2018 World University Handball Championship

International handball competition

2018 World University Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country|  Croatia
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates| 30 July – 5 August
Teams| 10 (men)
9 (women)

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The 2018 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]

## Participating teams

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Men

*  Croatia
*  Portugal
*  Lithuania
*  Czech Republic
*  Romania
*  Poland
*  Egypt
*  South Korea
*  Japan
*  Chinese Taipei

Women

*  Czech Republic
*  Croatia
*  Romania
*  Spain
*  Poland
*  Brazil
*  Uruguay
*  Japan
*  South Korea

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## Medal summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's tournament |  South Korea |  Croatia |  Japan
Women's tournament |  Japan |  Brazil |  South Korea

## Men's tournament

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All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group stage

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Portugal | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 103  | 105  | −2  | 5[a] | Semifinals
2  |  Croatia | 4  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 108  | 101  | +7  | 5[a]
3  |  Egypt | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 115  | 109  | +6  | 5[a] | 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. ^ a b c Portugal 3 Pts; Croatia 2 Pts; Egypt 1 Pt.

30 July 2018
12:00  | Lithuania  | 32–25 |  Czech Republic | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Grigas 13  | (14–15)  | Gřešek, Šafránek 5
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30 July 2018
14:00  | Croatia  | 33–33 |  Egypt | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Ćavar 7  | (19–17)  | Mohsen 8
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31 July 2018
16:00  | Egypt  | 28–30 |  Portugal | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Mrawan 7  | (12–17)  | Coelho 11
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31 July 2018
18:00  | Czech Republic  | 25–25 |  Croatia | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Bukovský 5  | (13–14)  | Ćavar 10
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1 August 2018
16:00  | Egypt  | 25–24 |  Czech Republic | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Hazem, Mohsen 6  | (11–13)  | Fulnek 6
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1 August 2018
18:00  | Portugal  | 29–26 |  Lithuania | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Carvalho 8  | (14–14)  | Grigas 8
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2 August 2018
16:00  | Portugal  | 22–29 |  Czech Republic | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Coelho 10  | (8–14)  | Bukovský 6
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2 August 2018
18:00  | Lithuania  | 21–28 |  Croatia | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Simonavičius 7  | (8–17)  | Ćavar, Moslavac 5
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3 August 2018
16:00  | Lithuania  | 22–29 |  Egypt | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Grigas 5  | (11–12)  | Hazem 6
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3 August 2018
18:00  | Croatia  | 22–22 |  Portugal | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Ćavar 8  | (10–12)  | Carvalho 9
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#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Japan | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 117  | 102  | +15  | 6[a] | Semifinals
2  |  South Korea | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 123  | 105  | +18  | 6[a]
3  |  Romania | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 119  | 102  | +17  | 6[a] | 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. ^ a b c 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

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Rotaru 11  | (15–10)  | Krępa, Ossowski 5
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30 July 2018
10:00  | South Korea  | 42–30 |  Chinese Taipei | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Park K. 7  | Report | Lin 7
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31 July 2018
14:00  | Chinese Taipei  | 25–29 |  Japan | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Wu 7  | (12–16)  | Kawashima 6
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31 July 2018
14:00  | Poland  | 26–30 |  South Korea | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Ossowski 8  | (13–16)  | Park K. 10
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1 August 2018
12:00  | Chinese Taipei  | 25–30 |  Poland | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Pan 7  | (6–17)  | Kamyszek 8
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1 August 2018
14:00  | Japan  | 25–29 |  Romania | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Asumi 5  | (10–15)  | Rotaru 15
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2 August 2018
14:00  | Japan  | 34–25 |  Poland | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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three players 6  | (17–15)  | Krupa, Lemaniak 5
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2 August 2018
14:00  | Romania  | 20–28 |  South Korea | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Rotaru 6  | (9–15)  | Park K. 5
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3 August 2018
12:00  | Romania  | 42–29 |  Chinese Taipei | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Rotaru 12  | (19–15)  | Wu 7
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3 August 2018
14:00  | South Korea  | 23–29 |  Japan | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Kang, Park K. 6  | (12–16)  | Goto 6
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### Ninth place play-off

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4 August 2018
10:00  | Lithuania  | 39–38 |  Chinese Taipei | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Grigas 10  | (17–19)  | three players 7
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5 August 2018
09:00  | Chinese Taipei  | 35–43 |  Lithuania | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Lin 10  | (18–22)  | Bučinskas 10
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Lithuania won 82–73 on aggregate.

