2025 Women's U-19 EHF Championship

2025 Women's U-19 EHF Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Georgia
City	Telavi
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–20 July 2025
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ukraine
Runners-up	Slovakia
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	1,692 (56.4 per match)
Attendance	5,873 (196 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Melina Spasova (54 goals)
Awards
Best player	Liubov Rosokha
Official website
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The 2025 Women's U-19 EHF Championship was held in Telavi, Georgia from 12 to 20 July 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Ukraine won the trophy after beating Slovakia. ^[3]

Teams

•   Belgium
•   Bulgaria
•   Georgia
•   Great Britain
•   Israel
•   Italy
•   Kosovo
•   Luxembourg
•   Slovakia
•   Ukraine

Venue

The venue was the Telavi Sports Palace in Telavi. ^[4]

Telavi		Telavi
		Telavi Sports Palace
		Capacity: 1,500

Draw

The draw was held on 28 January 2025 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna at 11:00 (CET). ^{[5] [6] [7]} The draw was conducted by EHF Secretary General, Martin Hausleitner, and Chief Sports Officer, Markus Glaser. As hosts, Georgia had the right to select their group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Italy   Slovakia	Israel   Georgia	Kosovo   Luxembourg	Bulgaria   Great Britain	Belgium   Ukraine

After the draw they would later change the format from two groups of five to a group of ten. Each team would play four against the teams they were drawn against. The following teams played each other:

Group 1	Group 2
Belgium   Georgia   Israel   Kosovo   Slovakia	Bulgaria   Great Britain   Italy   Luxembourg   Ukraine

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	4	4	0	0	128	81	+47	8	Semifinals
2	Ukraine	4	4	0	0	131	91	+40	8
3	Belgium	4	3	0	1	135	113	+22	6
4	Italy	4	3	0	1	116	106	+10	6
5	Kosovo	4	2	0	2	101	93	+8	4	5–8 classification
6	Luxembourg	4	2	0	2	116	113	+3	4
7	Great Britain	4	1	0	3	103	132	−29	2
8	Israel	4	1	0	3	98	134	−36	2
9	Georgia	4	0	0	4	94	119	−25	0	9–10 classification
10	Bulgaria	4	0	0	4	109	149	−40	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 July 2025 08:30	Great Britain	28−32	Ukraine	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 102 Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
	Savidge King 8	(13−16)	Parhomenko 8
	1× 6×	Report	2× 2×

12 July 2025 10:30	Belgium	28−34	Slovakia	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 103 Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
	Peeters 8	(14−18)	Letková 9
	3×	Report	1×

12 July 2025 12:30	Israel	21−33	Luxembourg	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 200 Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
	Rotman 5	(9−17)	Ciufoli 8
	1× 8×	Report	1× 5×

12 July 2025 14:30	Italy	24−22	Georgia	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 567 Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
	Falser 6	(15−12)	Dzamunashvili 8
	2×	Report	1× 5×

12 July 2025 16:30	Kosovo	31−21	Bulgaria	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 150 Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
	Bibaj 8	(15−10)	Skacikova, Spasova 7
	1× 4×	Report	5×

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13 July 2025 08:30	Great Britain	14−38	Slovakia	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 105 Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
	Concar 3	(6−16)	Lukačínová 9
	4×	Report	2× 3×

13 July 2025 10:30	Kosovo	18−27	Ukraine	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 88 Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
	Dresh 4	(10−11)	Rosokha 8
	7× 1×	Report	1× 7× 1×

13 July 2025 12:30	Israel	39−32	Bulgaria	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 125 Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
	Weber 10	(15−18)	Spasova 10
	3×	Report	4×

13 July 2025 14:30	Belgium	34−25	Georgia	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 250 Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
	Daniels Lenaers 8	(17−16)	Dzamunashvili 7
	4×	Report	2× 1×

13 July 2025 16:30	Italy	28−21	Luxembourg	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 110 Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
	Falser 7	(18−12)	Ciufoli 6
	3×	Report	1× 3×

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15 July 2025 08:30	Luxembourg	28−34	Belgium	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 72 Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
	Ciufoli 13	(15−16)	Put 10
	3×	Report	5×

15 July 2025 10:30	Bulgaria	30−40	Italy	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 88 Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
	Spasova 10	(11−18)	Falser 8
	3×	Report	1×

15 July 2025 12:30	Ukraine	39−21	Israel	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 210 Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
	Malovana 9	(18−10)	Dagam, Lulu 4
	3× 2×	Report	9×

15 July 2025 14:30	Georgia	28−31	Great Britain	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 330 Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
	Arabidze 12	(14−19)	Concar 15
	4×	Report	1× 3×

15 July 2025 16:30	Slovakia	26−22	Kosovo	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 150 Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
	Beke, Letková 7	(14−13)	Gjergjaj 7
	1× 7×	Raeport	1× 4×

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16 July 2025 12:30	Luxembourg	34−30	Great Britain	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 85 Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
	Mbuluku 9	(18−16)	Concar 9
	6×	Report	1× 3×

16 July 2025 14:30	Bulgaria	26−39	Belgium	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 75 Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
	Skacikova 6	(11−15)	Collette, Put 8
	5×	Report	4× 1×

16 July 2025 16:30	Ukraine	33−24	Italy	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 165 Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
	Lakatosh, Rosokha 6	(15−10)	Zizzo 9
	7× 1×	Report	3×

