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National team appearances in the World Men's Handball Championship

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This article lists the performances of each of the 58 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the IHF World Men's Handball Championship finals.

Debut of teams

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Year Debutants Total
1938  Austria,  Denmark,  Germany,  Sweden 4
1954  Czechoslovakia,  France,   Switzerland 3
1958  Brazil,  Finland,  Hungary,  Iceland,  Luxembourg,  Norway,  Poland,  Romania,  Spain,  Yugoslavia 10
1961  Japan,  Netherlands 2
1964  Egypt,  East Germany,  Soviet Union,  United States 4
1967  Canada,  Tunisia 2
1970 No debut nations 0
1974  Algeria,  Bulgaria 2
1978 No debut nations 0
1982  Cuba,  Kuwait 2
1986  South Korea 1
1990 No debut nations 0
1993  Russia* 0(+1)
1995  Belarus,  Croatia,  Czech Republic*,  Morocco,  Slovenia 4(+1)
1997  Argentina,  China,  Italy,  Lithuania,  Saudi Arabia,  FR Yugoslavia* 5(+1)
1999  Australia,  Macedonia,  Nigeria,  Portugal 4
2001  Greenland,  Ukraine 2
2003  Qatar 1
2005  Angola,  Greece 2
2007 No debut nations 0
2009  Serbia*,  Slovakia* 0(+2)
2011  Bahrain,  Chile 2
2013  Montenegro 1
2015  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Iran 2
2017 No debut nations 0
2019  Korea** 0(+1)
2021  Cape Verde,  DR Congo,  Uruguay 3
2023  Belgium 1
2025  Guinea 1

