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2018 European Men's Handball Championship

{{Short description|2018 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship}}

{{Infobox International Handball Competition

| tourney_name = EHF European Men's Handball Championship

| year = 2018

| other_titles = Europsko rukometno prvenstvo za muškarce 2018

| image = 2018 European Men's Handball Championship logo.svg

| size = 150px

| caption =

| country = Croatia

| dates = 12–28 January

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 1

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| champion = ESP

| count = 1

| second = SWE

| third = FRA

| fourth = DEN

| matches = 47

| goals = 2563

| attendance = {{#expr: 8700 + 11000 + 3100 + 3600 + 8000 + 11000 + 3780 + 5170 + 9500 + 10500 + 2900 + 2500 + 6500 + 5000 + 3470 + 4100 + 9800 + 11000 + 2300 + 1600 + 3790 + 5100 + 6200 + 4100 + 3200 + 8100 + 2130 + 5200 + 7100 + 13000 + 3112 + 3796 + 1700 + 1400 + 4176 + 3780 + 1000 + 2873 + 2343 + 8100 + 14000 + 1289 + 3500 + 6000 + 9000 + 6700 + 9000}}

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|CZE}} Ondřej Zdráhala
(56 goals)

| player = {{flagicon|SWE}} Jim Gottfridsson

| previous = 2016 European Men's Handball Championship

| next = 2020 European Men's Handball Championship

}}

File:2018 European Men's Handball Championship Zagreb 01.jpg

File:2018 European Men's Handball Championship Zagreb 02.jpg

The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament, hosted for the second time in Croatia from 12 to 28 January 2018. Croatia was awarded hosting the tournament during the EHF congress in Dublin on 20 September 2014. This was the last edition to feature 16 teams, with the 2020 edition expanding to 24 teams and six preliminary groups format.

Spain won their first title after defeating Sweden 29–23 in the final. France captured the bronze medal after defeating Denmark 32–29.{{cite web|url=http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/newsdetail/defensive-masterclass-leads-spain-to-maiden-ehf-euro-title/|title=Defensive masterclass leads Spain to maiden EHF EURO title|date=28 January 2018|work=eurohandball.com|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=6 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306072536/http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/newsdetail/defensive-masterclass-leads-spain-to-maiden-ehf-euro-title/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5516|title=Spain win first European title|publisher=ihf.info|access-date=29 January 2018}}

Bidding process

The interested nations were as follows:{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/seven-nations-bid-to-host-ehf-euro-events-in-2018-and-2020/|title=Seven nations bid to host EHF EURO events in 2018 and 2020|website=www.eurohandball.com}}

In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:{{cite web | url=http://www.eurohandball.com/article/18197 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222040215/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/18197 | archive-date=2013-12-22 | title=European Handball Federation – EHF EURO bidding nations confirmed / Article }}

Croatia was recommended as the preferred bid.{{cite web | url=http://www.eurohandball.com/article/19924 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043039/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/19924 | archive-date=2015-09-24 | title=European Handball Federation – Croatia hosts meeting of EHF Executive Committee / Article }} Croatia was confirmed as the host on 20 September 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/come-meet-cheer-and-celebrate-in-croatia/|title=Come, meet, cheer and celebrate in Croatia|website=www.eurohandball.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/men-s-ehf-euro-2018-goes-to-croatia/|title=Men's EHF EURO 2018 goes to Croatia|website=www.eurohandball.com}}

Venues

Each venue hosted one group, while Zagreb and Varaždin (which replaced Split as a main round venue){{Cite web |title=2016-cc-minutes-sep |url=https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/2016-cc-minutes-sep.pdf |website=www.handball.no}} hosted the main round. The final weekend was in Zagreb.

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ZagrebSplit ||rowspan=6 |{{location map+ |Croatia|float= |width=360 |caption=|places=

{{location map~ |Croatia |lat=45.816667 |long=15.983333 |label=Zagreb}}

{{location map~ |Croatia |lat=43.51 |long=16.45 |label=Split |position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |Croatia |lat=46.3 |long=16.333333 |label=Varaždin |position=top}}

{{location map~ |Croatia |lat=45.227222 |long=13.595833 |label=Poreč |position=right}}

}}

Arena Zagreb
Capacity: 15,200		Spaladium Arena
Capacity: 10,941
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VaraždinPoreč
Varaždin Arena
Capacity: 5,200		Žatika Sport Centre
Capacity: 3,700
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Qualification

