2018 European Men's Handball Championship

2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Europsko rukometno prvenstvo za muškarce 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Venues	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	12–28 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	France
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	2,563 (54.53 per match)
Attendance	263,209 (5,600 per match)
Top scorers	Ondřej Zdráhala; (56 goals)
Awards
Best player	Jim Gottfridsson
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Host country

Croatia

Venues4 (in 4 host cities)

Dates12–28 January

Teams16 (from 1 confederation)

The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament, hosted for the second time in Croatia from 12 to 28 January 2018. Croatia was awarded hosting the tournament during the EHF congress in Dublin on 20 September 2014. This was the last edition to feature 16 teams, with the 2020 edition expanding to 24 teams and six preliminary groups format.

Spain won their first title after defeating Sweden 29–23 in the final. France captured the bronze medal after defeating Denmark 32–29. Defending champions Germany finished 9th while the hosts Croatia broke the streak of playing 7 semifinals in a row by finishing 5th.^[1]^[2]

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Zagreb	Split	Zagreb Split Varaždin Poreč
Arena Zagreb Capacity: 15,200	Spaladium Arena Capacity: 10,941

Varaždin	Poreč
Varaždin Arena Capacity: 5,200	Žatika Sport Centre Capacity: 3,700

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Croatia	Host	20 September 2014	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Spain	Group 3 winner	6 May 2017	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Germany	Group 5 winner	6 May 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
Sweden	Group 6 winner	6 May 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Denmark	Group 1 winner	14 June 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
France	Group 7 winner	14 June 2017	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Hungary	Group 1 runner-up	15 June 2017	10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Serbia	Group 2 runner-up	15 June 2017	4 ( 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Belarus	Group 2 winner	15 June 2017	4 (1994, 2008, 2014, 2016)
Montenegro	Group 6 runner-up	17 June 2017	3 (2008, 2014, 2016)
Norway	Group 7 runner-up	17 June 2017	7 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Slovenia	Group 5 runner-up	17 June 2017	10 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
Austria	Group 3 runner-up	17 June 2017	2 (2010, 2014)
Czech Republic	Group 4 runner-up	18 June 2017	8 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Macedonia	Group 4 winner	18 June 2017	4 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Iceland	Group 4 third place	18 June 2017	9 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	1	89	82	+7	4^[a]	Main round
2	Croatia (H)	3	2	1	92	79	+13	4^[a]
3	Serbia	3	1	2	76	88	−12	2^[b]
4	Iceland	3	1	2	74	82	−8	2^[b]

12 January 2018 18:15	Sweden	24–26	Iceland	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 8,700 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Gottfridsson 6	(8–15)	Guðmundsson 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

12 January 2018 20:30	Croatia	32–22	Serbia	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Stepančić, Štrlek 6	(14–9)	Nenadić 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

2018 European Men's Handball Championship

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

Draw

Seeding

Squads

Match officials

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round

Group I

Group II

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

All-Star Team

Awards

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

References

External links

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14 January 2018 18:15	Serbia	25–30	Sweden	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
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14 January 2018 20:30	Iceland	22–29	Croatia	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Zotin, Volotkov (RUS)
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16 January 2018 18:15	Serbia	29–26	Iceland	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,800 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
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16 January 2018 20:30	Croatia	31–35	Sweden	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
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12 January 2018 18:15	Belarus	27–26	Austria	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
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12 January 2018 20:30	France	32–31	Norway	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
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14 January 2018 18:15	Austria	26–33	France	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
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14 January 2018 20:30	Norway	33–28	Belarus	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
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16 January 2018 18:15	France	32–25	Belarus	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
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16 January 2018 20:30	Norway	39–28	Austria	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	156	130	+26	10	Advanced to semifinals
2	Sweden	5	3	2	136	127	+9	6^[a]	Advanced to semifinals
3	Croatia (H)	5	3	2	147	138	+9	6^[a]	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Norway	5	3	2	152	144	+8	6^[a]
5	Belarus	5	1	4	128	146	−18	2
6	Serbia	5	0	5	131	165	−34	0

13 January 2018 17:15	Germany	32–19	Montenegro	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
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13 January 2018 19:30	Macedonia	25–24	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
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15 January 2018 18:15	Slovenia	25–25	Germany	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
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15 January 2018 20:30	Montenegro	28–29	Macedonia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
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17 January 2018 18:15	Germany	25–25	Macedonia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
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17 January 2018 20:30	Montenegro	19–28	Slovenia	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
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13 January 2018 18:15	Spain	32–15	Czech Republic	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,780 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
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13 January 2018 20:30	Denmark	32–25	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,170 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
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15 January 2018 18:15	Hungary	25–27	Spain	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,470 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
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15 January 2018 20:30	Czech Republic	28–27	Denmark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
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17 January 2018 18:15	Czech Republic	33–27	Hungary	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,790 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
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17 January 2018 20:30	Spain	22–25	Denmark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
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18 January 2018 18:15	Serbia	27–32	Norway	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
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18 January 2018 20:30	Croatia	25–23	Belarus	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
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20 January 2018 18:15	Sweden	17–23	France	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 7,100 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
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20 January 2018 20:30	Croatia	32–28	Norway	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
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22 January 2018 18:15	Serbia	30–39	France	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
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22 January 2018 20:30	Sweden	29–20	Belarus	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
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24 January 2018 16:00	Serbia	27–32	Belarus	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
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24 January 2018 18:15	Sweden	25–28	Norway	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
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