2018 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 13th edition and was hosted for the second time in Croatia from 12 to 28 January 2018. Croatia was awarded hosting the tournament during the EHF congress in Dublin on 20 September 2014.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Croatia |
Dates | 12–28 January |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Spain (1st title) |
Runner-up | Sweden |
Third place | France |
Fourth place | Denmark |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 47 |
Goals scored | 2563 (54.53 per match) |
Attendance | 263,209 (5,600 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ondřej Zdráhala (56 goals) |
Best player | Jim Gottfridsson |
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Spain won their first title after defeating Sweden 29–23 in the final. France captured the bronze medal after defeating Denmark 32–29.[1][2]
Venues
Zagreb | Split | |
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Arena Zagreb Capacity: 15,200 | Spaladium Arena Capacity: 10,941 | |
Varaždin | Poreč | |
Varaždin Arena Capacity: 5,200 | Žatika Sport Centre Capacity: 3,700 | |
Qualification
Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Draw
Squads
Match officials
On 26 October 2017, 12 couples were announced.[7]
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Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).[8]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 82 | +7 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | Main round |
2 | Croatia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 79 | +13 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 88 | −12 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | |
4 | Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 82 | −8 | 2[lower-alpha 2] |
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) Host.
Notes:
- Croatia 31–35 Sweden
- Serbia 29–26 Iceland
12 January 2018 18:15 |
Sweden | 24–26 | Iceland | Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 8,700 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Gottfridsson 6 | (8–15) | Guðmundsson 7 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 3× 2× |
12 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia | 32–22 | Serbia | Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Stepančić, Štrlek 6 | (14–9) | Nenadić 6 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 1× 4× |
14 January 2018 18:15 |
Serbia | 25–30 | Sweden | Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Ilić 5 | (10–16) | Lagergren 5 | ||
1× 4× | Report | 2× 6× |
14 January 2018 20:30 |
Iceland | 22–29 | Croatia | Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Zotin, Volotkov (RUS) |
Pálmarsson 5 | (13–14) | Cindrić 7 | ||
4× | Report | 3× 2× |
16 January 2018 18:15 |
Serbia | 29–26 | Iceland | Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,800 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Radivojević, Šešum 5 | (12–12) | Sigurðsson 8 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
16 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia | 31–35 | Sweden | Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Čupić 7 | (12–17) | Lagergren 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 5× |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 82 | +15 | 6 | Main round |
2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 88 | +15 | 4 | |
3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 91 | −11 | 2 | |
4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 99 | −19 | 0 |
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 January 2018 18:15 |
Belarus | 27–26 | Austria | Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Kulesh 7 | (14–12) | Bilyk 8 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 7× 1× |
12 January 2018 20:30 |
France | 32–31 | Norway | Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Mahé 8 | (15–17) | Tønnesen 7 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
14 January 2018 18:15 |
Austria | 26–33 | France | Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Weber 5 | (12–17) | N'Guessan 7 | ||
1× 5× 1× | Report | 3× |
14 January 2018 20:30 |
Norway | 33–28 | Belarus | Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
three players 6 | (15–12) | Karalek 5 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 6× |
16 January 2018 18:15 |
France | 32–25 | Belarus | Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU) |
Mem 9 | (14–11) | Padshyvalau 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 1× 4× 1× |
16 January 2018 20:30 |
Norway | 39–28 | Austria | Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Bjørnsen 9 | (18–14) | Bilyk 9 | ||
2× 6× | Report | 3× 5× 2× |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | North Macedonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 77 | +2 | 5 | Main round |
2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 69 | +13 | 4 | |
3 | Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 69 | +8 | 3 | |
4 | Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 89 | −23 | 0 |
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.
