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2015 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	23 July – 2 August
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (4th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	2,843 (50.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Đurđina Jauković; (71 goals)
Best player	Đurđina Jauković
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The 2015 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the European Women's U-19 Handball Championship, held in Valencia, Spain from 23 July to 2 August 2015.^[1] Sixteen teams participated on the tournament, including the fifteen qualifying winners and the host nation. Sweden was the defending champions, but didn't reached the final, after getting defeated by Denmark in the semifinals.^[2]^[3] Denmark won the tournament, with a 29-26 win against Russia.^[4]

Qualification

Competition	Dates	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation			1	Spain
Women's 17 EHF EURO 2013	15–25 August 2013	Gdynia	2	Sweden Russia
Qualification tournament	17-19 April 2015	Various	13	Denmark Germany France Croatia Lithuania North Macedonia Montenegro Norway Portugal Romania Serbia Hungary Belarus

Draw

The draw was held on 5 May 2015 in Valencia.^[5]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sweden Russia Denmark Portugal	North Macedonia Romania Norway Croatia	Hungary Germany Spain Montenegro	France Belarus Serbia Lithuania

Referees

Referees
Denmark	Karina Christiansen Line Hesseldal Hansen
Spain	Carlos Luque Ignacio Pascual
Lithuania	Viktorija Kijauskaitė Aušra Žalienė
Montenegro	Anđelina Kažanegra Jelena Vujačić
Russia	Viktoria Alpaidze Tatiana Berezkina

Referees
Serbia	Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević
Austria	Ana Vranes Marlis Wenninger
Moldova	Dorian Sîrbu Valentin Suponicov
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vesna Todorović Tatjana Praštalo

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	85	59	+26	6	Main round
2	Montenegro	3	2	1	66	54	+12	4	Main round
3	Croatia	3	1	2	58	73	−15	2	Intermediate round
4	Serbia	3	0	3	58	81	−23	0	Intermediate round

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) draw.

23 July 2015 16:00	Denmark	21 - 20	Montenegro	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 200 Referees: Luque, Pascual (ESP)
	Nielsen 5	(12-8)	Jauković, Ramusović 4
	2× 6×	Report	3× 3×

23 July 2015 18:00	Croatia	20 - 24	Serbia	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 70 Referees: Sîrbu, Suponicov (MLD)
	Mamić 9	(8-13)	Kovačević 7
	2× 8× 1×	Report	3× 9×

24 July 2015 16:00	Serbia	18 - 32	Denmark	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 150 Referees: Luque, Pascual (ESP)
	Kovačević 5	(9-16)	Nolsøe 7
	1× 6×	Report	3× 7×

24 July 2015 18:00	Montenegro	25 - 17	Croatia	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 50 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Jauković 7	(15-8)	Kalaus 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

26 July 2015 16:00	Montenegro	21 - 16	Serbia	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 100 Referees: Praštalo, Todorović (BIH)
	Jauković 7	(10-9)	Kovačević 5
	3× 8×	Report	2× 2×

26 July 2015 18:00	Denmark	32 - 21	Croatia	Polideportivo El Cabañal, Valencia Attendance: 120 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Nielsen, Petersen 5	(16-11)	Mamić 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Final round

Bracket

Championship bracket

Semifinals		Final

31 July – 19:30

Russia	28
		2 August – 13:30
Hungary	17
		Russia	26
31 July – 22:00
		Denmark	29
Sweden	20

Denmark	28
		Third place

		2 August – 11:00

		Hungary	24

		Sweden	25

9th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		5th place

31 July – 14:30

Germany	26
		1 August – 17:00
Spain	24
		Germany	29
31 July – 17:00
		Norway	27
Norway	29

Montenegro	27
		7th place

		1 August – 14:30

		Spain	33

		Montenegro	37

31 July 2015 14:30	Germany	26–24	Spain	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 120 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Bölk 7	(14-9)	Etxeberria 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

31 July 2015 17:00	Norway	29–27	Montenegro	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Kallestad 6	(16-13)	Jauković 15
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Seventh place game

1 August 2015 19:30	Spain	33–27	Montenegro	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 350 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Espiñeira 12	(11-14)	Jauković 15
	3× 3×	Report	3× 9×

Semifinals

31 July 2015 19:30	Russia	28–17	Hungary	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 250 Referees: Luque, Pascual (ESP)
	Egorova 7	(13-9)	Ferenczy 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

31 July 2015 22:00	Sweden	20–28	Denmark	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 290 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Hvenfelt 5	(9-16)	Højlund 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Fifth place game

1 August 2015 22:00	Germany	29–27	Norway	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 200 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Six players 4	(14-12)	Hernes 7
	1× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Third place match

2 August 2015 11:00	Hungary	24–25	Sweden	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 450 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Horváth 6	(11-11)	Olofsson 8
	1× 5×	Report	3× 2×

Final

2 August 2015 13:30	Russia	26–29	Denmark	Pabellón Universitario, Valencia Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Frolova 8	(10-13)	Højlund, Nolsøe 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

Final ranking

	Qualified for the 2016 Women's Junior World Handball Championship

Rank	Team
	Denmark
	Russia
	Sweden
4	Hungary
5	Germany
6	Norway
7	Montenegro
8	Spain
9	France
10	Romania
11	Serbia
12	Croatia
13	Belarus
14	Portugal
15	North Macedonia
16	Lithuania

All Star Team

The All Star Team and awards were announced on 2 August 2015.^[4]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Tonje Haug Lerstad (NOR)
Right wing	Maitane Etxeberria (ESP)
Right back	Celine Lundbye Kristiansen (DEN)
Centre back	Yaroslava Frolova (RUS)
Left back	Emily Bölk (GER)
Left wing	Marianna Egorova (RUS)
Pivot	Sara Hald (DEN)
Best defense player	Sofia Hvenfelt (SWE)
Top scorer	Đurđina Jauković (MNE)
Most valuable player	Đurđina Jauković (MNE)

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Team	Goals^[6]
1	Đurđina Jauković	Montenegro	71
2	Bianca Bazaliu	Romania	64
3	Brigita Ivanauskaitė	Lithuania	58
4	Sara Ristovska	North Macedonia	50
5	Emily Bölk	Germany	47
6	Josipa Mamić	Croatia	45
7	Sandra Santiago	Portugal	42
7	Érika Tavares	Portugal	42
9	Dziyana Ilyina	Belarus	39
	Marie-Hélène Sajka	France
	Inesa Verbovik	Lithuania