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

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

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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1957		 Romania
1962		 West Germany
1965		 Netherlands
1971		 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1973		 Soviet Union
1975		 Czechoslovakia
1978		 Hungary
1982		 Netherlands
1986		 South Korea
1990		 Norway
1993		 Austria
Hungary
1995		 Germany
1997		 Denmark
Norway
1999		 Italy
2001		 Croatia
2003		 Russia
2005		 France
2007		 China
2009		 Brazil
2011		 Serbia
2013		 Denmark
2015		 Germany
2017		 Japan
2019		 Spain
2021		 Denmark
Norway
Sweden
2023
Germany
Netherlands
2025		 Hungary
2027		 2029 2031 Total
 AlgeriaFrance France××××10th•••••19thו•×ו•22nd•••×•3
 AngolaPart of  Portugal×ו•16th16th13th15th15th13th17th16th7th11th8th16th16th19th15th25th15th17
 Argentina××××ו•••••••24th•22nd20th20th19th23rd19th18th23rd16th21st20th12
 Australia××××ו•••••••23rd•23rd24th24th24th24th24th•×24thו8
 Austria6th××ו•••12th5th8th8th11th3rd7th11th13th16th10th•••••16th19th14
 BelarusPart of  Soviet Union••16th14th•••••••••••×2
 Brazil××××ו•••••17th23rd16th12th20th7th14th15th5th1st10th18th17th6th9th15
 Bulgaria××ו•••10th•12th••••••••••••••×•2
 CameroonFRA××××וו•×ו•••22nd•••••20th•28th24th4
 Canada××××ו10th••15th•17th20th•••••••••••×•4
 Chile××××ו••••••••••••23rd••••••27th2
 China××××××ו9th8th14th13th22nd18th11th19th17th21st12th21st18th17th22nd23rd32nd28th18
 CongoFRA××××××12th••••••22nd22nd••17th20th•••••23rd26th7
 CroatiaPart of  Yugoslavia•10th6th••14th11th9th•7th••••18th14th8
 Cuba××××ו•••••••21st•••••22nd•23rd•21stו4
 Czech RepublicSee  Czechoslovakia13th13th19th•15th••••15th•8th•19th8th8
 DR CongoBEL××××××××ו×××ו••••20th24th•20th••3
 Denmark5th2nd5th6th7th9th•••10th2nd3rd1st6th4th13th4th•5th4th3rd6th6th9th3rd3rd22
 Dominican Republic××××ו•••••••••••22nd••23rd•••××2
 France××××ו••15th14th••10th2nd5th1st12th5th2nd2nd6th7th1st13th2nd1stQ17
 Germany
(including West Germany)		4th8th3rd5th11th•8th9th7th4th1st5th3rd7th•12th6th3rd7th17th7th13th12th8th7th6thQ25
 Greenland××××ו••••••••24th••••••••••32nd2
 Hungary2nd5th1st3rd4th3rd3rd2nd8th•7th2nd9th5th6th2nd3rd8th9th•8th11th15th14th10th10thQ25
 Iceland×וו••••••••••••••12th•••••25th2
 Iran××××ו×וו××ו×××ו••••31st31st2
 Italy××××ו••••••••16th•••••••••••1
 Ivory Coast×××××ו••••17th14th20th•21st21st•18th16th•×••×•7
 Japan×9th7th9th10th10th••14th••13th17th17th20th16th18th19th16th14th14th19th16th10th11th17th21
 KazakhstanPart of  Soviet Union•××ו••×18th22nd19th•22nd22nd24th30th7
 LithuaniaPart of  Soviet Union13th••••••••••••••×1
 MontenegroPart of  YugoslaviaPart of  Serbia and Montenegro••10th11th8th6th5th22nd7th7
 Netherlands×ו8th12th•9th•10th••••10th14th•5th••15th13th2nd3rd1st9th5thQ15
 North MacedoniaPart of  Yugoslavia••7th8th21st•15th12th••••••••5
 Norway×ו7th8th8th•7th3rd6th3rd4th2nd1st2nd6th9th2nd3rd1st5th1st2nd4th1st2nd22
 Paraguay××××ו•••••••••••23rd••21st•21st•29th29th5
 Poland7th7th8th•5th7th6th•13th9th10th•8th11th••19th11th••4th4th17th•15th16th18
 Puerto Rico××××ו•••••••••••••••20th••20th×2
 Romania9th1st6th4th2nd4th7th8th5th7th4th7th12th4th17th10th2nd4th8th13th10th3rd10th12th13th12th26
 RussiaSee  Soviet Union5th6th4th12th1st7th1st1st1st6th•5th5th3rd8th×14[upper-alpha 1]
 SenegalFRA×××ו×וו××ו×××ו•••18th•18th2
 SerbiaPart of  YugoslaviaSee  Serbia and Montenegro•••2nd15th9th6th12th21st6
 SlovakiaPart of  Czechoslovakia12th••••••••••••26th•2
 SloveniaPart of  Yugoslavia••18th•9th8th14th•••••14th19th17th11th8
 South Korea××××ו10th6th11th11th11th1st5th9th15th3rd8th6th6th11th12th14th13th11th14th22nd20
 Spain××××ו••••15th•••10th5th•10th4th3rd9th12th11th2nd4th13th12
 Sweden8thו••••••13th6th11th••8th•••13th9th•9th4th7th5th4th12
 Thailand××××××××××××××××××21st•××××ו1
 Tunisia×××××12th••••••××19th18th•15th14th18th17th21st24th•27th•10
 UkrainePart of  Soviet Union•9th•13th18th4th10th13th17th••••••23rd8
 United States×××××11th•11th16th•12th17th••••••••••••••QQ7
 Uruguay××××ו••••••24th•23rd24th23rd••20th••••••5
 UzbekistanPart of  Soviet Union××21st×ו×ו••••×30th•2
Discontinued teams
 Czechoslovakia1st3rd4th•6th6th4th5th2nd•9thSee  Czech Republic9
 East Germanyו•1st9th1st1st4th4th3rdSee  Germany7
 Serbia and MontenegroPart of  Yugoslavia••••3rd9th•See  Serbia2
 Soviet Union×6thו3rd2nd2nd1st1st1stSee  Russia7
 Yugoslavia3rd4th2nd2nd1st5th5th3rd6th2ndSee  Serbia10
Total99891212121216161620242424242424242424242424323232323232

Results of host nations

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

Results of defending champions

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

Notes

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

References

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