The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won as the first American team. The biggest winners are Russia and Norway with four titles each.
Nine teams participated in the first championship, this number has grown in steps to 32 (from 2021). In 1977 a B-tournament was introduced and later in 1986 a C-tournament which served as qualification for the real championship or A-tournament. The B- and C-tournament qualifications were replaced by the present qualification system based on continental confederations in 1993.[1]
From 1993 it has been held every other year. Between 1978 and 1990 it was held every fourth alternating with the Olympic tournament (introduced for women handball in 1976). The first five tournaments were held in the summer or early fall whereas the rest has been held in November or December.[1]
^ ab"Women's World Championships". IHF. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ abIHF official site (ihf.info): Page 51: MEDALS TABLE 16 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
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This article is about Indoor Championship For Outdoor Championship see IHF World Women s Outdoor Handball Championship For the men s tournament see World Men s Handball Championship The IHF Women s Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957 European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won as the first American team The biggest winners are Russia and Norway with four titles each IHF World Women s Handball ChampionshipCurrent season competition or edition 2025 World Women s Handball ChampionshipSportHandballFounded1957 67 years ago 1957 No of teams32 finals ContinentInternational IHF Most recentchampion s France 3rd title Most titles Norway Russia 4 titles each Nine teams participated in the first championship this number has grown in steps to 32 from 2021 In 1977 a B tournament was introduced and later in 1986 a C tournament which served as qualification for the real championship or A tournament The B and C tournament qualifications were replaced by the present qualification system based on continental confederations in 1993 1 From 1993 it has been held every other year Between 1978 and 1990 it was held every fourth alternating with the Olympic tournament introduced for women handball in 1976 The first five tournaments were held in the summer or early fall whereas the rest has been held in November or December 1 Contents 1 Tournaments 2 Medal table 3 Participation nations 4 Most successful players 4 1 Multiple gold medalists 4 2 Multiple medalists 5 Top scorers and best players by tournament 6 Largest winning margin 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksTournaments editYear Host Final Third place match Teams Champions Score Runners up Third place Score Fourth place 1957Details nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp Czechoslovakia 7 1 nbsp Hungary nbsp Yugoslavia 9 6 nbsp West Germany 9 1962Details nbsp Romania nbsp Romania 8 5 nbsp Denmark nbsp Czechoslovakia 6 5 nbsp Yugoslavia 9 1965Details nbsp West Germany nbsp Hungary 5 3 nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp West Germany 11 10 nbsp Czechoslovakia 8 1968 nbsp Soviet Union The tournament was cancelled due to