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.[1][2]

2016 World University Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates27 June to 03 July
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Romania (men)
 Spain (women)
Runner-up South Korea (men)
 Romania (women)
Third place Spain (men)
 Poland (women)
Fourth place Japan (men)
 Russia (women)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)Romania Demis Grigoraș (51 goals)
Russia Daria Samokhina
Japan Hikaru Matsumoto (35 goals)
Best playerSouth Korea Jaeseo Lim
Poland Aleksandra Zych
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Participating teams edit

Medal summary edit

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

Men's tournament edit

Group A edit

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
Kiselev 7 (12–16) Tokuda 8
  3×  Report   4× 
27 June 2016
21:30
Spain   31–18   Chinese Taipei Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Attendance: 300
Figueras 7 (18–7) Huang 4
  Report   2× 

28 June 2016
18:45
Japan   41–23   Chinese Taipei Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Tokuda 7 (16–9) Huang, Shen 5
  2×  Report   1× 
28 June 2016
18:45
Russia   26–30   Spain Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Karlov 8 (14–13) Figueras 8
  6×  Report   4× 

29 June 2016
18:45
Spain   28–33   Japan Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Castillo, Rial 5 (16–13) Hori 6
  4×  Report  
29 June 2016
18:45
Chinese Taipei   25–35   Russia Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Lin, Pan 7 (10–19) Karlov 7
  3×  Report   2× 

Group B edit

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
Grigoraș 17 (14–12) Oh 10
  6×  Report   4× 
27 June 2016
16:30
Portugal   24–26   Egypt Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Attendance: 50
Branquinho 9 (13–16) Ramadan 8
  5×  1×  Report   3× 

28 June 2016
16:30
South Korea   28–27   Egypt Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Oh 7 (13–11) Ramadan 6
  3×  Report   7× 
28 June 2016
16:30
Romania   30–26   Portugal Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Nistor 11 (13–10) Branquinho 8
  5×  Report   1× 

29 June 2016
16:30
Portugal   33–34   South Korea Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Branquinho 7 (15–15) Lim 10
  6×  1×  Report   3× 
29 June 2016
16:30
Egypt   28–27   Romania Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Omar 8 (12–16) Grigoraș 7
  4×  Report   7× 

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 2
 
 
  Japan32
 
July 3
 
  South Korea36
 
  South Korea20
 
July 2
 
  Romania28
 
  Romania29
 
 
  Spain26
 
Third place
 
 
July 3
 
 
  Japan27
 
 
  Spain29

5th–8th place play-offs edit

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
July 1
 
 
  Russia34
 
July 3
 
  Portugal24
 
  Russia32
 
July 1
 
  Egypt33
 
  Egypt33
 
 
  Chinese Taipei27
 
Seventh place
 
 
July 3
 
 
  Portugal36
 
 
  Chinese Taipei29

5–8th place semi-finals edit

01 July 2016
16:30
Russia   34–24   Portugal Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Petrov 6 (14–11) Branquinho 6
  3×  Report   5× 

01 July 2016
18:45
Egypt   33–27   Chinese Taipei Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Hassan 7 (13–15) Lin 5
  Report   2× 

Semi-finals edit

02 July 2016
16:00
Japan   32–36 (ET)   South Korea Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Tamakawa 7 (13–15) Oh 11
  4×  Report   2× 

FT: 29–29 ET: 3–7


02 July 2016
18:15
Romania   29–26   Spain Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Grigoraș, Rotaru 9 (18–11) Borragan, Figueras 7
  3×  Report   4× 

7th place game edit

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

5th place game edit

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

Bronze medal game edit

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

Gold medal game edit

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

Final standing edit

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

Women's tournament edit

Group Y edit

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
Sempere 7 (11–14) Matsumoto 7
  5×  Report   4× 
27 June 2016
11:30
India   11–43   Romania Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Gurmail 5 (5–22) Preda 8
  5×  Report   1× 

28 June 2016
12:15
Romania   20–19   Spain Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Tudor, Zamfirescu 4 (9–11) Elicegui
  1×  Report   4× 
28 June 2016
12:15
India   16–53   Japan Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Maninder 7 (9–22) Matsumoto 9
  2×  Report   3× 

29 June 2016
12:15
Japan   22–23   Romania Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Sasaki 6 (11–12) Andrei, Vizitiu 5
  1×  Report   4× 
29 June 2016
12:15
Spain   48–13   India Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Gonzalez, Sempere 7 (23–8) Gurmail 4
  3×  Report   4× 

Group Z edit

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
Elzaurdia 3 (6–13) Kubackova, Mala 7
  6×  Report   1× 
27 June 2016
09:30
Russia   24–27   Poland Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Attendance: 54
Samokhina 5 (10–13) Kordowiecka 5
  7×  1×  Report   5× 

28 June 2016
10:00
Uruguay   16–35   Poland Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
four players 3 (7–21) Janiszewska, Pasternak 6
  3×  Report   2× 
28 June 2016
10:00
Czech Republic   25–34   Russia Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Mala 6 (11–16) Samokhina10
  4×  Report   6× 

29 June 2016
10:00
Russia   49–13   Uruguay Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Samokhina 10 (22–4) Benia, Coito 3
  6×  Report   7× 
29 June 2016
10:00
Poland   28–18   Czech Republic Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Kordowiecka 8 (14–7) Kubackova 5
  2×  Report   1× 

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 1
 
 
  Romania21
 
July 2
 
  Russia18
 
  Romania14
 
July 1
 
  Spain20
 
  Poland19
 
 
  Spain21
 
Third place
 
 
July 2
 
 
  Russia26
 
 
  Poland27

5th–8th place play-offs edit

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
July 1
 
 
  Japan34
 
July 2
 
  Uruguay18
 
  Japan28
 
July 1
 
  Czech Republic26
 
  Czech Republic37
 
 
  India12
 
Seventh place
 
 
July 2
 
 
  Uruguay22
 
 
  India23

5–8th place semi-finals edit

01 July 2016
10:00
Japan   34–18   Uruguay Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Matsumoto 9 (15–9) Coito 8
  5×  Report   5× 

01 July 2016
10:00
Czech Republic   37–12   India Centro de Tecnificación de Atletismo, Antequera
Mala 11 (21–5) Gurmail, Maninder 3
  1×  Report   2× 

Semi-finals edit

01 July 2016
12:15
Romania   21–18   Russia Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Pricopi 5 (10–12) three players 3
  3×  Report   5×  1× 

01 July 2016
12:15
Poland   19–21   Spain Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Antequera
Janiszewska 5 (11–12) Sempere 6
  3×  Report   3× 

7th place game edit

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

5th place game edit

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

Bronze medal game edit

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

Gold medal game edit

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

Final standing edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Todo preparado para el Mundial Universitario de Balonmano". www.europapress.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ^ "El balonmano universitario mundial se cita en Antequera". www.vavel.com/es (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2016.

External links edit