World Women's Handball Championship

The World Championship in team handball for women has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957.

Championships

Year	Host Country		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1957 Details	Yugoslavia		Czechoslovakia	7 – 1	Hungary		Yugoslavia	9 – 6	West Germany
1962 Details	Romania		Romania	8 – 5	Denmark		Czechoslovakia	6 – 5	Yugoslavia
1965 Details	West Germany		Hungary	5 – 3	Yugoslavia		West Germany	11 – 10	Czechoslovakia
1971 Details	Netherlands		East Germany	11 – 8	Yugoslavia		Hungary	12 – 11	Romania
1973 Details	Yugoslavia		Yugoslavia	16 – 11	Romania		Soviet Union	20 – 12	Hungary
1975 Details	Soviet Union		East Germany	no final	Soviet Union		Hungary	no 3rd place playoff	Romania
1978 Details	Czechoslovakia		East Germany	no final	Soviet Union		Hungary	no 3rd place playoff	Czechoslovakia
1982 Details	Hungary		Soviet Union	no final	Hungary		Yugoslavia	no 3rd place playoff	East Germany
1986 Details	Netherlands		Soviet Union	30 – 22	Czechoslovakia		Norway	23 – 19	East Germany
1990 Details	South Korea		Soviet Union	24 – 22	Yugoslavia		East Germany	25 – 19	West Germany
1993 Details	Norway		Germany	22 – 21 OT	Denmark		Norway	20 – 19	Romania
1995 Details	Austria / Hungary		South Korea	25 – 20	Hungary		Denmark	25 – 24	Norway
1997 Details	Germany		Denmark	33 – 20	Norway		Germany	27 – 25	Russia
1999 Details	Denmark / Norway		Norway	25 – 24 2OT	France		Austria	31 – 28 OT	Romania
2001 Details	Italy		Russia	30 – 25	Norway		Yugoslavia	42 – 40	Denmark
2003 Details	Croatia		France	32 – 29 OT	Hungary		South Korea	31 – 29	Ukraine
2005 Details	Russia		Russia	28 – 23	Romania		Hungary	27 – 24	Denmark
2007 Details	France		Russia	29 – 24	Norway		Germany	36 – 35 OT	Romania
2009 Details	China		Russia	25 – 22	France		Norway	31 – 26	Spain
2011 Details	Brazil		Norway	32 – 24	France		Spain	24 – 18	Denmark
2013 Details	Serbia
2015 Details	Denmark
2017 Details	Germany

Overall medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	2	1	10
2	East Germany	3	0	1	4
3	Norway	2	3	3	8
4	Hungary	1	4	4	9
5	Serbia	1	3	3	7
6	France	1	3	0	4
7	Denmark	1	2	1	4
8	Romania	1	2	0	3
9	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
10	Germany	1	0	3	4
11	South Korea	1	0	1	2
12	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		20	20	20	60

Participation history

Team	1957	1962	1965	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013
Algeria							10-12						19								Q
Angola										16	16	13–16	15	15	13	17	16	7	11	8	Q
Argentina														24		22	20	20	19	23
Australia														23		23	24	24	24	24	Q
Austria	6								12	5	8	8	11	3	7	11	13	16	10
Belarus													16	14
Bulgaria								10		12
Brazil												17–20	23	16	12	20	7	14	15	5
Cameroon																	22
Canada							10-12			15		17–20	20
Chile																			23
China									9	8	14	13–16	22	18	11	19	17	21	12	21	Q
Congo								12						22	22			17	20
Ivory Coast												17–20	14	20		21	21		18	16
Croatia												10	6			14	11	9		7
Cuba														21						22
Czech Republic												13–16	13	19		15
DR Congo																					Q
Denmark	5	2	5	6	7	9				10	2	3	1	6	4	13	4		5	4
Dominican Republic																		22
France									15	14			10	2	5	1	12	5	2	2
Germany											1	5	3	7		12	6	3	7	17
Greenland															24
Hungary	2	5	1	3	4	3	3	2	8		7	2	9	5	6	2	3	8	9		Q
Iceland																				12
Italy															16
Japan		9	7	9	10	10			14			13–16	17	17	20	16	18	19	16	14	Q
Team	1957	1962	1965	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013
Kazakhstan																		18	22	19
Lithuania											13
Macedonia													7	8	21		15	12
Montenegro																				10	Q
Netherlands				8	12		9		10					10	14		5			15
Norway				7	8	8		7	3	6	3	4	2	1	2	6	9	2	3	1	Q
Paraguay																		23
Poland	7	7	8		5	7	6		13	9	10		8	11			19	11
Romania	9	1	6	4	2	4	7	8	5	7	4	7	12	4	17	10	2	4	8	13
Russia											5	6	4	12	1	7	1	1	1	6
Serbia and Montenegro / Yugoslavia	3	4	2	2	1	5	5	3	6	2					3	9		–			Q
Slovakia												12
Slovenia													18		9	8	14
South Korea							10-12	6	11	11	11	1	5	9	15	3	8	6	6	11	Q
Spain											15				10	5		10	4	3
Sweden	8									13	6	11			8				13	9
Thailand																			21
Tunisia						12									19	18		15	14	18	Q
Ukraine												9		13	18	4	10	13	17
United States						11		11	16		12	17–20
Uruguay													24		23	24	23			20
Uzbekistan													21
Discontinued teams
Czechoslovakia	1	3	4		6	6	4	5	2		9
East Germany				1	9	1	1	4	4	3
Soviet Union		6			3	2	2	1	1	1
West Germany	4	8	3	5	11		8	9	7	4

Largest winning margin

Margin	Winning team	Score	Opponent	WC
48	Hungary	57 – 09	Australia	2005
45	Sweden	66 – 21	Australia	2009
41	Austria	52 – 11	Thailand	2009
40	Russia	48 – 08	Australia	2009
39	Angola	47 – 08	Australia	2005
38	Netherlands	53 – 15	Australia	2011
38	South Korea	50 – 12	Paraguay	2007
38	Yugoslavia	41 – 03	Tunisia	1975
37	Norway	48 – 11	Uruguay	2001
37	Norway	47 – 10	Australia	2005
37	Russia	45 – 08	Australia	2011
37	Russia	45 – 08	Thailand	2009
37	Denmark	42 – 05	Argentina	1999
35	Austria	45 – 10	Australia	2009
35	Croatia	44 – 09	Uruguay	2005
34	Romania	51 – 17	Chile	2009
34	Hungary	48 – 14	Chile	2009
34	South Korea	45 – 11	Australia	2011
34	China	45 – 11	Australia	2011

Source: TV2Sporten.no

See also

• World Men's Handball Championship

External links

• Women's WC at IHF
• EuLivescore.com/handball 2011 World Women's Handball Championship livescore - point-by-point, standings and fixtures