the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia 1971Details nbsp Netherlands nbsp East Germany 11 8 nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp Hungary 12 11 2ET nbsp Romania 9 1973Details nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp Yugoslavia 16 11 nbsp Romania nbsp Soviet Union 20 12 nbsp Hungary 12 1975Details nbsp Soviet Union nbsp East Germany Round robin nbsp Soviet Union nbsp Hungary Round robin nbsp Romania 12 1978Details nbsp Czechoslovakia nbsp East Germany Round robin nbsp Soviet Union nbsp Hungary Round robin nbsp Czechoslovakia 12 1982Details nbsp Hungary nbsp Soviet Union Round robin nbsp Hungary nbsp Yugoslavia Round robin nbsp East Germany 12 1986Details nbsp Netherlands nbsp Soviet Union 30 22 nbsp Czechoslovakia nbsp Norway 23 19 nbsp East Germany 16 1990Details nbsp South Korea nbsp Soviet Union 24 22 nbsp Yugoslavia nbsp East Germany 25 19 nbsp West Germany 16 1993Details nbsp Norway nbsp Germany 22 21 ET nbsp Denmark nbsp Norway 20 19 nbsp Romania 16 1995Details nbsp nbsp Austria Hungary nbsp South Korea 25 20 nbsp Hungary nbsp Denmark 25 24 nbsp Norway 20 1997Details nbsp Germany nbsp Denmark 33 20 nbsp Norway nbsp Germany 27 25 nbsp Russia 24 1999Details nbsp nbsp Norway Denmark nbsp Norway 25 24 2ET nbsp France nbsp Austria 31 28 ET nbsp Romania 24 2001Details nbsp Italy nbsp Russia 30 25 nbsp Norway nbsp FR Yugoslavia 42 40 ET nbsp Denmark 24 2003Details nbsp Croatia nbsp France 32 29 ET nbsp Hungary nbsp South Korea 31 29 nbsp Ukraine 24 2005Details nbsp Russia nbsp Russia 28 23 nbsp Romania nbsp Hungary 27 24 nbsp Denmark 24 2007Details nbsp France nbsp Russia 29 24 nbsp Norway nbsp Germany 36 35 ET nbsp Romania 24 2009Details nbsp China nbsp Russia 25 22 nbsp France nbsp Norway 31 26 nbsp Spain 24 2011Details nbsp Brazil nbsp Norway 32 24 nbsp France nbsp Spain 24 18 nbsp Denmark 24 2013Details nbsp Serbia nbsp Brazil 22 20 nbsp Serbia nbsp Denmark 30 26 nbsp Poland 24 2015Details nbsp Denmark nbsp Norway 31 23 nbsp Netherlands nbsp Romania 31 22 nbsp Poland 24 2017Details nbsp Germany nbsp France 23 21 nbsp Norway nbsp Netherlands 24 21 nbsp Sweden 24 2019Details nbsp Japan nbsp Netherlands 30 29 nbsp Spain nbsp Russia 33 28 nbsp Norway 24 2021Details nbsp Spain nbsp Norway 29 22 nbsp France nbsp Denmark 35 28 nbsp Spain 32 2023Details nbsp nbsp nbsp Denmark Norway Sweden nbsp France 31 28 nbsp Norway nbsp Denmark 28 27 nbsp Sweden 32 2025Details nbsp nbsp Germany Netherlands 32 2027Details nbsp Hungary 32 2029Details nbsp Spain 32 2031Details nbsp nbsp Czech Republic Poland 32Medal table editIHF only includes medals won at the indoor championships 2 RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Norway453122 nbsp Russia40153 nbsp France34074 nbsp Soviet Union32165 nbsp East Germany30146 nbsp Hungary14497 nbsp Yugoslavia13268 nbsp Denmark12479 nbsp Romania121410 nbsp Czechoslovakia1113 nbsp Netherlands111312 nbsp Germany102313 nbsp South Korea101214 nbsp Brazil100115 nbsp Spain011216 nbsp Serbia010117 nbsp Austria0011 nbsp West Germany0011 nbsp Yugoslavia0011Totals 19 entries 26262678Participation nations editMain article National team appearances in the World Women s Handball Championship Source IHF official site 2 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 nbsp 1957 nbsp 