| Tourney Name: | European Men's U-20 Handball Championship |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Size: | 275 |
| Country: | Slovenia |
| City: | Celje, Laško |
| Dates: | 10–21 July 2024 |
| Num Teams: | 24 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 4 |
| Website: | www.eurohandball.com |
| Previous: | 2022 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2026 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship |
The 2024 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship is the 14th edition of the European Men's U-20 Handball Championship. The tournament is being played in Celje and Laško, Slovenia, from 10 to 21 July 2024.[1] Spain are the defending champions.
On 31 March 2023, Slovenia was given the hosting rights with the games to be played in Celje.[2]
After the U-18 Euro was officially expanded to 24 teams,[3] the EHF decided to also expand the U-20 competition to 24 teams also on 23 September 2022.[4]
In the first round, 24 teams are divided into 6 groups of 4:
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.
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.
To accommodate 24 teams and fill in the eight extra spots, the EHF decided to not relegate anyone in 2022 and promote the three runners up from the Men's 19 EHF Championship.[5] The last two spots are occupied by the two best ranked teams not yet qualified for the competition. Those two were Greece and Romania.
| Competition | Dates | Host | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 31 March 2023 |  Istanbul | 1 | ||
| Men's 18 EHF EURO 2022 | 4–14 August 2022 | 15 | |||
| Men's 19 EHF Championship 2022[6] [7] [8] | 7–13 August 2022 |  Tel Aviv | 2 | ||
| 8–14 August 2022 | Riga | 2 | |||
 Craiova | 2 | ||||
| EHF Rankings[9] | 2 |
The venues are in Celje and Laško.[10] [11] [12]
The draw was held on 29 February 2024 in Vienna at 15:00 (CET).[13] [14] Prior to the draw, Austria, Czech Republic and North Macedonia, who all had the same EHF ranking, would be placed into a separate draw to determine each team's position in the draw.[13] Later on, Austria and Czech Republic won the draw and were both placed in pot 3.
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| width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc | Team qualified for the 2025 Men's Junior World Handball Championship | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=skyblue | Team qualified for the 2025 Men's Junior World Handball Championship as a host nation |
Tickets are priced at 12 Euros (10 Euros if ordered in advance) for a day ticket and 30 Euros (25 Euros if ordered in advance) fom a family package.[15]