IHF World Men's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 World Men's Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1938 |
| No. of teams | 24 |
| Continent | International (IHF) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 France (5th title) |
| Most titles |
France (5 titles) |
The World Championship in handball for men has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1938.
Tournaments
The first World Championship took place in Germany in 1938, involving four teams from Europe. Throughout their history, the World Championships has been dominated by European teams, with no medals being won by non-european countries until 2015, by Qatar. Over the years, the organization of the World Championships has changed. Initially, there were group games in both the preliminary and main rounds, but more recently a knockout system has been applied after the preliminary round.
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- 1: Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.
Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 |  Sweden | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 |  Romania | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Russia[1] | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 |  Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 |  Spain | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Croatia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 |  Czech Republic[2] | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Serbia[3] | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 |  Denmark | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 |  East Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 |  Poland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 |  Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Qatar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
List of hosts
List of hosts by number of championships hosted.
| Times hosted | Host | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Germany | 1938, 1958, 1961, 1974, 1982, 2007, 2019 |
| 4 | Sweden | 1954, 1967, 1993, 2011 |
| 3 | France | 1970, 2001, 2017 |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia | 1964, 1990 |
| 2 | Denmark | 1978, 2019 |
| 1 | Croatia | 2009 |
| 1 |  Egypt | 1999 |
| 1 |  Iceland | 1995 |
| 1 |  Japan | 1997 |
| 1 |  Portugal | 2003 |
| 1 | Qatar | 2015 |
| 1 | Spain | 2013 |
| 1 |  Switzerland | 1986 |
| 1 |  Tunisia | 2005 |
Participation details
| Team | .svg.png){kind=small} 1938 (4) |
1954 (6) |
1958 (16) |
1961 (12) |
1964 (16) |
1967 (16) |
1970 (16) |
1974 (16) |
1978 (16) |
1982 (16) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (24) |
1997 (24) |
1999 (24) |
2001 (24) |
2003 (24) |
2005 (24) |
2007 (24) |
2009 (24) |
2011 (24) |
2013 (24) |
2015 (24) |
2017 (24) |
Total |
 Algeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | - | 16th | 16th | 16th | - | 16th | 17th | 15th | 13th | 18th | 17th | - | 19th | 15th | 17th | 24th | - | 14 |
 Angola | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20th | 21st | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
 Argentina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22nd | 21st | 15th | 17th | 18th | 16th | 18th | 12th | 18th | 12th | - | 10 |
 Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24th | - | 21st | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | - | - | 7 |
| Austria | 2nd | - | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | - | 13th | - | 5 |
 Bahrain | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23rd | - | - | - | 1 |
 Belarus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | 18th | - | 3 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20th | - | 1 | |
 Brazil | - | - | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24th | 24th | 16th | 19th | 22nd | 19th | 19th | 21st | 21st | 13th | 16th | - | 12 |
 Bulgaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11th | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
 Canada | - | - | - | - | - | 16th | - | - | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23rd | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
 Chile | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22nd | 23rd | 23rd | - | 3 |
 China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Croatia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2nd | 13th | 10th | 9th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 6th | - | 11 |
 Cuba | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | 15th | 14th | - | 13th | 14th | 8th | - | - | - | - | 20th | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Czechoslovakia | - | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 7th | 6th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 7th | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Czech Republic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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 | - | 21 |
| East Germany | - | - | - | - | 10th | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Egypt | - | - | - | - | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 15th | 14th | 17th | 14th | 14th | 16th | 14th | - | 13 |
| 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 | Total |
 Finland | - | - | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| France | - | 6th | 9th | 8th | 13th | 10th | 12th | - | 16th | - | - | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 1st | 6th | 1st | - | 20 |
| Germany | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 1st | 7th | 7th | - | 6th | 4th | - | 5th | 8th | 2nd | 9th | 1st | 5th | 11th | 5th | 7th | - | 22 |
 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 | - | - | 18 |
| Iceland | - | - | 10th | 6th | 9th | - | 11th | 14th | 13th | - | 6th | 10th | 8th | 14th | 5th | - | 11th | 7th | 15th | 8th | - | 6th | 12th | 11th | - | 18 |
 Iran | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21st | - | 1 |
 Italy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Japan | - | - | - | 12th | 16th | 11th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 14th | - | 15th | - | 23rd | 15th | - | - | - | 16th | - | - | 16th | - | - | - | 12 |
 Kuwait | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | - | - | - | 20th | - | 19th | 23rd | 20th | 22nd | 18th | 22nd | - | - | - | - | 8 |
 Lithuania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Luxembourg | - | - | 16th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Macedonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | - | - | - | - | 11th | - | 14th | 9th | - | 4 |
 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 | - | - | - | 13 |
| 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 | Total |
| Poland | - | - | 5th | - | - | 12th | 14th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 14th | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | - | 2nd | 3rd | 8th | 9th | 3rd | - | 14 |
| Portugal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19th | - | 16th | 12th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Qatar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16th | 21st | 23rd | - | - | 20th | 2nd | - | 5 |
| Romania | - | - | 13th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 7th | 5th | 9th | 3rd | 10th | 10th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | 19th | - | - | - | 14 |
| Russia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1st | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 16th | - | 7th | 19th | - | 11 |
 Saudi Arabia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21st | 22nd | 21st | 19th | - | - | 23rd | - | 19th | 22nd | - | 7 |
| Serbia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8th | 10th | 10th | - | - | 3 |
 Slovakia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10th | 17th | - | - | - | 2 |
 Slovenia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | - | - | 17th | 11th | 12th | 10th | - | - | 4th | 8th | - | 7 |
 South Korea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 12th | 15th | 12th | 8th | 14th | 12th | - | - | 15th | 12th | 13th | 21st | - | - | 11 |
 Soviet Union | - | - | - | - | 5th | 4th | 9th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 10th | 2nd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Spain | - | - | 12th | - | - | - | - | 13th | 10th | 8th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 7th | 13th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | - | 18 |
| Sweden | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 13th | 11th | - | 7th | 4th | - | 10th | - | 22 |
| 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 | - | 12 |
 Ukraine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | - | - | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
 United States | - | - | - | - | 15th | - | 16th | 16th | - | - | - | - | 16th | 21st | - | - | 24th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
 Yugoslavia | - | - | 8th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
See also
References
- ↑ Consider Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union (1 gold and 2 silver medals)
- ↑ Consider Czech Republic as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals)
- ↑ Consider Serbia as the inheritor of the records of FRJ(1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals)
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