2009 European men's beach handball championship

The 2009 European Beach Handball Championship took place in Norway . The venue was Larvik .

Preliminary round

Group A

June 23, 2009
12:00 p.m. Court 2	Russia	-	Sweden	2: 0 (23:10, 36:16)
12:00 p.m. Court 1	Turkey	-	Norway	0: 2 (13:15, 14:17)
12:00 p.m. Court 3	Ukraine	-	Denmark	2: 1 (16: 9, 13:19, 5: 4)
6:00 p.m. Court 1	Norway	-	Russia	0: 2 (20:25, 12:15)
6:00 p.m. Court 2	Sweden	-	Ukraine	2: 1 (20:19, 7:27, 7: 5)
6:00 p.m. Court 3	Denmark	-	Turkey	2: 0 (20:18, 19:12)
June 24, 2009
12:00 p.m. Court 3	Russia	-	Denmark	2: 1 (16:20, 25:13, 9: 8)
12:00 p.m. Court 1	Norway	-	Sweden	2: 0 (26:15, 17:14)
12:00 p.m. Court 2	Turkey	-	Ukraine	2: 0 (23:22, 17:16)
6:00 p.m. Court 3	Russia	-	Ukraine	2: 1 (18:19, 20:18, 9: 8)
6:00 p.m. Court 2	Turkey	-	Sweden	2: 0 (24:14, 23:10)
6:00 p.m. Court 1	Denmark	-	Norway	2: 0 (17:13, 13:10)
June 25, 2009
12:00 p.m. Court 3	Ukraine	-	Norway	0: 2 (15:16, 14:20)
12:00 p.m. Court 1	Russia	-	Turkey	2: 0 (24:18, 24:13)
12:00 p.m. Court 2	Denmark	-	Sweden	2: 0 (23:15, 14:10)

The four group best (Russia, Denmark, Norway and Turkey) are qualified for the main round group I.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	Gates	Diff.	Pt.	annotation
1.	Russia	5	5	0	244: 175	+ 069	10	qualified for the main round
2.	Norway	5	3	2	179: 162	+ 017	6th	qualified for the main round
3.	Denmark	5	3	2	166: 155	+ 011	6th	qualified for the main round
4th	Turkey	5	2	3	175: 187	- 012	4th	qualified for the main round
5.	Sweden	5	1	4th	144: 237	- 093	2	eliminated
6th	Ukraine	5	1	4th	197: 189	+ 08	2	eliminated

Group B

June 23, 2009
1:00 p.m. Court 2	Croatia	-	Poland	2: 0 (35:23, 28:18)
1:00 p.m. Court 1	Hungary	-	Italy	2: 0 (19: 6, 23:19)
1:00 p.m. Court 3	Spain	-	Switzerland	2: 0 (26:21, 26:21)
7:00 p.m. Court 1	Italy	-	Croatia	0: 2 (10: 8, 8:31)
7:00 p.m. Court 3	Poland	-	Spain	0: 2 (18:31, 12:29)
7:00 p.m. Court 2	Switzerland	-	Hungary	0: 2 (16:17, 14:17)
June 24, 2009
1:00 p.m. Court 2	Croatia	-	Switzerland	1: 2 (18:15, 19:20, 7: 9)
1:00 p.m. Court 3	Italy	-	Poland	1: 2 (17:12, 17:22, 5: 6)
1:00 p.m. Court 1	Hungary	-	Spain	1: 2 (22:20, 18:19, 4: 8)
7:00 p.m. Court 1	Croatia	-	Spain	2: 0 (25:20, 31:20)
7:00 p.m. Court 2	Hungary	-	Poland	2: 0 (27:13, 20:12)
7:00 p.m. Court 3	Switzerland	-	Italy	2: 0 (15: 7, 12:11)
June 25, 2009
1:00 p.m. Court 2	Spain	-	Italy	2: 0 (30:14, 27:15)
1:00 p.m. Court 3	Croatia	-	Hungary	1: 2 (24:15, 19:20, 6: 7)
1:00 p.m. Court 1	Switzerland	-	Poland	1: 2 (16:14, 14:16, 9:10)

The four group best (Spain, Hungary, Croatia and Poland) are qualified for the main round group II.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	Gates	Diff.	Pt.	annotation
1.	Spain	5	4th	1	256: 201	+ 055	8th	qualified for the main round
2.	Hungary	5	4th	1	209: 176	+ 033	8th	qualified for the main round
3.	Croatia	5	3	2	261: 185	+ 076	6th	qualified for the main round
4th	Poland	5	2	3	176: 248	- 072	4th	qualified for the main round
5.	Switzerland	5	2	3	182: 188	- 06	4th	eliminated
6th	Italy	5	0	5	129: 215	- 086	0	eliminated

Intermediate round

Group I.

