U-18 European men's handball championship 2014

11th U-18 European Men's Handball Championship 2014
EHF Men's 18 Handball Euro 2014
Number of nations	16
European champion	France (1st title)
venue	Poland
Opening game	08/14/2014
Endgame	08/24/2014
Games	56
Top scorer	Aliaksandr Padshyvalau (45 goals)
Best player	Adam Juhasz

The 11th U-18 European Men's Handball Championship 2014 was held in Poland from 14 to 24 August 2014 . The organizer was the European Handball Federation (EHF).

qualification

In the qualifying round, each team in a group played once against every other team in the same group. The two best teams in groups 1 to 6 and the best team in groups 7 to 9 qualified for the 2014 European Handball Championship for male U-18 youths. The draw for the nine groups took place on September 5, 2013 in Vienna.

Group 1

All games took place in the Great Sports Hall in the Sportforum, Berlin Germany .  

01/10/2014	Portugal	-	Hungary	28: 30 (10:14)
01/10/2014	Germany	-	Finland	41  : 21 (18: 9)
11/01/2014	Germany	-	Portugal	27  : 25 (15:10)

11/01/2014	Finland	-	Hungary	21: 33 (11:20)
01/12/2014	Hungary	-	Germany	25:25 (11:16)
01/12/2014	Finland	-	Portugal	28: 32 (14:14)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	93: 071	+22	5
2.	Hungary	3	2	1	0	88: 074	+14	5
3.	Portugal	3	1	0	2	85: 085	± 00	2
4th	Finland	3	0	0	3	70: 106	-36	0

Group 2

All games took place in Olsbergs Arena, Eksjö Sweden .  

01/10/2014	Greece	-	Moldova	27  : 23 (10:11)
01/10/2014	Sweden	-	Iceland	31  : 21 (16: 7)
11/01/2014	Sweden	-	Greece	33  : 24 (20: 9)

11/01/2014	Iceland	-	Moldova	50  : 16 (21: 6)
01/12/2014	Moldova	-	Sweden	11: 48 (3:24)
01/12/2014	Iceland	-	Greece	38  : 25 (22: 9)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Sweden	3	3	0	0	112: 056	+56	6th
2.	Iceland	3	2	0	1	109: 072	+37	4th
3.	Greece	3	1	0	2	076: 094	-18	2
4th	Moldova	3	0	0	3	050: 125	-75	0

Group 3

All games took place in Skærbæk Fritidscenter, Skærbæk Denmark .  

01/10/2014	Bulgaria	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23: 29 (10:14)
01/10/2014	Denmark	-	France	29: 31 (17:15)
11/01/2014	Denmark	-	Bulgaria	41  : 22 (17:17)

11/01/2014	France	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36  : 31 (19:17)
01/12/2014	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Denmark	29: 32 (16:17)
01/12/2014	France	-	Bulgaria	47  : 16 (25: 7)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	France	3	3	0	0	114: 076	+38	6th
2.	Denmark	3	2	0	1	102: 082	+30	4th
3.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	089: 091	- 02nd	2
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	061: 117	-56	0

Group 4

All games took place in Lalin Arena, Lalin-Pontevedra Spain .  

01/10/2014	Ukraine	-	Lithuania	33  : 29 (18:15)
01/10/2014	Spain	-	Czech Republic	33  : 19 (15:10)
11/01/2014	Spain	-	Ukraine	38  : 16 (15:10)

11/01/2014	Czech Republic	-	Lithuania	33  : 30 (15:11)
01/12/2014	Lithuania	-	Spain	16: 30 (9:18)
01/12/2014	Czech Republic	-	Ukraine	30  : 23 (10:15)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	101: 51	+50	6th
2.	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	082:86	- 04th	4th
3.	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	072:97	-25	2
4th	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	075:96	-21	0

Group 5

All games took place in Tulln Sports Hall, Tulln Austria .  

