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IHF World Handball Championship (men and women)

Handball · International Handball Federation (IHF)

2025LatestMen: Croatia, Denmark and Norway 2025, won by Denmark. Women: Netherlands and Germany 2025, won by Norway
Next
Men: Germany, 13 to 31 January 2027. Women: Hungary, 30 November to 19 December 2027
Most titles
Men: France, 6; then Denmark, Romania and Sweden, 4 each. Women: Norway, 5; then Russia, 4
Streak
Denmark's men have won four in a row, 2019 to 2025
India
No medal
Cycle
Every two years since 1993, for men and women. Earlier editions came every two to five years, with no men's championship from 1939 to 1953. The 1968 women's championships were cancelled after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

Men's finals

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  1. 2025DenmarkFinal: 32–26 · Runner-up: Croatia · Host: Croatia, Denmark, Norway
    Third
    France
  2. 2023DenmarkFinal: 34–29 · Runner-up: France · Host: Poland, Sweden
    Third
    Spain
  3. 2021DenmarkFinal: 26–24 · Runner-up: Sweden · Host: Egypt
    Third
    Spain
  4. 2019DenmarkFinal: 31–22 · Runner-up: Norway · Host: Denmark, Germany
    Third
    France
  5. 2017FranceFinal: 33–26 · Runner-up: Norway · Host: France
    Third
    Slovenia
  6. 2015FranceFinal: 25–22 · Runner-up: Qatar · Host: Qatar
    Third
    Poland
  7. 2013SpainFinal: 35–19 · Runner-up: Denmark · Host: Spain
    Third
    Croatia
  8. 2011FranceFinal: 37–35 (ET) · Runner-up: Denmark · Host: Sweden
    Third
    Spain
  9. 2009FranceFinal: 24–19 · Runner-up: Croatia · Host: Croatia
    Third
    Poland
  10. 2007GermanyFinal: 29–24 · Runner-up: Poland · Host: Germany
    Third
    Denmark
  11. 2005SpainFinal: 40–34 · Runner-up: Croatia · Host: Tunisia
    Third
    France
  12. 2003CroatiaFinal: 34–31 · Runner-up: Germany · Host: Portugal
    Third
    France
  13. 2001FranceFinal: 28–25 (ET) · Runner-up: Sweden · Host: France
    Third
    FR Yugoslavia
  14. 1999SwedenFinal: 25–24 · Runner-up: Russia · Host: Egypt
    Third
    FR Yugoslavia
  15. 1997RussiaFinal: 23–21 · Runner-up: Sweden · Host: Japan
    Third
    France
  16. 1995FranceFinal: 23–19 · Runner-up: Croatia · Host: Iceland
    Third
    Sweden
  17. 1993RussiaFinal: 28–19 · Runner-up: France · Host: Sweden
    Third
    Sweden
  18. 1990SwedenFinal: 27–23 · Runner-up: Soviet Union · Host: Czechoslovakia
    Third
    Romania
  19. 1986YugoslaviaFinal: 24–22 · Runner-up: Hungary · Host: Switzerland
    Third
    East Germany
  20. 1982Soviet UnionFinal: 30–27 (ET) · Runner-up: Yugoslavia · Host: West Germany
    Third
    Poland
  21. 1978West GermanyFinal: 20–19 · Runner-up: Soviet Union · Host: Denmark
    Third
    East Germany
  22. 1974RomaniaFinal: 14–12 · Runner-up: East Germany · Host: East Germany
    Third
    Yugoslavia
  23. 1970RomaniaFinal: 13–12 (2ET) · Runner-up: East Germany · Host: France
    Third
    Yugoslavia
  24. 1967CzechoslovakiaFinal: 14–11 · Runner-up: Denmark · Host: Sweden
    Third
    Romania
  25. 1964RomaniaFinal: 25–22 · Runner-up: Sweden · Host: Czechoslovakia
    Third
    Czechoslovakia
  26. 1961RomaniaFinal: 9–8 (2ET) · Runner-up: Czechoslovakia · Host: West Germany
    Third
    Sweden
  27. 1958SwedenFinal: 22–12 · Runner-up: Czechoslovakia · Host: East Germany
    Third
    Germany
  28. 1954SwedenFinal: 17–14 · Runner-up: Germany · Host: Sweden
    Third
    Czechoslovakia
  29. 1938GermanyFinal: Round-robin · Runner-up: Austria · Host: Germany
    Third
    Sweden

"Round-robin": no final; ET: after extra time; 2ET: after two periods of extra time.

India at the World Championship

India has no medal. Neither India's men nor its women have played at a World Championship: the records in both team articles list none. Asian places decide who goes, and India's best Asian Championship places are 5th for the men (1979) and 6th for the women (2000, 2022 and 2024).

More about this tournament

Women's finals
YearHostChampionFinalRunner-upThird
1957YugoslaviaCzechoslovakia7–1HungaryYugoslavia
1962RomaniaRomania8–5DenmarkCzechoslovakia
1965West GermanyHungary5–3YugoslaviaWest Germany
1971NetherlandsEast Germany11–8YugoslaviaHungary
1973YugoslaviaYugoslavia16–11RomaniaSoviet Union
1975Soviet UnionEast GermanyRound-robinSoviet UnionHungary
1978CzechoslovakiaEast GermanyRound-robinSoviet UnionHungary
1982HungarySoviet UnionRound-robinHungaryYugoslavia
1986NetherlandsSoviet Union30–22CzechoslovakiaNorway
1990South KoreaSoviet Union24–22YugoslaviaEast Germany
1993NorwayGermany22–21 (ET)DenmarkNorway
1995Austria, HungarySouth Korea25–20HungaryDenmark
1997GermanyDenmark33–20NorwayGermany
1999Norway, DenmarkNorway25–24 (2ET)FranceAustria
2001ItalyRussia30–25NorwayFR Yugoslavia
2003CroatiaFrance32–29 (ET)HungarySouth Korea
2005RussiaRussia28–23RomaniaHungary
2007FranceRussia29–24NorwayGermany
2009ChinaRussia25–22FranceNorway
2011BrazilNorway32–24FranceSpain
2013SerbiaBrazil22–20SerbiaDenmark
2015DenmarkNorway31–23NetherlandsRomania
2017GermanyFrance23–21NorwayNetherlands
2019JapanNetherlands30–29SpainRussia
2021SpainNorway29–22FranceDenmark
2023Denmark, Norway, SwedenFrance31–28NorwayDenmark
2025Netherlands, GermanyNorway23–20GermanyFrance