2018 European Men's Handball Championship

2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship

Europsko rukometno prvenstvo za muškarce 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Venues	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	12–28 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	France
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	2,563 (54.53 per match)
Attendance	263,209 (5,600 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ondřej Zdráhala (56 goals)
Awards
Best player	Jim Gottfridsson
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EHF flags in Zagreb

Championship Billboard in Zagreb

The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament, hosted for the second time in Croatia from 12 to 28 January 2018. Croatia was awarded hosting the tournament during the EHF congress in Dublin on 20 September 2014. This was the last edition to feature 16 teams, with the 2020 edition expanding to 24 teams and six preliminary groups format.

Spain won their first title after defeating Sweden 29–23 in the final. France captured the bronze medal after defeating Denmark 32–29. Defending champions Germany finished 9th while the hosts Croatia broke the streak of playing 7 semifinals in a row by finishing 5th. ^{[1] [2]}

Bidding process

The interested nations were as follows: ^[3]

• Croatia
• Norway
• Sweden

In December 2013, these were announced as the bids: ^[4]

• Croatia
• Norway
•   Norway and   Sweden
• Sweden

Croatia was recommended as the preferred bid. ^[5] Croatia was confirmed as the host on 20 September 2014. ^{[6] [7]}

Venues

Each venue hosted one group, while Zagreb and Varaždin (which replaced Split as a main round venue) ^[8] hosted the main round. The final weekend was in Zagreb.

Zagreb	Split	Zagreb Split Varaždin Poreč
Arena Zagreb Capacity: 15,200	Spaladium Arena Capacity: 10,941
Varaždin	Poreč
Varaždin Arena Capacity: 5,200	Žatika Sport Centre Capacity: 3,700

Qualification

Main article: 2018 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Croatia	Host	20 September 2014	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Spain	Group 3 winner	6 May 2017	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Germany	Group 5 winner	6 May 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016 )
Sweden	Group 6 winner	6 May 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Denmark	Group 1 winner	14 June 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
France	Group 7 winner	14 June 2017	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Hungary	Group 1 runner-up	15 June 2017	10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Serbia	Group 2 runner-up	15 June 2017	4 ( 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Belarus	Group 2 winner	15 June 2017	4 (1994, 2008, 2014, 2016)
Montenegro	Group 6 runner-up	17 June 2017	3 (2008, 2014, 2016)
Norway	Group 7 runner-up	17 June 2017	7 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Slovenia	Group 5 runner-up	17 June 2017	10 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
Austria	Group 3 runner-up	17 June 2017	2 (2010, 2014)
Czech Republic	Group 4 runner-up	18 June 2017	8 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Macedonia	Group 4 winner	18 June 2017	4 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Iceland	Group 4 third place	18 June 2017	9 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held on 23 June 2017. ^{[9] [10]}

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 19 June 2017. ^{[11] [12]}

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Germany   Spain   Croatia (assigned to A1)   France	Denmark   Belarus   Sweden   Macedonia	Norway (assigned to B3)   Serbia   Montenegro   Czech Republic	Hungary (assigned to D4)   Slovenia (assigned to C4)   Austria   Iceland

Squads

Main article: 2018 European Men's Handball Championship squads

Match officials

On 26 October 2017, 12 couples were announced. ^[13]

Country Referees   Belarus Andrei Gousko Siarhei Repkin   Croatia Matija Gubica Boris Milošević   Czech Republic Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný   Denmark Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen   France Stevann Pichon Laurent Reveret   Germany Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig

Country Referees   Lithuania Vaidas Mažeika Mindaugas Gatelis Macedonia Gjorgi Nachevski Slave Nikolov   Portugal Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca   Romania Sorin-Laurențiu Dinu Constantin Din   Spain Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso   Russia Evgeny Zotin Nikolay Volodkov

