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.
Debut of teams[edit]
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 |
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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 |
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 – Twelfth place
- MR – Main round
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• – Qualified but withdrew
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew from the World Championship / Banned
- – Hosts
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 |
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![]() ![]() ![]() 2025 |
![]() 2027 |
![]() 2029 |
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Total |
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× | × | × | × | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | × | • | 3 | |||||
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× | × | • | • | 16th | 16th | 13th | 15th | 15th | 13th | 17th | 16th | 7th | 11th | 8th | 16th | 16th | 19th | 15th | 25th | 15th | 17 | ||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | 22nd | 20th | 20th | 19th | 23rd | 19th | 18th | 23rd | 16th | 21st | 20th | 12 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | 23rd | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | • | × | 24th | × | • | 8 | ||||
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6th | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 12th | 5th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 3rd | 7th | 11th | 13th | 16th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 19th | 14 | ||||
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• | • | 16th | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | 2 | |||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 23rd | 16th | 12th | 20th | 7th | 14th | 15th | 5th | 1st | 10th | 18th | 17th | 6th | 9th | 15 | ||||
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× | × | × | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | 2 | ||||
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FRA | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | 28th | 24th | 4 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | 10th | • | • | 15th | • | 17th | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | 4 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | • | • | • | 27th | 2 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 9th | 8th | 14th | 13th | 22nd | 18th | 11th | 19th | 17th | 21st | 12th | 21st | 18th | 17th | 22nd | 23rd | 32nd | 28th | 18 | ||||
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FRA | × | × | × | × | × | × | 12th | •• | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 22nd | • | • | 17th | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | 26th | 7 | ||||
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• | 10th | 6th | • | • | 14th | 11th | 9th | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | 18th | 14th | 8 | |||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | 23rd | • | 21st | × | • | 4 | ||||
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13th | 13th | 19th | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | 8th | • | 19th | 8th | Q | 9 | |||||||||||||
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BEL | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 24th | • | 20th | • | • | 3 | ||||
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5th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 9th | • | • | • | 10th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 6th | 4th | 13th | 4th | • | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | 22 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | × | × | 2 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | 15th | 14th | • | • | 10th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 12th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 7th | 1st | 13th | 2nd | 1st | Q | 17 | |||
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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 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 32nd | 2 | ||||
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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 | 25 | |||
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× | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 25th | 2 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 31st | 31st | 2 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 14th | 20th | • | 21st | 21st | • | 18th | 16th | • | × | • | • | × | • | 7 | ||||
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× | 9th | 7th | 9th | 10th | 10th | • | • | 14th | • | • | 13th | 17th | 17th | 20th | 16th | 18th | 19th | 16th | 14th | 14th | 19th | 16th | 10th | 11th | 17th | 21 | ||||
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• | × | × | × | • | •• | × | 18th | 22nd | 19th | • | 22nd | 22nd | 24th | 30th | 7 | ||||||||||||||
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13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | 1 | |||||||||||||
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• | • | 10th | 11th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 22nd | 7th | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
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× | × | • | 8th | 12th | • | 9th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | 10th | 14th | • | 5th | • | • | 15th | 13th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 9th | 5th | Q | 15 | |||
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• | • | 7th | 8th | 21st | • | 15th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |||||||||||||
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× | × | • | 7th | 8th | 8th | • | 7th | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 22 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | 21st | • | 21st | • | 29th | 29th | 5 | ||||
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7th | 7th | 8th | • | 5th | 7th | 6th | • | 13th | 9th | 10th | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | 19th | 11th | • | • | 4th | 4th | 17th | • | 15th | 16th | Q | 19 | |||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | 20th | × | 2 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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5th | 6th | 4th | 12th | 1st | 7th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6th | • | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 8th | × | 14[A] | |||||||||||||
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FRA | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | 18th | 2 | ||||
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• | • | • | 2nd | 15th | 9th | 6th | 12th | 21st | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
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12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 26th | • | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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• | • | 18th | • | 9th | 8th | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 19th | 17th | 11th | 8 | |||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | 10th | 6th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 1st | 5th | 9th | 15th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 6th | 11th | 12th | 14th | 13th | 11th | 14th | 22nd | 20 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | 10th | 5th | • | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 12th | 11th | 2nd | 4th | 13th | Q | 13 | |||
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8th | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 6th | 11th | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 13th | 9th | • | 9th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 12 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 21st | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | 1 | ||||
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× | × | × | × | × | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | 19th | 18th | • | 15th | 14th | 18th | 17th | 21st | 24th | • | 27th | • | 10 | ||||
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• | 9th | • | 13th | 18th | 4th | 10th | 13th | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | 8 | |||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | 11th | • | 11th | 16th | • | 12th | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | Q | 7 | ||
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× | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | 23rd | 24th | 23rd | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | ||||
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× | × | 21st | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | 30th | • | 2 | |||||||||||||
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1st | 3rd | 4th | • | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | • | 9th | See ![]() |
9 | ||||||||||||||||||
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× | • | • | 1st | 9th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 3rd | See ![]() |
7 | |||||||||||||||||||
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• | • | • | • | 3rd | 9th | • | See ![]() |
2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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× | 6th | × | • | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | See ![]() |
7 | |||||||||||||||||||
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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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Results of host nations[edit]
Year | Host Nation | Finish |
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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 |
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Runners-up | |
1997 | ![]() |
Third place |
1999 | ![]() |
Sixth place |
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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 |
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Runners-up | |
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Fourth place | |
2025 | ![]() |
TBD |
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TBD | |
2027 | ![]() |
TBD |
2029 | ![]() |
TBD |
2031 | ![]() |
TBD |
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TBD |
Results of defending champions[edit]
Year | Defending champions | Finish |
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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 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Russia's total includes one appearance as Russian Handball Federation in 2021.