Sports Rankings – Historical Rankings, Stats & Performance Data

★ Best in the year

#	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Σ	Δ pts
1	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	Russia	546	–
2	France	France	France	France	France	482	–
3	Germany	Germany	Denmark	Denmark	Denmark	449	▲ +7
4	Denmark	Denmark	Germany	Germany	Germany	416	▲ +4
5	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	Norway	400	–
6	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	South Korea	325	▲ +4
7	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	Sweden	277	–
8	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	243	–
9	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	Spain	201	–
10	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	Hungary	188	–
11	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	Romania	183	–
12	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	Croatia	166	▲ +2
13	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	Brazil	154	–
14	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	108	–
15	Egypt	Argentina	Egypt	Egypt	Egypt	81	▲ +3
16	Argentina	Egypt	Argentina	Argentina	Argentina	72	▲ +1
17	China	China	China	China	China	64	▲ +1
18	Poland	Poland	Japan	Japan	Japan	64	▲ +2
19	Japan	Japan	Poland	Poland	Poland	58	–
20	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	Cuba	55	–
21	Tunisia	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	Netherlands	54	–
22	Austria	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	Tunisia	47	▲ +1
23	Netherlands	Austria	Algeria	Algeria	Algeria	45	–
24	Algeria	Algeria	Austria	Austria	Austria	45	–
25	United States	United States	Qatar	Qatar	Qatar	41	▲ +2
26	Iceland	Iceland	United States	United States	United States	39	▲ +1
27	Qatar	Qatar	Iceland	Iceland	Iceland	37	▲ +1
28	Angola	Angola	Angola	Angola	Angola	32	–
29	Montenegro	Montenegro	Montenegro	Montenegro	Montenegro	30	–
30	Canada	Canada	Slovenia	Slovenia	Slovenia	22	–
31	Kuwait	Kuwait	Canada	Canada	Canada	21	–
32	Australia	Australia	Kuwait	Kuwait	Kuwait	19	–
33	Switzerland	Switzerland	Australia	Australia	Australia	18	–
34	Slovenia	Slovenia	Switzerland	Switzerland	Switzerland	18	–
35	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro	16	–
36	Ukraine	Ukraine	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	15	–
37	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Ukraine	Ukraine	Ukraine	15	–
38	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	West Germany (not to ranking)	Bahrain	14	▲ +6
39	Bahrain	Bahrain	Bahrain	Bahrain	West Germany (not to ranking)	10	–
40	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	7	–
41	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	Uruguay	7	–
42	Congo	Congo	Congo	Congo	Congo	6	–
43	Ivory Coast	Greenland	Greenland	Greenland	Greenland	6	–
44	East Germany (not to ranking)	Ivory Coast	Ivory Coast	Ivory Coast	Ivory Coast	6	–
45	Greece	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	East Germany (not to ranking)	5	–
46	North Korea	DR Congo	DR Congo	DR Congo	DR Congo	4	–
47	Cameroon	Greece	Greece	Greece	Greece	4	–
48	Chile	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	North Korea	4	–
49	Dominican Republic	Cameroon	Cameroon	Cameroon	Cameroon	3	–
50	DR Congo	Chile	Chile	Chile	Chile	3	–

Triple delight as Denmark seal majestic treble at the Men's EHF EURO 2026

IHF.info | 01.02.2026

Reigning world champions and Olympic champions Denmark completed the treble, after securing eight wins in nine matches at the Men’s EHF EURO 2026, with a stellar display in the final against Germany, 34:27, to clinch their third continental title in history.

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Norway deny Germany fairytale finish to claim world title and complete golden treble

IHF.info | 14.12.2025

Norway survived a fierce challenge from co-hosts Germany in a tense final at Ahoy Arena, edging a 23:20 win to lift their fifth World Championship trophy to give goalkeeper Katrine Lunde a dream ending to her national team career.

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