2023 World Women's Handball Championship

The 2023 IHF World Women's Handball Championship was the 26th edition of the championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF) from 29 November to 17 December 2023 and jointly hosted by Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It was the third time in handball history that the championship is jointly hosted, the first in Sweden, and also the first to be played in three countries.

France won their third title after a finals win over Norway. The bronze medal went to Denmark with a win over Sweden.

Bidding process
After Russia's withdrawal, Denmark/Norway/Sweden and Hungary entered their bids for hosting the tournament, which was awarded to the three Nordic countries by IHF Council at its meeting held in Paris, France on 28 January 2017.

Venues
The Nordic joint bid included the following six host cities and venues:

The Hungarian bid included the same cities and venues as the bid that was presented for the 2021 championship.

Qualification
1. If a country from Oceania (Australia) participating in the Asian Championships finished within the top 5, it would have qualified for the World Championships. As it finished sixth or lower, the place was transferred to the wild card spot.

Marketing
The official logo and slogan was unveiled on 30 August 2022. It features the colours blue, red and yellow, representing the flag colours of hosts Sweden, Norway and Denmark, with the circles symbolising a ball flying through the air at a rapid speed. The slogan: "Aim to Excite" was also unveiled the same day. The logo was designed by Danish brand agency Urgent.Agency.

The official anthem of the competition is "Aiming For Number One", made and performed by Swedish DJ and producer Wahlstedt. It is not the first anthem Wahlstedt has made for a handball competition ("All for us" for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship).

Draw
The draw took place on 6 July 2023 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Seeding
The seeding was announced on 3 July 2023.

Referees
23 referee pairs were selected on 27 October 2023. On 1 December 2023, Novica Mitrović and Miljan Vešović from Montenegro were called up from the reserve list to referee.

Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 1 March 2023.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Main round
All points and goals obtained in the preliminary round against teams that advance as well, are carried over.

Final ranking
Places 1 to 8 and 25 to 32 will be decided by play-off or knock-out. Teams finishing third in the main round will be ranked 9th to 12th, teams finishing fourth in the main round 13th to 16th, teams finishing fifth in the main round 17th to 20th and teams ranked sixth 21st to 24th. In case of a tie in points gained, the goal difference of the main round will be taken into account, then number of goals scored. If teams will still be equal, number of points gained in the preliminary round will be considered followed by the goal difference and then number of goals scored in the preliminary round.

All-star Team
The All-star Team was announced on 17 December 2023.