From the preliminary round, the points from the encounter with the second qualified team were taken into the intermediate round. Thus in Group I Russia and Hungary each take one point, Norway and Poland start with 0 points.

June 26, 2009
11:00 a.m. Court 2	Poland	-	Russia	0: 2 (15:29, 20:27)
12:00 p.m. Court 1	Norway	-	Hungary	2: 1 (20:21, 18:13, 5: 4)
4:00 p.m. Court 2	Russia	-	Hungary	2: 0 (27:18, 19:18)
5:00 p.m. Court 1	Poland	-	Norway	1: 2 (11:24, 13:10, 3: 6)

The four group best (Spain, Hungary, Croatia and Poland) are qualified for the main round group II.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	Gates	Diff.	Pt.	annotation
1.	Russia	3	3	0	142: 103	+ 039	6th	qualified for the main round
2.	Norway	3	2	1	115: 105	+ 010	4th	qualified for the main round
3.	Hungary	3	1	2	121: 114	+ 07	2	qualified for the main round
4th	Poland	3	0	3	87: 143	- 056	0	qualified for the main round

Group II

From the preliminary round, the points from the encounter with the second qualified team were taken into the intermediate round. Thus in Group II Croatia and Denmark each take one point, Turkey and Spain start with 0 points.

June 26, 2009
11:00 a.m. Court 1	Turkey	-	Spain	0: 2 (18:20, 21:25)
12:00 p.m. Court 2	Croatia	-	Denmark	2: 0 (23:16, 29:14)
4:00 p.m. Court 1	Turkey	-	Croatia	1: 2 (20:22, 18:12, 2: 9)
5:00 p.m. Court 2	Spain	-	Denmark	2: 0 (21:18, 25:18)

The four group best (Spain, Hungary, Croatia and Poland) are qualified for the main round group II.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	Gates	Diff.	Pt.	annotation
1.	Croatia	3	3	0	151: 110	+ 041	6th	qualified for the main round
2.	Spain	3	2	1	131: 131	+ 00	4th	qualified for the main round
3.	Denmark	3	1	2	105: 128	- 023	2	qualified for the main round
4th	Turkey	3	0	3	109: 127	- 018th	0	qualified for the main round

Quarter finals

From the table of the intermediate round, the crossover game for the quarter-finals is determined based on the placement. No teams are eliminated in the second round, they just play the best possible place in the table in order to get a supposedly easier opponent in the quarter-finals.

June 27, 2009
12:00 p.m. Court 2	Croatia	-	Poland	2: 0 (23:10, 24:16)
12:00 p.m. Court 1	Norway	-	Denmark	0: 2 (12:13, 15:20)
1:00 p.m. Court 1	Russia	-	Turkey	2: 0 (24:11, 16:10)
1:00 p.m. Court 2	Spain	-	Hungary	0: 2 (20:21, 21:24)

Semifinals

In the semi-finals, the respective winners of the quarter-finals meet.

June 27, 2009
6:00 p.m. Court 2	Croatia	-	Denmark	2: 0 (24:12, 22:17)
6:00 p.m. Court 1	Russia	-	Hungary	2: 0 (26:22, 21:12)

3rd place match

In the game for third place, the respective losers of the semi-finals meet.

June 28, 2009
6:00 p.m. Court 1	Hungary	-	Denmark	2: 0 (23:18, 15:10)

FINAL

In the final, the respective winners of the semi-finals meet.

June 28, 2009
6:00 p.m. Court 1	Croatia	-	Russia	2: 0 (24:20, 20:18)

End table

The new European beach handball champion in 2009 is Croatia

space	team
01.	Croatia
02.	Russia
03.	Hungary
04th	Denmark
05.	Spain
06th	Norway
07th	Norway
08th.	Turkey
09.	Poland
10.	Switzerland
11.	Italy
12.	Sweden