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Tournament details | |
Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Dates | 12–28 January |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 47 |
Goals scored | 2,563 (54.53 per match) |
Attendance | 263,209 (5,600 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (56 goals) |
Best player | ![]() |
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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.[1][2]
The interested nations were as follows:[3]
In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:[4]
Croatia was recommended as the preferred bid.[5] The Croatians was confirmed as the host on 20 September 2014.[6][7]
Each venue hosted one group, while Zagreb and Varaždin (which replaced Split as a main round venue)[8] hosted the main round. The final weekend was in Zagreb.
Zagreb | Split |
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Arena Zagreb Capacity: 15,200 |
Spaladium Arena Capacity: 10,941 | |
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Varaždin | Poreč | |
Varaždin Arena Capacity: 5,200 |
Žatika Sport Centre Capacity: 3,700 | |
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Country | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
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Host | 20 September 2014 | 12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 3 winner | 6 May 2017 | 12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 5 winner | 6 May 2017 | 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016) |
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Group 6 winner | 6 May 2017 | 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 1 winner | 14 June 2017 | 11 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 7 winner | 14 June 2017 | 12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 1 runner-up | 15 June 2017 | 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 2 runner-up | 15 June 2017 | 4 ( 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 2 winner | 15 June 2017 | 4 (1994, 2008, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 6 runner-up | 17 June 2017 | 3 (2008, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 7 runner-up | 17 June 2017 | 7 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 5 runner-up | 17 June 2017 | 10 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016) |
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Group 3 runner-up | 17 June 2017 | 2 (2010, 2014) |
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Group 4 runner-up | 18 June 2017 | 8 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
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Group 4 winner | 18 June 2017 | 4 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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Group 4 third place | 18 June 2017 | 9 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
The draw was held on 23 June 2017.[9][10]
The seedings were announced on 19 June 2017.[11][12]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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On 26 October 2017, 12 couples were announced.[13]
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All times are local (UTC+1).[14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 82 | +7 | 4[a] | Main round |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 79 | +13 | 4[a] | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 88 | −12 | 2[b] | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 82 | −8 | 2[b] |
12 January 2018 18:15 |
Sweden ![]() |
24–26 | ![]() |
Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 8,700 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Gottfridsson6 | (8–15) | Guðmundsson7 | ||
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12 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia ![]() |
32–22 | ![]() |
Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Stepančić, Štrlek6 | (14–9) | Nenadić6 | ||
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Report | 1×![]() ![]() |
14 January 2018 18:15 |
Serbia ![]() |
25–30 | ![]() |
Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Ilić5 | (10–16) | Lagergren5 | ||
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14 January 2018 20:30 |
Iceland ![]() |
22–29 | ![]() |
Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 10,500 Referees: Zotin, Volotkov (RUS) |
Pálmarsson5 | (13–14) | Cindrić7 | ||
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16 January 2018 18:15 |
Serbia ![]() |
29–26 | ![]() |
Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 9,800 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Radivojević, Šešum5 | (12–12) | Sigurðsson8 | ||
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16 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia ![]() |
31–35 | ![]() |
Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Čupić7 | (12–17) | Lagergren6 | ||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 82 | +15 | 6 | Main round |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 88 | +15 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 91 | −11 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 99 | −19 | 0 |
12 January 2018 18:15 |
Belarus ![]() |
27–26 | ![]() |
Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Kulesh7 | (14–12) | Bilyk8 | ||
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12 January 2018 20:30 |
France ![]() |
32–31 | ![]() |
Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Mahé8 | (15–17) | Tønnesen7 | ||
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14 January 2018 18:15 |
Austria ![]() |
26–33 | ![]() |
Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Weber5 | (12–17) | N'Guessan7 | ||
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14 January 2018 20:30 |
Norway ![]() |
33–28 | ![]() |
Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
three players6 | (15–12) | Karalek5 | ||
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16 January 2018 18:15 |
France ![]() |
32–25 | ![]() |
Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU) |
Mem9 | (14–11) | Padshyvalau6 | ||
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16 January 2018 20:30 |
Norway ![]() |
39–28 | ![]() |
Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Bjørnsen9 | (18–14) | Bilyk9 | ||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 77 | +2 | 5 | Main round |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 82 | 69 | +13 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77 | 69 | +8 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 89 | −23 | 0 |
13 January 2018 17:15 |
Germany ![]() |
32–19 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
Gensheimer9 | (17–9) | Lipovina7 | ||
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13 January 2018 19:30 |
Macedonia ![]() |
25–24 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Manaskov8 | (11–11) | Mlakar4 | ||
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15 January 2018 18:15 |
Slovenia ![]() |
25–25 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU) |
Zarabec5 | (15–10) | Gensheimer7 | ||
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15 January 2018 20:30 |
Montenegro ![]() |
28–29 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Čavor6 | (16–15) | Kuzmanovski5 | ||
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17 January 2018 18:15 |
Germany ![]() |
25–25 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
Weinhold8 | (12–11) | Taleski6 | ||
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Report | 3×![]() ![]() |
17 January 2018 20:30 |
Montenegro ![]() |
19–28 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,200 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Ševaljević6 | (13–14) | Marguč6 | ||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 65 | +16 | 4[a] | Main round |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 75 | +9 | 4[a] | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 86 | −10 | 4[a] | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 92 | −15 | 0 |
13 January 2018 18:15 |
Spain ![]() |
32–15 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,780 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
three players5 | (16–9) | Kašpárek5 | ||
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13 January 2018 20:30 |
Denmark ![]() |
32–25 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,170 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Lauge Schmidt7 | (14–12) | Lékai5 | ||
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15 January 2018 18:15 |
Hungary ![]() |
25–27 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,470 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Bánhidi6 | (12–13) | four players4 | ||
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15 January 2018 20:30 |
Czech Republic ![]() |
28–27 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
Zdráhala8 | (15–16) | Hansen7 | ||
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17 January 2018 18:15 |
Czech Republic ![]() |
33–27 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,790 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
Zdráhala14 | (15–11) | Lékai9 | ||
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17 January 2018 20:30 |
Spain ![]() |
22–25 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
A. Dujshebaev6 | (13–14) | Balling8 | ||
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Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 130 | +26 | 10 | Advanced to semifinals |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 127 | +9 | 6[a] | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 147 | 138 | +9 | 6[a] | Advanced to fifth place game |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 144 | +8 | 6[a] | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 128 | 146 | −18 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 131 | 165 | −34 | 0 |
18 January 2018 18:15 |
Serbia ![]() |
27–32 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
Beljanski, Šešum5 | (17–17) | Bjørnsen, Sagosen8 | ||
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18 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia ![]() |
25–23 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
Mamić, Stepančić5 | (15–12) | Yurynok6 | ||
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20 January 2018 18:15 |
Sweden ![]() |
17–23 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 7,100 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Jeppsson4 | (8–10) | Sorhaindo5 | ||
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20 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia ![]() |
32–28 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Štrlek6 | (17–15) | Sagosen8 | ||
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22 January 2018 18:15 |
Serbia ![]() |
30–39 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Zelenović7 | (12–19) | Caucheteux, L. Karabatic7 | ||
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22 January 2018 20:30 |
Sweden ![]() |
29–20 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Lagergren, Wanne4 | (16–11) | Karalek, Kulesh4 | ||
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24 January 2018 16:00 |
Serbia ![]() |
27–32 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Nenadić7 | (11–16) | Pukhouski9 | ||
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24 January 2018 18:15 |
Sweden ![]() |
25–28 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Tollbring6 | (11–12) | Myrhol7 | ||
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24 January 2018 20:30 |
Croatia ![]() |
27–30 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Štrlek6 | (13–19) | Remili6 | ||
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 123 | +17 | 8 | Advanced to semifinals |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 118 | +24 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 113 | 131 | −18 | 5 | Advanced to fifth place game |
4 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 134 | 133 | +1 | 4[a] | |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 124 | 126 | −2 | 4[a] | |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 114 | 136 | −22 | 3 |
19 January 2018 18:15 |
Germany ![]() |
22–19 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,130 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Fäth8 | (9–10) | Číp6 | ||
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19 January 2018 20:30 |
Slovenia ![]() |
28–31 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
Zarabec6 | (14–16) | Svan11 | ||
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21 January 2018 18:15 |
Germany ![]() |
25–26 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,112 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Kühn6 | (9–8) | Lindberg9 | ||
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21 January 2018 20:30 |
Macedonia ![]() |
20–31 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,796 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR) |
Manaskov, Stoilov4 | (6–15) | Gurbindo6 | ||
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23 January 2018 18:15 |
Slovenia ![]() |
31–26 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 4,176 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Marguč5 | (13–12) | Solé6 | ||
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23 January 2018 20:30 |
Macedonia ![]() |
24–25 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 3,780 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
Taleski5 | (13–11) | Horák8 | ||
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24 January 2018 16:00 |
Slovenia ![]() |
26–26 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,873 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR) |
three players5 | (11–12) | Zdráhala9 | ||
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24 January 2018 18:15 |
Macedonia ![]() |
20–31 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 2,343 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU) |
Kuzmanovski6 | (12–12) | Damgaard11 | ||
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24 January 2018 20:30 |
Germany ![]() |
27–31 | ![]() |
Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 1,289 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA) |
Hafner5 | (13–14) | Balaguer6 | ||
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| Semifinals | Final | ||||
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26 January 2018 18:00 |
France ![]() |
23–27 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Sorhaindo6 | (9–15) | Solé7 | ||
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26 January 2018 20:30 |
Denmark ![]() |
34–35 (ET) | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Hansen12 | (14–16) | Zachrisson8 | ||
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FT: 28–28 ET: 6–7 |
26 January 2018 15:30 |
Croatia ![]() |
28–27 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Horvat10 | (16–10) | Zdráhala13 | ||
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28 January 2018 18:00 |
France ![]() |
32–29 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 6,700 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
N. Karabatić9 | (17–14) | Lindberg12 | ||
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28 January 2018 20:30 |
Spain ![]() |
29–23 | ![]() |
Arena Zagreb, Zagreb Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO) |
Balaguer, Solé5 | (12–14) | Nielsen5 | ||
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The all-star team and awards were announced on 28 January 2018.[16]
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Pivot | ![]() |
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Best Defence Player | ![]() |
Topscorer | ![]() |
Top goalscorers[edit]
Source: Sportresult Archived 2018-01-16 at the Wayback Machine |
Top goalkeepers[edit]
Source: Sportresult Archived 2018-01-29 at the Wayback Machine |
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