National team appearances in the World Men's Handball Championship

This article lists the performances of each of the 58 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the IHF World Men's Handball Championship finals.

Debut of teams

Each successive World Men's Handball Championship except of the 2017 has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.

Year Debutants Total
1938  Austria
 Denmark
 Germany
 Sweden		 4
1954  Czechoslovakia
 France
  Switzerland		 3
1958  Brazil
 Finland
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Luxembourg
 Norway
 Poland
 Romania
 Spain
 Yugoslavia		 10
1961  Japan
 Netherlands		 2
1964  Egypt
 East Germany
 Soviet Union
 United States		 4
1967  Canada
 Tunisia		 2
1970 0
1974  Algeria
 Bulgaria		 2
1978 0
1982  Cuba
 Kuwait		 2
1986  South Korea 1
1990 0
1993 ( Russia) 1
1995 ( Belarus)
( Croatia)
 Morocco
( Slovenia)		 4
1997  Argentina
 China
 Italy
( Lithuania)
 Saudi Arabia
( Serbia and Montenegro)		 6
1999  Australia
( Macedonia)
 Nigeria
 Portugal		 4
2001  Greenland
( Ukraine)		 2
2003  Qatar 1
2005  Angola
 Greece		 2
2007 0
2009 ( Serbia
 Slovakia)		 2
2011  Bahrain
 Chile		 2
2013 ( Montenegro) 1
2015 ( Bosnia and Herzegovina)
 Iran		 2
2017 0
2019  Korea 1

Participation details

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5th – Fifth place
  • 6th – Sixth place
  • 7th – Seventh place
  • 8th – Eighth place
  • 9th – Ninth place
  • 10th – Tenth place
  • 11th – Eleventh place
  • 12th to 24th – Twelfth to twenty-fourth place
  • Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew from the World Championship / Banned
  •    — Hosts
Team Germany
1938
(4)		 Sweden
1954
(6)		 East Germany
1958
(16)		 West Germany
1961
(12)		 Czechoslovakia
1964
(16)		 Sweden
1967
(16)		 France
1970
(16)		 East Germany
1974
(16)		 Denmark
1978
(16)		 West Germany
1982
(16)		 Switzerland
1986
(16)		 Czechoslovakia
1990
(16)		 Sweden
1993
(16)		 Iceland
1995
(24)		 Japan
1997
(24)		 Egypt
1999
(24)		 France
2001
(24)		 Portugal
2003
(24)		 Tunisia
2005
(24)		 Germany
2007
(24)		 Croatia
2009
(24)		 Sweden
2011
(24)		 Spain
2013
(24)		 Qatar
2015
(24)		 France
2017
(24)		 Denmark
Germany
2019
(24)		 Egypt
2021
(24)		 Poland
Sweden
2023
(24)		 Total
 Algeria•••••••15th•16th16th16th•16th17th15th13th18th17th•19th15th17th24th••••14
 Angola••••••••••••••••••20th21st••••24thQ••4
 Argentina••••••••••••••22nd21st15th17th18th16th18th12th18th12th18thQ••12
 Australia•••••••••••••••24th•21st24th24th24th24th24th•••••7
 Austria2nd•11th•••••••••14th••••••••18th•13th•Q••6
 Bahrain•••••••••••••••••••••23rd••23rdQ••3
 BelarusPart of  Soviet Union•9th••••••••15th18th11th•••4
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaPart of  Yugoslavia•••••••••••20th••••1
 Brazil••15th••••••••••24th24th16th19th22nd19th19th21st21st13th16th16thQ••14
 Bulgaria•••••••11th14th•••••••••••••••••••2
 Canada•••••16th••15th•••••••••23rd•••••••••3
 Chile•••••••••••••••••••••22nd23rd23rd21stQ••5
 China••••••••••••••20th20th••••••••••••2
 CroatiaPart of  Yugoslavia•2nd13th10th9th1st2nd5th2nd5th3rd6th4thQ••13
 Cuba•••••••••13th15th14th•13th14th8th••••20th•••••••7
 Czech RepublicSee  Czechoslovakia8th11th•18th•10th12th•••17th••••6
 Denmark4th5th4th5th7th2nd4th8th4th4th8th•9th19th•9th•9th13th3rd4th2nd2nd5th10thQ••23
 Egypt••••14th•••••••12th6th6th7th4th15th14th17th14th14th16th14th13thQQ•15
 Finland••14th•••••••••••••••••••••••••1
 France•6th9th8th13th10th12th•16th••9th2nd1st3rd6th1st3rd3rd4th1st1st6th1st1stQ••22
 Germany
(including West Germany)		1st2nd3rd4th4th6th5th9th1st7th7th•6th4th•5th8th2nd9th1st5th11th5th7th9thQ••24
 Greece••••••••••••••••••6th•••••••••1
 Greenland••••••••••••••••20th24th•22nd••••••••3
 Hungary••7th•8th8th8th7th9th9th2nd6th11th17th4th11th•6th•9th6th7th8th•7thQ••20
 Iceland••10th6th9th•11th14th13th•6th10th8th14th5th•11th7th15th8th•6th12th11th14thQ••20
 Iran•••••••••••••••••••••••21st••••1
 Italy••••••••••••••18th•••••••••••••1
 Japan•••12th16th11th10th12th12th14th•15th•23rd15th•••16th••16th••22ndQ••14
 KoreaPart of  North Korea and  South KoreaQ••1
 Kuwait•••••••••15th•••20th•19th23rd20th22nd19th22nd•••••••8
 LithuaniaPart of  Soviet Union••10th•••••••••••••1
 Luxembourg••16th•••••••••••••••••••••••••1
 MacedoniaPart of  Yugoslavia•••18th••••11th•14th9th15thQ••6
 MontenegroPart of  YugoslaviaPart of  Serbia and Montenegro•••22nd•••••1
 Morocco•••••••••••••22nd23rd17th22nd23rd•20th••••••••6
 Netherlands•••11th••••••••••••••••••••••••1
 Nigeria•••••••••••••••23rd••••••••••••1
 Norway••6th7th11th13th13th•••••13th•12th13th14th•7th13th9th9th••2ndQ••15
 Poland••5th••12th14th4th6th3rd14th11th•••••10th•2nd3rd8th9th3rd17th••Q16
 Portugal•••••••••••••••19th•16th12th•••••••••3
 Qatar•••••••••••••••••16th21st23rd••20th2nd8thQ••7
 Romania••13th1st1st3rd1st1st7th5th9th3rd10th10th••••••15th19th••••••14
 RussiaSee  Soviet Union1st5th1st2nd6th5th8th6th16th•7th19th12thQ••13
 Saudi Arabia••••••••••••••21st22nd21st10th••23rd•19th22nd20thQ••9
 SerbiaPart of  YugoslaviaPart of  Serbia and Montenegro•8th10th10th••Q••4
 SlovakiaPart of  Czechoslovakia•••••••10th17th••••••2
 SloveniaPart of  Yugoslavia•18th••17th11th12th10th••4th8th3rd•••8
 Spain••12th••••13th10th8th5th5th5th11th7th4th5th4th1st7th13th3rd1st4th5thQ••20
 Sweden3rd1st1st3rd2nd5th6th10th8th11th4th1st3rd3rd2nd1st2nd13th11th•7th4th•10th6thQ•Q25
  Switzerland•4th•10th12th14th15th••12th11th13th4th7th••••••••••••••10
 Tunisia•••••15th•••••••15th16th12th10th14th4th11th17th20th11th15th19thQ••14
 UkrainePart of  Soviet Union••••7th••14th••••••••2
 United States••••15th•16th16th••••16th21st••24th•••••••••••6
Discontinued teams
 Czechoslovakia•3rd2nd2nd3rd1st7th6th11th10th13th7th7thSee  Czech Republic12
 East Germany••••10th9th2nd2nd3rd6th3rd8thSee  Germany8
 Serbia and MontenegroPart of  Yugoslavia••9th3rd3rd8th5thSee  Serbia5
 Soviet Union••••5th4th9th5th2nd1st10th2ndSee  Russia8
 South Korea••••••••••12th12th15th12th8th14th12th••15th12th13th21st••See  Korea11
 Yugoslavia••8th9th6th7th3rd3rd5th2nd1st4th10

