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

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

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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   Austria
  France
  Hungary
  Czechoslovakia
4
1956   West Germany
  Romania
  Yugoslavia
3
1960   Denmark
  Netherlands
  Poland
3

Participation details

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – 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
  Austria 2nd 4th 2nd 3
  Denmark × × 5th 1
  France 4th 6th × 2
  Germany
(including West Germany)
× 2nd 3rd 2
  Hungary 1st 3rd × 2
  Netherlands × 4th 1
  Poland × 6th 1
  Romania × 1st 1st 2
Discontinued teams
  Czechoslovakia 3rd × × 1
  Yugoslavia × 5th × 1

Results of host nations

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Year Host Nation Finish
1949   Hungary Champions
1956   West Germany Runners-up
1960   Romania Champions

Results of defending champions

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Year Defending champions Finish
1949
1956   Hungary Third Place
1960   Romania Champions

References

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  1. ^ "Medals Table - Classification at Women's World Championships" (PDF). International Handball Federation (PDF; 383 KB). 20 September 2010. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.