World Womens Handball Championship

Season Description
The 2025 IHF Women's Handball World Championship was the 27th edition of the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the biennial international handball championship organised under the aegis of IHF for the women's national teams across the world. The tournament was held from 26 November to 14 December 2025.

The championship was jointly hosted by Germany and the Netherlands. It was the fourth time in history that the championship was jointly hosted. The final was held in Ahoy Arena.

For the third time, 32 teams took part, following the expansion in 2021. Continental championships acted as qualification, with the exception of Europe, who also use their own qualification process alongside the European Championship. Qualifiers took place between October 2024 and April 2025. Egypt, Faroe Islands and Switzerland made their debut at the championship, with the Faroes becoming the smallest nation to ever qualify.

France were the defending world champions, having won the 2023 edition after beating Norway 31–28 in the final in Herning, but were eliminated in the semifinals by Germany. Norway defeated Germany 23–20 in the final to claim their third title.

This tournament was considered a success and broke the single tournament attendance record, with 353,151 spectators.

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