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2018 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship

The 2018 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the European Men's U-20 Handball Championship, held in Celje, Slovenia from 19 to 29 July 2018.[1]

2018 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Slovenia
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–29 July
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Slovenia (1st title)
Runner-up France
Third place Germany
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored3,101 (55.38 per match)
Attendance23,950 (428 per match)
Top scorer(s)Slovenia Gregor Ocvirk
(57 goals)
Best playerPortugal Diogo Silva
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Qualified teams

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Draw

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The draw was held on 19 February 2018 in Celje.[2][3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  France
  Croatia
  Germany
  Slovenia 		  Denmark
  Spain
  Iceland
  Serbia 		  Sweden
  Portugal
  Russia
  Norway 		  Poland
  Hungary
  Israel
  Romania

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 1 2 0 77 72 +5 4 Main round
2   Iceland 3 1 1 1 79 87 −8 3[a]
3   Sweden 3 1 1 1 95 88 +7 3[a] Intermediate round
4   Romania 3 1 0 2 85 89 −4 2
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Iceland 35–33 Sweden
19 July 2018
13:00 		Germany   22–22   Sweden Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Schreiber 8 (13–12) Windahl 6
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19 July 2018
15:00 		Iceland   19–29   Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
three players 3 (5–15) Hanțaru 7
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20 July 2018
13:00 		Romania   25–30   Germany Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Căbuț 7 (15–17) Stutzke 9
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20 July 2018
15:00 		Sweden   33–35   Iceland Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 250
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Salihi 10 (12–19) Þorkelsson 8
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22 July 2018
13:00 		Germany   25–25   Iceland Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 300
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Michel, Simak 5 (16–12) Jóhannsson 6
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22 July 2018
15:00 		Sweden   40–31   Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Wallinius 9 (17–16) three players 5
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovenia (H) 3 3 0 0 82 66 +16 6 Main round
2   Serbia 3 2 0 1 88 82 +6 4
3   Israel 3 1 0 2 82 88 −6 2 Intermediate round
4   Norway 3 0 0 3 71 87 −16 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
19 July 2018
17:00 		Serbia   35–28   Israel Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Maksić 9 (21–13) Sarfati, Sless 4
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19 July 2018
19:30 		Slovenia   27–19   Norway Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Ocvirk 5 (11–9) three players 4
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20 July 2018
17:00 		Norway   27–30   Serbia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Heldal 9 (12–18) Pisarić 8
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20 July 2018
19:00 		Israel   24–28   Slovenia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Cohen 8 (13–15) Ocvirk 11
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22 July 2018
17:00 		Norway   25–30   Israel Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 300
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Boilesen 6 (10–15) Cohen 9
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22 July 2018
19:00 		Slovenia   27–23   Serbia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Ocvirk 12 (14–13) Maksić 8
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 96 74 +22 6 Main round
2   Croatia 3 2 0 1 92 85 +7 4
3   Poland 3 1 0 2 86 95 −9 2 Intermediate round
4   Russia 3 0 0 3 70 90 −20 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
19 July 2018
13:00 		Croatia   26–22   Russia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Martinović, Vistorop 6 (14–10) Nikolaenkov 6
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19 July 2018
15:00 		Spain   32–23   Poland Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Sarió 7 (15–12) Adamczyk, Mauer 6
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20 July 2018
13:00 		Poland   27–35   Croatia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Mauer 6 (14–17) Šarac 10
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20 July 2018
15:00 		Russia   20–28   Spain Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Beliaev 7 (9–11) Valera 5
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22 July 2018
13:00 		Croatia   31–36   Spain Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Šarac 6 (12–20) Valera 8
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22 July 2018
15:00 		Russia   28–36   Poland Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Dolinin 8 (9–19) Zarzycki 7
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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 3 0 0 94 87 +7 6 Main round
2   France 3 2 0 1 93 85 +8 4
3   Denmark 3 1 0 2 82 84 −2 2 Intermediate round
4   Hungary 3 0 0 3 75 88 −13 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
19 July 2018
17:00 		France   28–32   Portugal Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Nahi 7 (14–12) D. Silva 12
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19 July 2018
19:00 		Denmark   23–22   Hungary Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 250
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Gidsel 7 (10–14) Máthé 10
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20 July 2018
17:00 		Hungary   23–34   France Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Borzas 6 (10–17) Prandi 7
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20 July 2018
19:00 		Portugal   31–29   Denmark Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
D. Silva 9 (14–11) Møller 8
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22 July 2018
17:00 		France   31–30   Denmark Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Nahi, Villeminot 7 (16–14) Jörgensen 6
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22 July 2018
19:00 		Portugal   31–30   Hungary Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
D. Silva 7 (12–13) Máthé 9
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Intermediate round

