India national wheelchair handball team
National handball team
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The India national wheelchair handball team is the national wheelchair handball team of India and is overseen by the Handball Federation of India.[2][3]
| India | |||
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| Information | |||
| Association | Handball Federation of India | ||
| Coach | Anand Bajirao Mane[1] | ||
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| Results | |||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2022) | ||
| Last updated on 17 May 2026. | |||
History
They participated at the first Four a Side World Championship in September 2022. They lost the fifth-place game in the penalty shootout against the Netherland. They finished the tournament at the sixth place out of six teams. Two months later at the Six a Side World Championship they lost again a penalty shootout at the third-place game against the Norwegian team and they finished fourth out of 9 teams.[4] At this tournament they had 5 new players out of 12.[5][6] Many of the players of the Six a Side World Championship squad were also wheelchair basketball player. Reena Gupa plays for the India women's national wheelchair basketball team.[7]
Competitive record
Wheelchair Handball World Championship
Apart from the Netherlands, the Indian national wheelchair handball team was the only other team to participate in both the Four a side and Six a Side World Championships in 2022.[8]
| IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship record (Four a Side) | |||||||||
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| Year | Position | GP | W | L | SW | SL | SPW | SPL | |
 2022 Egypt | 6th | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 54 | 79 | |
| 2024 Egypt | 8th | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 63 | 95 | |
| Total | 2/2 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 117 | 174 | |
| IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship record (Six a Side) | |||||||||
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| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
 2022 Portugal | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 78 | ||
| Total | 1/1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 78 | ||