20th World University Handball Championship:
Hosts keep Double Gold in Hungary
 
The Hungarian hosts of the 20th World University Handball Championship succeeded to keep the gold in Hungary as both the Men's and Women's Team won the finals on July 4th.
The 20th edition of this FISU event was staged in the Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County and the matches of the men's and women's competition were played in 7 different cities, i.e. Tiszavasvari, Nyiradony, Csenger, Nyirbator, Demecser, Hajdunanas, Levelek and Nyiregyhaza.
In the men's final after a play-offs round, the host team won against the Czech Republic by seven goals difference (33-26). The game for the bronze medal ended in a draw (31-31), where Serbia finally got the bronze winning against Japan after penalties.
Having won all the games in the round-robin competition, the final game of the Hungarian Women's Team was just a formality which they lost to the Turkish Team by seven goals (40-33). The Turkish ended in 4th place, while the silver medal was won by the Romanian Team. The 3rd place went to the Czech Team.
The 21st edition of the World University Handball Championship will travel to Blumenau, Brazil in 2012.
 
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