European handball championship 2018

This article describes the 2018 Men's Handball Championship . For the women's championship, see the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship .

13th European Men's Handball Championship 2018
Handball EHF Euro 2018
Number of nations	16  (of 38 applicants)
European champion	Spain (1st title)
venue	Croatia
Opening game	January 12, 2018
Endgame	January 28, 2018
Games	47
Gates	2,563   (∅: 54.53 per game)
spectator	263,239   (∅: 5,601 per game)
Top scorer	Ondřej Zdráhala (55 goals)
Best player	Jim Gottfridsson
yellow cards	238  (∅: 5.06 per game)
Time penalties	351  (∅: 7.47 per game)
Red cards	20  (∅: 0.43 per game)
Blue cards	1  (∅: 0.02 per game)
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The 13th Men's Handball European Championship was held in Croatia from January 12th to 28th, 2018 . After 2000 , it was the second handball championship that was held in this country. The organizer was the European Handball Federation (EHF). Spain became European champions with a 29:23 final victory over Sweden .

Host

The 12th Congress of the European Handball Federation awarded the event to the Croatian Handball Federation during its session on September 20, 2014 in Dublin .

Venues

The following locations were defined as the venues. The final took place in the Arena Zagreb .

Zagreb Split Varaždin Poreč Location of the venues

view	information	city	capacity
	Arena Zagreb The hall is Croatia's largest multifunctional hall . It is located in central Croatia. The final of the 2009 World Cup took place here.	Zagreb	15,200
	Spaladium Arena This newly built multifunctional hall is mainly used by the KK Split basketball club . It covers the south of Croatia.	Split	12,500
	Gradska dvorana Varaždin The city of Varaždin is located in northern Croatia. The hall, which opened as a new building in December 2008, serves as the venue for the first division handball team RK Varteks Varaždin .	Varaždin	05,200
	Športska dvorana Žatika Poreč is located directly on the coast in the Istria region in northwestern Croatia. The RK Porec is represented in the first Croatian handball league. The Žatika hall is a new building and was opened in November 2008.	Poreč	03.710

qualification

→ Main article : 2018 European Handball Championship / Qualification

mode

According to Article 9 of the EHF EURO Regulations , the European Champion 2018 was determined as follows:

The preliminary round was played in four groups of four teams each. Each team in a group played once against every other team in the same group. The fourth group eliminated from the tournament; everyone else qualified for the main round.

In the main round, the three best teams from two groups were combined into groups of six, with the results against the two other also qualified opponents in the preliminary round being adopted.

The teams from preliminary round groups A and B formed main round group 1, those from C and D formed group 2. Within a main round group, each team played against the three qualified teams from the other preliminary round group.

In the event of a tie within a preliminary or main round group, the following order of placement applied before the end of the respective round:

• better goal difference from all group matches,
• higher number of goals scored in all group matches,
• alphabetical order.

In the event of a tie within a preliminary or main round group, a direct comparison decided after the end of the respective round . If there was only a tie, the following order was used to determine the placement:

• better goal difference between the teams in question,
• higher number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned,
• better goal difference from all group games (i.e. preliminary and main round), which is calculated by subtraction,
• higher number of goals scored in all group matches,
• Draw by the EHF in the presence of a team official from the respective teams.

Ranks 13 to 16 occupied the group fourth in the preliminary round, ranks 7 to 12 the fourth, fifth and sixth placed in the main round.

The third placed of the two main round groups contested the game for 5th place.

The group winners and runners-up in the main round played in the semifinals crosswise for the final. The losers in the semi-finals played the game for third place, while the winners in the final determined the 2018 European champions.

