World Women's Handball Championship Predictions & Betting tips

The 25th Women's World Handball championships take place in Spain from December 1-19. The Netherlands are the reigning champions and will hope to keep their title. Our experts will provide you with plenty of coverage of this event.

Preview of the 2021 Women's World Handball Championships

Here is our totally free guide to the 2021 Women's World Handball Championship prediction. It contains plenty of information that we hope you will find extremely useful for making your bets on the matches taking place in December. That's particularly the case if handball is a sport that is new or relatively new to you.

The championships are being played in Spain from December 1-19. How does the tournament work? What are the statistics to know? How to predict well? We take stock on this page 100% dedicated to the Women's World Handball Championship.

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How does the Women's Handball World Championship work? - A Beginners Guide

To make good predictions on the Women's Hand World Cup, you must of course know the format of the competition. So let's first talk about how everything will pan out in December. For the first time, there will be 32 countries taking part in these championships. That's eight additional countries playing in the cities of Granollers, Castello de la Plana, Lliria and Torrevieja. These 32 participating nations are first divided into eight groups of four, the first three of which will qualify for the Main Round. The country that finishes fourth in the group are out of the world championships. They get moved into the President's Cup and this will determine where they finish overall.

Once this first round is played, the Main Round then begins. Divided into four groups of six teams, the remaining 24 nations keep their points earned in the previous group. Now their target is to finish in the top two. That takes them into the knockout stages beginning on December 15. The final is being played on December 19. The same day also sees a third/fourth plac decider for the bronze medal.

How the Women's World Cup works in brief

• 3-stage tournament : Preliminary Round, Main Round and Final Phase
• Preliminary Round : 32 teams, in 8 groups of 4. The top 3 of each group are qualified. From 1 to 7 December 2021.
• Main Round : 24 teams remaining, in 4 groups of 6. The first 2 of each group are qualified. From 8 to 13 December 2021.
• Final Phase : 8 remaining teams, knockout matches. Quarter-finals until the final. From 14 to 19 December 2021.

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Key figures and statistics for your World Women's Handball predictions

To achieve a maximum of winning predictions on the Women's Handball World Championship, it is also necessary to know the key figures of the tournament. These are very useful and will help you choose the best sports bets at your bookmaker. Here are the statistics to remember, from the last edition of the tournament (which included only 24 nations):

• Matches with +51.5 goals : 68%
• Matches with +53.5 goals : 52%
• Matches with + 55.5 goals : 45%
• Goals : 54 goals-per-game average
• Average goal difference : 8.7 goals difference
• Matches with team that wins at half-time, and wins the match : 80% of matches
• Draws : 6% of matches

Regarding these key figures, you will note that the ranking matches (President's Cup) were not taken into account. Bookmakers mainly focus on the main tournament on their online betting offers.

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How to predict the matches?

 To establish ever more reliable handball predictions, some areas of reflection must therefore be studied, such as the form of the teams or their positions in the ranking. Here are, according to our handball experts, the aspects to study before each bet on the Women's World Championship:

• Results of the last face-to-face meetings between the teams
• Current form of key players
• Absentees announced for the match concerned
• Number of goals scored by nation since the start of the tournament
• Number of goals conceded by nation since the start of the tournament
• Real challenge of the meeting
• Psychological context of the meeting
• Location and city of the match

Thanks to the analysis of these different parameters, you will have a better chance of succeeding in your predictions at the Women's Handball World Cup 2021. Often, the success of a bet is played on the details, so do not underestimate them.

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Groups of the Women's World Handball Championship 2021

Here are the groups for the preliminary round of the 2021 Women's World Handball Championships.

• Group A | France - Montenegro - Angola - Slovenia
• Group B | Russia - Serbia - Cameroon - Poland
• Group C | Norway - Romania - Kazakhstan - Iran
• Group D | Netherlands - Sweden - Puerto Rico - Uzbekistan
• Group E | Germany - Hungary - Czech Republic - Slovakia
• Group F | Denmark - South Korea - Tunisia - Congo
• Group G | Croatia - Japan - Brazil - Paraguay
• Group H | Spain - Austria - Argentina - China

As a reminder, the teams that finish in last position in their pool, will no longer be in the race for the title 

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Prediction on the winner: who will win the Women's Handball World Cup?

Two teams seem to stand out among the bookmakers when it comes to the world title: Norway, and France. Reigning Olympic champions, the French have their chances of winning a third world crown, after those obtained in 2003 and 2017. Facing Olivier Krumbholz's daughters, Norway seems just as capable of shining. Reigning European champions (a year ago), the Norwegians remain on a fourth place at the Tokyo Olympics, and had also taken fourth place at the last World Cup held in Japan. With players like Veronica Kristiansen, Nora Mork (top scorer of the last Olympics), Camilla Herrem, Stine Bredal Oftedal or Katrine Lunde (best goalkeeper of the last Olympics), Norway has all the cards in hand to win its fourth world title. Norway's rating is in any case interesting, you'd better not underestimate it.

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Women's World Handball Championship 2021 - The odds for the title

Do you want to bet on the winner of the World Cup? Here are the best odds on the market:

• Norway - 11/8
• France - 3/1
• Netherlands - 4/1 
• Denmark - 8/1
• Sweden - 10/1
• RHF - 13/1
• Spain - 15/1
• Hungary - 18/1

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