U-20 European men's handball championship

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U-20 European men's handball championship
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Full name EHF Men's 20 European Championship
abbreviation Men's 20 EHF EURO
Association EHF
First edition 1996
hierarchy until 2002: Men's Junior European Championship
Teams 16
Game mode Round tournament :
4 groups of 4 teams
→ 2 groups of 4 teams
each → knockout system (from semi-finals)
Title holder SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia (1st title)
Record winner DenmarkDenmark Denmark (4)
Website www.ehf-euro.comTemplate: Infobox handball competition / maintenance / website
Qualification for U-21 world championship

The U-20 men's handball European championship ( English EHF Men's 20 European Championship , up to and including the 2002 Men's Junior European Championship ) is the competition for the best national teams for male handball players under the age of 20 and has been played since 1996. They take place every two years. After a qualification the best 16 teams of the European Handball Federation (EHF) meet. In addition to determining the best European team, the tournament also serves as a qualification for the U-21 World Cup .

The current defending champion is Slovenia .

Tournaments at a glance

year Host country European champion Result Vice European champion Third
1996 RomaniaRomania Romania DenmarkDenmark Denmark 26:19 (12: 8) SpainSpain Spain RussiaRussia Russia
1998 AustriaAustria Austria DenmarkDenmark Denmark 22:21 (10:13) Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia HungaryHungary Hungary
2000 GreeceGreece Greece Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 34:29 (16:16) BelarusBelarus Belarus SpainSpain Spain
2002 PolandPoland Poland PolandPoland Poland 29:25 (12:13) SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
2004 LatviaLatvia Latvia GermanyGermany Germany 27:26 (16:16) DenmarkDenmark Denmark SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
2006 AustriaAustria Austria GermanyGermany Germany 24:19 (11: 8) SwedenSweden Sweden DenmarkDenmark Denmark
2008 RomaniaRomania Romania DenmarkDenmark Denmark 26:21 (13:11) GermanyGermany Germany FranceFrance France
2010 SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia DenmarkDenmark Denmark 30:24 (14:11) PortugalPortugal Portugal SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
2012 TurkeyTurkey Turkey SpainSpain Spain 34:21 (13:10) CroatiaCroatia Croatia SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
2014 AustriaAustria Austria GermanyGermany Germany 26:24 (13:11) SwedenSweden Sweden SpainSpain Spain
2016 DenmarkDenmark Denmark SpainSpain Spain 30:29 a.d.
(25:25; 12: 9) 		GermanyGermany Germany FranceFrance France
2018 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 31:30 (15:16) FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany
2021 CroatiaCroatia Croatia - -: - (- :–) - -

Ranking list

rank country European champion Second Third Total
1. DenmarkDenmark Denmark 4th 1 1 6th
2. GermanyGermany Germany 3 2 1 6th
3. SpainSpain Spain 2 1 2 5
4th SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 1 1 3 5
5. Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 1 1 1 3
6th PolandPoland Poland 1 0 0 1
7th SwedenSweden Sweden 0 2 0 2
8th. FranceFrance France 0 1 2 3
9. BelarusBelarus Belarus 0 1 0 1
PortugalPortugal Portugal 0 1 0 1
CroatiaCroatia Croatia 0 1 0 1
12. RussiaRussia Russia 0 0 1 1
HungaryHungary Hungary 0 0 1 1
total 12 12 12 36

(As of April 20, 2020)

Web links

Commons : European Handball Championship  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the EHF Men's 20 European Championships. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation, April 6, 2012, accessed April 20, 2020 .