2024 Men's U-18 EHF Championship I

International handball competition

2024 Men's U-18 EHF Championship I
Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
City	Humenné
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	12–18 August 2024
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Runner-up	Latvia
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Top scorer(s)	Sadik Emre Herseklioglu (60 goals)
Best player	Alem Hadžić
Official website
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The 2024 Men's U-18 EHF Championship I was held in Humenné, Slovakia from 12 to 18 August 2024. Bosnia and Herzegovina won the tournament by defeating Latvia in the final.

Teams

Venue

The venue was the Mestska Sportova Hala in Humenné.

Humenné

Draw

The draw was held on 29 February 2024 in Vienna at 15:00 (CET).

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Latvia Bosnia and Herzegovina	Slovakia Lithuania	Estonia Netherlands	Turkey Finland

Referees

Referees
Bulgaria	Svetoslav Yovchev Zvezdelin Yonchev
Cyprus	Charalambos Charalambous Efstathiou Efstathios
Poland	Malgorzata Lidacka Urszula Lesiak

Referees
Serbia	Stefan Berdic Filip Šorak
Slovakia	Barbora Bocakova Lucia Janosikova

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3	0	0	109	81	+28	6	Semifinals
2	Turkey	3	2	0	1	105	100	+5	4	Semifinals
3	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	92	104	−12	1	5–8 classification bracket
4	Estonia	3	0	1	2	84	105	−21	1	5–8 classification bracket

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 August 2024 12:15	Lithuania	34–43	Turkey	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
	Labutis 9	(16–21)	Mete 11
	1× 3×	Report	11×

12 August 2024 14:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	43–23	Estonia	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Hadzic, Hadzimuhamedovic 11	(20–8)	Heinla 7
	2×	Report	4×

13 August 2024 12:15	Estonia	33–34	Turkey	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK)
	Heinla 8	(15–16)	Herseklioglu 13
	2× 6× 1×	Report	1× 8× 1×

13 August 2024 14:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33–30	Lithuania	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL)
	Hadzimuhamedovic 11	(17–14)	Labutis 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 3×

15 August 2024 16:45	Turkey	28–33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
	Herseklioglu 12	(13–16)	Hadzic 10
	1× 6×	Report	1× 4×

15 August 2024 19:00	Lithuania	28–28	Estonia	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK)
	Labutis 7	(14–13)	Liedemann 6
	6× 1×	Report	7×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Latvia	3	2	1	0	95	79	+16	5	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	96	80	+16	4	Semifinals
3	Slovakia (H)	3	1	1	1	91	87	+4	3	5–8 classification bracket
4	Finland	3	0	0	3	67	103	−36	0	5–8 classification bracket

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

12 August 2024 16:45	Slovakia	32–23	Finland	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL)
	Mišových 7	(19–12)	Malkamäki 4
	1× 2×	Report	3×

12 August 2024 19:00	Latvia	29–27	Netherlands	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP)
	Borisovs, Lilienfelds 8	(14–12)	Skwarczynski 5
	1× 4×	Report	2×

13 August 2024 16:45	Netherlands	34–21	Finland	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
	Antonio 7	(14–7)	Sivén 5
	6×	Report

13 August 2024 19:00	Latvia	29–29	Slovakia	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Lilienfelds 8	(15–15)	Krok 8
	1× 8× 1×	Report	8× 1×

15 August 2024 12:15	Finland	23–37	Latvia	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP)
	Hagman 6	(13–17)	Bors 10
	3×	Report	4×

15 August 2024 14:30	Slovakia	30–35	Netherlands	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yonchev, Yonchev (BUL)
	Gagyi 6	(21–18)	Luijten 9
	1× 3×	Report	4×

Knockout stage

5–8 classification bracket

Semifinals		5th place match

17 August

Lithuania	28
		18 August
Finland	25
		Lithuania	34
17 August
		Estonia	30
Slovakia	26

Estonia	29
		7th place match

		18 August

		Finland	27

		Slovakia	35

5–8th place semifinals

17 August 2024 12:15	Lithuania	28–25	Finland	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK)
	Labutis 7	(13–13)	Ahlbäck 7
	4×	Report	3×

17 August 2024 14:30	Slovakia	26–29	Estonia	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP)
	Gagyi 6	(14–14)	Liedemann, Luks 6
	1× 4× 1×	Report	7×

Seventh place game

18 August 2024 14:00	Finland	27–35	Slovakia	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
	Berglund 6	(9–17)	Valent 9
	1× 3×	Report	7× 1×

Fifth place game

18 August 2024 16:15	Lithuania	34–30	Estonia	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP)
	Budraitis 9	(14–15)	Liedemann 7
	1×	Report	1× 6×

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

17 August

Bosnia and Herzegovina	29
		18 August
Netherlands	25
		Bosnia and Herzegovina	38
17 August
		Latvia	26
Latvia	33

Turkey	28
		Third place

		18 August

		Netherlands	36

		Turkey	38

Semifinals

17 August 2024 16:45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29–25	Netherlands	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB)
	Hadzimuhamedovic 11	(16–13)	Van Vliet 6
	2×	Report	3×

17 August 2024 19:00	Latvia	33–28	Turkey	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Misulis 10	(15–15)	Herseklioglu 12
	3×	Report	1× 7× 1×

Third place game

18 August 2024 18:30	Netherlands	36–38	Turkey	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL)
	Luijten 7	(15–19)	Herseklioglu 15
	2×	Report	1× 2×

Final

18 August 2024 20:45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38–36	Latvia	Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Hadzimuhamedovic 12	(16–10)	Misulis 6
	4×	Report	1× 3×