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1). ^[14]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	0	1	89	82	+7	4 [a]	Main round
2	Croatia (H)	3	2	0	1	92	79	+13	4 [a]
3	Serbia	3	1	0	2	76	88	−12	2 [b]
4	Iceland	3	1	0	2	74	82	−8	2 [b]

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) Hosts
Notes:

1. Croatia 31–35 Sweden
2. Serbia 29–26 Iceland

12 January 2018 18:15	Sweden	24–26	Iceland	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 8,700 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Gottfridsson 6	(8–15)	Guðmundsson 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

12 January 2018 20:30	Croatia	32–22	Serbia	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Stepančić, Štrlek 6	(14–9)	Nenadić 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

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14 January 2018 18:15	Serbia	25–30	Sweden	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Ilić 5	(10–16)	Lagergren 5
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×

14 January 2018 20:30	Iceland	22–29	Croatia	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Zotin, Volotkov (RUS)
	Pálmarsson 5	(13–14)	Cindrić 7
	4×	Report	3× 2×

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16 January 2018 18:15	Serbia	29–26	Iceland	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,800 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Radivojević, Šešum 5	(12–12)	Sigurðsson 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

16 January 2018 20:30	Croatia	31–35	Sweden	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Čupić 7	(12–17)	Lagergren 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	97	82	+15	6	Main round
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	103	88	+15	4
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	80	91	−11	2
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	80	99	−19	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.

12 January 2018 18:15	Belarus	27–26	Austria	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Kulesh 7	(14–12)	Bilyk 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 7× 1×

12 January 2018 20:30	France	32–31	Norway	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Mahé 8	(15–17)	Tønnesen 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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14 January 2018 18:15	Austria	26–33	France	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Weber 5	(12–17)	N'Guessan 7
	1× 5× 1×	Report	3×

14 January 2018 20:30	Norway	33–28	Belarus	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	three players 6	(15–12)	Karalek 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6×

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16 January 2018 18:15	France	32–25	Belarus	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Mem 9	(14–11)	Padshyvalau 6
	3× 2×	Report	1× 4× 1×

16 January 2018 20:30	Norway	39–28	Austria	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Bjørnsen 9	(18–14)	Bilyk 9
	2× 6×	Report	3× 5× 2×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Macedonia	3	2	1	0	79	77	+2	5	Main round
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	82	69	+13	4
3	Slovenia	3	1	1	1	77	69	+8	3
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	66	89	−23	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.

13 January 2018 17:15	Germany	32–19	Montenegro	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Gensheimer 9	(17–9)	Lipovina 7
	3× 8× 1×	Report	2× 4×

13 January 2018 19:30	Macedonia	25–24	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Manaskov 8	(11–11)	Mlakar 4
	4× 6×	Report	4× 11× 1×

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15 January 2018 18:15	Slovenia	25–25	Germany	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Zarabec 5	(15–10)	Gensheimer 7
	4× 8× 1×	Report	4× 3×

15 January 2018 20:30	Montenegro	28–29	Macedonia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Čavor 6	(16–15)	Kuzmanovski 5
	2× 7× 1×	Report	2× 8×

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17 January 2018 18:15	Germany	25–25	Macedonia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Weinhold 8	(12–11)	Taleski 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

17 January 2018 20:30	Montenegro	19–28	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Ševaljević 6	(13–14)	Marguč 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 5× 1×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	81	65	+16	4 [a]	Main round
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	84	75	+9	4 [a]
3	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	76	86	−10	4 [a]
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	77	92	−15	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. Spain 2 Pts, +14 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Czech Republic 2 Pts, −16 GD

13 January 2018 18:15	Spain	32–15	Czech Republic	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,780 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	three players 5	(16–9)	Kašpárek 5
	1× 2×	Report	2× 4×

13 January 2018 20:30	Denmark	32–25	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,170 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Lauge Schmidt 7	(14–12)	Lékai 5
	2× 5× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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15 January 2018 18:15	Hungary	25–27	Spain	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,470 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Bánhidi 6	(12–13)	four players 4
	4× 5×	Report	4× 2×

