The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019.
Kumamoto park dome
Aqua dome Kumamoto
Kumamoto pref synthesis gymnasium 1
Yamaga general gymnasium
The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first te
2019 World Women's Handball Championship
…The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 24th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Japan from 30 November to 15 December 2019. The Netherlands won their first…
USSR women's national handball team at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Kristina Richter, the three-time world champion. She was inducted into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame in July 2016.
Yugoslavia (right) vs. Congo (left) at the 1980 Olympic Games. Wearing number 9 for Yugoslavia is Svetlana Kitić, considered the greatest handball player of all time by the IHF.
Marit Breivik coached the team from 1994 to 2009. During her tenure, the team won six gold medals in international championships.