Women's handball world championship

Women's handball world championship
Full name	IHF Women's World Championship
Association	IHF
First edition	1957
Teams	32 (since 2021)
Game mode	Round tournament (4 groups of 6 teams each) Knockout system (from the round of 16)
Title holder	Netherlands (1)
Record winner	Russia (7)
Website	www.ihf.info

The Women's Handball World Championship (officially IHF Women's World Championship ) is a handball tournament between national teams to determine the best female national handball team in the world. The organizer is the International Handball Federation (IHF).

The current handball world champion in the hall is the Netherlands . The team was able to successfully prevail in the final against Spain in Japan in 2019 and thus won their first world title. The next women's handball world championship will take place in Spain in 2021 .

story

In 1949 the women's field handball world championships were held for the first time , two further world championships in field handball followed in 1956 and 1960. In 1957 and 1961 world championships were held on the small field . The two small field tournaments are counted as the first indoor world championships today, as the rules of indoor handball were played on the small field. The women's world championship has been held in the hall since 1964. After the end of World War II , the two tournaments took place at irregular intervals, usually every three or four years. The tournament has been held every two years since 1993. The 1968 edition in the Soviet Union was canceled at short notice by the IHF. The last field handball world championship was held in 1960.

Field handball world championships

→ Main article : Women's World Field Handball Championship

Indoor handball world championships

The first women's world championship was held in Yugoslavia on a small pitch in 1957, with the Czechoslovak Republic winning .

With four world championship titles, Russia leads the list of handball women. The teams from the Soviet Union , the GDR and Norway each won three titles. France won two titles . So far, only the teams from the GDR, the Soviet Union and Russia have managed to defend their title. The only title win by the German national team came at the 1993 World Cup .

The world championships took place predominantly in Europe ; it was played three times in Asia and once in South America .

Tournaments

No.	year	Host country	World Champion	Result	Vice world champion	Third
01	1957 1	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	7: 1	Hungary	Yugoslavia
02	1962 1	Romania	Romania	8: 5	Denmark	Czechoslovakia
03	1965	BR Germany	Hungary	5: 3	Yugoslavia	BR Germany
-	1968	The tournament planned in the Soviet Union was canceled at short notice by the IHF , due to the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops into Czechoslovakia .
04th	1971	Netherlands	GDR	11: 8	Yugoslavia	Hungary
05	1973	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	16:11	Romania	Soviet Union
06th	1975	Soviet Union	GDR	no endgame 2	Soviet Union	Hungary
07th	1978	Czechoslovakia	GDR	no endgame 3	Soviet Union	Hungary
08th	1982	Hungary	Soviet Union	no endgame 4	Hungary	Yugoslavia
09	1986	Netherlands	Soviet Union	30:22	Czechoslovakia	Norway
10	1990	South Korea	Soviet Union	24:22	Yugoslavia	GDR
11th	1993	Norway	Germany	22:21 a.d.	Denmark	Norway
12th	1995	Austria and Hungary	South Korea	25:20	Hungary	Denmark
13th	1997	Germany	Denmark	33:20	Norway	Germany
14th	1999	Denmark and Norway	Norway	25:24 after 2 V.	France	Austria
15th	2001	Italy	Russia	30:25	Norway	Yugoslavia
16	2003	Croatia	France	32:29 a.d.	Hungary	South Korea
17th	2005	Russia	Russia	28:23	Romania	Hungary
18th	2007	France	Russia	29:24	Norway	Germany
19th	2009	People's Republic of China	Russia	25:22	France	Norway
20th	2011	Brazil	Norway	32:24	France	Spain
21	2013	Serbia	Brazil	22:20	Serbia	Denmark
22nd	2015	Denmark	Norway	31:23	Netherlands	Romania
23	2017	Germany	France	23:21	Norway	Netherlands
24	2019	Japan	Netherlands	30:29	Spain	Russia
25th	2021	Spain		-: -
26th	2023	Denmark , Norway and Sweden		-: -
27	2025	Germany and the Netherlands		-: -
28	2027	Hungary		-: -

At the world championships from 1975 to 1982, the title was not decided in a final game, but in a final group with six teams each. The curiosity arose that in all three cases the eventual world champion had not won against the eventual runner-up.

¹ The tournaments in 1957 and 1962 were held according to indoor rules on the small field (outdoors).

² In 1975 the GDR and the USSR parted ways at 10:10. The GDR became world champions with 9: 1 points, as the Soviet team had lost against third Hungary and thus only achieved 7: 3 points.

³ In 1978 the GDR was defeated by the USSR 12:14, which in turn lost to the ČSSR. Both teams got 8: 2 points, the GDR had the better goal difference (+27 compared to +23).

