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World University Handball Championship

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World University Handball Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 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:  Spain (1st title)
Women:  Spain (2nd title)
Most titlesMen:  Romania (7 titles)
Women:  Russia (2 titles)
 Spain (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

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Summary

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Year Host Final Third Place Match Teams
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1963[2]
Details

Lund, Sweden

Sweden
14 – 11
West Germany

Romania
27 – 18
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][3]
Details

Prague, Czechoslovakia

Soviet Union

Czechoslovakia

Romania

Spain
8
1973[2][4][5]
Details

Lund, Sweden

Romania
19 – 18 (ET)
Soviet Union

Yugoslavia
19 – 16
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[6]
Details

Different Locations, France

Romania
20 − 16
France

Yugoslavia
29 − 21
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

Soviet Union

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][7]
Details

Nyíregyháza, Hungary

Hungary
28 – 22
Turkey

FR Yugoslavia
33 – 24
Poland
13
1998[2][8]
Details

Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia

FR Yugoslavia
34 – 25
Hungary

Russia
25 – 23
Turkey
9
2000[2][9]
Details

Covilhã, Portugal

Hungary
26 – 25
Portugal

Russia
30 – 22
FR Yugoslavia
13
2002
Brasilia, Brazil
Cancelled Cancelled -
2004[10]
Details

Chelyabinsk, Russia

Russia

Ukraine

Croatia

Japan
8
2006[11]
Details

Gdańsk, Poland

Russia
31 – 30
Georgia

Belarus
35 – 27
Czech Republic
13
2008[12]
Details

Venezia, Italia

Russia

Belarus

Austria
34 – 29
Turkey
16
2010[13]
Details

Nyíregyháza, Hungary

Hungary
33 – 26
Czech Republic

Serbia
39 – 39
Japan
10
2012[14]
Details

Blumenau, Brazil

Czech Republic
34 – 24
Portugal

Brazil
33 – 29
Poland
10
2014[2][15]
Details

Guimarães, Portugal

Portugal
29 – 23
Brazil

Spain
29 – 28 (PS)
Russia
11
2016[16]
Details

Málaga, Spain

Romania
28 – 20
South Korea

Spain
29 – 27
Japan
8
2018[17]
Details

Rijeka, Croatia

South Korea
36 – 31
Croatia

Japan
29 – 24
Portugal
10
2020[18]
Details

Łódź, Poland
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[19] Not played
2022
Details

Pristina, Kosovo

Kosovo
33 – 30
South Korea

Spain
31 – 21
Montenegro
8
2024
Details

Antequera, Spain

Spain
33 – 30
Poland

France
32 – 29
Czech Republic
7

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania72211
2 Russia5038
3 Hungary3205
4 Soviet Union2406
5 Portugal1203
 South Korea1203
7 Yugoslavia1146
8 Spain1135
9 West Germany1113
10 Czech Republic1102
11 Austria1012
 Sweden1012
13 Kosovo1001
14 Turkey0202
15 Poland0123
16 Belarus0112
 Brazil0112
 Croatia0112
 Czechoslovakia0112
 Ukraine0112
21 France0101
 Georgia0101
23 Japan0011
 Netherlands0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (25 entries)26262577

