In the twenty-nine tournaments held, twelve national teams have won the title.France is the most successful team with six titles, followed bySweden,Denmark andRomania with four titles each.
The current champion isDenmark, which won its fourth consecutive title at the 2025 tournament in Croatia, Denmark and Norway.[1]
The first indoor championship took place in Germany in 1938, involving four teams from Europe made up of 7 players who competed in a round robin stage to find a winner. It wouldn't be until sixteen years later where the second World Championship was held in the country of Sweden. Throughout their history, the World Championships have been dominated by European teams, with no medals being won by non-European countries until 2015, by Qatar. Over the years, the organization of the World Championships has changed. Initially, there were group games in both the preliminary and main rounds, but since the1995 edition a knockout system has been applied after the preliminary round.[2]
^Not including2021 results (3 victories, 1 draw and 2 loses in 6 matches) because the team participated as theRussian Handball Federation in accordance with a ban byWADA and a decision byCAS.