The program of the first day at the Women's Handball World Championship + the TV shows

Four matches are played today on the first day of the final tournament. Two matches were played from 19:00, another two from 21:30.

Four matches are taking place today at the Women's Handball World Championship

Today's 4 matches at the WC:

• In group C, Germany easily defeated Iceland, score 32-25.

• In group D, Spain beat Paraguay 26-17.

• Montenegro beat the Faroe Islands 32-27.

• Serbia beat Uruguay 31-19.

For the Faroe Islands, it will be the first ever match at the Women's Handball World Cup. It is also the smallest nation to ever qualify for a WC.

The preliminary group stage will end on December 2. The top 3 placed in each group advance to the 4 main groups, the pairings being AB (main I), CD (main II), EF (main III) and GH (main IV). Then, the top two national teams from each main group will qualify for the quarter-finals, also with Rotterdam and Dortmund as hosts.

The full World Championship group stage schedule:

Group A (Rotterdam):

• November 27, 19:00 » Romania – Croatia (television Prima Sport 2 and Digi Sport 2)

• November 27, 21:30 » Denmark – Japan

• November 29, 19:00 » Romania – Japan

• November 29, 21:30 » Croatia – Denmark

• December 1, 19:00 » Japan – Croatia

• December 1, 21:30 » Denmark – Romania

Group B ('s-Hertogenbosch):

• November 27, 19:00 » Switzerland – Iran

• November 27, 21:30 » Hungary – Senegal

• November 29, 19:00 » Switzerland – Senegal

• November 29, 21:30 » Iran – Hungary

• December 1, 19:00 » Senegal – Iran

• December 1, 21:30 » Hungary – Switzerland

Group C (Stuttgart):

• November 26, 19:00 » Germany – Iceland

• November 26, 21:30 » Serbia – Uruguay

• November 28, 19:00 » Uruguay – Germany

• November 28, 21:30 » Serbia – Iceland

• November 30, 16:30 » Iceland – Uruguay

• November 30, 19:00 » Germany – Serbia

Group D (Trier):

• November 26, 19:00 » Spain – Paraguay

• November 26, 21:30 » Montenegro – Faroe Islands

• November 28, 19:00 » Paraguay – Montenegro

• November 28, 21:30 » Spain – Faroe Islands

• November 30, 16:30 » Faroe Islands – Paraguay

• November 30, 19:00 » Montenegro – Spain

Group E (Rotterdam):

• November 28, 19:00 » Austria – Egypt

• November 28, 21:30 » Netherlands – Argentina

• November 30, 19:00 » Austria – Argentina

• November 30, 21:30 » Egypt – Netherlands

• December 2, 19:00 » Argentina – Egypt

• December 2, 21:30 » Netherlands – Austria

Group F ('s-Hertogenbosch):

• November 28, 19:00 » Poland – China

• November 28, 21:30 » France – Tunisia

• November 30, 16:30 » Poland – Tunisia

• November 30, 19:00 » China – France

• December 2, 19:30 » Tunisia – China

• December 2, 22:00 » France – Poland

Group G (Stuttgart):

• November 27, 19:00 » Brazil – Cuba

• November 27, 21:30 » Sweden – Czech Republic

• November 29, 19:00 » Brazil – Czech Republic

• November 29, 21:30 » Cuba – Sweden

• December 1, 19:00 » Czech Republic – Cuba

• December 1, 21:30 » Sweden – Brazil

Group H (Trier):

• November 27, 19:00 » Angola – Kazakhstan

• November 27, 21:30 » Norway – South Korea

• November 29, 19:00 » Angola – South Korea

• November 29, 21:30 » Kazakhstan – Norway

• December 1, 19:00 » South Korea – Kazakhstan

• December 1, 21:30 » Norway – Angola