University handball at its best in Spain

From 24-30 June, the Spanish city of Antequera will welcome 14 teams from 8 countries for six days of thrilling games.

Known as “the heart of Andalusia”, Antequera is a medium-sized city located about 45 kilometers inland from the coast at Malaga. The Antequera 2024 FISU WUC Handball is organised by Camilo José Cela University in collaboration with various sports and educational institutions, all with the shared goal of promoting university sports and fostering international competition.

The last FISU handball competition was a World Cup (it took place in Kosovo in 2022), which means it was universities competing and not countries. The home team, University of Pristina “Hasan Prishtina”, won the men’s tournament and Korea National Sport Sports University grabbed the women’s gold.

This time in Antequera, six countries travelled with both women’s and men’s teams (Chile, Czechia, France, India, Poland and Spain), while Brazil only sent their men’s team and the Netherlands their women’s.

The official draw, held at the FISU Headquarters in Lausanne in May, divided them up in the following groups:

Men
Group A: Spain, Poland, Brazil, India
Group B: Czechia, France, Chile

Women
Group A: Spain, France, India
Group B: Czechia, Poland, Chile, The Netherlands

The programme (all times in GMT+1)

Even if the competition officially starts on 24 June, the opening game between home country Spain and Poland is scheduled on Sunday 23 June at 19h30.

Monday 24 June:

Men
9h15 BRA-IND
11h30 CZE-CHI

Women
13h45 ESP-IND
17h CZE-NED
19h30 POL-CHI

Tuesday 25 June:

Men
9h15 FRA-CHI
11h30 BRA-POL
13h45 ESP-IND

Women
16h IND-FRA
18h15 CZE-POL
20h30 NED-CHI

Wednesday 26 June:

Men
9h15 IND-POL
11h30 ESP-BRA
13h45 FRA-CZE

Women
16h CHI-CZE
18h15 FRA-ESP
20h30 POL-NED

Thursday 27 June:

Rest day

Friday 28 June:

Men
9h15 3rd Group A – 3rd Group B
13h45 2nd Group A – 1st Group B
16h 1st Group A – 2nd Group B

Women
11h30 3rd Group A – 3rd Group B
18h15 2nd Group A – 1st Group B
17h 1st Group A – 2nd Group B

Saturday 29 June

Men
10h 3rd Group A – 4th Group B
17h 3rd and 4th place

Women
12h30 3rd Group A – 4th Group B
19h30 3rd and 4th place

Sunday 30 June

Men
9h 3rd Group A – 4th Group A
11h30 Final

Women
9h 3rd Group B – 4th Group B
14h Final

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Written by Thérèse Courvoisier