European Men's Junior Handball Championship

The European Handball Junior Nations Championship, is the official competition for junior men's national handball teams of Europe, held by the European Handball Federation every second year. Since the 2004 edition, the championship received its current name: EHF European Men's U-20 Handball Championship.

In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the IHF Junior World Handball Championship.

Medal summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1996 Details	Romania		Denmark	26 – 19	Spain		Russia	30 – 29 after extra time	France
1998 Details	Austria		Denmark	22 – 21	Yugoslavia		Hungary	29 – 24	Spain
2000 Details	Greece		Yugoslavia	34 – 29	Belarus		Spain	30 – 22	Denmark
2002 Details	Poland		Poland	29 – 25	Slovenia		Yugoslavia	33 – 30	Macedonia
2004 Details	Latvia		Germany	27 – 26	Denmark		Slovenia	29 – 28	Hungary
2006 Details	Austria		Germany	24 – 19	Sweden		Denmark	33 – 32	Serbia and Montenegro
2008 Details	Romania		Denmark	26 – 21	Germany		France	32 – 30	Sweden
2010 Details	Slovakia		Denmark	30 – 24	Portugal		Slovenia	30 – 25 after 2nd extra time	Germany
2012 Details	Turkey		Spain	34 – 21	Croatia		Slovenia	36 – 34 after penalty shootout	Sweden
2014 Details	Austria		Germany	26 – 24	Sweden		Spain	29 – 27	Denmark

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	4	1	1	6
2	Germany	3	1	0	4
3	Spain	1	1	2	4
4	Yugoslavia	1	1	1	3
5	Poland	1	0	0	1
6	Sweden	0	2	0	2
7	Slovenia	0	1	3	4
8	Belarus	0	1	0	1
	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Portugal	0	1	0	1
11	Russia	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

See also

• European Men's Handball Championship
• European Women's Junior Handball Championship

External links

• Official homepage of the European Handball Federation