After the first screening of the World Cup with the dispute of the preliminary phase, 24 teams have secured their place in the Main Round, the main round of the tournament that will give the eight places in the quarterfinals. An objective that, a priori, is easier for those teams that have completed the first round with full triumphs and that accumulate these points in this Main Round. Below we review which teams are classified for the next round and the calendar and schedule of the matches of the second phase.
Teams classified for the second phase
The teams that have already secured a place for this second phase of the Women’s Handball World Cup are: France, Montenegro and Slovenia (Group A); Russia, Serbia and the Russian Handball Federation (Group B); Norway, Kazakhstan and Romania (Group C), the Netherlands, Puerto Rico and Sweden (Group D), Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic (Group E); Denmark, South Korea and Congo (Group F); Brazil, Japan and Croatia (Group G); and Spain, Argentina and Austria (Group H).
Second phase format
The top three teams from each group in the Preliminary Round advance to the Main Round, where four groups of six teams will be composed of the top three from one group and the top three from the next group. In this way, the first three of group A will be measured with the first three of group B, the first three of group C with the three best of group D, the first three of group E with the first three of group F and the three best of Group G with the three best ones of Group H. The two best teams of each group will reach the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Matches and schedule of the second phase
Wednesday December 8
18:00 | Germany – Congo
18:00 | Brazil – Austria
20:30 | Denmark – Hungary
20:30 | Spain – Japan
15:30 | Czech Republic – South Korea
15:30 | Croatia – Argentina
Thursday December 9
15:30 | France – Poland
15:30 | Kazakhstan – Sweden
15:30 | Montenegro – Serbia
15:30 | Norway – Puerto Rico
15:30 | Netherlands – Romania
15:30 | Russia – Slovenian
Friday December 10
18:00 | Hungary – Congo
18:00 Japan – Austria
15:30 | South Korea – Germany
15:30 | Argentina Brazil
20:30 | Czech Republic – Denmark
20:30 | Croatia – Spain
Saturday December 11
15:30 | Slovenia – Poland
15:30 | Kazakhstan-Netherlands
15:30 | Montenegro-Russia
15:30 | Romania-Puerto Rico
15:30 | Serbia-France
15:30 | Sweden-Norway
Sunday December 12
20:30 | Denmark – Germany
20:30 | Spain – Brazil
18:00 | South Korea – Hungary
15:30 | Argentina – Japan
15:30 | Congo – Czech Republic
18:00 | Austria – Croatia
Monday December 13
15:30 | Netherlands-Norway
15:30 | Poland-Montenegro
15:30 | Puerto Rico-Kazakhstan
15:30 | Russia-France
15:30 | Serbia-Slovenia
15:30 | Sweden-Romania