U-18 European men's handball championship 2012

10th U-18 men's handball championship 2012
EHF Men's 18 Handball Euro 2012
Number of nations	16
European champion	Germany (2nd title)
venue	Austria
Opening game	07/12/2012
Endgame	07/22/2012
Games	64
Top scorer	Luka Maros (60 goals)
Best player	Pontus Zetterman
yellow cards	307  (∅: 4.8 per game)
Time penalties	425  (∅: 6.64 per game)
Red cards	7  (∅: 0.11 per game)

The 10th U-18 European men's handball championship 2012 was held in Austria from July 12-22, 2012 . The organizer was the European Handball Federation (EHF).

Venues

The venues for the games were the handball arena Rieden / Vorloster in Bregenz with a capacity for 2,500 spectators and the sports hall at the lake in Hard with a capacity of 1,100 spectators.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, each team in a group played once against each other team in the same group. The best two teams in each group qualified for the main round, the third and fourth group qualified for the intermediate round.

Group A

All games took place in Bregenz Austria .  

07/12/2012	Germany	-	Iceland	22:22 (11:10)
07/12/2012	Sweden	-	France	38: 24 (23:11)
07/13/2012	Iceland	-	Sweden	22:33 (11:18)

07/13/2012	France	-	Germany	021:29 ( 8:12)
07/15/2012	Iceland	-	France	28:28 (12:15)
07/15/2012	Germany	-	Sweden	20:29 (10:16)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Sweden	3	3	0	0	100: 066	+34	6th
2.	Germany	3	1	1	1	071: 072	- 01	3
3.	Iceland	3	0	2	1	072: 083	−11	2
4th	France	3	0	1	2	073: 095	−22	1

Group B

All games took place in Bregenz Austria .  

07/12/2012	Belarus	-	Czech Republic	32: 23 (15:12)
07/12/2012	Norway	-	Austria	23:24 (11:10)
07/13/2012	Czech Republic	-	Norway	021:35 ( 9:19)

07/13/2012	Austria	-	Belarus	31:23 (16:13)
07/15/2012	Norway	-	Belarus	33: 37 (16:16)
07/15/2012	Austria	-	Czech Republic	23:32 (12:13)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Austria	3	2	0	1	078: 078	+0	4th
2.	Belarus	3	2	0	1	092: 087	+5	4th
3.	Norway	3	1	0	2	091: 082	+9	1
4th	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	076: 090	−14	1

Group C

All games took place in Hard Austria .  

07/12/2012	Croatia	-	Spain	40: 35 (15:17)
07/12/2012	Switzerland	-	Romania	29: 30 (16:16)
07/13/2012	Romania	-	Croatia	24:33 (11:16)

07/13/2012	Spain	-	Switzerland	34: 32 (18:16)
07/15/2012	Croatia	-	Switzerland	30: 30 (16:12)
07/15/2012	Spain	-	Romania	40: 37 (20:15)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Croatia	3	2	1	0	103: 089	+14	5
2.	Spain	3	2	0	1	109: 099	+10	4th
3.	Romania	3	1	0	2	091: 102	−11	2
4th	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	091: 094	−3	1

Group D

All games took place in Hard Austria .  

07/12/2012	Denmark	-	Finland	44:25 (20:15)
07/12/2012	Serbia	-	Slovenia	38: 42 (15:20)
07/13/2012	Slovenia	-	Denmark	25:29 (12:15)

07/13/2012	Finland	-	Serbia	20:35 (11:17)
07/15/2012	Denmark	-	Serbia	31:25 (12:15)
07/15/2012	Finland	-	Slovenia	33: 41 (18:20)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Denmark	3	3	0	0	104: 075	+29	6th
2.	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	108: 100	+8	4th
3.	Serbia	3	1	0	2	098: 093	+5	2
4th	Finland	3	0	0	3	078: 120	−42	0

Main round

In the main round, the first and second group, the participants of the semi-finals, played. The result from the preliminary round (group first against group runner-up in a preliminary round group) was taken into the main round. The winners and runners-up of Group I + II qualified for the semi-finals. The third and fourth group went into the cross games for 5th to 8th place.

Group I.

All games took place in Hard Austria .  

07/17/2012	Germany	-	Belarus	31:24 (15:10)
07/17/2012	Sweden	-	Austria	33: 24 (15:11)

07/18/2012	Belarus	-	Sweden	29: 35 (12:19)
07/18/2012	Austria	-	Germany	24:34 (15:13)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Sweden	3	3	0	0	097: 073	+24	6th
2.	Germany	3	2	0	1	085: 077	+8	4th
3.	Austria	3	1	0	2	079: 090	−11	2
4th	Belarus	3	0	0	3	076: 097	−21	0

Group II

All games took place in Bregenz Austria .  