* Successor Teams

** Composed of players from both South Korea and North Korea. The team split into two again after the tournament.

Participation details

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5th – Fifth place
  • 6th – Sixth place
  • 7th – Seventh place
  • 8th – Eighth place
  • 9th – Ninth place
  • 10th – Tenth place
  • 11th – Eleventh place
  • 12th to 24th – Twelfth to twenty-fourth place
  • Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the World Championship / Banned
  •    — Hosts
Team Germany
1938
Sweden
1954
East Germany
1958
West Germany
1961
Czechoslovakia
1964
Sweden
1967
France
1970
East Germany
1974
Denmark
1978
West Germany
1982
Switzerland
1986
Czechoslovakia
1990
Sweden
1993
Iceland
1995
Japan
1997
Egypt
1999
France
2001
Portugal
2003
Tunisia
2005
Germany
2007
Croatia
2009
Sweden
2011
Spain
2013
Qatar
2015
France
2017
Denmark
Germany
2019
Egypt
2021
Poland
Sweden
2023
Croatia
Denmark
Norway
2025
Germany
2027
France
Germany
2029
Denmark
Iceland
Norway
2031
Total
 Algeria Part of  France × × × 15th 16th 16th 16th 16th 17th 15th 13th 18th 17th 19th 15th 17th 24th 22nd 31st Q 17
 Angola Part of  Portugal × × × × 20th 21st 24th 23rd 30th 5
 Argentina × × × × × × × 22nd 21st 15th 17th 18th 16th 18th 12th 18th 12th 18th 17th 11th 19th Q 15
 Australia × × × × × × × × 24th 21st 24th 24th 24th 24th 24th × × 7
 Austria 2nd × 11th 14th 18th 13th 19th 26th Q 8
 Bahrain Part of  Great Britain × 23rd •• 23rd 20th 21st 16th Q 6
 Belarus Part of  Soviet Union 9th 15th 18th 11th 17th × × 5
 Belgium × × × × × × × × 21st 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Part of  Yugoslavia 20th 1
 Brazil × × 15th × × × × 24th 24th 16th 19th 22nd 19th 19th 21st 21st 13th 16th 16th 9th 18th 17th Q 17
 Bulgaria × × × × × × 11th 14th × 2
 Canada × × × × 16th × 15th 23rd × 3
 Cape Verde Part of  Portugal × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 32nd 23rd Q 3
 Chile × × × × × × × × 22nd 23rd 23rd 21st 16th 27th 26th Q 8
 China × × × × × × × × 20th 20th × 2
 Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia 2nd 13th 10th 9th 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 5th 3rd 6th 4th 6th 15th 9th Q 16
 Cuba × × × × × × × × 13th 15th 14th 13th 14th 8th × × × 20th × × × × × Q 8
 Czech Republic See  Czechoslovakia 8th 11th 18th 10th 12th 17th •• Q 7
 Denmark 4th 5th 4th 5th 7th 2nd 4th 8th 4th 4th 7th 9th 19th 9th 9th 13th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 5th 10th 1st 1st 1st Q Q 27
 DR Congo × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 28th 1
 Egypt × × × × 14th × × × 12th 6th 6th 7th 4th 15th 14th 17th 14th 14th 16th 14th 13th 8th 7th 7th Q 18
 Finland × 14th × 1
 France × 6th 9th 8th 13th 10th 12th 16th 9th 2nd 1st 3rd 6th 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 1st 6th 1st 1st 3rd 4th 2nd Q Q 26
 Germany
(including West Germany)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 6th 5th 9th 1st 7th 7th 6th 4th 5th 8th 2nd 9th 1st 5th 11th 5th 7th 9th 4th 12th 5th Q Q Q 29
 Greece × × × × × × × × 6th 1
 Greenland × × × × × × × × 20th 24th 22nd 3
 Guinea × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × Q 1
 Hungary × 7th 8th 8th 8th 7th 9th 9th 2nd 6th 11th 17th 4th 11th 6th 9th 6th 7th 8th 7th 10th 5th 8th Q 23
 Iceland × × 10th 6th 9th 11th 14th 13th 6th 10th 8th 14th 5th 11th 7th 15th 8th 6th 12th 11th 14th 11th 20th 12th Q Q 24
 Iran × × × × × × × × 21st 24th 2
 Italy × × × × × × × 18th Q 2
 Japan × × × 12th 16th 11th 10th 12th 12th 14th 15th 23rd 15th 16th 16th 22nd 24th 19th × Q 16
 Kuwait × × × × × × × × 15th 20th 19th 23rd 20th 22nd 19th 22nd Q 9
 Lithuania Part of  Soviet Union 10th 1
 Luxembourg × × 16th × 1
 Montenegro Part of  Yugoslavia Part of  Serbia and Montenegro 22nd 18th 2
 Morocco France / Spain × × × × × × × 22nd 23rd 17th 22nd 23rd 20th 29th 30th 8
 Netherlands × × × 11th × 14th Q 3
 Nigeria × × × × × × × × × × × 23rd × × × 1
 North Macedonia Part of  Yugoslavia 18th 11th 14th 9th 15th 15th 23rd 27th Q 9
 Norway × 6th 7th 11th 13th 13th 13th 12th 13th 14th 7th 13th 9th 9th 2nd 2nd 6th 6th Q Q 19
 Poland × × 5th 12th 14th 4th 6th 3rd 14th 11th 10th 2nd 3rd 8th 9th 3rd 17th 13th 15th Q 18
 Portugal × × × × × 19th 16th 12th 10th 13th Q 6
 Qatar Part of  Great Britain × 16th 21st 23rd 20th 2nd 8th 13th 8th 22nd Q 10
 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 12th 14th 14th × × 14[a]
 Saudi Arabia × × × × × × × × 21st 22nd 21st 10th 23rd 19th 22nd 20th 21st 29th 10
 Serbia Part of  Yugoslavia Part of  Serbia and Montenegro 8th 10th 10th 18th 11th 5
 Slovakia See  Czechoslovakia 10th 17th 2
 Slovenia Part of  Yugoslavia 18th 17th 11th 12th 10th 4th 8th 3rd 9th 10th Q 11
 South Korea × × × × × × × × 12th 12th 15th 12th 8th 14th 12th 15th 12th 13th 21st Korea S. 31st 28th 13
 Spain × 12th 13th 10th 8th 5th 5th 5th 11th 7th 4th 5th 4th 1st 7th 13th 3rd 1st 4th 5th 7th 3rd 3rd Q 23
 Sweden 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 5th 6th 10th 8th 11th 4th 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 13th 11th 7th 4th 10th 6th 5th 2nd 4th Q 27
  Switzerland × 4th × 10th 12th 14th 15th 12th 11th 13th 4th 7th 16th Q 12
 Tunisia France France × × × 15th × 15th 16th 12th 10th 14th 4th 11th 17th 20th 11th 15th 19th 12th 25th 25th Q 17
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union 7th 14th 2
 United States × × × × 15th 16th 16th 16th 21st 24th •• 20th Q Q 9
 Uruguay × × × × × × × × 24th 32nd 2
Discontinued teams
 Czechoslovakia × 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 7th 6th 11th 10th 13th 7th 7th See  Czech Republic 12
 East Germany Germany × Germany Germany 10th 9th 2nd 2nd 3rd 6th 3rd 8th See  Germany 8
 Korea See  North Korea and  South Korea 22nd  North Korea/ South Korea 1
 Serbia and Montenegro Part of  Yugoslavia 9th 3rd 3rd 8th 5th See  Serbia and  Montenegro 5
 Soviet Union × × × 5th 4th 9th 5th 2nd 1st 10th 2nd See  Russia 8
 Yugoslavia × × 8th 9th 6th 7th 3rd 3rd 5th 2nd 1st 4th 10
Total 4 6 16 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 32 32 32 32 32 32


