World Handball Championships

The World Handball Championship, hosted by the International Handball Federation, is played every two years, for men and women in separate tournaments.

The World Men's Handball Championships were first held in 1938 in Germany. There was a break of 16 years until the next event, held in Sweden in 1954.

The World Women's Handball Championships were first held in 1957.

Only four teams participated in the first championship for both men and women. This number has grown to 24, which was introduced in 1995.

The competition has been dominated by European countries. France has won the most men's tournaments.

2025 Men's World Handball Championship

This championship was hosted by Croatia, Denmark, and Norway from 14th January to 2nd February 2025. All 32 countries were put into eight groups - Group A to Group H. Some of the countries in each group were Germany, Poland, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Brazil, and Norway. Here are the final standings of this championship:

2025 Women's World Handball Championship

The 27th IHF Women's World Handball Championship 2025 was held in five cities from November 26 to December 14, 2025. These cities include Rotterdam, S-Hertogenbosch, Dortmund, Stuttgart, and Trier.

All the 32 participating countries will be put into eight groups - Group A to Group H. Some of the teams in these groups include Denmark, Hungary, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Brazil. Here is the final result of this tournament:

Past and Upcoming Events

Men's

• 2025: Croatia, Denmark, Norway
• 2027: Germany
• 2029: France, Germany
• 2031: Denmark, Iceland, Norway

Women's

• 2025: Netherlands, Germany
• 2027: Hungary
• 2029: Spain
• 2031: Czech Republic, Poland