2018 European Men's Handball Championship

2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Europsko rukometno prvenstvo za muškarce 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Kroatien
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	12–28 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spanien (1st title)
Runner-up	Schweden
Third place	Frankreich
Fourth place	Dänemark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	2,563 (54.53 per match)
Attendance	263,209 (5,600 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ondřej Zdráhala; (56 goals)
Best player	Jim Gottfridsson
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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.^[1]^[2]

Bidding process

The interested nations were as follows:^[3]

In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:^[4]

Croatia was recommended as the preferred bid.^[5] The Croatians was confirmed as the host on 20 September 2014.^[6]^[7]

Venues

Each venue hosted one group, while Zagreb and Varaždin (which replaced Split as a main round venue)^[8] hosted the main round. The final weekend was in Zagreb.

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

Qualification

Qualified teams

Land	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Kroatien	Host	20 September 2014	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Spanien	Group 3 winner	6 May 2017	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Deutschland	Group 5 winner	6 May 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
Schweden	Group 6 winner	6 May 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Dänemark	Group 1 winner	14 June 2017	11 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Frankreich	Group 7 winner	14 June 2017	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Ungarn	Group 1 runner-up	15 June 2017	10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Serbien	Group 2 runner-up	15 June 2017	4 ( 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Weißrussland	Group 2 winner	15 June 2017	4 (1994, 2008, 2014, 2016)
Montenegro	Group 6 runner-up	17 June 2017	3 (2008, 2014, 2016)
Norwegen	Group 7 runner-up	17 June 2017	7 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Slowenien	Group 5 runner-up	17 June 2017	10 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
Österreich	Group 3 runner-up	17 June 2017	2 (2010, 2014)
Tschechische Republik	Group 4 runner-up	18 June 2017	8 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Mazedonien	Group 4 winner	18 June 2017	4 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Island	Group 4 third place	18 June 2017	9 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held on 23 June 2017.^[9]^[10]

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 19 June 2017.^[11]^[12]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Deutschland Spanien Kroatien (assigned to A1) Frankreich	Dänemark Weißrussland Schweden Mazedonien	Norwegen (assigned to B3) Serbien Montenegro Tschechische Republik	Ungarn (assigned to D4) Slowenien (assigned to C4) Österreich Island

Squads

Match officials

On 26 October 2017, 12 couples were announced.^[13]

Land	Referees
Weißrussland	Andrei Gousko Siarhei Repkin
Kroatien	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Tschechische Republik	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Dänemark	Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen
Frankreich	Stevann Pichon Laurent Reveret
Deutschland	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig

Land	Referees
Litauen	Vaidas Mažeika Mindaugas Gatelis
Mazedonien	Gjorgi Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca
Rumänien	Sorin-Laurențiu Dinu Constantin Din
Spanien	Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso
Russland	Evgeny Zotin Nikolay Volodkov

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[14]

Group A

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

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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Croatia 31–35 Sweden
^ ^a ^b Serbia 29–26 Iceland

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

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

14 January 2018 18:15	Serbien	25–30	Schweden	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Ilić 5	(10–16)	Lagergren 5
	1× 4×	Bericht	2× 6×

14 January 2018 20:30	Island	22–29	Kroatien	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Zotin, Volotkov (RUS)
	Pálmarsson 5	(13–14)	Cindrić 7
	4×	Bericht	3× 2×

16 January 2018 18:15	Serbien	29–26	Island	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,800 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Radivojević, Šešum 5	(12–12)	Sigurðsson 8
	2× 3×	Bericht	3× 4×

16 January 2018 20:30	Kroatien	31–35	Schweden	Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Čupić 7	(12–17)	Lagergren 6
	3× 4×	Bericht	2× 5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Frankreich	3	3	0	97	82	+15	6	Main round
2	Norwegen	3	2	1	103	88	+15	4
3	Weißrussland	3	1	2	80	91	−11	2
4	Österreich	3	0	3	80	99	−19	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.

12 January 2018 18:15	Weißrussland	27–26	Österreich	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Kulesh 7	(14–12)	Bilyk 8
	3× 4×	Bericht	2× 7× 1×

12 January 2018 20:30	Frankreich	32–31	Norwegen	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Mahé 8	(15–17)	Tønnesen 7
	2× 2×	Bericht	3× 3×

14 January 2018 18:15	Österreich	26–33	Frankreich	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Weber 5	(12–17)	N'Guessan 7
	1× 5× 1×	Bericht	3×

14 January 2018 20:30	Norwegen	33–28	Weißrussland	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	three players 6	(15–12)	Karalek 5
	3× 2×	Bericht	3× 6×

16 January 2018 18:15	Frankreich	32–25	Weißrussland	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Mem 9	(14–11)	Padshyvalau 6
	3× 2×	Bericht	1× 4× 1×

16 January 2018 20:30	Norwegen	39–28	Österreich	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Bjørnsen 9	(18–14)	Bilyk 9
	2× 6×	Bericht	3× 5× 2×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mazedonien	3	2	1	0	79	77	+2	5	Main round
2	Deutschland	3	1	2	0	82	69	+13	4
3	Slowenien	3	1	1	1	77	69	+8	3
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	66	89	−23	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.

