National team appearances in the World Women's Handball Championship

This article lists the performances of each of the 50 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the IHF World Women's Handball Championship finals.

Debut of teams

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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
1957   Austria,   Czechoslovakia,   Denmark,   Hungary,   Poland,   Romania,   Sweden,   West Germany,   Yugoslavia 9
1962   Japan,   Soviet Union 2
1965 0
1971   East Germany,   Netherlands,   Norway 3
1973 0
1975   Tunisia,   United States 2
1978   Algeria,   Canada,   South Korea 3
1982   Bulgaria,   Congo 2
1986   China,   France 2
1990   Angola 1
1993 (  Germany),   Lithuania, (  Russia),   Spain 4
1995   Brazil,   Croatia, (  Czech Republic),   Ivory Coast,   Slovakia,   Ukraine 6
1997   Belarus,   Macedonia,   Slovenia,   Uruguay,   Uzbekistan 5
1999   Argentina,   Australia,   Cuba 3
2001   Greenland,   Italy, (  Serbia and Montenegro) 3
2003 0
2005 0
2007   Dominican Republic,   Kazakhstan,   Paraguay 3
2009   Chile,   Thailand 2
2011   Iceland, (  Montenegro) 2
2013   DR Congo, (  Serbia) 2
2015   Puerto Rico 1
2017 0
2019   Senegal 1
2021   Iran 1
2023 0

Participation details

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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 – Twelfth place
  • MR – Main round
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  – Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew from the World Championship / Banned
  •    – Hosts

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

Team  
1957
 
1962
 
1965
 
1971
 
1973
 
1975
 
1978
 
1982
 
1986
 
1990
 
1993
 
 
1995
 
1997
 
 
1999
 
2001
 
2003
 
2005
 
2007
 
2009
 
2011
 
2013
 
2015
 
2017
 
2019
 
2021
 
 
 
2023
 
 
 
2025
 
2027
 
2029
 
 
2031
Total
  Algeria   France × × × × 10th 19th × × × 22nd × 3
  Angola Part of   Portugal × × 16th 16th 13th 15th 15th 13th 17th 16th 7th 11th 8th 16th 16th 19th 15th 25th 15th 17
  Argentina × × × × × 24th 22nd 20th 20th 19th 23rd 19th 18th 23rd 16th 21st 20th Q 13
  Australia × × × × × 23rd 23rd 24th 24th 24th 24th 24th × 24th × × 8
  Austria 6th × × × 12th 5th 8th 8th 11th 3rd 7th 11th 13th 16th 10th 16th 19th 14
  Belarus Part of   Soviet Union 16th 14th × × 2
  Brazil × × × × × 17th 23rd 16th 12th 20th 7th 14th 15th 5th 1st 10th 18th 17th 6th 9th Q 16
  Bulgaria × × × 10th 12th × 2
  Cameroon FRA × × × × × × × × 22nd 20th 28th 24th 4
  Canada × × × × × 10th 15th 17th 20th × 4
  Chile × × × × × 23rd 27th 2
  China × × × × × × × 9th 8th 14th 13th 22nd 18th 11th 19th 17th 21st 12th 21st 18th 17th 22nd 23rd 32nd 28th 18
  Congo FRA × × × × × × 12th •• 22nd 22nd 17th 20th 23rd 26th 7
  Croatia Part of   Yugoslavia 10th 6th 14th 11th 9th 7th 18th 14th 8
  Cuba × × × × × 21st 22nd 23rd 21st × 4
  Czech Republic See   Czechoslovakia 13th 13th 19th 15th 15th 8th 19th 8th Q 9
  DR Congo BEL × × × × × × × × × × × × × 20th 24th 20th 3
  Denmark 5th 2nd 5th 6th 7th 9th 10th 2nd 3rd 1st 6th 4th 13th 4th 5th 4th 3rd 6th 6th 9th 3rd 3rd 22
  Dominican Republic × × × × × 22nd 23rd × × 2
  France × × × × × 15th 14th 10th 2nd 5th 1st 12th 5th 2nd 2nd 6th 7th 1st 13th 2nd 1st Q 17
  Germany
(including West Germany)
4th 8th 3rd 5th 11th 8th 9th 7th 4th 1st 5th 3rd 7th 12th 6th 3rd 7th 17th 7th 13th 12th 8th 7th 6th Q 25
  Greenland × × × × × 24th 32nd 2
  Hungary 2nd 5th 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 8th 7th 2nd 9th 5th 6th 2nd 3rd 8th 9th 8th 11th 15th 14th 10th 10th Q 25
  Iceland × × × 12th 25th 2
  Iran × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 31st 31st 2
  Italy × × × × × 16th 1
  Ivory Coast × × × × × × 17th 14th 20th 21st 21st 18th 16th × × × 7
  Japan × 9th 7th 9th 10th 10th 14th 13th 17th 17th 20th 16th 18th 19th 16th 14th 14th 19th 16th 10th 11th 17th 21
  Kazakhstan Part of   Soviet Union × × × •• × 18th 22nd 19th 22nd 22nd 24th 30th 7
  Lithuania Part of   Soviet Union 13th × 1
  Montenegro Part of   Yugoslavia Part of   Serbia and Montenegro 10th 11th 8th 6th 5th 22nd 7th 7
  Netherlands × × 8th 12th 9th 10th 10th 14th 5th 15th 13th 2nd 3rd 1st 9th 5th Q 15
  North Macedonia Part of   Yugoslavia 7th 8th 21st 15th 12th 5
  Norway × × 7th 8th 8th 7th 3rd 6th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 6th 9th 2nd 3rd 1st 5th 1st 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 22
  Paraguay × × × × × 23rd 21st 21st 29th 29th 5
  Poland 7th 7th 8th 5th 7th 6th 13th 9th 10th 8th 11th 19th 11th 4th 4th 17th 15th 16th Q 19
  Puerto Rico × × × × × 20th 20th × 2
  Romania 9th 1st 6th 4th 2nd 4th 7th 8th 5th 7th 4th 7th 12th 4th 17th 10th 2nd 4th 8th 13th 10th 3rd 10th 12th 13th 12th 26
  Russia See   Soviet Union 5th 6th 4th 12th 1st 7th 1st 1st 1st 6th 5th 5th 3rd 8th × × 14[A]
  Senegal FRA × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 18th 18th 2
  Serbia Part of   Yugoslavia See   Serbia and Montenegro 2nd 15th 9th 6th 12th 21st 6
  Slovakia Part of   Czechoslovakia 12th 26th 2
  Slovenia Part of   Yugoslavia 18th 9th 8th 14th 14th 19th 17th 11th 8
  South Korea × × × × × 10th 6th 11th 11th 11th 1st 5th 9th 15th 3rd 8th 6th 6th 11th 12th 14th 13th 11th 14th 22nd 20
  Spain × × × × × 15th 10th 5th 10th 4th 3rd 9th 12th 11th 2nd 4th 13th Q 13
  Sweden 8th × 13th 6th 11th 8th 13th 9th 9th 4th 7th 5th 4th 12
  Thailand × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × 21st × × × × × × 1
  Tunisia × × × × × 12th × × 19th 18th 15th 14th 18th 17th 21st 24th 27th 10
  Ukraine Part of   Soviet Union 9th 13th 18th 4th 10th 13th 17th 23rd 8
  United States × × × × × 11th 11th 16th 12th 17th Q Q 7
  Uruguay × × × × × 24th 23rd 24th 23rd 20th Q 6
  Uzbekistan Part of   Soviet Union × × 21st × × × × × 30th × 2
Discontinued teams
  Czechoslovakia 1st 3rd 4th 6th 6th 4th 5th 2nd 9th See   Czech Republic 9
  East Germany × 1st 9th 1st 1st 4th 4th 3rd See   Germany 7
  Serbia and Montenegro Part of   Yugoslavia 3rd 9th See   Serbia 2
  Soviet Union × 6th × 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st See   Russia 7
  Yugoslavia 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 5th 5th 3rd 6th 2nd See   Serbia 10
Total 9 9 8 9 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 20 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 32 32 32 32 32 32

