European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament
| Current season, competition or edition: 2019 European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament | |
| Sport | wheelchair handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| First season | 2015 |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Continent | EHF (Europe) |
| Most recent champion | Portugal (3st title) |
| Most titles | Portugal (3st title) |
The European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament is the official competition for senior national Wheelchair handball teams of Europe and takes place every year since 2015 (except 2017).
Portugal are record champions with 3 continuous titles which came in 2018 and 2022 and 2026.
Tournaments
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 2015[1] Details |
Austria |
Netherlands |
14–11 | Portugal |
Norway |
15–12 | Sweden |
4 | |||
| 2016[2] Details |
Sweden |
Netherlands |
19–10 | Portugal |
Sweden |
13–7 | Italy |
4 | |||
| 2017 | No tournament | ||||||||||
| 2018[3] Details |
Portugal |
Portugal |
20–7 | Croatia |
Netherlands |
13–5 | Hungary |
4 | |||
| 2019 Details |
Croatia |
Croatia |
9–8 | Portugal |
Hungary |
6–3 | Netherlands |
6 | |||
| 2022 Details |
Portugal |
Portugal |
18-10 | Netherlands |
Norway |
15–14 | India |
9 | |||
| 2025 Details |
Lithuania |
Portugal |
2-1 | France |
Lithuania |
2–1 | Croatia |
9 | |||
Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Participation details
Locations of the Tournaments and best result of each team
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter
- – Hosts
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 2015 (4) |
2016 (4) |
2018 (4) |
2019 (6) |
2025 (9) |
Participations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | • | • | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 3 |
| Hungary | • | • | 4th | 3rd | 8th | 3 |
| Italy | • | 4th | • | • | • | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 9th | 5 |
| Norway | 3rd | • | • | • | 6th | 2 |
| Portugal | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5 |
| Romania | • | • | • | 5th | 7th | 2 |
| Slovenia | • | • | • | 6th | • | 1 |
| Sweden | 4th | 3rd | • | • | • | 2 |
| Lithuania | • | • | • | • | 3rd | 1 |
| France | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 1 |
| Spain | • | • | • | • | 5th | 1 |
Statistics
Total hosts
| Hosts | Nations (Year(s) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Austria (2015) Sweden (2016) Portugal (2018) Croatia (2019) |
Most valuable player
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Best Goalkeeper
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Top scorers by tournament
The record-holder for scored goals in a single Nations’ Tournament is Ademir Demirovic. He scored 26 goals for Croatia at the 2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament that took place in Portugal.
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Serghei Mitrofan | 17 |
| 2016 | Iderlindo Gomes | 22 |
| 2018 | Ademir Demirovic | 26 |
All-time top scorers
| Record |
| Rank | Nationality | Player | Goals | Tournaments | ⌀T | Games | ⌀G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | Joao Jeronimo | 43 | 3 | 14.33 | 12 | 3.58 | |
| Netherlands | Bart Neeft | 37 | 3 | 12.33 | 12 | 3.08 | |
| Portugal | Iderlindo Gomes | 36 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 4.5 | |
| 4 | Portugal | Serghei Mitrofan | 36 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 | Netherlands | Martijn Dokkum | 35 | 3 | 11.67 | 12 | 2.92 |
| 6 | Croatia | Ademir Demirovic | 26 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Netherlands | Frank Hooning | 25 | 2 | 12.5 | 8 | 3.125 |
| 8 | Sweden | Kevin Johannessen | 21 | 2 | 10.5 | 8 | 2.625 |
| 9 | Portugal | Helder Farroba | 18 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2.25 |
| 10 | Portugal | Ricardo Queiros | 16 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
| Croatia | Ante Stimac |
Ranked: 1) Goals; 2) Average goals per tournament
References
- ^ "2015 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "2016 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "2015 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament - Top Scorers". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "2016 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament - Top Scorers". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament - Top Scorers". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-04.