{{main|2018 European Men's Handball Championship qualification}}

=Qualified teams=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Country !! Qualified as !! Qualified on !! Previous appearances in tournament

{{hb|CRO}}{{sort|00|Host}}{{sort|01|20 September 2014}}{{sort|12|12}} (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|ESP}}{{sort|13|Group 3}} winner{{sort|04|6 May 2017}}{{sort|12|12}} (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|GER}}{{sort|15|Group 5}} winner{{sort|02|6 May 2017}}{{sort|11|11}} (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
{{hb|SWE}}{{sort|16|Group 6}} winner{{sort|03|6 May 2017}}{{sort|11|11}} (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|DEN}}{{sort|11|Group 1 winner}}{{sort|06|14 June 2017}}{{sort|11|11}} (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|FRA}}{{sort|17|Group 7 winner}}{{sort|05|14 June 2017}}{{sort|12|12}} (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|HUN}}{{sort|15|Group 1 runner-up}}{{sort|06|15 June 2017}}{{sort|10|10}} (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|SRB}}{{sort|24|Group 2 runner-up}}{{sort|06|15 June 2017}}{{sort|04|4}} ( 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|BLR}}{{sort|24|Group 2 winner}}{{sort|06|15 June 2017}}{{sort|04|4}} (1994, 2008, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|MNE}}{{sort|24|Group 6 runner-up}}{{sort|07|17 June 2017}}{{sort|03|3}} (2008, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|NOR}}{{sort|24|Group 7 runner-up}}{{sort|08|17 June 2017}}{{sort|07|7}} (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|SVN}}{{sort|24|Group 5 runner-up}}{{sort|09|17 June 2017}}{{sort|10|10}} (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
{{hb|AUT}}{{sort|24|Group 3 runner-up}}{{sort|10|17 June 2017}}{{sort|02|2}} (2010, 2014)
{{hb|CZE}}{{sort|24|Group 4 runner-up}}{{sort|11|18 June 2017}}{{sort|08|8}} (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
{{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}{{sort|24|Group 4 winner}}{{sort|12|18 June 2017}}{{sort|04|4}} (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016)
{{hb|ISL}}{{sort|24|Group 4 third place}}{{sort|13|18 June 2017}}{{sort|09|9}} (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held on 23 June 2017.{{cite web|url=http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/schedule-results/final-tournament-draw/|title=Final Tournament Draw|date=19 June 2017|work=ehf-euro.com|access-date=2017-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314110400/http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/schedule-results/final-tournament-draw/|archive-date=2017-03-14|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/newsdetail/final-tournament-groups-drawn-in-zagreb/|title=Final tournament groups drawn in Zagreb|date=23 June 2017|work=ehf-euro.com|access-date=24 June 2017|archive-date=27 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727075124/http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/newsdetail/final-tournament-groups-drawn-in-zagreb/|url-status=dead}}

=Seeding=

The seedings were announced on 19 June 2017.{{cite web|url=http://eurohandball.com/article/28982|title=Pots for the Men's EHF EURO 2018 draw revealed|date=19 June 2017|work=eurohandball.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/1_ehf_main/3_download_pdf/Draw_Procedure_170619.pdf|title=Draw Procedure|accessdate=August 18, 2024}}

class="wikitable"
width=25%|Pot 1

!width=25%|Pot 2

!width=25%|Pot 3

!width=25%|Pot 4

style="vertical-align: top;"

|

  • {{hb|GER}}
  • {{hb|ESP}}
  • {{hb|CRO}} (assigned to A1)
  • {{hb|FRA}}

|

  • {{hb|DEN}}
  • {{hb|BLR}}
  • {{hb|SWE}}
  • {{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|

  • {{hb|NOR}} (assigned to B3)
  • {{hb|SRB}}
  • {{hb|MNE}}
  • {{hb|CZE}}

|

  • {{hb|HUN}} (assigned to D4)
  • {{hb|SVN}} (assigned to C4)
  • {{hb|AUT}}
  • {{hb|ISL}}

Squads

{{Main|2018 European Men's Handball Championship squads}}

Match officials

On 26 October 2017, 12 couples were announced.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/article/029518/Final+referee+selection+for+EHF+EURO+2016+announced|title=Referees confirmed for Men's EHF Euro 2018|date=26 October 2017|work=eurohandball.com}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"
Country

