2009 World Women's Handball Championship


The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship took place from 5 to 20 December 2009 in China. It was the 19th edition of the World Women's Handball Championship and the second that took place outside of Europe.
Russia won their fourth title after defeating France in the final.

Venues

The competition took place in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. It was the second women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, the first being South Korea 1990.
Six cities have been selected to host the matches:
CityStadiumCapacityMatches
NanjingNanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium13,000[|Semifinals] and finals
SuzhouSuzhou Sports Center6,000Preliminary round [|Group C], [|Placement matches] 5th to 12th
WuxiWuxi Sports Center7,155Preliminary round [|Group A], Main round [|Group 2], [|President's Cup]
ChangzhouChangzhou Olympic Sports Center6,000Preliminary round [|Group D]
YangzhouYangzhou Sports Garden5,500Main round [|Group 1]
ZhangjiagangZhangjiagang Sports Center3,750Preliminary round [|Group B], President's Cup

Qualification

Host Nation
;Defending Champions
;Qualified from the 2008 Asian Championship
;Qualified from the 2008 European Championship
;Qualified from European play-offs
European play-offs were played on 6 and 7 June 2009 and between 12 and 14 June 2009. Qualified teams are marked in bold.
Team 1ResultTeam 21st Leg2nd Leg
43 – 55'21 – 2222 – 33
'52 – 4524 – 1728 – 28
43 – 51'24 – 2919 – 22
51 – 55'27 – 2324 – 32
63 – 70'31 – 3232 – 38
57 – 62'32 – 2825 – 34
43 – 79'21 – 3822 – 41
'57 – 4827 – 2130 – 27

;Qualified from the 2008 African Championship
;Qualified from the 2009 Pan-American Championship
The 2009 Pan-American Championship took place between 23 and 27 June in Santiago, Chile. The three highest ranked teams qualified directly.
;Qualified from the 2009 Oceania Handball Nations Cup
The 2009 Oceania Championship took place in Brisbane, Australia, between 25 and 30 May. The host team won the competition and thus qualified directly.
;Group A
;Group B
;Group C
;Group D
Each nation had to submit an initial squad of 28 players, 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced on 5 December 2009.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held on 15 July 2009 at the IHF headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Teams placed first, second and third will qualify for the [|Main Round].
Team advances to the Main Round

Group A

----
----
----
----
----

Group B

----
----
----
----
----

Group C

----
----
----
----
----

Group D

----
----
----
----
----

Main Round

Team advances to the Semifinals

Group I


----
----
----

Group II


----
----
----

President's Cup

Placement matches for teams eliminated after preliminary round.

Group President's Cup 1

----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----

Group President's Cup 2

----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----

Placement Matches

13-24: Final placement matches for Presidents Cup.

5-12: Placement matches for teams eliminated after main round.

23rd / 24th Place

----

21st / 22nd Place

----

19th / 20th Place

----

17th / 18th Place

----

15th / 16th Place

----

13th / 14th Place

----

11th / 12th Place

----

9th / 10th Place

----

Seventh place game

----

Fifth place game

Final round

Semifinals

----

Bronze Final

----

Final

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

2009 Women's World Champions
Russia
Fourth title
Team roster: Inna Suslina, Lyudmila Postnova, Tatiana Dronina, Yelena Dmitriyeva, Olga Levina,
Marina Yartseva, Ksenia Makeeva, Maya Petrova, Anna Sedoykina, Yekaterina Andryushina, Nadezhda Muravyeva, Ekaterina Vetkova, Victoria Zhilinskayte, Oxana Koroleva, Emiliya Turey and Tatiana Khmyrova.
Head Coach: Evgeny Trefilov.

All Star Team

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts:

Top Goalkeepers

Source:

Top goalscorers

Source:

Other awards

Chosen by team officials and IHF experts: