2019 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament

2019 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
City	Zagreb
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14 – 15 December
Teams	6 (from EHF confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia
Runner-up	Portugal
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Attendance	1,560 (142 per match)
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The 2019 EHF European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament was the 4th edition and was hosted for the first time in Croatia from 14 to 15 December 2019. ^{[1] [2]} This was the last European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament because next year will be held an official European championship. Croatia defeated Portugal to the first title. ^[3]

Venues

Zagreb	Zagreb
Sutinska Vrela Hall Capacity: 2,000

Match officials

Country	Referees
Austria	Mirsad Begovic Vladimir Bubalo
Croatia	Igor Hunjadi Marijo Zecevic
Portugal	Nelson Santos Ricardo Caçador

Draw

The draw was held at the EHF headquarters in Vienna on 26 November 2019. ^[4] Spain was first planned as the sixth team but they withdrew from the tournament and Slovenia replaced them ^[5]

Seeding

Croatia was allowed as host to pick their group. ^{[6] [7]}

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Croatia   Portugal	Hungary   Netherlands	Romania   Slovenia

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	2	2	0	0	29	11	+18	4	Semi Final
2	Hungary	2	1	0	1	18	17	+1	2
3	Romania	2	0	0	2	14	33	−19	0	Fifth place games

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in the games between teams in question; 3) goal difference in the games between teams in question; 4) number of goals scored in the games between teams in question; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. ^[8]
(H) Hosts

14 December 2019 10:00	Romania	8-18	Croatia	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 50 Referees: Caçador & Santos (PRT)
	Punga & Trandafir (3)	(3-10)	Stimac (9)
	2×	Report	1×

14 December 2019 12:30	Hungary	15-6	Romania	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 200 Referees: Begovic & Bubalo (AUT)
	Tomolya (7)	(9-3)	Punga (3)
	2× 2×	Report	1×

14 December 2019 14:30	Croatia	11-3	Hungary	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 80 Referees: Caçador & Santo (PRT)
	Stimac (7)	(5-0)	Tapai, Szilagyi & Szabo (1)
	1× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	2	2	0	0	27	8	+19	4	Semi Final
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	21	16	+5	2
3	Slovenia	2	0	0	2	7	31	−24	0	Fifth place games

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in the games between teams in question; 3) goal difference in the games between teams in question; 4) number of goals scored in the games between teams in question; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. ^[8]

14 December 2019 11:30	Slovenia	2-16	Portugal	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 200 Referees: Hunjadi & Zecevic (CRO)
	Stojakovic & Skaper (1)	(1-10)	Gomes (5)
	1×	Report	1×

14 December 2019 13:30	Netherlands	15-5	Slovenia	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 80 Referees: Hunjadi & Zecevic (CRO)
	van den Ende (7)	(9-2)	Music & Skaper (2)
	2×	Report

14 December 2019 15:30	Portugal	11-6	Netherlands	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 200 Referees: Begovic & Bubalo (AUT)
	Gomes (4)	(7-2)	van den Ende (4)
	1× 3×	Report	1× 1×

Fifth place games

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	2	1	0	1	25	18	+7	2	Fifth place
2	Slovenia	2	1	0	1	18	25	−7	2	Sixth place

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. ^[8]

15 December 2019 9:00	Romania	15-18	Slovenia	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 100 Referees: Begovic & Bubalo (AUT)
	Tandafir & Daniel Mititelu (4)	(5-10)	Music (9)
		Report	1× 3×

15 December 2019 13:00	Slovenia	0-10	Romania	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb
		(Forfeit)
		Report

Knockout stage

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Croatia	11
	B2	Netherlands	7
						A1	Croatia	9
						B1	Portugal	8
	A2	Hungary	2
	B1	Portugal	13			Small Final
						B2	Netherlands	3
						A2	Hungary	6

Semifinals

15 December 2019 11:00	Croatia	11-7	Netherlands	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 150 Referees: Caçador & Santo (PRT)
	Demirovic (6)	(4-4)	Dokkum (4)
	3×	Report	2× 2×

15 December 2019 12:00	Hungary	2-13	Portugal	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 150 Referees: Hunjadi & Zecevic (CRO)
	Weisz & Jancsao (1)	(1-9)	Queiros (7)
	1×	Report	1×

Third place game

15 December 2019 14:00	Netherlands	3-6	Hungary	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 150 Referees: Caçador & Santo (PRT)
	Dokkum (2)	(1-3)	Tomolya (4)
	1×	Report	1× 1×

Final

15 December 2019 15:00	Croatia	9-8	Portugal	Sutinska Vrela Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 200 Referees: Begovic & Bubalo (AUT)
	Demirovic & Stimac (4)	(3-4)	Queiros (6)
	1× 2×	Report	2× 2× 1×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Portugal
	Hungary
4	Netherlands
5	Romania
6	Slovenia

References

1. "Registration opens for 2019 European Wheelchair Handball Nations Tournament". European Handball Federation . 8 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
2. "2019 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament Leaflet" (PDF; 565 KB). European Handball Federation . 7 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
3. "Croatia wins European Wheelchair Handball gold". croatiaweek. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
4. ab (25 November 2019). "European Wheelchair Nations' Tournament draw set for Tuesday". European Handball Federation . Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
5. "Six countries set for European Wheelchair Handball Nations Tournament". European Handball Federation . 30 October 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
6. Chen Nei Nicole Rabenseifner & Markus Glaser (26 November 2019). Draw | Men's Challenge Cup Last 16 & European Handball Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament 2019 (Press release). Vienna: European Handball Federation. Event occurs at 14 minutes 40 seconds. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
7. ab (26 November 2019). "Draw made for European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament". European Handball Federation . Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
8. "Wheelchair handball rules for European tournaments" (PDF). eurohandball . 2018-05-22. 6 (p.); 3 (para.). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-01.

External links

• Official website Archived 2019-10-31 at the Wayback Machine