International Handball

The national-team game: every men's Olympic podium, the sport's ultimate trophy, alongside the IHF World Championship since 1938. Soviet, Yugoslav and German lineages fold into their modern successors, attributed per edition.

Domestic Handball →

Club handball's honours board: every Handball-Bundesliga champion.

Olympic podiums

The ultimate trophy. Men's Olympic handball: 1936, then every Games since 1972.

2024

GoldDenmark

SilverGermany

BronzeSpain

2020

GoldFrance

SilverDenmark

BronzeSpain

2016

GoldDenmark

SilverFrance

BronzeGermany

2012

GoldFrance

SilverSweden

BronzeCroatia

2008

GoldFrance

SilverIceland

BronzeSpain

2004

GoldCroatia

SilverGermany

BronzeRussia

2000

GoldRussia

SilverSweden

BronzeSpain

1996

GoldCroatia

SilverSweden

BronzeSpain

1992

GoldUnified Team

SilverSweden

BronzeFrance

1988

GoldSoviet Union

SilverSouth Korea

BronzeYugoslavia

1984

GoldYugoslavia

SilverWest Germany

BronzeRomania

1980

GoldEast Germany

SilverSoviet Union

BronzeRomania

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2024	Denmark	Germany	Spain
2020	France	Denmark	Spain
2016	Denmark	France	Germany
2012	France	Sweden	Croatia
2008	France	Iceland	Spain
2004	Croatia	Germany	Russia
2000	Russia	Sweden	Spain
1996	Croatia	Sweden	Spain
1992	Unified Team	Sweden	France
1988	Soviet Union	South Korea	Yugoslavia
1984	Yugoslavia	West Germany	Romania
1980	East Germany	Soviet Union	Romania
1976	Soviet Union	Romania	Poland
1972	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	Romania
1936	Germany	Austria	Switzerland

IHF World Championship

The biennial Worlds, the deepest record in the sport. 29 editions since 1938.

2025

GoldDenmark

SilverCroatia

BronzeFrance

2023

GoldDenmark

SilverFrance

BronzeSpain

2021

GoldDenmark

SilverSweden

BronzeSpain

2019

GoldDenmark

SilverNorway

BronzeFrance

2017

GoldFrance

SilverNorway

BronzeSlovenia

2015

GoldFrance

SilverQatar

BronzePoland

2013

GoldSpain

SilverDenmark

BronzeCroatia

2011

GoldFrance

SilverDenmark

BronzeSpain

2009

GoldFrance

SilverCroatia

BronzePoland

2007

GoldGermany

SilverPoland

BronzeDenmark

2005

GoldSpain

SilverCroatia

BronzeFrance

2003

GoldCroatia

SilverGermany

BronzeFrance

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2025	Denmark	Croatia	France
2023	Denmark	France	Spain
2021	Denmark	Sweden	Spain
2019	Denmark	Norway	France
2017	France	Norway	Slovenia
2015	France	Qatar	Poland
2013	Spain	Denmark	Croatia
2011	France	Denmark	Spain
2009	France	Croatia	Poland
2007	Germany	Poland	Denmark
2005	Spain	Croatia	France
2003	Croatia	Germany	France
2001	France	Sweden	FR Yugoslavia
1999	Sweden	Russia	FR Yugoslavia
1997	Russia	Sweden	France
1995	France	Croatia	Sweden
1993	Russia	France	Sweden
1990	Sweden	Soviet Union	Romania
1986	Yugoslavia	Hungary	East Germany
1982	Soviet Union	Yugoslavia	Poland
1978	West Germany	Soviet Union	East Germany
1974	Romania	East Germany	Yugoslavia
1970	Romania	East Germany	Yugoslavia
1967	Czechoslovakia	Denmark	Romania
1964	Romania	Sweden	Czechoslovakia
1961	Romania	Czechoslovakia	Sweden
1958	Sweden	Czechoslovakia	Germany
1954	Sweden	Germany	Czechoslovakia
1938	Germany	Austria	Sweden

Current world ranking

Our own ranking: the site's men's handball Elo over World Championships, Olympics, continental championships and qualifiers, updated each morning. Citizen of Nowhere Elo, from international tournament results on Wikipedia, as of 2026-10-03.

