The IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship is the official competition for senior national Wheelchair handball teams of the world.
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Wheelchair Handball World Championship | |
| Sport | Wheelchair handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 26 October 2019 |
| Founder | International Handball Federation |
| First season | 2022 |
| Continent | International (IHF) |
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 | 8 | |||||||||
Statistics
Total hosts
| Hosts | 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.