Attendees

Host Croatia qualified directly for the finals in January 2018. The remaining 15 starting places were determined in two qualifying rounds from October 2014. The following 16 teams took part in the 2018 European Handball Championship:

Association	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous participation in European championships	title
Croatia	host	Sep 20 2014	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Spain	Winner group 3	May 6, 2017	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Germany	Winner group 5	May 6, 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)	2004 , 2016
Sweden	Winner group 6	May 6, 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)	1994 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002
Denmark	Winner group 1	June 14, 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)	2008 , 2012
France	Winner group 7	June 14, 2017	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)	2006 , 2010 , 2014
Hungary	Second group 1	15th June 2017	10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Belarus	Winner group 2	15th June 2017	04 (1994, 2008, 2014, 2016)
Serbia	Second group 2	15th June 2017	04 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Austria	Second group 3	17th June 2017	02 (2010, 2014)
Slovenia	Second group 5	17th June 2017	10 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
Montenegro	Second group 6	17th June 2017	03 (2008, 2014, 2016)
Norway	Second group 7	17th June 2017	07 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
North Macedonia	Winner group 4	18th June 2017	04 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Czech Republic	Second group 4	18th June 2017	04 (1996, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Iceland	Best third (group 4)	18th June 2017	09 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Group draw

The preliminary group draw took place on June 23, 2017 in Zagreb . The sixteen qualified teams were divided into four pots before the draw according to their performance in the qualification . In addition, the host association assigned a team to each of the four groups and their host locations, taking into account the expected audience interest in accordance with the regulations.

Group place 1	Croatia	Germany	Spain	France
Group place 2	Denmark	Belarus	Sweden	North Macedonia
Group place 3	Norway	Serbia	Montenegro	Czech Republic
Group place 4	Hungary	Slovenia	Austria	Iceland

The four teams seeded for each group:

• Croatia for group A in Split
• Norway for Group B in Poreč
• Slovenia for Group C in Zagreb
• Hungary for group D in Varaždin

The twelve teams seeded for no group were then allocated to the group places, which resulted in the following groups:

Group A split	Group B Poreč	Group C Zagreb	Group D Varaždin
Croatia (set)	France	Germany	Spain
Sweden	Belarus	North Macedonia	Denmark
Serbia	Norway (set)	Montenegro	Czech Republic
Iceland	Austria	Slovenia (set)	Hungary (set)

Squad of the participating teams

→ Main article : 2018 European Handball Championship / squad

Preliminary round

	Qualification place for the main round
	Place of the outgoing nation

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Sweden	03	02	00	01	0089:8200	+7	04th
02.	Croatia	03	02	00	01	0092:7900	+13	04th
03.	Serbia	03	01	00	02	0076:8800	−12	02
04th	Iceland	03	01	00	02	0074:8200	−8	02

January 12, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Sweden	24:26	Iceland	Spaladium Arena , Split Spectators: 8,700 Referees: Nikolov, Načevski
	Gottfridsson 6	(8:15)	Guðmundsson 7
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 12, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	32:22	Serbia	Spaladium Arena , Split Spectators: 11,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig
	Stepančić , Štrlek 6	(14: 9)	Nenadić 6
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

January 14, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Serbia	25:30	Sweden	Spaladium Arena , Split Spectators: 9,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen
	Ilić 5	(10:16)	Storage area 5
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×

January 14, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Iceland	22:29	Croatia	Spaladium Arena , Split Spectators: 10,500 Referees: Sotin, Volodkow
	Pálmarsson 5	(13:14)	Cindrić 7
	4 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 16, 2018 6:15 pm	Serbia	29:26	Iceland	Spaladium Arena , Split Spectators: 9,800 Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso Ramírez
	Šešum , Radivojević 5	(12:12)	Sigurðsson 8
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 16, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	31:35	Sweden	Spaladium Arena , Split Spectators: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný
	Čupić 7	(12:17)	Storage area 6
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	France	03	03	00	00	0097:8200	+15	06th
02.	Norway	03	02	00	01	0103: 8800	+15	04th
03.	Belarus	03	01	00	02	0080:9100	−11	02
04th	Austria	03	00	00	03	0080:9900	−19	00

January 12, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Belarus	27:26	Austria	Športska dvorana Žatika , Poreč Spectators: 3,100 Referees: Horáček, Novotný
	Kulesch 7	(14:12)	Bilyk 8
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×

