EHF Under20 Championship - European Hattrick Federation

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10.2.2019 Turkey are the new U20 European Champion

On the first of February in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway was played the final of the EHF Under 20 Championship. Estonia faced Turkey on the Nakkelaget Campus in front of 30163 spectators.

Both teams haven't met since 2017 when in a friendly match Estonia have beaten Turkey 5-0, but when it comes to official matches Turkey have won two out of two in the U20 World Cup XV qualifiers, although they've finished after their opponents with 3 points less in the group.

Now just 4 minutes after the first whistle Estonia were one goal up thanks to Kaarel Niitsoo who scored after a counter attack. However Estonia weren't too comfortable with their formation and after 32 minutes Turkey equalized. The first half looked like it will finish as a draw, but a quick fire double for Turkey in the 44th minute meant that insaatci-itu's team go in the dressing rooms with a 2 goal advantage.

In the second half Turkey made a couple of changes and adopted a more defensive formation. In the 58th minute a perfect free kick by Salih Zerka made it 1-4 for Turkey and in the dying moments of the match Gürdal Yücalan scored the fifth goal for Turkey and his fourth in the competition.

Estonia lost a second final in the tournament's history after in Season 3 they lost from France 0-8 and Turkey have claimed their first U20 European title.

Winner: Turkey

Runner up: Estonia

EHF Golden Player: Gürdal Yücalan

EHF Golden Boot: Utku Feraset - 5 goals

EHF Golden Glove: Antonino Leprini - 4 clean sheets

Now I want to thank Norway for being hosts of the competition, special thanks to Botun . Congratulations to Turkey and insaatci-itu for becoming the new U20 European champion and well done matu_ for bringing Estonia to the final. Good luck to all nations that still play in the World Cup and hope to see you around in the upcoming seasons of the EHF competitions.

For me it's been a pleasure organizing the tournament for the 6th time and I'll see you in less than a month for the 5th Season of the NT Euro :)

STANDINGS

	Group A	Pts		Group E	Pts
1.	Lithuania	9	1.	Andorra	6
2.	Norway	4	2.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6
3.	Sweden	3	3.	Albania	6
4.	Montenegro	1	4.	Azerbaijan	0
	Group B	Pts		Group F	Pts
1.	Spain	6	1.	Denmark	7
2.	Liechtenstein	6	2.	Latvia	6
3.	Bulgaria	4	3.	Slovenia	4
4.	Slovakia	1	4.	Finland	0
	Group C	Pts		Group G	Pts
1.	Turkey	9	1.	Czech Republic	6
2.	Italy	6	2.	Poland	6
3.	Israel	1	3.	Makedonija	6
4.	Austria	1	4.	Croatia	0
	Group D	Pts		Group H	Pts
1.	Estonia	7	1.	Netherlands	9
2.	Wales	6	2.	Luxembourg	4
3.	Ireland	2	3.	Scotland	3
4.	England	1	4.	Northern Ireland	1

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EHF GOLDEN PLAYER

Season 6: Gürdal Yücalan
Season 5: Rico Hasler
Season 4: Artemiy Golovizin
Season 3: José Vicente Cogolls
Season 2: André 'Linke Klebe' Mikes
Season 1: Václav 'Bejk' Bejr

MATCHES TODAY

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CALENDAR

Qualification

Qualifying round - 30 November

Group stage

Matchday 1 - 7 December
Matchday 2 - 14 December
Matchday 3 - 21 December

Knockout phase

Round of 16 - 28 December
Quarter-finals - 4 January
Semi-finals - 25 January

Final

Final - 1 February

WINNERS

Season 6: Turkey
Season 5: Liechtenstein
Season 4: Ukraine
Season 3: France
Season 2: Germany
Season 1: Czech Republic

EHF Competitions
Club	National
EHF Pseudo Champions League	EHF Euro
EHF Europa Cup	Under-20
EHF Youth Championship

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