| India | |||
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| Information | |||
| Association | Handball Association of India | ||
| Coach | Anand Bajirao Mane [1] | ||
| Colours | |||
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| Results | |||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2022) | ||
| Last updated on 2022-11-18. | |||
The India national wheelchair handball team is the national wheelchair handball team of India and is overseen by the Handball Association of India. [2] [3]
They participated at the first Four a Side World Championship in September 2022. They lost the fifth-place game in the penalty shootout against the Netherland. They finished the tournament at the sixth place out of six teams. Two months later at the Six a Side World Championship they lost again a penalty shootout at the third-place game against the Norwegian team and they finished fourth out of 9 teams. [4] At this tournament they had 5 new players out of 12. [5] [6] Many of the players of the Six a Side World Championship squad were also wheelchair basketball player. Reena Gupa plays for the India women's national wheelchair basketball team. [7]
Apart from the Netherlands, the Indian national wheelchair handball team was the only other team to participate in both the Four a side and Six a Side World Championships in 2022.
| IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship record (Four a Side) | |||||||||
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| Year | Position | GP | W | L | SW | SL | SPW | SPL | |
 2022 Egypt | 6th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 79 | |
| Total | 1/1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 79 | |
| IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship record (Six a Side) | |||||||||
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| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
 2022 Portugal | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 78 | ||
| Total | 1/1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 78 | ||
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