January 12, 2018 8:30 p.m.	France	32:31	Norway	Športska dvorana Žatika , Poreč Spectators: 3,600 Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso Ramírez
	Mahé 8	(15:17)	Tønnesen 7
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 14, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Austria	26:33	France	Športska dvorana Žatika , Poreč Spectators: 2,900 Referees: Geipel, Helbig
	Weber 5	(12:17)	N'Guessan 7
	1 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×

January 14, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Norway	33:28	Belarus	Športska dvorana Žatika , Poreč Spectators: 2,500 Referees: Nikolov, Načevski
	Sagosen , Bjørnsen , Gullerud 6	(15:12)	Karaljok 5
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

January 16, 2018 6:15 pm	France	32:25	Belarus	Športska dvorana Žatika , Poreč Spectators: 2,300 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis
	Meme 9	(14:11)	Padschywalau 6
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 16, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Norway	39:28	Austria	Športska dvorana Žatika , Poreč Spectators: 1,600 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen
	Bjørnsen 9	(17:14)	Bilyk 9
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×  2 ×  1 ×

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	North Macedonia	03	02	01	00	0079:7700	+2	05
02.	Germany	03	01	02	00	0082:6900	+13	04th
03.	Slovenia	03	01	01	01	0077:6900	+8	03
04th	Montenegro	03	00	00	03	0066:8900	−23	00

Slovenia protested against the valuation of the group game against Germany. At the end of the regular playing time, the Lithuanian referees consulted the video evidence in the final seconds because of a Slovenian rule violation and awarded Germany a seven-meter penalty, which led to the 25:25 equalization. The Disciplinary Commission of the European Handball Federation (EHF) rejected the protest. Slovenia appealed against this and, according to statements from association circles , threatened to leave the European Championship prematurely. The EHF commission judged the arbitrators' approach to be compliant with the rules - Slovenia's renewed appeal was finally rejected.

January 13, 2018 5:15 pm	Germany	32:19	Montenegro	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 8,000 Referees: Pichon, Reveret
	Gensheimer 9	(17: 9)	Lipovina 7
	3 ×  8 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 13, 2018 7:30 p.m.	Macedonia	25:24	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 11,000 Referees: Dinu, Din
	Manaskov 8	(11:11)	Mlakar 4
	4 ×  6 ×	Match report	4 ×  11 ×  1 ×

January 15, 2018 6:15 pm	Slovenia	25:25	Germany	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis
	Zarabec 5	(15:10)	Gensheimer 7th
	4 ×  8 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

January 15, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Montenegro	28:29	Macedonia	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 5,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Čavor 6	(16:15)	Kuzmanovski 5
	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  8 ×

January 17, 2018 6:15 pm	Germany	25:25	Macedonia	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 5,100 Referees: Husko, Repkin
	Weinhold 8	(12:11)	Taleski 6
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 17, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Montenegro	19:28	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 6,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Ševaljević 6	(13:14)	Marguč 6
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	03	02	00	01	0081:6500	+16	04th
02.	Denmark	03	02	00	01	0084:7500	+9	04th
03.	Czech Republic	03	02	00	01	0076:8600	−10	04th
04th	Hungary	03	00	00	03	0077:9200	−15	00

January 13, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Spain	32:15	Czech Republic	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 3,780 Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Rivera , Entrerríos , Solé 5	(16: 9)	Kašpárek 5
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 13, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	32:25	Hungary	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 5,170 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Lye Schmidt 7	(14:12)	Lékai 5
	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

January 15, 2018 6:15 pm	Hungary	25:27	Spain	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 3,470 Referees: Dinu, Din
	Bánhidi 6	(12:13)	Rivera, Dujshebaev , Ariño , Figueras 4
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  2 ×

January 15, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Czech Republic	28:27	Denmark	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 4,100 Referees: Husko, Repkin
	Zdráhala 8	(15:16)	Hansen 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

January 17, 2018 6:15 pm	Czech Republic	33:27	Hungary	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 3,790 Referees: Pichon, Reveret
	Zdráhala 14	(15:11)	Lékai 9
	2 ×  3 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Spain	22:25	Denmark	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 4,100 Referees: Sotin, Volodkow
	Dujshebaev 6	(13:14)	Balling 8
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

