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[edit]
Year | Debutants | Total |
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1938 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 |
1954 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 |
1958 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
10 |
1961 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
1964 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 |
1967 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
1970 | No debut nations | 0 |
1974 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
1978 | No debut nations | 0 |
1982 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
1986 | ![]() |
1 |
1990 | No debut nations | 0 |
1993 | ![]() |
0(+1) |
1995 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4(+1) |
1997 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
5(+1) |
1999 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4 |
2001 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
2003 | ![]() |
1 |
2005 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
2007 | No debut nations | 0 |
2009 | ![]() ![]() |
0(+2) |
2011 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
2013 | ![]() |
1 |
2015 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
2017 | No debut nations | 0 |
2019 | ![]() |
0(+1) |
2021 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 |
2023 | ![]() |
1 |
2025 | ![]() |
1 |
* Successor Teams
** Composed of players from both South Korea and North Korea. The team split into two again after the tournament.
Participation details[edit]
- 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 | ![]() 1938 |
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![]() 1982 |
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![]() 1990 |
![]() 1993 |
![]() 1995 |
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× | × | × | 15th | • | 16th | 16th | 16th | • | 16th | 17th | 15th | 13th | 18th | 17th | • | 19th | 15th | 17th | 24th | • | • | 22nd | 31st | Q | 17 | ||||||
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• | • | • | • | × | × | × | • | × | • | 20th | 21st | • | • | • | • | 24th | 23rd | 30th | • | • | 5 | ||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 21st | 15th | 17th | 18th | 16th | 18th | 12th | 18th | 12th | 18th | 17th | 11th | 19th | Q | 15 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | 21st | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | • | × | • | • | • | × | 7 | |||
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2nd | × | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | 13th | • | 19th | 26th | • | Q | 8 | |||
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× | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | •• | 23rd | 20th | 21st | 16th | Q | 6 | |||||||||
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• | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 18th | 11th | • | 17th | × | × | 5 | ||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | 1 | |||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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× | × | 15th | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | 24th | 16th | 19th | 22nd | 19th | 19th | 21st | 21st | 13th | 16th | 16th | 9th | 18th | 17th | Q | 17 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | • | 11th | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | 2 | |||
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× | × | × | × | • | 16th | • | × | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | 3 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 32nd | 23rd | Q | 3 | ||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 23rd | 23rd | 21st | 16th | 27th | 26th | Q | 8 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | 2 | |||
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• | 2nd | 13th | 10th | 9th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 6th | 15th | 9th | Q | 16 | ||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 13th | 15th | 14th | • | 13th | 14th | 8th | • | × | × | × | 20th | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | Q | 8 | |||
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8th | 11th | • | 18th | • | 10th | 12th | • | • | • | 17th | • | • | •• | • | Q | 7 | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 28th | • | • | 1 | |||
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× | × | × | × | 14th | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 12th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 15th | 14th | 17th | 14th | 14th | 16th | 14th | 13th | 8th | 7th | 7th | Q | 18 | |||
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× | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
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× | 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 | ||
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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 | |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 24th | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | Q | 1 | |||
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× | • | 7th | • | 8th | 8th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 9th | 2nd | 6th | 11th | 17th | 4th | 11th | • | 6th | • | 9th | 6th | 7th | 8th | • | 7th | 10th | 5th | 8th | Q | 23 | |||
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× | × | 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 | ||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | 24th | • | 2 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 | |||
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× | × | × | 12th | 16th | 11th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 14th | • | 15th | • | 23rd | 15th | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | 16th | • | • | 22nd | 24th | 19th | × | Q | 16 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 15th | • | • | • | 20th | • | 19th | 23rd | 20th | 22nd | 19th | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 9 | |||
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• | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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× | × | 16th | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
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• | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | 22nd | 23rd | 17th | 22nd | 23rd | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 29th | 30th | • | 8 | ||||
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× | × | × | 11th | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | Q | 3 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | • | 23rd | × | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