! Referees

{{BLR}}

| Andrei Gousko
Siarhei Repkin

{{CRO}}

| Matija Gubica
Boris Milošević

{{CZE}}

| Václav Horáček
Jiří Novotný

{{DEN}}

| Martin Gjeding
Mads Hansen

{{FRA}}

| Stevann Pichon
Laurent Reveret

{{GER}}

| Lars Geipel
Marcus Helbig

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"
Country

! Referees

{{LTU}}

| Vaidas Mažeika
Mindaugas Gatelis

{{flag|Macedonia}}

| Gjorgi Nachevski
Slave Nikolov

{{POR}}

| Duarte Santos
Ricardo Fonseca

{{ROU}}

| Sorin-Laurențiu Dinu
Constantin Din

{{ESP}}

| Óscar Raluy
Ángel Sabroso

{{RUS}}

| Evgeny Zotin
Nikolay Volodkov

{{col-end}}

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).{{Cite web |url=http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/Content/CRO2018M/Files/EHF-413-1__2_.pdf |title=Schedule |access-date=2017-07-05 |archive-date=2018-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127033344/http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/Content/CRO2018M/Files/EHF-413-1__2_.pdf |url-status=dead }}

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/schedule-results/final-tournament/preliminary-round/group-a-split/ EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=SWE |team2=CRO |team3=SRB |team4=ISL

|win_CRO=2 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=1 |gf_CRO=92 |ga_CRO=79 |status_CRO=H

|win_SWE=2 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=1 |gf_SWE=89 |ga_SWE=82

|win_SRB=1 |draw_SRB=0 |loss_SRB=2 |gf_SRB=76 |ga_SRB=88

|win_ISL=1 |draw_ISL=0 |loss_ISL=2 |gf_ISL=74 |ga_ISL=82

|hth_SWE=Croatia 31–35 Sweden

|hth_CRO=SWE

|hth_SRB=Serbia 29–26 Iceland

|hth_ISL=SRB

|name_CRO={{hb|CRO}}

|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}

|name_SRB={{hb|SRB}}

|name_ISL={{hb|ISL}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=A |result3=A

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Main round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=12 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=24–26

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020241/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P02.PDF Report]

|goals1=Gottfridsson 6

|goals2=Guðmundsson 7

|HT=8–15

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=2

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Spaladium Arena, Split

|attendance=8,700

|referee=Nikolov, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

{{handballbox

|date=12 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=32–22

|team2={{hb|SRB}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020259/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P01.PDF Report]

|goals1=Stepančić, Štrlek 6

|goals2=Nenadić 6

|HT=14–9

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Spaladium Arena, Split

|attendance=11,000

|referee=Geipel, Helbig

|refnat=GER

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=14 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|SRB}}

|score=25–30

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817202725/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P04.PDF Report]

|goals1=Ilić 5

|goals2=Lagergren 5

|HT=10–16

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=1

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Spaladium Arena, Split

|attendance=9,500

|referee=Gjeding, Hansen

|refnat=DEN

}}

{{handballbox

|date=14 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=22–29

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817202729/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P03.PDF Report]

|goals1=Pálmarsson 5

|goals2=Cindrić 7

|HT=13–14

|twomin1=

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=2

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Spaladium Arena, Split

|attendance=10,500

|referee=Zotin, Volotkov

|refnat=RUS

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=16 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|SRB}}

|score=29–26

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817202726/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P05.PDF Report]

|goals1=Radivojević, Šešum 5

|goals2=Sigurðsson 8

|HT=12–12

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Spaladium Arena, Split

|attendance=9,800

|referee=Raluy, Sabroso

|refnat=ESP

}}

{{handballbox

|date=16 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=31–35

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180127161912/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P06.PDF Report]

|goals1=Čupić 7

|goals2=Lagergren 6

|HT=12–17

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Spaladium Arena, Split

|attendance=11,000

|referee=Horáček, Novotný

|refnat=CZE

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/schedule-results/final-tournament/preliminary-round/group-b-porec/ EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=FRA |team2=NOR |team3=BLR |team4=AUT

|win_FRA=3 |draw_FRA=0 |loss_FRA=0 |gf_FRA=97 |ga_FRA=82

|win_BLR=1 |draw_BLR=0 |loss_BLR=2 |gf_BLR=80 |ga_BLR=91

|win_NOR=2 |draw_NOR=0 |loss_NOR=1 |gf_NOR=103|ga_NOR=88

|win_AUT=0 |draw_AUT=0 |loss_AUT=3 |gf_AUT=80 |ga_AUT=99

|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}

|name_BLR={{hb|BLR}}

|name_NOR={{hb|NOR}}

|name_AUT={{hb|AUT}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=A |result3=A