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Group I1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 3 2 0 1 77 71 +6 4[a] 9–12th place semifinals
2   Sweden 3 2 0 1 85 76 +9 4[a]
3   Israel 3 2 0 1 82 76 +6 4[a] 13–16th place semifinals
4   Romania 3 0 0 3 78 99 −21 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Norway 2 Pts, +2 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, 0 GD; Israel 2 Pts, –2 GD
24 July 2018
17:00 		Romania   25–29   Norway Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Căbuț, Pop 5 (8–16) Boilesen, Heldal 5
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24 July 2018
19:00 		Sweden   29–22   Israel Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 300
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Salihi, Sunnefeldt 5 (14–9) Cohen 6
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25 July 2018
17:00 		Norway   23–16   Sweden Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Rønningen 7 (12–10) Sunnefeldt 4
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25 July 2018
19:00 		Israel   30–22   Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Cohen 11 (17–13) Hanțaru 9
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Group I2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 3 0 0 84 70 +14 6 9–12th place semifinals
2   Hungary 3 2 0 1 90 86 +4 4
3   Poland 3 1 0 2 88 90 −2 2 13–16th place semifinals
4   Russia 3 0 0 3 87 103 −16 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
24 July 2018
13:00 		Russia   34–37   Hungary Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 50
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Nikolaenkov 8 (17–17) Borzas 9
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24 July 2018
15:00 		Poland   23–31   Denmark Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Mauer 6 (11–15) Würtz 6
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25 July 2018
13:00 		Hungary   31–29   Poland Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 50
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Szita 7 (15–11) Gregułowski, Mauer 7
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25 July 2018
15:00 		Denmark   30–25   Russia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Tilsted 6 (15–12) three players 4
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Main round

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Group M1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 2 1 0 83 67 +16 5 Semifinals
2   Slovenia (H) 3 2 0 1 74 70 +4 4
3   Iceland 3 0 2 1 71 75 −4 2 5–8th place semifinals
4   Serbia 3 0 1 2 68 84 −16 1
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts
24 July 2018
17:00 		Iceland   25–25   Serbia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Hauksson 6 (9–12) Pisarić 8
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24 July 2018
19:00 		Germany   26–22   Slovenia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Thiele 6 (9–11) Ocvirk 7
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25 July 2018
17:00 		Serbia   20–32   Germany Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Mijatović 6 (12–14) Backs, Witzke 6
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25 July 2018
19:00 		Slovenia   25–21   Iceland Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Horžen, Ocvirk 5 (14–10) Birgisson 6
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Group M2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 2 0 1 84 85 −1 4[a] Semifinals
2   France 3 2 0 1 100 93 +7 4[a]
3   Spain 3 1 0 2 96 95 +1 2[b] 5–8th place semifinals
4   Croatia 3 1 0 2 89 96 −7 2[b]
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Portugal 32–28 France
  2. ^ a b Spain 36–31 Croatia
24 July 2018
13:00 		Croatia   28–37   France Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Martinović 8 (14–18) Villeminot 7
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24 July 2018
15:00 		Spain   27–29   Portugal Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 250
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
four players 4 (9–13) D. Silva 8
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25 July 2018
13:00 		France   35–33   Spain Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Prandi 7 (19–15) Tarrafeta 9
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25 July 2018
15:00 		Portugal   23–30   Croatia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
D. Silva 8 (11–17) Miličević 6
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Final round

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Bracket

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Championship bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
  Germany26
 
29 July
 
  France28
 
  France30
 
27 July
 
  Slovenia31
 
  Portugal25
 
 
  Slovenia27
 
Third place
 
 
29 July
 
 
  Germany29
 
 
  Portugal26
9th place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinals9th place
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
  Norway29
 
