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 |
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Denmark Germany Hungary Netherlands Luxembourg Poland Romania Switzerland Sweden Czechoslovakia |
10 | |
Austria Belgium Finland France Portugal |
5 | |
Spain |
2 | |
Norway Yugoslavia |
2 | |
0 | ||
West Germany East Germany Israel United States |
4 | |
0 |
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
- 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 | (10) |
(12) |
(10) |
(17) |
(7) |
(8) |
(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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Part of Germany | × | PR | 6th | See West Germany | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yugoslavia | × | × | • | 5th | • | × | × | 1 |
Results of host nations[]
Year | Host Nation | Finish |
---|---|---|
Germany | Champions | |
France | Fourth Place | |
Switzerland | Third Place | |
West Germany (United team GDR and the FRG) |
Champions | |
Austria | Fourth Place | |
Switzerland | Third Place | |
Austria | Third Place |
Results of defending champions[]
Year | Defending champions | Finish |
---|---|---|
— | — | |
Germany | Did not enter | |
Sweden | Runners-up | |
Germany (United team GDR and the FRG) |
Champions | |
Germany (United team GDR and the FRG) |
Champions | |
East Germany | Champions | |
West Germany | Runners-up | |
East Germany | Runners-up |
References[]
- ^ "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.
Categories:
- World Outdoor Handball Championship tournaments