The IHF Men's Handball World Championship has been organized indoor by the

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since 1938. In the twenty-seven tournaments held, eleven nations have won the title.

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is the most successful team with six titles, followed by

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with four titles each. The current champion is

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, which won its second title at the 2021 tournament in Egypt.

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 has 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 more recently a knockout system has been applied after the preliminary round.

Tournaments

¹ Germany sent a united team composed of players from the GDR and the FRG.

Medal table

Participating nations

Statistics

List of hosts

List of hosts by number of championships hosted.

All-time table for champions

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

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'' (with the exception of Russia, which has not been updated yet, as the team participated as RHF in 2021).

Most successful players

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

Multiple gold medalists

The table shows players who have won at least 3 gold medals at the World Championships. * Including one medal won at the 1959 World Outdoor Field Handball Championship

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.

References

External links

IHF official website

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