2015 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship

The 2015 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship is the 12th edition, which took place in North Macedonia. Sweden was the defending champion but Denmark won.

2015 European U-17 Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	North Macedonia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	August 13 2015–August 23 2015
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Sorina Tîrcă (ROU)
Best player	Helena Elver (DEN)

Qualified teams

• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Spain
• France
• Germany
• Hungary
• North Macedonia
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Slovenia
• Slovakia
• Sweden

Preliminary round

Team advanced to the main round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	96	74	+22	5
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	99	82	+17	5
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	101	97	+4	2
4	North Macedonia	3	0	0	3	59	102	−43	0

Source: [1]
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.

13 August 2015 17:00	Slovenia	39–33	Czech Republic	Attendance: 350 Referees: Marina Duplii (UKR)
		(21–20)

13 August 2015 19:00	Sweden	32–16	North Macedonia	Attendance: 500 Referees: Denis Bolic (AUT)
		(14–11)

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14 August 2015 17:00	Czech Republic	29–35	Sweden	Attendance: 400 Referees: Jakub Jerlecki (POL)
		(16–21)

14 August 2015 19:00	North Macedonia	20–31	Slovenia	Attendance: 950 Referees: Francesco Simone (ITA)
		(9–17)

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16 August 2015 17:00	Sweden	29–29	Slovenia	Attendance: 450 Referees: Marta Sa (POR)
		(20–13)

16 August 2015 19:00	North Macedonia	23–39	Czech Republic	Attendance: 200 Referees: Georgi Doychinov (BUL)
		(12–21)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	89	69	+20	6
2	Romania	3	1	0	2	83	79	+4	2
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	76	82	−6	2
4	Spain	3	1	0	2	71	89	−18	2

Source: [2]
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.

13 August 2015 13:00	Russia	26–20	Germany	Attendance: 200 Referees: Jakub Jerlecki (POL)
		(13–12)

13 August 2015 15:00	Romania	29–20	Spain	Attendance: 200 Referees: Georgi Doychinov (BUL)
		(10–8)

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14 August 2015 13:00	Spain	22–34	Russia	Attendance: 200 Referees: Marta Sa (POR)
		(10–11)

14 August 2015 15:00	Germany	30–27	Romania	Attendance: 250 Referees: Marina Duplii (UKR)
		(16–10)

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16 August 2015 13:00	Russia	29–27	Romania	Attendance: 200 Referees: Francesco Simone (ITA)
		(16–11)

16 August 2015 15:00	Germany	26–29	Spain	Attendance: 300 Referees: Denis Bolic (AUT)
		(14–13)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	83	75	+8	6
2	France	3	2	0	1	86	84	+2	4
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	83	79	+4	2
4	Portugal	3	0	0	3	71	95	−24	0

Source: [3]
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.

13 August 2015 13:00	Portugal	24–35	France	Attendance: 50 Referees: Alain Rauchs (LUX)
		(13–19)

13 August 2015 15:00	Croatia	24–22	Netherlands	Attendance: 100 Referees: Cristina Nastase (ROU)
		(12–11)

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14 August 2015 13:00	Netherlands	32–20	Portugal	Attendance: 50 Referees: Maria Bennani (SWE)
		(13–10)

14 August 2015 15:00	France	26–31	Croatia	Attendance: 100 Referees: Saso Krkacev (MKD)
		(14–15)

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16 August 2015 13:00	Portugal	27–28	Croatia	Attendance: 200 Referees: Jakub Jerlecki (POL)
		(13–13)

16 August 2015 15:00	France	35–29	Netherlands	Attendance: 150 Referees: Cristina Nastase (ROU)
		(16–15)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	101	61	+40	6
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	101	88	+13	4
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	81	104	−23	2
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	67	97	−30	0

Source: [4]
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.

