2018 World University Handball Championship

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]

2018 World University Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	30 July – 5 August
Teams	10 (men) 9 (women)
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Participating teams

Men  Croatia  Portugal  Lithuania  Czech Republic  Romania  Poland  Egypt  South Korea  Japan  Chinese Taipei

Women  Czech Republic  Croatia  Romania  Spain  Poland  Brazil  Uruguay  Japan  South Korea

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. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 semifinals				5th place
	4 August
	Czech Republic	25
					5 August
	Romania	22
					Czech Republic	25
	4 August
					Egypt	34
	Egypt	33
	Poland	23
					7th place
					5 August
					Romania	28
					Poland	21

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

	Semifinals				Final
	4 August
	Croatia	28
					5 August
	Japan	27
					Croatia	31
	4 August
					South Korea	36
	Portugal	26
	South Korea	37
					Third place
					5 August
					Japan	29
					Portugal	24

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
	South Korea
	Croatia
	Japan
4	Portugal
5	Czech Republic
6	Egypt
7	Romania
8	Poland
9	Lithuania
10	Chinese Taipei

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Adrian Rotaru	57
2	Ignas Grigas	48
3	Park Kwang-soon	46
4	Luís Carvalho	37
	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

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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

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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. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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. 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

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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

	Semifinals				Final
	4 August
	Japan	28
					5 August
	South Korea	21
					Japan	27
	4 August
					Brazil	19
	Brazil	29
	Poland	27
					Third place
					5 August
					South Korea	22
					Poland	19

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
	Japan
	Brazil
	South Korea
4	Poland
5	Spain
6	Czech Republic
7	Romania
8	Croatia
9	Uruguay

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Kim Da-young	48
2	Aleksandra Rosiak	31
3	Maharu Kondo	30
4	Veronika Galušková	29
	Daria Zawistowska