World University Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2018 World University Handball Championship 2018 World University Handball Championship | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | Men: 1963 Women: 1994 |
Founder | International University Sports Federation |
Inaugural season | Men: Women: |
No. of teams | 16 |
Continents | 5 |
Most recent champion(s) | Men: South Korea Women: Japan (1st title) |
Most titles | Men: 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 | |||||||
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Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
1963[2] |
Lund, Sweden |
Sweden |
West Germany |
Romania |
Denmark |
7 | |||||
1965[2] |
Madrid, Spain |
West Germany |
Spain |
Sweden |
France |
10 | |||||
1968[2] |
Darmstadt, West Germany |
Soviet Union |
Romania |
Czechoslovakia |
Sweden |
15 | |||||
1971[2] |
Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Soviet Union |
Czechoslovakia |
Romania |
Spain |
8 | |||||
1973[2] |
Lund, Sweden |
Romania |
Soviet Union |
Yugoslavia |
West Germany |
15 | |||||
1975[2] |
Bucharest, Romania |
Romania |
Soviet Union |
Poland |
Spain |
12 | |||||
1977[2] |
Warsaw, Poland |
Romania |
Yugoslavia |
Poland |
Soviet Union |
10 | |||||
1981[3] |
Different Locations, France |
Romania |
France |
Yugoslavia |
Soviet Union |
12 | |||||
1985[2] |
Darmstadt, West Germany |
Romania |
Soviet Union |
West Germany |
Yugoslavia |
16 | |||||
1987[2] |
Bucharest, Romania |
Romania |
Soviet Union |
Yugoslavia |
Hungary |
16 | |||||
1990[2] |
Groningen, Netherlands |
Russia |
Romania |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
12 | |||||
1992[2] |
Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Austria |
Hungary |
Russia |
Romania |
4 | |||||
1994[2] |
İzmir, Turkey |
Russia |
Turkey |
Ukraine |
France |
13 | |||||
1996[2][4] |
Nyíregyháza, Hungary |
Hungary |
28 – 22 | Turkey |
FR Yugoslavia |
33 – 24 | Poland |
13 | |||
1998[2][5] |
Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia |
FR Yugoslavia |
34 – 25 | Hungary |
Russia |
25 – 23 | Turkey |
9 | |||
2000[2][6] |
Covilhã, Portugal |
Hungary |
26 – 25 | Portugal |
Russia |
30 – 22 | FR Yugoslavia |
13 | |||
2002 | Brasilia, Brazil |
Cancelled | |||||||||
2004[7] |
Chelyabinsk, Russia |
Russia |
Ukraine |
Croatia |
Japan |
8 | |||||
2006[8] |
Gdańsk, Poland |
Russia |
31 – 30 | Georgia |
Belarus |
35 – 27 | Czech Republic |
13 | |||
2008[9] |
Venezia, Italia |
Russia |
Belarus |
Austria |
34 – 29 | Turkey |
16 | ||||
2010[10] |
Nyíregyháza, Hungary |
Hungary |
33 – 26 | Czech Republic |
Serbia |
39 – 39 | Japan |
10 | |||
2012[11] |
Blumenau, Brazil |
Czech Republic |
34 – 24 | Portugal |
Brazil |
33 – 29 | Poland |
10 | |||
2014[2][12] |
Guimarães, Portugal |
Portugal |
29 – 23 | Brazil |
Spain |
29 – 28 (PS) | Russia |
11 | |||
2016[13] Details |
Málaga, Spain |
Romania |
28 – 20 | South Korea |
Spain |
29 – 27 | Japan |
8 | |||
2018[14] Details |
Rijeka, Croatia |
South Korea |
36 – 31 | Croatia |
Japan |
29 – 24 | Portugal |
10 | |||
2020[15] |
Łódź, Poland |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[16] | Not played | N/A | |||||||
2022[2] |
Pristina, Kosovo |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Romania | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
2 | Russia | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
3 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Soviet Union | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
5 | Portugal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
7 | West Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
8 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
14 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
19 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
21 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
22 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (24 nations) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
Women's tournament[]
Summary[]
Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | Teams | |||||||
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Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
1994[17] |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
Slovakia |
Czech Republic |
Romania |
Hungary |
12 | |||||
1996[18] |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Russia |
33 – 22 | Poland |
Romania |
42 – 19 | Slovakia |
10 | |||
1998[17] |
Wrocław, Poland |
Netherlands |
31 – 27 | Romania |
Czech Republic |
21 – 19 | France |
11 | |||
2000[19] |
Besançon, France |
Russia |
25 – 23 | Romania |
Slovakia |
28 – 27 | Spain |
13 | |||
2002[20] |
Valencia, Spain |
Romania |
25 – 22[21] | Spain |
Czech Republic |
29 – 26[22] | Japan |
7 | |||
2006 |
Gdańsk, Poland |
Poland |
Hungary |
Lithuania |
Japan |
7 | |||||
2008[9] |
Venezia, Italia |
Turkey |
27 – 26 | Hungary |
Romania |
46 – 32 | Serbia |
14 | |||
2010 |
Nyíregyháza, Hungary |
Hungary |
Round-robin | Romania |
Czech Republic |
Round-robin | Turkey |
7 | |||
2012 |
Blumenau, Brazil |
Czech Republic |
32 – 18 | Romania |
Poland |
41 – 26 | Brazil |
6 | |||
2014 |
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[15] |
Łódź, Poland |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[16] | Not played | N/A | |||||||
2022 |
Pristina, Kosovo |
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Romania | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
3 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
5 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
6 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Participating nations[]
Nation | 2018 |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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