2018 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship

The 2018 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the European Men's U-20 Handball Championship, held in Celje, Slovenia from 19 to 29 July 2018.[1]

2018 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Slovenia
Dates19–29 July
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Slovenia (1st title)
Runner-up France
Third place Germany
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches56
Goals scored3101 (55.38 per match)
Attendance23,950 (428 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gregor Ocvirk
(57 goals)
Best player Diogo Silva
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Qualified teams

Draw

The draw was held on 19 February 2018 in Celje.[2][3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 France
 Croatia
 Germany
 Slovenia		  Denmark
 Spain
 Iceland
 Serbia		  Sweden
 Portugal
 Russia
 Norway		  Poland
 Hungary
 Israel
 Romania

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 1 2 0 77 72 +5 4 Main round
2  Iceland 3 1 1 1 79 87 −8 3[lower-alpha 1]
3  Sweden 3 1 1 1 95 88 +7 3[lower-alpha 1] Intermediate round
4  Romania 3 1 0 2 85 89 −4 2
Source: EHF
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:
  1. Iceland 35–33 Sweden
19 July 2018
13:00		 Germany  22–22  Sweden Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Schreiber 8 (13–12) Windahl 6
3× 4× Report 3× 4×
19 July 2018
15:00		 Iceland  19–29  Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
three players 3 (5–15) Hanțaru 7
2× 5× Report 1× 5× 1×
20 July 2018
13:00		 Romania  25–30  Germany Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Căbuț 7 (15–17) Stutzke 9
1× 1× Report 1× 5×
20 July 2018
15:00		 Sweden  33–35  Iceland Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 250
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Salihi 10 (12–19) Þorkelsson 8
2× 8× Report 1× 7× 1×
22 July 2018
13:00		 Germany  25–25  Iceland Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 300
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Michel, Simak 5 (16–12) Jóhannsson 6
2× 6× Report 1× 5×
22 July 2018
15:00		 Sweden  40–31  Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Wallinius 9 (17–16) three players 5
4× 7× Report 3× 2×

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovenia (H) 3 3 0 0 82 66 +16 6 Main round
2  Serbia 3 2 0 1 88 82 +6 4
3  Israel 3 1 0 2 82 88 −6 2 Intermediate round
4  Norway 3 0 0 3 71 87 −16 0
Source: EHF
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) Host.
19 July 2018
17:00		 Serbia  35–28  Israel Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Maksić 9 (21–13) Sarfati, Sless 4
3× 2× Report 2× 3×
19 July 2018
19:30		 Slovenia  27–19  Norway Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Ocvirk 5 (11–9) three players 4
1× 6× Report 1× 6×
20 July 2018
17:00		 Norway  27–30  Serbia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Heldal 9 (12–18) Pisarić 8
3× 4× Report 1× 3×
20 July 2018
19:00		 Israel  24–28  Slovenia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Cohen 8 (13–15) Ocvirk 11
2× 5× Report 3× 3×
22 July 2018
17:00		 Norway  25–30  Israel Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 300
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Boilesen 6 (10–15) Cohen 9
3× 5× Report 3× 4×
22 July 2018
19:00		 Slovenia  27–23  Serbia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Ocvirk 12 (14–13) Maksić 8
2× 3× Report 2× 4×

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 96 74 +22 6 Main round
2  Croatia 3 2 0 1 92 85 +7 4
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 86 95 −9 2 Intermediate round
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 70 90 −20 0
Source: EHF
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.
19 July 2018
13:00		 Croatia  26–22  Russia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Martinović, Vistorop 6 (14–10) Nikolaenkov 6
1× 5× Report 2× 6×
19 July 2018
15:00		 Spain  32–23  Poland Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Sarió 7 (15–12) Adamczyk, Mauer 6
3× 4× Report 3× 4×
20 July 2018
13:00		 Poland  27–35  Croatia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Mauer 6 (14–17) Šarac 10
3× 7× Report 3× 4×
20 July 2018
15:00		 Russia  20–28  Spain Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Beliaev 7 (9–11) Valera 5
2× 5× Report 3× 5×
22 July 2018
13:00		 Croatia  31–36  Spain Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Šarac 6 (12–20) Valera 8
3× 6× Report 2× 2× 1×
22 July 2018
15:00		 Russia  28–36  Poland Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Dolinin 8 (9–19) Zarzycki 7
1× 8× Report 3× 6×

