World Women's Handball Championship

Editions

Year	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1957	various	YUG	13 – 20 July 1957	1	38	3
1962	various	ROU	7 – 15 July 1962	1	47	3
1965	various	GER	7 – 13 November 1965	1	43	3
1971	various	NED	11 – 19 December 1971	1	46	3
1973	various	YUG	7 – 15 December 1973	1	48	3
1975	various	URS	2 – 13 December 1975	1	46	3
1978	various	TCH	30 November – 10 December 1978	1	48	3
1982	various	HUN	2 – 12 December 1982	1	48	3
1986	various	NED	4 – 14 December 1986	1	43	3
1990	various	KOR	24 November – 4 December 1990	1	48	3
1993	various	NOR	24 November – 5 December 1993	1	47	3
1995	various	No flag MUL	5 – 17 December 1995	1	48	3
1997	various	GER	30 November – 14 December 1997	1	46	3
1999	various	NOR	29 November – 12 December 1999	1	47	3
2001	various	ITA	4 – 16 December 2001	1	47	3
2003	various	CRO	2 – 14 December 2003	1	48	3
2005	various	RUS	5 – 18 December 2005	1	48	3
2007	various	FRA	2 – 16 December 2007	1	49	3
2009	various	CHN	5 – 20 December 2009	1	49	3
2011	various	BRA	2 – 18 December 2011	1	50	3
2013	various	SRB	6 – 22 December 2013	1	51	3
2015	various	DEN	5 – 20 December 2015	1	48	3
2017	various	GER	1 – 17 December 2017	1	48	3
2019	various	JPN	30 November – 15 December 2019	1	50	3
2021	various	ESP	1 – 19 December 2021	1	56	3
2023	various	No flag MUL	29 November – 17 December 2023	0	0	0

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Norway	NOR	4	4	3	11
2	Russia	RUS	4	0	1	5
3	Soviet Union	URS	3	2	1	6
4	East Germany	GDR	3	0	1	4
5	France	FRA	2	4	0	6
6	Hungary	HUN	1	4	4	9
7	Yugoslavia	YUG	1	3	3	7
8	Denmark	DEN	1	2	3	6
9	Romania	ROU	1	2	1	4
10	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	1	1	3
=	Netherlands	NED	1	1	1	3
12	Germany	GER	1	0	3	4
13	South Korea	KOR	1	0	1	2
14	Brazil	BRA	1	0	0	1
15	Spain	ESP	0	1	1	2
16	Serbia	SRB	0	1	0	1
17	Austria	AUT	0	0	1	1