IHF World Women's Handball Championship

IHF World Women's Handball Championship
	Current season, competition or edition:; 31px 2015 World Women's Handball Championship
Sport	Handball
Founded	1949
No. of teams	24
Continent	International (IHF)
Most recent champion(s)	23x15px Brazil

The IHF World Women's Handball Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1949.

Championships

Only 4 teams participated in the first championship, this number grew to the present 24 which was introduced in 1997. 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 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), and before that it was held more irregularly.^{[citation needed]} The first five tournaments were held in the summer or early fall whereas the rest has been held in November or December.^[1]

Indoor, 7 players a team

Year	Host country	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host country	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1957	23x15px Yugoslavia	30x27px Czechoslovakia	7 – 1	30x27px Hungary	30x27px Yugoslavia	9 – 6	30x27px West Germany
1962	23x15px Romania	30x27px Romania	8 – 5	30x27px Denmark	30x27px Czechoslovakia	6 – 5	30x27px Yugoslavia
1965	23x15px West Germany	30x27px Hungary	5 – 3	30x27px Yugoslavia	30x27px West Germany	11 – 10	30x27px Czechoslovakia
1971	23x15px Netherlands	30x27px East Germany	11 – 8	30x27px Yugoslavia	30x27px Hungary	12 – 11	30x27px Romania
1973	23x15px Yugoslavia	30x27px Yugoslavia	16 – 11	30x27px Romania	30x27px Soviet Union	20 – 12	30x27px Hungary
1975	23x15px Soviet Union	30x27px East Germany	no final	30x27px Soviet Union	30x27px Hungary	no 3rd place playoff	30x27px Romania
1978	23x15px Czechoslovakia	30x27px East Germany	no final	30x27px Soviet Union	30x27px Hungary	no 3rd place playoff	30x27px Czechoslovakia
1982	23x15px Hungary	30x27px Soviet Union	no final	30x27px Hungary	30x27px Yugoslavia	no 3rd place playoff	30x27px East Germany
1986	23x15px Netherlands	30x27px Soviet Union	30 – 22	30x27px Czechoslovakia	30x27px Norway	23 – 19	30x27px East Germany
1990	Template:Country data South Korea South Korea	30x27px Soviet Union	24 – 22	30x27px Yugoslavia	30x27px East Germany	25 – 19	30x27px West Germany
1993	23x15px Norway	30x27px Germany	22 – 21 OT	30x27px Denmark	30x27px Norway	20 – 19	30x27px Romania
1995	23x15px 23x15px Austria / Hungary	Template:Country data South Korea	25 – 20	30x27px Hungary	30x27px Denmark	25 – 24	30x27px Norway
1997	23x15px Germany	30x27px Denmark	33 – 20	30x27px Norway	30x27px Germany	27 – 25	30x27px Russia
1999	23x15px 23x15px Denmark / Norway	30x27px Norway	25 – 24 2OT	30x27px France	30x27px Austria	31 – 28 OT	30x27px Romania
2001	23x15px Italy	30x27px Russia	30 – 25	30x27px Norway	30x27px Yugoslavia	42 – 40	30x27px Denmark
2003	23x15px Croatia	30x27px France	32 – 29 OT	30x27px Hungary	Template:Country data South Korea	31 – 29	30x27px Ukraine
2005	23x15px Russia	30x27px Russia	28 – 23	30x27px Romania	30x27px Hungary	27 – 24	30x27px Denmark
2007	23x15px France	30x27px Russia	29 – 24	30x27px Norway	30x27px Germany	36 – 35 OT	30x27px Romania
2009	23x15px China	30x27px Russia	25 – 22	30x27px France	30x27px Norway	31 – 26	30x27px Spain
2011	23x15px Brazil	30x27px Norway	32 – 24	30x27px France	30x27px Spain	24 – 18	30x27px Denmark
2013	23x15px Serbia	30x27px Brazil	22 – 20	30x27px Serbia	30x27px Denmark	30 – 26	30x27px Poland
2015	23x15px Denmark
2017	23x15px Germany
2019	Template:Country data Japan Japan

Medal count

IHF only includes medals won at the indoor championships.^[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	23x15px Russia	4	0	0	4
2	23x15px Soviet Union	3	2	1	6
3	23x15px East Germany	3	0	1	4
4	23x15px Norway	2	3	3	8
5	23x15px Hungary	1	4	4	9
6	23x15px Yugoslavia	1	3	3	7
7	23x15px France	1	3	0	4
8	23x15px Denmark	1	2	2	5
9	23x15px Romania	1	2	0	3
10	23x15px Czechoslovakia	1	1	1	3
11	23x15px Germany	1	0	3	4
12	Template:Country data KOR	1	0	1	2
13	23x15px Brazil	1	0	0	1
14	23x15px Serbia	0	1	0	1
15	23x15px Austria	0	0	1	1
15	23x15px Spain	0	0	1	1
Total		21	21	21	63

Participation history

File:Women-handball-world-championship best result.png

Best result of participants

Source: IHF official site.^[2]

