World University Handball Championship Explained

World University Handball Championship
Current Season:	2024 World University Handball Championship
Sport:	Handball
Founded:	Men: 1963 Women: 1994
Founder:	International University Sports Federation
Inaugural:	Men: 1963 Women: 1994
Teams:	16
Continents:	5
Champion:	Men: (1st title)
Most Champs:	Men: (7 titles) (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

Summary

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=31 bgcolor=eaecf0		Final			width=1% rowspan=31 bgcolor=eaecf0		Third Place Match			width=1% rowspan=31 bgcolor=eaecf0		Teams
width=15%	Champion	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Second Place	width=15%	Third Place	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Fourth Place
1963^[2] Details	Lund, Sweden		14 – 11			27 – 18		7
1965 Details	Madrid, Spain							10
1968 Details	Darmstadt, West Germany							15
1971^[3] Details	Prague, Czechoslovakia							8
1973^[4] ^[5] Details	Lund, Sweden		19 – 18 (ET)			19 – 16		15
1975 Details	Bucharest, Romania							12
1977 Details	Warsaw, Poland							10
1981^[6] Details	Different Locations, France		20 − 16			29 − 21		12
1985 Details	Darmstadt, West Germany							16
1987 Details	Bucharest, Romania							16
1990 Details	Groningen, Netherlands							12
1992 Details	Saint Petersburg, Russia							4
1994 Details	İzmir, Turkey							13
1996^[7] Details	Nyíregyháza, Hungary		28 – 22			33 – 24		13
1998^[8] Details	Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia		34 – 25			25 – 23		9
2000^[9] Details	Covilhã, Portugal		26 – 25			30 – 22		13
2002	Brasilia, Brazil	Cancelled			Cancelled			-
2004^[10] Details	Chelyabinsk, Russia							8
2006^[11] Details	Gdańsk, Poland		31 – 30			35 – 27		13
2008^[12] Details	Venezia, Italia					34 – 29		16
2010^[13] Details	Nyíregyháza, Hungary		33 – 26			39 – 39		10
2012^[14] Details	Blumenau, Brazil		34 – 24			33 – 29		10
2014^[15] Details	Guimarães, Portugal		29 – 23			29 – 28 (PS)		11
2015 Details	Gwangju, South Korea		25 – 21			38 – 36		13
2016^[16] Details	Málaga, Spain		28 – 20			29 – 27		8
2018^[17] Details	Rijeka, Croatia		36 – 31			29 – 24		10
2020^[18] Details	Łódź, Poland	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe^[19]			Not played
2022 Details	Pristina, Kosovo		33 – 30			31 – 21		8
2024 Details	Antequera, Spain		33 – 30			32 – 29		7

Participating nations

width=170	Nation		1965		1971		1975		1981		1987		1992		1996		2000		2006		2010		2014		2018		2024
																									8th		1
					13–15th		9–10th		7th		5th					13th											5
																			16th								1
			15						11th	9th		bgcolor=gold	1st		11th					3rd								6
	Part of																		15th								1
	Part of													13th				3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd								3
		10th	11th	9th-16th			9–10th				4th																5
									15th				9th	9th	5th	10th					bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red"	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd				5th	8
	WD				9–12th	7th	7th	5th	9th	5th																	6
																12th	6th	13th									3
																			12th	5th							2
	Part of																	4th	13th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	7th		5th		4th	6
																					9th					6th	2
	Part of																3rd	12th						bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	7th		4
	4th		7th		9–12th																						3
																						5th	5th	6th			3
	Part of														6th			bgcolor=silver	2nd	6th								3
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	5th		4th	8th		8th	bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red"	3rd	16th																	8
											6th																1
		5th	9th						16th																		3
		4th	8th	8th	9–12th	9th		bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	10th				4th	10th		5th										3rd	11
							5th	6th		4th		bgcolor=silver	2nd	10th	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st		7th	9th	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st							11
																										7th	1
					9–12th																						1
													12th														1
			14th	9th-16th				9–12th		12th	10th																5
					13–15th	12th		9–12th	13th					12th					8th								6
	7th					10th	8th	7th	12th	13th	11th		11th	6th	7th	11th	4th	5th	10th	4th		9th	4th	3rd			18
	Part of																P.								bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st		1
																					7th						1
	Part of																	6th	11th								2
	Part of																							9th			1
																			14th	10th	10th	11th					4
		8th								14th																	2
	Part of																P.								4th		1
		6th	13th								bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red"	3rd																3
										10th	9th																2
	5th		6th		13–15th																						3
			12th	6th	7th	3rd	bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red"	3rd		5th	7th	7th		6th	4th				9th	5th	7th	4th			8th		bgcolor=silver	2nd	16
		9th												8th	9th	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd					bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	7th	4th	5th		9
	3rd		bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	7th	5th		9th						6th	bgcolor=gold	1st	7th			17
	Part of										bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red"	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	7th	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st			4th	6th				11
	Part of																P.		7th	3rd							2
								9–12th	6th	6th	8th		8th								8th		bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd		9
	6th	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	10th	4th	6th	4th																3rd	bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red"	3rd	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	3rd	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	10
	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	3rd	4th	7th	8th																						5
										15th																	1
													13th		7th						6th	8th	8th	10th			5
		7th				11th	6th									8th											4
									14th	11th	12th		bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	6th	5th	8th	4th	6th	5th	10th			6th		14
	Part of												3rd		8th		bgcolor=silver	2nd	11th		8th							5
																				9th							1
								9–12th	8th	8th																	3
Discontinued teams
			3rd	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	5th	6th							See and														4
				5th	3rd	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	4th	3rd			5th	3rd	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	4th	See,,,, &										11
	Part of																	10th	See and								1
			bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	S.	See,,,,, &															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

