IHF World Women's Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 World Women's Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1957 |
| No. of teams | 24 |
| Continent | International (IHF) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
 Norway (3rd title) |
| Most titles |
 Russia (4 titles) |
The IHF World Women's Handball Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957.
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. The first five tournaments were held in the summer or early fall whereas the rest has been held in November or December.[1]
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Medal count
IHF only includes medals won at the indoor championships.[2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  East Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Hungary | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 |  Yugoslavia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 |  France | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 |  Denmark | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Romania | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  Germany | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 |  South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | |
Participation history
Source: IHF official site.[2]
| Team | 1957 (9) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1962 (9) |
1965 (8) |
1971 (9) |
1973 (12) |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1975 (12) |
1978 (12) |
1982 (12) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (20) |
1997 (24) |
1999 (24) |
 2001 (24) |
 2003 (24) |
2005 (24) |
2007 (24) |
 2009 (24) |
2011 (24) |
2013 (24) |
2015 (24) |
2017 (24) |
Total |
 Algeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | 3 | |
 Angola | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 16th | 13th | 15th | 15th | 13th | 17th | 16th | 7th | 11th | 8th | 16th | 16th | 13 | |
 Argentina | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | 22nd | 20th | 20th | 19th | 23rd | 19th | 18th | 8 | |
 Australia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | 23rd | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | 24th | • | 7 | |
| Austria | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 5th | 8th | 8th | 11th | 3rd | 7th | 11th | 13th | 16th | 10th | • | • | • | 12 | |
 Belarus | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | 16th | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 23rd | 16th | 12th | 20th | 7th | 14th | 15th | 5th | 1st | 10th | 11 | |
 Bulgaria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
 Cameroon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
 Canada | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | 15th | • | 17th | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | |
 Chile | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | • | 1 | |
| China | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 8th | 14th | 13th | 22nd | 18th | 11th | 19th | 17th | 21st | 12th | 21st | 18th | 17th | 14 | |
 Congo | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 22nd | • | • | 17th | 20th | • | • | • | 5 | |
| Croatia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | 10th | 6th | • | • | 14th | 11th | 9th | • | 7th | • | • | 6 | ||||||||||
 Cuba | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | 23rd | 3 | |
| Czech Republic | See Czechoslovakia | 13th | 13th | 19th | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | 5 | |||||||||||
 DR Congo | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 24th | 2 | |
| Denmark | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 9th | • | • | • | 10th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 6th | 4th | 13th | 4th | • | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 18 | |
 Dominican Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | • | • | 23rd | • | 2 | |
| France | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 14th | • | • | 10th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 12th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 7th | 12 | |
| Germany | See West Germany | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 7th | • | 12th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 17th | 7th | 13th | Q | 12 | |||||||||
 Greenland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
| Hungary | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8th | • | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 8th | 9th | • | 8th | 11th | 20 | |
 Iceland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | 1 | |
| Italy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
| Team | 1957 (9) |
1962 (9) |
1965 (8) |
1971 (9) |
1973 (12) |
1975 (12) |
1978 (12) |
1982 (12) |
1986 (16) |
1990 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (20) |
1997 (24) |
1999 (24) |
2001 (24) |
2003 (24) |
2005 (24) |
2007 (24) |
2009 (24) |
2011 (24) |
2013 (24) |
2015 (24) |
2017 (24) |
Total |
 Ivory Coast | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 14th | 20th | • | 21st | 21st | • | 18th | 16th | • | • | 7 | |