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Main round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=12 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|BLR}}

|score=27–26

|team2={{hb|AUT}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180113093421/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P08.PDF Report]

|goals1=Kulesh 7

|goals2=Bilyk 8

|HT=14–12

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=7

|yellow2=2

|red2=1

|stadium=Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč

|attendance=3,100

|referee=Horáček, Novotný

|refnat=CZE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=12 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=32–31

|team2={{hb|NOR}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180113151720/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P07.PDF Report]

|goals1=Mahé 8

|goals2=Tønnesen 7

|HT=15–17

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč

|attendance=3,600

|referee=Raluy, Sabroso

|refnat=ESP

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=14 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|AUT}}

|score=26–33

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817205149/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P09.PDF Report]

|goals1=Weber 5

|goals2=N'Guessan 7

|HT=12–17

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=1

|red1=1

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=

|red2=

|stadium=Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč

|attendance=2,900

|referee=Geipel, Helbig

|refnat=GER

}}

{{handballbox

|date=14 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|NOR}}

|score=33–28

|team2={{hb|BLR}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817205148/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P10.PDF Report]

|goals1=three players 6

|goals2=Karalek 5

|HT=15–12

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč

|attendance=2,500

|referee=Nikolov, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=16 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=32–25

|team2={{hb|BLR}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817205151/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P12.PDF Report]

|goals1=Mem 9

|goals2=Padshyvalau 6

|HT=14–11

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=1

|red2=1

|stadium=Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč

|attendance=2,300

|referee=Mažeika, Gatelis

|refnat=LTU

}}

{{handballbox

|date=16 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|NOR}}

|score=39–28

|team2={{hb|AUT}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817205150/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P11.PDF Report]

|goals1=Bjørnsen 9

|goals2=Bilyk 9

|HT=18–14

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=2

|stadium=Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč

|attendance=1,600

|referee=Gjeding, Hansen

|refnat=DEN

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/schedule-results/final-tournament/preliminary-round/group-c-zagreb/ EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=MKD |team2=GER |team3=SVN |team4=MNE

|win_GER=1 |draw_GER=2 |loss_GER=0 |gf_GER=82 |ga_GER=69

|win_MKD=2 |draw_MKD=1 |loss_MKD=0 |gf_MKD=79 |ga_MKD=77

|win_MNE=0 |draw_MNE=0 |loss_MNE=3 |gf_MNE=66 |ga_MNE=89

|win_SVN=1 |draw_SVN=1 |loss_SVN=1 |gf_SVN=77 |ga_SVN=69

|name_GER={{hb|GER}}

|name_MKD={{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|name_MNE={{hb|MNE}}

|name_SVN={{hb|SVN}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=A |result3=A

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Main round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=13 January 2018

|time=17:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=32–19

|team2={{hb|MNE}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020200/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P13.PDF Report]

|goals1=Gensheimer 9

|goals2=Lipovina 7

|HT=17–9

|twomin1=8

|yellow1=3

|red1=1

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=8,000

|referee=Pichon, Reveret

|refnat=FRA

}}

{{handballbox

|date=13 January 2018

|time=19:30

|team1={{hb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|score=25–24

|team2={{hb|SVN}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020203/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P14.PDF Report]

|goals1=Manaskov 8

|goals2=Mlakar 4

|HT=11–11

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=11

|yellow2=4

|red2=1

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=11,000

|referee=Dinu, Din

|refnat=ROU

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=15 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|SVN}}

|score=25–25

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817210927/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P15.PDF Report]

|goals1=Zarabec 5

|goals2=Gensheimer 7

|HT=15–10

|twomin1=8

|yellow1=4

|red1=1

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=6,500

|referee=Mažeika, Gatelis

|refnat=LTU

}}

{{handballbox

|date=15 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|MNE}}

|score=28–29

|team2={{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817210922/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P16.PDF Report]

|goals1=Čavor 6

|goals2=Kuzmanovski 5

|HT=16–15

|twomin1=7

|yellow1=2

|red1=1

|twomin2=8

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=5,000

|referee=Santos, Fonseca

|refnat=POR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=17 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=25–25

|team2={{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817210925/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P18.PDF Report]

|goals1=Weinhold 8

|goals2=Taleski 6

|HT=12–11

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=2

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=5,100

|referee=Gousko, Repkin

|refnat=BLR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=17 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|MNE}}