01/10/2014	Israel	-	Russia	23: 45 (8:16)
01/10/2014	Austria	-	Switzerland	27: 31 (11:15)
11/01/2014	Austria	-	Israel	27  : 22 (14:12)

11/01/2014	Switzerland	-	Russia	29:29 (15:17)
01/12/2014	Russia	-	Austria	35  : 29 (15:12)
01/12/2014	Switzerland	-	Israel	33  : 23 (16:10)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Russia	3	2	1	0	109: 081	+28	5
2.	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	093: 079	+14	5
3.	Austria	3	1	0	2	083: 088	- 05th	2
4th	Israel	3	0	0	3	068: 105	-37	0

Group 6

All games took place in Sporthall Umag, Umag Croatia .  

01/10/2014	Georgia	-	Netherlands	26: 36 (0: 0)
01/10/2014	Croatia	-	Macedonia	26  : 18 (8: 9)
11/01/2014	Croatia	-	Georgia	44  : 14 (22: 6)

11/01/2014	Macedonia	-	Netherlands	20  : 19 (7: 8)
01/12/2014	Netherlands	-	Croatia	18: 32 (7:16)
01/12/2014	Macedonia	-	Georgia	29  : 24 (14:13)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Croatia	3	3	0	0	102: 050	+52	6th
2.	North Macedonia	3	2	0	1	067: 069	- 02nd	4th
3.	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	073: 078	- 05th	2
4th	Georgia	3	0	0	3	064: 109	-45	0

Group 7

All games took place in Sportska Hala, Vrnjačka Banja Serbia .  

01/10/2014	Slovakia	-	Estonia	0: 0 (0: 0)
01/10/2014	Serbia	-	Montenegro	0: 0 (0: 0)
11/01/2014	Serbia	-	Slovakia	0: 0 (0: 0)

11/01/2014	Montenegro	-	Estonia	0: 0 (0: 0)
01/12/2014	Estonia	-	Serbia	0: 0 (0: 0)
01/12/2014	Montenegro	-	Slovakia	0: 0 (0: 0)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Serbia	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0
2.	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0
3.	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0
4th	Estonia	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0

Group 8

All games took place in Chiajna Romania .  

01/10/2014	Armenia	-	Romania	0: 0 (0: 0)
11/01/2014	Turkey	-	Armenia	0: 0 (0: 0)
01/12/2014	Romania	-	Turkey	0: 0 (0: 0)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Romania	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0
2.	Turkey	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0v
3.	Armenia	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0

Group 9

All games took place in the Sports Palace RCOR, Minsk Belarus .  

01/10/2014	Latvia	-	Belarus	0: 0 (0: 0)
11/01/2014	Italy	-	Latvia	0: 0 (0: 0)
01/12/2014	Belarus	-	Italy	0: 0 (0: 0)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Belarus	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0
2.	Italy	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0
3.	Latvia	0	0	0	0	00: 00	± 0	0

Qualified teams

Pot 1 Germany Sweden France Spain

Pot 2 Russia Croatia Belarus Serbia

Pot 3 Romania Poland Denmark Switzerland

Pot 4 Czech Republic Iceland Hungary Macedonia

Preliminary round

The preliminary group draw took place on April 9, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. in Warsaw. 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

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Sweden	03	02	01	00	0081:7000	+11	0005: 1000
02.	Switzerland	03	01	01	01	0070:7200	−2	0003: 3000
03.	Iceland	03	01	01	01	0075:7200	+3	0003: 3000
04th	Serbia	03	00	01	02	0066:7800	−12	0001: 5000

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	03	03	00	00	0083:6300	+20	0006-0000
02.	Denmark	03	02	00	01	0101: 6800	+33	0004: 2000
03.	Russia	03	01	00	02	0074:9300	−19	0002: 4000
04th	North Macedonia	03	00	00	03	0066: 1000	−34	0000: 6000