13 January 2018 17:15	Deutschland	32–19	Montenegro	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Gensheimer 9	(17–9)	Lipovina 7
	3× 8× 1×	Bericht	2× 4×

13 January 2018 19:30	Mazedonien	25–24	Slowenien	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Manaskov 8	(11–11)	Mlakar 4
	4× 6×	Bericht	4× 11× 1×

15 January 2018 18:15	Slowenien	25–25	Deutschland	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Zarabec 5	(15–10)	Gensheimer 7
	4× 8× 1×	Bericht	4× 3×

15 January 2018 20:30	Montenegro	28–29	Mazedonien	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Čavor 6	(16–15)	Kuzmanovski 5
	2× 7× 1×	Bericht	2× 8×

17 January 2018 18:15	Deutschland	25–25	Mazedonien	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Weinhold 8	(12–11)	Taleski 6
	3× 3×	Bericht	3× 2×

17 January 2018 20:30	Montenegro	19–28	Slowenien	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Ševaljević 6	(13–14)	Marguč 6
	3× 5×	Bericht	2× 5× 1×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spanien	3	2	1	81	65	+16	4^[a]	Main round
2	Dänemark	3	2	1	84	75	+9	4^[a]
3	Tschechische Republik	3	2	1	76	86	−10	4^[a]
4	Ungarn	3	0	3	77	92	−15	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:

^ ^a ^b ^c Spain 2 Pts, +14 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Czech Republic 2 Pts, −16 GD

13 January 2018 18:15	Spanien	32–15	Tschechische Republik	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,780 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	three players 5	(16–9)	Kašpárek 5
	1× 2×	Bericht	2× 4×

13 January 2018 20:30	Dänemark	32–25	Ungarn	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,170 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Lauge Schmidt 7	(14–12)	Lékai 5
	2× 5× 1×	Bericht	3× 5×

15 January 2018 18:15	Ungarn	25–27	Spanien	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,470 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Bánhidi 6	(12–13)	four players 4
	4× 5×	Bericht	4× 2×

15 January 2018 20:30	Tschechische Republik	28–27	Dänemark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Zdráhala 8	(15–16)	Hansen 7
	3× 4×	Bericht	2× 3×

17 January 2018 18:15	Tschechische Republik	33–27	Ungarn	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,790 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Zdráhala 14	(15–11)	Lékai 9
	2× 3× 1×	Bericht	1× 1×

17 January 2018 20:30	Spanien	22–25	Dänemark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	A. Dujshebaev 6	(13–14)	Balling 8
	3× 1×	Bericht	3× 3×

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Frankreich	5	5	0	156	130	+26	10	Advanced to semifinals
2	Schweden	5	3	2	136	127	+9	6^[a]	Advanced to semifinals
3	Kroatien (H)	5	3	2	147	138	+9	6^[a]	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Norwegen	5	3	2	152	144	+8	6^[a]
5	Weißrussland	5	1	4	128	146	−18	2
6	Serbien	5	0	5	131	165	−34	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
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Sweden 2 Pts, +1 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Norway 2 Pts, −1 GD

18 January 2018 18:15	Serbien	27–32	Norwegen	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Beljanski, Šešum 5	(17–17)	Bjørnsen, Sagosen 8
	2× 4×	Bericht	1× 3×

18 January 2018 20:30	Kroatien	25–23	Weißrussland	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Mamić, Stepančić 5	(15–12)	Yurynok 6
	4× 1×	Bericht	3× 3× 1×

20 January 2018 18:15	Schweden	17–23	Frankreich	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 7,100 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Jeppsson 4	(8–10)	Sorhaindo 5
	2× 4×	Bericht	3× 2× 1×

20 January 2018 20:30	Kroatien	32–28	Norwegen	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Štrlek 6	(17–15)	Sagosen 8
	4× 6×	Bericht	3× 2×

22 January 2018 18:15	Serbien	30–39	Frankreich	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Zelenović 7	(12–19)	Caucheteux, L. Karabatic 7
	1× 4× 1×	Bericht	3×

22 January 2018 20:30	Schweden	29–20	Weißrussland	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Lagergren, Wanne 4	(16–11)	Karalek, Kulesh 4
	3× 4×	Bericht	1× 4×

