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Men's handball at the 2015 Summer Universiade was held in Gwangju, South Korea from 6 to 13 July 2015.
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All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Serbia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 187 | 141 | 46 | 10 |
 South Korea | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 148 | 52 | 10 |
 Russia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 183 | 123 | 60 | 9 |
 Lithuania | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 145 | 42 | 7 |
 Turkey | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 141 | 155 | –14 | 4 |
 Mexico | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 187 | –45 | 2 |
 United States | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 118 | 259 | –141 | 0 |
| Team qualified to the gold-medal match | |
| Team qualified to the bronze-medal match |
| 6 July 18:00 | United States | 20–49 | South Korea | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Donlin 6 | (9–24) | Kim 8 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 1× |
| 6 July 18:00 | Mexico | 24–36 | Serbia | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| Villalobos 10 | (10–16) | Ilić 8 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 6 July 18:00 | Lithuania | 21–21 | Russia | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Truchanovičius 6 | (10–12) | Otrezov 5 | ||
| 4× 2× | Report | 3× 5× 1× |
| 7 July 18:00 | Serbia | 25–15 | Turkey | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Mester 7 | (17–8) | Catkin 5 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 4× 4× |
| 7 July 18:00 | Russia | 39–21 | Mexico | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| Soroka 11 | (18–11) | Villalobos 4 | ||
| 1× 4× | Report | 2× 4× 1× |
| 7 July 18:00 | South Korea | 32–30 | Lithuania | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| four players with 5 | (17–16) | Petreikis | ||
| 4× | Report | 4× 5× |
| 8 July 18:00 | Serbia | 28–23 | Lithuania | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Gugleta 8 | (12–9) | Truchanovičius 6 | ||
| 4× 7× | Report | 2× 4× |
| 8 July 18:00 | Russia | 46–15 | United States | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| three players with 6 | (21–8) | Donlin 8 | ||
| 1× 4× | Report | 1× 3× |
| 8 July 18:00 | Turkey | 25–24 | Mexico | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Arifoglu, Catkin 5 | (10–9) | Villalobos 6 | ||
| 2× 8× | Report | 4× |
| 9 July 18:00 | Turkey | 21–31 | Russia | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Ersin 5 | (11–15) | Voronin 7 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 9 July 18:00 | Lithuania | 53–22 | United States | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Dambrauskas, Petreikis 9 | (24–9) | Murray 9 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 3× 6× |
| 9 July 18:00 | Mexico | 21–36 | South Korea | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| Figueroa 5 | (9–19) | Park 9 | ||
| 4× 3× | Report | 3× 3× 1× |
| 10 July 18:00 | Russia | 25–21 | Serbia | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| Soroka 9 | (12–14) | Ilić 5 | ||
| 2× 5× | Report | 4× 6× |
| 10 July 18:00 | South Korea | 29–23 | Turkey | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Kwanjung 5 | (15–10) | Ersin, Dege 5 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 3× 12× 1× |
| 10 July 18:00 | United States | 18–34 | Mexico | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Murray 9 | (11–14) | Villalobos 9 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 1× |
| 11 July 18:00 | Serbia | 33–30 | South Korea | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Ilić 11 | (17–13) | Lee 8 | ||
| 4× 6× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 11 July 18:00 | Turkey | 33–19 | United States | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| four players with 6 | (14–8) | Donlin 5 | ||
| 2× 4× | Report | 3× |
| 11 July 18:00 | Mexico | 18–33 | Lithuania | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Figueroa, Figueroa 4 | (4–14) | Pleta 7 | ||
| 3× 7× | Report | 2× 4× |
| 12 July 18:00 | South Korea | 24–21 | Russia | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Sim, Ha 4 | (9–11) | Voronin 6 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× 1× |
| 12 July 18:00 | Lithuania | 27–24 | Turkey | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| three players with 6 | (13–11) | Erceylan 5 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 2× 4× |
