Japanese men's national handball team
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| Association | Japan Handball Association |
| confederacy | AHF |
| Trainer | Dagur Sigurðsson |
| Handball world championship | |
| Participation | 10 of 26 (First: 1961 ) |
| best result | 10. ( 1970 ) |
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The Japanese men's national handball team representing Japan in international tournaments in Men Handball .
The team was a total of two Asian champions (most recently in 1979) and has so far taken part in eight handball world championships , the best placement they achieved with 10th place at the 1970 World Cup in France .
After the 2017 World Cup , Dagur Sigurðsson switched from the German to the Japanese national team as a coach.
Successes at championships
Handball world championship
- 1961 World Cup : 12th place
- 1964 World Cup : 13th place
- World Cup 1967 : 11th place
- 1970 World Cup : 10th place
- 1974 World Cup : 12th place
- World Cup 1995 : 23rd place
- World Cup 1997 : 15th place (in Japan)
- World Cup 2011 : 16th place
- World Cup 2017 : 22nd place
- WM 2019 : 24th place (participation with wildcard)
Handball Asian Championship
- Gold: 1977, 1979
- Silver: 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2004
- Bronze: 1993, 2000, 2016
Olympic games
In 2020, Japan will host the Summer Olympics for the first time.