1962 nbsp 1965 nbsp 1971 nbsp 1973 nbsp 1975 nbsp 1978 nbsp 1982 nbsp 1986 nbsp 1990 nbsp 1993 nbsp nbsp 1995 nbsp 1997 nbsp nbsp 1999 nbsp 2001 nbsp 2003 nbsp 2005 nbsp 2007 nbsp 2009 nbsp 2011 nbsp 2013 nbsp 2015 nbsp 2017 nbsp 2019 nbsp 2021 nbsp nbsp nbsp 2023 nbsp nbsp nbsp 2025 nbsp 2027 nbsp 2029 nbsp nbsp 2031 Total nbsp Algeria nbsp France 10th 19th 22nd 3 nbsp Angola Part of nbsp Portugal 16th 16th 13th 15th 15th 13th 17th 16th 7th 11th 8th 16th 16th 19th 15th 25th 15th 17 nbsp Argentina 24th 22nd 20th 20th 19th 23rd 19th 18th 23rd 16th 21st 20th 12 nbsp Australia 23rd 23rd 24th 24th 24th 24th 24th 24th 8 nbsp Austria 6th 12th 5th 8th 8th 11th 3rd 7th 11th 13th 16th 10th 16th 19th 14 nbsp Belarus Part of nbsp Soviet Union 16th 14th 2 nbsp Brazil 17th 23rd 16th 12th 20th 7th 14th 15th 5th 1st 10th 18th 17th 6th 9th 15 nbsp Bulgaria 10th 12th 2 nbsp Cameroon FRA 22nd 20th 28th 24th 4 nbsp Canada 10th 15th 17th 20th 4 nbsp Chile 23rd 27th 2 nbsp China 9th 8th 14th 13th 22nd 18th 11th 19th 17th 21st 12th 21st 18th 17th 22nd 23rd 32nd 28th 18 nbsp Congo FRA 12th 22nd 22nd 17th 20th 23rd 26th 7 nbsp Croatia Part of nbsp Yugoslavia 10th 6th 14th 11th 9th 7th 18th 14th 8 nbsp Cuba 21st 22nd 23rd 21st 4 nbsp Czech Republic See nbsp Czechoslovakia 13th 13th 19th 15th 15th 8th 19th 8th Q 9 nbsp DR Congo BEL 20th 24th 20th 3 nbsp Denmark 5th 2nd 5th 6th 7th 9th 10th 2nd 3rd 1st 6th 4th 13th 4th 5th 4th 3rd 6th 6th 9th 3rd 3rd 22 nbsp Dominican Republic 22nd 23rd 2 nbsp France 15th 14th 10th 2nd 5th 1st 12th 5th 2nd 2nd 6th 7th 1st 13th 2nd 1st Q 17 nbsp Germany including West Germany 4th 8th 3rd 5th 11th 8th 9th 7th 4th 1st 5th 3rd 7th 12th 6th 3rd 7th 17th 7th 13th 12th 8th 7th 6th Q 25 nbsp Greenland 24th 32nd 2 nbsp Hungary 2nd 5th 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 8th 7th 2nd 9th 5th 6th 2nd 3rd 8th 9th 8th 11th 15th 14th 10th 10th Q 25 nbsp Iceland 12th 25th 2 nbsp Iran 31st 31st 2 nbsp Italy 16th 1 nbsp Ivory Coast 17th 14th 20th 21st 21st 18th 16th 7 nbsp Japan 9th 7th 9th 10th 10th 14th 13th 17th 17th 20th 16th 18th 19th 16th 14th 14th 19th 16th 10th 11th 17th 21 nbsp Kazakhstan Part of nbsp Soviet Union 18th 22nd 19th 22nd 22nd 24th 30th 7 nbsp Lithuania Part of nbsp Soviet Union 13th 1 nbsp Montenegro Part of nbsp Yugoslavia Part of nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 10th 11th 8th 6th 5th 22nd 7th 7 nbsp Netherlands 8th 12th 9th 10th 10th 14th 5th 15th 13th 2nd 3rd 1st 9th 5th Q 15 nbsp North Macedonia Part of nbsp Yugoslavia 7th 8th 21st 15th 12th 5 nbsp Norway 7th 8th 8th 7th 3rd 6th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 6th 9th 2nd 3rd 1st 5th 1st 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 22 nbsp Paraguay 23rd 21st 21st 29th 29th 5 nbsp Poland 7th 7th 8th 5th 7th 6th 13th 9th 10th 8th 11th 19th 11th 4th 4th 17th 15th 16th Q 19 nbsp Puerto Rico 20th 20th 2 nbsp Romania 9th 1st 6th 4th 2nd 4th 7th 8th 5th 7th 4th 7th 12th 4th 17th 10th 2nd 4th 8th 13th 10th 3rd 10th 12th 13th 12th 26 nbsp Russia See nbsp Soviet Union 5th 6th 4th 12th 1st 7th 1st 1st 1st 6th 5th 5th 3rd 8th 14 A nbsp Senegal FRA 18th 18th 2 nbsp Serbia Part of nbsp Yugoslavia See nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 2nd 15th 9th 6th 12th 21st 6 nbsp Slovakia Part of nbsp