Article by Ionuţ Iordache, Adrian Jitea – Published on Thursday, 27 November 2025, 00:22 / Updated on Thursday, 27 November 2025 00:43
27th edition of Women's Handball World Championship is scheduled between November 26 and December 14, 2025. GSP will keep you updated with all the results, updated calculations and other new information.
- Reporter Adrian Jitea and photojournalist Ionuț Iordache are in Rotterdam with the Romanian national team and will transmit all the information and images that matter
- All matches in Romania's group will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro. The competition will be broadcast on TV on Prima Sport and Digi Sport channels.
The competition began on Wednesday, November 26, with matches in groups C and D, some scheduled in Germany. The favorites scored comfortable victories. Debutant Faroe Islands were defeated by Montenegro, 27-32.
The full program and results in the groups of the Women's Handball World Championship:
Group A (Rotterdam):
- November 27, 19:00 » Romania – Croatia
- 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 » Germany – Iceland 32-25
- November 26 » Serbia – Uruguay 31-19
- November 28, 19:00 » Uruguay – Germany
- November 28, 21:30 » Serbia – Iceland
- November 30, 16:30 » Iceland – Uruguay
- November 30, 19:00 » Germany – Serbia
First step for co-hosts Germany towards the main round 🇩🇪 ✅#GERNED2025 #handsupformer | @DHB_Teams pic.twitter.com/t37ua1GqJw
— International Handball Federation (@ihfhandball) November 26, 2025
Group D (Trier):
- November 26 » Spain – Paraguay 26-17
- November 26 » Montenegro – Faroe Islands 32-27
- 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
What comes after the groups?
The top 3 ranked in each group advance to the next phase, the main groups. There, the pairings are AB (principal I), CD (principal II), EF (principal III) and GH (principal IV).
The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals.