|score=19–28

|team2={{hb|SVN}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180127162313/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P17.PDF Report]

|goals1=Ševaljević 6

|goals2=Marguč 6

|HT=13–14

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=2

|red2=1

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=6,200

|referee=Gubica, Milošević

|refnat=CRO

}}

=Group D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/schedule-results/final-tournament/preliminary-round/group-d-varazdin/ EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=ESP |team2=DEN |team3=CZE |team4=HUN

|win_ESP=2 |draw_ESP=0 |loss_ESP=1 |gf_ESP=81 |ga_ESP=65

|win_DEN=2 |draw_DEN=0 |loss_DEN=1 |gf_DEN=84 |ga_DEN=75

|win_CZE=2 |draw_CZE=0 |loss_CZE=1 |gf_CZE=76 |ga_CZE=86

|win_HUN=0 |draw_HUN=0 |loss_HUN=3 |gf_HUN=77 |ga_HUN=92

|hth_ESP=Spain 2 Pts, +14 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Czech Republic 2 Pts, −16 GD

|hth_DEN=ESP

|hth_CZE=ESP

|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}}

|name_CZE={{hb|CZE}}

|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=A |result3=A

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Main round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=13 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=32–15

|team2={{hb|CZE}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020359/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P19.PDF Report]

|goals1=three players 5

|goals2=Kašpárek 5

|HT=16–9

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=1

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=3,780

|referee=Santos, Fonseca

|refnat=POR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=13 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}

|score=32–25

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817211328/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P20.PDF Report]

|goals1=Lauge Schmidt 7

|goals2=Lékai 5

|HT=14–12

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=2

|red1=1

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=5,170

|referee=Gubica, Milošević

|refnat=CRO

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=15 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=25–27

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817211327/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P21.PDF Report]

|goals1=Bánhidi 6

|goals2=four players 4

|HT=12–13

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=2

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=3,470

|referee=Dinu, Din

|refnat=ROU

}}

{{handballbox

|date=15 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=28–27

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817211331/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P22.PDF Report]

|goals1=Zdráhala 8

|goals2=Hansen 7

|HT=15–16

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=4,100

|referee=Gousko, Repkin

|refnat=BLR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=17 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=33–27

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817211329/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P23.PDF Report]

|goals1=Zdráhala 14

|goals2=Lékai 9

|HT=15–11

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=2

|red1=1

|twomin2=1

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=3,790

|referee=Pichon, Reveret

|refnat=FRA

}}

{{handballbox

|date=17 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=22–25

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817211332/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P24.PDF Report]

|goals1=A. Dujshebaev 6

|goals2=Balling 8

|HT=13–14

|twomin1=1

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=4,100

|referee=Zotin, Volodkov

|refnat=RUS

}}

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.

=Group I=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/schedule-results/final-tournament/main-round/group-i-zagreb/ EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=FRA |team2=SWE |team3=CRO |team4=NOR |team5=BLR |team6=SRB

|win_FRA=5 |draw_FRA=0 |loss_FRA=0 |gf_FRA=156|ga_FRA=130

|win_SWE=3 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=2 |gf_SWE=136|ga_SWE=127

|win_CRO=3 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=2 |gf_CRO=147|ga_CRO=138|status_CRO=H

|win_NOR=3 |draw_NOR=0 |loss_NOR=2 |gf_NOR=152|ga_NOR=144|

|win_SRB=0 |draw_SRB=0 |loss_SRB=5 |gf_SRB=131|ga_SRB=165|

|win_BLR=1 |draw_BLR=0 |loss_BLR=4 |gf_BLR=128|ga_BLR=146|

|hth_SWE=Sweden 2 Pts, +1 GD; Croatia 2 Pts, 0 GD; Norway 2 Pts, −1 GD

|hth_CRO=SWE

|hth_NOR=SWE

|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}

|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}

|name_CRO={{hb|CRO}}

|name_NOR={{hb|NOR}}

|name_SRB={{hb|SRB}}

|name_BLR={{hb|BLR}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=A |result3=X

