This article lists the performances of each of the 50 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the IHF World Women's Handball Championship finals.
Each successive World Women's Handball Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.
Year | Debutants | Total |
---|---|---|
1957 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 9 |
1962 | ![]() ![]() | 2 |
1965 | 0 | |
1971 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 |
1973 | 0 | |
1975 | ![]() ![]() | 2 |
1978 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 |
1982 | ![]() ![]() | 2 |
1986 | ![]() ![]() | 2 |
1990 | ![]() | 1 |
1993 | (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 4 |
1995 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 |
1997 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 5 |
1999 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 |
2001 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 |
2003 | 0 | |
2005 | 0 | |
2007 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 |
2009 | ![]() ![]() | 2 |
2011 | ![]() ![]() | 2 |
2013 | ![]() ![]() | 2 |
2015 | ![]() | 1 |
2017 | 0 | |
2019 | ![]() | 1 |
2021 | ![]() | 1 |
2023 | 0 | |
2025 | ![]() | 1 |
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team | ![]() 1957 | ![]() 1962 | ![]() 1965 | ![]() 1971 | ![]() 1973 | ![]() 1975 | ![]() 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 |
![]() | ![]() | × | × | × | × | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | × | • | • | 3 | ||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | × | × | • | • | 16th | 16th | 13th | 15th | 15th | 13th | 17th | 16th | 7th | 11th | 8th | 16th | 16th | 19th | 15th | 25th | 15th | Q | 18 | |||||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | 22nd | 20th | 20th | 19th | 23rd | 19th | 18th | 23rd | 16th | 21st | 20th | Q | 13 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | 23rd | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | • | × | 24th | × | • | × | 8 | |||
![]() | 6th | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 12th | 5th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 3rd | 7th | 11th | 13th | 16th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 19th | 14 | ||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | • | 16th | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | 2 | ||||||||||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 23rd | 16th | 12th | 20th | 7th | 14th | 15th | 5th | 1st | 10th | 18th | 17th | 6th | 9th | Q | 16 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | 2 | |||
![]() | FRA | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | 28th | 24th | • | 4 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | 10th | • | • | 15th | • | 17th | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | 4 | ||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | 27th | • | 2 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 9th | 8th | 14th | 13th | 22nd | 18th | 11th | 19th | 17th | 21st | 12th | 21st | 18th | 17th | 22nd | 23rd | 32nd | 28th | • | 18 | |||
![]() | FRA | × | × | × | × | × | × | 12th | •• | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 22nd | • | • | 17th | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | 26th | • | 7 | |||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | 10th | 6th | • | • | 14th | 11th | 9th | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | 18th | 14th | 8 | |||||||||||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | 23rd | • | 21st | × | • | 4 | ||||
![]() | See ![]() | 13th | 13th | 19th | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | 8th | • | 19th | 8th | Q | 9 | |||||||||||||
![]() | BEL | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 24th | • | 20th | • | • | • | 3 | |||
![]() | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 9th | • | • | • | 10th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 6th | 4th | 13th | 4th | • | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 23 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | × | × | 2 | ||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | Q | 1 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | 15th | 14th | • | • | 10th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 12th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 7th | 1st | 13th | 2nd | 1st | Q | 17 | |||
![]() (including West Germany) | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 11th | • | 8th | 9th | 7th | 4th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 7th | • | 12th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 17th | 7th | 13th | 12th | 8th | 7th | 6th | Q | 25 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 32nd | 2 | ||||
![]() | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8th | • | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 8th | 9th | • | 8th | 11th | 15th | 14th | 10th | 10th | Q | Q | 26 | ||
![]() | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 25th | 2 | ||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 31st | 31st | Q | 3 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 14th | 20th | • | 21st | 21st | • | 18th | 16th | • | × | • | • | × | • | × | 7 | |||
![]() | × | 9th | 7th | 9th | 10th | 10th | • | • | 14th | • | • | 13th | 17th | 17th | 20th | 16th | 18th | 19th | 16th | 14th | 14th | 19th | 16th | 10th | 11th | 17th | Q | 22 | |||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | × | × | × | • | •• | × | 18th | 22nd | 19th | • | 22nd | • | 22nd | 24th | 30th | Q | 8 | ||||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | Part of ![]() | • | • | 10th | 11th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 22nd | 7th | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | × | • | 8th | 12th | • | 9th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | 10th | 14th | • | 5th | • | • | 15th | 13th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 9th | 5th | Q | 15 | |||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | • | 7th | 8th | 21st | • | 15th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