### Fifth to eighth place classification

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| 5–8th place semifinals| | 5th place

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| 4 August| |

|  Czech Republic| 25

| 5 August

|  Romania| 22 |

|  Czech Republic| 25

| 4 August

| |  Egypt| 34

|  Egypt| 33

|  Poland| 23 |

| 7th place

| 5 August

|  Romania| 28

|  Poland| 21

#### 5–8th place semifinals

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4 August 2018
12:00  | Czech Republic  | 25–22 |  Romania | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Gřešek 6  | (13–15)  | Rotaru 7
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4 August 2018
14:00  | Egypt  | 33–23 |  Poland | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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| (17–11)  | Kamyszek, Krupa 5
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#### Seventh place game

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5 August 2018
11:00  | Romania  | 28–21 |  Poland | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Rotaru 6  | (16–9)  | Lemaniak 5
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#### Fifth place game

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5 August 2018
13:00  | Czech Republic  | 28–34 |  Egypt | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Bukovský, Hanuš 5  | (13–19)  |
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### First to fourth place classification

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 4 August| |

|  Croatia| 28

| 5 August

|  Japan| 27 |

|  Croatia| 31

| 4 August

| |  South Korea| 36

|  Portugal| 26

|  South Korea| 37 |

| Third place

| 5 August

|  Japan| 29

|  Portugal| 24

#### Semifinals

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4 August 2018
16:00  | Croatia  | 28–27 |  Japan | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Pehar 8  | (18–14)  | Makino 7
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4 August 2018
18:00  | Portugal  | 26–37 |  South Korea | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Areias, Carvalho 5  | (8–19)  | Park K. 10
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#### Third place game

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5 August 2018
15:00  | Japan  | 29–24 |  Portugal | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Goto 8  | (20–12)  | Carvalho 8
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#### Final

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5 August 2018
19:00  | Croatia  | 31–36 |  South Korea | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Majić 8  | (16–20)  | Kang, Park K. 8
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### Final standing

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Rank | Team

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

### Top scorers

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Rank | Player | Goals

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1 |  Adrian Rotaru | 57
2 |  Ignas Grigas | 48
3 |  Park Kwang-soon | 46
4 |  Luís Carvalho | 37
Davor Ćavar

## Women's tournament

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### Group stage

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Brazil | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 75  | 69  | +6  | 5  | Semifinals
2  |  Japan | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 84  | 69  | +15  | 4
3  |  Czech Republic | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 79  | 77  | +2  | 2  | Classification round
4  |  Croatia (H) | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 53  | 76  | −23  | 1

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.
(H) Hosts

30 July 2018
08:00  | Croatia  | 17–31 |  Japan | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Prkačin 6  | (8–15)  | Hatsumi 6
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30 July 2018
10:00  | Czech Republic  | 28–29 |  Brazil | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Galušková 11  | (14–15)  | F. Carneiro 6
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1 August 2018
12:00  | Japan  | 29–23 |  Czech Republic | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Kondo 10  | (15–13)  | Pokorná 7
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1 August 2018
18:00  | Brazil  | 17–17 |  Croatia | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Abreu, Luz 3  | (5–13)  | three players 3
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3 August 2018
12:00  | Brazil  | 29–24 |  Japan | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Morcineck 8  | (14–11)  | Kondo 5
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3 August 2018
18:00  | Croatia  | 19–28 |  Czech Republic | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Jelenović 5  | (9–13)  | Galušková 9
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#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  South Korea | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 122  | 89  | +33  | 8  | Semifinals
2  |  Poland | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 142  | 94  | +48  | 4[a]
3  |  Romania | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 102  | 91  | +11  | 4[a] | Classification round
4  |  Spain | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 110  | 92  | +18  | 4[a]
5  |  Uruguay | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 43  | 153  | −110  | 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. ^ a b c Poland 2 Pts, +11 GD; Romania 2 Pts, –2 GD; Spain 2 Pts, –9 GD.

