World Men's Handball Championship
The first World Men's Championship in team handball took place in the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin, Germany and was won by the German team. Only three other teams participated: Austria, Sweden and Denmark.
Because of World War II and its aftermath it would take until 1954 before the next World Men's Championship was arranged and this time Sweden was the host country. Initially there were group games in both the preliminary and main rounds, but today a knockout-system is used after the preliminary round.
Throughout its entire history, the World Men's Championship in team handball has been heavily dominated by European teams and a vast majority of the medalists are teams from northern and eastern Europe.
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Year |
Host Country |
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Gold medal game |
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Bronze medal game |
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Gold |
Score |
Silver |
Bronze |
Score |
Fourth place |
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1938 |
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no final |
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no 3rd place playoff |
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1954 |
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17-14 |
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24-11 |
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1958 |
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22-12 |
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16-13 |
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1961 |
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9-8 |
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17-14 |
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1964 |
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25-22 |
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22-15 |
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1967 |
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14-11 |
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21-19 |
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1970 |
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13-12 |
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29-12 |
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1974 |
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14-12 |
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18-16 |
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1978 |
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20-19 |
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19-15 |
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1982 |
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30-27 |
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23-22 |
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1986 |
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24-22 |
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24-23 |
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1990 |
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27-23 |
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27-21 |
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1993 |
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28-19 |
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26-19 |
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1995 |
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23-19 |
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26-20 |
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1997 |
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23-21 |
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28-27 |
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1999 |
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25-24 |
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27-24 |
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2001 |
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28-25 |
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27-17 |
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2003 |
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34-31 |
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34-31 |
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2005 |
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40-34 |
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26-25 |
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2007 |
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29-24 |
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34-27 |
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2009 |
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24-19 |
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31-23 |
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2011 |
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37-35 |
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24-23 |
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Medal count for the World Men's Handball Championship (1938-2011)
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Rank |
Nation |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
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1 |
Sweden |
4 |
3 |
4 |
11 |
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2 |
France |
4 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
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3 |
Romania |
4 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
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4 |
Russia |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
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5 |
Germany |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
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6 |
Croatia |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
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7 |
Czech Republic |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
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8 |
Serbia |
1 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
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9 |
Spain |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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10 |
East Germany |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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11 |
Denmark |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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12 |
Poland |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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13 13 |
Austria |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Hungary |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Countries that have hosted the World Men's Handball Championship
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Times hosted |
Host |
Year(s) |
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6 |
Germany |
1938, 1958, 1961, 1974, 1982, 2007 |
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4 |
Sweden |
1954, 1967, 1993, 2011 |
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2 |
Czechoslovakia |
1964, 1990 |
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2 |
France |
1970, 2001 |
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1 |
Croatia |
2009 |
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1 |
Denmark |
1978 |
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1 |
Egypt |
1999 |
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1 |
Iceland |
1995 |
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1 |
Japan |
1997 |
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1 |
Portugal |
2003 |
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1 |
Qatar |
2015 |
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1 |
Spain |
2013 |
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1 |
Switzerland |
1986 |
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1 |
Tunisia |
2005 |