2009 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2009 World Women's Handball Championship was the 19th edition, second to take place outside Europe, of the international championship tournament in women's team sport handball that is governed by the International Handball Federation. China hosted the event from 5–20 December 2009. Russia successfully contested France in the final, their fourth title.
Venues
The competition took place in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. It was the second women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, the first was in South Korea 1990.Six cities were on the short list to host the matches:
Qualification
Host Nation;Defending Champions
;Qualified from the 2008 Asian Championship
;Qualified from the 2008 European Championship
;Qualified from European play-offs
European play-offs were played from 6–7 June 2009 and 12–14 June 2009. Qualified teams are marked in bold.
Squads
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Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round was held on 15 July 2009 at the IHF headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. Teams placed first, second and third will qualify for the Main Round.Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Main Round
Group I
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Group II
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President's Cup
Group I
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Group II
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9th place game
Final round
Semifinals
----Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
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| 2009 Women's World Champions Russia Fourth title Team roster: Inna Suslina, Lyudmila Postnova, Tatiana Dronina, Yelena Dmitriyeva, Olga Levina, Marina Yartseva, Ksenia Makeeva, Maya Petrova, Anna Sedoykina, Yekaterina Andryushina, Nadezhda Muravyeva, Ekaterina Vetkova, Victoria Zhilinskayte, Oxana Koroleva, Emiliya Turey and Tatiana Khmyrova. Head coach: Evgeny Trefilov. |
All Star Team
- Goalkeeper:
- Left wing:
- Left back:
- Pivot:
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