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Advanced to semifinals

|col_X=blue1 |text_X=Advanced to fifth place game

}}

{{handballbox

|date=18 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|SRB}}

|score=27–32

|team2={{hb|NOR}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817212759/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P25.PDF Report]

|goals1=Beljanski, Šešum 5

|goals2=Bjørnsen, Sagosen 8

|HT=17–17

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=3,200

|referee=Santos, Fonseca

|refnat=POR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=18 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=25–23

|team2={{hb|BLR}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180127162554/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P26.PDF Report]

|goals1=Mamić, Stepančić 5

|goals2=Yurynok 6

|HT=15–12

|twomin1=1

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=1

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=8,100

|referee=Zotin, Volodkov

|refnat=RUS

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=17–23

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817212757/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P27.PDF Report]

|goals1=Jeppsson 4

|goals2=Sorhaindo 5

|HT=8–10

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=2

|yellow2=3

|red2=1

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=7,100

|referee=Raluy, Sabroso

|refnat=ESP

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=32–28

|team2={{hb|NOR}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180128042256/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P30.PDF Report]

|goals1=Štrlek 6

|goals2=Sagosen 8

|HT=17–15

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=2

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=13,000

|referee=Dinu, Din

|refnat=ROU

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|SRB}}

|score=30–39

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817212803/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P28.PDF Report]

|goals1=Zelenović 7

|goals2=Caucheteux, L. Karabatic 7

|HT=12–19

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=1

|red1=1

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=1,700

|referee=Gjeding, Hansen

|refnat=DEN

}}

{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=29–20

|team2={{hb|BLR}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817212757/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P29.PDF Report]

|goals1=Lagergren, Wanne 4

|goals2=Karalek, Kulesh 4

|HT=16–11

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=1,400

|referee=Horáček, Novotný

|refnat=CZE

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2018

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SRB}}

|score=27–32

|team2={{hb|BLR}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817212800/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P33.PDF Report]

|goals1=Nenadić 7

|goals2=Pukhouski 9

|HT=11–16

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Raluy, Sabroso

|refnat=ESP

}}

{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=25–28

|team2={{hb|NOR}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817212759/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P31.PDF Report]

|goals1=Tollbring 6

|goals2=Myrhol 7

|HT=11–12

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=2

|red1=1

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=8,100

|referee=Nikolov, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=27–30

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180128020156/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P32.PDF Report]

|goals1=Štrlek 6

|goals2=Remili 6

|HT=13–19

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=14,000

|referee=Geipel, Helbig

|refnat=GER

}}

=Group II=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/schedule-results/final-tournament/main-round/group-ii-varazdin/ EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=DEN |team2=ESP |team3=CZE |team4=SVN |team5=GER |team6=MKD

|win_MKD=1 |draw_MKD=1 |loss_MKD=3 |gf_MKD=114|ga_MKD=136

|win_ESP=3 |draw_ESP=0 |loss_ESP=2 |gf_ESP=142|ga_ESP=118

|win_GER=1 |draw_GER=2 |loss_GER=2 |gf_GER=124|ga_GER=126

|win_DEN=4 |draw_DEN=0 |loss_DEN=1 |gf_DEN=140|ga_DEN=123

|win_SVN=1 |draw_SVN=2 |loss_SVN=2 |gf_SVN=134|ga_SVN=133

|win_CZE=2 |draw_CZE=1 |loss_CZE=2 |gf_CZE=113|ga_CZE=131

|hth_SVN=Slovenia 25–25 Germany

|hth_GER=SVN

|name_MKD={{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|name_GER={{hb|GER}}

|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}}

|name_SVN={{hb|SVN}}

|name_CZE={{hb|CZE}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

|result1=A |result2=A |result3=X

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Advanced to semifinals

|col_X=blue1 |text_X=Advanced to fifth place game

}}

{{handballbox

|date=19 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=22–19

|team2={{hb|CZE}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233242/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P35.PDF Report]

|goals1=Fäth 8

|goals2=Číp 6

|HT=9–10

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=2,130

|referee=Gubica, Milošević

|refnat=CRO

}}

{{handballbox

|date=19 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SVN}}

|score=28–31

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203513/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P34.PDF Report]

|goals1=Zarabec 6

|goals2=Svan 11

|HT=14–16

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=5,200

|referee=Pichon, Reveret

|refnat=FRA

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=25–26

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203504/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P39.PDF Report]

|goals1=Kühn 6

|goals2=Lindberg 9

|HT=9–8

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=1

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=3,112

|referee=Gubica, Milošević

|refnat=CRO

}}

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|score=20–31

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203451/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P36.PDF Report]

|goals1=Manaskov, Stoilov 4

|goals2=Gurbindo 6

|HT=6–15

|twomin1=1

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=3,796

|referee=Gousko, Repkin

|refnat=BLR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|SVN}}

|score=31–26

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203509/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P37.PDF Report]

