National team appearances in the World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship

This article lists the performances of each of the 22 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship finals.

Debut of teams
Each successive World Women's Handball Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.

Participation details
;Legend
 * – Champions
 * – Runners-up
 * – Third place
 * – Fourth place
 * 5-10th – Fifth to tenth place
 * IR – Intermediary round
 * PR – Preliminary round
 * — Qualified but withdrew
 * — Did not qualify
 * — Did not enter
 * — Hosts
 * — Part of corresponding country.

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.