2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
The 2020 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the 22nd edition of the IHF Women's Junior World Championship, that was supposed to be held in Bucharest and Brașov, Romania.[1][2] Originally scheduled for 1 to 13 July 2020, the tournament was rescheduled to 2 to 13 December 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Romania |
| Teams | 24 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
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On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled.[4]
Qualification
| Qualification | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 1 | Romania | ||
| 2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship |  Győr | 11–21 July 2019 | 10 | Hungary Netherlands Norway Russia Denmark France Spain Germany Croatia Austria |
| 2019 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship |  Beirut | 20–29 July 2019 | 4 |  South Korea Japan China Lebanon |
| 2019 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy |  Païta | 11–16 August 2019 | 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia1 |
| 2019 African Women's Junior Handball Championship |  Niamey | 5–14 September 2019 | 3 |  Tunisia Angola Guinea |
| IHF Trophy – North America and Caribbean[5] | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Montreal | 15–20 October 2019 | 1 |  Mexico |
| IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase |  Cali | 13–17 October 2020 | 1 | |
| 2020 South and Central American Women's Junior Championship[6] | Cancelled | 3 |  Brazil Chile Paraguay | |
^1 Tournament won by New Caledonia who are ineligible for World Championship. Spot taken by second place Australia.
Venues
References
- "Veste extraordinară pentru handbalul românesc: o fostă handbalistă a fost aleasă într-o funcție importantă în Comitetul Executiv al IHF" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 11 November 2017.
- "Dr Hassan Moustafa re-elected IHF President". International Handball Federation. 11 November 2017.
- "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
- "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
- "Martinique and Mexico qualify for IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase". IHF. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "South and Central American teams for 2020 Women's Youth and Junior World Championships determined". IHF. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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