15 January 2018 20:30	Czech Republic	28–27	Denmark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Zdráhala 8	(15–16)	Hansen 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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17 January 2018 18:15	Czech Republic	33–27	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,790 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Zdráhala 14	(15–11)	Lékai 9
	2× 3× 1×	Report	1× 1×

17 January 2018 20:30	Spain	22–25	Denmark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	A. Dujshebaev 6	(13–14)	Balling 8
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	0	156	130	+26	10	Advanced to semifinals
2	Sweden	5	3	0	2	136	127	+9	6 [a]
3	Croatia (H)	5	3	0	2	147	138	+9	6 [a]	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Norway	5	3	0	2	152	144	+8	6 [a]
5	Belarus	5	1	0	4	128	146	−18	2
6	Serbia	5	0	0	5	131	165	−34	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) Hosts
Notes:

1. Sweden 2 Pts, +1 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Norway 2 Pts, −1 GD

18 January 2018 18:15	Serbia	27–32	Norway	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Beljanski, Šešum 5	(17–17)	Bjørnsen, Sagosen 8
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

18 January 2018 20:30	Croatia	25–23	Belarus	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Mamić, Stepančić 5	(15–12)	Yurynok 6
	4× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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20 January 2018 18:15	Sweden	17–23	France	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 7,100 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Jeppsson 4	(8–10)	Sorhaindo 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2× 1×

20 January 2018 20:30	Croatia	32–28	Norway	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Štrlek 6	(17–15)	Sagosen 8
	4× 6×	Report	3× 2×

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22 January 2018 18:15	Serbia	30–39	France	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Zelenović 7	(12–19)	Caucheteux, L. Karabatic 7
	1× 4× 1×	Report	3×

22 January 2018 20:30	Sweden	29–20	Belarus	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Lagergren, Wanne 4	(16–11)	Karalek, Kulesh 4
	3× 4×	Report	1× 4×

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24 January 2018 16:00	Serbia	27–32	Belarus	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Nenadić 7	(11–16)	Pukhouski 9
	2× 5×	Report	3× 4×

24 January 2018 18:15	Sweden	25–28	Norway	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Tollbring 6	(11–12)	Myrhol 7
	2× 3× 1×	Report	4× 6×

24 January 2018 20:30	Croatia	27–30	France	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Štrlek 6	(13–19)	Remili 6
	3× 3×	Report	5×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	0	1	140	123	+17	8	Advanced to semifinals
2	Spain	5	3	0	2	142	118	+24	6
3	Czech Republic	5	2	1	2	113	131	−18	5	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Slovenia	5	1	2	2	134	133	+1	4 [a]
5	Germany	5	1	2	2	124	126	−2	4 [a]
6	Macedonia	5	1	1	3	114	136	−22	3

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. Slovenia 25–25 Germany

19 January 2018 18:15	Germany	22–19	Czech Republic	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,130 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Fäth 8	(9–10)	Číp 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

19 January 2018 20:30	Slovenia	28–31	Denmark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Zarabec 6	(14–16)	Svan 11
	2× 5×	Report	2× 3×

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21 January 2018 18:15	Germany	25–26	Denmark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,112 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Kühn 6	(9–8)	Lindberg 9
	4× 3×	Report	3× 1×

21 January 2018 20:30	Macedonia	20–31	Spain	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,796 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Manaskov, Stoilov 4	(6–15)	Gurbindo 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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23 January 2018 18:15	Slovenia	31–26	Spain	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,176 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Marguč 5	(13–12)	Solé 6
	3× 8×	Report	3× 3× 1×

23 January 2018 20:30	Macedonia	24–25	Czech Republic	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,780 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Taleski 5	(13–11)	Horák 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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24 January 2018 16:00	Slovenia	26–26	Czech Republic	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,873 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	three players 5	(11–12)	Zdráhala 9
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4× 2×

24 January 2018 18:15	Macedonia	20–31	Denmark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,343 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Kuzmanovski 6	(12–12)	Damgaard 11
	1× 2×	Report	3× 3×

