2024 Men's U-20 EHF Championship

2024 Men's U-20 EHF Championship
Tournament details
Host country Kosovo
CityPristina
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates13–21 July 2024
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Slovakia
Runners-up Latvia
Third place Finland
Fourth place Luxembourg
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Top scorer(s) Sadik Emre Herseklioglu
(45 goals)
Official website
Official website

The 2024 Men's U-20 EHF Championship was held in Pristina, Kosovo from 13 to 21 July 2024.[1] Slovakia won the tournament by defeating Latvia in the final.[2]

Teams

  •  Belgium
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Estonia
  •  Finland
  •  Georgia
  •  Great Britain
  •  Kosovo
  •  Latvia
  •  Lithuania
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Slovakia
  •  Turkey

Venue

As the larger arena is being renovated, the tournament was held in the smaller arena.

Pristina
Palace of Youth and Sports (smaller arena)
Capacity: 2,800

Draw

The draw was held on 29 February 2024 in Vienna at 15:00 (CET).[3][4] Prior to the draw, Belgium, Estonia and Georgia, who all had the same EHF ranking, would be placed into a separate draw to determine each team's position in the draw.[3] Later on, Georgia won the draw and were placed in pot 2.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Luxembourg
 Finland
 Latvia
 Lithuania 		 Slovakia
 Turkey
 Kosovo
 Georgia 		 Belgium
 Estonia
 Bulgaria
 Great Britain

Referees

Referees
 Czech Republic Jakub Uhlir
Vojtech Benus
 Croatia Matija Brodic
Matija Hodzic
 Denmark Nichlas Nygaard
Jonas Primdahl
 Germany Lucas Hellbusch
Darnel Jansen
Referees
 Kosovo Genc Bujupi
Getoar Bujupi
 Montenegro Milica Pavicevic
Sladana Martinovic
 Switzerland Linus Hardegger
Simon Hardegger
 Ukraine Mykola Shnyt
Volodymyr Filonenko

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 2 2 0 0 81 46 +35 4 Quarterfinals
2  Kosovo (H) 2 1 0 1 50 61 −11 2
3  Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 41 65 −24 0 9–12 placement group
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
13 July 2024
19:15 		Kosovo  23–22  Bulgaria Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Hellbusch, Jansen (GER)
Mulaj 9 (15–13) Marev 7
1× 6× Report  3×
14 July 2024
14:30 		Bulgaria  19–42  Finland Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Uhlir, Benus (CZE)
Marev 5 (9–21) von Troil 11
 5× Report 1× 5×
15 July 2024
19:00 		Finland  39–27  Kosovo Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Nygaard, Primdahl (DEN)
Sjöstedt 8 (20–9) Mulaj 8
 1× Report 1× 2×

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 67 48 +19 4 Quarterfinals
2  Turkey 2 1 0 1 59 61 −2 2
3  Belgium 2 0 0 2 52 69 −17 0 9–12 placement group
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.
13 July 2024
12:15 		Turkey  37–26  Belgium Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Brodic, Hodzic (CRO)
Herseklioglu 15 (17–13) Dubuc, Riske 6
 3× Report 2× 3×
14 July 2024
12:15 		Belgium  26–32  Luxembourg Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Hardegger, Hardegger (SUI)
Dubuc 6 (14–17) Etute 8
 3× Report  1×
15 July 2024
12:15 		Luxembourg  35–22  Turkey Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Hellbusch, Jansen (GER)
Etute 9 (18–11) Herseklioglu 6
1× 8× 1× Report  4×

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Estonia 2 1 1 0 54 50 +4 3 Quarterfinals
2  Lithuania 2 1 0 1 59 58 +1 2
3  Georgia 2 0 1 1 56 61 −5 1 9–12 placement group
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.
13 July 2024
14:30 		Georgia  26–26  Estonia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Nygaard, Primdahl (DEN)
Pantskhava 7 (13–12) Vare 6
1× 6× Report 2× 3×
14 July 2024
16:45 		Estonia  28–24  Lithuania Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Bujupi, Bujupi (KOS)
Koks 7 (12–9) Draksas, Cesna 4
 7× Report  4×
15 July 2024
14:30 		Lithuania  35–30  Georgia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Pavicevic, Martinovic (MNE)
Draksas 7 (16–15) Pantskhava 10
 5× Report 1× 7× 1×

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia 2 2 0 0 76 47 +29 4 Quarterfinals
2  Slovakia 2 1 0 1 65 44 +21 2
3  Great Britain 2 0 0 2 35 85 −50 0 9–12 placement group
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.
13 July 2024
16:45 		Slovakia  39–14  Great Britain Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Pavicevic, Martinovic (MNE)
Fenár 7 (18–4) Leavey 4
 3× Report  9× 1×
14 July 2024
19:00 		Great Britain  21–46  Latvia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Shnyt, Filonenko (UKR)
Persson 6 (7–22) Vaškevicš 6
 3× Report  5×
15 July 2024
16:45 		Latvia  30–26  Slovakia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Brodic, Hodzic (CRO)
Bors 8 (11–13) Fenár 6
1× 6× Report  10× 1×

