1993 World Women's Handball Championship

The 1993 World Women's Handball Championship was the 11th World Championship in women's handball took place in Norway from 24 November to 5 December 1993 and was played between 16 nations. In the final it would be Germany would take home their first title as a unified nation as they defeated Denmark in extra-time.

Qualification

 * Host nation


 * Qualified from the 1990 World Championship


 * Qualified from the 1992 World Championship B


 * Qualified from the 1991 Pan American Women's Handball Championship


 * Qualified from the 1992 African Women's Handball Championship


 * Qualified from the 1993 Asian Women's Handball Championship

Classification round
Losers of preliminary round plays for places 13–16.

Final standings
*Even though Czechoslovakia had split into the Czech republic and Slovakia, the countries still competed with a unified team.