Handball - Women's World Championship - Statistics

• Summary by team since 1957

  Team	Victories	First Victory	Last Victory
  Russia	4	2001	2009
  Norway	4	1999	2021
  France	3	2003	2023
  U.S.S.R.	3	1982	1990
  East Germany	3	1971	1978
  Hungary	1	1965	1965
  Brazil	1	2013	2013
  Republic of Korea	1	1995	1995
  Denmark	1	1997	1997
  Romania	1	1962	1962
  Germany	1	1993	1993
  Netherlands	1	2019	2019
  Yougoslavia	1	1973	1973
  Czechoslovakia	1	1957	1957

• Winners and finalists since 1957

  Team	Winners	Finalists
  Norway	4	5
  Russia	4	0
  France	3	4
  U.S.S.R.	3	2
  East Germany	3	0
  Hungary	1	4
  Yougoslavia	1	3
  Denmark	1	2
  Romania	1	2
  Netherlands	1	1
  Czechoslovakia	1	1
  Germany	1	0
  Republic of Korea	1	0
  Brazil	1	0
  Spain		1
  Serbia		1
  Austria
  West Germany

• Various statistics since 1957
  
  

  Number of appearances

  1	Romania	27
  2	Hungary	25
  3	Denmark	23
  4	Norway	23
  5	Japan	22
  6	Republic of Korea	21
  7	China	19
  8	Poland	19
  9	Angola	18
  10	France	17

  Number of matches

  1	Romania	169
  2	Norway	167
  3	Hungary	162
  4	Denmark	153
  5	Republic of Korea	136
  6	France	124
  7	Russia	119
  8	Japan	114
  9	Germany	111
  10	China	110

  Games per appearance

  1	Thailand	9
  2	Russia	8.5
  3	Slovakia	7.5
  4	France	7.3
  5	Norway	7.3
  6	North Macedonia	7.2
  7	Bulgaria	7
  8	Democratic Republic of The.	7
  9	Germany	6.9
  10	Denmark	6.7

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  Wins

  1	Norway	121
  2	Hungary	101
  3	Denmark	95
  4	Romania	92
  5	Russia	92
  6	France	83
  7	Germany	71
  8	Republic of Korea	68
  9	Brazil	51
  10	Poland	50

  Number of wins in games played

  1	Russia	77 %
  2	U.S.S.R.	76 %
  3	East Germany	73 %
  4	Norway	72 %
  5	France	67 %
  6	Germany	64 %
  7	Denmark	62 %
  8	Hungary	62 %
  9	Yougoslavia	62 %
  10	Sweden	60 %

  Drawn matches

  1	Romania	13
  2	Hungary	11
  3	Denmark	9
  4	Japan	8
  5	Republic of Korea	8
  6	Yougoslavia	7
  7	Brazil	6
  8	East Germany	6
  9	Germany	6
  10	Norway	6

  ---

  Losses

  1	China	75
  2	Japan	70
  3	Angola	68
  4	Romania	64
  5	Republic of Korea	60
  6	Argentina	54
  7	Poland	53
  8	Australia	51
  9	Hungary	50
  10	Denmark	49

  Number of losses in games played

  1	Australia	100 %
  2	Greenland	100 %
  3	Uruguay	96 %
  4	Democratic Republic of The.	90 %
  5	Canada	89 %
  6	Chile	89 %
  7	Algeria	87 %
  8	Congo	87 %
  9	United States	87 %
  10	Iran	86 %

  Number of ties in games played

  1	East Germany	13 %
  2	North Macedonia	11 %
  3	Ukraine	10 %
  4	Yougoslavia	10 %
  5	Serbia	9 %
  6	Belarus	8 %
  7	Romania	8 %
  8	Uzbekistan	8 %
  9	Czechoslovakia	7 %
  10	Hungary	7 %

• All time table since 1957

  (Based on W=3 pts, D=2 pts and L=1 pts)

