The 1963 World University Men's Handball Championship was the first edition of the indoor World Cup for students.
Bulgaria withdraw from the competition.
On the first match day Germany played against the local handball club H43 Lund.
[2] According to the Romanian Handball Federation following was the final ranking:[8] Virgil Tale, Ioan Bogolea, Valentin Samungi, Cornel Oțelea, Ion Popescu, Mihai Fabian, Adrian Jianu, Liviu Constantinescu, Mihail Marinescu, Ion Paraschiv, Francisc Pall, Mircea Duca, Gheorghe Gruia, Adrian Jianu Coach: Eugen Trofin