Results of host nations

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Year Host Nation Finish
1938  Germany Champions
1954  Sweden Champions
1958  East Germany Third place
(as  Germany)
1961  West Germany Fourth place
1964  Czechoslovakia Third place
1967  Sweden Fifth place
1970  France Twelfth place
1974  East Germany Runners-up
1978  Denmark Fourth place
1982  West Germany Seventh place
1986   Switzerland Eleventh place
1990  Czechoslovakia Seventh place
1993  Sweden Third place
1995  Iceland Fourteenth place
1997  Japan Fifteenth place
1999  Egypt Seventh place
2001  France Champions
2003  Portugal Sixteenth place
2005  Tunisia Fourth place
2007  Germany Champions
2009  Croatia Runners-up
2011  Sweden Fourth place
2013  Spain Champions
2015  Qatar Runners-up
2017  France Champions
2019  Denmark Champions
 Germany Fourth place
2021  Egypt Seventh place
2023  Poland Fifteenth place
 Sweden Fourth place
2025  Croatia TBD
 Denmark TBD
 Norway TBD
2027  Germany TBD
2029  France TBD
 Germany TBD
2031  Denmark TBD
 Iceland TBD
 Norway TBD

Results of defending champions

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Year Defending champions Finish
1938
1954  West Germany Runners-up
1958  Sweden Champions
1961 Third place
1964  Romania Champions
1967 Third place
1970  Czechoslovakia Seventh place
1974  Romania Champions
1978 Seventh place
1982  West Germany Seventh place
1986  Soviet Union Tenth place
1990  Yugoslavia Fourth place
1993  Sweden Third place
1995  Russia Fifth place
1997  France Third place
1999  Russia Runners-up
2001  Sweden Runners-up
2003  France Third place
2005  Croatia Runners-up
2007  Spain Seventh place
2009  Germany Fifth place
2011  France Champions
2013 Sixth place
2015  Spain Fourth place
2017  France Champions
2019 Third place
2021  Denmark Champions
2023 Champions
2025 TBD
2027 TBD TBD
2029 TBD TBD
2031 TBD TBD

Notes

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  1. ^ Russia's total includes one appearance as Russian Handball Federation in 2021.

References

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