2021: The IOC postponed the Olympic Games to 2021 due to the COVID-19
pandemic. Handball was originally scheduled on 2020, Jul 25 - Aug 09.
Men
Gold
Final
Silver
Bronze
1972
YUG
21:16
TCH
ROU
1976
URS
19:15
ROU
POL
1980
GDR
23:22aet
URS
ROU
1984
YUG
18:17
FRG
ROU
1988
URS
32:25
KOR
YUG
1992
EUN
22:20
SWE
FRA
1996
CRO
27:26
SWE
ESP
2000
RUS
28:26
SWE
ESP
2004
CRO
26:24
GER
RUS
2008
FRA
28:23
ISL
ESP
2012
FRA
22:21
SWE
CRO
2016
DEN
28:26
FRA
GER
2021
FRA
25:23
DEN
ESP
Women
Gold
Final
Silver
Bronze
1976
URS
---
GDR
HUN
1980
URS
---
YUG
GDR
1984
YUG
---
KOR
CHN
1988
KOR
---
NOR
URS
1992
KOR
28:21
NOR
EUN
1996
DEN
37:33a2et
KOR
HUN
2000
DEN
31:27
HUN
NOR
2004
DEN
38:36p
KOR
UKR
2008
NOR
34:27
RUS
HUN
2012
NOR
26:23
MNE
ESP
2016
RUS
22:19
FRA
NOR
2021
FRA
30:25
ROC
NOR
ROC = Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics;
This is the outcome of a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA) on 9 December 2019 banning Russia from all international
sport for four years, after it was found that data provided by the
Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by Russian
authorities with a goal of protecting athletes involved in its
state-sponsored doping scheme.
World Championships - Men
World Champions
Final
Runners-up
Third place
1938, Feb 05 - 06
Berlin GER
GER
---
AUT
SWE
1954, Jan 13 - 17
Göteborg SWE
SWE
17:14
FRG
TCH
1958, Feb 27 - Mar 08
Berlin GDR
SWE
22:12
TCH
GER
1961, Mar 01 - 12
Dortmund FRG
ROU
9:8a2et
TCH
SWE
1964, Mar 09 - 15
Praha TCH
ROU
25:22
SWE
TCH
1967, Jan 12 - 21
Västerås SWE
TCH
14:11
DEN
ROU
1970, Feb 26 - Mar 08
Paris FRA
ROU
13:12a2et
GDR
YUG
1974, Feb 28 - Mar 10
Berlin GDR
ROU
14:12
GDR
YUG
1978, Jan 26 - Feb 05
København DEN
FRG
20:19
URS
GDR
1982, Feb 23 - Mar 07
Dortmund FRG
URS
30:27aet
YUG
POL
1986, Feb 25 - Mar 08
Zürich SUI
YUG
24:22
HUN
GDR
1990, Feb 28 - Mar 10
Praha TCH
SWE
27:23
URS
ROU
1993, Mar 10 - 20
Stockholm SWE
RUS
28:19
FRA
SWE
1995, May 07 - 21
Reykjavík ISL
FRA
23:19
CRO
SWE
1997, May 17 - Jun 01
Kumamoto JPN
RUS
23:21
SWE
FRA
1999, Jun 01 - 15
Cairo EGY
SWE
25:24
RUS
YUG
2001, Jan 23 - Feb 04
Paris FRA
FRA
28:25aet
SWE
YUG
2003, Jan 20 - Feb 02
Lisboa POR
CRO
34:31
GER
FRA
2005, Jan 23 - Feb 06
Radès TUN
ESP
40:34
CRO
FRA
2007, Jan 19 - Feb 04
Köln GER
GER
29:24
POL
DEN
2009, Jan 16 - Feb 01
Zagreb CRO
FRA
24:19
CRO
POL
2011, Jan 13 - 30
Malmö SWE
FRA
37:35aet
DEN
ESP
2013, Jan 11 - 27
Barcelona ESP
ESP
35:19
DEN
CRO
2015, Jan 15 - Feb 01
Doha QAT
FRA
25:22
QAT
POL
2017, Jan 11 - 29
Paris FRA
FRA
33:26
NOR
SLO
2019, Jan 10 - 27
Herning DEN
DEN
31:22
NOR
FRA
2021, Jan 13 - 31
Cairo EGY
DEN
26:24
SWE
ESP
2023, Jan 11 - 29
Stockholm SWE
DEN
34:29
FRA
ESP
1958: GER = united team of players from the FRG and the GDR
World Championships - Women
The first two World Championships were held as outdoor small-field
tournaments.
