Continental qualifications
DIRECT QUALIFICATIONS
Host CHN
and 2007 World Champion RUS
directly qualified.
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Africa
The teams from Angola, Ivory Coast, Congo and Tunisia qualified as part of the 2008 African Championship, which was staged from 8 to 17 January 2008 in Angola.
RESULTS
ANG - TUN 44:26 (Semi-final 1/Semi-final 1/Halbfinale 1)
CIV - CGO 29:28 (Semi-final 2/Semi-final 2/Halbfinale 2)
CGO - TUN 30:25 (Places 3/4/Places 3/4/Plätze 3/4)
CIV - ANG 27:39 (Final/Finale/Finale)
Final ranking: 1. ANG, 2. CIV, 3. CGO, 4. TUN
Qualified:
ANG
CIV
CGO
TUN
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Asia
The Asian Women's Handball Championship, which took place from 21 – 30 November 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand was to allocate 4 places.
RESULTS
KAZ - VIE 43:18 (Places 5/6/Places 5/6/Plätze 5/6)
CHN - JPN 29:28 (Semi-final 1/Semi-final 1/Halbfinale 1)
KOR - THA 38:17 (Semi-final 2/Semi-final 2/Halbfinale 2)
THA - JPN 16:39 (Places 3/4/Places 3/4/Plätze 3/4)
KOR - CHN 35:23 (Final/Finale/Finale)
Final ranking: 1. KOR, 2. CHN, 3.JPN, 4.THA, 5. KAZ
Qualified:
KOR
JPN
THA
KAZ
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Europe
QUALIFIED
2008 European Champions: NOR
Rank 2 at EURO 2008 in Macedonia: ESP ![](/portals/0/qualifications/esp.gif)
Another eight places were allocated through play-off matches taking place on 6/7 and 13/14 June 2009.
RESULTS
SVK - HUN 21:22, 22:33
SWE - MNE 24:17, 28:28
SRB - GER 24:29, 19:22
CRO - FRA 27:23, 24:32
BLR - ROU 31:32, 32:28
MKD - AUT 32:28, 25 34
POR - DEN 21:38, 22:41
UKR - NED 27:21, 30:27
Qualified:
HUN
, SWE
, GER
, FRA
,
ROU
, AUT
, DEN
, UKR ![](/portals/0/qualifications/ukr.gif)
Pan-America
The 2009 Pan-American Championship, which took place in Chile from 23 –27 June, established the WCh participants from Pan-America:
RESULTS
BRA - DOM 38:12 (Semi-final 1/Semi-final 1/Halbfinale 1)
CHI - ARG 11:34 (Semi-final 2/Semi-final 2/Halbfinale 2)
DOM - CHI 30:34 (Places 3/4/Places 3/4/Plätze 3/4)
BRA - ARG 25:26 (Final/Finale/Finale)
Final ranking: 1. ARG, 2. BRA 3. CHI, 4. DOM
Qualified:
ARG
, BRA
, CHI ![](/portals/0/qualifications/chi.gif)
Oceania
As there were no continental qualifications in Oceania, the IHF nominated Australia as the representative.
Qualified:
AUS ![](/portals/0/qualifications/aus.gif)