Handball world championship / overview of participants

The article handball world championship / overview of participants lists all international men's handball associations that have participated in the respective finals in the hall and on the field since the first handball world championship in 1938 . The table is sorted alphabetically.

Overview of participants in indoor handball

National team	number	Participation
United Arab Republic of Egypt	15th	1964 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Algeria	14th	1974, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015
Angola	4th	2005, 2007, 2017, 2019
Argentina	12	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Australia	7th	1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Bahrain	3	2011, 2017, 2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	2015
Brazil	14th	1958, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Bulgaria	2	1974, 1978
Chile	5	2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
People's Republic of China	2	1997, 1999
Denmark	23	1938, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
German Democratic Republic A	8th	1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990
German Empire Germany FR Germany Germany	24	1938 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 , 1982, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 , 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Finland	1	1958
France	22nd	1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1978, 1990, 1993, 1995 , 1997, 1999, 2001 , 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 , 2011 , 2013, 2015 , 2017 , 2019
Greece	1	2005
Greenland	3	2001, 2003, 2007
Iran	1	2015
Iceland	20th	1958, 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Italy	1	1997
Japan	14th	1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2005, 2011, 2017, 2019
Yugoslavia	10	1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 , 1990
Canada	3	1967, 1978, 2005
Qatar	7th	2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Korea	1	2019
Croatia B	13	1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 , 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Cuba	7th	1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2009
Kuwait	8th	1982, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Lithuania	1	1997
Luxembourg	1	1958
Morocco	6th	1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007
North Macedonia B	6th	1999, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Montenegro C	1	2013
Netherlands	1	1961
Nigeria	1	1999
Norway	15th	1958, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019
Austria	6th	1938, 1958, 1993, 2011, 2015, 2019
Poland	15th	1958, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
Portugal	3	1997, 2001, 2003
Romania Romania Romania	14th	1958, 1961 , 1964 1967, 1970 , 1974 , 1978, 1982, 1986 1990, 1993, 1995, 2009, 2011
Russia Russia D	13	1993 1995, 1997 , 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Saudi Arabia	9	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Sweden	24	1938, 1954 , 1958 , 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 , 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 , 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019
Switzerland	10	1954, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995
Serbia C	4th	2009, 2011, 2013, 2019
Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro	4th	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 2005
Slovakia E	2	2009, 2011
Slovenia B	8th	1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017
Soviet Union Soviet Union	8th	1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978 1982 , 1986, 1990
Spain Spain Spain	20th	1958, 1974 1978 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 , 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 , 2015, 2017, 2019
South Korea	11	1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013
Czech Republic E	7th	1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2015
Czechoslovakia	11	1954, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1967 , 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990
Tunisia	14th	1967, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Ukraine D	2	2001, 2007
Hungary	20th	1958, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019
United States	6th	1964, 1970, 1974, 1993, 1995, 2001
Belarus Belarus D	4th	1995 2013, 2015, 2017

Overview of participants in field handball

National team	Participation
Belgium	1948, 1952, 1955, 1959 F.
Denmark	1938, 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959
German Democratic Republic G	1963, 1966
German Empire FR Germany Germany FR Germany	1938 1952, 1955 1959 1963, 1966
Finland	1948, 1955
France	1948, 1952, 1955, 1959 F.
Israel	1963
Italy	1952 F.
Yugoslavia	1952, 1955, 1959 F.
Luxembourg	1938, 1948, 1952, 1955
Netherlands	1938, 1948, 1952, 1955, 1963, 1966
Norway	1952, 1955
Austria	1948, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1966
Poland	1938, 1948, 1959, 1963, 1966
Portugal	1948, 1952 F , 1955
Romania Romania	1938 1959
Saarland H	1952, 1955
Sweden	1938, 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959
Switzerland	1938, 1948, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1966
Spain	1952, 1955, 1959 F.
Czechoslovakia	1938, 1955
Hungary Hungary Hungary Hungary	1938 1948 1955 1959
United States	1963

Footnotes

^A.1954 to 1961 as part of Germany , since 1993 as part of Germany  

^B.1958 to 1990 as part of Yugoslavia 

^C.1958 to 1990 as part of Yugoslavia , 1997 to 2003 as part of Yugoslavia , 2005 as part of Serbia and Montenegro   

^D.1964 to 1978 as part of the Soviet Union , 1982 to 1990 as part of the Soviet Union  

^E.1954 to 1990 as part of Czechoslovakia 

^F. The team was drawn to a first round game, but did not appear.

^G1959 as part of Germany 

^H1959 as part of Germany , 1963 to 1966 as part of Germany