16 July 2025 18:30	Georgia	19−30	Kosovo	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 310 Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
	Dzamunashvili 8	(10−17)	Dresh 10
	5×	Report	1× 5×

16 July 2025 20:30	Slovakia	30−17	Israel	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 90 Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
	Lukačínová 7	(16−5)	Dagam, Elkayam 3
	1× 6×	Report	7× 1×

Knockout stage

9–10 classification

	9–10 classification
	Georgia	29	32	60
	Bulgaria	33	27	59

18 July 2025 08:30	Georgia	29−33	Bulgaria	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 152 Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
	Odikadze 7	(13−17)	Spasova 11
	1×	Report	1× 4×

20 July 2025 08:30	Bulgaria	27−32	Georgia	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 235 Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
	Spasova 11	(16−19)	Odikadze 9
	4×	Report	3×

Georgia won 60– 59on aggregate

5–8 classification bracket

	Semifinals				5th place match
	18 July 2025
	Kosovo	35
					20 July 2025
	Israel	26
					Kosovo	25
	18 July 2025
					Luxembourg	21
	Luxembourg	33
	Great Britain	24
					7th place match
					20 July 2025
					Israel	34
					Great Britain	30

18 July 2025 10:45	Kosovo	35−26	Israel	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 120 Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
	Bibaj 10	(17−10)	Lulu 6
	7×	Report	1× 7×

18 July 2025 13:00	Luxembourg	33−24	Great Britain	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 200 Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
	Ciufoli 8	(13−12)	Savidge King, Thomann 6
	6×	Report	2×

Seventh place game

20 July 2025 10:45	Israel	34−30	Great Britain	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 156 Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
	Lulu 7	(16−12)	Savidge King, Willis 10
	3×	Report	2×

Fifth place game

20 July 2025 13:00	Kosovo	25−21	Luxembourg	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 150 Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
	Imeraj 7	(12−10)	Ciufoli 5
	2×	Report	5×

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Final
	18 July 2025
	Slovakia	23
					20 July 2025
	Italy	20
					Slovakia	23
	18 July 2025
					Ukraine	28
	Ukraine	35
	Belgium	25
					Third place
					20 July 2025
					Italy	32
					Belgium	26

Semifinals

18 July 2025 15:15	Slovakia	23−20	Italy	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 256 Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
	Lukačínová, Letková 6	(10−9)	Zizzo 5
	3× 1×	Report	1× 7×

18 July 2025 17:30	Ukraine	35−25	Belgium	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 103 Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
	Lakatosh 11	(21−12)	Huygen, Peeters, Put 4
	2×	Report	6×

Third place game

20 July 2025 15:15	Italy	32−26	Belgium	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 326 Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
	Falser 7	(11−14)	van Trier 5
		Raport	2×

Final

20 July 2025 17:30	Slovakia	23−28	Ukraine	Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi Attendance: 800 Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
	Lukačínová 8	(9−14)	Parhomenko 7
	2× 6×	Report	6× 1×

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Ukraine
	Slovakia
	Italy
4	Belgium
5	Kosovo
6	Luxembourg
7	Israel
8	Great Britain
9	Georgia
10	Bulgaria

Top goalscorers Rank Name Tean Goals 1 Melina Spasova   Bulgaria 54 2 Laura Ciufoli   Luxembourg 47 3 Vanessa Lakatosh   Ukraine 39 Michaela Lukačínová   Slovakia 5 Natalie Falser   Italy 38 Stela Skacikova   Bulgaria 7 Grace Concar   Great Britain 37 Yade Put   Belgium 9 Nina Letková   Slovakia 36 Daniella Savidge King   Great Britain

Prizes The team of the tournament was announced on 20 July 2025 [8] Player of the Tournament (MVP)   Liubov Rosoha  (UKR) Top goalscorer   Melina Spasova  (BUL) (54 de goluri) Best Defender   Anastasia Parhomenko  (UKR) The team of the European Championship Goalkeeper:  Margherita Danti  (ITA) Left wing:  Nina Letková  (SVK) Left back:  Vanessa Lakatosh  (UKR) Centre back:  Liubov Rosokha  (UKR) Line player:  Yade Put  (BEL) Right back:  Anne Mopibo Mbuluku  (LUX) Right wing:  Chiara Priolo  (ITA)

See also

• 2025 European Women's U-19 Handball Championship
• 2025 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship
• 2025 Women's U-17 EHF Championship

External links

• Official website

References

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2. "თელავში პირველად ტარდება ევროპის 19-წლამდე გოგონათა ჩემპიონატი ხელბურთში". July 10, 2025.
3. "Undefeated Ukraine celebrate W19 EHF Championship title in Georgia". www.eurohandball.com.
4. "Georgia - W19 EHF Championship 2025". yac.eurohandball.com.
5. "Draws for four women's YAC events ahead of action-packed summer". www.eurohandball.com.
6. "Groups drawn for W19 events in summer 2025". www.eurohandball.com.
7. "19-წლამდე გოგონათა ნაკრები | ევროპის ჩემპიონატზე მეტოქეები და თამაშების განრიგი ცნობილია". January 29, 2025.
8. "Introducing the W19 EHF Championship 2025 All-star Team". www.eurohandball.com.