2018 Women's World University Handball Championship

2018 Women's World University Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	30 July – 5 August
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	1,375 (57.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Da-young (48)
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The 2018 Women's World University Handball Championship was the 12th 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

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	75	69	+6	5	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	84	69	+15	4	Semifinals
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	79	77	+2	2	Classification round
4	Croatia (H)	3	0	1	2	53	76	−23	1	Classification round

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
	Prkačin 6	(8–15)	Hatsumi 6
		Report

30 July 2018 10:00	Czech Republic	28–29	Brazil	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Galušková 11	(14–15)	F. Carneiro 6
		Report

1 August 2018 12:00	Japan	29–23	Czech Republic	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Kondo 10	(15–13)	Pokorná 7
		Report

1 August 2018 18:00	Brazil	17–17	Croatia	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Abreu, Luz 3	(5–13)	three players 3
		Report

3 August 2018 12:00	Brazil	29–24	Japan	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Morcineck 8	(14–11)	Kondo 5
		Report

3 August 2018 18:00	Croatia	19–28	Czech Republic	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Jelenović 5	(9–13)	Galušková 9
		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	122	89	+33	8	Semifinals
2	Poland	4	2	2	142	94	+48	4^[a]	Semifinals
3	Romania	4	2	2	102	91	+11	4^[a]	Classification round
4	Spain	4	2	2	110	92	+18	4^[a]
5	Uruguay	4	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:

^ ^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
	Pérez 7	(20–5)	Tito 3
		Report

30 July 2018 14:00	Romania	28–27	Poland	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Gavrilă 7	(13–16)	Nosek, Zawistowska 6
		Report

31 July 2018 16:00	Poland	31–32	South Korea	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Rosiak 9	(14–17)	Kim D. 13
		Report

31 July 2018 18:00	Uruguay	10–29	Romania	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Justo 3	(3–12)	Văcariu 8
		Report

1 August 2018 14:00	South Korea	24–22	Spain	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Kim D. 9	(10–11)	Arrojeria 5
		Report

1 August 2018 16:00	Poland	48–10	Uruguay	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Zawistowska 10	(24–5)	Aicardi 3
		Report

2 August 2018 16:00	South Korea	39–15	Uruguay	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Chung 9	(19–6)	Aicardi 5
		Report

2 August 2018 18:00	Spain	27–24	Romania	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Hernández 6	(14–11)	Polocoșer 7
		Report

3 August 2018 14:00	Spain	24–36	Poland	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Valdivia 6	(11–14)	Rosiak 8
		Report

3 August 2018 16:00	Romania	21–27	South Korea	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Polocoșer 6	(9–16)	Kim D. 7
		Report

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Spain	3	3	0	94	56	+38	6
6	Czech Republic	3	2	1	74	66	+8	4^[a]
7	Romania	4	2	2	99	72	+27	4^[a]
8	Croatia (H)	3	1	2	71	74	−3	2
9	Uruguay	3	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:

^ ^a ^b Czech Republic 22–17 Romania

4 August 2018 12:00	Spain	30–24	Czech Republic	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Pérez 7	(18–8)	three players 4
		Report

4 August 2018 14:00	Romania	29–13	Croatia	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Polocoșer 6	(13–6)	Jelenović 7
		Report

5 August 2018 09:00	Romania	17–22	Czech Republic	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Polocoșer 5	(10–9)	Pokorná 6
		Report

5 August 2018 11:00	Uruguay	17–39	Croatia	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Pérez 4	(5–20)	Jelenović 11
		Report

Knockout stage

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals		Final

4 August

A2 Japan	28
		5 August
B1 South Korea	21
		A2 Japan	27
4 August
		A1 Brazil	19
A1 Brazil	29

B2 Poland	27
		Third place

		5 August

		B1 South Korea	22

		B2 Poland	19

Semifinals

4 August 2018 16:00	Japan	28–21	South Korea	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Hattori 10	(16–12)	Kim D. 8
		Report

5 August 2018 18:00	Brazil	29–27	Poland	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	T. Carneiro 6	(12–17)	Rosiak 6
		Report

Third place game

5 August 2018 13:00	South Korea	22–19	Poland	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Kim D. 11	(11–11)	Szarawaga, Zawistowska 3
		Report

Final

5 August 2018 17:00	Japan	27–19	Brazil	Zamet Hall, Rijeka
	Nakayama 8	(10–11)	F. Carneiro 5
		Report

Final standing

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

Top scorers

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

References

^ "RIJEKA DOMAĆIN SVJETSKOG SVEUČILIŠNOG PRVENSTVA U RUKOMETU". www.unisport.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ "Rijeka domaćin Svjetskog sveučilišnog rukometnog prvenstva". www.rijeka.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 July 2018.

External links

WUC Handball 2018 web site

[table_hth_POL0.30856760326241-3] Poland 2 Pts, +11 GD; Romania 2 Pts, –2 GD; Spain 2 Pts, –9 GD.

[table_hth_CZE0.46772838405693-4] Czech Republic 22–17 Romania

[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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