2018 Men's World University Handball Championship

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2018 Men's World University Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Dates30 July – 5 August
Teams10
Venue(s)(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Japan
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches30
Goals scored1,706 (57 per match)
Top scorer(s)Romania Adrian Rotaru (57)

The 2018 Men's World University Handball Championship was the 24th edition of this Handball event organized by the FISU. It was held in Rijeka, Croatia at the Zamet Hall, from 30 July to 5 August.[1][2]

Participating teams[]

Group stage[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 4 2 1 1 103 105 −2 5[a] Semifinals
2  Croatia 4 1 3 0 108 101 +7 5[a]
3  Egypt 4 2 1 1 115 109 +6 5[a] 5–8th place semifinals
4  Czech Republic 4 1 1 2 103 104 −1 3
5  Lithuania 4 1 0 3 101 111 −10 2
Source: Rijeka 2018
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Portugal 3 Pts; Croatia 2 Pts; Egypt 1 Pt.
30 July 2018
12:00
Lithuania  32–25  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
13 (14–15) , 5
Report
30 July 2018
14:00
Croatia  33–33  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
7 (19–17) 8
Report

31 July 2018
16:00
Egypt  28–30  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
7 (12–17) Coelho 11
Report
31 July 2018
18:00
Czech Republic  25–25  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
5 (13–14) 10
Report

1 August 2018
16:00
Egypt  25–24  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
, 6 (11–13) 6
Report
1 August 2018
18:00
Portugal  29–26  Lithuania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
8 (14–14) 8
Report

2 August 2018
16:00
Portugal  22–29  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Coelho 10 (8–14) 6
Report
2 August 2018
18:00
Lithuania  21–28  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
7 (8–17) , 5
Report

3 August 2018
16:00
Lithuania  22–29  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
5 (11–12) 6
Report
3 August 2018
18:00
Croatia  22–22  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
8 (10–12) 9
Report

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 3 0 1 117 102 +15 6[a] Semifinals
2  South Korea 4 3 0 1 123 105 +18 6[a]
3  Romania 4 3 0 1 119 102 +17 6[a] 5–8th place semifinals
4  Poland 4 1 0 3 106 112 −6 2
5  Chinese Taipei 4 0 0 4 104 148 −44 0
Source: Rijeka 2018
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Japan 2 Pts, +2 GD, 54 GF; South Korea 2 Pts, +2 GD, 51 GF; Romania 2 Pts, –4 GD.
30 July 2018
08:00
Romania  28–20  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 11 (15–10) , Ossowski 5
Report
30 July 2018
10:00
South Korea  42–30  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Park K. 7 Report 7

31 July 2018
14:00
Chinese Taipei  25–29  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
7 (12–16) 6
Report
31 July 2018
14:00
Poland  26–30  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Ossowski 8 (13–16) Park K. 10
Report

1 August 2018
12:00
Chinese Taipei  25–30  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
7 (6–17) 8
Report
1 August 2018
14:00
Japan  25–29  Romania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
5 (10–15) Rotaru 15
Report

2 August 2018
14:00
Japan  34–25  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
three players 6 (17–15) , 5
Report
2 August 2018
14:00
Romania  20–28  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 6 (9–15) Park K. 5
Report

3 August 2018
12:00
Romania  42–29  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 12 (19–15) 7
Report
3 August 2018
14:00
South Korea  23–29  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
, Park K. 6 (12–16) 6
Report

Knockout stage[]

Ninth place play-off[]

4 August 2018
10:00
Lithuania  39–38  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
(17–19) three players 7
Report

5 August 2018
09:00
Chinese Taipei  35–43  Lithuania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
10 (18–22) 10
Report

Lithuania won 82–73 on aggregate.

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

 
5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
A4
 Czech Republic
25
 
5 August
 
B3
 Romania
22
 
A4
 Czech Republic
25
 
4 August
 
A3
 Egypt
34
 
A3
 Egypt
33
 
 
B4
 Poland
23
 
7th place
 
 
5 August
 
 
B3
 Romania
28
 
 
B4
 Poland
21

5–8th place semifinals[]

4 August 2018
12:00
Czech Republic  25–22  Romania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
6 (13–15) Rotaru 7
Report
4 August 2018
14:00
Egypt  33–23  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
(17–11) , 5
Report

Seventh place game[]

5 August 2018
11:00
Romania  28–21  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 6 (16–9) 5
Report

Fifth place game[]

5 August 2018
13:00
Czech Republic  28–34  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
, 5 (13–19)
Report

First to fourth place classification[]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
A2
 Croatia
28
 
5 August
 
B1
 Japan
27
 
A2
 Croatia
31
 
4 August
 
B2
 South Korea
36
 
A1
 Portugal
26
 
 
B2
 South Korea
37
 
Third place
 
 
5 August
 
 
B1
 Japan
29
 
 
A1
 Portugal
24

Semifinals[]

4 August 2018
16:00
Croatia  28–27  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
8 (18–14) 7
Report
4 August 2018
18:00
Portugal  26–37  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
, 5 (8–19) Park K. 10
Report

Third place game[]

5 August 2018
15:00
Japan  29–24  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
8 (20–12) 8
Report

Final[]

5 August 2018
19:00
Croatia  31–36  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
8 (16–20) , 8
Report

Final standing[]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Croatia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan
4  Portugal
5  Czech Republic
6  Egypt
7  Romania
8  Poland
9  Lithuania
10  Chinese Taipei

Top scorers[]

Rank Player Goals
1 Romania Adrian Rotaru 57
2 Lithuania 48
3 South Korea Park Kwang-soon 46
4 Portugal 37
Croatia

References[]

  1. ^ "RIJEKA DOMAĆIN SVJETSKOG SVEUČILIŠNOG PRVENSTVA U RUKOMETU". www.unisport.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Rijeka domaćin Svjetskog sveučilišnog rukometnog prvenstva". www.rijeka.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 July 2018.

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