30 July 2018
12:00  | Spain  | 37–8 |  Uruguay | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Pérez 7  | (20–5)  | Tito 3
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30 July 2018
14:00  | Romania  | 28–27 |  Poland | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Gavrilă 7  | (13–16)  | Nosek, Zawistowska 6
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31 July 2018
16:00  | Poland  | 31–32 |  South Korea | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Rosiak 9  | (14–17)  | Kim D. 13
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31 July 2018
18:00  | Uruguay  | 10–29 |  Romania | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Justo 3  | (3–12)  | Văcariu 8
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1 August 2018
14:00  | South Korea  | 24–22 |  Spain | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Kim D. 9  | (10–11)  | Arrojeria 5
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1 August 2018
16:00  | Poland  | 48–10 |  Uruguay | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Zawistowska 10  | (24–5)  | Aicardi 3
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2 August 2018
16:00  | South Korea  | 39–15 |  Uruguay | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Chung 9  | (19–6)  | Aicardi 5
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2 August 2018
18:00  | Spain  | 27–24 |  Romania | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Hernández 6  | (14–11)  | Polocoșer 7
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3 August 2018
14:00  | Spain  | 24–36 |  Poland | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Valdivia 6  | (11–14)  | Rosiak 8
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3 August 2018
16:00  | Romania  | 21–27 |  South Korea | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Polocoșer 6  | (9–16)  | Kim D. 7
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### Classification round

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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5  |  Spain | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 94  | 56  | +38  | 6
6  |  Czech Republic | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 74  | 66  | +8  | 4[a]
7  |  Romania | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 99  | 72  | +27  | 4[a]
8  |  Croatia (H) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 71  | 74  | −3  | 2
9  |  Uruguay | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 35  | 105  | −70  | 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.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. ^ a b Czech Republic 22–17 Romania

4 August 2018
12:00  | Spain  | 30–24 |  Czech Republic | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Pérez 7  | (18–8)  | three players 4
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4 August 2018
14:00  | Romania  | 29–13 |  Croatia | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Polocoșer 6  | (13–6)  | Jelenović 7
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5 August 2018
09:00  | Romania  | 17–22 |  Czech Republic | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Polocoșer 5  | (10–9)  | Pokorná 6
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5 August 2018
11:00  | Uruguay  | 17–39 |  Croatia | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Pérez 4  | (5–20)  | Jelenović 11
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### First to fourth place classification

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 4 August| |

|  Japan| 28

| 5 August

|  South Korea| 21 |

|  Japan| 27

| 4 August

| |  Brazil| 19

|  Brazil| 29

|  Poland| 27 |

| Third place

| 5 August

|  South Korea| 22

|  Poland| 19

#### Semifinals

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4 August 2018
16:00  | Japan  | 28–21 |  South Korea | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Hattori 10  | (16–12)  | Kim D. 8
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5 August 2018
18:00  | Brazil  | 29–27 |  Poland | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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T. Carneiro 6  | (12–17)  | Rosiak 6
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#### Third place game

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5 August 2018
13:00  | South Korea  | 22–19 |  Poland | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Kim D. 11  | (11–11)  | Szarawaga, Zawistowska 3
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#### Final

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5 August 2018
17:00  | Japan  | 27–19 |  Brazil | Zamet Hall, Rijeka

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Nakayama 8  | (10–11)  | F. Carneiro 5
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### Final standing

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Rank | Team

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|  Japan
|  Brazil
|  South Korea
4 |  Poland
5 |  Spain
6 |  Czech Republic
7 |  Romania
8 |  Croatia
9 |  Uruguay

### Top scorers

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Rank | Player | Goals

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1 |  Kim Da-young | 48
2 |  Aleksandra Rosiak | 31
3 |  Maharu Kondo | 30
4 |  Veronika Galušková | 29
Daria Zawistowska

## References

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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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* WUC Handball 2018 web site

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