Team	1957	1962	1965	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015
23x15px Algeria							10–12						19								22
23x15px Angola										16	16	13–16	15	15	13	17	16	7	11	8	16	Q
23x15px Argentina														24		22	20	20	19	23	19	Q
23x15px Australia														23		23	24	24	24	24	24
23x15px Austria	6								12	5	8	8	11	3	7	11	13	16	10
23x15px Belarus													16	14
23x15px Bulgaria								10		12
23x15px Brazil												17–20	23	16	12	20	7	14	15	5	1	Q
23x15px Cameroon																	22
23x15px Canada							10–12			15		17–20	20
23x15px Chile																			23
23x15px China									9	8	14	13–16	22	18	11	19	17	21	12	21	18	Q
23x15px Congo								12						22	22			17	20
23x15px Ivory Coast												17–20	14	20		21	21		18	16
23x15px Croatia												10	6			14	11	9		7
23x15px Cuba														21						22		Q
23x15px Czech Republic												13–16	13	19		15					15
23x15px DR Congo																					20	Q
23x15px Denmark	5	2	5	6	7	9				10	2	3	1	6	4	13	4		5	4	3	Q
23x15px Dominican Republic																		22			23
23x15px France									15	14			10	2	5	1	12	5	2	2	6
23x15px Germany											1	5	3	7		12	6	3	7	17	7
23x15px Greenland															24
23x15px Hungary	2	5	1	3	4	3	3	2	8		7	2	9	5	6	2	3	8	9		8
Template:Country data Iceland																				12
23x15px Italy															16
Template:Country data Japan		9	7	9	10	10			14			13–16	17	17	20	16	18	19	16	14	14	Q
Team	1957	1962	1965	1971	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1990	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015
Template:Country data Kazakhstan																		18	22	19
23x15px Lithuania											13
23x15px Macedonia													7	8	21		15	12
23x15px Montenegro																				10	11
23x15px Netherlands				8	12		9		10					10	14		5			15	13
23x15px Norway				7	8	8		7	3	6	3	4	2	1	2	6	9	2	3	1	5	Q
23x15px Paraguay																		23			21
23x15px Poland	7	7	8		5	7	6		13	9	10		8	11			19	11			4
23x15px Puerto Rico																						Q
23x15px Romania	9	1	6	4	2	4	7	8	5	7	4	7	12	4	17	10	2	4	8	13	10
23x15px Russia											5	6	4	12	1	7	1	1	1	6
23x15px Serbia															3	9					2
23x15px Slovakia												12
23x15px Slovenia													18		9	8	14
Template:Country data South Korea							10–12	6	11	11	11	1	5	9	15	3	8	6	6	11	12	Q
23x15px Spain											15				10	5		10	4	3	9
23x15px Sweden	8									13	6	11			8				13	9
23x15px Thailand																			21
23x15px Tunisia						12									19	18		15	14	18	17	Q
23x15px Ukraine												9		13	18	4	10	13	17
23x15px United States						11		11	16		12	17–20
23x15px Uruguay													24		23	24	23			20
23x15px Uzbekistan													21
Discontinued teams
23x15px Czechoslovakia	1	3	4		6	6	4	5	2		9
23x15px East Germany				1	9	1	1	4	4	3
23x15px Soviet Union		6			3	2	2	1	1	1
23x15px West Germany	4	8	3	5	11		8	9	7	4
23x15px Yugoslavia	3	4	2	2	1	5	5	3	6	2

File:Women handball world championship best result-old states.png

Best result for discontinued states

Largest winning margin

Margin	Winning team	Score	Opponent	WC
48	Hungary 23x15px	57–9	23x15px Australia	2005
45	Sweden 23x15px	66–21	23x15px Australia	2009
41	Austria 23x15px	52–11	23x15px Thailand	2009
40	Russia 23x15px	48–8	23x15px Australia	2009
39	Angola 23x15px	47–8	23x15px Australia	2005
38	Netherlands 23x15px	53–15	23x15px Australia	2011
38	Template:Country data KOR	50–12	23x15px Paraguay	2007
38	Yugoslavia 23x15px	41–3	23x15px Tunisia	1975
37	Norway 23x15px	48–11	23x15px Uruguay	2001
37	Norway 23x15px	47–10	23x15px Australia	2005
37	Russia 23x15px	45–8	23x15px Australia	2011
37	Russia 23x15px	45–8	23x15px Thailand	2009
37	Denmark 23x15px	42–5	23x15px Argentina	1999
35	Austria 23x15px	45–10	23x15px Australia	2009
35	Croatia 23x15px	44–9	23x15px Uruguay	2005
34	Romania 23x15px	51–17	23x15px Chile	2009
34	Hungary 23x15px	48–14	23x15px Chile	2009
34	Template:Country data KOR	45–11	23x15px Australia	2011
34	China 23x15px	45–11	23x15px Australia	2011
34	Poland 23x15px	40–6	23x15px Paraguay	2013

Source: TV2Sporten.no

References

^ ^a ^b "Women's World Championships". IHF. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b IHF official site (ihf.info): Page 51: MEDALS TABLE

External links

Women's WC at IHF

[IHF_History-1] "Women's World Championships". IHF. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

[medals_table-2] IHF official site (ihf.info): Page 51: MEDALS TABLE

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