World Champions
Final
Runners-up
Third place
1957, Jul 13 - 20
Beograd YUG
TCH
7:1
HUN
YUG
1962, Jul 08 - 15
București ROU
ROU
8:5
DEN
TCH
1965, Nov 07 - 13
Dortmund FRG
HUN
5:3
YUG
FRG
1968, Nov 16 - 24
URS
suspended by the IHF on 30.08. due to the Soviet
invasion in TCH
1971, Dec 11 - 19
Arnhem NED
GDR
11:8
YUG
HUN
1973, Dec 07 - 15
Beograd YUG
YUG
16:11
ROU
URS
1975, Dec 02 - 13
Kiev URS
GDR
---
URS
HUN
1978, Nov 30 - Dec 10
Bratislava TCH
GDR
---
URS
HUN
1982, Dec 01 - 13
Budapest HUN
URS
---
HUN
YUG
1986, Dec 04 - 14
Rotterdam NED
URS
30:22
TCH
NOR
1990, Nov 24 - Dec 04
Seoul KOR
URS
24:22
YUG
GER east
1993, Nov 24 - Dec 05
Oslo NOR
GER
22:21aet
DEN
NOR
1995, Dec 04 - 17
Wiener Neustadt AUT
KOR
25:20
HUN
DEN
1997, Nov 30 - Dec 14
Berlin GER
DEN
33:20
NOR
GER
1999, Nov 29 - Dec 12
Lillehammer NOR
NOR
25:24a2et
FRA
AUT
2001, Dec 04 - 16
Meran ITA
RUS
30:25
NOR
YUG
2003, Dec 02 - 14
Zagreb CRO
FRA
32:29aet
HUN
KOR
2005, Dec 05 - 18
Sankt-Peterburg RUS
RUS
28:23
ROU
HUN
2007, Dec 02 - 16
Paris FRA
RUS
29:24
NOR
GER
2009, Dec 05 - 20
Nanjing CHN
RUS
25:22
FRA
NOR
2011, Dec 02 - 18
São Paulo BRA
NOR
32:24
FRA
ESP
2013, Dec 07 - 22
Beograd SRB
BRA
22:20
SRB
DEN
2015, Dec 02 - 20
Herning DEN
NOR
31:23
NED
ROU
2017, Dec 01 - 17
Hamburg GER
FRA
23:21
NOR
NED
2019, Nov 30 - Dec 15
Kumamoto JPN
NED
30:29
ESP
RUS
2021, Dec 01 - 19
Granollers ESP
NOR
29:22
FRA
DEN
1990: GER east = The championship was held after the German reunification, although
East and West Germany participated separately.
