A parallel development to the one of a eleven in the north of Europe has this modality mainly and in her the first Championship of the World in 1938 is celebrated. Second 0Guerra World-wide did not allow the development of competitions and is in 1954 when the handball to seven meets for a new championship of the world.
After a phase of classification, that Spain does not surpass, six equipment faces having left champion the Swedish, followed by the German, the Czechoslovakian and the Swiss. Denmark and France were relegated to the last positions.

Between the second and third championship of the world the international federation created the Glass of Europe de Clubs national champions, giving a great impulse to this modality. This happened in the Congress of Stockholm of the year 1956 to which 36 delegates of 18 federations had gone. A year later would start up and would be gained by a Czech equipment, the Prague. Barcelona represented Spain.

In 1958 the third Championship of the World in the German Democratic Republic would be celebrated and would be first that would have a similar structure to which it is used at the moment. 16 divided equipment participated in 4 groups. Both first classified of each one they happened to the main phase in which they were matched with those of another group. In the last phase, the winners of each group of both resulting, disputed the end. Sweden desire when defeating to Czechoslovakia and follows Germany and Denmark. Behind they were left Poland, Norway, Hungary and Yugoslavia. Spain already had been eliminated in first stage.

In 1961 the Glass of Europe for feminine equipment was created and in this same year the fourth edition of the Championship of the World with the participation of 21 equipment was disputed. Development in the RFA. Spain was eliminated in the phase of classification when surpassing only to Portugal and to tie a party with France. They disputed to end Rumania and Czechoslovakia. They gain the first 9 to 8, the lowest marker that demonstrated the importance that had acquired the defenses already. Sweden, Germany and Denmark, by this order, followed them.

Parallelly to the evolution of the masculine handball to seven, it is implanted and developing the feminine handball. It took to the creation of its own world-wide championships. First it would be disputed in 1957, in Yugoslavia. The second edition was celebrated in 1962 in Rumania that also was the winner. Third one gambled in 1965 in Federal Germany with the triumph of Hungary. More were not disputed until 1971 and as of this year they were being developed periodically.

In 1964 the fifth edition of the Championship of the World, masculine was celebrated in Czechoslovakia with 23 equipment that had for the first time to look for their classification in their own continents. Spain fell eliminated in this phase before France. The championship gained Rumania after surpassing to Sweden by 25 to 22 in the fight by gold. The bronze was for Czechoslovakia followed of RFA, USSR and Yugoslavia.

Months later the tenth congress of handball with 50 delegates of 27 federations takes place. It is decided to extend the dimensions of the game land and to locate them in 38-44 m of length by 18-22 of wide, instead of the 30 by 15 that were used. The organization also settled down, two days ahead to the championships, of a short course of international referees and the inclusion of this sport like Olympic discipline for the games of the 72 in Munich was asked for officially. This request is accepted a year later by the HAMMOCK but only in its masculine modality.

In 1966 the Congress of Copenhagen introduced, on approval, a second referee and the norm of not modifying the rules of game after the JJ.OO.

The sixth championship is disputed in Sweden (1967) with 23 equipment. Spain again is eliminated in the phase of classification. The world-wide one gambled of form different from the previous ones. There was a preliminary phase in which two equipment of each group for the quarterfinals was classified. Later by eliminatory it was arrived at the end. The title was for the Czechs who won to Denmark by 14-11. The bronze for Rumanía after winning to the USSR, Sweden was villa, the sixth RFA, the seventh Yugoslavia and eighth Hungary.

In 1968 a congress is celebrated in Amsterdam (Holland) in which which the land of game of 40 by 20 ms for the encounter of world-wide is adopted definitively and JJ.OO participate to 28 federations in. and some competitions of the international federation by the crisis situation are annulled that was lived.

The seventh Championship of the World was disputed in France in 1970 with the initial participation of 27 equipment.

Spain does not surpass the preliminary phase. The end was disputed by Rumania and Democratic Germany, winning first 13-12. Yugoslavia remained with the bronze and Denmark fourth was classified.

After the death of the president of the IHF in 1971 Paul Hogberg took control of the position who stayed in the presidency until 1984. He was under the mandate of this president when the handball arrives at its second JJ.OO., being those of the 72 first in which they would be to seven. Days before the beginning of the Olympic competitions, in Nuremberg, the fourteenth congress with the presence of 79 delegates of 36 countries was made, in which several commissions within the IHF are created to harness the development of this sport.