2018 World University Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates30 July – 5 August
Teams10 (men)
9 (women)
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The 2018 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

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament  South Korea  Croatia  Japan
Women's tournament  Japan  Brazil  South Korea

Men's tournament

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group stage

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
Grigas 13 (14–15) Gřešek, Šafránek 5
Report
30 July 2018
14:00 		Croatia  33–33  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Ćavar 7 (19–17) Mohsen 8
Report
31 July 2018
16:00 		Egypt  28–30  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Mrawan 7 (12–17) Coelho 11
Report
31 July 2018
18:00 		Czech Republic  25–25  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Bukovský 5 (13–14) Ćavar 10
Report
1 August 2018
16:00 		Egypt  25–24  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Hazem, Mohsen 6 (11–13) Fulnek 6
Report
1 August 2018
18:00 		Portugal  29–26  Lithuania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Carvalho 8 (14–14) Grigas 8
Report
2 August 2018
16:00 		Portugal  22–29  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Coelho 10 (8–14) Bukovský 6
Report
2 August 2018
18:00 		Lithuania  21–28  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Simonavičius 7 (8–17) Ćavar, Moslavac 5
Report
3 August 2018
16:00 		Lithuania  22–29  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Grigas 5 (11–12) Hazem 6
Report
3 August 2018
18:00 		Croatia  22–22  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Ćavar 8 (10–12) Carvalho 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) Krępa, Ossowski 5
Report
30 July 2018
10:00 		South Korea  42–30  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Park K. 7 Report Lin 7
31 July 2018
14:00 		Chinese Taipei  25–29  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Wu 7 (12–16) Kawashima 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
Pan 7 (6–17) Kamyszek 8
Report
1 August 2018
14:00 		Japan  25–29  Romania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Asumi 5 (10–15) Rotaru 15
Report
2 August 2018
14:00 		Japan  34–25  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
three players 6 (17–15) Krupa, Lemaniak 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) Wu 7
Report
3 August 2018
14:00 		South Korea  23–29  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Kang, Park K. 6 (12–16) Goto 6
Report

Ninth place play-off

4 August 2018
10:00 		Lithuania  39–38  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Grigas 10 (17–19) three players 7
Report
5 August 2018
09:00 		Chinese Taipei  35–43  Lithuania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Lin 10 (18–22) Bučinskas 10
Report

Lithuania won 82–73 on aggregate.

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
 Czech Republic25
 
5 August
 
 Romania22
 
 Czech Republic25
 
4 August
 
 Egypt34
 
 Egypt33
 
 
 Poland23
 
7th place
 
 
5 August
 
 
 Romania28
 
 
 Poland21

5–8th place semifinals

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

Seventh place game

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

Fifth place game

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

First to fourth place classification

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
 Croatia28
 
5 August
 
 Japan27
 
 Croatia31
 
4 August
 
 South Korea36
 
 Portugal26
 
 
 South Korea37
 
Third place
 
 
5 August
 
 
 Japan29
 
 
 Portugal24

Semifinals

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

Third place game

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

Final

5 August 2018
19:00 		Croatia  31–36  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Majić 8 (16–20) Kang, Park K. 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 Ignas Grigas 48
3 South Korea Park Kwang-soon 46
4 Portugal Luís Carvalho 37
Croatia Davor Ćavar

