2017 World Women's Handball Championship

The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd event hosted by the International Handball Federation, was held in Germany from 1 to 17 December 2017. Germany was the only applicant for this championship. Germany was host of the World Championships in 1965 and 1997.

France won their second title after 2003, by defeating reigning champions Norway 23–21 in the final.

Venues
The tournament is being played in the following venues: Bietigheim-Bissingen, Magdeburg, Oldenburg, Leipzig, Trier and Hamburg as the final four venue.

Qualified teams

 * 1 Bold indicates champion for that year, Italics indicates host for that year.

Draw
The draw was held on 27 June 2017 at Hamburg, Germany.

Seeding
The seeding was announced on 26 June 2017.

Referees
16 referee pairs were selected:

Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 30 June 2017 with the exact throw-off times confirmed on 10 July 2017.

All times are local (UTC+1).

President's Cup

 * 17th place bracket


 * 21st place bracket

All Star Team
The All Star Team and MVP was announced on 17 December 2017.

Top goalscorers
Source: IHF

Top goalkeepers
Source: IHF