2025 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship

2025 Women's U-17 European Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Montenegro
Dates	30 July–10 August
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
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Last updated February 01, 2025

The 2025 Women's U-17 European Handball Championship is the 16th edition of the European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, and will be held in Montenegro from 30 July to 10 August 2025. This edition will feature 24 teams for the first time.

Host selection

Montenegro

Montenegro won the hosting rights unopposed at an EHF meeting in Oslo on 21 June 2024.^[1]^[2]

Expansion

At a meeting in Ljubljana, the EHF Executive Committee announced that they would analyse a possible expansion to 24 teams.^[3] On 17 June 2022, the EHF officially expanded the event to 24 teams.^[4]

Format

In the first round, 24 teams are divided into 6 groups of 4:

The six group winners plus the two best runner up (one from Groups A, B and C and one from Groups D, E and F) advance to the Main round.
The four worst runners up and the four best third place teams (two from Groups A, B and C and two from Groups D, E and F) move on to the Intermediate round.
The two worst third place teams (one from Groups A, B and C and one from Groups D, E and F) and all fourth place teams play in the Elimination round.

In the Second round, all teams are again split into 6 groups of 4, but this time, against the teams who advanced to the same round as them. Each separate phase (Main, Intermediate and Elimination) consist of eight teams and are split into 2 group of four.

The teams in the Main round fight to win the championship.
The teams in the Intermediate round play for rankings 9–16.
The teams in the Elimination round play for positions 17–24 and to not get relegated.

Regarding the Main round, The top two from each group progresses to the semifinals, where the winners of the semifinals play for the title, while the two semifinal losers play for bronze.

Qualification

To accommodate 24 teams and fill in the eight extra spots, the EHF decided to not relegate anyone in 2023. Then, the four highest ranked teams not yet qualified were brought in. The decide the final four spots, the remaining registered teams were separated into two qualification groups where the top two from each qualifier progressed to the final tournament.^[5]

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	21 June 2024	Oslo	1	Montenegro
Women's 17 EHF EURO 2023	3–13 July 2023	Montenegro	15	France Denmark Germany Croatia Hungary Serbia Netherlands Sweden Norway Romania Czech Republic Switzerland Portugal Iceland North Macedonia
Rankings			4	Austria Faroe Islands Slovenia Spain
Qualification	22–24 November 2024	Radzymin	2	Poland Lithuania
Qualification	22–24 November 2024	Çankaya	2	Slovakia Turkey

Venues

The venues are in Podgorica.

Podgorica
Bemax Arena Capacity: 2,244	Morača Sports Center Capacity: 2,100	Verde Complex Capacity: 6,000

Draw

The draw was held on 28 January 2025 in Vienna at 11:00 (CET).^[6]^[7] The draw was conducted by EHF Secretary General, Martin Hausleitner, and Chief Sports Officer, Markus Glaser. As hosts, Montenegro had the right to select their group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Denmark Hungary Germany France Croatia Netherlands	Norway Sweden Montenegro Romania Iceland Portugal	Switzerland North Macedonia Czech Republic Serbia Spain Austria	Slovenia Faroe Islands Slovakia Poland Lithuania Turkey

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Denmark	Main round
2	Sweden	Possible Main round
3	Spain	Possible Intermediate round
4	Turkey	Elimination round

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.

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Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Germany	Main round
2	Portugal	Possible Main round
3	North Macedonia	Possible Intermediate round
4	Slovakia	Elimination round

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.

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Group C

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Netherlands	Main round
2	Iceland	Possible Main round
3	Switzerland	Possible Intermediate round
4	Faroe Islands	Elimination round

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.

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Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Hungary	Main round
2	Norway	Possible Main round
3	Serbia	Possible Intermediate round
4	Slovenia	Elimination round

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.

