World Men's Field Handball Championship

Sport Handball
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1938—1966
Editions 7
Competitors 261
Countries 9

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1938 World Men's Field Handball Championship various GER 7 – 10 July 1938 1 49 3
1948 World Men's Field Handball Championship various FRA 3 – 6 June 1948 1 35 3
1952 World Men's Field Handball Championship various SUI 8 – 15 June 1952 1 41 3
1955 World Men's Field Handball Championship various GER 29 June – 10 July 1955 1 47 3
1959 World Men's Field Handball Championship various AUT 13 – 21 June 1959 1 48 3
1963 World Men's Field Handball Championship various SUI 3 – 9 June 1963 1 48 3
1966 World Men's Field Handball Championship various AUT 25 June – 3 July 1966 1 48 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Germany GER 5 1 0 6
2 Sweden SWE 1 1 1 3
3 East Germany GDR 1 1 0 2
4 Switzerland SUI 0 2 3 5
5 Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
= Romania ROU 0 1 0 1
7 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
= Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1