13 January 2018 17:15 |
Germany | 32–19 | Montenegro | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
Gensheimer 9 | (17–9) | Lipovina 7 | ||
3× 8× 1× | Report | 2× 4× |
13 January 2018 19:30 |
North Macedonia | 25–24 | Slovenia | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Manaskov 8 | (11–11) | Mlakar 4 | ||
4× 6× | Report | 4× 11× 1× |
15 January 2018 18:15 |
Slovenia | 25–25 | Germany | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU) |
Zarabec 5 | (15–10) | Gensheimer 7 | ||
4× 8× 1× | Report | 4× 3× |
15 January 2018 20:30 |
Montenegro | 28–29 | North Macedonia | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Čavor 6 | (16–15) | Kuzmanovski 5 | ||
2× 7× 1× | Report | 2× 8× |
17 January 2018 18:15 |
Germany | 25–25 | North Macedonia | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
Weinhold 8 | (12–11) | Taleski 6 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× |
17 January 2018 20:30 |
Montenegro | 19–28 | Slovenia | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Ševaljević 6 | (13–14) | Marguč 6 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 2× 5× 1× |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 65 | +16 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | Main round |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 75 | +9 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 86 | −10 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 92 | −15 | 0 |
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.
Notes:
- Spain 2 Pts, +14 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Czech Republic 2 Pts, −16 GD
13 January 2018 18:15 |
Spain | 32–15 | Czech Republic | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,780 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
three players 5 | (16–9) | Kašpárek 5 | ||
1× 2× | Report | 2× 4× |
13 January 2018 20:30 |
Denmark | 32–25 | Hungary | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,170 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Lauge Schmidt 7 | (14–12) | Lékai 5 | ||
2× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
15 January 2018 18:15 |
Hungary | 25–27 | Spain | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,470 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Bánhidi 6 | (12–13) | four players 4 | ||
4× 5× | Report | 4× 2× |
15 January 2018 20:30 |
Czech Republic | 28–27 | Denmark | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
Zdráhala 8 | (15–16) | Hansen 7 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 3× |
17 January 2018 18:15 |
Czech Republic | 33–27 | Hungary | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,790 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
Zdráhala 14 | (15–11) | Lékai 9 | ||
2× 3× 1× | Report | 1× 1× |
17 January 2018 20:30 |
Spain | 22–25 | Denmark | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
A. Dujshebaev 6 | (13–14) | Balling 8 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
Main round
Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.
Group I
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 130 | +26 | 10 | Advanced to semifinals |
2 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 127 | +9 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Croatia (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 138 | +9 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | Advanced to fifth place game |
4 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 144 | +8 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | |
5 | Belarus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 146 | −18 | 2 | |
6 | Serbia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 131 | 165 | −34 | 0 |
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) Host.
Notes:
- Sweden 2 Pts, +1 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Norway 2 Pts, −1 GD
18 January 2018 18:15 |
Serbia | 27–32 | Norway | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Beljanski, Šešum 5 | (17–17) | Bjørnsen, Sagosen 8 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 1× 3× |
18 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia | 25–23 | Belarus | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
Mamić, Stepančić 5 | (15–12) | Yurynok 6 | ||
4× 1× | Report | 3× 3× 1× |
20 January 2018 18:15 |
Sweden | 17–23 | France | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 7,100 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Jeppsson 4 | (8–10) | Sorhaindo 5 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 3× 2× 1× |
20 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia | 32–28 | Norway | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Štrlek 6 | (17–15) | Sagosen 8 | ||
4× 6× | Report | 3× 2× |
22 January 2018 18:15 |
Serbia | 30–39 | France | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Zelenović 7 | (12–19) | Caucheteux, L. Karabatić 7 | ||
1× 4× 1× | Report | 3× |
22 January 2018 20:30 |
Sweden | 29–20 | Belarus | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Lagergren, Wanne 4 | (16–11) | Karalek, Kulesh 4 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 1× 4× |
24 January 2018 16:00 |
Serbia | 27–32 | Belarus | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Nenadić 7 | (11–16) | Pukhouski 9 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 3× 4× |
24 January 2018 18:15 |
Sweden | 25–28 | Norway | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Tollbring 6 | (11–12) | Myrhol 7 | ||
2× 3× 1× | Report | 4× 6× |
24 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia | 27–30 | France | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Štrlek 6 | (13–19) | Remili 6 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 5× |
Group II
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 123 | +17 | 8 | Advanced to semifinals |
2 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 118 | +24 | 6 | |
3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 113 | 131 | −18 | 5 | Advanced to fifth place game |
4 | Slovenia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 134 | 133 | +1 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
5 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 124 | 126 | −2 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
6 | North Macedonia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 114 | 136 | −22 | 3 |
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.
