TEHRAN – Iran defeated Greenland 28-23 on Wednesday to finish 31st in the 2023 IHF Women's World Championship.

Team Melli had also finished 31st in the previous edition held in Spain.

With the win, Iran secured 31st place for the second time at the World Championship and also claimed their first-ever win.

Greenland, on the other hand, returned to the World Championship after a 22-year hiatus and closed their Denmark/Norway/Sweden 2023 journey finishing on the last place, just like they did back in 2001, failing to seal their maiden win.

Iran lost to Poland, Germany, and Japan in the IHF Women's World Championship preliminary stage and also lost to Chile, Congo and Kazakhstan in the President Cup.