National team appearances in the World Women's Handball Championship

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

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
1957

1962

1965

1971

1973

1975

1978

1982

1986

1990

1993


1995

1997


1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021



2023



2025

2027
Total
 Algeria France×××10th19th22nd3
 AngolaPart of  Portugal16th16th13th15th15th13th17th16th7th11th8th16th16th19th15th15
 Argentina×××××24th22nd20th20th19th23rd19th18th23rd16th10
 Australia×××××23rd23rd24th24th24th24th24th24th8
 Austria6th×××12th5th8th8th11th3rd7th11th13th16th10th12
 BelarusPart of  Soviet Union16th14th2
 Brazil×××××17th23rd16th12th20th7th14th15th5th1st10th18th17th13
 Bulgaria×××10th12th2
 CameroonFRA××××22nd20th2
 Canada×××××10th15th17th20th4
 Chile×××××23rd1
 China×××××9th8th14th13th22nd18th11th19th17th21st12th21st18th17th22nd23rd16
 CongoFRA××××12th22nd22nd17th20th5
 CroatiaPart of  Yugoslavia10th6th14th11th9th7thQ7
 Cuba×××××21st22nd23rd21st4
 Czech RepublicSee  Czechoslovakia13th13th19th15th15th8th6
 DR CongoBEL××××20th24th20th3
 Denmark5th2nd5th6th7th9th10th2nd3rd1st6th4th13th4th5th4th3rd6th6th9thQQ22
 Dominican Republic×××××22nd23rd2
 France×××××15th14th10th2nd5th1st12th5th2nd2nd6th7th1st13thQQ16
 Germany
(including West Germany)
4th8th3rd5th11th8th9th7th4th1st5th3rd7th12th6th3rd7th17th7th13th12th8thQ23
 Greenland×××××24th1
 Hungary2nd5th1st3rd4th3rd3rd2nd8th7th2nd9th5th6th2nd3rd8th9th8th11th15th14thQ23
 Iceland×××12th1
 Italy×××××16th1
 Ivory Coast×××××17th14th20th21st21st18th16th7
 Japan×9th7th9th10th10th14th13th17th17th20th16th18th19th16th14th14th19th16th10th19
 KazakhstanPart of  Soviet Union18th22nd19th22nd22nd5
 LithuaniaPart of  Soviet Union13th1
 MacedoniaPart of  Yugoslavia7th8th21st15th12th5
 MontenegroPart of  YugoslaviaPart of  Serbia and Montenegro10th11th8th6th5th5
 Netherlands××8th12th9th10th10th14th5th15th13th2nd3rd1stQ13
 Norway××7th8th8th7th3rd6th3rd4th2nd1st2nd6th9th2nd3rd1st5th1st2nd4thQQ22
 Paraguay×××××23rd21st21st3
 Poland7th7th8th5th7th6th13th9th10th8th11th19th11th4th4th17th16
 Puerto Rico×××××20th1
 Romania9th1st6th4th2nd4th7th8th5th7th4th7th12th4th17th10th2nd4th8th13th10th3rd10th12th24
 RussiaSee  Soviet Union5th6th4th12th1st7th1st1st1st6th5th5th3rd13
 SerbiaPart of  YugoslaviaSee  Serbia and Montenegro2nd15th9th6th4
 SenegalFRA××××18th1
 SlovakiaPart of  Czechoslovakia12th1
 SloveniaPart of  Yugoslavia18th9th8th14th14th19th6
 South Korea×××××10th6th11th11th11th1st5th9th15th3rd8th6th6th11th12th14th13th11th18
 Spain×××××15th10th5th10th4th3rd9th12th11th2ndQ11
 Sweden8th×13th6th11th8th13th9th9th4th7thQ11
 Thailand×××××21st×1
 Tunisia×××××12th19th18th15th14th18th17th21st24th9
 UkrainePart of  Soviet Union9th13th18th4th10th13th17th7
 United States×××××11th11th16th12th17thQQ7
 Uruguay×××××24th23rd24th23rd20th5
 UzbekistanPart of  Soviet Union21st1
Discontinued teams
 Czechoslovakia1st3rd4th6th6th4th5th2nd9thSee  Czech Republic9
 East Germany×1st9th1st1st4th4th3rdSee  Germany7
 Serbia and MontenegroPart of  Yugoslavia3rd9thSee  Serbia2
 Soviet Union×6th×3rd2nd2nd1st1st1stSee  Russia7
 Yugoslavia3rd4th2nd2nd1st5th5th3rd6th2ndSee  Serbia10
Total9989121212121616202424242424242424242424242432323232

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 Qualified
2023  Denmark Qualified
 Norway
 Sweden
2025  Germany Qualified
 Netherlands
2027  Hungary Qualified

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 13th place
2021  Netherlands TBD
2023 TBD
2025 TBD
2027 TBD

References

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