|goals1=Marguč 5

|goals2=Solé 6

|HT=13–12

|twomin1=8

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=1

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=4,176

|referee=Dinu, Din

|refnat=ROU

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|score=24–25

|team2={{hb|CZE}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203455/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P38.PDF Report]

|goals1=Taleski 5

|goals2=Horák 8

|HT=13–11

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=1

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=3,780

|referee=Zotin, Volodkov

|refnat=RUS

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2018

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SVN}}

|score=26–26

|team2={{hb|CZE}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203459/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P42.PDF Report]

|goals1=three players 5

|goals2=Zdráhala 9

|HT=11–12

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=2

|red2=2

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=2,873

|referee=Santos, Fonseca

|refnat=POR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2018

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|score=20–31

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180719203511/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P40.PDF Report]

|goals1=Kuzmanovski 6

|goals2=Damgaard 11

|HT=12–12

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=1

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=2,343

|referee=Mažeika, Gatelis

|refnat=LTU

}}

{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=27–31

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134407/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P41.PDF Report]

|goals1=Hafner 5

|goals2=Balaguer 6

|HT=13–14

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=1

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Varaždin Arena, Varaždin

|attendance=1,289

|referee=Pichon, Reveret

|refnat=FRA

}}

Knockout stage

=Bracket=

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=Semifinals

|RD2=Final

|Consol=Third place game

|26 January|{{hb|FRA}}|23|{{hb|ESP}}|27

|26 January|{{hb|DEN}}|34|{{hb|SWE}} (ET)|35

|28 January|{{hb|ESP}}|29|{{hb|SWE}}|23

|28 January|{{hb|FRA}}|32|{{hb|DEN}}|29

}}

=Semifinals=

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2018

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=23–27

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|HT=9–15

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180218234618/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P44.PDF Report]

|goals1=Sorhaindo 6

|goals2=Solé 7

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Nikolov, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

----

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}

|score=34–35

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|HT=14–16

|FT=28–28

|OT1=6–7

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235708/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P45.PDF Report]

|goals1=Hansen 12

|goals2=Zachrisson 8

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=1

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=1

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=9,000

|referee=Geipel, Helbig

|refnat=GER

}}

=Fifth place game=

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2018

|time=15:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=28–27

|team2={{hb|CZE}}

|HT=16–10

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190817215204/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P43.PDF Report]

|goals1=Horvat 10

|goals2=Zdráhala 13

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=2

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=3,500

|referee=Raluy, Sabroso

|refnat=ESP

}}

=Third place game=

{{handballbox

|bg=#cc9966

|date=28 January 2018

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=32–29

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|HT=17–14

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235937/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P46.PDF Report]

|goals1=N. Karabatić 9

|goals2=Lindberg 12

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=6,700

|referee=Dinu, Din

|refnat=ROU

}}

=Final=

{{handballbox

|bg=gold

|date=28 January 2018

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=29–23

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|HT=12–14

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180218223535/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_P47.PDF Report]

|goals1=Balaguer, Solé 5

|goals2=Nielsen 5

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Arena Zagreb, Zagreb

|attendance=9,000

|referee=Gubica, Milošević

|refnat=CRO

}}

Ranking and statistics

=Final ranking=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break|width=450px}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!width=40|Rank

!width=180|Team

bgcolor=ccffcc

|{{Gold1}}

|align=left|{{hb|ESP}}

{{Silver2}}

|align=left|{{hb|SWE}}

bgcolor=skyblue

|{{Bronze3}}

|align=left|{{hb|FRA}}

bgcolor=bbf3ff

|4

|align=left|{{hb|DEN}}

5

|align=left|{{hb|CRO}}

6

|align=left|{{hb|CZE}}

7

|align=left|{{hb|NOR}}

8

|align=left|{{hb|SLO}}

bgcolor=#bbf3ff

|9

|align=left|{{hb|GER}}

10

|align=left|{{hb|BLR}}

11

|align=left|{{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

12

|align=left|{{hb|SRB}}

13

|align=left|{{hb|ISL}}

14

|align=left|{{hb|HUN}}

15

|align=left|{{hb|AUT}}

16

|align=left|{{hb|MNE}}

class="wikitable"
colspan=2| Qualified for 2019 World Men's Handball Championship as:{{cite web |url=https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=5313 |title=European qualification for 2019 World Championship begins |publisher=IHF |date=20 October 2017 |access-date=24 January 2018}}
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|winner of this tournament
width=10px bgcolor=#bbf3ff|co-host
width=10px bgcolor=skyblue|{{nowrap|winner of 2017 World Championship}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="width: 80%;"
style="text-align: center;"