Notes:
- Slovenia 25–25 Germany
19 January 2018 18:15 |
Germany | 22–19 | Czech Republic | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,130 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Fäth 8 | (9–10) | Číp 6 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
19 January 2018 20:30 |
Slovenia | 28–31 | Denmark | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
Zarabec 6 | (14–16) | Svan 11 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 2× 3× |
21 January 2018 18:15 |
Germany | 25–26 | Denmark | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,112 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Kühn 6 | (9–8) | Lindberg 9 | ||
4× 3× | Report | 3× 1× |
21 January 2018 20:30 |
North Macedonia | 20–31 | Spain | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,796 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
Manaskov, Stoilov 4 | (6–15) | Gurbindo 6 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
23 January 2018 18:15 |
Slovenia | 31–26 | Spain | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,176 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Marguč 5 | (13–12) | Solé 6 | ||
3× 8× | Report | 3× 3× 1× |
23 January 2018 20:30 |
North Macedonia | 24–25 | Czech Republic | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,780 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
Taleski 5 | (13–11) | Horák 8 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 5× 1× |
24 January 2018 16:00 |
Slovenia | 26–26 | Czech Republic | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,873 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
three players 5 | (11–12) | Zdráhala 9 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 2× 4× 2× |
24 January 2018 18:15 |
North Macedonia | 20–31 | Denmark | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,343 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU) |
Kuzmanovski 6 | (12–12) | Damgaard 11 | ||
1× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
24 January 2018 20:30 |
Germany | 27–31 | Spain | Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,289 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
Hafner 5 | (13–14) | Balaguer 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 1× |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals | Final | |||||
26 January | ||||||
France | 23 | |||||
28 January | ||||||
Spain | 27 | |||||
Spain | 29 | |||||
26 January | ||||||
Sweden | 23 | |||||
Denmark | 34 | |||||
Sweden (ET) | 35 | |||||
Third place game | ||||||
28 January | ||||||
France | 32 | |||||
Denmark | 29 |
Semifinals
26 January 2018 18:00 |
France | 23–27 | Spain | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Sorhaindo 6 | (9–15) | Solé 7 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
26 January 2018 20:30 |
Denmark | 34–35 (ET) | Sweden | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Hansen 12 | (14–16) | Zachrisson 8 | ||
1× 3× | Report | 1× 4× | ||
FT: 28–28 ET: 6–7 |
Fifth place game
26 January 2018 15:30 |
Croatia | 28–27 | Czech Republic | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Horvat 10 | (16–10) | Zdráhala 13 | ||
4× 2× | Report | 3× 2× |
Third place game
28 January 2018 18:00 |
France | 32–29 | Denmark | Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,700 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
N.Karabatić 9 | (17–14) | Lindberg 12 | ||
4× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
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All-Star Team
The all-star team and awards were announced on 28 January 2018.[10]
Position | Player |
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Goalkeeper | Vincent Gérard (FRA) |
Right wing | Ferrán Solé (ESP) |
Right back | Alex Dujshebaev (ESP) |
Centre back | Sander Sagosen (NOR) |
Left back | Mikkel Hansen (DEN) |
Left wing | Manuel Štrlek (CRO) |
Pivot | Jesper Nielsen (SWE) |
Awards
Award | Player |
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Most Valuable Player | Jim Gottfridsson (SWE) |
Best Defence Player | Jakov Gojun (CRO) |
Topscorer | Ondřej Zdráhala (CZE) (55 goals) |
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Source: Sportresult |
Top goalkeepers
Source: Sportresult |
References
- "Defensive masterclass leads Spain to maiden EHF EURO title". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2018.
- "Spain win first European title". ihf.info. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- "Final Tournament Draw". ehf-euro.com. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
- "Final tournament groups drawn in Zagreb". ehf-euro.com. 23 June 2017.
- "Pots for the Men's EHF EURO 2018 draw revealed". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2017.
- Draw Procedure
- "Referees confirmed for Men's EHF Euro 2018". eurohandball.com. 26 October 2017.
- Schedule
- "European qualification for 2019 World Championship begins". IHF. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- "EHF EURO 2018 All-star team named". ehf-euro.com. 28 January 2018.