Results of host nations

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Year Host Nation Finish
1957   Yugoslavia Third place
1962   Romania Champions
1965   West Germany Third place
1971   Netherlands Eighth place
1973   Yugoslavia Champions
1975   Soviet Union Runners-up
1978   Czechoslovakia Fourth place
1982   Hungary Runners-up
1986   Netherlands Tenth place
1990   South Korea Eleventh place
1993   Norway Third place
1995   Austria Eighth place
  Hungary Runners-up
1997   Germany Third place
1999   Denmark Sixth place
  Norway Champions
2001   Italy Sixteenth place
2003   Croatia Fourteenth place
2005   Russia Champions
2007   France Fifth place
2009   China Twelfth place
2011   Brazil Fifth place
2013   Serbia Runners-up
2015   Denmark Sixth place
2017   Germany Twelfth place
2019   Japan Tenth place
2021   Spain Fourth place
2023   Denmark Third place
  Norway Runners-up
  Sweden Fourth place
2025   Germany TBD
  Netherlands TBD
2027   Hungary TBD
2029   Spain TBD
2031   Czech Republic TBD
  Poland TBD

Results of defending champions

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Year Defending champions Finish
1957
1962   Czechoslovakia Third place
1965   Romania Sixth place
1971   Hungary Third place
1973   East Germany Ninth place
1975   Yugoslavia Fifth place
1978   East Germany Champions
1982   East Germany Fourth place
1986   Soviet Union Champions
1990   Soviet Union Champions
1993   Russia Fifth place
1995   Germany Fifth place
1997   South Korea Fifth place
1999   Denmark Sixth place
2001   Norway Runners-up
2003   Russia Seventh place
2005   France Twelfth place
2007   Russia Champions
2009   Russia Champions
2011   Russia Sixth place
2013   Norway Fifth place
2015   Brazil Tenth place
2017   Norway Runners-up
2019   France Thirteenth place
2021   Netherlands Ninth place
2023   Norway Runners-up
2025   France TBD
2027 TBD TBD
2029 TBD TBD
2031 TBD TBD

Notes

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  1. ^ Russia's total includes one appearance as Russian Handball Federation in 2021.

References

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