In just over 300 days, the 27th edition of the IHF Women’s World Championship will throw-off and you can be there as a volunteer.

Taking place from 26 November to 14 December in Germany and the Netherlands, both host nations are now accepting applications to volunteer at the global Handball event.

Germany launches ‘Hands up for More’

Under the slogan ‘Hands up for More’, the German Handball Association (Deutscher Handballbund – DHB) have invited people around the world to join the global Handball event in the cities of Trier, Dortmund and Stuttgart which will host games from 26 November to 9 December.

The three venues of Westfalenhalle (Dortmund), Porsche-Arena (Stuttgart) and Trier Arena (Trier) require from 150 to 200 volunteers each with a variety of roles and tasks on offer. These roles include duties in visitor services, accreditation, transport services, media, coordinating the processes surrounding the games and much more. 

According to the DHB, ‘…all volunteers are trained and supervised on site, receive special volunteer clothing and food during their assignment, are allowed to watch IHF World Championship games live in the arenas and will receive a volunteer certificate’.

"We want to make the 2025 IHF Women’s World Championship not only a sporting experience, but also a community experience and our volunteers are an indispensable part of this team,” said Mark Schober, Chairman of the Board of the German Handball Association on the launch of ‘Hands up for More’.

“Volunteers not only stand for organisation and service, but also for the values of our campaign: community, diversity and passion, and especially the strength of girls and women, whose visibility we want to increase in the tournament environment and beyond.”

The application process to volunteer in Germany for the DHB is now fully open to anyone who will be 18 years old or older by 23 November 2025.

You can apply directly HERE. For further information, email [email protected].

EventMakers needed for Netherlands

Later this month (January) the process to apply as a volunteer for the Netherlands venues of the 2025 IHF Women’s World Championship will open fully. 

Games will be held at Maaspoort in 's-Hertogenbosch from 27 November to 8 December and at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, from 27 November to 14 December, including the final weekend.

Volunteering will be administered through the ‘EventMakers’ website, used for volunteering in Netherlands’ sporting events. Keep an eye on their website here.

Successful volunteers will receive ‘…a cool and unique clothing package in the style of the event, good food and drinks’, have to be available for at least four days in the period from 27 November to 14 December 2025 and have to be 18 years old or older on 27 November 2025.

For more information, visit the official website or with any queries ahead of the application opening fully email [email protected].