2031 World Women's Handball Championship

The 2031 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, will be the 30th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. It will take place in December 2031 in Czech Republic and Poland.

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


 * 🇨🇳 and 🇷🇺
 * 🇨🇿 and 🇵🇱

The bids were confirmed on 1 March 2024:


 * 🇨🇿 and 🇵🇱

Czech Republic and Poland won the hosting right on 16 April 2024 in Créteil, France.

Venues
The proposed venues are: The proposed venues are in Brno, Katowice and Sosnowiec. The final will be in the Spodek in Katowice.
 * 🇵🇱 Katowice – Spodek, capacity 11,016
 * 🇵🇱 Katowice – GWS Katowice Sports Hall, capacity 3,001
 * 🇵🇱 Sosnowiec – Arena Sosnowiec, capacity 3,052
 * 🇨🇿 Brno – Arena Brno, capacity 13,300

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.