24 January 2018 16:00	Serbien	27–32	Weißrussland	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Nenadić 7	(11–16)	Pukhouski 9
	2× 5×	Bericht	3× 4×

24 January 2018 18:15	Schweden	25–28	Norwegen	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Tollbring 6	(11–12)	Myrhol 7
	2× 3× 1×	Bericht	4× 6×

24 January 2018 20:30	Kroatien	27–30	Frankreich	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Štrlek 6	(13–19)	Remili 6
	3× 3×	Bericht	5×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dänemark	5	4	0	1	140	123	+17	8	Advanced to semifinals
2	Spanien	5	3	0	2	142	118	+24	6	Advanced to semifinals
3	Tschechische Republik	5	2	1	2	113	131	−18	5	Advanced to fifth place game
4	Slowenien	5	1	2	2	134	133	+1	4^[a]
5	Deutschland	5	1	2	2	124	126	−2	4^[a]
6	Mazedonien	5	1	1	3	114	136	−22	3

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:

^ ^a ^b Slovenia 25–25 Germany

19 January 2018 18:15	Deutschland	22–19	Tschechische Republik	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,130 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Fäth 8	(9–10)	Číp 6
	2× 3×	Bericht	3× 4×

19 January 2018 20:30	Slowenien	28–31	Dänemark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Zarabec 6	(14–16)	Svan 11
	2× 5×	Bericht	2× 3×

21 January 2018 18:15	Deutschland	25–26	Dänemark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,112 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Kühn 6	(9–8)	Lindberg 9
	4× 3×	Bericht	3× 1×

21 January 2018 20:30	Mazedonien	20–31	Spanien	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,796 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Manaskov, Stoilov 4	(6–15)	Gurbindo 6
	3× 1×	Bericht	3× 3×

23 January 2018 18:15	Slowenien	31–26	Spanien	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,176 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Marguč 5	(13–12)	Solé 6
	3× 8×	Bericht	3× 3× 1×

23 January 2018 20:30	Mazedonien	24–25	Tschechische Republik	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,780 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Taleski 5	(13–11)	Horák 8
	3× 2×	Bericht	3× 5× 1×

24 January 2018 16:00	Slowenien	26–26	Tschechische Republik	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,873 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	three players 5	(11–12)	Zdráhala 9
	3× 2×	Bericht	2× 4× 2×

24 January 2018 18:15	Mazedonien	20–31	Dänemark	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,343 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Kuzmanovski 6	(12–12)	Damgaard 11
	1× 2×	Bericht	3× 3×

24 January 2018 20:30	Deutschland	27–31	Spanien	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,289 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Hafner 5	(13–14)	Balaguer 6
	3× 2×	Bericht	3× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

26 January

Frankreich	23
		28 January
Spanien	27
		Spanien	29
26 January
		Schweden	23
Dänemark	34

Schweden (ET)	35
		Third place game

		28 January

		Frankreich	32

		Dänemark	29

Semifinals

26 January 2018 18:00	Frankreich	23–27	Spanien	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Sorhaindo 6	(9–15)	Solé 7
	3× 4×	Bericht	3× 4×

26 January 2018 20:30	Dänemark	34–35 (ET)	Schweden	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Hansen 12	(14–16)	Zachrisson 8
	1× 3×	Bericht	1× 4×
	FT: 28–28 ET: 6–7

Fifth place game

26 January 2018 15:30	Kroatien	28–27	Tschechische Republik	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Horvat 10	(16–10)	Zdráhala 13
	4× 2×	Bericht	3× 2×

Third place game

28 January 2018 18:00	Frankreich	32–29	Dänemark	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,700 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	N. Karabatić 9	(17–14)	Lindberg 12
	4× 3×	Bericht	3× 3×

Final

28 January 2018 20:30	Spanien	29–23	Schweden	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Balaguer, Solé 5	(12–14)	Nielsen 5
	4× 2×	Bericht	4× 3×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Spanien
	Schweden
	Frankreich
4	Dänemark
5	Kroatien
6	Tschechische Republik
7	Norwegen
8	Slowenien
9	Deutschland
10	Weißrussland
11	Mazedonien
12	Serbien
13	Island
14	Ungarn
15	Österreich
16	Montenegro

Qualified for 2019 World Men's Handball Championship as:^[15]
	winner of this tournament
	co-host
	winner of 2017 World Championship

2018 Men's European Champions Spanien First title Team roster: Eduardo Gurbindo, Ángel Fernández Pérez, Valero Rivera Folch, Raúl Entrerríos, Alex Dujshebaev, Daniel Sarmiento Melián, Julen Aguinagalde, Arpad Šterbik, Joan Cañellas, Viran Morros, Aitor Ariño, Gedeón Guardiola, Iosu Goñi Leoz, Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, Rodrigo Corrales, Ferrán Solé, David Balaguer, Adrià Figueras, Daniel Dujshebaev Head coach: Jordi Ribera.

