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:
Current sports event 2022 World University Handball Championship
SportHandball
FoundedMen: 1963
Women: 1994
FounderInternational University Sports Federation
Inaugural seasonMen: 1963
Women: 1994
No. of teams16
Continents5
Most recent
champion(s)
Men:  Kosovo (1st title)
Women:  South Korea (1st title)
Most titlesMen:  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
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
CancelledCancelled-
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

Giza, Egypt

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania72211
2 Russia5038
3 Hungary3205
4 Soviet Union2406
5 Portugal1203
 South Korea1203
7 Yugoslavia1146
8 West Germany1113
9 Czech Republic1102
10 Austria1012
 Sweden1012
12 Kosovo1001
13 Turkey0202
14 Spain0134
15 Belarus0112
 Brazil0112
 Croatia0112
 Czechoslovakia0112
 Ukraine0112
20 France0101
 Georgia0101
22 Poland0022
23 Japan0011
 Netherlands0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (25 entries)25252575

Participating nations

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
Egypt
2024
 Albania 8th1
 Algeria 13–15th9–10th7th5th13th5
 Australia 16th1
 Austria 1511th9th1st11th3rd6
 Azerbaijan Part of  Soviet Union15th1
 Belarus Part of  Soviet Union13th3rd2nd3
 Belgium 10th11th9th-16th9–10th4th5
 Brazil 15th9th9th5th10th3rd2nd7
 Bulgaria WD9–12th7th7th5th9th5th6
 China 12th6th13th3
 Cyprus 12th5th2
 Czech Republic Part of  Czechoslovakia4th13th2nd1st7th5th6
 Chile 9th1
 Croatia Part of  Yugoslavia3rd12th2nd7th4
 Denmark 4th7th9–12th3
 Egypt 5th5th6th3
 Georgia Part of  Soviet Union6th2nd6th3
 Germany 2nd1st5th4th8th8th3rd16th8
 Greece 6th1
 Finland 5th9th16th3
 France 4th8th8th9–12th9th2nd10th4th10th5th10
 Hungary 5th6th4th2nd10th1st2nd1st7th9th1st11
 Iceland 9–12th1
 Iran 12th1
 Israel 14th9th-16th9–12th12th10th5
 Italy 13–15th12th9–12th13th12th8th6
 Japan 7th10th8th7th12th13th11th11th6th7th11th4th5th10th4th9th4th3rd18
 Kosovo Part of  YugoslaviaP.  SCG1st1
 Kuwait 7th1
 Latvia Part of  Soviet Union6th11th2
 Lithuania Part of  Soviet Union9th1
 Mexico 14th10th10th11th4
 Morocco 8th14th2
 Montenegro Part of  YugoslaviaP.  SCG4th1
 Netherlands 6th13th3rd3
 Nigeria 10th9th2
 Norway 5th6th13–15th3
 Poland 12th6th7th3rd3rd5th7th7th6th4th9th5th7th4th8th15
 Portugal 9th8th9th2nd2nd1st7th4th5th9
 Romania 3rd2nd3rd1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd4th7th5th9th6th1st7th17
 Russia Part of  Soviet Union1st3rd1st7th3rd3rd1st1st1st4th6th11
 Serbia Part of  YugoslaviaP.  SCG7th3rd2
 South Korea 9–12th6th6th8th8th8th2nd1st2nd9
 Spain 6th2nd10th4th6th4th3rd3rd3rd9
 Sweden 1st3rd4th7th8th5
  Switzerland 15th1
 Chinese Taipei 13th7th6th8th8th10th5
 Tunisia 7th11th6th8th4
 Turkey 14th11th12th2nd2nd4th6th5th8th4th6th5th10th6th14
 Ukraine Part of  Soviet Union3rd8th2nd11th8th5
 United Arab Emirates 9th1
 United States 9–12th8th8th3
Discontinued teams
 Czechoslovakia 3rd2nd5th6thSee  Czech Republic and  Slovakia4
 Yugoslavia 5th3rd5th2nd3rd4th3rd5th3rd1st4thSee  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Croatia,  Kosovo,  North Macedonia,  Serbia and Montenegro &  Slovenia11
 Serbia and Montenegro Part of  Yugoslavia10thSee  Montenegro and  Serbia1
 Soviet Union 1st1st2nd2nd4th4th2nd2ndS. RussiaSee  Azerbaijan,  Belarus,  Georgia,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Russia &  Ukraine8
Total71015161512101216161241313913813161010118108

Women's tournament

Summary

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

Giza, Egypt

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia2103
2 Romania1539
3 Hungary1203
 Spain1203
5 Czech Republic1135
6 Poland1124
7 Brazil1102
8 South Korea1023
9 Slovakia1012
10 Japan1001
 Netherlands1001
 Turkey1001
13 Kosovo0011
 Lithuania0011
Totals (14 entries)13131339

Participating nations

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
Egypt
2024
 Albania 6th1
 Algeria 8th13th2
 Azerbaijan 5th1
 Belarus 14th1
 Brazil 11th8th7th4th1st2nd6
 Bulgaria 10th6th2
 China 6th12th5th12th4
 Czech Republic 2nd3rd9th3rd5th7th3rd1st7th6th6th4th12
 Chile 5th1
 Croatia 9th8th5th3
 Germany 8th5th7th3
 France 5th4th10th3
 Hungary 4th7th2nd2nd1st5
 India 7th1
 Italy 13th1
 Japan 6th8th10th11th4th4th11th6th6th5th1st11
 South Korea 5th3rd3rd1st4
 Kosovo 3rd1
 Lithuania 7th8th3rd9th4
 Mexico 6th8th2
 Moldova 7th1
 Netherlands 1st5th2
 Norway 9th1
 Poland 11th2nd9th1st10th5th3rd9th3rd4th10
 Portugal 10th1
 Romania 3rd3rd2nd2nd1st3rd2nd2nd4th2nd7th11
 Russia 7th1st1st6th2nd4th6
 Serbia 4th1
 Slovakia 1st4th3rd3
 Spain 4th2nd5th1st5th2nd6
  Switzerland 6th1
 Chinese Taipei 12th10th6th2
 Turkey 1st4th2
 Uruguay 6th11th8th9th4
Discontinued teams
 Serbia and Montenegro 7thSee  Serbia1
Total1210111377147611896

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