Main round

colour	meaning
	Place in the table qualifies for the semi-finals
	Place in the table qualifies for the game for 5th place
	Team is eliminated

Group I.

taken from the preliminary round:
Croatia	-	Serbia	32:22
France	-	Norway	32:31
Sweden	-	Serbia	30:25
Norway	-	Belarus	33:28
France	-	Belarus	32:25
Sweden	-	Croatia	35:31

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	France	05	05	00	00	0156: 1300	+26	10
02.	Sweden	05	03	00	02	0136: 1270	+9	06th
03.	Croatia	05	03	00	02	0147: 1380	+9	06th
04th	Norway	05	03	00	02	0152: 1440	+8	06th
05.	Belarus	05	01	00	04th	0123: 1510	−28	02
06th	Serbia	05	00	00	05	0136: 1600	−24	00

January 18, 2018 6:15 pm	Serbia	27:32	Norway	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 3,200 Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Šešum, Beljanski 5	(17:17)	Sagosen , Bjørnsen 8
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 18, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	25:23	Belarus	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 8,100 Referees: Sotin, Volodkow
	Stepančić, Mamić 5	(15:12)	Jurynok 6
	4 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×  1 ×

January 20, 2018 6:15 pm	Sweden	17:23	France	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 7,100 Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso Ramírez
	Jeppsson 4	(8:10)	Sorhaindo 5
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×  1 ×

January 20, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	32:28	Norway	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 13,000 Referees: Dinu, Din
	Štrlek 6	(17:15)	Sagoses 8
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 22, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Serbia	30:39	France	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 1,700 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen
	Zelenović 7	(12:19)	L. Karabatić , Caucheteux 7
	1 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×

January 22, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	29:20	Belarus	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 1,400 Referees: Horáček, Novotný
	Tub , storage size 4	(16:11)	Kulesch , Karaljok 4
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

January 24, 2018 4:00 p.m.	Serbia	27:32	Belarus	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso Ramírez
	Nenadić 7	(11:16)	Puchouski 9
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 24, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Sweden	25:28	Norway	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 8,100 Referees: Nikolov, Načevski
	Tollbring 6	(11:12)	Myrhol 7
	2 ×  3 ×  1 ×	Match report	4 ×  6 ×

January 24, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	27:30	France	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 14,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig
	Štrlek 6	(13:19)	Remili 6
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	5 ×

Group II

taken from the preliminary round:
Spain	-	Czech Republic	32:15
Macedonia	-	Slovenia	25:24
Germany	-	Slovenia	25:25
Denmark	-	Czech Republic	27:28
Macedonia	-	Germany	25:25
Spain	-	Denmark	22:25

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Denmark	05	04th	00	01	0140: 1230	+17	08th
02.	Spain	05	03	00	02	0142: 1180	+24	06th
03.	Czech Republic	05	02	01	02	0113: 1310	−18	05
04th	Slovenia	05	01	02	02	0134: 1330	+1	04th
05.	Germany	05	01	02	02	0124: 1260	−2	04th
06th	North Macedonia	05	01	01	03	0114: 1360	−22	03

January 19, 2018 6:15 pm	Germany	22:19	Czech Republic	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 2,130 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Fäth 8	(9:10)	Číp 6
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 19, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Slovenia	28:31	Denmark	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 5,230 Referees: Pichon, Reveret
	Zarabec 6	(14:16)	Svan 11
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

January 21, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Germany	25:26	Denmark	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 3,112 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Bold 6	(9: 8)	Lindberg 9
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

January 21, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Macedonia	20:31	Spain	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 3,796 Referees: Husko, Repkin
	Manaskov, Stoilov 4	(6:15)	Gurbindo 6
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 23, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Slovenia	31:26	Spain	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 4,176 Referees: Dinu, Din
	Marguč 6	(13:12)	Solé 6
	3 ×  8 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×  1 ×

