IHF World Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 World Men's Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1938 |
| No. of teams | 24 |
| Continent | International (IHF) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 France (5th title) |
| Most titles |
France (5 titles) |
The World Men's Handball Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938. The competition has been dominated by European countries.
History
Early starts
The first World Championship took place in Germany in 1938, involving four teams from Europe who competed in a round robin stage to find a winner. It wouldn't be until sixteen years later where the second World Championship was held in the country of Sweden. Throughout their history, the World Championships has been dominated by European teams, with no medals being won by non-European countries until 2015, by Qatar. Over the years, the organization of the World Championships has changed. Initially, there were group games in both the preliminary and main rounds, but more recently a knockout system has been applied after the preliminary round.
Tournaments
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- 1: Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.
Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 |  Sweden | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 |  Romania | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Spain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Croatia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 |  Czechoslovakia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 |  Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Denmark | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 |  East Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 |  Poland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
List of hosts
List of hosts by number of championships hosted.
| Times hosted |
Host | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Germany (West Germany) | 1938, 1958, 1961, 1974, 1982, 2007, (2019) |
| 5 | Sweden | 1954, 1967, 1993, 2011, (2023) |
| 3 | France | 1970, 2001, (2017) |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 1964, 1990 |
| 2 | Denmark | 1978, (2019) |
| 2 |  Egypt | 1999, (2021) |
| 1 | Croatia | 2009 |
| 1 |  Iceland | 1995 |
| 1 |  Japan | 1997 |
| 1 | Poland | (2023) |
| 1 |  Portugal | 2003 |
| 1 | Qatar | 2015 |
| 1 | Spain | 2013 |
| 1 |  Switzerland | 1986 |
| 1 |  Tunisia | 2005 |
Participation details
| Team | .svg.png){kind=small} 1938 (4) |
1954 (6) |
1958 (16) |
1961 (12) |
1964 (16) |
1967 (16) |
1970 (16) |
1974 (16) |
1978 (16) |
1982 (16) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (24) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1997 (24) |
1999 (24) |
2001 (24) |
2003 (24) |
2005 (24) |
2007 (24) |
2009 (24) |
2011 (24) |
2013 (24) |
2015 (24) |
2017 (24) |
Total |
 Algeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | 16th | 16th | 16th | • | 16th | 17th | 15th | 13th | 18th | 17th | • | 19th | 15th | 17th | 24th | • | 14 |
 Angola | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 21st | • | • | • | • | Q | 3 |
 Argentina | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 21st | 15th | 17th | 18th | 16th | 18th | 12th | 18th | 12th | Q | 11 |
 Australia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | 21st | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | • | • | 7 |
| Austria | 2nd | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | 13th | • | 5 |
 Bahrain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | Q | 2 |
 Belarus | Part of Soviet Union | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 18th | Q | 4 | |||||||||||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | 1 | |||||||||||
 Brazil | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | 24th | 16th | 19th | 22nd | 19th | 19th | 21st | 21st | 13th | 16th | Q | 13 |
 Bulgaria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Canada | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
 Chile | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 23rd | 23rd | Q | 4 |
 China | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | 2nd | 13th | 10th | 9th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 6th | Q | 12 | |||||||||||
 Cuba | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 15th | 14th | • | 13th | 14th | 8th | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | 7 |
| Czech Republic | See Czechoslovakia | 8th | 11th | • | 18th | • | 10th | 12th | • | • | • | 17th | • | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Denmark | 4th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 4th | 4th | 8th | • | 9th | 19th | • | 9th | • | 9th | 13th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | Q | 22 |
| Egypt | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 15th | 14th | 17th | 14th | 14th | 16th | 14th | Q | 14 |
 Finland | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| France | • | 6th | 9th | 8th | 13th | 10th | 12th | • | 16th | • | • | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 6th | 1st | Q | 21 |
| Germany | 1st | See West Germany | 6th | 4th | • | 5th | 8th | 2nd | 9th | 1st | 5th | 11th | 5th | 7th | Q | 13 | ||||||||||