^4th In 1982 the USSR became world champion although they were inferior to Hungary in a direct comparison with 13:15. Hungary lost a total of three points due to a defeat against Yugoslavia and a draw against the GDR and became vice world champion.

Medal table

Status after 24 world championships, including 2019.

rank	country
01	Russia (of which Soviet Union )	7 (3)	2 (2)	2 (1)	11 (6)
02	Germany (of which GDR ) (of which BR Germany)	4 (3) (-)	- (-) (-)	4 (1) (1)	08 (4) (1)
03	Norway	3	4th	3	10
04th	France	2	3	-	05
05	Hungary	1	4th	4th	09
06th	Yugoslavia	1	3	3	07th
07th	Denmark	1	2	2	05
08th	Romania	1	2	1	04th
09	Czechoslovakia	1	1	1	03
	Netherlands	1	1	1	03
11th	South Korea	1	-	1	02
12th	Brazil	1	-	-	01
13th	Spain	-	1	1	02
14th	Serbia	-	1	-	01
15th	Austria	-	-	1	01

The best eight at world championships

No.	year	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place	5th place	6th place	7th place	8th place
1.	1957	ČSSR	Hungary	Yugoslavia	FRG	Denmark	Austria	Poland	Sweden
2.	1962	Romania	Denmark	ČSSR	Yugoslavia	Hungary	USSR	Poland	FRG
3.	1965	Hungary	Yugoslavia	FRG	ČSSR	Denmark	Romania	Japan	Poland
4th	1971	GDR	Yugoslavia	Hungary	Romania	FRG	Denmark	Norway	Netherlands
5.	1973	Yugoslavia	Romania	USSR	Hungary	Poland	ČSSR	Denmark	Norway
6th	1975	GDR	USSR	Hungary	Romania	Yugoslavia	ČSSR	Poland	Norway
7th	1978	GDR	USSR	Hungary	ČSSR	Yugoslavia	Poland	Romania	FRG
8th.	1982	USSR	Hungary	Yugoslavia	GDR	ČSSR	South Korea	Norway	Romania
9.	1986	USSR	ČSSR	Norway	GDR	Romania	Yugoslavia	FRG	Hungary
10.	1990	USSR	Yugoslavia	GDR 10	FRG 10	Austria	Norway	Romania	China
11th	1993	Germany	Denmark	Norway	Romania	Russia	Sweden	Hungary	Austria
12th	1995	South Korea	Hungary	Denmark	Norway	Germany	Russia	Romania	Austria
13th	1997	Denmark	Norway	Germany	Russia	South Korea	Croatia	Macedonia	Poland
14th	1999	Norway	France	Austria	Romania	Hungary	Denmark	Germany	Macedonia
15th	2001	Russia	Norway	Yugoslavia	Denmark	France	Hungary	Austria	Sweden
16.	2003	France	Hungary	South Korea	Ukraine	Spain	Norway	Russia	Slovenia
17th	2005	Russia	Romania	Hungary	Denmark	Netherlands	Germany	Brazil	South Korea
18th	2007	Russia	Norway	Germany	Romania	France	South Korea	Angola	Hungary
19th	2009	Russia	France	Norway	Spain	Denmark	South Korea	Germany	Romania
20th	2011	Norway	France	Spain	Denmark	Brazil	Russia	Croatia	Angola
21.	2013	Brazil	Serbia	Denmark	Poland	Norway	France	Germany	Hungary
22nd	2015	Norway	Netherlands	Romania	Poland	Russia	Denmark	France	Montenegro
23	2017	France	Norway	Netherlands	Sweden	Russia	Denmark	Montenegro	Czech Republic
24	2019	Netherlands	Spain	Russia	Norway	Montenegro	Serbia	Sweden	Germany

World title for a German team

¹⁰At the time of the 1990 World Cup (November), German reunification had already taken place. Nevertheless, two separate German teams competed for the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Participant overview

