Women’s 19 EHF EURO 2025
Germany crowned W19 EHF EURO 2025 champions
Germany won their first-ever Women’s 19 EHF EURO trophy in Podgorica in July, beating Spain 34:27 in the final.
The match was the culmination of the biggest edition of the competition to date, with the number of participating teams expanding to 24 from 16 and enabling more nations to compete in the top-tier Younger Age Category event.
Germany had topped their preliminary and main round groups — with Spain second in both cases — recording four wins and drawing with Spain. They narrowly defeated hosts Montenegro in the quarter-finals, before beating Denmark more decisively in the semi-finals.
Spain saw off Croatia comfortably in the quarter-finals, and earned a five-goal victory against Austria to take them through to another encounter with Germany in the final. There, Spain led early on and took a four-goal lead into the break.
However, Germany were never out of contention and in the third quarter steadily clawed their way level to eventually take the lead for the first time in the 51st minute. From there, they never looked back en route to their debut title.
Centre back Belen Rodriguez scored nine goals for Spain in the final, while line player Aylin Bornhardt netted the same number for Germany. Goalkeepers Goundo Gassama and Lena Lindemann also had excellent games, with Gassama making 10 saves and Lindemann 13.
Denmark beat Austria by a huge margin of 38:14 in the bronze-medal match, earning themselves their eighth W19 EHF EURO medal in history.
France finished fifth, after this group of players took the W17 EHF EURO 2023 title, while Hungary were denied the chance of a fourth successive W19 EHF EURO medal after they finished seventh with losses to Czechia and Denmark in the preliminary and main rounds, followed by defeat by Montenegro in the cross-matches.
Seven nations were represented in the W19 EHF EURO 2025 All-star Team, led by Montenegrin centre back Natalija Lekic. Lithuanian left back Gabija Pilikauskaite was the tournament top scorer with 83 goals, adding to her achievements after also being top scorer at the W17 EHF Championship 2023 in Azerbaijan.
Danish left back Anne Dolberg Plougstrup made it three awards in a row, as she was also in the All-star Teams at both the W17 EHF EURO 2023 and the 2024 IHF Youth World Championship, while Rodriguez made her second consecutive All-star Team after winning the MVP title at the Youth World Championship.
The other All-star Team members all won their first individual awards: goalkeeper Goundo Gassama (Spain); left wing Chiara Rohr (Germany); line player Aurelie Egbaimo (Austria); right back Lara Däuble (Germany); and right wing Blandine Gros (France).
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