2029 World Women's Handball Championship

The 2029 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, will be the 29th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It will take place in Spain in December 2029.

Bidding process
In April 2023, the IHF stated that they were looking for bids. In the end, two nations expressed interest in hosting the tournament.


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The bids were confirmed on 1 March 2024:



Spain was unanimously awarded on 16 April 2024 in Créteil, France.

Venues
The proposed venues are: The proposed venues are Galicia, Valencia, Malaga and Irún, with the latter to host the final phase.
 * Valencia – Roig Arena, capacity 16,000
 * Malaga – Martín Carpena, capacity 11,300
 * Santiago de Compostela – Fontes do Sar, capacity 6,666
 * Irun – IAM Irun, capacity 5,000

Qualification
1. If countries from Oceania (Australia or New Zealand) participating in the Asian Championships finish within the top 5, they will qualify for the World Championships. If either finishes sixth or lower, the place would have been transferred to the wild card spot.