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• | • | • | 18th | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | 14th | 9th | 15th | 15th | 23rd | 27th | Q | 9 | ||||||||||||||
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× | • | 6th | 7th | 11th | 13th | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 12th | 13th | 14th | • | 7th | 13th | 9th | 9th | • | • | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | Q | Q | 19 | ||
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× | × | 5th | • | • | 12th | 14th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 14th | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | 2nd | 3rd | 8th | 9th | 3rd | 17th | • | 13th | 15th | Q | 18 | |||
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× | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | 16th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 13th | Q | 6 | |||
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× | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 21st | 23rd | • | • | 20th | 2nd | 8th | 13th | 8th | 22nd | Q | 10 | |||||||||
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× | × | 13th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 7th | 5th | 9th | 3rd | 10th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14 | |||
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1st | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 16th | • | 7th | 19th | 12th | 14th | 14th | × | × | 14[a] | ||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | 22nd | 21st | 10th | • | • | 23rd | • | 19th | 22nd | 20th | 21st | • | 29th | • | 10 | |||
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• | 18th | • | • | 17th | 11th | 12th | 10th | • | • | 4th | 8th | 3rd | • | 9th | 10th | Q | 11 | ||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 12th | 12th | 15th | 12th | 8th | 14th | 12th | • | • | 15th | 12th | 13th | 21st | • | • | ![]() |
31st | 28th | • | 13 | |||
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× | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 13th | 10th | 8th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 7th | 13th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 23 | |||
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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 | |||
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× | 4th | × | 10th | 12th | 14th | 15th | • | • | 12th | 11th | 13th | 4th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | Q | 12 | |||
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× | × | × | 15th | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 16th | 12th | 10th | 14th | 4th | 11th | 17th | 20th | 11th | 15th | 19th | 12th | 25th | 25th | Q | 17 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | 15th | • | 16th | 16th | • | • | • | • | 16th | 21st | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | •• | 20th | Q | Q | 9 | ||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | 32nd | • | 2 | |||
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× | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 7th | 6th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 7th | 7th | See ![]() |
12 | ||||||||||||||||||
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10th | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 8th | See ![]() |
8 | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 | |||||||||||||||||||
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× | × | 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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Results of host nations[edit]
Year | Host Nation | Finish |
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1938 | ![]() |
Champions |
1954 | ![]() |
Champions |
1958 | ![]() |
Third place (as ![]() |
1961 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
1964 | ![]() |
Third place |
1967 | ![]() |
Fifth place |
1970 | ![]() |
Twelfth place |
1974 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
1978 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
1982 | ![]() |
Seventh place |
1986 | ![]() |
Eleventh place |
1990 | ![]() |
Seventh place |
1993 | ![]() |
Third place |
1995 | ![]() |
Fourteenth place |
1997 | ![]() |
Fifteenth place |
1999 | ![]() |
Seventh place |
2001 | ![]() |
Champions |
2003 | ![]() |
Sixteenth place |
2005 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
2007 | ![]() |
Champions |
2009 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2011 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
2013 | ![]() |
Champions |
2015 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2017 | ![]() |
Champions |
2019 | ![]() |
Champions |
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Fourth place | |
2021 | ![]() |
Seventh place |
2023 | ![]() |
Fifteenth place |
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Fourth place | |
2025 | ![]() |
TBD |
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TBD | |
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TBD | |
2027 | ![]() |
TBD |
2029 | ![]() |
TBD |
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TBD | |
2031 | ![]() |
TBD |
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TBD | |
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TBD |
Results of defending champions[edit]
Year | Defending champions | Finish |
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1938 | — | — |
1954 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
1958 | ![]() |
Champions |
1961 | Third place | |
1964 | ![]() |
Champions |
1967 | Third place | |
1970 | ![]() |
Seventh place |
1974 | ![]() |
Champions |
1978 | Seventh place | |
1982 | ![]() |
Seventh place |
1986 | ![]() |
Tenth place |
1990 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
1993 | ![]() |
Third place |
1995 | ![]() |
Fifth place |
1997 | ![]() |
Third place |
1999 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2001 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2003 | ![]() |
Third place |
2005 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2007 | ![]() |
Seventh place |
2009 | ![]() |
Fifth place |
2011 | ![]() |
Champions |
2013 | Sixth place | |
2015 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
2017 | ![]() |
Champions |
2019 | Third place | |
2021 | ![]() |
Champions |
2023 | Champions | |
2025 | TBD | |
2027 | TBD | TBD |
2029 | TBD | TBD |
2031 | TBD | TBD |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Russia's total includes one appearance as Russian Handball Federation in 2021.