National team appearances in the World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship

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

Year	Debutants	Total
1938	Denmark  Germany  Hungary  Netherlands  Luxembourg  Poland  Romania   Switzerland  Sweden  Czechoslovakia	10
1948	Austria  Belgium  Finland  France  Portugal	5
1952	Spain  Saar	2
1955	Norway  Yugoslavia	2
1959		0
1963	West Germany  East Germany  Israel  United States	4
1966		0

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
• IR – Intermediary round
• PR – Preliminary round
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter
•    — Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1938 (10)	1948 (12)	1952 (10)	1955 (17)	1959 (7)	1963 (8)	1966 (6)	Total
Austria	Part of  Germany	IR	4th	7th	4th	5th	3rd	6
Belgium	×	PR	•	PR	•	×	×	2
Denmark	8th	2nd	5th	PR	6th	×	×	5
Spain	×	×	PR	PR	••	×	×	2
Finland	×	PR	×	PR	×	×	×	2
France	×	4th	PR	8th	•	×	×	3
Germany (including West Germany)	1st	×	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	6
Hungary	3rd	PR	×	PR	7th	×	×	4
Netherlands	9th	IR	6th	PR	×	6th	6th	5
Norway	×	×	•	PR	×	×	×	1
Israel	×	×	×	×	×	7th	×	1
Luxembourg	10th	PR	•	PR	×	×	×	3
Poland	7th	IR	×	×	•	4th	4th	4
Portugal	×	IR	•	PR	×	×	×	2
Romania	5th	×	×	×	2nd	×	×	2
Switzerland	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	5th	3rd	5th	7
Sweden	4th	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	×	×	5
United States	×	×	×	×	×	8th	×	1
Discontinued teams
Czechoslovakia	6th	×	×	3rd	×	×	×	2
East Germany	Part of  Germany	×	×	×	×	1st	2nd	2
Saar	Part of  Germany	×	PR	6th	See  West Germany			2
Yugoslavia	×	×	•	5th	•	×	×	1