Four in a row: Denmark's handball run

2019, 2021, 2023, 2025. No men's team had won four straight world titles. Germany 2027 is next.

WCS Desk

1 OCT 2026 · 5 MIN READ

01 The run

Denmark beat Norway in 2019, Sweden in 2021, France in 2023 and Croatia in 2025. Before 2019 they had lost three finals, including 2011 and 2013.

France still hold the record for total titles with six. Denmark have four, all of them in this run.

The 2027 championship runs from 13 to 31 January in six German cities, with the final in Cologne.

Sources & corrections

[1] IHF RESULTS ARCHIVE

[2] EHF REPORT ON THE 2025 FINAL

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