European Men's U-18 Handball Championship

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.

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

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
 
Portugal
30–26  
Russia
 
Spain
23–19  
Norway
1994
Details
 
Israel
 
Spain
16–15  
Portugal
 
Denmark
28—21  
Israel
1997
Details
 
Estonia
 
Sweden
28–24  
Czech Republic
 
Hungary
27–20  
Greece
1999
Details
 
Portugal
 
Hungary
24–23  
Spain
 
Denmark
22–19  
Russia
2001
Details
 
Luxembourg
 
Russia
27–24  
Denmark
 
Sweden
37–19  
Romania
2003
Details
 
Slovakia
 
Iceland
27–23  
Germany
 
Denmark
29–19  
Sweden
2004
Details
 
Serbia & Montenegro
 
Serbia & Montenegro
27–20  
Croatia
 
Denmark
27–25  
Slovenia
2006
Details
 
Estonia
 
Croatia
30–24  
Denmark
 
Sweden
34–28  
Poland
2008
Details
 
Czech Republic
 
Germany
31–27  
Denmark
 
Sweden
42–35  
Iceland
2010
Details
 
Montenegro
 
Croatia
27–26  
Spain
 
Denmark
28–27  
Germany
2012
Details
 
Austria
 
Germany
30–29  
Sweden
 
Denmark
37–32  
Spain
2014
Details
 
Poland
 
France
33–30  
Hungary
 
Spain
27–21  
Denmark
2016
Details
 
Croatia
 
France
40–38  
Croatia
 
Germany
32–31  
Slovenia
2018
Details
 
Croatia
 
Sweden
32–27  
Iceland
 
Denmark
26–24  
Croatia
2020  
Slovenia
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2021[a]
Details
 
Croatia
 
Germany
34–20  
Croatia
 
Spain
37–28  
Slovenia
2022
Details
 
Montenegro
 
Spain
34–32  
Sweden
 
Germany
29–22  
Hungary
2024
Details
 
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  
1992
 
1994
 
1997
 
1999
 
2001
 
2003
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
 
2021
 
2022
 
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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