World Championship.
Indoor handball's world championship, first played in Germany in 1938. Every two years since 1993.
FIRST · 1938 GERNEXT · 2027 GERMANY29 EDITIONS12 CHAMPIONSMEN
EDITIONS COMPLETED
1938 → 2025
29
MOST TITLES
France · 6 titles
FRA
NEXT EDITION
Germany · 13 Jan 2027
2027
QUICK ANSWERS
World Championship: the short version.
- Who has won the most IHF Men's World Championship titles?
- France, with 6 titles (1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017).
- Who won the last IHF Men's World Championship?
- Denmark won the 2025 IHF Men's World Championship in Croatia, Denmark & Norway, beating Croatia 32–26 in the final.
- When and where is the next IHF Men's World Championship?
- The next IHF Men's World Championship is in Germany, from 13 Jan 2027 to 31 Jan 2027. 32 teams take part.
- How many times has the IHF Men's World Championship been held?
- 29 times, from 1938 to 2025.
- Which countries have won the IHF Men's World Championship?
- 12 nations have won it: France (6), Denmark (4), Romania (4), Sweden (4), Germany (2), Russia (2), Spain (2), Croatia (1), Czechoslovakia (1), USSR (1), West Germany (1) and Yugoslavia (1).
01 · TIMELINE
Drag the scrubber. Travel 89 years.
Each node opens that edition's full report.
EDITION
2025
HOST
Croatia, Denmark & Norway
32 TEAMS
CHAMPION
DenmarkRUNNER-UP · CROATIA
1938
1958
1964
1970
1978
1986
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
2025
Denmark
2027
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03 · THE RECORD
Every edition.
Every host, champion, runner-up and final result. Tap a row for the full report.
| YEAR | HOST | CHAMPION | RUNNER-UP | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Germany | UPCOMING | — | — |
| 2025 | Croatia, Denmark & Norway | |  | 32–26 |
| 2023 | Poland & Sweden | |  | 34–29 |
| 2021 | Egypt | |  | 26–24 |
| 2019 | Germany & Denmark | |  | 31–22 |
| 2017 | France | | | 33–26 |
| 2015 | Qatar | |  | 25–22 |
| 2013 | Spain |  | | 35–19 |
| 2011 | Sweden | | | 37–35 (aet) |
| 2009 | Croatia | | | 24–19 |
| 2007 | Germany |  |  | 29–24 |
| 2005 | Tunisia | | | — |
| 2003 | Portugal | | | — |
| 2001 | France | | | — |
| 1999 | Egypt | |  | — |
| 1997 | Japan | | | — |
| 1995 | Iceland | | | — |
| 1993 | Sweden | | | — |
| 1990 | Czechoslovakia | | — | |
| 1986 | Switzerland |  | — |
04 · STATS
The numbers, drawn.
Pick a metric. Titles are counted by the name the team competed under.
CHAMPIONS · COUNT
FRA6DEN4
ROU4SWE4GER2RUS2ESP2CRO1TCH1
URS1
FRG1YUG1
05 · MOMENTS & LEGENDS
The ones we still argue about.
06 · TRIVIA
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Facts we'd bet on at the pub. Test yourself.
07 · WHAT'S NEXT