 Greece | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Greenland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 24th | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Hungary | • | • | 7th | • | 8th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 9th | 2nd | 6th | 11th | 17th | 4th | 11th | • | 6th | • | 9th | 6th | 7th | 8th | • | Q | 19 |
| Iceland | • | • | 10th | 6th | 9th | • | 11th | 14th | 13th | • | 6th | 10th | 8th | 14th | 5th | • | 11th | 7th | 15th | 8th | • | 6th | 12th | 11th | Q | 19 |
 Iran | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | 1 |
 Italy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Team | 1938 (4) |
1954 (6) |
1958 (16) |
1961 (12) |
1964 (16) |
1967 (16) |
1970 (16) |
1974 (16) |
1978 (16) |
1982 (16) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (24) |
1997 (24) |
1999 (24) |
2001 (24) |
2003 (24) |
2005 (24) |
2007 (24) |
2009 (24) |
2011 (24) |
2013 (24) |
2015 (24) |
2017 (24) |
Total |
| Japan | • | • | • | 12th | 16th | 11th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 14th | • | 15th | • | 23rd | 15th | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | 16th | • | • | Q | 13 |
 Kuwait | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | 20th | • | 19th | 23rd | 20th | 22nd | 19th | 22nd | • | • | • | • | 8 |
 Lithuania | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||||||
 Luxembourg | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Macedonia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | • | 18th | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | 14th | 9th | Q | 5 | |||||||||||
 Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of  Serbia and Montenegro | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Morocco | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 23rd | 17th | 22nd | 23rd | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
 Netherlands | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Nigeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Norway | • | • | 6th | 7th | 11th | 13th | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 12th | 13th | 14th | • | 7th | 13th | 9th | 9th | • | • | Q | 14 |
| Poland | • | • | 5th | • | • | 12th | 14th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 14th | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | 2nd | 3rd | 8th | 9th | 3rd | Q | 15 |
| Portugal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | 16th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Qatar | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 21st | 23rd | • | • | 20th | 2nd | Q | 6 |
| Romania | • | • | 13th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 7th | 5th | 9th | 3rd | 10th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 19th | • | • | • | 14 |
| Russia | See Soviet Union | 1st | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 16th | • | 7th | 19th | Q | 12 | |||||||||||
 Saudi Arabia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | 22nd | 21st | 10th | • | • | 23rd | • | 19th | 22nd | Q | 8 |
| Serbia | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of Serbia and Montenegro | • | 8th | 10th | 10th | • | • | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 17th | • | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | 18th | • | • | 17th | 11th | 12th | 10th | • | • | 4th | 8th | Q | 8 | |||||||||||
 South Korea | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 12th | 15th | 12th | 8th | 14th | 12th | • | • | 15th | 12th | 13th | 21st | • | • | 11 |
| Spain | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 13th | 10th | 8th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 7th | 13th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | Q | 19 |
| Sweden | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 13th | 11th | • | 7th | 4th | • | 10th | Q | 23 |
| Switzerland | • | 4th | • | 10th | 12th | 14th | 15th | • | • | 12th | 11th | 13th | 4th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10 |
| Tunisia | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 16th | 12th | 10th | 14th | 4th | 11th | 17th | 20th | 11th | 15th | Q | 13 |
 Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
 United States | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | 16th | 16th | • | • | • | • | 16th | 21st | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
| Discontinued teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | • | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 7th | 6th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 7th | 7th | See Czech Republic | 1 | |||||||||||
| East Germany | • | • | • | • | 10th | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 8th | See Germany | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 5th | See Serbia | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | 5th | 4th | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 10th | 2nd | See Russia | 8 | ||||||||||||
| West Germany | • | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 1st | 7th | 7th | • | See Germany | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | • | • | 8th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | See Serbia | 10 | ||||||||||||
See also
References
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