The IHF Men's Handball World Championship has been organized indoor by the International Handball Federation since 1938. In the twenty-nine tournaments held, twelve national teams have won the title.

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is the most successful team with six titles, followed by

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and

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with four titles each. The current champion is

, which won its fourth consecutive title at the 2025 tournament in Croatia, Denmark and Norway.

History

The first indoor championship took place in Germany in 1938, involving four teams from Europe made up of 7 players who competed in a round robin stage to find a winner. It wouldn't be until sixteen years later where the second World Championship was held in the country of Sweden. Throughout their history, the World Championships have been dominated by European teams, with no medals being won by non-European countries until 2015, by Qatar. Over the years, the organization of the World Championships has changed. Initially, there were group games in both the preliminary and main rounds, but since the 1995 edition a knockout system has been applied after the preliminary round.

Tournaments

Medal table

Participating nations

Statistics

List of hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

All-time table for semi-finalists (1938–2025)

''Draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.''

Most successful players

Boldface denotes active handball players and highest medal count among all players (including these who are not included in these tables) per type.

Multiple gold medalists

Multiple medalists

The table shows players who have won at least 6 medals in total at the World Championships.

Top scorers by tournament

The record-holder for scored goals in a single World Championship is Kiril Lazarov. He scored 92 goals for Macedonia in nine matches at the 2009 World Championship.

Notes

References

External links

Official websiteIHF official website – Competition HistoryIHF official website – Men's World ChampionshipsIHF official website – Men's World Championships – Statistics (1938–2009)
* ttps://www.the-sports.org/handball-men-s-world-championship-presentation-medal-winners-sup1014.html All time medal winners {{Authority control Recurring sporting events established in 1938 *Men's

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