07/17/2012	Spain	-	Slovenia	39: 37 (21:19)
07/17/2012	Croatia	-	Denmark	26: 28 (13:13)

07/18/2012	Slovenia	-	Croatia	42: 33 (20:15)
07/18/2012	Denmark	-	Spain	27:34 (13:16)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Spain	3	2	0	1	108: 104	+4	4th
2.	Denmark	3	2	0	1	091: 078	+13	4th
3.	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	104: 101	+3	2
4th	Croatia	3	1	0	2	099: 105	−6	2

Intermediate round

In the second round, the third and fourth group played the participants in the cross game. The result from the preliminary round (group third against group fourth in a preliminary round group) was taken into the intermediate round. The winners and runners-up of Group III + IV qualified for the Kreuzspiele 9 to 12. The group third and fourth went to the Kreuzspiele for 13th to 16th place.

Group III

All games took place in Hard Austria .  

07/17/2012	France	-	Czech Republic	38: 24 (14:12)
07/17/2012	Iceland	-	Norway	30: 37 (14:21)

07/18/2012	Czech Republic	-	Iceland	27: 26 (13:11)
07/18/2012	Norway	-	France	30: 31 (17:20)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	France	3	2	1	0	097: 082	+15	5
2.	Norway	3	2	0	1	102: 082	+20	4th
3.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	072: 099	−27	2
4th	Iceland	3	0	1	2	084: 092	−8	1

Group IV

All games took place in Bregenz Austria .  

07/17/2012	Switzerland	-	Finland	31:23 (14:12)
07/17/2012	Romania	-	Serbia	38:32 (15:15)

07/18/2012	Finland	-	Romania	23:30 (14:14)
07/18/2012	Serbia	-	Switzerland	33: 27 (15:16)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Romania	3	3	0	0	098: 084	+14	6th
2.	Serbia	3	2	0	1	100: 085	+15	4th
3.	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	087: 086	+1	2
4th	Finland	3	0	0	3	066: 096	−30	0

Semifinals

All games took place in Bregenz Austria .  

07/20/2012	Sweden	-	Denmark	35: 28 (16:10)
07/20/2012	Spain	-	Germany	37: 42 (16:20)

Cross games

Cross games 5 to 8

All games took place in Bregenz Austria .  

07/20/2012	Slovenia	-	Belarus	36: 27 (16: 09)
07/20/2012	Austria	-	Croatia	023:22 ( 9:13)

Cross games 9 to 12

All games took place in Hard Austria .  

07/20/2012	France	-	Serbia	35: 36 (21:16)
07/20/2012	Romania	-	Norway	27: 41 (12:19)

Cross games 13 to 16

All games took place in Hard Austria .  

07/20/2012	Czech Republic	-	Finland	32: 26 (17:13)
07/20/2012	Switzerland	-	Iceland	25: 20 (14:10)

Finals

Places 1 to 8 were played in Hard Austria . Places 9 to 16 were played in Bregenz Austria .    

final	07/22/2012	Sweden	-	Germany	29: 30 (13:14)
3rd place match	07/22/2012	Denmark	-	Spain	37: 32 (19:12)

Play for 5th place	07/22/2012	Austria	-	Slovenia	24: 30 ( 08:16)
Game for 7th place	07/22/2012	Croatia	-	Belarus	31: 22 (15: 07)

Play for 9th place	07/21/2012	Serbia	-	Norway	36: 38 (18:18)
Game for 11th place	07/21/2012	France	-	Romania	30: 39 (16:17)

Game for 13th place	07/21/2012	Czech Republic	-	Switzerland	22: 32 (11:20)
Play for 15th place	07/21/2012	Finland	-	Iceland	26: 27 (13:13)

Final placement

space	team
01.	Germany
02.	Sweden
03.	Denmark
04th	Spain
05.	Slovenia
06th	Austria
07th	Croatia
08th.	Belarus
09.	Norway
10.	Serbia
11.	Romania
12.	France
13.	Switzerland
14th	Czech Republic
15th	Iceland
16.	Finland

credentials

1. ↑ www.handball-euro2012.at: "Preliminary round handball European championships for male U18 youth 2012", July 6, 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ www.handball-euro2012.at: “Main round handball European championships for male U18 youth 2012”, July 6, 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ www.handball-euro2012.at: “Semi-final European Handball Championships for male U18 youth 2012”, July 6, 2012 ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ www.handball-euro2012.at: “Final European Handball Championships for male U18 youth 2012”, July 6, 2012 ( memento of the original from July 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• EHF - 2012 Men's European Championship 18