| 12 July 18:00 | United States | 24–44 | Serbia | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Donlin 10 | (13–17) | Spasić 9 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Portugal | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 120 | 39 | 10 |
 Switzerland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 146 | 131 | 15 | 7 |
 Israel | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 143 | -9 | 5 |
 Brazil | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 147 | 147 | 0 | 4 |
 Hungary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 140 | –10 | 4 |
 Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 128 | 163 | –35 | 0 |
| Team qualified to the gold-medal match | |
| Team qualified to the bronze-medal match |
| 6 July 20:00 | Portugal | 37–26 | Israel | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Magalhaes 7 | (19–14) | Hershkovitz 6 | ||
| 4× 6× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 6 July 20:00 | Brazil | 28–31 | Switzerland | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| Oliveira, Dutra 6 | (9–13) | Raemy 9 | ||
| 3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 6 July 20:00 | Hungary | 31–26 | Japan | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Nemeth, Bali 6 | (19–15) | Agarie 7 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 7 July 20:00 | Japan | 28–32 | Brazil | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Agarie 9 | (15–14) | Dias 7 | ||
| 2× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 7 July 20:00 | Israel | 23–27 | Hungary | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| Levi, Davda 5 | (11–13) | Orszagh 7 | ||
| 3× 5× | Report | 2× 8× |
| 7 July 20:00 | Switzerland | 21–28 | Portugal | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Raemy 6 | (13–15) | Vidrago 7 | ||
| 4× 6× | Report | 3× 4× |
| 9 July 20:00 | Switzerland | 27–27 | Israel | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Raemy 6 | (11–15) | Kofman 8 | ||
| 3× 6× | Report | 2× 6× |
| 9 July 20:00 | Portugal | 32–24 | Japan | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| Vidrago 7 | (11–9) | Agarie 8 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 1× |
| 9 July 20:00 | Brazil | 34–26 | Hungary | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Freitas 6 | (15–13) | Bali 8 | ||
| 2× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 10 July 20:00 | Hungary | 21–28 | Portugal | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Nemeth, Bali 4 | (9–14) | Vidrago 8 | ||
| 2× 2× | Report | 3× 7× |
| 10 July 20:00 | Israel | 28–25 | Brazil | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| Kofman 6 | (15–12) | Freitas 8 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 10 July 20:00 | Japan | 23–38 | Switzerland | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Koyasu 5 | (10–21) | Daehler 7 | ||
| 2× 2× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 12 July 20:00 | Portugal | 34–28 | Brazil | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Pombo 6 | (19–16) | Ribeiro 5 | ||
| 1× 6× | Report | 4× 2× |
| 12 July 20:00 | Switzerland | 29–25 | Hungary | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Lier, Raemy 7 | (16–16) | Nemeth 6 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 4× 4× |
| 12 July 20:00 | Japan | 27–30 | Israel | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Utsumi 8 | (15–16) | Levi 6 | ||
| 3× 1× | Report | 5× 4× |
| 13 July 10:00 | Mexico | 28–32 | Japan | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Figueroa 8 | (15–15) | three players with 6 | ||
| 3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 13 July 10:00 | Turkey | 29–32 | Hungary | Gochang County Gymnasium, Gochang |
| Diri 9 | (14–18) | Bali 8 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 3× 2× |
| 13 July 12:00 | Lithuania | 25–31 | Brazil | Gurye Indoor Gymnasium, Gurye |
| Dabravicius 6 | (16–15) | Oliveira 8 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
| 13 July 12:00 | Russia | 33–34 (ET) | Israel | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Otrezov 7 | (14–16) | Mazki 7 | ||
| 3× 2× | Report | 3× 5× |
| 13 July 16:00 | South Korea | 36–38 (P) | Switzerland | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Jeong 10 | (14–14) | Raemy 9 | ||
| 4× 4× | Report | 3× 11× |
| 13 July 20:00 | Serbia | 21–25 | Portugal | Naju Indoor Gymnasium, Naju |
| Ilić 12 | (11–11) | Ferreira 5 | ||
| 4× 6× | Report | 3× 6× |
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