# 2016 World University Handball Championship

The 2016 World University Handball Championship was the 23rd edition of this Handball Event organized by the FISU and it was held in the city of Antequera, Spain, from 27 June to 3 July.

## Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament | Romania | South Korea | Spain |
| Women's tournament | Spain | Romania | Poland |

## Men's tournament
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 76 | +27 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 77 | +12 | 4 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 84 | +2 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 107 | –41 | 0 |
* Teams qualified to the semi-finals
| 27 June 2016 13:30 | Russia | 25–29 | Japan | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 13:30 | Kiselev 7 | (12–16) | Tokuda 8 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 13:30 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 21:30 | Spain | 31–18 | Chinese Taipei | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera Attendance: 300 |
| 27 June 2016 21:30 | Figueras 7 | (18–7) | Huang 4 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera Attendance: 300 |
| 27 June 2016 21:30 | 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera Attendance: 300 |
| 28 June 2016 18:45 | Japan | 41–23 | Chinese Taipei | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 18:45 | Tokuda 7 | (16–9) | Huang, Shen 5 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 18:45 | 2× 2× | Report | 2× 1× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 18:45 | Russia | 26–30 | Spain | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 18:45 | Karlov 8 | (14–13) | Figueras 8 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 18:45 | 3× 6× | Report | 3× 4× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 18:45 | Spain | 28–33 | Japan | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 18:45 | Castillo, Rial 5 | (16–13) | Hori 6 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 18:45 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 18:45 | Chinese Taipei | 25–35 | Russia | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 18:45 | Lin, Pan 7 | (10–19) | Karlov 7 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 18:45 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 82 | +4 | 4 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 89 | +1 | 4 |
| Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 79 | +2 | 4 |
| Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 90 | –7 | 0 |
* Teams qualified to the semi-finals
| 27 June 2016 16:30 | Romania | 29–28 | South Korea | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera Attendance: 200 |
| 27 June 2016 16:30 | Grigoraș 17 | (14–12) | Oh 10 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera Attendance: 200 |
| 27 June 2016 16:30 | 3× 6× | Report | 2× 4× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera Attendance: 200 |
| 27 June 2016 16:30 | Portugal | 24–26 | Egypt | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera Attendance: 50 |
| 27 June 2016 16:30 | Branquinho 9 | (13–16) | Ramadan 8 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera Attendance: 50 |
| 27 June 2016 16:30 | 3× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera Attendance: 50 |
| 28 June 2016 16:30 | South Korea | 28–27 | Egypt | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 16:30 | Oh 7 | (13–11) | Ramadan 6 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 16:30 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 7× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 16:30 | Romania | 30–26 | Portugal | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 16:30 | Nistor 11 | (13–10) | Branquinho 8 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 16:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 1× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 16:30 | Portugal | 33–34 | South Korea | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 16:30 | Branquinho 7 | (15–15) | Lim 10 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 16:30 | 3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 3× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 16:30 | Egypt | 28–27 | Romania | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 16:30 | Omar 8 | (12–16) | Grigoraș 7 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 16:30 | 3× 4× | Report | 3× 7× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| July 2 | July 2 |
| Japan | 32 |
| Japan | 32 | July 3 | July 3 |
| South Korea | 36 | July 3 | July 3 |
| South Korea | 36 | South Korea | 20 |
| July 2 | July 2 | | South Korea | 20 |
| July 2 | July 2 | Romania | 28 |
| Romania | 29 | Romania | 28 |
| Spain | 26 | | |
| Spain | 26 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 3 | July 3 |
| | | Japan | 27 |
| | | Spain | 29 |

#### 5th–8th place play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| July 1 | July 1 |
| Russia | 34 |
| Russia | 34 | July 3 | July 3 |
| Portugal | 24 | July 3 | July 3 |
| Portugal | 24 | Russia | 32 |
| July 1 | July 1 | | Russia | 32 |
| July 1 | July 1 | Egypt | 33 |
| Egypt | 33 | Egypt | 33 |
| Chinese Taipei | 27 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 27 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | July 3 | July 3 |
| | | Portugal | 36 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 29 |

