European Men's U-18 Handball Championship

The European Men's Youth Handball Championship, is the official competition for youth men's handball national handball teams in Europe, held by the European Handball Federation every second year. Since the 2004 edition, the championship received its current name: EHF European Men's U-18 Handball Championship.

In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the IHF Youth World Handball Championship.

Tournaments[]

Year	Host Country		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1992	Switzerland		Portugal	30–26	Russia		Spain	23–19	Norway
1994	Israel		Spain	16–15	Portugal		Denmark	—	Sweden
1997	Estonia		Sweden	28–24			Hungary	27–20
1999	Portugal		Hungary	24–23	Spain		Denmark	22–19	Russia
2001	Luxembourg		Russia	27–24	Denmark		Sweden	37–19
2003	Slovakia		Iceland	27–23	Germany		Denmark	29–19	Sweden
2004	Serbia & Montenegro			27–20	Croatia		Denmark	27–25	Slovenia
2006	Estonia		Croatia	30–24	Denmark		Sweden	34–28
2008	Czech Republic		Germany	31–27	Denmark		Sweden	42–35	Iceland
2010	Montenegro		Croatia	27–26	Spain		Denmark	28–27	Germany
2012	Austria		Germany	30–29	Sweden		Denmark	37–32	Spain
2014	Poland		France	33–30	Hungary		Spain	27–21	Denmark
2016	Croatia		France	40–38	Croatia		Germany	32–31	Slovenia
2018 Details	Croatia		Sweden	32–27	Iceland		Denmark	26–24	Croatia
2020	Slovenia		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[1]
2021[a] Details	Croatia		Germany	34–20	Croatia		Spain	37–28	Slovenia
2022	Montenegro

^a The European Handball Federation decided to hold an U-19 European Championship in 2021, in a move to lessen the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact for national team players born in 2002.^[2]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	1	1	5
2	Croatia	2	3	0	5
3	Sweden	2	1	3	6
4	France	2	0	0	2
5	Spain	1	2	3	6
6	Hungary	1	1	1	3
7	Iceland	1	1	0	2
	Portugal	1	1	0	2
	Russia	1	1	0	2
10		1	0	0	1
11	Denmark	0	3	7	10
12		0	1	0	1
Totals (12 nations)		15	15	15	45

References[]

External links[]

• Eurohandball.com
• History of the EHF Men’s 18 European Championships