European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament

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).

European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament
Current season, competition or edition:
2019 European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament
Sportwheelchair handball
Founded2015
Inaugural season2015
No. of teams6
ContinentEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Croatia (1st title)
Most titles Netherlands (2 titles)

The Netherlands are record champions with two continuous titles 2015 and 2016.

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

Medal count
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands2013
2 Portugal1304
3 Croatia1102
4 Hungary0011
 Norway0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (6 nations)44412

Participation details
Locations of the Tournaments and best result of each team
Main article: National team appearances in the European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament
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)		 Participations
 Croatia••2nd1st2
 Hungary••4th3rd2
 Italy•4th••1
 Netherlands1st1st3rd4th4
 Norway3rd•••1
 Portugal2nd2nd1st2nd4
 Romania•••5th1
 Slovenia•••6th1
 Sweden4th3rd••2

Statistics

Total hosts
HostsNations (Year(s)
1 Austria (2015)
 Sweden (2016)
 Portugal (2018)
 Croatia (2019)

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
RankNationalityPlayerGoalsTournaments⌀TGames⌀G
 PortugalJoao Jeronimo43314.33123.58
 NetherlandsBart Neeft37312.33123.08
 PortugalIderlindo Gomes3621884.5
4 PortugalSerghei Mitrofan36312123
5 NetherlandsMartijn Dokkum35311.67122.92
6 CroatiaAdemir Demirovic2612646.5
7 NetherlandsFrank Hooning25212.583.125
8 SwedenKevin Johannessen21210.582.625
9 PortugalHelder Farroba182982.25
10 PortugalRicardo Queiros1611644
 CroatiaAnte Stimac

Ranked: 1) Goals; 2) Average goals per tournament

Sources: [4], [5] & [6]

References
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  2. "2016 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  3. "2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  4. "2015 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament - Top Scorers". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  5. "2016 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament - Top Scorers". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  6. "2018 European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament - Top Scorers". eurohandball. 2018-12-02. Archived from the original on 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
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