European handball championship 1994

This article describes the men's handball championship in 1994 . For the women's championship, see the 1994 Women's European Handball Championship .

1st European men's handball championship 1994
Number of nations	12
European champion	Sweden (1st title)
venue	Portugal
Opening game	June 3, 1994
Endgame	June 12, 1994
Games	38
Gates	1,746   (∅: 45.95 per game)
Top scorer	Vasily Kudinow Russia , 50 goals
Best player	Magnus Andersson Sweden (MVP)
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The 1st men's handball European championship was held from June 3rd to June 12th 1994 in Portugal . Twelve teams were qualified for the final round. Sweden won the tournament by beating Russia 34:21 in the final. Third place went to the Croatian team , who won the game for third place against Denmark with 24:23. The German team finished ninth, Austria and Switzerland could not qualify for the finals.

Attendees

Almada postage

Venues

Group A	Group B
Russia	Sweden
Belarus	Spain
Croatia	Hungary
France	Portugal
Germany	Slovenia
Romania	Denmark

Venues

• Almada
• postage

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the twelve qualified teams played in two groups of six teams each. Within a group, each team competed once against each other team. The two best teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

Group A

Group A played their games in Almada .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	122: 094	10
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	120: 114	6th
3	France	5	2	1	2	123: 120	5
4th	Belarus	5	2	0	3	130: 139	4th
5	Germany	5	1	1	3	107: 113	3
6th	Romania	5	1	0	4th	113: 135	2

June 3, 1994
3:30 p.m.	Germany	-	Belarus	23:24 (12:10)
17:30	Russia	-	Romania	27:20 (16: 9)
7:30 p.m.	France	-	Croatia	27:25 (11:11)
4th June 1994
3:30 p.m.	Croatia	-	Germany	24:22 (14:11)
17:30	Belarus	-	Russia	23:31 (11:18)
7:30 p.m.	Romania	-	France	27:26 (16:11)
5th June 1994
3:30 p.m.	France	-	Germany	21:21 (10:11)
17:30	Russia	-	Croatia	21:18 (13: 8)
7:30 p.m.	Romania	-	Belarus	24:33 (9:14)
June 7, 1994
3:30 p.m.	Germany	-	Russia	16:25 (9:12)
17:30	France	-	Belarus	32:29 (16:15)
7:30 p.m.	Croatia	-	Romania	24:23 (12:11)
June 8, 1994
3:30 p.m.	Germany	-	Romania	25:19 (11:10)
17:30	Belarus	-	Croatia	21:29 (12:12)
7:30 p.m.	Russia	-	France	18:17 (11: 9)

Group B

All Group B games took place in Porto .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	5	5	0	0	114: 091	10
2	Denmark	5	3	1	1	107: 099	7th
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	114: 101	6th
4th	Hungary	5	2	0	3	100: 107	4th
5	Slovenia	5	1	1	3	094: 111	3
6th	Portugal	5	0	0	5	096: 116	0

June 3, 1994
3:30 p.m.	Sweden	-	Slovenia	22:17 (10:10)
17:30	Spain	-	Hungary	25:20 (11:10)
7:30 p.m.	Denmark	-	Portugal	24:17 (11: 5)
4th June 1994
3:30 p.m.	Slovenia	-	Denmark	19:19 (8:10)
17:30	Hungary	-	Sweden	18:22 (7:13)
7:30 p.m.	Portugal	-	Spain	18:24 (8:13)
5th June 1994
3:30 p.m.	Hungary	-	Portugal	19:18 (7: 8)
17:30	Sweden	-	Denmark	22:16 (7: 6)
7:30 p.m.	Spain	-	Slovenia	24:16 (13: 8)
June 7, 1994
3:30 p.m.	Slovenia	-	Hungary	19:24 (9:11)
17:30	Sweden	-	Portugal	26:21 (12: 9)
7:30 p.m.	Denmark	-	Spain	25:22 (10: 7)
June 8, 1994
3:30 p.m.	Denmark	-	Hungary	23:19 (10: 8)
17:30	Portugal	-	Slovenia	22:23 (10: 8)
7:30 p.m.	Spain	-	Sweden	19:22 (8:10)

Placement games and final round

In addition to the best two teams in each group that contested the semi-finals, the other teams played placement games. The equally ranked teams of the two groups played against each other.

Game for 11th place

June 10, 1994
12:30	Romania	-	Portugal	38:21 (18:11)

Play for 9th place

June 10, 1994
10:30	Germany	-	Slovenia	28:18 (15:10)

Game for 7th place

June 10, 1994
17:30	Belarus	-	Hungary	24:28 (14:16)

Play for 5th place

June 10, 1994
7:30 p.m.	France	-	Spain	25:28 (15:12)

Semifinals

June 10, 1994
3:30 p.m.	Russia	-	Denmark	29:20 (14: 8)
17:30	Sweden	-	Croatia	24:21 (13: 7)

3rd place match

June 11, 1994
14:00	Croatia	-	Denmark	24:23 (12:13)

Endgame

June 11, 1994
16:00	Russia	-	Sweden	21:34 (9:18)

Final score

Pl.	team
1.	Sweden
2.	Russia
3.	Croatia
4th	Denmark
5.	Spain
6th	France
7th	Hungary
8th.	Belarus
9.	Germany
10.	Slovenia
11.	Romania
12.	Portugal

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1	Vasily Kudinov	Russia	50
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Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Tomas Svensson	Sweden
Left winger:	Erik Hajas	Sweden
Back left:	Vasily Kudinov	Russia
Back center:	Magnus Andersson	Sweden
Back right:	Jan Eiberg Jørgensen	Denmark
Right winger:	Pierre Thorsson	Sweden
Circle:	Dmitri Torgovanov	Russia
Most Valuable Player (MVP):	Magnus Andersson	Sweden

Team squad

European champion: Sweden

Ola Lindgren Per Carlén Erik Hajas Jerry Hallback Stefan Lövgren

Robert Andersson Pierre Thorsson Staffan Olsson Magnus Andersson Tommy Suoraniemi

Mats Olsson Tomas Svensson Robert Hedin Magnus Wislander Martin Frändesjö

Coach: Bengt Johansson

Second place: Russia

Andrei Antonevich Dmitry Filippov Valery Gopin Vyacheslav Gorpishin Oleg Grebnew

Dimitri Karlow Oleg Kisselev Vasily Kudinov Stanislav Kulinchenko Andrei Lavrov

Pavel Sukosjan Dmitri Torgovanov Igor Vasiliev

Coach: Vladimir Maximov

Third place: Croatia

Zvonimir Bilić Patrik Ćavar Darko Franović Bruno Gudelj Vladimir Jelčić Nenad Kljaić

Valter Matošević Alvaro Načinović Ivica Obrvan Tonči Peribonio Goran Perkovac

Iztok Puc Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagic Vlado Šola Ratko Tomljanović

Coach: Velimir Kljaić

Ninth place: Germany

Jan Holpert Stefan Hecker Christian Ramota Stefan Kretzschmar Christian Scheffler Jürgen Hartz

Thomas Knorr Christian Schwarzer Klaus-Dieter Petersen Frank Schmitt Mike Fuhrig

Daniel Stephan Volker Zerbe Martin Schwalb Bernd Roos Holger Winselmann

Trainer: Arno Ehret

Web links

• Tournament on eurohandball.com