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European Men's U-18 Handball Championship

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European Men's Youth Handball Championship
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)midyear
Frequencyannual
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1992 (1992)

The European Men's Youth Handball Championship, is the official competition for youth men's handball national handball teams in Europe, held by the European Handball Federation every second year. Since the 2004 edition, the championship received its current name: EHF European Men's U-18 Handball Championship.

In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the IHF Youth World Handball Championship.

Tournaments

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Year Host Country Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1992
Details
Switzerland
Switzerland

Portugal
30–26
Russia

Spain
23–19
Norway
1994
Details
Israel
Israel

Spain
16–15
Portugal

Denmark
28—21
Israel
1997
Details
Estonia
Estonia

Sweden
28–24
Czech Republic

Hungary
27–20
Greece
1999
Details
Portugal
Portugal

Hungary
24–23
Spain

Denmark
22–19
Russia
2001
Details
Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Russia
27–24
Denmark

Sweden
37–19
Romania
2003
Details
Slovakia
Slovakia

Iceland
27–23
Germany

Denmark
29–19
Sweden
2004
Details
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro

Serbia & Montenegro
27–20
Croatia

Denmark
27–25
Slovenia
2006
Details
Estonia
Estonia

Croatia
30–24
Denmark

Sweden
34–28
Poland
2008
Details
Czech Republic
Czech Republic

Germany
31–27
Denmark

Sweden
42–35
Iceland
2010
Details
Montenegro
Montenegro

Croatia
27–26
Spain

Denmark
28–27
Germany
2012
Details
Austria
Austria

Germany
30–29
Sweden

Denmark
37–32
Spain
2014
Details
Poland
Poland

France
33–30
Hungary

Spain
27–21
Denmark
2016
Details
Croatia
Croatia

France
40–38
Croatia

Germany
32–31
Slovenia
2018
Details
Croatia
Croatia

Sweden
32–27
Iceland

Denmark
26–24
Croatia
2020 Slovenia
Slovenia
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2021[a]
Details
Croatia
Croatia

Germany
34–20
Croatia

Spain
37–28
Slovenia
2022
Details
Montenegro
Montenegro

Spain
34–32
Sweden

Germany
29–22
Hungary
2024
Details
Montenegro
Montenegro

Sweden
37–36 (ET)
Denmark

Hungary
36–34 (ET)
Iceland

a The European Handball Federation decided to hold an U-19 European Championship in 2021, in a move to lessen the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact for national team players born in 2002.[2]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden3238
2 Germany3126
3 Croatia2305
4 Spain2237
5 France2002
6 Hungary1124
7 Iceland1102
 Portugal1102
 Russia1102
10 Serbia and Montenegro1001
11 Denmark04711
12 Czech Republic0101
Totals (12 entries)17171751

Participating nations

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Nation Switzerland
1992
Israel
1994
Estonia
1997
Portugal
1999
Luxembourg
2001
Slovakia
2003
Serbia and Montenegro
2004
Estonia
2006
Czech Republic
2008
Montenegro
2010
Austria
2012
Poland
2014
Croatia
2016
Croatia
2018
Croatia
2021
Montenegro
2022
Montenegro
2024
Total
 Austria 7 8 14 6 16 16 6
 Belarus 8 8 11 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 1
 Bulgaria 16 1
 Croatia 7 9 11 2 1 5 1 7 10 2 4 2 5 13 14
 Czech Republic D 2 15 13 11 14 14 15 14 8
 Denmark D 6 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 5 3 5 6 2 15
 Estonia 11 14 12 3
 Faroe Islands 9 15 1
 Finland 16 16 2
 France 11 5 10 9 6 7 12 1 1 7 10 14 12 12
 Germany 5 9 2 5 9 1 4 1 7 3 6 1 3 5 14
 Greece D 4 20 2
 Hungary D 3 1 11 8 10 10 12 2 10 9 4 3 13
 Iceland 1 12 4 12 15 9 7 2 8 10 4 11
 Israel 6 D 12 14 14 17 5
 Italy 12 16 21 3
 Luxembourg 10 1
 Montenegro 15 12 23 2
 North Macedonia D 15 19 2
 Norway 4 11 8 13 9 12 11 11 7 9
 Poland 6 4 10 8 13 15 15 18 8
 Portugal 1 2 8 7 14 10 12 6 8 10 9
 Romania D 4 11 16 16 22 5
 Russia 2 D 4 1 12 11 16 14 9 12 11 13 15 13
 Serbia 10 5 10 13 8 8 13 13 6 9
 Serbia and Montenegro 6 1 7 3
 Slovakia 12 6 9 6 11 15 16 16 8
 Slovenia 5 5 7 5 4 13 9 8 5 4 9 4 11 9 14
 Spain 3 1 8 2 5 6 2 4 3 6 5 3 1 8 14
 Sweden D 1 3 4 7 3 3 7 2 5 9 1 7 2 1 15
  Switzerland 8 13 13 6 14 11 6
 Turkey 8 1
 Ukraine 10 24 1
 Yugoslavia 7 1
Total 8 11 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 24

References

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  1. ^ "EHF redefines approach to upcoming Younger Age Category events". EHF. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. ^ "EUROPEAN HANDBALL FEDERATION INTRODUCES MEN'S 19 EHF EURO IN 2021". EHF. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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