2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Romania
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Teams24 (from 4 confederations)
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The 2020 IHF Women's Junior World Championship was the cancelled 22nd edition of the IHF Women's Junior World Championship. Originally scheduled for 1 to 13 July 2020 at venues in Bucharest and Brașov, Romania,[1][2] the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in its delay to 2 to 13 December 2020.[3]

Following another delay, the tournament was cancelled on 22 February 2021.[4]

Qualification

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Qualification Host Dates Vacancies Qualified
Host 1  Romania
2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship Hungary Győr 11–21 July 2019 10  Hungary
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Russia
 Denmark
 France
 Spain
 Germany
 Croatia
 Austria
2019 Asian Women's Junior Handball Championship Lebanon Beirut 20–29 July 2019 4  South Korea
 Japan
 China
 Lebanon
2019 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy New Caledonia Païta 11–16 August 2019 1  Australia1
2019 African Women's Junior Handball Championship Niger Niamey 5–14 September 2019 3  Tunisia
 Angola
 Guinea
IHF Trophy – North America and Caribbean[5] Canada Montreal 15–20 October 2019 1  Mexico
IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase Colombia Cali 13–17 October 2020 1
2020 South and Central American Women's Junior Championship[6] Cancelled 3  Brazil
 Chile
 Paraguay

^1 Tournament won by New Caledonia who are ineligible for World Championship. Spot taken by second place Australia.

Venues

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Matches would have been played in Brașov, and Bucharest

References

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  1. ^ "Veste extraordinară pentru handbalul românesc: o fostă handbalistă a fost aleasă într-o funcție importantă în Comitetul Executiv al IHF" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Dr Hassan Moustafa re-elected IHF President". International Handball Federation. 11 November 2017.
  3. ^ "IHF events to be re-scheduled". ihf.info. 24 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Key decisions made on IHF events at IHF Council meeting". ihf.info. 22 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Martinique and Mexico qualify for IHF Trophy – Intercontinental Phase". IHF. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. ^ "South and Central American teams for 2020 Women's Youth and Junior World Championships determined". IHF. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.