Women's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 2 1 0 75 69 +6 5 Semifinals
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 84 69 +15 4
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 79 77 +2 2 Classification round
4  Croatia (H) 3 0 1 2 53 76 −23 1
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.
(H) Hosts
30 July 2018
08:00 		Croatia  17–31  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Prkačin 6 (8–15) Hatsumi 6
Report
30 July 2018
10:00 		Czech Republic  28–29  Brazil Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Galušková 11 (14–15) F. Carneiro 6
Report
1 August 2018
12:00 		Japan  29–23  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Kondo 10 (15–13) Pokorná 7
Report
1 August 2018
18:00 		Brazil  17–17  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Abreu, Luz 3 (5–13) three players 3
Report
3 August 2018
12:00 		Brazil  29–24  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Morcineck 8 (14–11) Kondo 5
Report
3 August 2018
18:00 		Croatia  19–28  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Jelenović 5 (9–13) Galušková 9
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 4 0 0 122 89 +33 8 Semifinals
2  Poland 4 2 0 2 142 94 +48 4[a]
3  Romania 4 2 0 2 102 91 +11 4[a] Classification round
4  Spain 4 2 0 2 110 92 +18 4[a]
5  Uruguay 4 0 0 4 43 153 −110 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 Poland 2 Pts, +11 GD; Romania 2 Pts, –2 GD; Spain 2 Pts, –9 GD.
30 July 2018
12:00 		Spain  37–8  Uruguay Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Pérez 7 (20–5) Tito 3
Report
30 July 2018
14:00 		Romania  28–27  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Gavrilă 7 (13–16) Nosek, Zawistowska 6
Report
31 July 2018
16:00 		Poland  31–32  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rosiak 9 (14–17) Kim D. 13
Report
31 July 2018
18:00 		Uruguay  10–29  Romania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Justo 3 (3–12) Văcariu 8
Report
1 August 2018
14:00 		South Korea  24–22  Spain Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Kim D. 9 (10–11) Arrojeria 5
Report
1 August 2018
16:00 		Poland  48–10  Uruguay Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Zawistowska 10 (24–5) Aicardi 3
Report
2 August 2018
16:00 		South Korea  39–15  Uruguay Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Chung 9 (19–6) Aicardi 5
Report
2 August 2018
18:00 		Spain  27–24  Romania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Hernández 6 (14–11) Polocoșer 7
Report
3 August 2018
14:00 		Spain  24–36  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Valdivia 6 (11–14) Rosiak 8
Report
3 August 2018
16:00 		Romania  21–27  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Polocoșer 6 (9–16) Kim D. 7
Report

Classification round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  Spain 3 3 0 0 94 56 +38 6
6  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 74 66 +8 4[a]
7  Romania 4 2 0 2 99 72 +27 4[a]
8  Croatia (H) 3 1 0 2 71 74 −3 2
9  Uruguay 3 0 0 3 35 105 −70 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.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Czech Republic 22–17 Romania
4 August 2018
12:00 		Spain  30–24  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Pérez 7 (18–8) three players 4
Report
4 August 2018
14:00 		Romania  29–13  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Polocoșer 6 (13–6) Jelenović 7
Report
5 August 2018
09:00 		Romania  17–22  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Polocoșer 5 (10–9) Pokorná 6
Report
5 August 2018
11:00 		Uruguay  17–39  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Pérez 4 (5–20) Jelenović 11
Report

First to fourth place classification

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
 Japan28
 
5 August
 
 South Korea21
 
 Japan27
 
4 August
 
 Brazil19
 
 Brazil29
 
 
 Poland27
 
Third place
 
 
5 August
 
 
 South Korea22
 
 
 Poland19

Semifinals

4 August 2018
16:00 		Japan  28–21  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Hattori 10 (16–12) Kim D. 8
Report
5 August 2018
18:00 		Brazil  29–27  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
T. Carneiro 6 (12–17) Rosiak 6
Report

Third place game

5 August 2018
13:00 		South Korea  22–19  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Kim D. 11 (11–11) Szarawaga, Zawistowska 3
Report

Final

5 August 2018
17:00 		Japan  27–19  Brazil Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Nakayama 8 (10–11) F. Carneiro 5
Report

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea
4  Poland
5  Spain
6  Czech Republic
7  Romania
8  Croatia
9  Uruguay

Top scorers

Rank Player Goals
1 South Korea Kim Da-young 48
2 Poland Aleksandra Rosiak 31
3 Japan Maharu Kondo 30
4 Czech Republic Veronika Galušková 29
Poland Daria Zawistowska

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.

External links

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