January 23, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Macedonia	24:25	Czech Republic	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 3,780 Referees: Sotin, Volodkow
	Taleski 5	(13:11)	Horák 8
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 24, 2018 4:00 p.m.	Slovenia	26:26	Czech Republic	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 2,873 Referees: Santos, Fonseca
	Marguč, Zarabec, Kavtičnik 5	(11:12)	Zdráhala 9
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×  2 ×

January 24, 2018 6:15 p.m.	Macedonia	20:31	Denmark	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 2,343 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis
	Kuzmanovski 6	(12:12)	Damgaard 11
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 24, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Germany	27:31	Spain	Varaždin Arena , Varaždin Spectators: 1,289 Referees: Pichon, Reveret
	Häfner 5	(13:14)	Balaguer 6
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  1 ×

Finals

Play for 5th place

January 26, 2018 3:30 p.m.	Croatia	28:27	Czech Republic	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 3,500 Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso Ramírez
	Horvat 10	(16:10)	Stehlík 14
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

Semifinals

January 26, 2018 6:00 p.m.	France	23:27	Spain	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 6,000 Referees: Nikolov, Načevski
	Sorhaindo 6	(9:15)	Solé 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 26, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	34:35 a.d.	Sweden	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 9,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig
	Hansen 12	(14:16), (28:28)	Zachrisson 8
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

3rd place match

January 28, 2018 6:00 p.m.	France	32:29	Denmark	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 6,700 Referees: Dinu, Din
	N. Karabatić 9	(17:14)	Lindberg 12
	4 ×  3 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

final

January 28, 2018 8:30 p.m.	Spain	29:23	Sweden	Arena Zagreb , Zagreb Spectators: 9,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević
	Solé, Balaguer 5	(12:14)	Nielsen 5
	4 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  3 ×

Final placements

According to the relevant articles of the EHF EURO Regulations, the following final placements resulted for the 2018 European Handball Championship :

rank	team	Sp.	Gates	Diff.	Points
	Spain
	Sweden
	France
04th	Denmark
05.	Croatia
06th	Czech Republic
07th	Norway	5	152: 144	0+8	6th
08th.	Slovenia	5	134: 133	0+1	4th
09.	Germany	5	124: 126	0−2	4th
10.	Belarus	5	123: 151	−28	2
11.	North Macedonia	5	114: 136	−22	3
12.	Serbia	5	136: 160	−24	0
13.	Iceland	3	074:820	0−8	2
14th	Hungary	3	077:920	−15	0
15th	Austria	3	080:990	−19	0
16.	Montenegro	3	066:890	−23	0

The following criteria were used:

• The placement of places 1 to 6 resulted from the result of the final, the game for place 3 or the game for place 5.
• Places 7 to 12 were allocated according to the placement in the main round: Places 7 and 8 were placed in fourth place, places 9 and 10 were placed in fifth place and places 11 and 12 were placed in sixth place in the two main round groups. The decisive factor was the number of points achieved in the main round games. In the event of a tie, the final placement was based on the following criteria (see Article 9.33.):
  • better goal difference of all main round games,
  • higher number of goals scored in all main round matches,
  • best placed team of the EM, against which was played in the preliminary round.
• Places 13 to 16 were based on the number of points achieved in the preliminary round. In the event of a tie, the final placement was based on the following criteria (see Article 9.15.):
  • better goal difference of all preliminary round matches,
  • higher number of goals scored in all preliminary round matches,
  • best placed team of the EM that was played against.

European champions Spain are also eligible to participate in the 2019 World Cup .

All-Star Team

Before the final, the following players were recognized for their achievements and elected to the All-Star team.

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  Alex Dujshebaev, best right back player of the EM 2018

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  Jakov Gojun, best defender of the EM 2018

position	Surname	country
goal	Vincent Gérard	France
Left winger	Manuel Štrlek	Croatia
Back left	Mikkel Hansen	Denmark
Back center	Sander Sagosen	Norway
Back right	Alex Dujshebaev	Spain
Right winger	Ferran Solé	Spain
circle	Jesper Nielsen	Sweden
Best defender	Jakov Gojun	Croatia
Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Jim Gottfridsson	Sweden

referee

Lars Geipel (left) and Marcus Helbig (Germany)

Václav Horáček (left) and Jiří Novotný (Czech Republic)