Summary

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff		Third Place Match			width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff		Teams
width=15%	Champion	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Second Place	width=15%	Third Place	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Fourth Place
1994 Details	Bratislava, Slovakia							12
1996^[20] Details	Sofia, Bulgaria		33 – 22			42 – 19		10
1998^[21] Details	Wrocław, Poland		31 – 27			21 – 19		11
2000^[22] Details	Besançon, France		25 – 23			28 – 27		13
2002^[23] Details	Valencia, Spain		25 – 22^[24]			29 – 26^[25]		7
2006 Details	Gdańsk, Poland							7
2008 Details	Venezia, Italia		27 – 26			46 – 32		14
2010 Details	Nyíregyháza, Hungary		Round-robin			Round-robin		7
2012 Details	Blumenau, Brazil		32 – 18			41 – 26		6
2014 Details	Guimarães, Portugal		24 – 17			30 – 20		11
2015 Details	Gwangju, South Korea		38 – 36			23 – 18		12
2016 Details	Málaga, Spain		20 – 14			27 – 26		8
2018 Details	Rijeka, Croatia		27 – 19			22 – 19		9
2020 Details	Łódź, Poland	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe			Not played
2022 Details	Pristina, Kosovo		32 – 22			26 – 24		6
2024 Details	Antequera, Spain		32 – 24			22 –18		7

Participating nations

width=170	Nation
													6th		1
			8th	13th											2
							5th								1
							14th								1
			11th				8th	7th	bgcolor=#9acdff style="border:3px solid red"	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st		bgcolor=silver	2nd			6
	10th	6th													2
			6th	12th	5th		12th								4
	bgcolor=silver	2nd		3rd	9th	3rd	5th	7th	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	7th	6th	6th	4th	4th	13
									5th					6th	2
	9th											8th	5th		3
	8th		5th	7th											3
		5th	4th	10th										bgcolor=silver	2nd	4
	4th	7th				bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st							5
											7th			7th	2
							13th								1
	6th	8th	10th	11th	4th	4th	11th	6th		6th	5th	bgcolor=gold	1st			11
	5th									3rd		3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st		4
													bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red"	3rd		1
			7th	8th		3rd	9th								4
					6th					8th					2
					7th										1
			bgcolor=gold	1st	5th										5th	3
		9th													1
	11th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	9th			bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	10th	5th	3rd	9th	3rd	4th		3rd	11
										10th					1
	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st		3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	7th			11
	7th	bgcolor=gold	1st		bgcolor=gold	1st			6th			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th				6
							4th								1
	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	4th		3rd											3
				4th	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd					5th	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	7
				6th											1
	12th	10th				6th									2
							bgcolor=gold	1st	4th							2
									6th	11th	8th	9th			4
Discontinued teams
						7th	See								1
Total	12	10	11	13	7	7	14	7	6	11	8	9	6

