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2021 European Men's U-19 Handball Championship
The 2021 European Men's U-19 Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship, which was held in Varaždin and Koprivnica, Croatia from 12 to 22 August 2021.
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Croatia 2 (in 2 host cities) 12–22 August 16 (from 1 confederation) Germany (3rd title) Croatia Spain Slovenia 56 3,216 (57.43 per match) 8,185 (146 per match) Mitja Janc Elliot Stenmalm(61 goals) Mitja Janc
The 2021 European Men's U-19 Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship , which was held in Varaždin and Koprivnica , Croatia from 12 to 22 August 2021.
The European Handball Federation decided to hold an U-19 European Championship in 2021 in a move to lessen the COVID-19 pandemic ’s impact for national team players born in 2002 and younger.
Competition Dates Host Vacancies Qualified
Men's 18 EHF EURO 2018 9–19 August 2018 Croatia 14 Sweden Iceland Denmark Croatia Spain Germany France Serbia Slovenia Hungary Norway Portugal Russia Israel Men's 18 EHF Championship 2018 10–18 August 2018 Tulln 1 Austria Tbilisi 1 Italy
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Croatia Denmark Iceland Sweden France Germany Serbia Spain Hungary Norway Portugal Slovenia Austria Israel Italy Russia
All times are local (UTC+2 ).
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12 August 2021 14:30 Iceland 22–26 Slovenia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 56 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO) Guðjónsson, Óskarsson 4 (8–14) Janc 10 2× 9× 1× Report 1× 7×
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12 August 2021 16:30 Serbia 26–28 Italy Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 50 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT) Zečević 9 (13–13) Bortoli 9 1× 9× Report 1× 2×
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13 August 2021 14:30 Italy 17–30 Iceland Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 30 Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR) Bortoli 6 (8–12) Ástþórsson 6 1× Report 3×
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13 August 2021 16:30 Slovenia 30–36 Serbia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 150 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR) Janc 9 (15–15) Zečević 7 1× 4× 1× Report 1× 9× 1×
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15 August 2021 14:30 Iceland 31–30 Serbia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 50 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT) Ástþórsson, Rúnarsson 6 (13–14) S. Dodić, Zečević 5 2× 4× Report 6×
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15 August 2021 16:30 Slovenia 31–29 Italy Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 93 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN) Janc 13 (14–16) Gai 6 7× Report 1× 4× 1×
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12 August 2021 18:30 Sweden 36–35 Hungary Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 67 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) Stenmalm 13 (19–17) Zoran Ilić 9 6× Report 6×
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12 August 2021 20:30 Spain 34–23 Israel Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 50 Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR) Gurri 6 (18–15) Maman 7 2× 4× Report 1× 8×
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13 August 2021 18:30 Israel 25–29 Sweden Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 78 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN) Levi 6 (11–16) Stenmalm 12 2× 7× Report 1× 3× 1×
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13 August 2021 20:30 Hungary 27–29 Spain Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 150 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO) Fazekas 10 (14–13) Gurri 8 2× 6× Report 1× 5×
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15 August 2021 18:30 Sweden 35–35 Spain Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO) Stenmalm 14 (14–19) Gurri, Fernández 6 1× 4× Report 6×
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15 August 2021 20:30 Hungary 35–27 Israel Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 25 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR) Pergel 9 (17–12) Levi 8 2× Report 1× 4×
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12 August 2021 14:15 Denmark 29–19 Norway Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE) Als, Termansen 4 (16–8) three players 4 5× Report 1× 3×
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12 August 2021 16:15 Germany 35–27 Russia Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 95 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD) Heitkamp 9 (15–10) Dmitriev 7 4× Report 2×
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13 August 2021 14:30 Russia 26–38 Denmark Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 200 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) Kandybin 9 (13–19) Boldsen 7 3× Report 6×
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13 August 2021 16:30 Norway 21–27 Germany Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) Haug 8 (10–15) Uščins 10 1× 4× Report 4×
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15 August 2021 14:30 Denmark 29–29 Germany Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB) T. Arnoldsen 7 (16–14) Uščins 10 1× 8× 2× Report 1× 7×
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15 August 2021 16:30 Norway 29–24 Russia Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD) Haug 9 (14–12) Kandybin 9 2× Report 1× 5×
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12 August 2021 18:15 France 32–24 Austria Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 200 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB) Vincent 7 (15–14) Jankovic 6 1× 7× Report 1× 6×
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12 August 2021 20:15 Croatia 35–31 Portugal Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 200 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) Barbić 10 (17–15) F. Costa 6 1× 4× Report 2×
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13 August 2021 18:30 Portugal 29–26 France Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 200 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD) F. Costa 13 (11–11) Fadhuile-Crépy 11 3× Report 1× 6× 1×
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13 August 2021 20:30 Austria 27–37 Croatia Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 250 Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE) Magelinskas 6 (14–19) Božičević 9 2× 4× Report 5×
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15 August 2021 18:30 Portugal 43–29 Austria Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) Cavalcanti 9 (23–14) Pieber 6 1× 6× Report 5×
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15 August 2021 20:30 Croatia 26–25 France Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 350 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) Grubišić 9 (13–13) Derisbourg 10 5× 1× Report 1× 2×
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17 August 2021 14:30 Serbia 28–35 Israel Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 50 Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE) S. Dodić, Zečević 7 (14–18) Cohen 10 1× 10× Report 9×
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17 August 2021 16:30 Italy 21–28 Hungary Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 21 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR) four players 4 (9–14) Lukács 6 1× Report 7×
