2018 Men's World University Handball Championship

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2018 Men's World University Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Dates30 July – 5 August
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Runner-upFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Third placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Fourth placeFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches30
Goals scored1706 (56.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Rotaru (57)
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The 2018 Men's 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]

Contents

Participating teams

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 421110310525 [lower-alpha 1] Semifinals
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4130108101+75 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 4211115109+65 [lower-alpha 1] 5–8th place semifinals
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 411210310413
5Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 4103101111102
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. 1 2 3 Portugal 3 Pts; Croatia 2 Pts; Egypt 1 Pt.
30 July 2018
12:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg32–25Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Grigas 13(14–15) Gřešek, Šafránek 5
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30 July 2018
14:00
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg33–33Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Ćavar 7(19–17) Mohsen 8
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31 July 2018
16:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg28–30Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Mrawan 7(12–17)Coelho 11
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31 July 2018
18:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg25–25Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Bukovský 5(13–14) Ćavar 10
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1 August 2018
16:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg25–24Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Hazem, Mohsen 6(11–13) Fulnek 6
Report
1 August 2018
18:00
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg29–26Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Carvalho 8(14–14) Grigas 8
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2 August 2018
16:00
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg22–29Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Coelho 10(8–14) Bukovský 6
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2 August 2018
18:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg21–28Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Simonavičius 7(8–17) Ćavar, Moslavac 5
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3 August 2018
16:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg22–29Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Grigas 5(11–12) Hazem 6
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3 August 2018
18:00
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg22–22Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Ćavar 8(10–12) Carvalho 9
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Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4301117102+156 [lower-alpha 1] Semifinals
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4301123105+186 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4301119102+176 [lower-alpha 1] 5–8th place semifinals
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 410310611262
5Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4004104148440
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. 1 2 3 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  Flag of Romania.svg28–20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 11(15–10) Krępa, Ossowski 5
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30 July 2018
10:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg42–30Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Park K. 7 Report Lin 7

31 July 2018
14:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg25–29Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Wu 7(12–16) Kawashima 6
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31 July 2018
14:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg26–30Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Ossowski 8(13–16) Park K. 10
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1 August 2018
12:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg25–30Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Pan 7(6–17) Kamyszek 8
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1 August 2018
14:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg25–29Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Asumi 5(10–15) Rotaru 15
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2 August 2018
14:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg34–25Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
three players 6(17–15) Krupa, Lemaniak 5
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2 August 2018
14:00
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg20–28Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 6(9–15) Park K. 5
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3 August 2018
12:00
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg42–29Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 12(19–15) Wu 7
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3 August 2018
14:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg23–29Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Kang, Park K. 6(12–16) Goto 6
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Knockout stage

Ninth place play-off

4 August 2018
10:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg39–38Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Grigas (17–19)three players 7
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5 August 2018
09:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg35–43Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Lin 10(18–22) Bučinskas 10
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Lithuania won 82–73 on aggregate.

Fifth to eighth place classification

 
5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
A4
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
25
 
5 August
 
B3
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
22
 
A4
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
25
 
4 August
 
A3
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
34
 
A3
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
33
 
 
B4
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
23
 
7th place
 
 
5 August
 
 
B3
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
28
 
 
B4
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
21

5–8th place semifinals

4 August 2018
12:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg25–22Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Gřešek 6(13–15) Rotaru 7
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4 August 2018
14:00
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg33–23Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
(17–11) Kamyszek, Krupa 5
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Seventh place game

5 August 2018
11:00
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg28–21Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 6(16–9) Lemaniak 5
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Fifth place game

5 August 2018
13:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg28–34Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Bukovský, Hanuš 5(13–19)
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First to fourth place classification

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
A2
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
28
 
5 August
 
B1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
27
 
A2
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
31
 
4 August
 
B2
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
36
 
A1
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
26
 
 
B2
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
37
 
Third place
 
 
5 August
 
 
B1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
29
 
 
A1
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
24

Semifinals

4 August 2018
16:00
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg28–27Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Pehar 8(18–14) Makino 7
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4 August 2018
18:00
Portugal  Flag of Portugal.svg26–37Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Areias, Carvalho 5(8–19) Park K. 10
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Third place game

5 August 2018
15:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg29–24Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Goto 8(20–12) Carvalho 8
Report

Final

5 August 2018
19:00
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg31–36Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Majić 8(16–20) Kang, Park K. 8
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Final standing

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
5Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
6Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
7Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
9Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
10Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei

Top scorers

RankPlayerGoals
1 Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Rotaru 57
2 Flag of Lithuania.svg Ignas Grigas 48
3 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Kwang-soon 46
4 Flag of Portugal.svg Luís Carvalho 37
Flag of Croatia.svg Davor Ćavar

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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.