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 94 87 +7 6 Main round
2  France 3 2 0 1 93 85 +8 4
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 82 84 −2 2 Intermediate round
4  Hungary 3 0 0 3 75 88 −13 0
Source: EHF
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.
19 July 2018
17:00		 France  28–32  Portugal Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Nahi 7 (14–12) D. Silva 12
3× 5× Report 3× 5×
19 July 2018
19:00		 Denmark  23–22  Hungary Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 250
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Gidsel 7 (10–14) Máthé 10
3× 4× Report 3× 6× 1×
20 July 2018
17:00		 Hungary  23–34  France Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Borzas 6 (10–17) Prandi 7
2× 5× Report  3×
20 July 2018
19:00		 Portugal  31–29  Denmark Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
D. Silva 9 (14–11) Møller 8
2× 5× Report 1× 3×
22 July 2018
17:00		 France  31–30  Denmark Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Nahi, Villeminot 7 (16–14) Jörgensen 6
3× 3× Report 4× 2×
22 July 2018
19:00		 Portugal  31–30  Hungary Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
D. Silva 7 (12–13) Máthé 9
3× 2× Report 2× 3×

Intermediate round

Group I1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 0 1 77 71 +6 4[lower-alpha 1] 9–12th place semifinals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 85 76 +9 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Israel 3 2 0 1 82 76 +6 4[lower-alpha 1] 13–16th place semifinals
4  Romania 3 0 0 3 78 99 −21 0
Source: EHF
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:
  1. Norway 2 Pts, +2 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, 0 GD; Israel 2 Pts, –2 GD
24 July 2018
17:00		 Romania  25–29  Norway Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Căbuț, Pop 5 (8–16) Boilesen, Heldal 5
2× 3× Report 3× 3×
24 July 2018
19:00		 Sweden  29–22  Israel Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 300
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Salihi, Sunnefeldt 5 (14–9) Cohen 6
1× 2× Report 2× 4×
25 July 2018
17:00		 Norway  23–16  Sweden Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Rønningen 7 (12–10) Sunnefeldt 4
1× 8× 1× Report 4× 2×
25 July 2018
19:00		 Israel  30–22  Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Cohen 11 (17–13) Hanțaru 9
2× 8× Report 2× 4×

Group I2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 3 0 0 84 70 +14 6 9–12th place semifinals
2  Hungary 3 2 0 1 90 86 +4 4
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 88 90 −2 2 13–16th place semifinals
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 87 103 −16 0
Source: EHF
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.
24 July 2018
13:00		 Russia  34–37  Hungary Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 50
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Nikolaenkov 8 (17–17) Borzas 9
 7× Report 1× 5×
24 July 2018
15:00		 Poland  23–31  Denmark Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Mauer 6 (11–15) Würtz 6
3× 7× Report 2× 3×
25 July 2018
13:00		 Hungary  31–29  Poland Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 50
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Szita 7 (15–11) Gregułowski, Mauer 7
3× 5× Report 1× 2×
25 July 2018
15:00		 Denmark  30–25  Russia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Tilsted 6 (15–12) three players 4
1× 4× Report 1× 6×

Main round

Group M1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 83 67 +16 5 Semifinals
2  Slovenia (H) 3 2 0 1 74 70 +4 4
3  Iceland 3 0 2 1 71 75 −4 2 5–8th place semifinals
4  Serbia 3 0 1 2 68 84 −16 1
Source: EHF
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) Host.
24 July 2018
17:00		 Iceland  25–25  Serbia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Hauksson 6 (9–12) Pisarić 8
3× 5× Report 1× 6×
24 July 2018
19:00		 Germany  26–22  Slovenia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Thiele 6 (9–11) Ocvirk 7
2× 2× 1× Report 2× 5×
25 July 2018
17:00		 Serbia  20–32  Germany Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Mijatović 6 (12–14) Backs, Witzke 6
1× 6× Report  4×
25 July 2018
19:00		 Slovenia  25–21  Iceland Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Horžen, Ocvirk 5 (14–10) Birgisson 6
1× 4× Report 2× 5×

Group M2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 2 0 1 84 85 −1 4[lower-alpha 1] Semifinals
2  France 3 2 0 1 100 93 +7 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Spain 3 1 0 2 96 95 +1 2[lower-alpha 2] 5–8th place semifinals
4  Croatia 3 1 0 2 89 96 −7 2[lower-alpha 2]
Source: EHF
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:
  1. Portugal 32–28 France
  2. Spain 36–31 Croatia
24 July 2018
13:00		 Croatia  28–37  France Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Martinović 8 (14–18) Villeminot 7
 6× Report  2× 1×
24 July 2018
15:00		 Spain  27–29  Portugal Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 250
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
four players 4 (9–13) D. Silva 8
3× 4× Report 3× 2×
25 July 2018
13:00		 France  35–33  Spain Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Prandi 7 (19–15) Tarrafeta 9
3× 4× Report 2× 2×
25 July 2018
15:00		 Portugal  23–30  Croatia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
D. Silva 8 (11–17) Miličević 6
2× 1× Report 2× 2×

Final round

Bracket
Championship bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
 Germany26
 
29 July
 
 France28
 
 France30
 
27 July
 
 Slovenia31
 
 Portugal25
 
 
 Slovenia27
 
Third place
 
 
29 July
 
 
 Germany29
 
 
 Portugal26
9th place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinals9th place
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
 Norway29
 
