2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament

2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1 – 2 December
Teams	4 (from EHF confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (1st title)
Runner-up	Croatia
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	188 (23.5 per match)
Attendance	1,120 (140 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ademir Demirovic (26 goals)
Best player	Ricardo Queiros (POR)
Best goalkeeper	Joyce Van Haaster (NED)
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The 2018 EHF European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament was the 3rd edition and was hosted for the first time in Portugal from 1 to 2 December 2018.^[1]

Venues

Leiria	Leiria
Pavilhao Leiria	Leiria

Match officials

Country	Referees
Austria	Mirsad Begovic Vladimir Bubalo
Portugal	Nelson Santos Ricardo Caçador

Source:^[2]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+0)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	3	0	44	27	+17	6	Final
2	Croatia	3	2	1	49	38	+11	4	Final
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	34	34	0	2	Third place game
4	Hungary	3	0	3	16	44	−28	0	Third place game

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points in the games between teams in question; 3) goal difference in the games between teams in question; 4) number of goals scored in the games between teams in question; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.^[3]
(H) Hosts

1 December 2018 10:30	Portugal	12-9	Netherlands	Pavilhao Leiria, Leiria Attendance: 100 Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Pedro (5)	(7-4)	van den Ende (4)
	2× 1×	Report	1× 1×

1 December 2018 12:00	Hungary	6-19	Croatia	Pavilhao Leiria, Leiria Attendance: 50 Referees: Santos, Caçador (PRT)
	Palkovits (3)	(3-9)	Stimac (8)
	1×	Report	2×

1 December 2018 17:00	Netherlands	11-7	Hungary	Pavilhao Leiria, Leiria Attendance: 80 Referees: Santos, Caçador (PRT)
	Neeft (4)	(6-1)	Tapai & Tomolya (2)
		Report	1×

1 December 2018 18:30	Croatia	15-18	Portugal	Pavilhao Leiria, Leiria Attendance: 150 Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Demirovic (9)	(6-10)	Queiros (10)
	1× 1×	Report	1× 5×

2 December 2018 10:00	Portugal	14-3	Hungary	Pavilhao Leiria, Leiria Attendance: 120 Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Mitrofan (5)	(8-1)	3 players (1)
	2×	Report	1×

2 December 2018 11:30	Netherlands	14-15	Croatia	Pavilhao Leiria, Leiria Attendance: 100 Referees: Santos, Caçador (PRT)
	Dokkum (7)	(7-8)	Demirovic (6)
	2× 2×	Report	3× 1×

Knockout stage

Third place game

2 December 2018 15:30	Netherlands	13-5	Hungary	Pavilhao Leiria, Leiria Attendance: 170 Referees: Santos, Caçador (PRT)
	Neeft (4)	(9-1)	Lengyel (4)
	2×	Report	2×

Final

2 December 2018 17:00	Portugal	20-7	Croatia	Pavilhao Leiria, Leiria Attendance: 350 Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Gomes (7)	(10-2)	Demirovic (5)
	1× 2×	Report

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Portugal
	Croatia
	Netherlands
4	Hungary

Awards

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Ricardo Queirós (POR)
Best Goalkeeper	Joyce Van Haaster (NED)
Topscorer	Ademir Demirovic (CRO) (26 goals)

Source: ^[4]

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Ademir Demirovic	Croatia	26
2	Ricardo Queirós	Portugal	16
2	Ante Stimac	Croatia	16
4	Iderlindo Gomes	Portugal	14
5	Martijn Dokkum	Netherlands	13
6	Bart Neeft	Netherlands	12
7	João Jerónimo	Portugal	9
	João Pedro	Portugal
	Ante Rubesa	Croatia
10	Serghei Mitrofan	Portugal	8

Source: ^[5]

References

^ Höritsch, Helmut (2018-07-04). "2nd MC Meeting 2018 Minutes" (PDF). 2 (p.); 5.5 (para.). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
^ "EHF OFFICIALS" (PDF). eurohandball. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
^ "Wheelchair handball rules for European tournaments" (PDF). eurohandball. 2018-05-22. 6 (p.); 3 (para.). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-01.
^ Costeiu, Adrian (2018-12-02). "Hosts Portugal earn first title at European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament". eurohandball. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
^ "2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament - Top Scorers". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-04.

External links

Official website Archived 2018-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
Second website Archived 2019-01-23 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Höritsch, Helmut (2018-07-04). "2nd MC Meeting 2018 Minutes" (PDF). 2 (p.); 5.5 (para.). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-08-17.

[2] "EHF OFFICIALS" (PDF). eurohandball. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-01.

[3] "Wheelchair handball rules for European tournaments" (PDF). eurohandball. 2018-05-22. 6 (p.); 3 (para.). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-01.

[4] Costeiu, Adrian (2018-12-02). "Hosts Portugal earn first title at European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament". eurohandball. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.

[5] "2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament - Top Scorers". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-04.

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