National team appearances in the World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship explained

This article lists the performances of each of the 22 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship finals.^[1]

Debut of teams

Each successive World Women's Handball Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.

Year	Debutants	Total
1938		10
1948		5
1952		2
1955		2
1959		0
1963		4
1966		0

Participation details

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– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
5-10th – Fifth to tenth place
IR – Intermediary round
PR – Preliminary round
— Qualified but withdrew
— Did not qualify
— Did not enter
— Hosts
— Part of corresponding country.

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	1938 (10)	1948 (12)	1952 (10)	1955 (17)	1959 (7)	1963 (8)	1966 (6)	Total
		IR	4th	7th	4th	5th	3rd	6
	×	PR	•	PR	•	×	×	2
	6th	×	×	3rd	×	×	×	2
	8th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	PR	6th	×	×	5
	×	PR	×	PR	×	×	×	2
	×	4th	PR	8th	•	×	×	3
/ (West) Germany	1st	×	bgcolor=gold	1st	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	6
		×	×	×		bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	2
	3rd	PR	×	PR	7th	×	×	4
	×	×	×	×	×	7th	×	1
	10th	PR	•	PR	×	×	×	3
	9th	IR	6th	PR	×	6th	6th	5
	×	×	•	PR	×	×	×	1
	7th	IR	×	×	•	4th	4th	4
	×	IR	•	PR	×	×	×	2
	5th	×	×	×	bgcolor=silver	2nd	×	×	2
			PR	6th				2
	×	×	PR	PR	••	×	×	2
	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	3rd	×	×	5
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	3rd	5th	7
	×	×	×	×	×	8th	×	1
	×	×	•	5th	•	×	×	1

Results of host nations

Year	Finish
1938	bgcolor=gold	Champions
1948	Fourth Place
1952	Third Place
1955	bgcolor=gold	Champions
1959	Fourth Place
1963	Third Place
1966	Third Place

Results of defending champions

Year	Defending champions	Finish
1938	—	—
1948		Did not enter
1952		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
1955		bgcolor=gold	Champions
1959	(United team of East and West Germany)	bgcolor=gold	Champions
1963		bgcolor=gold	Champions
1963		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up
1966		bgcolor=silver	Runners-up

Notes and References

Web site: Medals Table - Ranking at Men’s World Championships. 20 October 2010. International Handball Federation. 17. PDF; 941 KB. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200329155322/http://archive.ihf.info/upload/statistics/MWC_Stats.pdf#page=17. 29 March 2020. 21 September 2020.