|2018 Men's European Champions

Image:Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
First title

Team roster: Eduardo Gurbindo, Ángel Fernández Pérez, Valero Rivera Folch, Raúl Entrerríos, Alex Dujshebaev, Daniel Sarmiento Melián, Julen Aguinagalde, Arpad Šterbik, Joan Cañellas, Viran Morros, Aitor Ariño, Gedeón Guardiola, Iosu Goñi Leoz, Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, Rodrigo Corrales, Ferrán Solé, David Balaguer, Adrià Figueras, Daniel Dujshebaev
Head coach: Jordi Ribera.

{{col-end}}

=All-Star Team=

The all-star team and awards were announced on 28 January 2018.{{cite web|url=http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/newsdetail/ehf-euro-2018-all-star-team-named/|title=EHF EURO 2018 All-star team named|date=28 January 2018|work=ehf-euro.com|access-date=28 January 2018|archive-date=28 January 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180128211207/http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/newsdetail/ehf-euro-2018-all-star-team-named/|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable"
PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper{{flagathlete|Vincent Gérard|FRA}}
Right wing{{flagathlete|Ferrán Solé|ESP}}
Right back{{flagathlete|Alex Dujshebaev|ESP}}
Centre back{{flagathlete|Sander Sagosen|NOR}}
Left back{{flagathlete|Mikkel Hansen|DEN}}
Left wing{{flagathlete|Manuel Štrlek|CRO}}
Pivot{{flagathlete|Jesper Nielsen|SWE}}

=Awards=

class="wikitable"
AwardPlayer
Most Valuable Player{{flagathlete|Jim Gottfridsson|SWE}}
Best Defence Player{{flagathlete|Jakov Gojun|CRO}}
Topscorer{{flagathlete|Ondřej Zdráhala|CZE}} (55 goals)

=Statistics=

{{Col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

==Top goalscorers==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

|+

!Rank

!Name

!Goals

!Shots

!{{abbr|%|Efficiency}}

1

| align="left"|{{flagicon|CZE}} Ondřej Zdráhala

| 56

| 96

| 57

2

| align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Mikkel Hansen

| 43

| 79

| 54

3

| align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Lauge Schmidt

| 40

| 63

| 63

4

| align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Kristian Bjørnsen

| 37

| 50

| 74

5

| align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ferrán Solé

| 36

| 47

| 77

6

| align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Kentin Mahé

| 34

| 49

| 69

7

| align="left"|{{flagicon|CZE}} Stanislav Kašpárek

| 33

| 66

| 50

8

| align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Sander Sagosen

| 32

| 54

| 59

rowspan=3|9

| align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Nikola Karabatić

| rowspan=3|30

| 46

| 65

align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Hans Lindberg

| 37

| 81

align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} Petar Nenadić

| 53

| 57

Source: [http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_C85A.PDF Sportresult] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116135121/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_C85A.PDF |date=2018-01-16 }}

{{Col-2}}

==Top goalkeepers==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

!Rank

!Name

!%

!Saves

!Shots

1

| align="left"|{{flagicon|SLO}} Urh Kastelic

| 41

| 22

| 54

2

| align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Vincent Gérard

| 37

| 68

| 184

rowspan=2|3

| align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Jannick Green

| rowspan=2|36

| 49

| 136

align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Andreas Palicka

| 50

| 138

rowspan=3|5

| align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Mikael Appelgren

| rowspan=3|35

| 69

| 195

align="left"|{{flagicon|MKD}} Nikola Mitrevski

| 38

| 108

align="left"|{{flagicon|BLR}} Viachaslau Saldatsenka

| 71

| 203

rowspan=5|8

| align="left"|{{flagicon|NOR}} Torbjørn Bergerud

| rowspan=5|34

| 73

| 212

align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Silvio Heinevetter

| 26

| 76

align="left"|{{flagicon|CZE}} Tomáš Mrkva

| 51

| 151

align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas

| 52

| 151

align="left"|{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Wolff

| 43

| 126

Source: [http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_C85B.PDF Sportresult] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129095853/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/HBL_PROD/HBEC18M/PDF_C85B.PDF |date=2018-01-29 }}

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References

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External links

  • [http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/home/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125075238/http://cro2018.ehf-euro.com/home/ |date=2018-01-25 }}

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