2018 Men's World University Handball Championship

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]

For the women's tournament, see 2018 Women's World University Handball Championship.
2018 Men's World University Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Dates30 July – 5 August
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Japan
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches30
Goals scored1706 (56.87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Adrian Rotaru (57)
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Participating teams

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 4 2 1 1 103 105 −2 5[lower-alpha 1] Semifinals
2  Croatia 4 1 3 0 108 101 +7 5[lower-alpha 1]
3  Egypt 4 2 1 1 115 109 +6 5[lower-alpha 1] 5–8th place semifinals
4  Czech Republic 4 1 1 2 103 104 −1 3
5  Lithuania 4 1 0 3 101 111 −10 2
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. Portugal 3 Pts; Croatia 2 Pts; Egypt 1 Pt.
30 July 2018
12:00		 Lithuania  32–25  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Grigas 13 (14–15) Gřešek, Šafránek 5
Report
30 July 2018
14:00		 Croatia  33–33  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Ćavar 7 (19–17) Mohsen 8
Report
31 July 2018
16:00		 Egypt  28–30  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Mrawan 7 (12–17) Coelho 11
Report
31 July 2018
18:00		 Czech Republic  25–25  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Bukovský 5 (13–14) Ćavar 10
Report
1 August 2018
16:00		 Egypt  25–24  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Hazem, Mohsen 6 (11–13) Fulnek 6
Report
1 August 2018
18:00		 Portugal  29–26  Lithuania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Carvalho 8 (14–14) Grigas 8
Report
2 August 2018
16:00		 Portugal  22–29  Czech Republic Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Coelho 10 (8–14) Bukovský 6
Report
2 August 2018
18:00		 Lithuania  21–28  Croatia Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Simonavičius 7 (8–17) Ćavar, Moslavac 5
Report
3 August 2018
16:00		 Lithuania  22–29  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Grigas 5 (11–12) Hazem 6
Report
3 August 2018
18:00		 Croatia  22–22  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Ćavar 8 (10–12) Carvalho 9
Report

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 3 0 1 117 102 +15 6[lower-alpha 1] Semifinals
2  South Korea 4 3 0 1 123 105 +18 6[lower-alpha 1]
3  Romania 4 3 0 1 119 102 +17 6[lower-alpha 1] 5–8th place semifinals
4  Poland 4 1 0 3 106 112 −6 2
5  Chinese Taipei 4 0 0 4 104 148 −44 0
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. 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  28–20  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 11 (15–10) Krępa, Ossowski 5
Report
30 July 2018
10:00		 South Korea  42–30  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Park K. 7 Report Lin 7
31 July 2018
14:00		 Chinese Taipei  25–29  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Wu 7 (12–16) Kawashima 6
Report
31 July 2018
14:00		 Poland  26–30  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Ossowski 8 (13–16) Park K. 10
Report
1 August 2018
12:00		 Chinese Taipei  25–30  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Pan 7 (6–17) Kamyszek 8
Report
1 August 2018
14:00		 Japan  25–29  Romania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Asumi 5 (10–15) Rotaru 15
Report
2 August 2018
14:00		 Japan  34–25  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
three players 6 (17–15) Krupa, Lemaniak 5
Report
2 August 2018
14:00		 Romania  20–28  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 6 (9–15) Park K. 5
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3 August 2018
12:00		 Romania  42–29  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 12 (19–15) Wu 7
Report
3 August 2018
14:00		 South Korea  23–29  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Kang, Park K. 6 (12–16) Goto 6
Report

Knockout stage

Ninth place play-off
4 August 2018
10:00		 Lithuania  39–38  Chinese Taipei Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Grigas (17–19) three players 7
Report
5 August 2018
09:00		 Chinese Taipei  35–43  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
 Czech Republic		25
 
5 August
 
B3
 Romania		22
 
A4
 Czech Republic		25
 
4 August
 
A3
 Egypt		34
 
A3
 Egypt		33
 
 
B4
 Poland		23
 
7th place
 
 
5 August
 
 
B3
 Romania		28
 
 
B4
 Poland		21

5–8th place semifinals
4 August 2018
12:00		 Czech Republic  25–22  Romania Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Gřešek 6 (13–15) Rotaru 7
Report
4 August 2018
14:00		 Egypt  33–23  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
(17–11) Kamyszek, Krupa 5
Report

Seventh place game
5 August 2018
11:00		 Romania  28–21  Poland Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Rotaru 6 (16–9) Lemaniak 5
Report

Fifth place game
5 August 2018
13:00		 Czech Republic  28–34  Egypt Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Bukovský, Hanuš 5 (13–19)
Report

First to fourth place classification
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
A2
 Croatia		28
 
5 August
 
B1
 Japan		27
 
A2
 Croatia		31
 
4 August
 
B2
 South Korea		36
 
A1
 Portugal		26
 
 
B2
 South Korea		37
 
Third place
 
 
5 August
 
 
B1
 Japan		29
 
 
A1
 Portugal		24

Semifinals
4 August 2018
16:00		 Croatia  28–27  Japan Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Pehar 8 (18–14) Makino 7
Report
4 August 2018
18:00		 Portugal  26–37  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Areias, Carvalho 5 (8–19) Park K. 10
Report

Third place game
5 August 2018
15:00		 Japan  29–24  Portugal Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Goto 8 (20–12) Carvalho 8
Report

Final
5 August 2018
19:00		 Croatia  31–36  South Korea Zamet Hall, Rijeka
Majić 8 (16–20) Kang, Park K. 8
Report

Final standing
RankTeam
 South Korea
 Croatia
 Japan
4 Portugal
5 Czech Republic
6 Egypt
7 Romania
8 Poland
9 Lithuania
10 Chinese Taipei

Top scorers
RankPlayerGoals
1 Adrian Rotaru57
2 Ignas Grigas48
3 Park Kwang-soon46
4 Luís Carvalho37
Davor Ćavar

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.
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