# 2024 Men's U-18 EHF Championship I

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

* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Estonia
* Finland
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Slovakia
* Turkey

## Venue

The venue was the Mestska Sportova Hala in 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 |
| 12 August 2024 12:15 | Lithuania | 34–43 | Turkey | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 12 August 2024 12:15 | Labutis 9 | (16–21) | Mete 11 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 12 August 2024 12:15 | 1× 3× | Report | 11× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 12 August 2024 14:30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43–23 | Estonia | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL) |
| 12 August 2024 14:30 | Hadzic, Hadzimuhamedovic 11 | (20–8) | Heinla 7 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL) |
| 12 August 2024 14:30 | 2× | Report | 4× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL) |
| 13 August 2024 12:15 | Estonia | 33–34 | Turkey | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK) |
| 13 August 2024 12:15 | Heinla 8 | (15–16) | Herseklioglu 13 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK) |
| 13 August 2024 12:15 | 2× 6× 1× | Report | 1× 8× 1× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK) |
| 13 August 2024 14:30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33–30 | Lithuania | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL) |
| 13 August 2024 14:30 | Hadzimuhamedovic 11 | (17–14) | Labutis 7 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL) |
| 13 August 2024 14:30 | 1× 5× | Report | 1× 3× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL) |
| 15 August 2024 16:45 | Turkey | 28–33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 15 August 2024 16:45 | Herseklioglu 12 | (13–16) | Hadzic 10 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 15 August 2024 16:45 | 1× 6× | Report | 1× 4× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 15 August 2024 19:00 | Lithuania | 28–28 | Estonia | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK) |
| 15 August 2024 19:00 | Labutis 7 | (14–13) | Liedemann 6 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK) |
| 15 August 2024 19:00 | 6× 1× | Report | 7× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK) |

### 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 |
| 12 August 2024 16:45 | Slovakia | 32–23 | Finland | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL) |
| 12 August 2024 16:45 | Mišových 7 | (19–12) | Malkamäki 4 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL) |
| 12 August 2024 16:45 | 1× 2× | Report | 3× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yovchev, Yovchev (BUL) |
| 12 August 2024 19:00 | Latvia | 29–27 | Netherlands | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP) |
| 12 August 2024 19:00 | Borisovs, Lilienfelds 8 | (14–12) | Skwarczynski 5 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP) |
| 12 August 2024 19:00 | 1× 4× | Report | 2× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP) |
| 13 August 2024 16:45 | Netherlands | 34–21 | Finland | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 13 August 2024 16:45 | Antonio 7 | (14–7) | Sivén 5 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 13 August 2024 16:45 | 6× | Report | | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 13 August 2024 19:00 | Latvia | 29–29 | Slovakia | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL) |
| 13 August 2024 19:00 | Lilienfelds 8 | (15–15) | Krok 8 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL) |
| 13 August 2024 19:00 | 1× 8× 1× | Report | 8× 1× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL) |
| 15 August 2024 12:15 | Finland | 23–37 | Latvia | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP) |
| 15 August 2024 12:15 | Hagman 6 | (13–17) | Bors 10 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP) |
| 15 August 2024 12:15 | 3× | Report | 4× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP) |
| 15 August 2024 14:30 | Slovakia | 30–35 | Netherlands | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yonchev, Yonchev (BUL) |
| 15 August 2024 14:30 | Gagyi 6 | (21–18) | Luijten 9 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yonchev, Yonchev (BUL) |
| 15 August 2024 14:30 | 1× 3× | Report | 4× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Yonchev, Yonchev (BUL) |

## Knockout stage
### 5–8 classification bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 17 August | 17 August |
| Lithuania | 28 |
| Lithuania | 28 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Finland | 25 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Finland | 25 | Lithuania | 34 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Lithuania | 34 |
| 17 August | 17 August | Estonia | 30 |
| Slovakia | 26 | Estonia | 30 |
| Estonia | 29 | | |
| Estonia | 29 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 18 August | 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) |
| 17 August 2024 12:15 | Labutis 7 | (13–13) | Ahlbäck 7 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK) |
| 17 August 2024 12:15 | 4× | Report | 3× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Bocakova, Janosikova (SVK) |
| 17 August 2024 14:30 | Slovakia | 26–29 | Estonia | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP) |
| 17 August 2024 14:30 | Gagyi 6 | (14–14) | Liedemann, Luks 6 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP) |
| 17 August 2024 14:30 | 1× 4× 1× | Report | 7× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Charalambous, Efstathiou (CYP) |

### Seventh place game

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

### Fifth place game

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

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 17 August | 17 August |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Netherlands | 25 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Netherlands | 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38 |
| 17 August | 17 August | Latvia | 26 |
| Latvia | 33 | Latvia | 26 |
| Turkey | 28 | | |
| Turkey | 28 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 18 August | 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) |
| 17 August 2024 16:45 | Hadzimuhamedovic 11 | (16–13) | Van Vliet 6 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 17 August 2024 16:45 | 2× | Report | 3× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Berdic, Šorak (SRB) |
| 17 August 2024 19:00 | Latvia | 33–28 | Turkey | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL) |
| 17 August 2024 19:00 | Misulis 10 | (15–15) | Herseklioglu 12 | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL) |
| 17 August 2024 19:00 | 3× | Report | 1× 7× 1× | Mestska Sportova Hala, Humenné Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL) |

### Third place game

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

### Final

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

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| | Latvia |
| | Turkey |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Lithuania |
| 6 | Estonia |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 8 | Finland |