2024 Men's U-18 EHF Championship I

2024 Men's U-18 EHF Championship I
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
CityHumenné
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates12–18 August 2024
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Bosnia and Herzegovina
Runners-up Latvia
Third place Turkey
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Top scorer(s) Sadik Emre Herseklioglu
(60 goals)
Awards
Best player Alem Hadžić[1]
Official website
Official website

The 2024 Men's U-18 EHF Championship I was held in Humenné, Slovakia from 12 to 18 August 2024.[2] Bosnia and Herzegovina won the tournament by defeating Latvia in the final.[3][4]

Teams

  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  •  Estonia
  •  Finland
  •  Latvia
  •  Lithuania
  •  Netherlands
  •  Slovakia
  •  Turkey

Venue

The venue was the Mestska Sportova Hala in Humenné.[2]

Draw

The draw was held on 29 February 2024 in Vienna at 15:00 (CET).[5][6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Latvia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Slovakia
 Lithuania
 Estonia
 Netherlands
 Turkey
 Finland

Referees

Referees
 Bulgaria Svetoslav Yovchev
Zvezdelin Yonchev
 Cyprus Charalambos Charalambous
Efstathiou Efstathios
 Poland Malgorzata Lidacka
Urszula Lesiak
Referees
 Serbia Stefan Berdic
Filip Šorak
 Slovakia Barbora Bocakova
Lucia Janosikova

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 3 0 0 109 81 +28 6 Semifinals
2  Turkey 3 2 0 1 105 100 +5 4
3  Lithuania 3 0 1 2 92 104 −12 1 5–8 classification bracket
4  Estonia 3 0 1 2 84 105 −21 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.
12 August 2024
12:15
Lithuania  34–43  Turkey Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
Labutis 9 (16–21) Mete 11
 3× Report  11×
12 August 2024
14:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina  43–23  Estonia Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Hadzic, Hadzimuhamedovic 11 (20–8) Heinla 7
 2× Report  4×

13 August 2024
12:15
Estonia  33–34  Turkey Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK)
Heinla 8 (15–16) Herseklioglu 13
 6× 1× Report  8× 1×
13 August 2024
14:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina  33–30  Lithuania Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL)
Hadzimuhamedovic 11 (17–14) Labutis 7
 5× Report  3×

15 August 2024
16:45
Turkey  28–33  Bosnia and Herzegovina Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
Herseklioglu 12 (13–16) Hadzic 10
 6× Report  4×
15 August 2024
19:00
Lithuania  28–28  Estonia Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK)
Labutis 7 (14–13) Liedemann 6
 6× 1× Report  7×

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia 3 2 1 0 95 79 +16 5 Semifinals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 96 80 +16 4
3  Slovakia (H) 3 1 1 1 91 87 +4 3 5–8 classification bracket
4  Finland 3 0 0 3 67 103 −36 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
12 August 2024
16:45
Slovakia  32–23  Finland Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL)
Mišových 7 (19–12) Malkamäki 4
 2× Report  3×
12 August 2024
19:00
Latvia  29–27  Netherlands Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP)
Borisovs, Lilienfelds 8 (14–12) Skwarczynski 5
 4× Report  2×

13 August 2024
16:45
Netherlands  34–21  Finland Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
Antonio 7 (14–7) Sivén 5
 6× Report
13 August 2024
19:00
Latvia  29–29  Slovakia Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Lilienfelds 8 (15–15) Krok 8
 8× 1× Report  8× 1×

15 August 2024
12:15
Finland  23–37  Latvia Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP)
Hagman 6 (13–17) Bors 10
 3× Report  4×
15 August 2024
14:30
Slovakia  30–35  Netherlands Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Yonchev, Yonchev (BUL)
Gagyi 6 (21–18) Luijten 9
 3× Report  4×

Knockout stage

5–8 classification bracket

 
Semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
17 August
 
 
 Lithuania28
 
18 August
 
 Finland25
 
 Lithuania34
 
17 August
 
 Estonia30
 
 Slovakia26
 
 
 Estonia29
 
7th place match
 
 
18 August
 
 
 Finland27
 
 
 Slovakia35

5–8th place semifinals

17 August 2024
12:15
Lithuania  28–25  Finland Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK)
Labutis 7 (13–13) Ahlbäck 7
 4× Report  3×

17 August 2024
14:30
Slovakia  26–29  Estonia Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP)
Gagyi 6 (14–14) Liedemann, Luks 6
 4× 1× Report  7×

Seventh place game

18 August 2024
14:00
Finland  27–35  Slovakia Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
Berglund 6 (9–17) Valent 9
 3× Report  7× 1×

Fifth place game

18 August 2024
16:15
Lithuania  34–30  Estonia Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP)
Budraitis 9 (14–15) Liedemann 7
 1× Report  6×

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 August
 
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina29
 
18 August
 
 Netherlands25
 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina38
 
17 August
 
 Latvia26
 
 Latvia33
 
 
 Turkey28
 
Third place
 
 
18 August
 
 
 Netherlands36
 
 
 Turkey38

Semifinals

17 August 2024
16:45
Bosnia and Herzegovina  29–25  Netherlands Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
Hadzimuhamedovic 11 (16–13) Van Vliet 6
 2× Report  3×

17 August 2024
19:00
Latvia  33–28  Turkey Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Misulis 10 (15–15) Herseklioglu 12
 3× Report  7× 1×

Third place game

18 August 2024
18:30
Netherlands  36–38  Turkey Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL)
Luijten 7 (15–19) Herseklioglu 15
 2× Report  2×

Final

18 August 2024
20:45
Bosnia and Herzegovina  38–36  Latvia Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Hadzimuhamedovic 12 (16–10) Misulis 6
 4× Report  3×

Final ranking

Rank Team
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Latvia
 Turkey
4  Netherlands
5  Lithuania
6  Estonia
7  Slovakia
8  Finland

See also

References

  1. ^ https://sport1.oslobodjenje.ba/s1/rukomet/reprezentacija/potez-organizatora-ehf-championshipa-najbolje-pokazuje-sta-misle-o-igri-bh-rukometasa-ove-sedmice-977837
  2. ^ a b "Kosovo and Slovakia raring to go as M18 EHF Championships begin". www.eurohandball.com.
  3. ^ "Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo claim M18 EHF Championships trophies". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ^ https://sport1.oslobodjenje.ba/s1/rukomet/reprezentacija/nevjerovatna-utakmica-zmajeva-bih-deklasirala-latviju-i-osvojila-ehf-championship-977830
  5. ^ "Draws to set stage for summer's M18 and M20 competitions". www.eurohandball.com.
  6. ^ "Regional derbies ahead at M18 EHF EURO". www.eurohandball.com.