World University Handball Championship

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).

World University Handball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 World University Handball Championship 2018 World University Handball Championship
Sport	Handball
Founded	Men — 1963 Women — 1194
Founder	International University Sports Federation
Inaugural season	Men — 1963 Women — 1994
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 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		FR Yugoslavia	33 – 24	Poland		13
1998[2][4] Details	Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia		FR Yugoslavia	34 – 25	Hungary		Russia	25 – 23	Turkey		9
2000[2][5] Details	Covilhã, Portugal		Hungary	26 – 25	Portugal		Russia	30 – 22	FR 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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1994 [14] Details	Bratislava, Slovakia		Slovakia		Czech Republic		Romania		Hungary		12
1996 [15] Details	Sofia, Bulgaria		Russia	33 – 22	Poland		Romania	42 – 19	Slovakia		10
1998 [14] Details	Wrocław, Poland		Netherlands	31 – 27	Romania		Czech Republic	21 – 19	France		11
2000 [16] Details	Besançon, France		Russia	25 – 23	Romania		Slovakia	28 – 27	Spain		13
2002[17] Details	Valencia, Spain		Romania	25 – 22[18]	Spain		Czech Republic	29 – 26[19]	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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	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

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External links

• Official website