Sjarhej Repkin (right) and Andrej Husko (Belarus)

The EHF nominated twelve pairs of referees for the European Championship .

country	Surname	Calls
		Preliminary round (group / game)	Main round (group / game)	Finals
Denmark	Martin Gjeding	A / SRB - SWE B / NOR - AUT	I / SRB - FRA
	Mads Hansen
Germany	Lars Geipel	A / CRO - SRB B / AUT - FRA	I / CRO - FRA	Semi-finals: DEN - SWE
	Marcus Helbig
France	Stévann Pichon	C / GER - MNE D / CZE - HUN	II / SLO - DEN II / GER - ESP
	Laurent Reveret
Croatia	Matija Gubica	D / DEN - HUN C / MNE - SLO	II / GER - CZE II / GER - DEN	Final: ESP - SWE
	Boris Milošević
Lithuania	Vaidas Mažeika	C / SLO - GER B / FRA - BLR	II / MKD - DEN
	Mindaugas Gatelis
Macedonia	Gjorgji Načevski	A / SWE - ISL B / NOR - BLR	I / SWE - NOR	Semi-finals: FRA - ESP
	Slave Nikolov
Portugal	Duarte Santos	D / ESP - CZE C / MNE - MKD	I / SRB - NOR II / SLO - CZE
	Ricardo Fonseca
Romania	Sorin-Laurenţiu Dinu	C / MKD - SLO D / HUN - ESP	I / CRO - NOR II / SLO - ESP	Match for 3rd place: FRA - DEN
	Constantin Din
Russia	Yevgeny Sotin	A / ISL - CRO D / ESP - DEN	I / CRO - BLR II / MKD - CZE
	Nikolai Volodkov
Spain	Óscar Raluy López	B / FRA - NOR A / SRB - ISL	I / SWE - FRA I / SRB - BLR	Match for 5th place: CRO - CZE
	Ángel Sabroso Ramírez
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček	B / BLR - AUT A / CRO - SWE	I / SWE - BLR
	Jiří Novotný
Belarus	Andrei Husko	D / CZE - DEN C / GER - MKD	II / MKD - ESP
	Syarhej Repkin

Television broadcast

All of the German team's games were broadcast on the TV channels Das Erste and ZDF . The remaining games were broadcast live by the online platform Sportdeutschland.TV via its subsidiary Handball-Deutschland.TV . Sportdeutschland.TV also showed all games, including those of the German team, as highlights and repetitions.

mascot

The Croatian Handball Federation chose a shepherd dog as the official mascot , which the association named Tor (short for Tornjak ). More than 700 fans took part in the naming competition in December 2016.

Web links

Commons : 2018 European Men's Handball Championship  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website for the European Championship 2018 (English)
• Handball European Championship 2018 on the EHF website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Men's EHF EURO 2018 goes to Croatia. EHF, September 20, 2014, accessed January 31, 2016 . 
2. ↑ EHF EURO Regulations. In: eurohandball.com. December 2017, accessed on January 14, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Pots for the Men's EHF EURO 2018 draw revealed. EHF, June 19, 2017, accessed June 19, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Slovenia protests after chaotic video evidence. In: rp-online.de. January 16, 2018, accessed January 17, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Handball EM: Objection of the Slovenes rejected. In: Berliner Morgenpost online. January 16, 2018, accessed January 17, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Stephan Weber, Stefan Junold: EHF has Slovenia from opposition. In: sport1.de. January 17, 2018, accessed January 17, 2018 . 
7. ↑ EHF EURO Regulations. In: eurohandball.com. December 2017, accessed on January 14, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Big names enter road to Men's World Championship 2019. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation (EHF), October 24, 2017, accessed on January 22, 2018 (English). 
9. ↑ Alexander Krei: Agreement with ARD and ZDF - Sportdeutschland.TV secures handball EM rights. In: dwdl.de. December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017 . 
10. ↑ EHF EURO mascot gets a name. In: cro2018.ehf-euro.com. EHF European Handball Federation , December 30, 2016, accessed on January 19, 2018 .