Czechoslovakia 12th 26th 2 nbsp Slovenia Part of nbsp Yugoslavia 18th 9th 8th 14th 14th 19th 17th 11th 8 nbsp South Korea 10th 6th 11th 11th 11th 1st 5th 9th 15th 3rd 8th 6th 6th 11th 12th 14th 13th 11th 14th 22nd 20 nbsp Spain 15th 10th 5th 10th 4th 3rd 9th 12th 11th 2nd 4th 13th Q 13 nbsp Sweden 8th 13th 6th 11th 8th 13th 9th 9th 4th 7th 5th 4th 12 nbsp Thailand 21st 1 nbsp Tunisia 12th 19th 18th 15th 14th 18th 17th 21st 24th 27th 10 nbsp Ukraine Part of nbsp Soviet Union 9th 13th 18th 4th 10th 13th 17th 23rd 8 nbsp United States 11th 11th 16th 12th 17th Q Q 7 nbsp Uruguay 24th 23rd 24th 23rd 20th 5 nbsp Uzbekistan Part of nbsp Soviet Union 21st 30th 2 Discontinued teams nbsp Czechoslovakia 1st 3rd 4th 6th 6th 4th 5th 2nd 9th See nbsp Czech Republic 9 nbsp East Germany 1st 9th 1st 1st 4th 4th 3rd See nbsp Germany 7 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro Part of nbsp Yugoslavia 3rd 9th See nbsp Serbia 2 nbsp Soviet Union 6th 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st See nbsp Russia 7 nbsp Yugoslavia 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 5th 5th 3rd 6th 2nd See nbsp Serbia 10 Total 9 9 8 9 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 20 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 32 32 32 32 32 32 Since first entering the tournament in 1957 Romania are the only team to have appeared in all 26 tournaments to date nbsp Best result of participants as of 2019 nbsp Best result for discontinued statesMost successful players editBoldface denotes active handball players and highest medal count among all players including these who not included in these tables per type Multiple gold medalists edit The table shows players who have won at least 3 gold medals at the World Championships Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Camilla Herrem nbsp Norway 2009 2023 3 2 1 6 2 Stine Bredal Oftedal nbsp Norway 2011 2023 3 2 5 3 Maryna Bazanova nbsp Soviet Union 1982 1990 3 3 Hannelore Burosch nbsp East Germany 1971 1978 3 3 Maria Constantinescu Scheip nbsp Romania 1956 1962 3 3 Victorița Dumitrescu nbsp Romania 1956 1962 3 3 Anna Kareyeva nbsp Russia 2001 2007 3 3 Irina Klimovschi Nagy nbsp Romania 1956 1962 3 3 Waltraud Kretzschmar nbsp East Germany 1971 1978 3 3 Nadezhda Muravyova nbsp Russia 2001 2009 3 3 Irina Poltoratskaya nbsp Russia 2001 2007 3 3 Lyudmila Postnova nbsp Russia 2005 2009 3 3 Kristina Richter Hochmuth nbsp East Germany 1971 1978 3 3 Oksana Romenskaya nbsp Russia 2001 2007 3 3 Ana Stănișel Starck nbsp Romania 1956 1962 3 3 Iozefina Ștefănescu Ugron nbsp Romania 1956 1962 3 3 Inna Suslina nbsp Russia 2001 2009 3 3 Aurelia Szoke Sălăgeanu nbsp Romania 1956 1962 3 3 Emiliya Turey nbsp Russia 2005 2009 3 3 Petra Uhlig Kahnt nbsp East Germany 1971 1978 3 3 Hannelore Zober nbsp East Germany 1971 1978 3 3 including two medals won at the 1956 and 1960 World Outdoor Field Handball Championships Multiple medalists edit The table shows players who have won at least 4 medals in total at the World Championships Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Camilla Herrem nbsp Norway 2009 2023 3 2 1 6 2 Katrine Lunde Haraldsen nbsp Norway 2007 2023 2 3 1 6 3 Stine Bredal Oftedal nbsp Norway 2011 2023 3 2 5 4 Kari Aalvik Grimsbo nbsp Norway 2007 2017 2 2 1 5 Zinaida