9–12 placement group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 95 63 +32 6
2  Georgia 3 2 0 1 100 86 +14 4
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 2 68 96 −28 2
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 74 92 −18 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.
16 July 2024
16:45 		Bulgaria  31–34  Georgia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Bujupi, Bujupi (KOS)
Dimitrov 10 (10–17) Khelisupali 17
 7× Report 1× 4×
16 July 2024
19:00 		Belgium  30–20  Great Britain Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Shnyt, Filonenko (UKR)
Dubuc Maes 5 (14–13) Chigozie 6
 3× Report  1×
18 July 2024
16:45 		Georgia  25–34  Belgium Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Brodic, Hodzic (CRO)
Meliava 9 (14–16) Verbeke 6
 1× Report 1× 1×
18 July 2024
19:00 		Great Britain  27–25  Bulgaria Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Shnyt, Filonenko (UKR)
Johnson 10 (8–13) Dimitrov 11
Report  5×
20 July 2024
15:00 		Georgia  41–21  Great Britain Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Uhlir, Benus (CZE)
Pantskhava 9 (21–8) Persson, Wellbelove 4
 2× Report  2×
20 July 2024
17:30 		Bulgaria  18–31  Belgium Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Hardegger, Hardegger (SUI)
Petkov 8 (8–18) Dubuc 10
 2× Report  2×

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 July
 
 
 Finland 45
 
19 July
 
 Turkey 35
 
 Finland 31
 
17 July
 
 Latvia 36
 
 Latvia 43
 
21 July
 
 Lithuania 31
 
 Latvia 25
 
17 July
 
 Slovakia 31
 
 Luxembourg 27
 
19 July
 
  Kosovo 22
 
 Luxembourg 24
 
17 July
 
 Slovakia 36 Third place
 
 Estonia 27
 
21 July
 
 Slovakia 28
 
 Finland 36
 
 
  Luxembourg 35
 

5–8 classification bracket

 
Semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
19 July
 
 
 Turkey35
 
21 July
 
 Lithuania34
 
 Turkey28
 
19 July
 
 Estonia30
 
 Kosovo18
 
 
 Estonia28
 
7th place match
 
 
21 July
 
 
 Lithuania38
 
 
 Kosovo32

Quarterfinals

17 July 2024
12:15 		Latvia  43–31  Lithuania Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Nygaard, Primdahl (DEN)
Serafimovics 11 (19–14) Kairys 12
 5× Report 2× 4×
17 July 2024
14:30 		Estonia  27–28  Slovakia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Pavicevic, Martinovic (MNE)
Vare 7 (12–15) Fenár, Jurkovic 7
1× 6× Report  4×
17 July 2024
16:45 		Luxembourg  27–22  Kosovo Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Uhlir, Benus (CZE)
Etute, Richard 6 (14–10) Mulaj 7
 7× Report 1× 5×
17 July 2024
19:00 		Finland  45–35  Turkey Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Hardegger, Hardegger (SUI)
Reenpää 8 (20–15) Yildiz 10
 2× Report  3×

5–8th place semifinals

19 July 2024
12:15 		Turkey  35–34  Lithuania Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Bujupi, Bujupi (KOS)
Herseklioglu 12 (19–17) Kairys 8
1× 4× Report  1×
19 July 2024
14:30 		Kosovo  18–28  Estonia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Hellbusch, Jansen (GER)
Mulaj 4 (8–15) Koks, Kosmirak 4
 2× Report 2× 3×

Semifinals

19 July 2024
16:45 		Finland  31–36  Latvia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Pavicevic, Martinovic (MNE)
von Troil 12 (12–15) Kalnins, Serafimovics 9
1× 5× Report 1× 5× 1×
19 July 2024
19:00 		Luxembourg  24–36  Slovakia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Nygaard, Primdahl (DEN)
Kaysen 6 (11–17) Fenár, Mital 8
 4× 1× Report  4×

Seventh place game

21 July 2024
12:00 		Lithuania  38–32  Kosovo Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Brodic, Hodzic (CRO)
Janušonis 6 (15–18) Mulaj 8
1× 2× Report  3×

Fifth place game

21 July 2024
14:15 		Turkey  28–30  Estonia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Nygaard, Primdahl (DEN)
Herseklioglu 6 (11–15) three players 6
1× 3× Report  2×

Third place game

21 July 2024
16:30 		Finland  36–35  Luxembourg Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Hardegger, Hardegger (SUI)
Leppänen 9 (10–14) Etute, Meunier 6
1× 3× Report  5× 2×

Final

21 July 2024
18:45 		Latvia  25–31  Slovakia Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Referees: Hellbusch, Jansen (GER)
Serafimovics 7 (11–14) Jurkovic 7
1× 2× Report  4×

Final ranking

Rank Team
 Slovakia
 Latvia
 Finland
4  Luxembourg
5  Estonia
6  Turkey
7  Lithuania
8  Kosovo
9  Belgium
10  Georgia
11  Great Britain
12  Bulgaria

See also

References

  1. ^ "Young stars head to Kosovo eyeing M20 EHF Championship trophy". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Determined Slovakia claim M20 EHF Championship trophy". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Draws to set stage for summer's M18 and M20 competitions". www.eurohandball.com.
  4. ^ "Bumper M20 EHF EURO set after draw event". www.eurohandball.com.
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