World Men's Handball Championship

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

Editions

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