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18 August 2021 14:30 Israel 23–29 Italy Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 30 Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR) Cohen 8 (12–16) Bortoli 12 1× 6× Report 4×
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18 August 2021 16:30 Hungary 31–26 Serbia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 50 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT) Imre 7 (15–13) Mitrović, Rogan 5 3× Report 3×
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17 August 2021 14:30 Russia 19–36 Austria Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR) Kandybin 5 (11–18) Magelinskas 8 3× Report 5×
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17 August 2021 16:30 Norway 18–30 France Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB) Berg 5 (7–16) Pimenta 9 2× 3× Report 1×
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18 August 2021 14:30 Austria 26–29 Norway Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE) Magelinskas 8 (10–14) Berg 7 2× 7× 1× Report 6×
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18 August 2021 16:30 France 36–17 Russia Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO) Pimenta 6 (17–7) Dobrynin 5 5× Report 1× 5×
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17 August 2021 18:30 Iceland 27–29 Sweden Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN) Ástþórsson 9 (12–14) Sanderhem 6 3× 2× Report 4×
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17 August 2021 20:30 Slovenia 37–37 Spain Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 97 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) Janc 17 (21–18) Fernández 8 1× 10× Report 2× 5×
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18 August 2021 18:30 Sweden 29–32 Slovenia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 144 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) Stenmalm 13 (15–16) Makuc 8 2× Report 7× 1×
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18 August 2021 20:30 Spain 32–25 Iceland Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR) Gurri 7 (16–12) Óskarsson 5 1× 5× Report 1× 7× 1×
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17 August 2021 18:30 Germany 34–30 Portugal Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD) Freihöfer 10 (18–15) F. Costa 9 1× 4× Report 1× 6× 1×
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17 August 2021 20:30 Denmark 25–27 Croatia Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 300 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT) T. Arnoldsen 11 (11–10) Lisac 9 1× 3× 1× Report 1× 8×
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18 August 2021 18:30 Portugal 31–27 Denmark Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB) Machado 8 (17–12) Boldsen 6 7× Report 1× 4×
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18 August 2021 20:30 Croatia 23–26 Germany Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 200 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN) Hršak 9 (9–13) Schöttle 6 3× 6× Report 4×
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20 August 2021 13:00 Israel 33–31 Russia Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR) Levi 12 (14–18) Kandybin 13 1× 3× Report 1× 6×
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20 August 2021 15:15 Austria 27–33 Serbia Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) Pieber 8 (11–18) Zečević 9 2× 4× Report 2×
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20 August 2021 17:30 Hungary 28–21 Norway Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO) Lukács 6 (14–8) Berg 5 5× 1× Report 4×
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20 August 2021 19:45 France 30–22 Italy Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR) Vincent 9 (18–13) Fadanelli 9 4× Report 4×
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20 August 2021 13:00 Sweden 29–34 Denmark Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD) Möller 8 (14–18) Als 8 5× Report 1× 7×
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20 August 2021 15:15 Portugal 33–30 Iceland Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN) F. Costa 10 (17–13) Guðjónsson 9 4× Report 4×
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20 August 2021 17:30 Germany 31–30 Spain Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 200 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB) Leitz 7 (17–14) Martínez 5 1× 7× Report 1× 5×
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20 August 2021 20:00 Slovenia 22–26 Croatia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 500 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT) Janc 9 (9–10) Jurišić 7 2× 5× 1× Report 4×
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21 August 2021 12:00 Russia 31–24 Austria Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 19 Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE) Kandybin 11 (11–13) Magelinskas 10 1× 4× Report 4×
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21 August 2021 14:15 Israel 25–27 Serbia Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 30 Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN) Levi 10 (12–16) S. Dodić 7 1× 3× Report 1× 4×
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21 August 2021 16:30 Norway 31–24 Italy Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 50 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) Høiness 6 (16–8) Fadanelli 5 6× Report 2×
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21 August 2021 18:45 Hungary 35–25 France Gymnasium Fran Galović Sports Hall, Koprivnica Attendance: 100 Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD) Fazekas 8 (17–13) Fadhuile-Crépy, Vincent 5 4× Report 2×
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22 August 2021 10:00 Sweden 26–24 Iceland Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 150 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB) Larsson 8 (11–11) Óskarsson 7 2× 4× Report 1× 5×
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22 August 2021 12:15 Denmark 31–27 Portugal Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 100 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA) Boldsen 9 (14–12) Sousa 5 1× Report 4×
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22 August 2021 14:30 Slovenia 28–37 Spain Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 500 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH) Miklavec 7 (13–17) Fernández 11 8× 1× Report 4×
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22 August 2021 17:00 Croatia 20–34 Germany Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR) Jurišić 4 (14–19) Freihöfer, Uščins 6 1× 3× Report 5×
Rank Team
Germany Croatia Spain 4 Slovenia 5 Denmark 6 Portugal 7 Sweden 8 Iceland 9 Hungary 10 France 11 Norway 12 Italy 13 Serbia 14 Israel 15 Russia 16 Austria
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Relegated to the Men’s 18 EHF Championship 2022
The all-star team and awards were announced on 22 August 2021.
Position Player
Goalkeeper David Späth Right wing Francisco Costa Right back Renars Uščins Centre back Mitja Janc Left back Elliot Stenmalm Left wing Ivan Barbić Pivot Javier Rodríguez
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Most valuable player Mitja Janc Best defender Mislav Obradović Top scorer Mitja Janc Elliot Stenmalm
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