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 28 January 2018.^[16]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Vincent Gérard (FRA)
Right wing	Ferrán Solé (ESP)
Right back	Alex Dujshebaev (ESP)
Centre back	Sander Sagosen (NOR)
Left back	Mikkel Hansen (DEN)
Left wing	Manuel Štrlek (CRO)
Pivot	Jesper Nielsen (SWE)

Awards

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Jim Gottfridsson (SWE)
Best Defence Player	Jakov Gojun (CRO)
Topscorer	Ondřej Zdráhala (CZE) (55 goals)

Statistics

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Ondřej Zdráhala	56	96	57
2	Mikkel Hansen	43	79	54
3	Rasmus Lauge Schmidt	40	63	63
4	Kristian Bjørnsen	37	50	74
5	Ferrán Solé	36	47	77
6	Kentin Mahé	34	49	69
7	Stanislav Kašpárek	33	66	50
8	Sander Sagosen	32	54	59
9	Nikola Karabatić	30	46	65
	Hans Lindberg		37	81
	Petar Nenadić		53	57

Source: Sportresult Archived 2018-01-16 at the Wayback Machine

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Urh Kastelic	41	22	54
2	Vincent Gérard	37	68	184
3	Jannick Green	36	49	136
3	Andreas Palicka	36	50	138
5	Mikael Appelgren	35	69	195
	Nikola Mitrevski		38	108
	Viachaslau Saldatsenka		71	203
8	Torbjørn Bergerud	34	73	212
	Silvio Heinevetter		26	76
	Tomáš Mrkva		51	151
	Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas		52	151
	Andreas Wolff		43	126

Source: Sportresult Archived 2018-01-29 at the Wayback Machine

References

^ "Defensive masterclass leads Spain to maiden EHF EURO title". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ "Spain win first European title". ihf.info. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ "Seven nations bid to host EHF EURO events in 2018 and 2020". www.eurohandball.com.
^ "European Handball Federation - EHF EURO bidding nations confirmed / Article". Archived from the original on 2013-12-22.
^ "European Handball Federation - Croatia hosts meeting of EHF Executive Committee / Article". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
^ "Come, meet, cheer and celebrate in Croatia". www.eurohandball.com.
^ "Men's EHF EURO 2018 goes to Croatia". www.eurohandball.com.
^ https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/2016-cc-minutes-sep.pdf
^ "Final Tournament Draw". ehf-euro.com. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
^ "Final tournament groups drawn in Zagreb". ehf-euro.com. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
^ "Pots for the Men's EHF EURO 2018 draw revealed". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2017.
^ Draw Procedure
^ "Referees confirmed for Men's EHF Euro 2018". eurohandball.com. 26 October 2017.
^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
^ "European qualification for 2019 World Championship begins". IHF. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^ "EHF EURO 2018 All-star team named". ehf-euro.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

External links

Official website Archived 2018-01-25 at the Wayback Machine

[table_hth_SWE0.636924940458-15] Croatia 31–35 Sweden

[table_hth_SRB0.636924940458-16] Serbia 29–26 Iceland

[table_hth_ESP0.41164030945471-17] Spain 2 Pts, +14 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Czech Republic 2 Pts, −16 GD

[table_hth_SWE0.81132951882264-18] Sweden 2 Pts, +1 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Norway 2 Pts, −1 GD

[table_hth_SVN0.3791094601057-19] Slovenia 25–25 Germany

[1] "Defensive masterclass leads Spain to maiden EHF EURO title". eurohandball.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[2] "Spain win first European title". ihf.info. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[3] "Seven nations bid to host EHF EURO events in 2018 and 2020". www.eurohandball.com.

[4] "European Handball Federation - EHF EURO bidding nations confirmed / Article". Archived from the original on 2013-12-22.

[5] "European Handball Federation - Croatia hosts meeting of EHF Executive Committee / Article". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.

[6] "Come, meet, cheer and celebrate in Croatia". www.eurohandball.com.

[7] "Men's EHF EURO 2018 goes to Croatia". www.eurohandball.com.

[8] ttps://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/2016-cc-minutes-sep.pdf

[9] "Final Tournament Draw". ehf-euro.com. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-06-19.

[10] "Final tournament groups drawn in Zagreb". ehf-euro.com. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

[11] "Pots for the Men's EHF EURO 2018 draw revealed". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2017.

[12] Draw Procedure

[13] "Referees confirmed for Men's EHF Euro 2018". eurohandball.com. 26 October 2017.

[14] "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2017-07-05.

[20] "European qualification for 2019 World Championship begins". IHF. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[21] "EHF EURO 2018 All-star team named". ehf-euro.com. 28 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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