Participating nations

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Nation Sweden
1963
Spain
1965
West Germany
1968
Czechoslovakia
1971
Sweden
1973
Romania
1975
Poland
1977
France
1981
West Germany
1985
Romania
1987
Netherlands
1990
Russia
1992
Turkey
1994
Hungary
1996
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1998
Portugal
2000
Russia
2004
Poland
2006
Italy
2008
Hungary
2010
Brazil
2012
Portugal
2014
Spain
2016
Croatia
2018
Kosovo
2022
Spain
2024
 Albania 8th 1
 Algeria 13–15th 9–10th 7th 5th 13th 5
 Australia 16th 1
 Austria 15 11th 9th 1st 11th 3rd 6
 Azerbaijan Part of  Soviet Union 15th 1
 Belarus Part of  Soviet Union 13th 3rd 2nd 3
 Belgium 10th 11th 9th-16th 9–10th 4th 5
 Brazil 15th 9th 9th 5th 10th 3rd 2nd 5th 8
 Bulgaria WD 9–12th 7th 7th 5th 9th 5th 6
 China 12th 6th 13th 3
 Cyprus 12th 5th 2
 Czech Republic Part of  Czechoslovakia 4th 13th 2nd 1st 7th 5th 4th 6
 Chile 9th 6th 2
 Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia 3rd 12th 2nd 7th 4
 Denmark 4th 7th 9–12th 3
 Egypt 5th 5th 6th 3
 Georgia Part of  Soviet Union 6th 2nd 6th 3
 Germany 2nd 1st 5th 4th 8th 8th 3rd 16th 8
 Greece 6th 1
 Finland 5th 9th 16th 3
 France 4th 8th 8th 9–12th 9th 2nd 10th 4th 10th 5th 3rd 11
 Hungary 5th 6th 4th 2nd 10th 1st 2nd 1st 7th 9th 1st 11
 India 7th 1
 Iceland 9–12th 1
 Iran 12th 1
 Israel 14th 9th-16th 9–12th 12th 10th 5
 Italy 13–15th 12th 9–12th 13th 12th 8th 6
 Japan 7th 10th 8th 7th 12th 13th 11th 11th 6th 7th 11th 4th 5th 10th 4th 9th 4th 3rd 18
 Kosovo Part of  Yugoslavia P.  SCG 1st 1
 Kuwait 7th 1
 Latvia Part of  Soviet Union 6th 11th 2
 Lithuania Part of  Soviet Union 9th 1
 Mexico 14th 10th 10th 11th 4
 Morocco 8th 14th 2
 Montenegro Part of  Yugoslavia P.  SCG 4th 1
 Netherlands 6th 13th 3rd 3
 Nigeria 10th 9th 2
 Norway 5th 6th 13–15th 3
 Poland 12th 6th 7th 3rd 3rd 5th 7th 7th 6th 4th 9th 5th 7th 4th 8th 2nd 16
 Portugal 9th 8th 9th 2nd 2nd 1st 7th 4th 5th 9
 Romania 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 4th 7th 5th 9th 6th 1st 7th 17
 Russia Part of  Soviet Union 1st 3rd 1st 7th 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 4th 6th 11
 Serbia Part of  Yugoslavia P.  SCG 7th 3rd 2
 South Korea 9–12th 6th 6th 8th 8th 8th 2nd 1st 2nd 9
 Spain 6th 2nd 10th 4th 6th 4th 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 10
 Sweden 1st 3rd 4th 7th 8th 5
  Switzerland 15th 1
 Chinese Taipei 13th 7th 6th 8th 8th 10th 5
 Tunisia 7th 11th 6th 8th 4
 Turkey 14th 11th 12th 2nd 2nd 4th 6th 5th 8th 4th 6th 5th 10th 6th 14
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union 3rd 8th 2nd 11th 8th 5
 United Arab Emirates 9th 1
 United States 9–12th 8th 8th 3
Discontinued teams
 Czechoslovakia 3rd 2nd 5th 6th See  Czech Republic and  Slovakia 4
 Yugoslavia 5th 3rd 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 5th 3rd 1st 4th See  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Croatia,  Kosovo,  North Macedonia,  Serbia and Montenegro &  Slovenia 11
 Serbia and Montenegro Part of  Yugoslavia 10th See  Montenegro and  Serbia 1
 Soviet Union 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd S. Russia See  Azerbaijan,  Belarus,  Georgia,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Russia &  Ukraine 8
Total 7 10 15 16 15 12 10 12 16 16 12 4 13 13 9 13 8 13 16 10 10 11 8 10 8

Women's tournament

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Summary

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Year Host Final Third Place Match Teams
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
1994[20]
Details

Bratislava, Slovakia

Slovakia

Czech Republic

Romania

Hungary
12
1996[21]
Details

Sofia, Bulgaria

Russia
33 – 22
Poland

Romania
42 – 19
Slovakia
10
1998[20]
Details

Wrocław, Poland

Netherlands
31 – 27
Romania

Czech Republic
21 – 19
France
11
2000[22]
Details

Besançon, France

Russia
25 – 23
Romania

Slovakia
28 – 27
Spain
13
2002[23]
Details

Valencia, Spain

Romania
25 – 22[24]
Spain

Czech Republic
29 – 26[25]
Japan
7
2006
Details

Gdańsk, Poland

Poland

Hungary

Lithuania

Japan
7
2008[12]
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[18]
Details

Łódź, Poland
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[19] Not played
2022
Details

Pristina, Kosovo

South Korea
32 – 22
Spain

Kosovo
26 – 24
Czech Republic
6
2024
Details

Antequera, Spain

Spain
32 – 24
France

Poland
22 –18
Czech Republic
7

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain2204
2 Russia2103
3 Romania1539
4 Hungary1203
5 Czech Republic1135
 Poland1135
7 Brazil1102
8 South Korea1023
9 Slovakia1012
10 Japan1001
 Netherlands1001
 Turkey1001
13 France0101
14 Kosovo0011
 Lithuania0011
Totals (15 entries)14141442

Participating nations

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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
Kosovo
2022
Spain
2024
 Albania 6th 1
 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 4th 4th 13
 Chile 5th 6th 2
 Croatia 9th 8th 5th 3
 Germany 8th 5th 7th 3
 France 5th 4th 10th 2nd 4
 Hungary 4th 7th 2nd 2nd 1st 5
 India 7th 7th 2
 Italy 13th 1
 Japan 6th 8th 10th 11th 4th 4th 11th 6th 6th 5th 1st 11
 South Korea 5th 3rd 3rd 1st 4
 Kosovo 3rd 1
 Lithuania 7th 8th 3rd 9th 4
 Mexico 6th 8th 2
 Moldova 7th 1
 Netherlands 1st 5th 5th 3
 Norway 9th 1
 Poland 11th 2nd 9th 1st 10th 5th 3rd 9th 3rd 4th 3rd 11
 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 2nd 1st 7
  Switzerland 6th 1
 Chinese Taipei 12th 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 6

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