European Men's U-18 Handball Championship

European Men's Youth Handball Championship
European Men's Youth Handball Championship
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	midyear
Frequency	annual
Country	varying
Inaugurated	1992

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
Year	Host Country	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1992 Details	Switzerland	Portugal	30–26	Russia	Spain	23–19	Norway
1994 Details	Israel	Spain	16–15	Portugal	Denmark	28—21	Israel
1997 Details	Estonia	Sweden	28–24	Czech Republic	Hungary	27–20	Greece
1999 Details	Portugal	Hungary	24–23	Spain	Denmark	22–19	Russia
2001 Details	Luxembourg	Russia	27–24	Denmark	Sweden	37–19	Romania
2003 Details	Slovakia	Iceland	27–23	Germany	Denmark	29–19	Sweden
2004 Details	Serbia & Montenegro	Serbia & Montenegro	27–20	Croatia	Denmark	27–25	Slovenia
2006 Details	Estonia	Croatia	30–24	Denmark	Sweden	34–28	Poland
2008 Details	Czech Republic	Germany	31–27	Denmark	Sweden	42–35	Iceland
2010 Details	Montenegro	Croatia	27–26	Spain	Denmark	28–27	Germany
2012 Details	Austria	Germany	30–29	Sweden	Denmark	37–32	Spain
2014 Details	Poland	France	33–30	Hungary	Spain	27–21	Denmark
2016 Details	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 Details	Montenegro	Spain	34–32	Sweden	Germany	29–22	Hungary
2024 Details	Montenegro	Sweden	37–36 (ET)	Denmark	Hungary	36–34 (ET)	Iceland

^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	Sweden	3	2	3	8
2	Germany	3	1	2	6
3	Croatia	2	3	0	5
4	Spain	2	2	3	7
5	France	2	0	0	2
6	Hungary	1	1	2	4
7	Iceland	1	1	0	2
	Portugal	1	1	0	2
	Russia	1	1	0	2
10	Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	0	1
11	Denmark	0	4	7	11
12	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
Totals (12 entries)		17	17	17	51

Participating nations

Nation	1992	1994	1997	1999	2001	2003	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2021	2022	2024	Total
Austria	7				8			14			6				16		16	6
Belarus							8				8	11						3
Bosnia and Herzegovina									11									1
Bulgaria							16											1
Croatia				7	9	11	2	1	5	1	7	10	2	4	2	5	13	14
Czech Republic		D	2					15	13	11	14	14	15				14	8
Denmark		D	6	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	5	3	5	6	2	15
Estonia			11				14	12										3
Faroe Islands																9	15	1
Finland									16		16							2
France				11	5	10	9	6	7		12	1	1	7	10	14	12	12
Germany	5			9		2	5	9	1	4	1	7	3	6	1	3	5	14
Greece		D	4														20	2
Hungary		D	3	1	11	8	10	10	12			2		10	9	4	3	13
Iceland						1	12		4	12	15	9	7	2	8	10	4	11
Israel	6	D	12											14	14		17	5
Italy															12	16	21	3
Luxembourg					10													1
Montenegro										15						12	23	2
North Macedonia		D										15					19	2
Norway	4			11					8	13	9		12	11	11	7		9
Poland				6				4		10		8	13	15		15	18	8
Portugal	1	2		8		7				14			10	12	6	8	10	9
Romania		D			4						11	16		16			22	5
Russia	2	D		4	1	12	11	16	14	9		12	11	13	15			13
Serbia									10	5	10	13	8	8	13	13	6	9
Serbia and Montenegro						6	1	7										3
Slovakia				12	6	9	6	11	15	16			16					8
Slovenia			5	5	7	5	4	13	9	8	5		4	9	4	11	9	14
Spain	3	1	8	2				5	6	2	4	3	6	5	3	1	8	14
Sweden		D	1		3	4	7	3	3	7	2	5	9	1	7	2	1	15
Switzerland	8						13				13	6	14				11	6
Turkey								8										1
Ukraine			10														24	1
Yugoslavia			7															1
Total	8	11	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	24