World University Handball Championship Men's tournament
Summary
Year
Host
Final
Third Place Match
Teams
Champion
Score
Second Place
Third Place
Score
Fourth Place
1963[ 2] Details
Lund , Sweden
Sweden
14 – 11
West Germany
Romania
27 – 18
Denmark
7
1965[ 2] Details
Madrid , Spain
West Germany
Spain
Sweden
France
10
1968[ 2] Details
Darmstadt , West Germany
Soviet Union
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
15
1971[ 2] [ 3] Details
Prague , Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Spain
8
1973[ 2] [ 4] [ 5] Details
Lund , Sweden
Romania
19 – 18 (ET )
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
19 – 16
West Germany
15
1975[ 2] Details
Bucharest , Romania
Romania
Soviet Union
Poland
Spain
12
1977[ 2] Details
Warsaw , Poland
Romania
Yugoslavia
Poland
Soviet Union
10
1981[ 6] Details
Different Locations, France
Romania
20 − 16
France
Yugoslavia
29 − 21
Soviet Union
12
1985[ 2] Details
Darmstadt , West Germany
Romania
Soviet Union
West Germany
Yugoslavia
16
1987[ 2] Details
Bucharest , Romania
Romania
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Hungary
16
1990[ 2] Details
Groningen , Netherlands
Soviet Union
Romania
Netherlands
Belgium
12
1992[ 2] Details
Saint Petersburg , Russia
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Romania
4
1994[ 2] Details
İzmir , Turkey
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine
France
13
1996[ 2] [ 7] Details
Nyíregyháza , Hungary
Hungary
28 – 22
Turkey
FR Yugoslavia
33 – 24
Poland
13
1998[ 2] [ 8] Details
Novi Sad , FR Yugoslavia
FR Yugoslavia
34 – 25
Hungary
Russia
25 – 23
Turkey
9
2000[ 2] [ 9] Details
Covilhã , Portugal
Hungary
26 – 25
Portugal
Russia
30 – 22
FR Yugoslavia
13
2002
Brasília , Brazil
Cancelled Cancelled -
2004[ 10] Details
Chelyabinsk , Russia
Russia
Ukraine
Croatia
Japan
8
2006[ 11] Details
Gdańsk , Poland
Russia
31 – 30
Georgia
Belarus
35 – 27
Czech Republic
13
2008[ 12] Details
Venice , Italy
Russia
Belarus
Austria
34 – 29
Turkey
16
2010[ 13] Details
Nyíregyháza , Hungary
Hungary
33 – 26
Czech Republic
Serbia
39 – 39
Japan
10
2012[ 14] Details
Blumenau , Brazil
Czech Republic
34 – 24
Portugal
Brazil
33 – 29
Poland
10
2014[ 2] [ 15] Details
Guimarães , Portugal
Portugal
29 – 23
Brazil
Spain
29 – 28 (PS )
Russia
11
2015 Details
Gwangju , South Korea
Portugal
25 – 21
Serbia
Switzerland
38 – 36
South Korea
13
2016[ 16] Details
Málaga , Spain
Romania
28 – 20
South Korea
Spain
29 – 27
Japan
8
2018[ 17] Details
Rijeka , Croatia
South Korea
36 – 31
Croatia
Japan
29 – 24
Portugal
10
2020[ 18] Details
Łódź , Poland
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe [ 19]
Not played
— N/a
2022 Details
Pristina , Kosovo
Kosovo
33 – 30
South Korea
Spain
31 – 21
Montenegro
8
2024 Details
Antequera , Spain
Spain
33 – 30
Poland
France
32 – 29
Czech Republic
7
2026 Details
Bordeaux , France
Women's tournament
Summary
Year
Host
Final
Third Place Match
Teams
Champion
Score
Second Place
Third Place
Score
Fourth Place
1994[ 20] Details
Bratislava , Slovakia
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Romania
Hungary
12
1996[ 21] Details
Sofia , Bulgaria
Russia
33 – 22
Poland
Romania
42 – 19
Slovakia
10
1998[ 20] Details
Wrocław , Poland
Netherlands
31 – 27
Romania
Czech Republic
21 – 19
France
11
2000[ 22] Details
Besançon , France
Russia
25 – 23
Romania
Slovakia
28 – 27
Spain
13
2002[ 23] Details
Valencia , Spain
Romania
25 – 22[ 24]
Spain
Czech Republic
29 – 26[ 25]
Japan
7
2006 Details
Gdańsk , Poland
Poland
Hungary
Lithuania
Japan
7
2008[ 12] Details
Venice , Italy
Turkey
27 – 26
Hungary
Romania
46 – 32
Serbia
14
2010 Details
Nyíregyháza , Hungary
Hungary
Round-robin
Romania
Czech Republic
Round-robin
Turkey
7
2012 Details
Blumenau , Brazil
Czech Republic
32 – 18
Romania
Poland
41 – 26
Brazil
6
2014 Details
Guimarães , Portugal
Brazil
24 – 17
Russia
South Korea
30 – 20
Romania
11
2015 Details
Gwangju , South Korea
Russia
38 – 36
South Korea
Serbia
23 – 18
Czech Republic
12
2016 Details
Málaga , Spain
Spain
20 – 14
Romania
Poland
27 – 26
Russia
8
2018 Details
Rijeka , Croatia
Japan
27 – 19
Brazil
South Korea
22 – 19
Poland
9
2020[ 18] Details
Łódź , Poland
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[ 19]
Not played
— N/a
2022 Details
Pristina , Kosovo
South Korea
32 – 22
Spain
Kosovo
26 – 24
Czech Republic
6
2024 Details
Antequera , Spain
Spain
32 – 24
France
Poland
22 –18
Czech Republic
7
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