2025 Women's U-19 EHF Championship

2025 Women's U-19 EHF Championship
Tournament details
Host country Georgia
CityTelavi
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates12–20 July 2025
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Ukraine
Runners-up Slovakia
Third place Italy
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored1,692 (56.4 per match)
Attendance5,873 (196 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bulgaria Melina Spasova (54 goals)
Awards
Best playerUkraine Liubov Rosokha
Official website
Official website

The 2025 Women's U-19 EHF Championship was held in Telavi, Georgia from 12 to 20 July 2025.[1][2]

Ukraine won the trophy after beating Slovakia.[3]

Teams

  •  Belgium
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Georgia
  •  Great Britain
  •  Israel
  •  Italy
  •  Kosovo
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Slovakia
  •  Ukraine

Venue

The venue was the Telavi Sports Palace in Telavi.[4]

Telavi
Telavi Sports Palace
Capacity: 1,500

Draw

The draw was held on 28 January 2025 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna at 11:00 (CET).[5][6][7] The draw was conducted by EHF Secretary General, Martin Hausleitner, and Chief Sports Officer, Markus Glaser. As hosts, Georgia had the right to select their group.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
 Italy
 Slovakia
 Israel
 Georgia
 Kosovo
 Luxembourg
 Bulgaria
 Great Britain
 Belgium
 Ukraine

After the draw they would later change the format from two groups of five to a group of ten. Each team would play four against the teams they were drawn against. The following teams played each other:

Group 1 Group 2
 Belgium
 Georgia
 Israel
 Kosovo
 Slovakia
 Bulgaria
 Great Britain
 Italy
 Luxembourg
 Ukraine

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 4 4 0 0 128 81 +47 8 Semifinals
2  Ukraine 4 4 0 0 131 91 +40 8
3  Belgium 4 3 0 1 135 113 +22 6
4  Italy 4 3 0 1 116 106 +10 6
5  Kosovo 4 2 0 2 101 93 +8 4 5–8 classification
6  Luxembourg 4 2 0 2 116 113 +3 4
7  Great Britain 4 1 0 3 103 132 −29 2
8  Israel 4 1 0 3 98 134 −36 2
9  Georgia 4 0 0 4 94 119 −25 0 9–10 classification
10  Bulgaria 4 0 0 4 109 149 −40 0
Source: EHF
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.
12 July 2025
08:30
Great Britain  28−32  Ukraine Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 102
Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
Savidge King 8 (13−16) Parhomenko 8
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12 July 2025
10:30
Belgium  28−34  Slovakia Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 103
Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
Peeters 8 (14−18) Letková 9
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12 July 2025
12:30
Israel  21−33  Luxembourg Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
Rotman 5 (9−17) Ciufoli 8
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12 July 2025
14:30
Italy  24−22  Georgia Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 567
Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
Falser 6 (15−12) Dzamunashvili 8
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12 July 2025
16:30
Kosovo  31−21  Bulgaria Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
Bibaj 8 (15−10) Skacikova, Spasova 7
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13 July 2025
08:30
Great Britain  14−38  Slovakia Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 105
Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
Concar 3 (6−16) Lukačínová 9
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13 July 2025
10:30
Kosovo  18−27  Ukraine Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 88
Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
Dresh 4 (10−11) Rosokha 8
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13 July 2025
12:30
Israel  39−32  Bulgaria Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 125
Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
Weber 10 (15−18) Spasova 10
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13 July 2025
14:30
Belgium  34−25  Georgia Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 250
Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
DanielsLenaers 8 (17−16) Dzamunashvili 7
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13 July 2025
16:30
Italy  28−21  Luxembourg Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 110
Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
Falser 7 (18−12) Ciufoli 6
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15 July 2025
08:30
Luxembourg  28−34  Belgium Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 72
Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
Ciufoli 13 (15−16) Put 10
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15 July 2025
10:30
Bulgaria  30−40  Italy Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 88
Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
Spasova 10 (11−18) Falser 8
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15 July 2025
12:30
Ukraine  39−21  Israel Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 210
Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
Malovana 9 (18−10) Dagam, Lulu 4
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15 July 2025
14:30
Georgia  28−31  Great Britain Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 330
Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
Arabidze 12 (14−19) Concar 15
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15 July 2025
16:30
Slovakia  26−22  Kosovo Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
Beke, Letková 7 (14−13) Gjergjaj 7
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16 July 2025
12:30
Luxembourg  34−30  Great Britain Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 85
Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
Mbuluku 9 (18−16) Concar 9
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16 July 2025
14:30
Bulgaria  26−39  Belgium Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 75
Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
Skacikova 6 (11−15) Collette, Put 8
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16 July 2025
16:30
Ukraine  33−24  Italy Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 165
Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
Lakatosh, Rosokha 6 (15−10) Zizzo 9
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16 July 2025
18:30
Georgia  19−30  Kosovo Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 310
Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
Dzamunashvili 8 (10−17) Dresh 10
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16 July 2025
20:30
Slovakia  30−17  Israel Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 90
Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
Lukačínová 7 (16−5) Dagam, Elkayam 3
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Knockout stage

