M18 EHF Championship 2026 events in Skopje and Telavi ready for throw-off

All matches of the M18 EHF Championship I and II will be streamed live on EHFTV. There is a tournament pass available which gives access to the streams from both events.

Men's 18 EHF Championship I 2026 (Skopje, MKD)

• the eight-team field, drawn into two groups of four, does not include host nation North Macedonia, who are competing at the M18 EHF EURO
• the top two teams from both groups will meet in the semi-finals on Saturday 8 July
• the third place match (throw-off at 17:00 CEST) and the final (19:30 CEST) conclude the event on Sunday 9 July
• group A of the preliminary round is headlined by Romania, who meet Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine, respectively
• Latvia were the runners-up of the M18 EHF Championship 2024 in Slovakia, after losing the final against Bosnia and Herzegovina
• in group B, Greece, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Estonia will battle it out for the semi-final spots
• the Netherlands reached the semi-finals in 2024 in Slovakia before finishing fourth

Men's 18 EHF Championship II 2026 (Telavi, GEO)

• no draw for the preliminary round was needed as the six participants will all meet each other once in a round-robin group
• the final standings in the group determine the pairings for Sunday 9 July
• the teams finishing first and second will play for the title in the final (throw-off at 16:15 CEST), the teams ranked third and fourth meet again for the bronze medal (14:00 CEST), and the teams ending in the fifth and sixth positions compete in the 5/6 placement match (11:45 CEST)
• Kosovo and Georgia are set for a rematch of their final at the M18 EHF Championship 2024, which then-hosts Kosovo won 30:22
• hosting the event this time, Georgia are also up against Great Britain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Kosovo and Belgium, respectively
• Belgium won the bronze medal in Kosovo two years ago, after beating Luxembourg 36:22

photos ©  Nikolle Quni (main); Slovakian Handball Federation (in-text)