World Men's Handball Championship

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	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	MUL	11 – 29 January 2023	1	57	3
2025 World Men's Handball Championship	various	MUL	14 January – 2 February 2025	1	58	3

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	France	FRA	6	2	5	13
2	Sweden	SWE	4	4	4	12
3	Denmark	DEN	4	3	1	8
4	Romania	ROU	4	0	2	6
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	4	1	6
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