European Men's U-18 Handball Championship Explained

European Men's Youth Handball Championship
Status:	active
Genre:	sports event
Date:	midyear
Frequency:	annual
Country:	varying

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

Year	Host Country	width=1% rowspan=20 bgcolor=ffffff		Gold medal game			width=1% rowspan=16 bgcolor=ffffff		Bronze medal game
width=15%	Gold	width=8%	Score	width=15%	Silver	width=15%	Bronze	width=8%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
1992 Details	Switzerland		30–26			23–19
1994 Details	Israel		16–15			28—21
1997 Details	Estonia		28–24			27–20
1999 Details	Portugal		24–23			22–19
2001 Details	Luxembourg		27–24			37–19
2003 Details	Slovakia		27–23			29–19
2004 Details	Serbia & Montenegro		27–20			27–25
2006 Details	Estonia		30–24			34–28
2008 Details	Czech Republic		31–27			42–35
2010 Details	Montenegro		27–26			28–27
2012 Details	Austria		30–29			37–32
2014 Details	Poland		33–30			27–21
2016 Details	Croatia		40–38			32–31
2018 Details	Croatia		32–27			26–24
2020	Slovenia	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[1]
2021 Details	Croatia		34–20				37–28
2022 Details	Montenegro		34–32			29–22
2024 Details	Montenegro		37–36 after penalty shootout			36–34 after penalty shootout

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

Participating nations

Nation		1994													2021	2022	2024	Total
	7				8			14			6				16		16	6
							8				8	11						3
									11									1
							16											1
				7	9	11	2	1	5	1	7	10	2	4	2	5	13	14
		D	2					15	13	11	14	14	15				14	8
		D	6	3	bgcolor=silver	2	3	3	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=silver	2	3	3	4	5	3	5	6	bgcolor=silver	2	15
			11				14	12										3
																9	15	1
									16		16							2
				11	5	10	9	6	7		12	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	1	7	10	14	12	12
	5			9		2	5	9	1	4	1	7	3	6	1	3	5	14
		D	4														20	2
		D	3	1	11	8	10	10	12			2		10	9	4	3	13
						1	12		4	12	15	9	7	2	8	10	4	11
	6	D	12											14	14		17	5
															12	16	21	3
					10													1
										15						12	23	2
		D										15					19	2
	4			11					8	13	9		12	11	11	7		9
				6				4		10		8	13	15		15	18	8
	1	2		8		7				14			10	12	6	8	10	9
		D			4						11	16		16			q	5
	2	D		4	1	12	11	16	14	9		12	11	13	15			13
									10	5	10	13	8	8	13	13	6	9
						6	1	7										3
				12	6	9	6	11	15	16			16					8
			5	5	7	5	4	13	9	8	5		4	9	4	11	9	14
	3	1	8	2				5	6	2	4	3	6	5	3	1	8	14
		D	1		3	4	7	3	3	7	2	5	9	1	7	bgcolor=silver	2	1	15
	8						13				13	6	14				11	6
								8										1
			10														24	1
			7															1
Total	8	11	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	24

External links

• Eurohandball.com
• History of the EHF Men’s 18 European Championships

Notes and References

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