Junior World Championships - Men
World Champions
Final
Runners-up
Third place
1967, Mar 04 - 12
Rotterdam NED
ROU
22:8
POL
FRG
1977, Apr 11 - 19
Göteborg SWE
URS
24:10
HUN
YUG
1979, Oct 23 - Nov 02
Brøndbyvester DEN
URS
30:25
YUG
SWE
1981, Dec 04 - 13
Porto POR
YUG
28:21
URS
TCH
1983, Dec 03 - 12
Helsinki FIN
URS
32:17
FRG
DEN
1985, Dec 07 - 15
Vasto ITA
URS
32:27
SWE
YUG
1987, Dec 03 - 13
Rijeka YUG
YUG
28:26
ESP
URS
1989, Sep 13 - 24
Pontevedra ESP
URS
23:17
ESP
YUG
1991, Sep 04 - 13
Athína GRE
YUG
27:16
SWE
URS
1993, Sep 08 - 18
Cairo EGY
EGY
22:19
DEN
ISL
1995, Aug 20 - Sep 03
Buenos Aires ARG
RUS
29:28aet
ESP
POR
1997, Aug 23 - Sep 05
Trabzon TUR
DEN
29:23
UKR
FRA
1999, Aug 23 - Sep 05
Doha QAT
DEN
26:22aet
SWE
EGY
2001, Aug 20 - Sep 02
Basel SUI
RUS
31:27
ESP
SWE
2003, Aug 24 - Sep 06
Foz do Iguaçu BRA
SWE
36:34aet
DEN
SLO
2005, Aug 15 - 28
Nyíregyháza HUN
DEN
40:35
SCG
HUN
2007, Aug 13 - 26
Ohrid MKD
SWE
31:29
GER
DEN
2009, Aug 06 - 19
Cairo EGY
GER
32:24
DEN
SLO
2011, Jul 17 - 31
Thessaloniki GRE
GER
27:18
DEN
TUN
2013, Jul 14 - 28
Sarajevo BIH
SWE
28:23
ESP
FRA
2015, Jul 19 - Aug 01
Uberlândia BRA
FRA
26:24
DEN
GER
2017, Jul 18 - 30
Alger ALG
ESP
39:38aet
DEN
FRA
2019, Jul 16 - 28
Vigo ESP
FRA
28:23
CRO
EGY
2021, Jun 22 - Jul 03
Budapest HUN
On Feb 22 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023, Jun 20 - Jul 02
Berlin GER
GER
30:23
HUN
ISL
1967: precursor Junior World Tournament
Junior World Championships - Women
World Champions
Final
Runners-up
Third place
1967, Mar 04 - 12
Rotterdam NED
ROU
10:7
HUN
TCH
1977, Sep 30 - Oct 07
București ROU
YUG
16:13aet
URS
ROU
1979, Oct 13 - 23
several venues YUG
URS
---
GDR
YUG
1981, Oct 17 - 25
Sherbrooke CAN
URS
---
YUG
FRG
1983, Oct 14 - 22
Nantes FRA
URS
22:17
GDR
KOR
1985, Oct 19 - 30
Seoul KOR
URS
27:24
KOR
POL
1987, Oct 23 - Nov 01
Randers DEN
URS
24:15
DEN
GDR
1989, Sep 22 - Oct 01
Bauchi NGR
URS
26:23
KOR
BUL
1991, Aug 23 - Sep 01
Strasbourg FRA
URS
26:25
KOR
DEN
1993, Sep 03 - 12
Gabrovo BUL
RUS
24:17
BUL
KOR
1995, Sep 05 - 17
Aracaju BRA
ROU
28:24
DEN
NOR
1997, Jul 29 - Aug 10
Abidjan CIV
DEN
29:26
RUS
ROU
1999, Aug 01 - 13
Zhongshan CHN
ROU
25:20
LTU
DEN
2001, Jul 29 - Aug 11
Győr HUN
RUS
29:27
HUN
GER
2003, Aug 04 - 17
Ohrid MKD
RUS
26:24
HUN
NOR
2005, Aug 01 - 14
Brno CZE
RUS
30:25
NOR
KOR
2008, Jul 21 - Aug 03
Skopje MKD
GER
23:22
DEN
KOR
2010, Jul 17 - 31
Seoul KOR
NOR
30:21
RUS
MNE
2012, Jul 01 - 14
Ostrava CZE
SWE
29:22
FRA
HUN
2014, Jun 28 - Jul 13
Koprivnica CRO
KOR
34:27
RUS
DEN
2016, Jul 02 - 15
Moskva RUS
DEN
32:28aet
RUS
ROU
2018, Jul 01 - 14
Debrecen HUN
HUN
28:22
NOR
KOR
2020, Dec 02 - 13
ROU
cancelled
2022, Jun 22 - Jul 03
Celje SLO
NOR
31:29
HUN
NED
1967: precursor Junior World Tournament
2020: Originally scheduled for 01 to 13 July, the tournament was
rescheduled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Sep 30 IHF postponed
the event to 2021 and finally canceled it on 22 February 2021.