28 July
 
  Hungary23
 
  Norway24
 
27 July
 
  Sweden20
 
  Denmark30
 
 
  Sweden33
 
11th place
 
 
28 July
 
 
  Hungary31
 
 
  Denmark29
5th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
  Iceland27
 
29 July
 
  Croatia31
 
  Croatia26
 
27 July
 
  Spain27
 
  Spain27
 
 
  Serbia24
 
7th place
 
 
29 July
 
 
  Iceland30
 
 
  Serbia27
13th place bracket
 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
27 July
 
 
  Israel26
 
28 July
 
  Russia19
 
  Israel30
 
27 July
 
  Romania28
 
  Poland31
 
 
  Romania (OT)32
 
15th place
 
 
28 July
 
 
  Russia28
 
 
  Poland26

13–16th place semifinals

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27 July 2018
12:00 		Israel   26–19   Russia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Cohen 8 (12–10) Beliaev 5
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27 July 2018
14:30 		Poland   31–32 (ET)   Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 50
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Jarosiewicz 7 (14–11) Căbuț 12
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FT: 28–28 ET: 3–4

9–12th place semifinals

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27 July 2018
17:00 		Norway   29–23   Hungary Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Boilesen 5 (12–8) Máthé 6
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27 July 2018
19:30 		Denmark   30–33   Sweden Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Møller 11 (17–18) Windahl 7
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5–8th place semifinals

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27 July 2018
12:00 		Iceland   27–31   Croatia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Jóhannsson 6 (16–17) Martinović 8
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27 July 2018
14:30 		Spain   27–24   Serbia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Martínez 5 (14–10) Ivanović 9
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Semifinals

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27 July 2018
17:00 		Germany   26–28   France Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Schreiber 6 (11–15) Kempf, Villeminot 5
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27 July 2018
19:30 		Portugal   25–27   Slovenia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Frade, D. Silva 6 (15–14) Novak 7
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15th place game

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28 July 2018
12:00 		Russia   28–26   Poland Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 50
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Shalabanov 10 (12–11) Krysiak 6
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13th place game

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28 July 2018
14:30 		Israel   30–28   Romania Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Surkis 6 (15–13) Hanțaru 6
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Eleventh place game

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28 July 2018
17:00 		Hungary   31–29   Denmark Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 200
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Máthé 11 (15–16) Møller 8
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Ninth place game

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28 July 2018
19:30 		Norway   24–20   Sweden Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
Heldal 5 (16–6) Jurmala, Salihi 5
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Seventh place game

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29 July 2018
10:00 		Iceland   30–27   Serbia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 150
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Hauksson 9 (13–12) Maksić 8
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Fifth place game

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29 July 2018
12:30 		Croatia   26–27   Spain Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Šarac 8 (12–13) Pérez, Tarrafeta 5
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Third place game

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29 July 2018
15:00 		Germany   29–26   Portugal Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Klein 6 (14–11) D. Silva 6
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Final

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29 July 2018
17:30 		France   30–31   Slovenia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Villeminot 6 (16–15) Ocvirk 11
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Final ranking

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Rank Team
    Slovenia
    France
    Germany
4   Portugal
5   Spain
6   Croatia
7   Iceland
8   Serbia
9   Norway
10   Sweden
11   Hungary
12   Denmark[4]
13   Israel
14   Romania
15   Russia
16   Poland
Team qualified to the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Awards

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Award Player
Most Valuable Player   Diogo Silva (POR)
Best Defence Player   Joshua Thiele (GER)
Topscorer   Gregor Ocvirk (SLO) (57 goals)
All-Star Team[5]
Position Player
Goalkeeper   Robin Paulsen Haug (NOR)
Right wing   Domen Novak (SLO)
Right back   Diogo Silva (POR)
Centre back   Kyllian Villeminot (FRA)
Left back   Gregor Ocvirk (SLO)
Left wing   Dylan Nahi (FRA)
Pivot   Luis Frade (POR)

References

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  1. ^ "France the team to beat in Slovenia". EHF. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Preliminary round for Men's 20 EHF EURO 2018 to be drawn on 19 February". EHF. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Starting grid confirmed for Men's 20 EHF EURO 2018". EHF. 19 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Substitute nations for 2019 Men's Junior and Youth World Championships confirmed". IHF. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Slovenia upset France to win Men's 20 EHF EURO at home". EHF. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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