#### 5–8th place semi-finals

| 01 July 2016 16:30 | Russia | 34–24 | Portugal | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 16:30 | Petrov 6 | (14–11) | Branquinho 6 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 16:30 | 2× 3× | Report | 2× 5× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 18:45 | Egypt | 33–27 | Chinese Taipei | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 18:45 | Hassan 7 | (13–15) | Lin 5 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 18:45 | 2× | Report | 3× 2× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |

#### Semi-finals

| 02 July 2016 16:00 | Japan | 32–36 (ET) | South Korea | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 16:00 | Tamakawa 7 | (13–15) | Oh 11 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 16:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 2× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
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| 02 July 2016 18:15 | Romania | 29–26 | Spain | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 18:15 | Grigoraș, Rotaru 9 | (18–11) | Borragan, Figueras 7 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 18:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 4× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |

#### 7th place game

| 03 July 2016 10:00 | Portugal | 36–29 | Chinese Taipei | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 03 July 2016 10:00 | Branquinho 12 | (18–16) | Lin 6 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 03 July 2016 10:00 | 2× 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |

#### 5th place game

| 03 July 2016 10:00 | Russia | 32–33 | Egypt | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 03 July 2016 10:00 | Kiselev5 | (14–15) | Omar 9 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 03 July 2016 10:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 3× 1× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |

#### Bronze medal game

| 03 July 2016 12:15 | Spain | 29–27 | Japan | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 03 July 2016 12:15 | Figueras 15 | (19–15) | Tokuda 7 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 03 July 2016 12:15 | 2× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 1× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |

#### Gold medal game

| 03 July 2016 17:30 | Romania | 28–20 | South Korea | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 03 July 2016 17:30 | Grigoraș 13 | (16–10) | Lim 4 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 03 July 2016 17:30 | 3× 7× | Report | 3× 4× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |

### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Romania |
| | South Korea |
| | Spain |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Egypt |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Portugal |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei |

## Women's tournament
### Group Y

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 52 | +34 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 59 | +35 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 101 | 66 | +35 | 2 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 144 | –104 | 0 |
* Teams qualified to the semi-finals
| 27 June 2016 11:30 | Spain | 27–26 | Japan | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 11:30 | Sempere 7 | (11–14) | Matsumoto 7 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 11:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 4× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 11:30 | India | 11–43 | Romania | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 11:30 | Gurmail 5 | (5–22) | Preda 8 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 11:30 | 2× 5× | Report | 3× 1× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 12:15 | Romania | 20–19 | Spain | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 12:15 | Tudor, Zamfirescu 4 | (9–11) | Elicegui | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 12:15 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 12:15 | India | 16–53 | Japan | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 12:15 | Maninder 7 | (9–22) | Matsumoto 9 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 12:15 | 2× 2× | Report | 2× 3× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 12:15 | Japan | 22–23 | Romania | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 12:15 | Sasaki 6 | (11–12) | Andrei, Vizitiu 5 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 12:15 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 4× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 12:15 | Spain | 48–13 | India | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 12:15 | Gonzalez, Sempere 7 | (23–8) | Gurmail 4 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 12:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 2× 4× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |

### Group Z

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 58 | +32 | 6 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 65 | +42 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 77 | –7 | 2 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 111 | –67 | 0 |
* Teams qualified to the semi-finals
| 27 June 2016 09:30 | Uruguay | 15–27 | Czech Republic | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 09:30 | Elzaurdia 3 | (6–13) | Kubackova, Mala 7 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 09:30 | 3× 6× | Report | 3× 1× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 27 June 2016 09:30 | Russia | 24–27 | Poland | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera Attendance: 54 |
| 27 June 2016 09:30 | Samokhina 5 | (10–13) | Kordowiecka 5 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera Attendance: 54 |
| 27 June 2016 09:30 | 3× 7× 1× | Report | 3× 5× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera Attendance: 54 |
| 28 June 2016 10:00 | Uruguay | 16–35 | Poland | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 10:00 | four players 3 | (7–21) | Janiszewska, Pasternak 6 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 10:00 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 10:00 | Czech Republic | 25–34 | Russia | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 10:00 | Mala 6 | (11–16) | Samokhina10 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 28 June 2016 10:00 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 6× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 10:00 | Russia | 49–13 | Uruguay | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 10:00 | Samokhina 10 | (22–4) | Benia, Coito 3 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 10:00 | 2× 6× | Report | 2× 7× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 10:00 | Poland | 28–18 | Czech Republic | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 10:00 | Kordowiecka 8 | (14–7) | Kubackova 5 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 29 June 2016 10:00 | 2× 2× | Report | 3× 1× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| July 1 | July 1 |
| Romania | 21 |
| Romania | 21 | July 2 | July 2 |
| Russia | 18 | July 2 | July 2 |
| Russia | 18 | Romania | 14 |
| July 1 | July 1 | | Romania | 14 |
| July 1 | July 1 | Spain | 20 |
| Poland | 19 | Spain | 20 |
| Spain | 21 | | |
| Spain | 21 | Third place | Third place |
| | | July 2 | July 2 |
| | | Russia | 26 |
| | | Poland | 27 |

#### 5th–8th place play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| July 1 | July 1 |
| Japan | 34 |
| Japan | 34 | July 2 | July 2 |
| Uruguay | 18 | July 2 | July 2 |
| Uruguay | 18 | Japan | 28 |
| July 1 | July 1 | | Japan | 28 |
| July 1 | July 1 | Czech Republic | 26 |
| Czech Republic | 37 | Czech Republic | 26 |
| India | 12 | | |
| India | 12 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | July 2 | July 2 |
| | | Uruguay | 22 |
| | | India | 23 |

#### 5–8th place semi-finals

| 01 July 2016 10:00 | Japan | 34–18 | Uruguay | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 10:00 | Matsumoto 9 | (15–9) | Coito 8 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 10:00 | 2× 5× | Report | 2× 5× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 10:00 | Czech Republic | 37–12 | India | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 10:00 | Mala 11 | (21–5) | Gurmail, Maninder 3 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 10:00 | 1× 1× | Report | 2× 2× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |

#### Semi-finals

| 01 July 2016 12:15 | Romania | 21–18 | Russia | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 12:15 | Pricopi 5 | (10–12) | three players 3 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 12:15 | 2× 3× | Report | 2× 5× 1× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 12:15 | Poland | 19–21 | Spain | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 12:15 | Janiszewska 5 | (11–12) | Sempere 6 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 01 July 2016 12:15 | 3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |

#### 7th place game

| 02 July 2016 09:30 | Uruguay | 22–23 | India | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 09:30 | Coito 6 | (10–10) | Gurmail 6 | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 09:30 | 3× 2× | Report | 1× | Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera |

#### 5th place game

| 02 July 2016 09:30 | Japan | 28–26 | Czech Republic | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 09:30 | Kawashima, Sasaki 6 | (10–14) | Nigrinova 11 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 09:30 | 2× 1× | Report | 3× 2× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |

#### Bronze medal game

| 02 July 2016 11:45 | Russia | 26–27 | Poland | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 11:45 | Samokhina 8 | (13–17) | Zych 13 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 11:45 | 3× 6× | Report | 3× 2× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |

#### Gold medal game

| 02 July 2016 14:00 | Romania | 14–20 | Spain | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 14:00 | Pricopi 3 | (7–10) | Gonzalez 6 | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |
| 02 July 2016 14:00 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 4× | Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera |

### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Spain |
| | Romania |
| | Poland |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
| 7 | India |
| 8 | Uruguay |