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

This article lists the performances of each of the 22 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship finals.[1]

Debut of teams

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

Participation details

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5-10th – Fifth to tenth place
  • IR – Intermediary round
  • PR – Preliminary round
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter
  •    — Hosts
  •  flag  — Part of corresponding country.

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

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

Results of host nations

Year Host Nation Finish
1938  Germany Champions
1948  France Fourth Place
1952   Switzerland Third Place
1955  West Germany Champions
1959  Austria Fourth Place
1963   Switzerland Third Place
1966  Austria Third Place

Results of defending champions

Year Defending champions Finish
1938 — —
1948  Germany Did not enter
1952  Sweden Runners-up
1955  West Germany Champions
1959  Germany
(United team of East and West Germany) 		Champions
1963  East Germany Champions
 West Germany Runners-up
1966  East Germany Runners-up

References

  1. ^ "Medals Table - Ranking at Men's World Championships" (PDF). International Handball Federation (PDF; 941 KB). 20 October 2010. p. 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.