2018 European Men's Handball Championship

2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Europsko rukometno prvenstvo za muškarce 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	12–28 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runner-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)
Best player	Jim Gottfridsson
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Last updated January 31, 2025

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.

Bidding process

The interested nations were as follows:^[3]

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

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

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

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	89	82	+7	4^[a]	Main round
2	Croatia (H)	3	2	1	92	79	+13	4^[a]
3	Serbia	3	1	2	76	88	−12	2^[b]
4	Iceland	3	1	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 2 Croatia 31–35 Sweden
1 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×

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×

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	97	82	+15	6	Main round
2	Norway	3	2	1	103	88	+15	4
3	Belarus	3	1	2	80	91	−11	2
4	Austria	3	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×

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×

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×

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×

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	81	65	+16	4^[a]	Main round
2	Denmark	3	2	1	84	75	+9	4^[a]
3	Czech Republic	3	2	1	76	86	−10	4^[a]
4	Hungary	3	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 2 3 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×

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×

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	156	130	+26	10	Advanced to semifinals
2	Sweden	5	3	2	136	127	+9	6^[a]	Advanced to semifinals
3	Croatia (H)	5	3	2	147	138	+9	6^[a]	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Norway	5	3	2	152	144	+8	6^[a]
5	Belarus	5	1	4	128	146	−18	2
6	Serbia	5	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 2 3 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×

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×

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×

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	Advanced to semifinals
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 2 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×

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×

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×

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×

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
3	Andreas Palicka	36	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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The European qualification for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship, in Denmark and Germany, was contested in two rounds among the teams that did not qualify for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship and the 12 teams that did play this tournament but was not already qualified and failed to qualify through it.

The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022. It was won by Sweden.

The 2024 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and the third to feature 24 national teams. It was hosted in Germany from 10 to 28 January 2024.

The 2022 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro from 4 to 20 November 2022. The tournament was advanced a month in order not to coincide with the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. This tournament was the last to feature 16 teams that had been the case since 2002.

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.

The 2018 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship was the fourteenth edition of the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship, held in Varaždin and Koprivnica, Croatia from 9 to 19 August 2018.

The 2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification was a handball competition organized by the European Handball Federation (EHF) to determine 20 of the 24 men's national teams competing in the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship final tournament. They joined the other four teams already qualified: Hungary and Slovakia, as final tournament co-hosts, and Spain and Croatia, who finished in the top two positions in the previous championship. Those four played in the EHF Euro Cup.

The European qualification for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship, in Japan, was played over two rounds.

The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland from 28 November to 15 December 2024. This was the first tournament to feature 24 teams. Norway were the two time defending champions and defended their title once again with a win over Denmark.

This article describes the qualification process for the EHF EURO 2024 and EHF Euro Cup. In total 32 teams competed for 20 places at the final tournament, while 4 teams contested the EHF Euro Cup.

The 2023 Women's U-17 European Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, which was held in Podgorica, Montenegro from 3 to 13 August 2023.

References

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↑ "Spain win first European title". ihf.info. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
↑ "Seven nations bid to host EHF EURO events in 2018 and 2020". www.eurohandball.com.
↑ "European Handball Federation – EHF EURO bidding nations confirmed / Article". Archived from the original on 2013-12-22.
↑ "European Handball Federation – Croatia hosts meeting of EHF Executive Committee / Article". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
↑ "Come, meet, cheer and celebrate in Croatia". www.eurohandball.com.
↑ "Men's EHF EURO 2018 goes to Croatia". www.eurohandball.com.
↑ "2016-cc-minutes-sep" (PDF). www.handball.no.
↑ "Final Tournament Draw". ehf-euro.com. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
↑ "Final tournament groups drawn in Zagreb". ehf-euro.com. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
↑ "Pots for the Men's EHF EURO 2018 draw revealed". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2017.
↑ "Draw Procedure" (PDF). Retrieved August 18, 2024.
↑ "Referees confirmed for Men's EHF Euro 2018". eurohandball.com. 26 October 2017.
↑ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
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[table_hth_SWE0.77664700885147-15] 1 2 Croatia 31–35 Sweden

[table_hth_SRB0.77664700885147-16] 1 2 Serbia 29–26 Iceland

[table_hth_ESP0.40319863911867-17] 1 2 3 Spain 2 Pts, +14 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Czech Republic 2 Pts, −16 GD

[table_hth_SWE0.75116422062328-18] 1 2 3 Sweden 2 Pts, +1 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Norway 2 Pts, −1 GD

[table_hth_SVN0.025079677824434-19] 1 2 Slovenia 25–25 Germany

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[2] "Spain win first European title". ihf.info. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[3] "Seven nations bid to host EHF EURO events in 2018 and 2020". www.eurohandball.com.

[4] "European Handball Federation – EHF EURO bidding nations confirmed / Article". Archived from the original on 2013-12-22.

[5] "European Handball Federation – Croatia hosts meeting of EHF Executive Committee / Article". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.

[6] "Come, meet, cheer and celebrate in Croatia". www.eurohandball.com.

[7] "Men's EHF EURO 2018 goes to Croatia". www.eurohandball.com.

[8] "2016-cc-minutes-sep" (PDF). www.handball.no.

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[10] "Final tournament groups drawn in Zagreb". ehf-euro.com. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

[11] "Pots for the Men's EHF EURO 2018 draw revealed". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2017.

[12] "Draw Procedure" (PDF). Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[13] "Referees confirmed for Men's EHF Euro 2018". eurohandball.com. 26 October 2017.

[14] "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2017-07-05.

[20] "European qualification for 2019 World Championship begins". IHF. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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