Russia successfully contested France in the final, their fourth title.

[2] It was the second women's World Championship organized outside of Europe, the first was in South Korea 1990.

[3] Six cities were on the short list to host the matches:[4] Host Nation European play-offs were played from 6-7 June 2009 (first leg) and 12-14 June 2009 (second leg).

[9] The draw for the preliminary round was held on 15 July 2009 at the IHF headquarters in Basel, Switzerland.

RussiaFourth 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.