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Hungary	03	03	00	00	0113: 7900	+34	0006-0000
02.	France	03	02	00	01	0110: 8300	+27	0004: 2000
03.	Croatia	03	01	00	02	0089: 1030	−14	0002: 4000
04th	Romania	03	00	00	03	0080: 1270	−47	0000: 6000

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Germany	03	03	00	00	0108: 7000	+38	0006-0000
02.	Poland	03	02	00	01	0075:7500	± 0	0004: 2000
03.	Belarus	03	01	00	02	0077:9600	−19	0002: 4000
04th	Czech Republic	03	00	00	03	0072:9100	−19	0000: 6000

Intermediate round

In the second round, each team in a group played once against every other team in the same group. The two best teams in each group played in the placement round for places 9 to 12 and the third and fourth teams played in the placement round for places 13 to 16.

Group I1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Iceland	03	03	00	00	0095:8500	+10	0006-0000
02.	Russia	03	02	00	01	0094:9500	−1	0004: 2000
03.	North Macedonia	03	01	00	02	0078:7700	+1	0002: 4000
04th	Serbia	03	00	00	03	0069:7900	−10	0000: 6000

Group I2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Croatia	03	02	01	00	0107: 8700	+20	0005: 1000
02.	Belarus	03	02	01	00	0093:8700	+6	0005: 1000
03.	Romania	03	01	00	02	0085:9800	−13	0002: 4000
04th	Czech Republic	03	00	00	03	0082:9500	−13	0000: 6000

Main round

In the main round, each team in a group played once against each other team in the same group. The two best teams in each group qualified for the final round and played for the medals, the third and fourth group qualified for the placement round and played for 5th to 8th place.

Group M1

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	03	03	00	00	0079:6800	+11	0006-0000
02.	Denmark	03	01	00	02	0085:7600	+9	0002: 4000
03.	Switzerland	03	01	00	02	0075:8100	−6	0002: 4000
04th	Sweden	03	01	00	02	0081:8500	−4	0002: 4000

Group M2

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Hungary	03	03	00	00	0097:7200	+25	0006-0000
02.	France	03	01	01	01	0090:8200	+8	0003: 3000
03.	Germany	03	01	01	01	0081:8200	−1	0003: 3000
04th	Poland	03	00	00	03	0066:9800	−32	0000: 6000

Placement round

The crossover games for places 9 to 16 took place on August 22, 2014 in Gdansk and the corresponding placement games on the following day at the same location. The cross games for places 5 to 8 took place on August 22, 2014 together with the semi-finals in Gdynia and the corresponding placement games on the following day at the same location.

	Crossover games place 13-16				Game for 13th place
	North Macedonia	21 (11)
	Czech Republic	27 (13)
					North Macedonia	35 (17)
					Romania	32 (13)
					Play for 15th place
	Romania	25 (17)			Czech Republic	23 (12)
	Serbia	27 (14)			Serbia	30 (16)

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	Crossover games place 9-12				Play for 9th place
	Iceland	32 (21)
	Belarus	28 (15)
					Belarus	36 (17)
					Russia	31 (15)
					Play for 12th place
	Croatia	40 (16)			Iceland	33 (15)
	Russia	24 (11)			Croatia	28 (15)

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	Cross-over games place 5-8				Play for 5th place
	Switzerland	25 (11)
	Poland	24 (12)
					Switzerland	25 (11)
					Sweden	28 (12)
					Game for 7th place
	Germany	31 (11, 25, 28)			Poland	23 (12)
	Sweden	32 (16, 25, 28)			Germany	26 (14)

Final round

The final round was played on August 22nd and 24th, 2014 in Gdynia .

	Semifinals				final
	Spain	23 (10)
	France	24 (12)
					France	27 (17)
					Hungary	21 (7)
					Game for third place
	Hungary	32 (13)			Spain	27 (16)
	Denmark	26 (10)			Denmark	21 (18)

Web links

• European Handball Championship of the male U18 youth 2014 on the EHF website