Handball Alltimetable Men World Championships Indoors 1938-2017
| RANK | TEAM | T | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P | % |
| 1 | Germany | 23 | 163 | 111 | 12 | 40 | 4052 | 3337 | 715 | 234 | 71,78% |
| 2 | Sweden | 23 | 159 | 108 | 4 | 47 | 3927 | 3262 | 665 | 220 | 69,18% |
| 3 | Spain | 19 | 147 | 102 | 7 | 38 | 4080 | 3385 | 695 | 211 | 71,77% |
| 4 | France | 21 | 150 | 99 | 6 | 45 | 3812 | 3346 | 466 | 204 | 68,00% |
| 5 | Denmark | 22 | 146 | 89 | 6 | 51 | 3549 | 3177 | 372 | 184 | 63,01% |
| 6 | Croatia | 12 | 101 | 75 | 4 | 22 | 2936 | 2501 | 435 | 154 | 76,24% |
| 7 | Hungary | 19 | 133 | 68 | 8 | 57 | 3209 | 3022 | 187 | 144 | 54,14% |
| 8 | Russia | 12 | 100 | 64 | 6 | 30 | 2800 | 2432 | 368 | 134 | 67,00% |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 15 | 101 | 62 | 7 | 32 | 2418 | 2053 | 365 | 131 | 64,85% |
| 10 | Romania | 14 | 92 | 57 | 4 | 31 | 2076 | 1840 | 236 | 118 | 64,13% |
| 11 | Poland | 15 | 101 | 56 | 3 | 42 | 2468 | 2346 | 122 | 115 | 56,93% |
| 12 | Iceland | 19 | 116 | 48 | 7 | 61 | 2871 | 2813 | 58 | 103 | 44,40% |
| 13 | Norway | 14 | 87 | 41 | 7 | 39 | 2119 | 1978 | 141 | 89 | 51,15% |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 12 | 71 | 40 | 7 | 24 | 1413 | 1194 | 219 | 87 | 61,27% |
| 15 | Egypt | 14 | 96 | 41 | 5 | 50 | 2328 | 2383 | -55 | 87 | 45,31% |
| 16 | Soviet Union | 8 | 51 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 1171 | 899 | 272 | 72 | 70,59% |
| 17 | Tunisia | 13 | 88 | 32 | 7 | 49 | 2247 | 2317 | -70 | 71 | 40,34% |
| 18 | Slovenia | 8 | 61 | 31 | 3 | 27 | 1785 | 1711 | 74 | 65 | 53,28% |
| 19 | South Korea | 11 | 77 | 30 | 4 | 43 | 2078 | 2065 | 13 | 64 | 41,56% |
| 20 | East Germany | 8 | 45 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 875 | 753 | 122 | 54 | 60,00% |
| 21 | Algeria | 14 | 84 | 17 | 10 | 57 | 1850 | 2162 | -312 | 44 | 26,19% |
| 22 | Switzerland | 10 | 50 | 19 | 4 | 27 | 914 | 1006 | -92 | 42 | 42,00% |
| 23 | Argentina | 11 | 70 | 18 | 5 | 47 | 1648 | 1913 | -265 | 41 | 29,29% |
| 24 | Czech Republic | 6 | 44 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 1177 | 1171 | 6 | 40 | 45,45% |
| 25 | Brazil | 13 | 74 | 19 | 1 | 54 | 1714 | 2060 | -346 | 39 | 26,35% |
| 26 | Japan | 13 | 68 | 17 | 2 | 49 | 1451 | 1820 | -369 | 36 | 26,47% |
| 27 | Cuba | 7 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 1227 | 1350 | -123 | 31 | 32,29% |
| 28 | FYR Macedonia | 5 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 887 | 919 | -32 | 28 | 43,75% |
| 29 | Qatar | 6 | 41 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 1047 | 1251 | -204 | 28 | 34,15% |
| 30 | Belarus | 4 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 808 | 802 | 6 | 22 | 39,29% |
| 31 | Serbia | 3 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 696 | 691 | 5 | 22 | 45,83% |
| 32 | Austria | 5 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 592 | 599 | -7 | 22 | 44,00% |
| 33 | Ukraine | 2 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 412 | 387 | 25 | 18 | 60,00% |
| 34 | Portugal | 3 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 478 | 450 | 28 | 14 | 38,89% |
| 35 | Slovakia | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 458 | 455 | 3 | 14 | 43,75% |
| 36 | Chile | 4 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 705 | 895 | -190 | 13 | 23,21% |
| 37 | Saudi Arabia | 8 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 1057 | 1458 | -401 | 12 | 12,00% |
| 38 | Kuwait | 8 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 937 | 1416 | -479 | 12 | 13,04% |
| 39 | Greece | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 245 | 246 | -1 | 9 | 50,00% |
| 40 | Morocco | 6 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 673 | 907 | -234 | 7 | 11,29% |
| 41 | Bahrain | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 340 | 439 | -99 | 6 | 21,43% |
| 42 | Angola | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 436 | 639 | -203 | 6 | 16,67% |
| 43 | Lithuania | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 130 | 134 | -4 | 5 | 41,67% |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 168 | 207 | -39 | 4 | 22,22% |
| 45 | Iran | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 185 | 225 | -40 | 4 | 28,57% |
| 46 | China | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 223 | 353 | -130 | 4 | 20,00% |
| 47 | Greenland | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 345 | 489 | -144 | 4 | 12,50% |
| 48 | Italy | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100 | 105 | -5 | 3 | 30,00% |
| 49 | Montenegro | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 179 | 203 | -24 | 2 | 14,29% |
| 50 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 175 | 207 | -32 | 2 | 14,29% |
| 51 | Australia | 7 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 774 | 1657 | -883 | 2 | 2,27% |
| 52 | Finland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 60 | -14 | 1 | 16,67% |
| 53 | Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 54 | -36 | 0 | 0,00% |
| 54 | Nigeria | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 154 | -42 | 0 | 0,00% |
| 55 | Luxemburg | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 128 | -108 | 0 | 0,00% |
| 56 | Canada | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 152 | 366 | -214 | 0 | 0,00% |
| 57 | United States | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 377 | 778 | -401 | 0 | 0,00% |
USA is no 1 in terms of medals in the Olympics and in the World Championships of the Olympic Sports, but in team handball they arguably have a lot to learn. Not a single point across six tournaments in the mens game. (Source: Coachsaid.com)