24 January 2018 20:30	Germany	27–31	Spain	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,289 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Hafner 5	(13–14)	Balaguer 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	26 January
	France	23
					28 January
	Spain	27
					Spain	29
	26 January
					Sweden	23
	Denmark	34
	Sweden (ET)	35
					Third place game
					28 January
					France	32
					Denmark	29

Semifinals

26 January 2018 18:00	France	23–27	Spain	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Sorhaindo 6	(9–15)	Solé 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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26 January 2018 20:30	Denmark	34–35 (ET)	Sweden	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Hansen 12	(14–16)	Zachrisson 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×
	FT: 28–28  ET: 6–7

Fifth place game

26 January 2018 15:30	Croatia	28–27	Czech Republic	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Horvat 10	(16–10)	Zdráhala 13
	4× 2×	Report	3× 2×

Third place game

28 January 2018 18:00	France	32–29	Denmark	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,700 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	N. Karabatić 9	(17–14)	Lindberg 12
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Final

28 January 2018 20:30	Spain	29–23	Sweden	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Balaguer, Solé 5	(12–14)	Nielsen 5
	4× 2×	Report	4× 3×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank Team   Spain   Sweden   France 4   Denmark 5   Croatia 6   Czech Republic 7   Norway 8   Slovenia 9   Germany 10   Belarus 11   Macedonia 12   Serbia 13   Iceland 14   Hungary 15   Austria 16   Montenegro Qualified for 2019 World Men's Handball Championship as: [15] winner of this tournament co-host winner of 2017 World Championship

2018 Men's European Champions Spain First title Team roster: Eduardo Gurbindo, Ángel Fernández Pérez, Valero Rivera Folch, Raúl Entrerríos, Alex Dujshebaev, Daniel Sarmiento Melián, Julen Aguinagalde, Arpad Šterbik, Joan Cañellas, Viran Morros, Aitor Ariño, Gedeón Guardiola, Iosu Goñi Leoz, Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, Rodrigo Corrales, Ferrán Solé, David Balaguer, Adrià Figueras, Daniel Dujshebaev Head coach: Jordi Ribera.

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 28 January 2018. ^[16]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Vincent Gérard  (FRA)
Right wing	Ferrán Solé  (ESP)
Right back	Alex Dujshebaev  (ESP)
Centre back	Sander Sagosen  (NOR)
Left back	Mikkel Hansen  (DEN)
Left wing	Manuel Štrlek  (CRO)
Pivot	Jesper Nielsen  (SWE)

Awards

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Jim Gottfridsson  (SWE)
Best Defence Player	Jakov Gojun  (CRO)
Topscorer	Ondřej Zdráhala  (CZE) (55 goals)

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1 Ondřej Zdráhala 56 96 57 2 Mikkel Hansen 43 79 54 3 Rasmus Lauge Schmidt 40 63 63 4 Kristian Bjørnsen 37 50 74 5 Ferrán Solé 36 47 77 6 Kentin Mahé 34 49 69 7 Stanislav Kašpárek 33 66 50 8 Sander Sagosen 32 54 59 9 Nikola Karabatić 30 46 65 Hans Lindberg 37 81 Petar Nenadić 53 57 Source: Sportresult Archived 2018-01-16 at the Wayback Machine

Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Urh Kastelic 41 22 54 2 Vincent Gérard 37 68 184 3 Jannick Green 36 49 136 Andreas Palicka 50 138 5 Mikael Appelgren 35 69 195 Nikola Mitrevski 38 108 Viachaslau Saldatsenka 71 203 8 Torbjørn Bergerud 34 73 212 Silvio Heinevetter 26 76 Tomáš Mrkva 51 151 Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas 52 151 Andreas Wolff 43 126 Source: Sportresult Archived 2018-01-29 at the Wayback Machine

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External links

• Official website Archived 2018-01-25 at the Wayback Machine