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.
Men's tournament Summary YearHostFinalThird Place MatchTeamsChampionScoreSecond PlaceThird PlaceScoreFourth Place1963 DetailsLund, Sweden14 – 1127 – 1871965 DetailsMadrid, Spain 101968 DetailsDarmstadt, West Germany 151971 DetailsPrague, Czechoslovakia 81973 DetailsLund, Sweden19 – 18 (ET)19 – 16151975 DetailsBucharest, Romania121977 DetailsWarsaw, Poland 101981 DetailsDifferent Locations, France20 − 1629 − 21121985 DetailsDarmstadt, West Germany161987 DetailsBucharest, Romania161990 DetailsGroningen, Netherlands 121992 DetailsSaint Petersburg, Russia 41994 Detailsİzmir, Turkey 131996 DetailsNyíregyháza, Hungary28 – 2233 – 24131998 DetailsNovi Sad, FR Yugoslavia34 – 2525 – 2392000 DetailsCovilhã, Portugal26 – 2530 – 22132002Brasília, Brazil Cancelled Cancelled -2004 DetailsChelyabinsk, Russia 82006 DetailsGdańsk, Poland31 – 3035 – 27132008 DetailsVenice, Italy34 – 29162010 DetailsNyíregyháza, Hungary 33 – 26 39 – 39102012 DetailsBlumenau, Brazil 34 – 24 33 – 29102014 DetailsGuimarães, Portugal 29 – 23 29 – 28 (PS)112015 DetailsGwangju, South Korea 25 – 21 38 – 36132016 DetailsMálaga, Spain 28 – 20 29 – 2782018 DetailsRijeka, Croatia 36 – 31 29 – 24102020 DetailsŁódź, PolandCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in EuropeNot played2022 DetailsPristina, Kosovo 33 – 30 31 – 21 82024 DetailsAntequera, Spain 33 – 30 32 – 29 72026 DetailsBordeaux, France 35 – 34 32 – 28 8
Medal table
Participating nations Nation1963 19651968 19711973 19751977 19811985 19871990 19921994 19961998 20002004 20062008 20102012 20142016 20182022 20242026 8th 1 13–15th 9–10th 7th 5th 13th 5 7th 1 16th 1 15 11th9th 1st 11th 3rd 6Part of 15th 1Part of 13th 3rd2nd 3 10th11th9th-16th 9–10th 4th 5 15th 9th9th5th10th 3rd2nd 5th2nd9WD 9–12th7th7th5th9th5th 6 9th 6th 2 12th6th13th 3Part of 3rd12th 2nd7th5th5 12th5th 2Part of 4th13th2nd1st7th 5th4th6th74th 7th 9–12th 3 5th5th6th 3Part of 6th 2nd6th 32nd1st 5th 4th8th 8th3rd16th 8 6th 1 5th9th 16th 3 4th8th8th9–12th9th 2nd10th 4th10th 5th 3rd1st12 5th6th 4th 2nd10th1st 2nd1st 7th9th1st 11 7th 1 9–12th 1 12th 1 14th9th-16th 9–12th 12th10th 5 13–15th12th 9–12th13th 12th 8th 67th 10th8th7th12th13th11th 11th6th7th11th4th5th10th4th 9th4th3rd 18Part of P. 1st 1 7th 1Part of 6th11th 2 8th1Part of 9th 1 14th10th10th11th 4 8th 14th 2Part of P. 4th 1 6th13th 3rd 3 10th9th 25th 6th 13–15th 3 12th6th7th3rd3rd 5th7th7th 6th4th 9th5th7th4th 8th 2nd4th17 9th 8th9th2nd 2nd1st 7th4th 5th 93rd 2nd3rd1st1st 1st1st1st1st 2nd4th7th5th 9th 6th1st7th 17Part of 1st3rd1st7th3rd3rd1st 1st1st 4th6th 11Part of P. 7th3rd 2 9–12th6th6th8th 8th 8th 2nd1st2nd 96th2nd10th4th6th4th 3rd3rd1st 3rd 1st 3rd 111st 3rd4th7th8th 5 15th 1 13th 7th 6th8th8th10th 5 7th 11th6th 8th 4 14th11th12th 2nd2nd4th6th5th8th4th6th5th10th 6th 14Part of 3rd 8th 2nd11th 8th 5 9th 1 9–12th8th8th 3Discontinued teams 3rd2nd5th6th See and 4 5th3rd5th2nd3rd4th3rd 5th3rd1st 4thSee , , , , & 11Part of 10thSee and 1 1st1st2nd2nd4th4th2nd2ndS. See , , , , , & 8 Total 7101516151210121616124131391381316101011810878
Women's tournament Summary YearHostFinalThird Place MatchTeamsChampionScoreSecond PlaceThird PlaceScoreFourth Place1994 DetailsBratislava, Slovakia 121996 DetailsSofia, Bulgaria 33 – 22 42 – 19101998 DetailsWrocław, Poland 31 – 27 21 – 19112000 DetailsBesançon, France 25 – 23 28 – 27132002 DetailsValencia, Spain 25 – 22 29 – 2672006 DetailsGdańsk, Poland72008 DetailsVenice, Italy 27 – 26 46 – 32142010 DetailsNyíregyháza, HungaryRound-robinRound-robin72012 DetailsBlumenau, Brazil 32 – 18 41 – 2662014 DetailsGuimarães, Portugal 24 – 17 30 – 20112015 DetailsGwangju, South Korea 38 – 36 23 – 18122016 DetailsMálaga, Spain 20 – 14 27 – 2682018 DetailsRijeka, Croatia 27 – 19 22 – 1992020 DetailsŁódź, PolandCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in EuropeNot played2022 DetailsPristina, Kosovo 32 – 22 26 – 2462024 DetailsAntequera, Spain 32 – 24 22 – 18 72026 DetailsBordeaux, France 42 – 28 26 – 228
Medal table
Participating nations Nation 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024 2026 6th 1 8th13th 2 5th 1 14th 1 11th 8th7th4th1st 2nd 7th710th6th 2 5th 6th 2 6th12th5th 12th 6th512th10th 6th 29th 8th 5th 32nd 3rd9th3rd5th7th3rd1st7th6th6th 4th 4th 3rd148th 5th7th 8th4 5th4th10th 2nd1st 54th7th 2nd2nd1st 5 7th 7th 2 13th 16th8th10th11th4th4th11th6th 6th5th1st 11 3rd 1 7th8th 3rd9th 4 6th 8th 2 7th 1 1st5th 5th 2nd4 9th 111th2nd9th 1st10th5th3rd9th3rd4th 3rd4th12 10th 13rd3rd2nd2nd1st 3rd2nd2nd4th2nd7th 117th1st 1st 6th 2nd4th 6 4th 11st4th 3rd 35th 3rd 3rd1st 4 4th2nd 5th1st5th2nd 1st 5th8 6th 1 1st4th 2 6th11th8th9th 4Discontinued teams 7thSee 1 Total 12 10 11 13 7 7 147611896 7 8
References
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