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

This article lists the performances of each of the 10 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the IHF World Women'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
1949		4
1956		3
1960		3

Participation details

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– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
5th – Fifth place
6th – Sixth place
— Did not qualify
— Did not enter
— Hosts

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

Team	1949 (4)	1956 (6)	1960 (6)	Total
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3
	×	×	5th	1
	4th	6th	×	2
(including West Germany)	×	2nd	3rd	2
	1st	3rd	×	2
	×	•	4th	1
	×	•	6th	1
	×	bgcolor=gold	1st	1st	2
Discontinued teams
	3rd	×	×	1
	×	5th	×	1

Results of host nations

Year	Finish
1949	bgcolor=gold	Champions
1956	bgcolor=Silver	Runners-up
1960	bgcolor=gold	Champions

Results of defending champions

Year	Defending champions	Finish
1949	—	—
1956		Third Place
1960		bgcolor=gold	Champions

Notes and References

Web site: Medals Table - Classification at Women’s World Championships. 20 September 2010. International Handball Federation. 12. PDF; 383 KB. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191018154805/http://archive.ihf.info/upload/statistics/WWCh_Stats.pdf#page=12. 18 October 2019. 18 October 2019.