World Men's Handball Championship

Sport Handball
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1938—2023
Editions 28
Competitors 845
Countries 18

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1938 World Men's Handball Championship various GER 5 – 6 February 1938 1 40 3
1954 World Men's Handball Championship various SWE 13 – 17 January 1954 1 39 3
1958 World Men's Handball Championship various GDR 27 February – 8 March 1958 1 47 3
1961 World Men's Handball Championship various GER 1 – 12 March 1961 1 46 3
1964 World Men's Handball Championship various TCH 6 – 15 March 1964 1 47 3
1967 World Men's Handball Championship various SWE 12 – 21 January 1967 1 45 3
1970 World Men's Handball Championship various FRA 26 February – 8 March 1970 1 48 3
1974 World Men's Handball Championship various GDR 28 February – 10 March 1974 1 48 3
1978 World Men's Handball Championship various DEN 26 January – 5 February 1978 1 45 3
1982 World Men's Handball Championship various GER 23 February – 7 March 1982 1 47 3
1986 World Men's Handball Championship various SUI 25 February – 8 March 1986 1 47 3
1990 World Men's Handball Championship various CZE 28 February – 10 March 1990 1 46 3
1993 World Men's Handball Championship various SWE 9 – 20 March 1993 1 47 3
1995 World Men's Handball Championship various ISL 7 – 21 May 1995 1 48 3
1997 World Men's Handball Championship various JPN 17 May – 1 June 1997 1 46 3
1999 World Men's Handball Championship various EGY 1 – 15 June 1999 1 47 3
2001 World Men's Handball Championship various FRA 23 January – 4 February 2001 1 47 3
2003 World Men's Handball Championship various POR 20 January – 2 February 2003 1 46 3
2005 World Men's Handball Championship various TUN 23 January – 6 February 2005 1 47 3
2007 World Men's Handball Championship various GER 19 January – 4 February 2007 1 50 3
2009 World Men's Handball Championship various CRO 16 January – 1 February 2009 1 52 3
2011 World Men's Handball Championship various SWE 13 – 30 January 2011 1 51 3
2013 World Men's Handball Championship various ESP 11 – 27 January 2013 1 53 3
2015 World Men's Handball Championship various QAT 15 January – 1 February 2015 1 51 3
2017 World Men's Handball Championship various FRA 11 – 29 January 2017 1 51 3
2019 World Men's Handball Championship various No flag MUL 10 – 27 January 2019 1 53 3
2021 World Men's Handball Championship various EGY 13 – 31 January 2021 1 62 3
2023 World Men's Handball Championship various No flag MUL 11 – 29 January 2023 1 57 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 France FRA 6 2 4 12
2 Sweden SWE 4 4 4 12
3 Romania ROU 4 0 2 6
4 Denmark DEN 3 3 1 7
5 Germany GER 3 2 1 6
6 Russia RUS 2 1 0 3
7 Spain ESP 2 0 3 5
8 Croatia CRO 1 3 1 5
9 Czechoslovakia TCH 1 2 2 5
10 Soviet Union URS 1 2 0 3
11 Yugoslavia YUG 1 1 4 6
12 East Germany GDR 0 2 2 4
13 Norway NOR 0 2 0 2
14 Poland POL 0 1 3 4
15 Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
= Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
= Qatar QAT 0 1 0 1
18 Slovenia SLO 0 0 1 1