World University Handball Championship

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World University Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018 World University Handball Championship
2018 World University Handball Championship
SportHandball
FoundedMen: 1963
Women: 1994
FounderInternational University Sports Federation
First seasonMen: 1963
Women: 1994
No. of teams16
Continents5
Most recent
champion(s)		Men:  South Korea
Women:  Japan (1st title)
Most titlesMen:  Romania (7 titles)
Women:  Russia (2 titles)

The World University Handball Championship is the World University Championship (WUC) in handball competition contested by the men's and women's university's national teams of the member federations/associations of International University Sports Federation (FISU).

The men's tournament which was established in 1963 is the oldest World University Championship in 1994 there was established a women's tournament. Since 2006 both the men's and women's tournaments are held at the same place every two years.[1]

Men's tournament

Summary

Year Host Final Third Place Match Teams
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1963[2]
Details
Lund, Sweden
Sweden
West Germany
Romania
Denmark 		7
1965[2]
Details
Madrid, Spain
West Germany
Spain
Sweden
France 		10
1968[2]
Details
Darmstadt, West Germany
Soviet Union
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Sweden 		15
1971[2]
Details
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Spain 		8
1973[2]
Details
Lund, Sweden
Romania
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
West Germany 		15
1975[2]
Details
Bucharest, Romania
Romania
Soviet Union
Poland
Spain 		12
1977[2]
Details
Warsaw, Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Poland
Soviet Union 		10
1981[2]
Details
Different Locations, France
Romania
France
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union 		12
1985[2]
Details
Darmstadt, West Germany
Romania
Soviet Union
West Germany
Yugoslavia 		16
1987[2]
Details
Bucharest, Romania
Romania
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Hungary 		16
1990[2]
Details
Groningen, Netherlands
Russia
Romania
Netherlands
Belgium 		12
1992[2]
Details
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Romania 		4
1994[2]
Details
İzmir, Turkey
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine
France 		13
1996[2][3]
Details
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Hungary 		28 – 22
Turkey
Yugoslavia 		33 – 24
Poland 		13
1998[2][4]
Details
Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia 		34 – 25
Hungary
Russia 		25 – 23
Turkey 		9
2000[2][5]
Details
Covilhã, Portugal
Hungary 		26 – 25
Portugal
Russia 		30 – 22
Yugoslavia 		13
2002
Brasilia, Brazil 		Cancelled
2004[6]
Details
Chelyabinsk, Russia
Russia
Ukraine
Croatia
Japan 		8
2006[7]
Details
Gdańsk, Poland
Russia 		31 – 30
Georgia
Belarus 		35 – 27
Czech Republic 		13
2008[8]
Details
Venezia, Italia
Russia
Belarus
Austria 		34 – 29
Turkey 		16
2010[9]
Details
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Hungary 		33 – 26
Czech Republic
Serbia 		39 – 39
Japan 		10
2012[10]
Details
Blumenau, Brazil
Czech Republic 		34 – 24
Portugal
Brazil 		33 – 29
Poland 		10
2014[2][11]
Details
Guimarães, Portugal
Portugal 		29 – 23
Brazil
Spain 		29 – 28 (PS)
Russia 		11
2016[12]
Details
Málaga, Spain
Romania 		28 – 20
South Korea
Spain 		29 – 27
Japan 		8
2018[13]
Details
Rijeka, Croatia
South Korea 		36 – 31
Croatia
Japan 		29 – 24
Portugal 		10
2020[14]
Details
Łódź, Poland 		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[15] Not played —

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania72211
2 Russia5038
3 Hungary3205
4 Soviet Union2406
5 Portugal1203
6 Yugoslavia1146
7 West Germany1113
8 Czech Republic1102
 South Korea1102
10 Austria1012
 Sweden1012
12 Turkey0202
13 Spain0123
14 Belarus0112
 Brazil0112
 Croatia0112
 Czechoslovakia0112
 Ukraine0112
19 France0101
 Georgia0101
21 Poland0022
22 Japan0011
 Netherlands0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (24 entries)24242472