Results of host nations

Year Host Nation Finish
1938  Germany Champions
1954  Sweden Champions
1958  East Germany Third Place
(as  Germany)
1961  West Germany Fourth Place
1964  Czechoslovakia Third Place
1967  Sweden Fifth Place
1970  France Twelfth Place
1974  East Germany Runners-up
1978  Denmark Fourth Place
1982  West Germany Seventh Place
1986   Switzerland Eleventh Place
1990  Czechoslovakia Seventh Place
1993  Sweden Third Place
1995  Iceland Fourteenth Place
1997  Japan Fifteenth Place
1999  Egypt Seventh Place
2001  France Champions
2003  Portugal Sixteenth Place
2005  Tunisia Fourth Place
2007  Germany Champions
2009  Croatia Runners-up
2011  Sweden Fourth Place
2013  Spain Champions
2015  Qatar Runners-up
2017  France Champions
2019  Denmark
 Germany
2021  Egypt
2023  Poland
 Sweden

Results of defending champions

Year Defending champions Finish
1938 — —
1954  West Germany Runners-up
1958  Sweden Champions
1961 Third Place
1964  Romania Champions
1967 Third Place
1970  Czechoslovakia Seventh Place
1974  Romania Champions
1978 Seventh Place
1982  West Germany Seventh Place
1986  Soviet Union Tenth Place
1990  Yugoslavia Fourth Place
1993  Sweden Third Place
1995  Russia Fifth Place
1997  France Third Place
1999  Russia Runners-up
2001  Sweden
2003  France Third Place
2005  Croatia Runners-up
2007  Spain Seventh Place
2009  Germany Fifth Place
2011  France Champions
2013 Sixth Place
2015  Spain Fourth Place
2017  France Champions
2019

References

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