the tournament and will take place in Bucharest and Brașov, Romania.[1][2] Originally scheduled for 1 to 13 July 2020, the tournament was rescheduled to 2 to 13 December 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Qualification
Qualification | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host | 1 | Romania | ||
2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship | Győr | 11–21 July 2019 | 10 | Hungary Netherlands Norway Russia Denmark France Spain Germany Croatia Austria |
2019 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship | Beirut | 20–29 July 2019 | 4 | South Korea Japan China Lebanon |
2019 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy | Païta | 11–16 August 2019 | 1 | Australia1 |
2019 African Women's Junior Handball Championship | Niamey | 5–14 September 2019 | 3 | Tunisia Angola Guinea |
IHF Trophy – North America and Caribbean[4] | Montreal | 15–20 October 2019 | 1 | Mexico |
IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase | Cali | 13–17 October 2020 | 1 | |
2020 South and Central American Women's Junior Championship | Santiago | 14–18 April 2020 | 3 | Brazil Argentina Chile |
^1 Tournament won by New Caledonia who are ineligible for World Championship. Spot taken by second place Australia.
Venues
Matches will be played in Brașov, and Bucharest
References
- ^ "Veste extraordinară pentru handbalul românesc: o fostă handbalistă a fost aleasă într-o funcție importantă în Comitetul Executiv al IHF" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 11 November 2017.
- ^ "Dr Hassan Moustafa re-elected IHF President". International Handball Federation. 11 November 2017.
- ^ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Martinique and Mexico qualify for IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase". IHF. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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