Youth World Championships - Men
World Champions
Final
Runners-up
Third place
2005, Aug 03 - 11
Doha QAT
SCG
39:23
KOR
CRO
2007, Jul 26 - Aug 03
Manama BRN
DEN
27:26
CRO
SWE
2009, Jul 20 - 31
Hammamet TUN
CRO
40:35
ISL
SWE
2011, Aug 10 - 20
Mar del Plata ARG
DEN
24:22
ESP
SWE
2013, Aug 10 - 23
Érd HUN
DEN
32:26a2et
CRO
GER
2015, Aug 07 - 20
Yekaterinburg RUS
FRA
33:26
SLO
ISL
2017, Aug 08 - 20
Tbilisi GEO
FRA
28:25
ESP
DEN
2019, Aug 06 - 18
Skopje MKD
EGY
32:28
GER
DEN
2021, Aug 18 - 29
GRE
On Feb 22 cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023, Aug 02 - 13
Varaždin CRO
ESP
28:23
DEN
CRO
Youth World Championships - Women
World Champions
Final
Runners-up
Third place
2006, Aug 11 - 20
Sherbrooke CAN
DEN
36:33
KOR
ROU
2008, Jul 11 - 20
Bratislava SVK
RUS
27:22
SRB
DEN
2010, Aug 02 - 12
Santo Domingo DOM
SWE
34:29
NOR
NED
2012, Aug 16 - 26
Bar MNE
DEN
27:26
RUS
NOR
2014, Jul 20 - Aug 03
Ohrid MKD
ROU
32:21
GER
DEN
2016, Jul 19 - 31
Bratislava SVK
RUS
30:22
DEN
KOR
2018, Aug 07 - 19
Kielce POL
RUS
29:27
HUN
KOR
2020
CRO
cancelled
2022, Jul 30 - Aug 10
Skopje MKD
KOR
31:28
DEN
HUN
2020: The championship was originally scheduled to be held in China from
18 to 30 August. But on 7 February, the IHF decided to move the
tournament to another country due to concerns about the COVID-19
pandemic. The tournament was rescheduled to 29 September to 11
October, due to the coronavirus pandemic. On 17 July, the event was
postponed. On 22 February 2021, the tournament was cancelled.
IHF Inter-Continental Trophies - Men
The IHF Inter-Continental Trophy has been
organized by the International Handball Federation since 2011. It is a
biennial tournament played among emerging nations in junior and youth
(since 2019) categories.
1.
2011, Jun 30 - Jul 08
Jaipur IND
2.
2013, Nov 25 - 29
Monterrey MEX
3.
2015, Oct 21 - 25
Gabrovo BUL
2017
no inter-continental phase
4.
2019, Apr 10 - 14
Pristina KOS
2021
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
5.
2023, Mar 07 - 11
San José CRC
Junior
Winners
Final
Runners-up
Third place
2011
FIN
---
VEN
BEN
2013
MDA
---
MEX
NGR
2015
FAR
---
CPV
COL
2019
KOS
30:26
TPE
USA
2023
CUB
---
GUI
GBR
Youth
Winners
Final
Runners-up
Third place
2019
TPE
27:26
NGR
KOS
2023
Guadeloupe
---
GEO
NGR
IHF Inter-Continental Trophies - Women
1.
2011, Nov 03 - 06
Almaty KAZ
2.
2013, Nov 25 - 29
Monterrey MEX
3.
2015, Oct 21 - 25
Gabrovo BUL
2017
no inter-continental phase
2020, Mar 24 -29
COL cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Junior
Winners
Final
Runners-up
Third place
2011
FIN
25:24
KAZ
CGO
2013
BUL
---
COD
CAN
2015
GUE
---
BUL
UZB
Super Globe - Men
During the 1996 IHF Congress, two new competitions were created: the
Club World Cup and the Intercontinental Cup between the best clubs or
teams from each continent, with an attractive redistribution of income.
