2018 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship

2018 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	19–29 July
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Slovenia (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	3,101 (55.38 per match)
Attendance	23,950 (428 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gregor Ocvirk (57 goals)
Best player	Diogo Silva

The 2018 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship was the twelfth edition of the European Men's U-20 Handball Championship, held in Celje, Slovenia from 19 to 29 July 2018.

Qualified teams

• Croatia
• Denmark
• France
• Germany
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Israel
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Serbia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden

Draw

The draw was held on 19 February 2018 in Celje.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
France Croatia Germany Slovenia	Denmark Spain Iceland Serbia	Sweden Portugal Russia Norway	Poland Hungary Israel Romania

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	1	2	0	77	72	+5	4	Main round
2	Iceland	3	1	1	1	79	87	−8	3
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	95	88	+7	3	Intermediate round
4	Romania	3	1	0	2	85	89	−4	2

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.
Notes:

19 July 2018 13:00	Germany	22–22	Sweden	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Schreiber 8	(13–12)	Windahl 6
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19 July 2018 15:00	Iceland	19–29	Romania	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	three players 3	(5–15)	Hanțaru 7
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20 July 2018 13:00	Romania	25–30	Germany	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 150 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Căbuț 7	(15–17)	Stutzke 9
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20 July 2018 15:00	Sweden	33–35	Iceland	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 250 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Salihi 10	(12–19)	Þorkelsson 8
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22 July 2018 13:00	Germany	25–25	Iceland	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 300 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Michel, Simak 5	(16–12)	Jóhannsson 6
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22 July 2018 15:00	Sweden	40–31	Romania	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Wallinius 9	(17–16)	three players 5
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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia (H)	3	3	0	0	82	66	+16	6	Main round
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	88	82	+6	4
3	Israel	3	1	0	2	82	88	−6	2	Intermediate round
4	Norway	3	0	0	3	71	87	−16	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

19 July 2018 17:00	Serbia	35–28	Israel	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Maksić 9	(21–13)	Sarfati, Sless 4
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19 July 2018 19:30	Slovenia	27–19	Norway	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Ocvirk 5	(11–9)	three players 4
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20 July 2018 17:00	Norway	27–30	Serbia	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Heldal 9	(12–18)	Pisarić 8
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20 July 2018 19:00	Israel	24–28	Slovenia	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 600 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Cohen 8	(13–15)	Ocvirk 11
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22 July 2018 17:00	Norway	25–30	Israel	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 300 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Boilesen 6	(10–15)	Cohen 9
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22 July 2018 19:00	Slovenia	27–23	Serbia	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Ocvirk 12	(14–13)	Maksić 8
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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	96	74	+22	6	Main round
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	92	85	+7	4
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	86	95	−9	2	Intermediate round
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	70	90	−20	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.

19 July 2018 13:00	Croatia	26–22	Russia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Martinović, Vistorop 6	(14–10)	Nikolaenkov 6
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19 July 2018 15:00	Spain	32–23	Poland	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Sarió 7	(15–12)	Adamczyk, Mauer 6
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20 July 2018 13:00	Poland	27–35	Croatia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Mauer 6	(14–17)	Šarac 10
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20 July 2018 15:00	Russia	20–28	Spain	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	Beliaev 7	(9–11)	Valera 5
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22 July 2018 13:00	Croatia	31–36	Spain	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 150 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Šarac 6	(12–20)	Valera 8
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22 July 2018 15:00	Russia	28–36	Poland	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Dolinin 8	(9–19)	Zarzycki 7
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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	94	87	+7	6	Main round
2	France	3	2	0	1	93	85	+8	4
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	82	84	−2	2	Intermediate round
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	75	88	−13	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.

19 July 2018 17:00	France	28–32	Portugal	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Nahi 7	(14–12)	D. Silva 12
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19 July 2018 19:00	Denmark	23–22	Hungary	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 250 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Gidsel 7	(10–14)	Máthé 10
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20 July 2018 17:00	Hungary	23–34	France	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Borzas 6	(10–17)	Prandi 7
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20 July 2018 19:00	Portugal	31–29	Denmark	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	D. Silva 9	(14–11)	Møller 8
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22 July 2018 17:00	France	31–30	Denmark	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Nahi, Villeminot 7	(16–14)	Jörgensen 6
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22 July 2018 19:00	Portugal	31–30	Hungary	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 150 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	D. Silva 7	(12–13)	Máthé 9
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Intermediate round

Group I1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	2	0	1	77	71	+6	4	9–12th place semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	85	76	+9	4
3	Israel	3	2	0	1	82	76	+6	4	13–16th place semifinals
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	78	99	−21	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.
Notes:

24 July 2018 17:00	Romania	25–29	Norway	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Căbuț, Pop 5	(8–16)	Boilesen, Heldal 5
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24 July 2018 19:00	Sweden	29–22	Israel	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 300 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	Salihi, Sunnefeldt 5	(14–9)	Cohen 6
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25 July 2018 17:00	Norway	23–16	Sweden	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Rønningen 7	(12–10)	Sunnefeldt 4
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25 July 2018 19:00	Israel	30–22	Romania	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Cohen 11	(17–13)	Hanțaru 9
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Group I2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	84	70	+14	6	9–12th place semifinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	90	86	+4	4
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	88	90	−2	2	13–16th place semifinals
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	87	103	−16	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.