9–10 classification

9–10 classification
    
 Georgia 29 32 60
 Bulgaria 33 27 59
18 July 2025
08:30
Georgia  29−33  Bulgaria Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 152
Referees: Burič, Lovrić (SLO)
Odikadze 7 (13−17) Spasova 11
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20 July 2025
08:30
Bulgaria  27−32  Georgia Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 235
Referees: Martin-Eckersall, Silva (GBR)
Spasova 11 (16−19) Odikadze 9
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Georgia won 60– 59on aggregate

5–8 classification bracket

 
Semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
18 July 2025
 
 
 Kosovo35
 
20 July 2025
 
 Israel26
 
 Kosovo25
 
18 July 2025
 
 Luxembourg21
 
 Luxembourg33
 
 
 Great Britain24
 
7th place match
 
 
20 July 2025
 
 
 Israel34
 
 
 Great Britain30
18 July 2025
10:45
Kosovo  35−26  Israel Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 120
Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
Bibaj 10 (17−10) Lulu 6
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18 July 2025
13:00
Luxembourg  33−24  Great Britain Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
Ciufoli 8 (13−12) Savidge King, Thomann 6
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Seventh place game

20 July 2025
10:45
Israel  34−30  Great Britain Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 156
Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
Lulu 7 (16−12) Savidge King, Willis 10
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Fifth place game

20 July 2025
13:00
Kosovo  25−21  Luxembourg Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 150
Referees: Kyriakou, Grapsas (GRE)
Imeraj 7 (12−10) Ciufoli 5
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Knockout stage

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 July 2025
 
 
 Slovakia23
 
20 July 2025
 
 Italy20
 
 Slovakia23
 
18 July 2025
 
 Ukraine28
 
 Ukraine35
 
 
 Belgium25
 
Third place
 
 
20 July 2025
 
 
 Italy32
 
 
 Belgium26

Semifinals

18 July 2025
15:15
Slovakia  23−20  Italy Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 256
Referees: Xavier, Bragança (POR)
Lukačínová, Letková 6 (10−9) Zizzo 5
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18 July 2025
17:30
Ukraine  35−25  Belgium Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 103
Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
Lakatosh 11 (21−12) Huygen, Peeters, Put 4
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Third place game

20 July 2025
15:15
Italy  32−26  Belgium Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 326
Referees: Oganezov, Raidmets (EST)
Falser 7 (11−14) van Trier 5
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Final

20 July 2025
17:30
Slovakia  23−28  Ukraine Telavi Sports Palace, Telavi
Attendance: 800
Referees: Kaplinsky, Pinker (ISR)
Lukačínová 8 (9−14) Parhomenko 7
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Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Slovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
4  Belgium
5  Kosovo
6  Luxembourg
7  Israel
8  Great Britain
9  Georgia
10  Bulgaria

See also

References

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