IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship

The IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship is the official competition for senior national Wheelchair handball teams of the world.

IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Wheelchair Handball World Championship
Sport	Wheelchair handball
Founded	26 October 2019; 5 years ago (2019-10-26)
Founder	International Handball Federation
First season	2022
Continent	International (IHF)
Most recent champion(s)	Egypt (1st title)
Most titles	Egypt  Portugal  Brazil (1 title)

History

In 2013 was already held a Wheelchair Handball World Championship organised by Brazil. But not officially recognized by the IHF. Brazil won all categories.^[1]

Since 2015 there exists the European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament.

On 26 October 2019 the first Meeting of IHF Wheelchair Handball Working Group was held. They planned the first Wheelchair Handball World Championship for 2021 during the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.^[2]

During the IHF Council Meeting No. 6 on 27 and 28 February 2020 in Cairo the IHF announced that there will be the first Wheelchair Handball World Championship already in 2020. The IHF will add Wheelchair handball for the 2028 Summer Paralympics. But one of the requirement is that there were two world championships until 2022.^[3][4]

Tournaments

6×6

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2020	Sweden		Tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5]: 18:12 [6]
2021	Spain
2022 Details	Portugal		Portugal	18–10	Netherlands		Norway	15–14	India		9

4×4

Year	Host		Final				3rd place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
2022 Details	Egypt		Brazil	2–1	Egypt		Slovenia	2–0	Chile		6
2024 Details	Egypt		Egypt	2–0	United States		Brazil	2–0	France		8

Performance

6×6

Nation	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Portugal	1 (2022 *)
Netherlands		1 (2022)
Norway			1 (2022)
India				1 (2022)

4×4

Nation	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
Egypt	1 (2024 *)	1 (2022 *)
Brazil	1 (2022)		1 (2024)
United States		1 (2024)
Slovenia			1 (2022)
Chile				1 (2022)
France				1 (2024)

Statistics

Total hosts

Times hosted	Nations	Year(s)
2	Egypt	2022 4×4, 2024 4×4
1	Portugal	2022 6×6

Literature

• "XXVIII. Competition Manual for IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championships" (PDF). International Handball Federation. 27 February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.