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2024 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship

The 2024 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship, held in Montenegro from 7 to 18 August 2024.

Host selection

On 31 March 2023, Montenegro was given the hosting rights.

Expansion

At a meeting in Ljubljana, the EHF Executive Committee announced that they would analyse a possible expansion to 24 teams. On 17 June 2022, the EHF officially expanded the event to 24 teams.

Format

In the first round, 24 teams are divided into 6 groups of 4:

  • The six group winners plus the two best runner up (one from Groups A, B and C and one from Groups D, E and F) advance to the Main round.
  • The four worst runners up and the four best third place teams (two from Groups A, B and C and two from Groups D, E and F) move on to the Intermediate round.
  • The two worst third place teams (one from Groups A, B and C and one from Groups D, E and F) and all fourth place teams play in the Elimination round.

In the Second round, all teams are again split into 6 groups of 4, but this time, against the teams who advanced to the same round as them. Each separate phase (Main, Intermediate and Elimination) consist of eight teams and are split into 2 group of four.

  • The teams in the Main round fight to win the championship.
  • The teams in the Intermediate round play for rankings 9–16.
  • The teams in the Elimination round play for positions 17–24 and to not get relegated.

Regarding the Main round, The top two from each group progresses to the semifinals, where the winners of the semifinals play for the title, while the two semifinal losers play for bronze.

Qualification

To determine the extra spots, 20 teams competed in five separate qualifiers to decide the 10 teams advancing to the Euro.

Venues

The venues are in Podgorica.

Draw

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Ranking of second-placed teams

Groups A, B and C
Groups D, E and F

Ranking of third-placed teams

Groups A, B and C
Groups D, E and F

Elimination round

Group E1

Group E2

Intermediate round

Group I1

Group I2

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced was transferred to the main round.

Group M1

Group M2

Placement round

Bracket

21st place bracket

21–24th place semifinals

23rd place game

21st place game

17st place bracket

17–20th place semifinals

19th place game

17th place game

13th place bracket

13–16th place semifinals

15th place game

13th place game

9th place bracket

9–12th place semifinals

11th place game

9th place game

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

All-Star Team

See also

External links

References