From 1 to 17 December 2017, Germany will host the 23rd edition of the
IHF Women’s World Championship. Overall 24 teams from Africa, Asia, Europe and
Pan America will take part in the event which is set to take place in
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Trier, Oldenburg, Leipzig, Magdeburg and Hamburg.
With Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, the last three teams joined the
field of participants on 25 June, when the 2017 Women’s Pan American
Championship came to an end. The pots for the draw on 27 June are thus
completed.
The pots for the event are
as follows:
Pot 1: Norway, Netherlands, France,
Denmark
Pot 2: Romania, Germany, Russia,
Sweden
Pot 3: Serbia, Czech Republic, Spain,
Brazil
Pot 4: Hungary, Montenegro,
Slovenia, South Korea
Pot 5: Angola, Japan, Argentina, China
Pot 6: Paraguay, Tunisia, Cameroon,
Poland
In accordance with the IHF regulations, the German Handball Federation
has decided to assign the teams of FRA (Group A/Trier), NOR (Group
B/Bietigheim-Bissingen), DEN (Group C/Oldenburg) and GER (Group D/Leipzig).
Therefore the draw procedure will be as follows:
1. Teams in
pot 6 are drawn to groups A – D in row 6.
2. Teams in
pot 5 are drawn to groups A – D in row 5.
3. Teams in
pot 4 are drawn to groups A – D in row 4.
4. Teams in
pot 3 are drawn to groups A – D in row 3.
5. Team of
Germany is seeded to Group D.
Remaining Teams in pot 2 are drawn to
groups A/B/C in row 2.
6. Team of
France is seeded to group A.
Team of Norway is seeded to group B.
Team of Denmark is seeded to group C.
Team of Netherland is consequently allocated to group
D.
The draw will take place in Hamburg, Germany on 27 June 2017 at 14:00 CEST and will
be streamed live on the IHF website and YouTube channel.
IHF Caretaker Chairman of the Commission of Organising
and Competitions (COC) will conduct the draw and is assisted by former German
national team player Grit Jurack.