2015 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship

2015 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23 July – 2 August
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (4th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	2,843 (50.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Đurđina Jauković (71 goals)
Awards
Best player	Đurđina Jauković
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The 2015 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship, held in Valencia, Spain from 23 July to 2 August 2015. ^[1] Sixteen teams participated on the tournament, including the fifteen qualifying winners and the host nation. Sweden was the defending champions, but didn't reached the final, after getting defeated by Denmark in the semifinals. ^{[2] [3]} Denmark won the tournament, with a 29-26 win against Russia. ^[4]

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1	Spain
Women's 17 EHF EURO 2013	15–25 August 2013	Gdynia	2	Sweden   Russia
Qualification tournament	17-19 April 2015	Various	13	Denmark   Germany   France   Croatia   Lithuania   North Macedonia   Montenegro   Norway   Portugal   Romania   Serbia   Hungary   Belarus

Draw

The draw was held on 5 May 2015 in Valencia. ^[5]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sweden   Russia   Denmark   Portugal	North Macedonia   Romania   Norway   Croatia	Hungary   Germany   Spain   Montenegro	France   Belarus   Serbia   Lithuania

Referees

Referees   Denmark Karina Christiansen Line Hesseldal Hansen   Spain Carlos Luque Ignacio Pascual   Lithuania Viktorija Kijauskaitė Aušra Žalienė   Montenegro Anđelina Kažanegra Jelena Vujačić   Russia Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berezkina

Referees   Serbia Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević   Austria Ana Vranes Marlis Wenninger   Moldova Dorian Sîrbu Valentin Suponicov   Bosnia and Herzegovina Vesna Todorović Tatjana Praštalo

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	85	59	+26	6	Main round
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	66	54	+12	4
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	58	73	−15	2	Intermediate round
4	Serbia	3	0	0	3	58	81	−23	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.

23 July 2015 16:00	Denmark	21 - 20	Montenegro	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 200 Referees: Luque, Pascual (ESP)
	Nielsen 5	(12-8)	Jauković, Ramusović 4
	2× 6×	Report	3× 3×

23 July 2015 18:00	Croatia	20 - 24	Serbia	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 70 Referees: Sîrbu, Suponicov (MLD)
	Mamić 9	(8-13)	Kovačević 7
	2× 8× 1×	Report	3× 9×

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24 July 2015 16:00	Serbia	18 - 32	Denmark	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 150 Referees: Luque, Pascual (ESP)
	Kovačević 5	(9-16)	Nolsøe 7
	1× 6×	Report	3× 7×

24 July 2015 18:00	Montenegro	25 - 17	Croatia	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 50 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Jauković 7	(15-8)	Kalaus 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

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26 July 2015 16:00	Montenegro	21 - 16	Serbia	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 100 Referees: Praštalo, Todorović (BIH)
	Jauković 7	(10-9)	Kovačević 5
	3× 8×	Report	2× 2×

26 July 2015 18:00	Denmark	32 - 21	Croatia	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 120 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Nielsen, Petersen 5	(16-11)	Mamić 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Final round

Bracket

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	31 July – 19:30
	Russia	28
					2 August – 13:30
	Hungary	17
					Russia	26
	31 July – 22:00
					Denmark	29
	Sweden	20
	Denmark	28
					Third place
					2 August – 11:00
					Hungary	24
					Sweden	25

9th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				5th place
	31 July – 14:30
	Germany	26
					1 August – 17:00
	Spain	24
					Germany	29
	31 July – 17:00
					Norway	27
	Norway	29
	Montenegro	27
					7th place
					1 August – 14:30
					Spain	33
					Montenegro	37

31 July 2015 14:30	Germany	26–24	Spain	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 120 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Bölk 7	(14-9)	Etxeberria 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

31 July 2015 17:00	Norway	29–27	Montenegro	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Kallestad 6	(16-13)	Jauković 15
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Seventh place game

1 August 2015 19:30	Spain	33–27	Montenegro	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 350 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Espiñeira 12	(11-14)	Jauković 15
	3× 3×	Report	3× 9×

Semifinals

31 July 2015 19:30	Russia	28–17	Hungary	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 250 Referees: Luque, Pascual (ESP)
	Egorova 7	(13-9)	Ferenczy 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

31 July 2015 22:00	Sweden	20–28	Denmark	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 290 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Hvenfelt 5	(9-16)	Højlund 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Fifth place game

1 August 2015 22:00	Germany	29–27	Norway	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 200 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Six players 4	(14-12)	Hernes 7
	1× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Third place match

2 August 2015 11:00	Hungary	24–25	Sweden	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 450 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Horváth 6	(11-11)	Olofsson 8
	1× 5×	Report	3× 2×

Final

2 August 2015 13:30	Russia	26–29	Denmark	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Frolova 8	(10-13)	Højlund, Nolsøe 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

Rank Team   Denmark   Russia   Sweden 4   Hungary 5   Germany 6   Norway 7   Montenegro 8   Spain 9   France 10   Romania 11   Serbia 12   Croatia 13   Belarus 14   Portugal 15   North Macedonia 16   Lithuania

All Star Team The All Star Team and awards were announced on 2 August 2015. [4] Position Player Goalkeeper   Tonje Haug Lerstad  (NOR) Right wing   Maitane Etxeberria  (ESP) Right back   Celine Lundbye Kristiansen  (DEN) Centre back   Yaroslava Frolova  (RUS) Left back   Emily Bölk  (GER) Left wing   Marianna Egorova  (RUS) Pivot   Sara Hald  (DEN) Best defense player   Sofia Hvenfelt  (SWE) Top scorer   Đurđina Jauković  (MNE) Most valuable player   Đurđina Jauković  (MNE)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals [6]
1	Đurđina Jauković	Montenegro	71
2	Bianca Bazaliu	Romania	64
3	Brigita Ivanauskaitė	Lithuania	58
4	Sara Ristovska	North Macedonia	50
5	Emily Bölk	Germany	47
6	Josipa Mamić	Croatia	45
7	Sandra Santiago	Portugal	42
	Érika Tavares	Portugal
9	Dziyana Ilyina	Belarus	39
	Marie-Hélène Sajka	France
	Inesa Verbovik	Lithuania

References

1. "Making their mark in Slovenia". EHF. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
2. "Russia and Denmark meet in W19 EHF EURO final". EHF. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
3. "Russia meet Hungary and Sweden face Denmark in semi-finals". EHF. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
4. "Denmark win Women's 19 EHF EURO 2015". EHF. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
5. "Women's 19 EHF EURO draw takes place on 5 May". EHF. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
6. Top goalscorers

External links

• Official website