2018 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 13th edition and was 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.
Spain won their first title after defeating Sweden 29–23 in the final. France captured the bronze medal after defeating Denmark 32–29.
Venues
| Zagreb | Split | |
| Arena Zagreb Capacity: 15,200 | Spaladium Arena Capacity: 10,941 | |
| Varaždin | Poreč | |
| Varaždin Arena Capacity: 5,200 | Žatika Sport Centre Capacity: 3,700 | |
Qualification
Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.Draw
The draw was held on 23 June 2017.Seeding
The seedings were announced on 19 June 2017.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
Squads
Match officials
On 26 October 2017, 12 couples were announced.| Country | Referees |
| Andrei Gousko Siarhei Repkin | |
| Matija Gubica Boris Milošević | |
| Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný | |
| Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen | |
| Stevann Pichon Laurent Reveret | |
| Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig |
| Country | Referees |
| Vaidas Mažeika Mindaugas Gatelis | |
| Gjorgi Nachevski Slave Nikolov | |
| Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca | |
| Sorin-Laurențiu Dinu Constantin Din | |
| Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso | |
| Evgeny Zotin Nikolay Volodkov |
Preliminary round
All times are local.Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Main round
Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advanced, were taken over.Group I
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Group II
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
----Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
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All-Star Team
The all-star team and awards were announced on 28 January 2018.| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper | |
| Right wing | |
| Right back | |
| Centre back | |
| Left back | |
| Left wing | |
| Pivot |