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

Each successive World Men's Handball Championship except of the 2017 has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.

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 0
1974  Algeria
 Bulgaria 		2
1978 0
1982  Cuba
 Kuwait 		2
1986  South Korea 1
1990 0
1993 ( Russia) 1
1995 ( Belarus)
( Croatia)
 Morocco
( Slovenia) 		4
1997  Argentina
 China
 Italy
( Lithuania)
 Saudi Arabia
( Serbia and Montenegro) 		6
1999  Australia
( North Macedonia)
 Nigeria
 Portugal 		4
2001  Greenland
( Ukraine) 		2
2003  Qatar 1
2005  Angola
 Greece 		2
2007 0
2009 ( Serbia
 Slovakia) 		2
2011  Bahrain
 Chile 		2
2013 ( Montenegro) 1
2015 ( Bosnia and Herzegovina)
 Iran 		2
2017 0
2019  Korea 1

Participation details

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
(4) 		Sweden
1954
(6) 		East Germany
1958
(16) 		West Germany
1961
(12) 		Czechoslovakia
1964
(16) 		Sweden
1967
(16) 		France
1970
(16) 		East Germany
1974
(16) 		Denmark
1978
(16) 		West Germany
1982
(16) 		Switzerland
1986
(16) 		Czechoslovakia
1990
(16) 		Sweden
1993
(16) 		Iceland
1995
(24) 		Japan
1997
(24) 		Egypt
1999
(24) 		France
2001
(24) 		Portugal
2003
(24) 		Tunisia
2005
(24) 		Germany
2007
(24) 		Croatia
2009
(24) 		Sweden
2011
(24) 		Spain
2013
(24) 		Qatar
2015
(24) 		France
2017
(24) 		Denmark
Germany
2019
(24) 		Egypt
2021
(24) 		Poland
Sweden
2023
(24) 		Total
 Algeria • • • • • • • 15th • 16th 16th 16th • 16th 17th 15th 13th 18th 17th • 19th 15th 17th 24th • • • • 14
 Angola • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20th 21st • • • • 24th Q • • 4
 Argentina • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22nd 21st 15th 17th 18th 16th 18th 12th 18th 12th 18th Q • • 12
 Australia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 24th • 21st 24th 24th 24th 24th 24th • • • • • 7
 Austria 2nd • 11th • • • • • • • • • 14th • • • • • • • • 18th • 13th • Q • • 6
 Bahrain • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 23rd • • 23rd Q • • 3
 Belarus Part of  Soviet Union • 9th • • • • • • • • 15th 18th 11th • • • 4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Part of  Yugoslavia • • • • • • • • • • • 20th • • • • 1
 Brazil • • 15th • • • • • • • • • • 24th 24th 16th 19th 22nd 19th 19th 21st 21st 13th 16th 16th Q • • 14
 Bulgaria • • • • • • • 11th 14th • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2
 Canada • • • • • 16th • • 15th • • • • • • • • • 23rd • • • • • • • • • 3
 Chile • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 22nd 23rd 23rd 21st Q • • 5
 China • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 20th 20th • • • • • • • • • • • • 2
 Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia • 2nd 13th 10th 9th 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 5th 3rd 6th 4th Q • • 13
 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 10th Q • • 23
 Egypt • • • • 14th • • • • • • • 12th 6th 6th 7th 4th 15th 14th 17th 14th 14th 16th 14th 13th Q Q • 15
 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 Q • • 22
 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 Q • • 24
 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 • 7th Q • • 20
 Iceland • • 10th 6th 9th • 11th 14th 13th • 6th 10th 8th 14th 5th • 11th 7th 15th 8th • 6th 12th 11th 14th Q • • 20
 Iran • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21st • • • • 1
 Italy • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 18th • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Japan • • • 12th 16th 11th 10th 12th 12th 14th • 15th • 23rd 15th • • • 16th • • 16th • • 22nd Q • • 14
 Korea Part of  North Korea and  South Korea Q • • 1
 Kuwait • • • • • • • • • 15th • • • 20th • 19th 23rd 20th 22nd 19th 22nd • • • • • • • 8
 Lithuania Part of  Soviet Union • • 10th • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Luxembourg • • 16th • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 North Macedonia Part of  Yugoslavia • • • 18th • • • • 11th • 14th 9th 15th Q • • 6
 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 • • 2nd Q • • 15
 Poland • • 5th • • 12th 14th 4th 6th 3rd 14th 11th • • • • • 10th • 2nd 3rd 8th 9th 3rd 17th • • Q 16
 Portugal • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 19th • 16th 12th • • • • • • • • • 3
 Qatar • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 16th 21st 23rd • • 20th 2nd 8th Q • • 7
 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 Q • • 13
 Saudi Arabia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21st 22nd 21st 10th • • 23rd • 19th 22nd 20th Q • • 9
 Serbia Part of  Yugoslavia Part of  Serbia and Montenegro • 8th 10th 10th • • Q • • 4
 Slovakia Part of  Czechoslovakia • • • • • • • 10th 17th • • • • • • 2
 Slovenia Part of  Yugoslavia • 18th • • 17th 11th 12th 10th • • 4th 8th 3rd • • • 8
 Spain • • 12th • • • • 13th 10th 8th 5th 5th 5th 11th 7th 4th 5th 4th 1st 7th 13th 3rd 1st 4th 5th Q • • 20
 Sweden 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 5th 6th 10th 8th 11th 4th 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 13th 11th • 7th 4th • 10th 6th Q • Q 25
  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 19th Q • • 14
 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 12
 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
 South Korea • • • • • • • • • • 12th 12th 15th 12th 8th 14th 12th • • 15th 12th 13th 21st • • See  Korea 11
 Yugoslavia • • 8th 9th 6th 7th 3rd 3rd 5th 2nd 1st 4th 10

Results of host nations

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
 Germany
2021  Egypt
2023  Poland
 Sweden

Results of defending champions

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
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

References

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