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Handball. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/20181205140601/https://www.fisu.net/sports/handball. 5 December 2018. live. 5 December 2018.
2. Book: ISTORIA HANDBALULUI ROMÂNESC Volumul II SINTEZĂ RETROSPECTIVĂ ANEXA 3 COMPETIŢII MASCULIN. Popescu. Constantin C.. Morari. Ileana. Niță. Grigore. Romanian Handball Federation. 2014. 2. 25-28. ro. History of Rumanian Handball Volume II Retrospective Synthesis Annex 3 Men's competitions. PDF; 525 KB. 22 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181216092905/http://frh.ro/pdf/istorie/Competitii%20(masculin)%201936-2014.pdf#page=25. 16 December 2018. live.
3. Les Universitaires Français aux championnats du monde . . Hand-ball: Bulletin fédéral . 75 . April 1971 . 4 . fr . French university students at World Championship . 30 December 2021.
4. 6 January 1973. Handball. Eintracht. de. 51. 16. 12.
5. 8 January 1973. Rumänien wurde Studenten-Weltmeister. Die Tat. de. 5. 7.
6. 8e Championnat du Monde Universitaire . . Hand-ball: Bulletin fédéral . 166 . January 1981 . 13-17 . fr . 8th World University Championship . 30 December 2021.
7. Web site: Men's Handball. 1996–1997. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/19970730185432/http://www.ulb.ac.be:80/assoc/fisu/reshanm.html. 30 July 1997. dead. 22 December 2018.
8. Web site: Men's Handball in Novi Sad. 1999. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/20021124093330/http://www.fisu.net:80/cmu/1998/handball_m.html. 24 November 2002. dead. 22 December 2018.
9. Web site: 16th World University Men's Handball Championship. 2001. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/20010222200948/http://www.fisu.net:80/cmu/2000/handball_m0.html. 22 February 2001. dead. 22 December 2018.
10. Web site: 17th World University Men's Handball Championship. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/20090623105959/http://www.fisu.net:80/en/Mens-Handball-2004-438.html. 23 June 2009. dead. 22 December 2018.
11. Web site: World University Handball Championship Gdansk 2006. WUC Handball 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20081012035908/http://www.handball2006.awf.gda.pl:80/. 12 October 2008. dead. 22 December 2018.
12. Web site: 19th world university handball championship. 2008. WUC Handball 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081211173250/http://www.wuchandball2008venezia.it:80/index.php. 11 December 2008. dead. 2 December 2018.
13. Web site: 20th World University Handball Championship. 2010. FISU. PDF; 108 KB. https://web.archive.org/web/20181222175241/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/final_results_w_m.pdf. 22 December 2018. live. 22 December 2018.
14. 8 January 2013. Overwhelming victory of the Czech Republic!. University Sports Magazine. FISU. 84. 24-27. 0443-9805.
15. Web site: The game is over. 8 August 2014. WUC Handball 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20170707155411/http://www.wuchandball2014.uminho.pt:80/news-show.php?id=18. 7 July 2017. dead. 22 December 2018.
16. Web site: Match Reports. 2016. WUC Handball 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160901184525/http://www.wuchandball2016.com:80/index.php/competition/match-reports. 1 September 2016. dead. 22 December 2018.
17. Web site: FISU WUC Handball 2018. 2018. WUC Handball 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181222182034/http://furkisport.hr/rijeka2018/. 22 December 2018. live. 22 December 2018.
18. Web site: WUC Handball 2020 is coming to Lodz!. 2 February 2019. WUC Handball 2020. 22 December 2020.
19. Web site: 2020 FISU WUC Handball Cancelled . WUC Handball 2020 . 22 December 2020 . 26 March 2020.
20. Web site: Women's Handball - Handball féminin. 1997. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/19970730185534/http://www.ulb.ac.be:80/assoc/fisu/reshanw.html. 30 July 1997. dead. 5 December 2018.
21. Web site: 3rd World University Women's Handball Championship. 5 July 1998. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/20011114120525/http://www.fisu.net:80/cmu/1998.html. 14 November 2001. dead. 4 December 2018.
22. Web site: 4th World University Women's Handball Championship. 2 July 2000. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/20010222201109/http://www.fisu.net:80/cmu/2000/handball_w0.html. 22 February 2001. dead. 4 December 2018.
23. Web site: 5th WORLD UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP VALENCIA Spain. 2002. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/20021017184841/http://www.fisu.net:80/cmu/2002/handball_w.html. 17 October 2002. dead. 4 December 2018.
24. Web site: Romania Beats Spain in the Gold Medal Game at WUC Women's Handball. 5 July 2002. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/20021024183621/http://www.fisu.net:80/news/2002/news348.html. 24 October 2002. dead. 4 December 2018.
25. Web site: Bronze Medal Game Women's - Handball: Japan vs. Czech Republic. 3 July 2002. FISU. https://web.archive.org/web/20021224111032/http://www.fisu.net:80/news/2002/news346.html. 24 December 2002. dead. 4 December 2018.