| Tourney Name: | World Women's Handball Championship |
| Year: | 2027 |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Dates: | TBA 2027 |
| Num Teams: | 32 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Previous: | 2025 World Women's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2029 World Women's Handball Championship |
The 2027 World Women's Handball Championship, the 28th event hosted by the International Handball Federation, will take place in Hungary in 2027.[1] [2] It will be the main qualifying event for the women's handball tournament of the 2028 Summer Olympics.[3]
The bid includes the following four host cities/venues:
| Host city | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20,022 | |||
| 8,500 | |||
| 5,500 | |||
| New Arena | 6,000 |
| Competition | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 28 February 2020 |  Cairo | 1 | ||
| 2025 World Championship | December 2025 | 1 | |||
| 2026 European Championship | 3–20 December 2026 | 4 + ? | |||
| European qualification | |||||
| 2026 Asian Championship | 4 + ? | ||||
| 2026 South and Central American Championship | 3 + ? | ||||
| 2026 African Championship | 4 + ? | ||||
| 2027 Nor.Ca. Women's Championship | 1 + ? | ||||
| Wild card | 18 October 2018 |  Doha | 1 or 2 |
1. To bear in mind the 2028 Summer Olympics, the IHF Council awarded the United States wild cards for the 2025 and 2027 World Championships.[4] [5]
2. 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.
| Country | Qualified as | Qualification date | Previous appearances in tournament | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 24 (1957, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) | |||
| Wild card | 6 (1975, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 2025) |