Handball Alltimetable Men World Championships Outdoors 1938-66
| RANK | TEAM | T | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P | % |
| 1 | West Germany (incl. GER) | 6 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 538 | 215 | 323 | 51 | 94,44% |
| 2 | Switzerland | 7 | 30 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 364 | 312 | 52 | 38 | 63,33% |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 261 | 160 | 101 | 30 | 68,18% |
| 4 | Austria | 6 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 329 | 369 | -40 | 26 | 50,00% |
| 5 | East Germany | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 84 | 77 | 17 | 94,44% |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 82 | 10 | 14 | 77,78% |
| 7 | Romania | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 61 | 30 | 10 | 71,43% |
| 8 | Denmark | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 152 | 191 | -39 | 10 | 31,25% |
| 9 | Netherlands | 6 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 209 | 350 | -141 | 10 | 21,74% |
| 10 | France | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 121 | 150 | -29 | 9 | 34,62% |
| 11 | Poland | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 143 | 184 | -41 | 9 | 32,14% |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 74 | 14 | 8 | 57,14% |
| 13 | Saar | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 105 | -2 | 8 | 44,44% |
| 14 | Hungary | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 80 | 91 | -11 | 6 | 33,33% |
| 15 | Portugal | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 33,33% |
| 16 | Israel | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 61 | -24 | 2 | 25,00% |
| 17 | Finland | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 49 | -31 | 2 | 33,33% |
| 18 | Spain | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 58 | -29 | 0 | 0,00% |
| 19 | Belgium | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 60 | -33 | 0 | 0,00% |
| 20 | Norway | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 48 | -36 | 0 | 0,00% |
| 21 | United States | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 67 | -47 | 0 | 0,00% |
| 22 | Luxemburg | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 125 | -105 | 0 | 0,00% |