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.
Year | Debutants | Total |
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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.
Team | 1938 | 1954 | 1958 | 1961 | 1964 | 1967 | 1970 | 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027 | 2029 | 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 | / | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | 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 [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||
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 | • | • | 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 | × | × | × | 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 | |||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Year | Host Nation | Finish |
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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 |
Year | Defending champions | Finish |
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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 |
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