28 July
 
 Hungary23
 
 Norway24
 
27 July
 
 Sweden20
 
 Denmark30
 
 
 Sweden33
 
11th place
 
 
28 July
 
 
 Hungary31
 
 
 Denmark29
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
 Iceland27
 
29 July
 
 Croatia31
 
 Croatia26
 
27 July
 
 Spain27
 
 Spain27
 
 
 Serbia24
 
7th place
 
 
29 July
 
 
 Iceland30
 
 
 Serbia27
13th place bracket
 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
 Israel26
 
28 July
 
 Russia19
 
 Israel30
 
27 July
 
 Romania28
 
 Poland31
 
 
 Romania (OT)32
 
15th place
 
 
28 July
 
 
 Russia28
 
 
 Poland26

13–16th place semifinals
27 July 2018
12:00		 Israel  26–19  Russia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Cohen 8 (12–10) Beliaev 5
3× 5× Report 3× 2×
27 July 2018
14:30		 Poland  31–32 (ET)  Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 50
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Jarosiewicz 7 (14–11) Căbuț 12
3× 5× Report 4× 4×

FT: 28–28 ET: 3–4

9–12th place semifinals
27 July 2018
17:00		 Norway  29–23  Hungary Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Boilesen 5 (12–8) Máthé 6
2× 6× Report 1× 2×
27 July 2018
19:30		 Denmark  30–33  Sweden Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Møller 11 (17–18) Windahl 7
1× 2× Report 3× 7×

5–8th place semifinals
27 July 2018
12:00		 Iceland  27–31  Croatia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Jóhannsson 6 (16–17) Martinović 8
2× 4× Report 2× 4× 1×
27 July 2018
14:30		 Spain  27–24  Serbia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Martínez 5 (14–10) Ivanović 9
3× 3× Report 3× 2×

Semifinals
27 July 2018
17:00		 Germany  26–28  France Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Schreiber 6 (11–15) Kempf, Villeminot 5
2× 4× Report  4×
27 July 2018
19:30		 Portugal  25–27  Slovenia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Frade, D. Silva 6 (15–14) Novak 7
5× 3× Report 4× 4×

15th place game
28 July 2018
12:00		 Russia  28–26  Poland Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 50
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Shalabanov 10 (12–11) Krysiak 6
2× 4× Report 2× 5×

13th place game
28 July 2018
14:30		 Israel  30–28  Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Surkis 6 (15–13) Hanțaru 6
3× 4× Report 2× 2×

Eleventh place game
28 July 2018
17:00		 Hungary  31–29  Denmark Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Máthé 11 (15–16) Møller 8
2× 4× Report 3× 3×

Ninth place game
28 July 2018
19:30		 Norway  24–20  Sweden Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Heldal 5 (16–6) Jurmala, Salihi 5
4× 7× Report 3× 5×

Seventh place game
29 July 2018
10:00		 Iceland  30–27  Serbia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Hauksson 9 (13–12) Maksić 8
3× 4× Report 1× 1×

Fifth place game
29 July 2018
12:30		 Croatia  26–27  Spain Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Šarac 8 (12–13) Pérez, Tarrafeta 5
3× 3× Report 2× 3×

Third place game
29 July 2018
15:00		 Germany  29–26  Portugal Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Klein 6 (14–11) D. Silva 6
2× 3× Report 3× 2×

Final
29 July 2018
17:30		 France  30–31  Slovenia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Villeminot 6 (16–15) Ocvirk 11
2× 2× Report 3× 4×

Final ranking
RankTeam
 Slovenia
 France
 Germany
4 Portugal
5 Spain
6 Croatia
7 Iceland
8 Serbia
9 Norway
10 Sweden
11 Hungary
12 Denmark[4]
13 Israel
14 Romania
15 Russia
16 Poland
Team qualified to the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Awards
AwardPlayer
Most Valuable Player Diogo Silva (POR)
Best Defence Player Joshua Thiele (GER)
Topscorer Gregor Ocvirk (SLO) (57 goals)
All-Star Team[5]
PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper Robin Paulsen Haug (NOR)
Right wing Domen Novak (SLO)
Right back Diogo Silva (POR)
Centre back Kyllian Villeminot (FRA)
Left back Gregor Ocvirk (SLO)
Left wing Dylan Nahi (FRA)
Pivot Luis Frade (POR)
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References
  1. "France the team to beat in Slovenia". EHF. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. "Preliminary round for Men's 20 EHF EURO 2018 to be drawn on 19 February". EHF. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. "Starting grid confirmed for Men's 20 EHF EURO 2018". EHF. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. "Substitute nations for 2019 Men's Junior and Youth World Championships confirmed". IHF. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. "Slovenia upset France to win Men's 20 EHF EURO at home". EHF. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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