U-18 Men’s European Handball Championship 2012

10. U-18 Men’s European Handball Championship 2012
EHF Men’s 18 Handball Euro 2012
Number of nations	16
European Champion	Germany Germany (2nd title)
Venue	Austria Austria
Opening match	12.07.2012
Final	22.07.2012
Games	64
Top scorer	Luka Maros (60 goals)
Best player	Pontus Zetterman
Yellow cards	307 (∅: 4.8 per game)
Time penalties	425 (∅: 6.64 per game)
Red cards	7 (∅: 0.11 per game)

The 10th U-18 Men’s European Handball Championship 2012 was held in Austria from 12 to 22 July 2012. The organiser was the European Handball Federation (EHF).

Venues

The venues for the games were the Handball Arena Rieden/Vorkloster in Bregenz with a capacity for 2,500 spectators and the Sporthalle am See in Hard with a capacity of 1,100 spectators.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, each team in a group played once against every other team in the same group. The top two teams in each group qualified for the main round, while the third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the intermediate round.^[1]

Group A

All games took place in Bregenz Osterreich Austria.

Pl.	Team	Sp.	S	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pkt.
1.	Sweden Sweden	3	3	0	0	100:066	+34	6
2.	Germany Germany	3	1	1	1	071:072	-01	3
3.	Iceland Iceland	3	0	2	1	072:083	−11	2
4.	France France	3	0	1	2	073:095	−22	1

Group B

All games took place in Bregenz Osterreich Austria.

Pl.	Team	Sp.	S	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pkt.
1.	Austria Austria	3	2	0	1	078:078	+0	4
2.	Belarus Belarus	3	2	0	1	092:087	+5	4
3.	Norway Norway	3	1	0	2	091:082	+9	1
4.	CzechRepublic Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	076:090	−14	1

Group C

All games took place in Hard OsterreichAustria.

Pl.	Team	Sp.	S	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pkt.
1.	Croatia Croatia	3	2	1	0	103:089	+14	5
2.	Spain Spain	3	2	0	1	109:099	+10	4
3.	Romania Romania	3	1	0	2	091:102	−11	2
4.	Switzerland Switzerland	3	0	1	2	091:094	−3	1

Group D

All games took place in Hard OsterreichAustria.

Pl.	Team	Sp.	S	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pkt.
1.	Denmark Denmark	3	3	0	0	104:075	+29	6
2.	Slovenia Slovenia	3	2	0	1	108:100	+8	4
3.	Serbia Serbia	3	1	0	2	098:093	+5	2
4.	Finland Finland	3	0	0	3	078:120	−42	0

Main round

In the main round the group first and group second, played out the participants of the semifinals. The result from the preliminary round (group first against group second in a preliminary round group) was taken into the main round. The winners and runners-up of groups I + II qualified for the semi-finals. The group third and group fourth went into the cross matches for place 5 to 8.^[2]

Group I

All games took place in Hard OsterreichAustria.

Pl.	Team	Sp.	S	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pkt.
1.	Sweden Sweden	3	3	0	0	097:073	+24	6
2.	Germany Germany	3	2	0	1	085:077	+8	4
3.	Austria Austria	3	1	0	2	079:090	−11	2
4.	Belarus Belarus	3	0	0	3	076:097	−21	0

Group II

All games took place in Bregenz Osterreich Austria.

Pl.	Team	Sp.	S	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pkt.
1.	Spain Spain	3	2	0	1	108:104	+4	4
2.	Denmark Denmark	3	2	0	1	091:078	+13	4
3.	Slovenia Slovenia	3	1	0	2	104:101	+3	2
4.	Croatia Croatia	3	1	0	2	099:105	−6	2

Intermediate round

In the intermediate round the group third and group fourth played out the participants of the cross play. The result of the preliminary round (group third against group fourth in a preliminary round group) was taken into the intermediate round. For the cross matches 9 to 12 the winners and group runners-up of the groups III + IV qualified. The group third and group fourth went into the cross matches for place 13 to 16.

Group III

All games took place in Hard OsterreichAustria.

Pl.	Team	Sp.	S	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pkt.
1.	France France	3	2	1	0	097:082	+15	5
2.	Norway Norway	3	2	0	1	102:082	+20	4
3.	CzechRepublic Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	072:099	−27	2
4.	Iceland Iceland	3	0	1	2	084:092	−8	1

Group IV

All games took place in Bregenz Osterreich Austria.

Pl.	Team	Sp.	S	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pkt.
1.	Romania Romania	3	3	0	0	098:084	+14	6
2.	Serbia Serbia	3	2	0	1	100:085	+15	4
3.	Switzerland Switzerland	3	1	0	2	087:086	+1	2
4.	Finland Finland	3	0	0	3	066:096	−30	0

Semifinals

All games took place in Bregenz OsterreichAustria.^[3]

Cross Games

Cross games 5 to 8

All games took place in Bregenz Osterreich Austria.

Cross games 9 to 12

All games took place in Hard OsterreichAustria.

Cross matches 13 to 16

All games took place in Hard OsterreichAustria.

Finals

Places 1 to 8 were played in Hard OsterreichAustria. The places 9 to 16 were played in Bregenz Austria Austria.^[4]

Final Placement

Place	Team
01.	Germany Germany
02.	Sweden Sweden
03.	Denmark Denmark
04.	Spain Spain
05.	Slovenia Slovenia
06.	Austria Austria
07.	Croatia Croatia
08.	Belarus Belarus
09.	Norway Norway
10.	Serbia Serbia
11.	Romania Romania
12.	France France
13.	Switzerland Switzerland
14.	CzechRepublic Czech Republic
15.	Iceland Iceland
16.	Finland Finland

References

1. ↑ www.handball-euro2012.at: “Preliminary Round European Handball Championships Male U18 Youth 2012”, 6 July 2012(Memento of the Originals july 12, 2012 on the Internet Archive) Info:The archive linkwas inserted automatically and has not been checked yet. Please check original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note.@1@2Template:Webachiv/IABot/www.handball-euro2012.at
2. ↑ www.handball-euro2012.at: “Main round European Handball Championships of the male U18 youth 2012”, 6 July 2012(Memento of the Originals july 23, 2012 on the Internet Archive) Info:The archive linkwas inserted automatically and has not been checked yet. Please check original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note.@1@2Template:Webachiv/IABot/www.handball-euro2012.at
3. ↑ www.handball-euro2012.at: “Semi-finals European Handball Championships Male U18 Youth 2012”, 6 July 2012(Memento of the Originals july 25, 2012 on the Internet Archive) Info:The archive linkwas inserted automatically and has not been checked yet. Please check original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note.@1@2Template:Webachiv/IABot/www.handball-euro2012.at
4. ↑ www.handball-euro2012.at: “Final European Handball Championships male U18 youth 2012”, 6 July 2012(Memento of the Originals july 23, 2012 on the Internet Archive) Info:The archive linkwas automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note.@1@2Template:Webachiv/IABot/www.handball-euro2012.at

Web links

• EHF – 2012 Men’s European Championship 18