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Group E

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	France	Main round
2	Montenegro (H)	Possible Main round
3	Czech Republic	Possible Intermediate round
4	Lithuania	Elimination round

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

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Group F

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Croatia	Main round
2	Romania	Possible Main round
3	Austria	Possible Intermediate round
4	Poland	Elimination round

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.

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Qualification
1	A	Second place Group 1	Main round
2	B	Second place Group 2	Intermediate round
3	C	Second place Group 3	Intermediate round

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.

Pos	Grp	Team	Qualification
1	D	Second place Group 4	Main round
2	E	Second place Group 5	Intermediate round
3	F	Second place Group 6	Intermediate round

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.

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Qualification
1	1	Third place Group 1	Intermediate round
2	2	Third place Group 2
3	3	Third place Group 3
4	4	Third place Group 4
5	5	Third place Group 5	Elimination round
6	6	Third place Group 6	Elimination round

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.

Elimination round

Group E1

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	17–20th place semifinals
2	Team 2	17–20th place semifinals
3	Team 3	21–24th place semifinals
4	Team 4	21–24th place semifinals

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.

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Group E2

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	17–20th place semifinals
2	Team 2	17–20th place semifinals
3	Team 3	21–24th place semifinals
4	Team 4	21–24th place semifinals

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.

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Intermediate round

Group I1

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	9–12th place semifinals
2	Team 2	9–12th place semifinals
3	Team 3	13–16th place semifinals
4	Team 4	13–16th place semifinals

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.

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Group I2

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	9–12th place semifinals
2	Team 2	9–12th place semifinals
3	Team 3	13–16th place semifinals
4	Team 4	13–16th place semifinals

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.

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Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced was transferred to the main round.

Group M1

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Semifinals
2	Team 2	Semifinals
3	Team 3	5–8th place semifinals
4	Team 4	5–8th place semifinals

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.

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Group M2

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Team 1	Semifinals
2	Team 2	Semifinals
3	Team 3	5–8th place semifinals
4	Team 4	5–8th place semifinals

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.

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Placement round

Bracket

21st place bracket

	21–24th place semifinals				21st place












					23rd place

21–24th place semifinals

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23rd place game

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21st place game

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17st place bracket

	17–20th place semifinals				17th place












					19rd place

17–20th place semifinals

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19th place game

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17th place game

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13th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place












					15th place

13–16th place semifinals

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15th place game

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13th place game

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9th place bracket

	9th–12th place semifinals				9th place












					11th place

9–12th place semifinals

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11th place game

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9th place game

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5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				5th place












					7th place

5–8th place semifinals

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7th place game

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5th place game

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Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final












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Semifinals

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Third place game

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Final

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Final ranking

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	Team qualified for the 2026 IHF Women's U18 Handball World Championship
	Team qualified for the 2026 IHF Women's U18 Handball World Championship as a host nation

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[1] "EHF Executive Committee meets in Oslo". www.eurohandball.com.

[2] Pezo, Belmin (June 22, 2024). "Crna Gora će sljedeće godine biti domaćin dva prvenstva Evrope".

[3] "EXEC awards EHF Beach Handball EURO, cancels 'away-goals' rule". www.eurohandball.com.

[4] "EHF Executive Committee meets in Cologne". www.eurohandball.com.

[5] "Groups drawn for W17 EHF EURO 2025 Qualification Tournaments". www.eurohandball.com.

[6] "Draws for four women's YAC events ahead of action-packed summer". www.eurohandball.com.

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2025 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship

Contents

Host selection

Expansion

Format

Qualification

Venues

Draw

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Ranking of second-placed teams

Ranking of third-placed teams

Elimination round

Group E1

Group E2

Intermediate round

Group I1

Group I2

Main round

Group M1

Group M2

Placement round

Bracket

21–24th place semifinals

23rd place game

21st place game

17–20th place semifinals

19th place game

17th place game

13–16th place semifinals

15th place game

13th place game

9–12th place semifinals

11th place game

9th place game

5–8th place semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

See also

Related Research Articles

References

External links