team	1957 (9)	1962 (9)	1965 (8)	1971 (9)	1973 (12)	1975 (12)	1978 (12)	1982 (12)	1986 (16)	1990 (16)	1993 (16)	1995 (20)	1997 (24)	1999 (24)	2001 (24)	2003 (24)	2005 (24)	2007 (24)	2009 (24)	2011 (24)	2013 (24)	2015 (24)	2017 (24)	2019 (24)	total
Algeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	-	-	3
Angola	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	13th	15th	15th	13th	17th	16	7th	11th	8th	16	16	19th	Q	15th
Argentina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	22nd	20th	20th	19th	23	19th	18th	23	Q	10
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	23	24	24	24	24	24	-	-	Q	8th
Brazil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	23	16	12th	20th	7th	14th	15th	5	1	10	18th	Q	13th
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	1
China, People's Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8th	14th	13th	22nd	18th	11th	19th	17th	21	12th	21	18th	17th	22nd	Q	15th
Denmark	5	2	5	6th	7th	9	-	-	-	10	2	3	1	6th	4th	13th	4th	-	5	4th	3	6th	6th	Q	20th
German Democratic Republic	-	-	-	1	9	1	1	4th	4th	3	Germany														7th
Germany	4th	8th	3	5	11th	-	8th	9	7th	4th	1	5	3	7th	-	12th	6th	3	7th	17th	7th	13th	12th	Q	22nd
Dominican Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	-	23	-	-	-	2
Ivory Coast	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	14th	20th	-	21	21	-	18th	16	-	-	-	-	7th
France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	14th	-	-	10	2	5	1	12th	5	2	2	6th	7th	1	Q	14th
Greenland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	1
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Japan	-	9	7th	9	10	10	-	-	14th	-	-	13th	17th	17th	20th	16	18th	19th	16	14th	14th	19th	16	Q	19th
Yugoslavia	3	4th	2	2	1	5	5	3	6th	2	Serbia and Montenegro							Serbia							10
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	2
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	15th	-	17th	20th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th
Kazakhstan	Soviet Union										-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18th	22nd	19th	-	22nd		Q	5
Congo, Democratic Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	24	-	Q	3
Congo, Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	22nd	-	-	17th	20th	-	-	-	-	-	5
Croatia	Yugoslavia										-	10	6th	-	-	14th	11th	9	-	7th	-	-	-	-	6th
Cuba	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	-	23	-	Q	4th
Lithuania	Soviet Union										13th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Montenegro	Yugoslavia										Serbia and Montenegro							-	-	10	11th	8th	6th	Q	5
Netherlands	-	-	-	8th	12th	-	9	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	14th	-	5	-	-	15th	13th	2	3	Q	12th
North Macedonia	Yugoslavia										-	-	7th	8th	21	-	15th	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Norway	-	-	-	7th	8th	8th	-	7th	3	6th	3	4th	2	1	2	6th	9	2	3	1	5	1	2	Q	20th
Austria	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	5	8th	8th	11th	3	7th	11th	13th	16	10	-	-	-	-	-	12th
Paraguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	-	-	21	-	21	-	3
Poland	7th	7th	8th	-	5	7th	6th	-	13th	9	10	-	8th	11th	-	-	19th	11th	-	-	4th	4th	17th	-	16
Puerto Rico	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	-	-	1
Romania	9	1	6th	4th	2	4th	7th	8th	5	7th	4th	7th	12th	4th	17th	10	2	4th	8th	13th	10	3	10	Q	24
Russia	Soviet Union										5	6th	4th	12th	1	7th	1	1	1	6th	-	5	5	Q	13th
Sweden	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	6th	11th	-	-	8th	-	-	-	13th	9	-	9	4th	Q	10
Senegal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
Serbia	Yugoslavia										Serbia and Montenegro							-	-	-	2	15th	9	Q	4th
Serbia and Montenegro	Yugoslavia										-	-	-	-	3	9	-	Serbia							2
Slovakia	Czechoslovakia											12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Slovenia	Yugoslavia										-	-	18th	-	9	8th	14th	-	-	-	-	-	14th	Q	6th
Soviet Union	-	6th	-	-	3	2	2	1	1	1	Russia														7th
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	10	5	-	10	4th	3	9	12th	11th	Q	10
South Korea	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6th	11th	11th	11th	1	5	9	15th	3	8th	6th	6th	11th	12th	14th	13th	Q	18th
Thailand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	1
Czech Republic	Czechoslovakia											13th	13th	19th	-	15th	-	-	-	-	15th	-	8th	-	6th
Czechoslovakia	1	3	4th	-	6th	6th	4th	5	2	-	9	Czech Republic													9
Tunisia	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19th	18th	-	15th	14th	18th	17th	21	24	-	9
Ukraine	Soviet Union										-	9	-	13th	18th	4th	10	13th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	7th
Hungary	2	5	1	3	4th	3	3	2	8th	-	7th	2	9	5	6th	2	3	8th	9	-	8th	11th	15th	Q	22nd
Uruguay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	23	24	23	-	-	20th	-	-	-	-	5
Uzbekistan	Soviet Union										-	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
United States	-	-	-	-	-	11th	-	11th	16	-	12th	17th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
Belarus	Soviet Union										-	-	16	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

B and C world championships

As qualifying tournaments for the handball world championship, B and C world championships took place from 1977 to 1992, the first and second placed in the next higher division and the two last placed in the lower group relegated:

• B-WM for women in the odd years from 1977 to 1989 and 1992,
• C-WM for women 1986, 1988 and 1991.

Web links

• International Handball Federation (IHF)
• The history of handball
• Private page with numerous match details