 Japan | • | 9th | 7th | 9th | 10th | 10th | • | • | 14th | • | • | 13th | 17th | 17th | 20th | 16th | 18th | 19th | 16th | 14th | 14th | 19th | 17 | |
 Kazakhstan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18th | 22nd | 19th | • | 22bd | 4 | ||||||||||
 Lithuania | Part of Soviet Union | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||
 Macedonia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | 7th | 8th | 21st | • | 15th | 12th | • | • | • | • | 5 | ||||||||||
 Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | Part of  Serbia and Montenegro | • | • | 10th | 11th | 8th | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | • | • | • | 8th | 12th | • | 9th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | 10th | 14th | • | 5th | • | • | 15th | 13th | 2nd | 10 | |
| Norway | • | • | • | 7th | 8th | 8th | • | 7th | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 1st | Q | 19 |
 Paraguay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | • | • | 21st | • | 2 | |
 Poland | 7th | 7th | 8th | • | 5th | 7th | 6th | • | 13th | 9th | 10th | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | 19th | 11th | • | • | 4th | 4th | 15 | |
 Puerto Rico | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | 1 | |
| Romania | 9th | 1st | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 8th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 12th | 4th | 17th | 10th | 2nd | 4th | 8th | 13th | 10th | 3rd | 22 | |
| Russia | See Soviet Union | 5th | 6th | 4th | 12th | 1st | 7th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 6th | • | 5th | 11 | ||||||||||
| Serbia | Part of Yugoslavia | See Serbia and Montenegro | • | • | • | 2nd | 15th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||||||||
 Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | 18th | • | 9th | 8th | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||||||||
| South Korea | • | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | 6th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 1st | 5th | 9th | 15th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 6th | 11th | 12th | 14th | 16 | |
| Spain | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | 10th | 5th | • | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 12th | 8 | |
 Sweden | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 6th | 11th | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 13th | 9th | • | 9th | 8 | |
 Thailand | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | 1 | |
 Tunisia | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 19th | 18th | • | 15th | 14th | 18th | 17th | 21st | 8 | |
 Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | • | 9th | • | 13th | 18th | 4th | 10th | 13th | 17th | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||||||
 United States | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | 11th | 16th | • | 12th | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 | |
 Uruguay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | 23rd | 24th | 23rd | • | • | 20th | • | • | 5 | |
 Uzbekistan | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | 21st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||
| Discontinued teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 1st | 3rd | 4th | • | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | • | 9th | See Czech Republic | 9 | |||||||||||
| East Germany | • | • | • | 1st | 9th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 3rd | See Germany | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 9th | • | See Serbia | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union | • | 6th | • | • | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | See Russia | 7 | ||||||||||||
| West Germany | 4th | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 11th | • | 8th | 9th | 7th | 4th | See Germany | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | See Serbia | 10 | ||||||||||||
 Best result of participants |
 Best result for discontinued states |
Largest winning margin
| Margin | Winning team | Score | Opponent | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hungary | 57–9 | Australia | 2005 |
| 45 | Sweden | 66–21 | Australia | 2009 |
| 41 | Austria | 52–11 | Thailand | 2009 |
| 40 | Russia | 48–8 | Australia | 2009 |
| 39 | Angola | 47–8 | Australia | 2005 |
| 38 | Netherlands | 53–15 | Australia | 2011 |
| 38 | South Korea | 50–12 | Paraguay | 2007 |
| 38 | Yugoslavia | 41–3 | Tunisia | 1975 |
| 37 | Norway | 48–11 | Uruguay | 2001 |
| 37 | Norway | 47–10 | Australia | 2005 |
| 37 | Russia | 45–8 | Australia | 2011 |
| 37 | Russia | 45–8 | Thailand | 2009 |
| 37 | Denmark | 42–5 | Argentina | 1999 |
| 35 | Austria | 45–10 | Australia | 2009 |
| 35 | Croatia | 44–9 | Uruguay | 2005 |
| 34 | Romania | 51–17 | Chile | 2009 |
| 34 | Hungary | 48–14 | Chile | 2009 |
| 34 | South Korea | 45–11 | Australia | 2011 |
| 34 | China | 45–11 | Australia | 2011 |
| 34 | Poland | 40–6 | Paraguay | 2013 |
Source: TV2Sporten.no
References
- 1 2 "Women's World Championships". IHF. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- 1 2 IHF official site (ihf.info): Page 51: MEDALS TABLE
See also
External links
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