2022 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship

2022 European Men's Under-20 Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	7–17 July 2022
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	2,855 (59.48 per match)
Attendance	15,083 (314 per match)
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The 2022 European Men's U-20 Handball Championship is the 13th edition of the European Men's U-20 Handball Championship, which is being held in Porto, Portugal from 7 to 17 July 2022.^[1]

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Men's 19 EHF EURO 2021	12–22 August 2021	Croatia	13	Germany Croatia Spain Slovenia Denmark Portugal Sweden Iceland Hungary France Norway Italy Serbia
Men's 19 EHF Championship 2021^[2]^[3]^[4]	9–15 August 2021	Skopje	1	Poland
	16–22 August 2021	Riga	1	Montenegro
	16–22 August 2021	Varna	1	Faroe Islands

Draw

The draw was held on 18 February 2022 in Gondomar.^[5]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Germany Croatia Spain Slovenia	Portugal Denmark Sweden Iceland	Hungary France Norway Italy	Serbia Poland Faroe Islands Montenegro

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	3	0	112	92	+20	6	Main round
2	Spain	3	2	1	114	93	+21	4	Main round
3	Poland	3	1	2	95	108	−13	2	Intermediate round
4	Norway	3	0	3	77	105	−28	0	Intermediate round

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

7 July 2022 17:00	Spain	38–25	Norway	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 175 Referees: Laron, Lindenbaum (ISR)
	Ibáñez, Biescas 5	(18–10)	Jevnaker 4
	6×	Report	1× 2×

7 July 2022 19:45	Portugal	41–31	Poland	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	M. Costa 10	(21–11)	Powarzyński 6
	1× 7×	Report	6×

8 July 2022 17:00	Poland	32–41	Spain	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 210 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
	Będzikowski 8	(20–19)	Aregay 8
	1×	Report	2×

8 July 2022 19:30	Norway	26–35	Portugal	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 512 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Stankiewicz 7	(13–16)	F. Costa 10
	5×	Report	1× 6×

10 July 2022 17:00	Norway	26–32	Poland	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 273 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Stankiewicz 7	(10–15)	Kosznik 6
	1× 3×	Report	3×

10 July 2022 19:30	Spain	35–36	Portugal	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
	Llamazares 8	(16–15)	F. Costa 14
	6× 1×	Report	7×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	94	85	+9	4^[a]	Main round
2	Hungary	3	2	1	96	71	+25	4^[a]	Main round
3	Slovenia	3	1	2	77	92	−15	2^[b]	Intermediate round
4	Faroe Islands	3	1	2	81	100	−19	2^[b]	Intermediate round

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 Hungary 25–28 Denmark
^ ^a ^b Faroe Islands 27–28 Slovenia

7 July 2022 12:00	Denmark	32–33	Faroe Islands	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 300 Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	Arnoldsen 12	(15–15)	E. Ellefsen á Skipagøtu 9
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×

7 July 2022 14:30	Slovenia	22–31	Hungary	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 100 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
	Janc 8	(11–14)	Krakovszki 9
	2× 4×	Report	1× 5×

8 July 2022 12:00	Faroe Islands	27–28	Slovenia	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 212 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	West Av Teigum 6	(15–18)	Janc 8
	2×	Report	1× 3×

8 July 2022 14:30	Hungary	25–28	Denmark	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 200 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Lukács 6	(18–16)	Arnoldsen 8
	5×	Report	7×

10 July 2022 12:00	Hungary	40–21	Faroe Islands	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 103 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
	Jánosi 6	(19–8)	R. Ellefsen á Skipagøtu 5
	1× 5×	Report	1×

10 July 2022 14:30	Slovenia	27–34	Denmark	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: - Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Ćirović 8	(15–17)	Arnoldsen 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 3×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	89	67	+22	6	Main round
2	France	3	2	1	76	75	+1	4	Main round
3	Croatia	3	1	2	73	75	−2	2	Intermediate round
4	Montenegro	3	0	3	67	88	−21	0	Intermediate round

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.

7 July 2022 12:00	Sweden	31–19	Montenegro	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 50 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	Elovson 7	(16–11)	Vukićević 5
	1×	Report	1× 3×

7 July 2022 19:30	Croatia	21–23	France	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 131 Referees: Bogdanovs, Cernavskis (LAT)
	Lulić 7	(12–10)	Fadhuile 6
	1× 3×	Report	2×

8 July 2022 17:00	Montenegro	25–28	Croatia	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 87 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Barjaktarović 8	(14–12)	Svržnjak 8
	5×	Report	4×

8 July 2022 19:30	France	24–31	Sweden	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 65 Referees: Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins (POR)
	Fadhuile 4	(16–18)	Ljungquist, Månsson 6
	3×	Report	6×

10 July 2022 12:00	Croatia	24–27	Sweden	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 50 Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	Hršak 8	(11–17)	Möller 6
	1× 6× 1×	Report	3×

10 July 2022 14:30	France	29–23	Montenegro	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 80 Referees: Laron, Lindenbaum (ISR)
	Bzdynga, Vincent 6	(16–12)	Vukićević 5
	5×	Report	1×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	95	87	+8	5	Main round
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	100	86	+14	4	Main round
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	82	95	−13	2	Intermediate round
4	Iceland	3	0	1	2	81	90	−9	1	Intermediate round

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.

7 July 2022 14:30	Germany	35–26	Italy	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 150 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
	Freihöfer 8	(15–12)	Fadanelli 5
	3×	Report	1× 2×

7 July 2022 17:00	Iceland	28–28	Serbia	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 100 Referees: Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins (POR)
	Óskarsson 7	(18–15)	Dodić 6
	5× 1×	Report	8× 2×

8 July 2022 12:00	Italy	27–26	Iceland	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 100 Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	Fadanelli 9	(15–11)	Óskarsson, Rúnarsson 6
	2× 3× 1×	Report	4×

8 July 2022 14:30	Serbia	33–30	Germany	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 100 Referees: Laron, Lindenbaum (ISR)
	Kos 11	(16–17)	Orlov 6
	1× 6×	Report	1× 1×

10 July 2022 17:00	Germany	35–27	Iceland	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 100 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	Scholtes 10	(17–15)	three players 4
	1×	Report	1× 3×

10 July 2022 19:30	Italy	29–34	Serbia	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 100 Referees: Bogdanovs, Cernavskis (LAT)
	Bortoli, Fadanelli 8	(11–19)	Rogan, Stanisavljević 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 7×

Intermediate round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that proceeded to the Intermediate round was transferred.

Group I1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	99	87	+12	6	9–12th place semifinals
2	Faroe Islands	3	2	1	98	91	+7	4	9–12th place semifinals
3	Poland	3	1	2	90	93	−3	2	13–16th place semifinals
4	Norway	3	0	3	91	107	−16	0	13–16th place semifinals

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 July 2022 12:00	Norway	31–33	Faroe Islands	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 125 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
	Haugli 8	(16–16)	E. Ellefsen á Skipagøtu 12
		Report	2×

12 July 2022 14:30	Poland	26–29	Slovenia	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 250 Referees: Laron, Lindenbaum (ISR)
	Wiaderny 8	(13–16)	Janc 8
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 5×

13 July 2022 12:00	Faroe Islands	38–32	Poland	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 100 Referees: Bogdanovs, Cernavskis (LAT)
	West Av Teigum 7	(19–11)	Wiaderny 7
	5× 1×	Report	1×

13 July 2022 14:30	Slovenia	42–34	Norway	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 250 Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	Miklavec 8	(22–16)	Hald 10
	5×	Report	1× 5×

Group I2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	83	77	+6	5	9–12th place semifinals
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	100	75	+25	4	9–12th place semifinals
3	Croatia	3	1	1	1	73	83	−10	3	13–16th place semifinals
4	Montenegro	3	0	0	3	79	100	−21	0	13–16th place semifinals

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 July 2022 12:00	Montenegro	28–41	Iceland	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 100 Referees: Bogdanovs, Cernavskis (LAT)
	Dragašević 7	(13–18)	Rúnarsson 10
	1×	Report	3×

12 July 2022 14:30	Croatia	25–25	Italy	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 108 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Božičević, Hršak 5	(13–8)	Bortoli 9
	1× 2×	Report	1×

13 July 2022 12:00	Iceland	33–20	Croatia	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 152 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Rúnarsson 6	(16–10)	Zubac 6
	4×	Report	1× 3×

13 July 2022 14:30	Italy	31–26	Montenegro	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 135 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	Bortoli, De Angelis 8	(14–12)	Dragašević 8
	2×	Report	1×

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced was transferred to the main round.

Group M1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	2	1	92	88	+4	4^[a]	Semifinals
2	Spain	3	2	1	107	100	+7	4^[a]	Semifinals
3	Denmark	3	1	2	82	91	−9	2^[b]	5–8th place semifinals
4	Hungary	3	1	2	88	90	−2	2^[b]	5–8th place semifinals

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 Spain 35–36 Portugal
^ ^a ^b Hungary 25–28 Denmark

12 July 2022 17:00	Spain	32–30	Hungary	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 200 Referees: Thiyagarajah, Thiyagarajah (GER)
	Aregay 6	(19–13)	Imre 7
	3×	Report	1× 4×

12 July 2022 19:30	Portugal	26–20	Denmark	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	F. Costa 10	(17–10)	Kløve 4
	1× 3×	Report	3×

13 July 2022 17:00	Denmark	34–40	Spain	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 153 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Arnoldsen 9	(17–20)	Santiago 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

13 July 2022 19:30	Hungary	33–30	Portugal	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 500 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
	Papp 9	(17–13)	three players 5
	4×	Report	3×

Group M2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	93	95	−2	4^[a]	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	1	87	81	+6	4^[a]	Semifinals
3	Germany	3	1	2	87	89	−2	2^[b]	5–8th place semifinals
4	France	3	1	2	89	91	−2	2^[b]	5–8th place semifinals

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 Sweden 27–32 Serbia
^ ^a ^b France 27–32 Germany

12 July 2022 17:00	France	27–32	Germany	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 150 Referees: Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins (POR)
	Pimenta 9	(13–12)	Orlov, Scholtes 6
	5× 1×	Report	1×

12 July 2022 19:30	Sweden	27–32	Serbia	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 120 Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	Sjögren 7	(12–15)	three players 6
	2×	Report	6×

13 July 2022 17:00	Serbia	28–38	France	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 100 Referees: Laron, Lindenbaum (ISR)
	three players 5	(13–18)	Vincent 7
	1× 3×	Report	4×

13 July 2022 19:30	Germany	25–29	Sweden	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 100 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Seitz 5	(10–11)	Palmar 7
	2×	Report	1×

Final round

Bracket

Championship bracket

Semifinals		Final

15 July

Portugal	25
		17 July
Sweden	24
		Portugal
15 July
		Spain
Serbia	29

Spain	32
		Third place

		17 July

		Sweden

		Serbia

9th place bracket

9–12th place semifinals		9th place

15 July

Slovenia (Pen.)	37
		16 July
Iceland	35
		Slovenia
15 July
		Faroe Islands
Italy	28

Faroe Islands	30
		11th place

		16 July

		Iceland

		Italy

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		5th place

15 July

Denmark	25
		17 July
France	27
		France
15 July
		Hungary
Germany	32

Hungary	35
		7th place

		17 July

		Denmark

		Germany

13th place bracket

13–16th place semifinals		13th place

15 July

Poland	30
		16 July
Montenegro	26
		Poland
15 July
		Croatia
Croatia	32

Norway	22
		15th place

		16 July

		Montenegro

		Norway

13–16th place semifinals

15 July 2022 12:00	Poland	30–26	Montenegro	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 50 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
	Nowak 7	(14–16)	Dragašević 7
	1×	Report	1× 3×

15 July 2022 14:30	Croatia	32–22	Norway	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 200 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	Hršak, Zubac 8	(16–8)	Haugli 6
	5×	Report	1×

9–12th place semifinals

15 July 2022 17:00	Slovenia	37–35 (Pen.)	Iceland	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 100 Referees: Laron, Lindenbaum (ISR)
	Ćirović 10	(18–19)	Rúnarsson 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×
	FT: 32–32 Pen: 5–3

15 July 2022 19:30	Italy	28–30	Faroe Islands	Pavilhao Multiusos de Gondomar, Gondomar Attendance: 150 Referees: Bogdanovs, Cernavskis (LAT)
	Fadanelli 7	(13–15)	West Av Teigum 11
	1× 4×	Report	3×

5–8th place semifinals

15 July 2022 12:00	Germany	32–35	Hungary	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 127 Referees: Accoto Martins, Accoto Martins (POR)
	Fischer 7	(16–19)	Lukács, Papp 7
	1× 4×	Report	2×

15 July 2022 14:30	Denmark	25–27	France	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 112 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
	Mygind 6	(11–12)	Pimenta 6
	4×	Report	1× 2×

Semifinals

15 July 2022 16:30	Serbia	29–32	Spain	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 353 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
	Kos 9	(10–15)	Aregay, Llamazares 6
	1× 4×	Report	1×

15 July 2022 19:30	Portugal	25–24	Sweden	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	F. Costa 5	(12–10)	Elovson, Ljungmark 4
	4×	Report	1× 7×

15th place game

16 July 2022 16:00	Montenegro	v	Norway	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia
		Report

13th place game

16 July 2022 18:30	Poland	v	Croatia	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia
		Report

Eleventh place game

16 July 2022 16:00	Iceland	v	Italy	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos
		Report

Ninth place game

16 July 2022 18:30	Slovenia	v	Faroe Islands	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos
		Report

Seventh place game

17 July 2022 10:00	Denmark	v	Germany	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia
		Report

Fifth place game

17 July 2022 12:30	France	v	Hungary	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia
		Report

Third place game

17 July 2022 14:30	Sweden	v	Serbia	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos
		Report

Final

17 July 2022 17:00	Portugal	v	Spain	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos
		Report

Final ranking

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

	Team qualified for the 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
	Team qualified for the 2023 Men's Junior World Handball Championship as a host nation

Awards

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player
Best Defence Player
Topscorer

All-Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper
Right wing
Right back
Centre back
Left back
Left wing
Pivot

References

^ "MEN'S 20 EHF EURO 2022". EHF. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
^ "MKD – Men's 19 EHF Championship 2021". EHF. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
^ "LAT – Men's 19 EHF Championship 2021". EHF. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
^ "BUL – Men's 19 EHF Championship 2021". EHF. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
^ "Draw for M20 EHF EURO 2022 held in Gondomar". EHF. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[table_hth_DEN0.172484325791-6] Hungary 25–28 Denmark

[table_hth_SLO0.172484325791-7] Faroe Islands 27–28 Slovenia

[table_hth_POR0.35198311011865-8] Spain 35–36 Portugal

[table_hth_DEN0.35198311011865-9] Hungary 25–28 Denmark

[table_hth_SRB0.21220580265494-10] Sweden 27–32 Serbia

[table_hth_GER0.21220580265494-11] France 27–32 Germany

[1] "MEN'S 20 EHF EURO 2022". EHF. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

[2] "MKD – Men's 19 EHF Championship 2021". EHF. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[3] "LAT – Men's 19 EHF Championship 2021". EHF. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[4] "BUL – Men's 19 EHF Championship 2021". EHF. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

[5] "Draw for M20 EHF EURO 2022 held in Gondomar". EHF. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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