Women's tournament

Summary

Year Host Final Third Place Match Teams
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1994[16]
Details
Bratislava, Slovakia
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Romania
Hungary 		12
1996[17]
Details
Sofia, Bulgaria
Russia 		33 – 22
Poland
Romania 		42 – 19
Slovakia 		10
1998[16]
Details
Wrocław, Poland
Netherlands 		31 – 27
Romania
Czech Republic 		21 – 19
France 		11
2000[18]
Details
Besançon, France
Russia 		25 – 23
Romania
Slovakia 		28 – 27
Spain 		13
2002[19]
Details
Valencia, Spain
Romania 		25 – 22[20]
Spain
Czech Republic 		29 – 26[21]
Japan 		7
2006
Details
Gdańsk, Poland
Poland
Hungary
Lithuania
Japan 		7
2008[8]
Details
Venezia, Italia
Turkey 		27 – 26
Hungary
Romania 		46 – 32
Serbia 		14
2010
Details
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Hungary 		Round-robin
Romania
Czech Republic 		Round-robin
Turkey 		7
2012
Details
Blumenau, Brazil
Czech Republic 		32 – 18
Romania
Poland 		41 – 26
Brazil 		6
2014
Details
Guimarães, Portugal
Brazil 		24 – 17
Russia
South Korea 		30 – 20
Romania 		11
2016
Details
Málaga, Spain
Spain 		20 – 14
Romania
Poland 		27 – 26
Russia 		8
2018
Details
Rijeka, Croatia
Japan 		27 – 19
Brazil
South Korea 		22 – 19
Poland 		9
2020[14]
Details
Łódź, Poland 		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[15] Not played —

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia2103
2 Romania1539
3 Hungary1203
4 Czech Republic1135
5 Poland1124
6 Brazil1102
 Spain1102
8 Slovakia1012
9 Japan1001
 Netherlands1001
 Turkey1001
12 South Korea0022
13 Lithuania0011
Totals (13 entries)12121236

Participating nations

Nation Slovakia
1994		 Bulgaria
1996		 Poland
1998		 France
2000		 Spain
2002		 Poland
2006		 Italy
2008		 Hungary
2010		 Brazil
2012		 Portugal
2014		 Spain
2016		 Croatia
2018		 Years
 Algeria 8th 13th 2
 Azerbaijan 5th 1
 Belarus 14th 1
 Brazil 11th 8th 7th 4th 1st 2nd 6
 Bulgaria 10th 6th 2
 China 6th 12th 5th 12th 4
 Czech Republic 2nd 3rd 9th 3rd 5th 7th 3rd 1st 7th 6th 6th 11
 Chile 5th 1
 Croatia 9th 8th 2
 Germany 8th 5th 7th 3
 France 5th 4th 10th 3
 Hungary 4th 7th 2nd 2nd 1st 5
 India 7th 1
 Italy 13th 1
 Japan 6th 8th 10th 11th 4th 4th 11th 6th 6th 5th 1st 11
 South Korea 5th 3rd 3rd 3
 Lithuania 7th 8th 3rd 9th 4
 Mexico 6th 8th 2
 Moldova 7th 1
 Netherlands 1st 5th 2
 Norway 9th 1
 Poland 11th 2nd 9th 1st 10th 5th 3rd 9th 3rd 4th 10
 Portugal 10th 1
 Romania 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 7th 11
 Russia 7th 1st 1st 6th 2nd 4th 6
 Serbia 4th 1
 Slovakia 1st 4th 3rd 3
 Spain 4th 2nd 5th 1st 5th 5
  Switzerland 6th 1
 Taiwan 12th 1
 Chinese Taipei 10th 6th 2
 Turkey 1st 4th 2
 Uruguay 6th 11th 8th 9th 4
Discontinued teams
 Serbia and Montenegro 7th See  Serbia 1
Total 12 10 11 13 7 7 14 7 6 11 8 9

References

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