13 August 2015 17:00	Denmark	33–30	Hungary	Attendance: 100 Referees: Saso Krkacev (MKD)
		(17–17)

13 August 2015 19:00	Norway	35–27	Slovakia	Attendance: 50 Referees: Francesco Simone (ITA)
		(15–13)

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14 August 2015 17:00	Slovakia	14–31	Denmark	Attendance: 168 Referees: Alain Rauchs (LUX)
		(6–18)

14 August 2015 19:00	Hungary	40–29	Norway	Attendance: 100 Referees: Cristina Nastase (ROU)
		(21–14)

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16 August 2015 17:00	Denmark	37–17	Norway	Attendance: 500 Referees: Maria Bennani (SWE)
		(18–7)

16 August 2015 19:00	Hungary	31–26	Slovakia	Attendance: 100 Referees: Marina Duplii (UKR)
		(16–14)

Main round

Group M1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	103	73	+30	6
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	89	75	+14	4
3	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	81	103	−22	1
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	69	91	−22	1

Source: [5]
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.

18 August 2015 17:00	Slovenia	25–34	Romania	Attendance: 300 Referees: Jakub Jerlecki (POL)
		(17–18)

18 August 2015 19:00	Sweden	19–34	Russia	Attendance: 300 Referees: Saso Krkacev (MKD)
		(10–15)

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19 August 2015 17:00	Romania	28–21	Sweden	Attendance: 300 Referees: Francesco Simone (ITA)
		(11–11)

19 August 2015 19:00	Russia	40–27	Slovenia	Attendance: 100 Referees: Denis Bolic (AUT)
		(20–13)

Group M2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Denmark	3	2	0	1	86	82	+4	4
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	90	86	+4	4
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	90	91	−1	2
4	France	3	1	0	2	72	79	−7	2

Source: [6]
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.

18 August 2015 17:00	France	24–28	Hungary	Attendance: 58 Referees: Maria Bennani (SWE)
		(10–15)

18 August 2015 19:00	Croatia	30–33	Denmark	Attendance: 100 Referees: Denis Bolic (AUT)
		(15–18)

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19 August 2015 17:00	Hungary	32–29	Croatia	Attendance: 100 Referees: Saso Krkacev (MKD)
		(16–17)

19 August 2015 19:00	Denmark	20–22	France	Attendance: 68 Referees: Marta Sa (POR)
		(13–12)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	21 August
	Russia	33
					23 August
	Hungary	24
					Russia	24
	21 August
					Denmark	25
	Denmark	31
	Romania	23
					Third place
					23 August
					Hungary	34
					Romania	31

Semifinals

21 August 2015 18:00	Russia	33–24	Hungary	Attendance: 500 Referees: Jakub Jerlecki (POL)
		(17–11)

21 August 2015 20:30	Denmark	19–14	Romania	Attendance: 500 Referees: Denis Bolic (AUT)
		(14–10)

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Third place game

23 August 2015 15:00	Hungary	34–31	Romania	Attendance: 800 Referees: Saso Krkacev (MKD)
		(17–19)

Final

23 August 2015 17:30	Russia	24–25	Denmark	Attendance: 1800 Referees: Cristina Nastase (ROU)
		(10–14)

Rankings and awardees

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Denmark
	Russia
	Hungary
4	Romania
5	Slovenia
6	Croatia
7	France
8	Sweden
9	Germany
10	Spain
11	Norway
12	Netherlands
13	Portugal
14	Slovakia
15	Czech Republic
16	North Macedonia

2015 Women's Youth Handball European Champions 'Denmark

All Star Team

• Goalkeeper: Lærke Sørensen (DEN)
• Left Wing: Sarah Stougaard (DEN)
• Left Back: Karina Sabirova (RUS)
• Playmaker: Matea Pletikosić (CRO)
• Pivot: Noémi Pásztor (HUN)
• Right Back: Antonina Skorobogatchenko (RUS)
• Right Wing: Maria Dudina (RUS)

Other awards

• Top Scorer: Sorina Tîrcă (ROU)
• Best Defence Player: Kristina Jørgensen (DEN)
• Most Valuable Player: Helena Elver (DEN)

Source: [7] Archived 2020-04-12 at the Wayback Machine

References

• [8] Archived 2015-08-12 at the Wayback Machine