  	Team	S	Firs	Best	Pts	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	diff
  1	Norway	23	1971	1st	248	167	121	6	40	4516	3451	+1065
  2	Hungary	25	1957	1st	213	162	101	11	50	3963	3295	+668
  3	Denmark	23	1957	1st	199	153	95	9	49	3694	3081	+613
  4	Romania	27	1957	1st	197	169	92	13	64	4125	3539	+586
  5	Russia	14	1993	1st	190	119	92	6	21	3496	2708	+788
  6	France	17	1986	1st	169	124	83	3	38	3197	2700	+497
  7	Germany	16	1993	1st	148	111	71	6	34	3068	2630	+438
  8	Republic of Korea	21	1978	1st	144	136	68	8	60	3927	3555	+372
  9	Brazil	16	1995	1st	108	96	51	6	39	2564	2437	+127
  10	Spain	13	1993	2nd	105	85	50	5	30	2293	2008	+285
  11	Poland	19	1957	4th	105	108	50	5	53	2287	2321	-34
  12	Sweden	13	1957	4th	101	80	48	5	27	2168	1754	+414
  13	Yougoslavia	11	1957	1st	91	68	42	7	19	1239	973	+266
  14	Netherlands	15	1971	1st	91	88	43	5	40	2333	2081	+252
  15	Austria	15	1957	3rd	90	92	44	2	46	2272	2189	+83
  16	Japan	22	1962	-	80	114	36	8	70	2627	2777	-150
  17	Angola	18	1990	-	76	108	36	4	68	2784	2920	-136
  18	East Germany	7	1971	1st	72	45	33	6	6	821	579	+242
  19	U.S.S.R.	7	1962	1st	71	45	34	3	8	803	613	+190
  20	China	19	1986	2nd	66	110	31	4	75	2590	3032	-442
  21	Czechoslovakia	9	1957	1st	62	54	29	4	21	815	725	+90
  22	Croatia	9	1995	-	57	53	28	1	24	1495	1308	+187
  23	Ukraine	8	1995	4th	57	52	26	5	21	1468	1315	+153
  24	Serbia	8	2003	2nd	56	44	26	4	14	1292	1164	+128
  25	Montenegro	8	2011	-	48	43	23	2	18	1155	1058	+97
  26	West Germany	9	1957	3rd	46	49	22	2	25	702	667	+35
  27	Slovenia	8	1997	-	41	43	19	3	21	1197	1188	+9
  28	Tunisia	11	1975	-	39	65	19	1	45	1534	1821	-287
  29	Argentina	13	1999	-	33	71	16	1	54	1426	2010	-584
  30	North Macedonia	5	1997	-	30	36	13	4	19	945	961	-16
  31	Czech Republic	9	1995	-	30	42	14	2	26	1044	1099	-55
  32	Cote D'Ivoire	7	1995	-	16	41	7	2	32	922	1218	-296
  33	Kazakhstan	8	2007	2nd	16	42	8	0	34	911	1358	-447
  34	Paraguay	6	2007	1st	14	27	7	0	20	507	853	-346
  35	Slovakia	2	1995	-	11	15	5	1	9	352	375	-23
  36	Congo	7	1982	2nd	10	38	5	0	33	803	1174	-371
  37	Belarus	2	1997	-	9	12	4	1	7	289	309	-20
  38	Bulgaria	2	1982	-	8	14	4	0	10	290	320	-30
  39	Cuba	5	1999	-	8	26	4	0	22	652	927	-275
  40	United States	5	1975	-	8	30	4	0	26	422	732	-310
  41	Lithuania	1	1993	-	6	6	3	0	3	154	136	+18
  42	Iceland	3	2011	1st	6	6	3	0	3	128	142	-14
  43	Puerto Rico	2	2015	-	6	13	3	0	10	229	509	-280
  44	Cameroon	4	2005	-	5	19	2	1	16	438	619	-181
  45	Senegal	3	2019	-	4	7	2	0	5	165	182	-17
  46	Italy	1	2001	-	4	6	2	0	4	128	146	-18
  47	Dominican Republic	2	2007	-	4	13	2	0	11	263	418	-155
  48	Thailand	1	2009	-	4	9	2	0	7	161	340	-179
  49	Algeria	3	1978	-	4	15	2	0	13	265	446	-181
  50	Democratic Republic of The Congo	3	2013	-	4	21	2	0	19	390	613	-223
  51	Canada	4	1978	-	3	19	1	1	17	315	539	-224
  52	Uzbekistan	2	1997	-	3	12	1	1	10	243	480	-237
  53	Iran	3	2021	1st	2	7	1	0	6	112	221	-109
  54	Chile	2	2009	1st	2	9	1	0	8	174	318	-144
  55	Uruguay	6	1997	-	2	27	1	0	26	435	958	-523
  56	Greenland	2	2001	2nd	0	5	0	0	5	77	152	-75
  57	Australia	8	1999	-	0	51	0	0	51	680	1901	-1221

General Informations

• First edition : 1957
• Editions : 26 (including 2023)
• Official name : IHF World Women's Handball Championship
• Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IHF_World_Women's_Handball_Championship
• Organiser : International Handball Federation
• First winner : Czechoslovakia
• Most wins : Russia, Norway (4)
• Most recent winner : France