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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.[2]

2021 European Men's U-19 Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates12–22 August
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Spain
Fourth place Slovenia
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored3,216 (57.43 per match)
Attendance8,185 (146 per match)
Top scorer(s)Slovenia Mitja Janc
Sweden Elliot Stenmalm
(61 goals)[1]
Best playerSlovenia Mitja Janc
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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.[3]

Qualification

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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[4][5] 10–18 August 2018   Tulln 1   Austria
  Tbilisi 1   Italy

Draw

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Croatia
  Denmark
  Iceland
  Sweden 		  France
  Germany
  Serbia
  Spain 		  Hungary
  Norway
  Portugal
  Slovenia 		  Austria
  Israel
  Italy
  Russia

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovenia 3 2 0 1 87 87 0 4[a] Main round
2   Iceland 3 2 0 1 83 73 +10 4[a]
3   Italy 3 1 0 2 74 87 −13 2[b] Intermediate round
4   Serbia 3 1 0 2 92 89 +3 2[b]
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Iceland 22–26 Slovenia
  2. ^ a b Serbia 26–28 Italy
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 2 1 0 98 85 +13 5[a] Main round
2   Sweden 3 2 1 0 100 95 +5 5[a]
3   Hungary 3 1 0 2 97 92 +5 2 Intermediate round
4   Israel 3 0 0 3 75 98 −23 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Sweden 35–35 Spain
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 2 1 0 96 74 +22 5[a] Main round
2   Germany 3 2 1 0 91 77 +14 5[a]
3   Norway 3 1 0 2 69 80 −11 2 Intermediate round
4   Russia 3 0 0 3 77 102 −25 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Denmark 29–29 Germany
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia (H) 3 3 0 0 98 83 +15 6 Main round
2   Portugal 3 2 0 1 103 90 +13 4
3   France 3 1 0 2 83 79 +4 2 Intermediate round
4   Austria 3 0 0 3 80 112 −32 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Intermediate round

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Group III

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 3 3 0 0 94 74 +20 6 9–12th place semifinals
2   Italy 3 2 0 1 78 77 +1 4
3   Israel 3 1 0 2 85 92 −7 2 13–16th place semifinals
4   Serbia 3 0 0 3 80 94 −14 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
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
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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
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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
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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
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Group IV

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 3 3 0 0 98 59 +39 6 9–12th place semifinals
2   Norway 3 2 0 1 76 80 −4 4
3   Austria 3 1 0 2 86 80 +6 2 13–16th place semifinals
4   Russia 3 0 0 3 60 101 −41 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
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
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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
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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
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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
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Main round

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Group I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovenia 3 2 1 0 95 88 +7 5 Semifinals
2   Spain 3 1 2 0 104 97 +7 4
3   Sweden 3 1 1 1 93 94 −1 3 5–8th place semifinals
4   Iceland 3 0 0 3 74 87 −13 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
17 August 2021
18:30 		Iceland   27–29   Sweden Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 100
Referees: Kinnari, Skogberg (FIN)
Ástþórsson 9 (12–14) Sanderhem 6
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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
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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
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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
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Group II

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 2 1 0 89 82 +7 5 Semifinals
2   Croatia (H) 3 2 0 1 85 82 +3 4
3   Portugal 3 1 0 2 92 96 −4 2 5–8th place semifinals
4   Denmark 3 0 1 2 81 87 −6 1
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
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
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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
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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
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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
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Final round

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Bracket

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Championship bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
20 August
 
 
  Slovenia22
 
22 August
 
  Croatia26
 
  Croatia20
 
20 August
 
  Germany34
 
  Germany31
 
 
  Spain30
 
Third place
 
 
22 August
 
 
  Slovenia28
 
 
  Spain37
Ninth place bracket
 
9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
20 August
 
 
  Hungary28
 
21 August
 
  Norway21
 
  Hungary35
 
20 August
 
  France25
 
  France30
 
 
  Italy23
 
Eleventh place
 
 
21 August
 
 
  Norway31
 
 
  Italy24
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
20 August
 
 
  Sweden29
 
22 August
 
  Denmark34
 
  Denmark31
 
20 August
 
  Portugal27
 
  Portugal33
 
 
  Iceland30
 
Seventh place
 
 
22 August
 
 
  Sweden26
 
 
  Iceland24
13th place bracket
 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
20 August
 
 
  Israel33
 
21 August
 
  Russia31
 
  Israel25
 
20 August
 
  Serbia27
 
  Austria27
 
 
  Serbia33
 
15th place
 
 
21 August
 
 
  Russia31
 
 
  Austria24

13–16th place semifinals

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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
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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
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9–12th place semifinals

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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
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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
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5–8th place semifinals

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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
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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
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Semifinals

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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
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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
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15th place game

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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
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13th place game

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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
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Eleventh place game

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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
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Ninth place game

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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
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Seventh place game

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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
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Fifth place game

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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
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Third place game

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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
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Final

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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
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Final ranking

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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
Relegated to the Men’s 18 EHF Championship 2022

Tournament awards

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The all-star team and awards were announced on 22 August 2021.[6]

All-star team

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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

Awards

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Most valuable player   Mitja Janc
Best defender   Mislav Obradović
Top scorer   Mitja Janc
  Elliot Stenmalm

References

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  1. ^ "2021 Men's European Championship 19 – Top Scorers". EHF. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "M19 (18) EHF EURO 2021 (2020)". m19ehfeuro.com. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ "European Handball Federation introduces Men's 19 EHF EURO in 2021". EHF. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Men's 18 EHF Championship 2018 AUT – Final Round" (PDF). EHF. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Men's 18 EHF Championship 2018 GEO – Final Round" (PDF). EHF. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Germany dominate final to claim M19 EHF EURO 2021 crown". EHF. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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