![]() | × | × | • | 7th | 8th | 8th | • | 7th | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | Q | 23 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | 21st | • | 21st | • | 29th | 29th | • | 5 | |||
![]() | 7th | 7th | 8th | • | 5th | 7th | 6th | • | 13th | 9th | 10th | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | 19th | 11th | • | • | 4th | 4th | 17th | • | 15th | 16th | Q | 19 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | 20th | × | 2 | ||||
![]() | 9th | 1st | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 8th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 12th | 4th | 17th | 10th | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 13th | 10th | 3rd | 10th | 12th | 13th | 12th | 26 | ||||
![]() | See ![]() | 5th | 6th | 4th | 12th | 1st | 7th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6th | • | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 8th | × | × | 14 [A] | ||||||||||||
![]() | FRA | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | 18th | Q | 3 | |||
![]() | Part of ![]() | See ![]() | • | • | • | 2nd | 15th | 9th | 6th | 12th | 21st | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 26th | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | • | 18th | • | 9th | 8th | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 19th | 17th | 11th | 8 | |||||||||||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | 10th | 6th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 1st | 5th | 9th | 15th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 6th | 11th | 12th | 14th | 13th | 11th | 14th | 22nd | Q | 21 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | 10th | 5th | • | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 12th | 11th | 2nd | 4th | 13th | Q | 13 | |||
![]() | 8th | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 6th | 11th | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 13th | 9th | • | 9th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 12 | ||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 21st | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | 1 | |||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | 19th | 18th | • | 15th | 14th | 18th | 17th | 21st | 24th | • | 27th | • | Q | 11 | |||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | 9th | • | 13th | 18th | 4th | 10th | 13th | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | 8 | |||||||||||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | 11th | • | 11th | 16th | • | 12th | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | Q | 7 | ||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | 23rd | 24th | 23rd | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 6 | |||
![]() | Part of ![]() | × | × | 21st | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | 30th | • | × | 2 | ||||||||||||
Discontinued teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1st | 3rd | 4th | • | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | • | 9th | See ![]() | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | • | • | 1st | 9th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 3rd | See ![]() | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 9th | • | See ![]() | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | 6th | × | • | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | See ![]() | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | See ![]() | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 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 |
---|---|---|
1957 | ![]() | Third place |
1962 | ![]() | Champions |
1965 | ![]() | Third place |
1971 | ![]() | Eighth place |
1973 | ![]() | Champions |
1975 | ![]() | Runners-up |
1978 | ![]() | Fourth place |
1982 | ![]() | Runners-up |
1986 | ![]() | Tenth place |
1990 | ![]() | Eleventh place |
1993 | ![]() | Third place |
1995 | ![]() | Eighth place |
![]() | Runners-up | |
1997 | ![]() | Third place |
1999 | ![]() | Sixth place |
![]() | Champions | |
2001 | ![]() | Sixteenth place |
2003 | ![]() | Fourteenth place |
2005 | ![]() | Champions |
2007 | ![]() | Fifth place |
2009 | ![]() | Twelfth place |
2011 | ![]() | Fifth place |
2013 | ![]() | Runners-up |
2015 | ![]() | Sixth place |
2017 | ![]() | Twelfth place |
2019 | ![]() | Tenth place |
2021 | ![]() | Fourth place |
2023 | ![]() | Third place |
![]() | Runners-up | |
![]() | Fourth place | |
2025 | ![]() | TBD |
![]() | TBD | |
2027 | ![]() | TBD |
2029 | ![]() | TBD |
2031 | ![]() | TBD |
![]() | TBD |
Year | Defending champions | Finish |
---|---|---|
1957 | — | — |
1962 | ![]() | Third place |
1965 | ![]() | Sixth place |
1971 | ![]() | Third place |
1973 | ![]() | Ninth place |
1975 | ![]() | Fifth place |
1978 | ![]() | Champions |
1982 | ![]() | Fourth place |
1986 | ![]() | Champions |
1990 | ![]() | Champions |
1993 | ![]() | Fifth place |
1995 | ![]() | Fifth place |
1997 | ![]() | Fifth place |
1999 | ![]() | Sixth place |
2001 | ![]() | Runners-up |
2003 | ![]() | Seventh place |
2005 | ![]() | Twelfth place |
2007 | ![]() | Champions |
2009 | ![]() | Champions |
2011 | ![]() | Sixth place |
2013 | ![]() | Fifth place |
2015 | ![]() | Tenth place |
2017 | ![]() | Runners-up |
2019 | ![]() | Thirteenth place |
2021 | ![]() | Ninth place |
2023 | ![]() | Runners-up |
2025 | ![]() | TBD |
2027 | TBD | TBD |
2029 | TBD | TBD |
2031 | TBD | TBD |
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