2024 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship

The 2024 European Men's U-18 Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the European Men's U-18 Handball Championship, held in Montenegro from 7 to 18 August 2024.

Host selection


On 31 March 2023, Montenegro was given the hosting rights.

Expansion
At a meeting in Ljubljana, the EHF Executive Committee announced that they would analyse a possible expansion to 24 teams. On 17 June 2022, the EHF officially expanded the event to 24 teams.

Format
In the first round, 24 teams are divided into 6 groups of 4:


 * The six group winners plus the two best runner up (one from Groups A, B and C and one from Groups D, E and F) advance to the Main round.
 * The four worst runners up and the four best third place teams (two from Groups A, B and C and two from Groups D, E and F) move on to the Intermediate round.
 * The two worst third place teams (one from Groups A, B and C and one from Groups D, E and F) and all fourth place teams play in the Elimination round.

In the Second round, all teams are again split into 6 groups of 4, but this time, against the teams who advanced to the same round as them. Each separate phase (Main, Intermediate and Elimination) consist of eight teams and are split into 2 group of four.


 * The teams in the Main round fight to win the championship.
 * The teams in the Intermediate round play for rankings 9–16.
 * The teams in the Elimination round play for positions 17–24 and to not get relegated.

Regarding the Main round, The top two from each group progresses to the semifinals, where the winners of the semifinals play for the title, while the two semifinal losers play for bronze.

Qualification
To determine the extra spots, 20 teams competed in five separate qualifiers to decide the 10 teams advancing to the Euro.

Venues
The venues are in Podgorica.


 * Bemax Arena
 * Morača Sports Center
 * Verde Complex

Draw
The draw was held on 29 February 2024 in Vienna at 15:00 (CET).

Main round
Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced was transferred to the main round.

Bracket

 * 21st place bracket

21st place game

 * 17st place bracket

17th place game

 * 13th place bracket

13th place game

 * 9th place bracket

9th place game

 * 5th place bracket