World Men's Handball Championship
The World Men's Handball Championship has been organized indoor by the International Handball Federation since 1938.
In the twenty-six tournaments held, eleven different nations have won the title. France is the most successful team with six titles, followed by Sweden and Romania with four titles each.
Denmark is the current champion after winning its maiden title in 2019. The next tournament will be held in Egypt in 2021.
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.| Times hosted | Host | Year |
| 8 | 1938, 1958, 1961, 1974, 1982, 2007, 2019, | |
| 5 | 1954, 1967, 1993, 2011, | |
| 3 | 1978, 2019, | |
| 3 | 1970, 2001, 2017 | |
| 2 | 2009, | |
| 2 | 1964, 1990 | |
| 2 | 1999, | |
| 1 | 1995 | |
| 1 | 1997 | |
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| 1 | 2003 | |
| 1 | 2015 | |
| 1 | 2013 | |
| 1 | 1986 | |
| 1 | 2005 |
All-time table for champions
As of 2019| Team | Participations | Pld | W | D | L | Titles | Top 4 |
| 13 | 104 | 76 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 6 | |
| ' | 12 | 72 | 41 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 24 | 155 | 99 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 11 | |
| 24 | 160 | 106 | 6 | 48 | 6 | 12 | |
| ' + | 24 +8 | 143 +45 | 104 +23 | 12 +6 | 37 +16 | 3 | 10 +4 |
| 14 | 83 | 51 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 6 | |
| 13 | 107 | 66 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 3 | |
| 21 | 158 | 101 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 7 | |
| 20 | 146 | 100 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 6 | |
| 24 | 169 | 116 | 4 | 49 | 4 | 13 | |
| 10 | 92 | 57 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 5 |
Draws include knockout matches decided in a penalty shootout.''
Most successful players
Boldface denotes active handball players and highest medal count among all players per type.Multiple gold medalists
The table shows those who have won at least 3 gold medals at the World Championships.| Rank | Player | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Thierry Omeyer | 2001 | 2017 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | |
| 2 | Jérôme Fernandez | 2001 | 2015 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | Michaël Guigou | 2005 | 2019 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | Nikola Karabatić | 2005 | 2019 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | Daniel Narcisse | 2001 | 2017 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | Cédric Sorhaindo | 2009 | 2019 | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 | Cornel Oțelea | 1959 | 1970 | 3 | 1 * | 1 | 5 * | |
| 8 | Didier Dinart | 2001 | 2011 | 3 | – | 2 | 5 | |
| 9 | Luc Abalo | 2009 | 2019 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | |
| 10 | William Accambray | 2011 | 2017 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| 10 | Xavier Barachet | 2011 | 2017 | 3 | – | – | 3 | |
| 10 | Guillaume Joli | 2011 | 2017 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
Multiple medalists
The table shows those who have won at least 6 medals in total at the World Championships.| Rank | Player | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Thierry Omeyer | 2001 | 2017 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | |
| 2 | Jérôme Fernandez | 2001 | 2015 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | Michaël Guigou | 2005 | 2019 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | Nikola Karabatić | 2005 | 2019 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | Daniel Narcisse | 2001 | 2017 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | Magnus Andersson | 1990 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | Ola Lindgren | 1990 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 6 | Magnus Wislander | 1990 | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 9 | Jackson Richardson | 1993 | 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |