European Championship U18 Handball 2026

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2026 13th-16th places

Semi-finals

1	Faroe Islands U18	Sweden U18	34 : 35
2	Serbia U18	Poland U18	35 : 28

13th place

1

Sweden U18

Serbia U18

39 : 38

15th place

2

Faroe Islands U18

Poland U18

35 : 41

2026 17th-24th places

Quarter-finals

1	Switzerland U18	Turkey U18	39 : 32
2	Italy U18	Slovakia U18	37 : 38
3	Norway U18	Montenegro U18	25 : 24
4	Czech Republic U18	Finland U18	29 : 30

Semi-finals

1	Switzerland U18	Slovakia U18	49 : 37
2	Norway U18	Finland U18	32 : 27

17th place

1

Switzerland U18

Norway U18

40 : 34

19th place

2

Slovakia U18

Finland U18

40 : 25

2026 21th-24th places

Semi-finals

1	Turkey U18	Italy U18	32 : 35
2	Montenegro U18	Czech Republic U18	27 : 41

21th place

1

Italy U18

Czech Republic U18

27 : 39

23rd place

2

Turkey U18

Montenegro U18

26 : 28

2026 5th-8th places

Semi-finals

1	Iceland U18	France U18	37 : 34
2	Croatia U18	Hungary U18	28 : 31

5th place

1

Iceland U18

Hungary U18

35 : 31

7th place

2

France U18

Croatia U18

36 : 29

2026 9th-16th places

Quarter-finals

1	Serbia U18	Austria U18	29 : 31
2	Poland U18	Israel U18	34 : 35
3	Faroe Islands U18	North Macedonia U18	32 : 34
4	Portugal U18	Sweden U18	32 : 28

Semi-finals

1	Austria U18	Israel U18	22 : 31
2	North Macedonia U18	Portugal U18	26 : 25

9th place

1

Israel U18

North Macedonia U18

29 : 39

11th place

2

Austria U18

Portugal U18

31 : 33

2026 Losers stage

Group 1

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Sweden U18	3	3	0	0	105:87	6
2	North Macedonia U18	3	2	0	1	91:83	4
3	Italy U18	3	1	0	2	90:87	2
4	Turkey U18	3	0	0	3	82:111	0

Group 2

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Israel U18	3	2	1	0	105:95	5
2	Switzerland U18	3	2	0	1	106:100	4
3	Czech Republic U18	3	1	1	1	96:90	3
4	Montenegro U18	3	0	0	3	83:105	0

Group 3

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Austria U18	3	2	0	1	82:59	4
2	Norway U18	3	2	0	1	76:86	4
3	Slovakia U18	3	1	0	2	81:92	2
4	Finland U18	3	1	0	2	78:80	2

Ranking of second-placed teams

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	North Macedonia U18	2	2	0	0	62:50	4
2	Switzerland U18	2	1	0	1	70:72	2
3	Norway U18	2	1	0	1	44:55	2

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2026 Main

Group 1

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Slovenia U18	3	3	0	0	93:82	6
2	France U18	3	2	0	1	86:84	4
3	Germany U18	3	0	1	2	83:86	1
4	Serbia U18	3	0	1	2	73:83	1

Group 2

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Iceland U18	3	3	0	0	119:86	6
2	Hungary U18	3	2	0	1	110:108	4
3	Croatia U18	3	1	0	2	87:98	2
4	Portugal U18	3	0	0	3	88:112	0

Group 3

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Denmark U18	3	3	0	0	99:80	6
2	Spain U18	3	2	0	1	99:94	4
3	Faroe Islands U18	3	0	1	2	94:104	1
4	Poland U18	3	0	1	2	88:102	1

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      European Championship U18 (9th~16th places: )

2026 Play Offs

Quarter-finals

1	Iceland U18	Germany U18	31 : 33
2	Spain U18	France U18	29 : 27
3	Denmark U18	Croatia U18	38 : 30
4	Slovenia U18	Hungary U18	32 : 27

Semi-finals

1	Germany U18	Spain U18	32 : 27
2	Denmark U18	Slovenia U18	17 : 26

Final

1

Germany U18

Slovenia U18

36 : 27

3rd place

2

Spain U18

Denmark U18

25 : 28

2026 Preliminary

Group A

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Slovenia U18	3	3	0	0	110:93	6
2	France U18	3	2	0	1	97:85	4
3	Sweden U18	3	1	0	2	92:103	2
4	North Macedonia U18	3	0	0	3	84:102	0

Group B

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Germany U18	3	2	1	0	120:76	5
2	Serbia U18	3	2	1	0	93:70	5
3	Italy U18	3	1	0	2	85:103	2
4	Turkey U18	3	0	0	3	71:120	0

Group C

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Croatia U18	3	2	0	1	88:86	4
2	Portugal U18	3	2	0	1	81:73	4
3	Czech Republic U18	3	1	1	1	88:86	3
4	Israel U18	3	0	1	2	81:93	1

Group D

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Iceland U18	3	3	0	0	113:81	6
2	Hungary U18	3	2	0	1	94:95	4
3	Switzerland U18	3	1	0	2	94:94	2
4	Montenegro U18	3	0	0	3	77:108	0

Group E

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Denmark U18	3	3	0	0	112:70	6
2	Poland U18	3	2	0	1	93:94	4
3	Norway U18	3	1	0	2	83:105	2
4	Slovakia U18	3	0	0	3	86:105	0

Group F

		Pl	W	D	L		Pts
1	Spain U18	3	3	0	0	103:72	6
2	Faroe Islands U18	3	1	1	1	96:94	3
3	Finland U18	3	1	0	2	73:99	2
4	Austria U18	3	0	1	2	69:76	1

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2026 2018