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).
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.
12.07.2012
Germany
– –
Iceland
22 : 22 (11:10)
12.07.2012
Sweden
– –
France
38 : 24 (23:11)
13.07.2012
Iceland
– –
Sweden
22 : 33 (11:18)
13.07.2012
France
– –
Germany
21 : 29 (08:12)
15.07.2012
Iceland
– –
France
28 : 28 (12:15)
15.07.2012
Germany
– –
Sweden
20 : 29 (10:16)
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.
12.07.2012
Belarus
– –
Czech Republic
32 : 23 (15:12)
12.07.2012
Norway
– –
Austria
23 : 24 (11:10)
13.07.2012
Czech Republic
– –
Norway
21 : 35 (09:19)
13.07.2012
Austria
– –
Belarus
31 : 23 (16:13)
15.07.2012
Norway
– –
Belarus
33 : 37 (16:16)
15.07.2012
Austria
– –
Czech Republic
23 : 32 (12:13)
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.
12.07.2012
Croatia
– –
Spain
40 : 35 (15:17)
12.07.2012
Switzerland
– –
Romania
29 : 30 (16:16)
13.07.2012
Romania
– –
Croatia
24 : 33 (11:16)
13.07.2012
Spain
– –
Switzerland
34 : 32 (18:16)
15.07.2012
Croatia
– –
Switzerland
30 : 30 (16:12)
15.07.2012
Spain
– –
Romania
40 : 37 (20:15)
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.
12.07.2012
Denmark
– –
Finland
44 : 25 (20:15)
12.07.2012
Serbia
– –
Slovenia
38 : 42 (15:20)
13.07.2012
Slovenia
– –
Denmark
25 : 29 (12:15)
13.07.2012
Finland
– –
Serbia
20 : 35 (11:17)
15.07.2012
Denmark
– –
Serbia
31 : 25 (12:15)
15.07.2012
Finland
– –
Slovenia
33 : 41 (18:20)
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.
17.07.2012
Germany
– –
Belarus
31 : 24 (15:10)
17.07.2012
Sweden
– –
Austria
33 : 24 (15:11)
18.07.2012
Belarus
– –
Sweden
29 : 35 (12:19)
18.07.2012
Austria
– –
Germany
24 : 34 (15:13)
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.
17.07.2012
Spain
– –
Slovenia
39 : 37 (21:19)
17.07.2012
Croatia
– –
Denmark
26 : 28 (13:13)
18.07.2012
Slovenia
– –
Croatia
42 : 33 (20:15)
18.07.2012
Denmark
– –
Spain
27 : 34 (13:16)
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.
17.07.2012
France
– –
Czech Republic
38 : 24 (14:12)
17.07.2012
Iceland
– –
Norway
30 : 37 (14:21)
18.07.2012
Czech Republic
– –
Iceland
27 : 26 (13:11)
18.07.2012
Norway
– –
France
30 : 31 (17:20)
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.
17.07.2012
Switzerland
– –
Finland
31 : 23 (14:12)
17.07.2012
Romania
– –
Serbia
38 : 32 (15:15)
18.07.2012
Finland
– –
Romania
23 : 30 (14:14)
18.07.2012
Serbia
– –
Switzerland
33 : 27 (15:16)
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]
20.07.2012
Sweden
– –
Denmark
35 : 28 (16:10)
20.07.2012
Spain
– –
Germany
37 : 42 (16:20)
Cross Games
Cross games 5 to 8
All games took place in Bregenz Osterreich Austria.
20.07.2012
Slovenia
– –
Belarus
36 : 27 (16:09)
20.07.2012
Austria
– –
Croatia
23 : 22 (09:13)
Cross games 9 to 12
All games took place in Hard OsterreichAustria.
20.07.2012
France
– –
Serbia
35 : 36 (21:16)
20.07.2012
Romania
– –
Norway
27 : 41 (12:19)
Cross matches 13 to 16
All games took place in Hard OsterreichAustria.
20.07.2012
Czech Republic
– –
Finland
32 : 26 (17:13)
20.07.2012
Switzerland
– –
Iceland
25 : 20 (14:10)
Finals
Places 1 to 8 were played in Hard OsterreichAustria. The places 9 to 16 were played in Bregenz Austria Austria.[4]