Turchyna nbsp Soviet Union 1973 1986 2 2 1 5 6 Vilde Ingstad nbsp Norway 2015 2023 2 2 4 Nora Mork nbsp Norway 2015 2023 2 2 4 Sanna Solberg Isaksen nbsp Norway 2015 2023 2 2 4 Silje Solberg Osthassel nbsp Norway 2015 2023 2 2 4 10 Heidi Loke nbsp Norway 2009 2017 2 1 1 4 11 Cleopatre Darleux nbsp France 2009 2021 1 3 4 Allison Pineau nbsp France 2009 2021 1 3 4 13 Amalia Sterbinszky nbsp Hungary 1971 1982 1 3 4Top scorers and best players by tournament editThe record holder for scored goals in a single World Championship is Bojana Radulovic She scored 97 goals for Hungary at the 2003 World Championship Year Top scorer Goals Best player 1957 nbsp Pavla Bartakova 11 1962 nbsp Marie Mateju nbsp Ana Stănișel 14 1965 nbsp Anne Marie Nielsen 11 1971 nbsp Hideyo Taramizu 22 1973 nbsp Christine Gehlhoff 25 1975 nbsp Tetyana Makarets 35 1978 nbsp Milena Foltynova nbsp Kristina Richter 41 1982 nbsp Jasna Merdan 52 nbsp Larisa Karlova 1986 nbsp Natalya Kirchik 61 nbsp Natalya Kirchik 1990 nbsp Bozena Karkut nbsp Svetlana Vydrina 50 1993 nbsp Hong Jeong ho 58 1995 nbsp Nataliya Derepasko 61 1997 nbsp Indira Kastratovic 71 nbsp Franziska Heinz 1999 nbsp Carmen Amariei nbsp Grit Jurack 67 nbsp Ausra Fridrikas 2001 nbsp Ausra Fridrikas 87 nbsp Ausra Fridrikas 2003 nbsp Bojana Radulovic 97 nbsp Valerie Nicolas 2005 nbsp Nadine Krause nbsp Tanja Logwin 60 nbsp Lyudmila Postnova 2007 nbsp Grit Jurack 85 nbsp Katja Nyberg 2009 nbsp Katrin Engel 67 nbsp Lyudmila Postnova 2011 nbsp Alexandra do Nascimento 57 Not awarded 2013 nbsp Susann Muller 62 nbsp Eduarda Amorim 2015 nbsp Cristina Neagu 63 nbsp Cristina Neagu 2017 nbsp Nora Mork 66 nbsp Stine Bredal Oftedal 2019 nbsp Lois Abbingh 71 nbsp Estavana Polman 2021 nbsp Nathalie Hagman 71 nbsp Kari Brattset Dale 2023 nbsp Marketa Jerabkova 63 nbsp Henny ReistadLargest winning margin editMargin Winning team Score Opponent WC 48 Hungary nbsp 57 9 nbsp Australia 2005 46 Netherlands nbsp 61 15 nbsp Kazakhstan 2021 45 Sweden nbsp 66 21 nbsp Australia 2009 41 Netherlands nbsp 58 17 nbsp Uzbekistan 2021 41 Angola nbsp 52 11 nbsp Uzbekistan 2021 41 Austria nbsp 52 11 nbsp Thailand 2009 40 Netherlands nbsp 55 15 nbsp Puerto Rico 2021 40 Russia nbsp 48 8 nbsp Australia 2009 39 Angola nbsp 47 8 nbsp Australia 2005 39 France nbsp 46 7 nbsp Australia 2019 38 Netherlands nbsp 53 15 nbsp Australia 2011 38 South Korea nbsp 50 12 nbsp Paraguay 2007 38 Sweden nbsp 48 10 nbsp Puerto Rico 2021 38 Yugoslavia nbsp 41 3 nbsp Tunisia 1975 37 Norway nbsp 48 11 nbsp Uruguay 2001 37 Norway nbsp 47 10 nbsp Australia 2005 37 Russia nbsp 45 8 nbsp Australia 2011 37 Russia nbsp 45 8 nbsp Thailand 2009 37 Denmark nbsp 42 5 nbsp Argentina 1999 36 Norway nbsp 43 7 nbsp Puerto Rico 2021 Source TV2Sporten noSee also editWorld Men s Handball ChampionshipNotes edit Russia s total includes one appearance as Russian Handball Federation in 2021 References edit a b Women s World Championships IHF Retrieved 5 December 2013 a b IHF official site ihf info Page 51 MEDALS TABLE Archived 16 February 2020 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editWomen s WC at IHF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title IHF World Women 27s Handball Championship amp oldid 1219251312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