1Denmark2,457

2France2,253

3Germany2,219

4Croatia2,177

5Egypt2,152

6Sweden2,127

7Portugal2,126

8Iceland2,111

9Norway2,069

10Spain2,042

11Slovenia2,010

12Brazil1,984

#	Nation	Elo
1	Denmark	2,457
2	France	2,253
3	Germany	2,219
4	Croatia	2,177
5	Egypt	2,152
6	Sweden	2,127
7	Portugal	2,126
8	Iceland	2,111
9	Norway	2,069
10	Spain	2,042
11	Slovenia	2,010
12	Brazil	1,984
13	Hungary	1,977
14	Serbia	1,941
15	Austria	1,835
16	Switzerland	1,833
17	Argentina	1,820
18	Netherlands	1,794
19	North Macedonia	1,793
20	Czech Republic	1,788
21	Poland	1,779
22	Bahrain	1,761
23	Italy	1,752
24	Tunisia	1,743
25	Qatar	1,723
26	Greece	1,672
27	Kuwait	1,666
28	Chile	1,643
29	Montenegro	1,634
30	Cape Verde	1,632
31	Saudi Arabia	1,625
32	Faroe Islands	1,624
33	Romania	1,612
34	South Korea	1,610
35	Japan	1,566
36	Angola	1,552
37	United States	1,550
38	Lithuania	1,549
39	Turkey	1,518
40	Israel	1,510
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,509
42	Morocco	1,503
43	Slovakia	1,500
44	Algeria	1,492
45	Finland	1,479
46	Ukraine	1,477
46	Estonia	1,477
48	Georgia	1,474
49	Iran	1,465
50	China	1,455
51	Latvia	1,451
52	United Arab Emirates	1,440
52	Belgium	1,440
54	Chinese Taipei	1,431
55	Gabon	1,428
56	Cuba	1,417
57	Kosovo	1,414
58	DR Congo	1,412
59	Nigeria	1,406
60	Greenland	1,400
61	Azerbaijan	1,385
62	Congo	1,379
63	Iraq	1,377
64	Uruguay	1,372
65	Guinea	1,370
66	Cameroon	1,351
67	Luxembourg	1,332
68	Benin	1,324
69	Bulgaria	1,316
70	Rwanda	1,298
71	Jordan	1,284
72	Kazakhstan	1,279
73	Oman	1,269
74	Cyprus	1,259
75	Great Britain	1,257
76	Paraguay	1,255
77	Hong Kong	1,249
78	Libya	1,248
79	Mexico	1,229
80	Uganda	1,212
81	Peru	1,207
82	Canada	1,175
83	Puerto Rico	1,170
84	Costa Rica	1,161
85	Malta	1,151
86	Australia	1,104
87	Kenya	1,094
88	New Zealand	1,049
89	Zambia	998
90	India	987

Currently suspended from the program and unranked: Russia (1,884 Elo, frozen).

Nations

Sort by

Russia

Oly medals 6 · Worlds gold 3 · Worlds medals 6

Oly gold

France

Oly medals 5 · Worlds gold 6 · Worlds medals 13

Oly gold

Denmark

Oly medals 3 · Worlds gold 4 · Worlds medals 8

Oly gold

Croatia

Oly medals 3 · Worlds gold 1 · Worlds medals 6

Oly gold

Serbia

Oly medals 3 · Worlds gold 1 · Worlds medals 6

Oly gold

Germany

Oly medals 5 · Worlds gold 3 · Worlds medals 6

Oly gold

East Germany

Oly medals 1 · Worlds gold 0 · Worlds medals 4

Oly gold

Sweden

Oly medals 4 · Worlds gold 4 · Worlds medals 12

Oly gold

Romania

Oly medals 4 · Worlds gold 4 · Worlds medals 6

Oly gold

Spain

Oly medals 5 · Worlds gold 2 · Worlds medals 5

Oly gold

Czech Republic

Oly medals 1 · Worlds gold 1 · Worlds medals 5

Oly gold

Poland

Oly medals 1 · Worlds gold 0 · Worlds medals 4

Oly gold


Russia	4	6	3	6
France	3	5	6	13
Denmark	2	3	4	8
Croatia	2	3	1	6
Serbia	2	3	1	6
Germany	1	5	3	6
East Germany	1	1	0	4
Sweden	0	4	4	12
Romania	0	4	4	6
Spain	0	5	2	5
Czech Republic	0	1	1	5
Poland	0	1	0	4
Austria	0	1	0	1
Iceland	0	1	0	0
South Korea	0	1	0	0
Switzerland	0	1	0	0
Norway	0	0	0	2
Hungary	0	0	0	1
Qatar	0	0	0	1
Slovenia	0	0	0	1

Sources & methodology

Olympic men's handball podiums (field handball in 1936, indoor from 1972) and the IHF World Championship from 1938. The Soviet Union and the Unified Team fold into Russia; Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia into Serbia; West Germany into Germany; Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic, attributed per edition. East Germany is kept as its own nation. Olympic gold is the headline honour; nations are ranked by it.