24 July 2018 13:00	Russia	34–37	Hungary	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 50 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Nikolaenkov 8	(17–17)	Borzas 9
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24 July 2018 15:00	Poland	23–31	Denmark	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 150 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Mauer 6	(11–15)	Würtz 6
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25 July 2018 13:00	Hungary	31–29	Poland	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 50 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Szita 7	(15–11)	Gregułowski, Mauer 7
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25 July 2018 15:00	Denmark	30–25	Russia	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Tilsted 6	(15–12)	three players 4
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Main round

Group M1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	83	67	+16	5	Semifinals
2	Slovenia (H)	3	2	0	1	74	70	+4	4
3	Iceland	3	0	2	1	71	75	−4	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	68	84	−16	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.
(H) Hosts

24 July 2018 17:00	Iceland	25–25	Serbia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Hauksson 6	(9–12)	Pisarić 8
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24 July 2018 19:00	Germany	26–22	Slovenia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Thiele 6	(9–11)	Ocvirk 7
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25 July 2018 17:00	Serbia	20–32	Germany	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Mijatović 6	(12–14)	Backs, Witzke 6
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25 July 2018 19:00	Slovenia	25–21	Iceland	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Horžen, Ocvirk 5	(14–10)	Birgisson 6
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Group M2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	2	0	1	84	85	−1	4	Semifinals
2	France	3	2	0	1	100	93	+7	4
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	96	95	+1	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Croatia	3	1	0	2	89	96	−7	2

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.
Notes:

24 July 2018 13:00	Croatia	28–37	France	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Martinović 8	(14–18)	Villeminot 7
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24 July 2018 15:00	Spain	27–29	Portugal	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 250 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	four players 4	(9–13)	D. Silva 8
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25 July 2018 13:00	France	35–33	Spain	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Prandi 7	(19–15)	Tarrafeta 9
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25 July 2018 15:00	Portugal	23–30	Croatia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 150 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	D. Silva 8	(11–17)	Miličević 6
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Final round

Bracket

Championship bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	27 July
	Germany	26
					29 July
	France	28
					France	30
	27 July
					Slovenia	31
	Portugal	25
	Slovenia	27
					Third place
					29 July
					Germany	29
					Portugal	26

9th place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				9th place
	27 July
	Norway	29
					28 July
	Hungary	23
					Norway	24
	27 July
					Sweden	20
	Denmark	30
	Sweden	33
					11th place
					28 July
					Hungary	31
					Denmark	29

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				5th place
	27 July
	Iceland	27
					29 July
	Croatia	31
					Croatia	26
	27 July
					Spain	27
	Spain	27
	Serbia	24
					7th place
					29 July
					Iceland	30
					Serbia	27

13th place bracket

	13–16th place semifinals				13th place
	27 July
	Israel	26
					28 July
	Russia	19
					Israel	30
	27 July
					Romania	28
	Poland	31
	Romania (OT)	32
					15th place
					28 July
					Russia	28
					Poland	26

13–16th place semifinals

27 July 2018 12:00	Israel	26–19	Russia	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Cohen 8	(12–10)	Beliaev 5
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27 July 2018 14:30	Poland	31–32 (ET)	Romania	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 50 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Jarosiewicz 7	(14–11)	Căbuț 12
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	FT: 28–28 ET: 3–4

9–12th place semifinals

27 July 2018 17:00	Norway	29–23	Hungary	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	Boilesen 5	(12–8)	Máthé 6
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27 July 2018 19:30	Denmark	30–33	Sweden	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 150 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Møller 11	(17–18)	Windahl 7
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5–8th place semifinals

27 July 2018 12:00	Iceland	27–31	Croatia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Jóhannsson 6	(16–17)	Martinović 8
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27 July 2018 14:30	Spain	27–24	Serbia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Martínez 5	(14–10)	Ivanović 9
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Semifinals

27 July 2018 17:00	Germany	26–28	France	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Schreiber 6	(11–15)	Kempf, Villeminot 5
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27 July 2018 19:30	Portugal	25–27	Slovenia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Frade, D. Silva 6	(15–14)	Novak 7
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15th place game

28 July 2018 12:00	Russia	28–26	Poland	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 50 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	Shalabanov 10	(12–11)	Krysiak 6
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13th place game

28 July 2018 14:30	Israel	30–28	Romania	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 150 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Surkis 6	(15–13)	Hanțaru 6
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Eleventh place game

28 July 2018 17:00	Hungary	31–29	Denmark	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 200 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Máthé 11	(15–16)	Møller 8
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Ninth place game

28 July 2018 19:30	Norway	24–20	Sweden	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (KOS)
	Heldal 5	(16–6)	Jurmala, Salihi 5
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Seventh place game

29 July 2018 10:00	Iceland	30–27	Serbia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 150 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Hauksson 9	(13–12)	Maksić 8
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Fifth place game

29 July 2018 12:30	Croatia	26–27	Spain	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 100 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Šarac 8	(12–13)	Pérez, Tarrafeta 5
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Third place game

29 July 2018 15:00	Germany	29–26	Portugal	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 600 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Klein 6	(14–11)	D. Silva 6
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Final

29 July 2018 17:30	France	30–31	Slovenia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Villeminot 6	(16–15)	Ocvirk 11
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Final ranking

Rank	Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Slovenia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Germany
4	Portugal
5	Spain
6	Croatia
7	Iceland
8	Serbia
9	Norway
10	Sweden
11	Hungary
12	Denmark
13	Israel
14	Romania
15	Russia
16	Poland

Team qualified to the 2019 Men's Junior World Handball Championship

Awards

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Diogo Silva (POR)
Best Defence Player	Joshua Thiele (GER)
Topscorer	Gregor Ocvirk (SLO) (57 goals)

All-Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Robin Paulsen Haug (NOR)
Right wing	Domen Novak (SLO)
Right back	Diogo Silva (POR)
Centre back	Kyllian Villeminot (FRA)
Left back	Gregor Ocvirk (SLO)
Left wing	Dylan Nahi (FRA)
Pivot	Luis Frade (POR)

External links

• Official website Archived 2018-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
• EHF Archived 2018-07-30 at the Wayback Machine