Winners
Final
Runners-up
Third place
1997, Jan 03 - 08
Wiener Neustadt AUT
Caja Cantabria de Santander ESP
30:29a2et
Drammen HK NOR
Doo San Kyung Wol KOR
2000, May 23 - 28
Dortmund GER
cancelled on economic reasons by IHF in Jan 2000
2002, Jun 03 - 09
Doha QAT
Al Sadd Doha QAT
---
SC Magdeburg GER
A.A.A. Metodista São Bernardo BRA
2007, Jun 05 - 09
Cairo EGY
BM Ciudad Real ESP
---
Al Ahly Cairo EGY
MCA Alger ALG
2010, May 17 - 21
Doha QAT
BM Ciudad Real ESP
30:25
Al Sadd Doha QAT
El-Zamalek Cairo EGY
2011, May 14 - 18
Doha QAT
THW Kiel GER
28:25
BM Ciudad Real ESP
Al Sadd LIB
2012, Aug 27 - Sep 01
Doha QAT
BM Atlético de Madrid ESP
28:23
THW Kiel GER
Al Sadd Doha QAT
2013, Aug 25 - 30
Doha QAT
FC Barcelona ESP
27:25
HSV Hamburg GER
El-Jaish Club QAT
2014, Sep 07 - 12
Doha QAT
FC Barcelona ESP
34:26
Al Sadd Doha QAT
SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER
2015, Sep 07 - 10
Doha QAT
Füchse Berlin GER
28:27aet
MKB Veszprém HUN
FC Barcelona ESP
2016, Sep 05 - 08
Doha QAT
Füchse Berlin GER
29:28
Paris Saint-Germain HB FRA
KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL
2017, Aug 25 - 28
Doha QAT
FC Barcelona ESP
29:25
Füchse Berlin GER
RK Vadar Skopje MKD
2018, Oct 16 - 19
Doha QAT
FC Barcelona ESP
29:24
Füchse Berlin GER
Montpellier HB FRA
2019, Aug 27 - 31
Doha QAT
FC Barcelona ESP
34:32
THW Kiel GER
RK Vadar Skopje MKD
2020, Oct 06 - 10
Dammam KSA
cancelled by IHF on Sep 23 due to the COVID-19
pandemic
2021, Oct 05 - 09
Jeddah KSA
SC Magdeburg GER
33:28
FC Barcelona ESP
Aalborg Håndbold DEN
2022, Oct 18 - 23
Dammam KSA
SC Magdeburg GER
41:39aet
FC Barcelona ESP
Łomża Industria Kielce POL
Super Globe - Women
Winners
Final
Runners-up
Third place
2019, Aug 01 - 04
Wuxi CHN
1° de Agosto ANG
27:22
China National Club CHN
UnC Concórdia BRA
Continental World Cup - Men (defunct)
During the 1996 IHF Congress, two new competitions were created: the
Club World Cup and the Intercontinental Cup between the best clubs or
teams from each continent, with an attractive redistribution of income.
Winners
Final
Runners-up
Third place
(Unofficial) Intercontinental Cup
1998, Oct 07 - 12
Doha QAT
ALG
KUW
ROU
H.R.M. Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Inter Continental
World Cup
2000, Jun 04 - 09
Dammam KSA
SWE
KOR
EGY
2002, Jun 25 - 29
Moskva RUS
RUS
SWE
ARG
Emerging Nations Men's Championships
"As part of the constant commitment for the development of handball the
International Handball Federation will organize the first ever
championship for emerging nations" (from the IHF website 2015).
Winners
Final
Runners-up
Third place
2015, Jun 20 - 26
Pristina KOS
FAR
27:24
LAT
KOS
2017, Jun 12 - 18
Veliko Tarnovo BUL
FAR
26:25
TUR
KOS
2019, Jun 08 - 16
Tbilisi GEO
GEO
31:21
CUB
BUL
2021, Apr
cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023, Apr 25 - 30
Varna BUL
CUB
28:18
CYP
BUL
Handball at the Youth Olympic Games (defunct)
1998, Jul 11 - 19
Moskva RUS
1.
2010, Aug 20 - 25
Singapore SIN
2.
2014, Aug 20 - 25
Nanjing CHN
replaced by beach handball
1998: World Youth Games - first multi-sport event for the youth (hold
only one time)
