European handball championship 2000

This article describes the men's handball championship in 2000 . For the women's championship, see the 2000 European Women's Handball Championship .

4th European Men's Handball Championship 2000
Number of nations	12
European champion	Sweden (3rd title)
venue	Croatia
Opening game	January 21, 2000
Endgame	January 30, 2000
Games	38
Gates	1,867   (∅: 49.13 per game)
Top scorer	Oleg Velyky Ukraine , 46 goals
Best player	Jackson Richardson France (MVP)
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The 4th men's handball European championship was held from January 21 to 30, 2000 in Croatia . The Swedish national handball team won the title with a final victory over Russia. The German selection only finished ninth, Austria and Switzerland could not qualify for the European Championship finals.

Attendees

Group A	Group B
France	Sweden
Spain	Russia
Croatia	Slovenia
Norway	Portugal
Germany	Denmark
Ukraine	Iceland

Zagreb Rijeka

Venues

Venues

• Zagreb - športova cathedral
• Rijeka - Dvorana Mladosti

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

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	France	5	4th	1	0	127: 110	9
2	Spain	5	4th	0	1	128: 120	8th
3	Croatia	5	3	1	1	122: 114	7th
4th	Norway	5	1	1	3	106: 114	3
5	Germany	5	0	2	3	110: 119	2
6th	Ukraine	5	0	1	4th	104: 120	1

January 21, 2000 - Zagreb
16:30	France	-	Norway	24:21 (14:12)
18:30	Germany	-	Ukraine	24:24 (14:11)
21:00	Spain	-	Croatia	27:22 (16:11)
January 22, 2000 - Zagreb
17:00	Norway	-	Spain	21:25 (9:13)
19:00	Croatia	-	Germany	21:20 (11:12)
21:00	Ukraine	-	France	22:24 (9:12)
January 23, 2000 - Zagreb
17:00	Spain	-	Ukraine	27:24 (17:11)
19:00	Germany	-	France	19:25 (9:15)
21:00	Croatia	-	Norway	27:23 (15:10)
January 25, 2000 - Rijeka
17:00	France	-	Spain	28:22 (16:12)
19:00	Germany	-	Norway	22:22 (11:10)
21:00	Ukraine	-	Croatia	18:26 (9:13)
January 27, 2000 - Rijeka
17:00	Norway	-	Ukraine	19:16 (12: 7)
19:00	Spain	-	Germany	27:25 (12: 9)
21:00	France	-	Croatia	26:26 (12:11)

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	5	5	0	0	143: 115	10
2	Russia	5	4th	0	1	128: 120	8th
3	Slovenia	5	2	0	3	129: 131	4th
4th	Portugal	5	2	0	3	123: 133	4th
5	Denmark	5	2	0	3	126: 134	4th
6th	Iceland	5	0	0	5	121: 137	0

January 21, 2000 - Rijeka
17:00	Sweden	-	Iceland	31:23 (18:10)
19:00	Portugal	-	Slovenia	28:27 (12:12)
21:00	Russia	-	Denmark	27:26 (11:14)
January 22, 2000 - Rijeka
17:00	Slovenia	-	Russia	23:27 (12:16)
19:00	Iceland	-	Portugal	25:28 (13:14)
21:00	Denmark	-	Sweden	22:29 (10:16)
January 23, 2000 - Rijeka
17:00	Sweden	-	Portugal	29:21 (15: 9)
19:00	Russia	-	Iceland	25:23 (15:14)
21:00	Denmark	-	Slovenia	24:28 (9:13)
January 25, 2000 - Zagreb
17:00	Sweden	-	Slovenia	26:24 (11:12)
19:00	Portugal	-	Russia	20:24 (13:11)
21:00	Iceland	-	Denmark	24:26 (14:13)
January 27, 2000 - Zagreb
17:00	Slovenia	-	Iceland	27:26 (17:12)
19:00	Russia	-	Sweden	25:28 (15:14)
21:00	Portugal	-	Denmark	26:28 (12:13)

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.

Play for 11th place in Rijeka

January 29, 2000
15:00	Ukraine	-	Iceland	25:26 (12:13)

Game for 9th place in Rijeka

January 29, 2000
17:30	Germany	-	Denmark	19:17 (8:10)

Game for 7th place in Rijeka

January 29, 2000
20:00	Norway	-	Portugal	27:30 a.d. (23:23, 10:14)

Play for 5th place in Zagreb

January 29, 2000
20:00	Croatia	-	Slovenia	24:25 (12:12)

Semi-finals in Zagreb

January 29, 2000
15:00	France	-	Russia	23:30 (10:16)
17:30	Sweden	-	Spain	23:21 (11:12)

Game for 3rd place in Zagreb

January 30, 2000
15:00	Spain	-	France	24:23 (13:12)

Final in Zagreb

January 30, 2000
17:30	Russia	-	Sweden	31:32 n.2V. (27:27, 24:24, 15: 9)

Final placements

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Sweden	7th	7th	0	0	198: 167	+ 031
	Russia	7th	5	0	2	189: 175	+ 014
	Spain	7th	5	0	2	173: 166	+ 07
04th	France	7th	4th	1	2	173: 164	+ 09
05.	Slovenia	6th	3	0	3	154: 155	- 01
06th	Croatia	6th	3	1	2	146: 139	+ 0 7
07th	Portugal	6th	3	0	3	153: 160	- 07th
08th.	Norway	6th	1	1	4th	133: 144	- 011
09.	Germany	6th	1	2	3	143: 153	- 010
10.	Denmark	6th	2	0	4th	166: 170	- 04th
11.	Iceland	6th	1	0	5	147: 162	- 015
12.	Ukraine	6th	0	1	5	129: 146	- 017th

Goalscorer table

Pl.	player	team	Gates
01.	Oleg Velyky	Ukraine	46
02.	Valdimar Grímsson	Iceland	41
03.	Patrick Cazal	France	40
	Magnus Wislander	Sweden	40
05.	Carlos Resende	Portugal	38
06th	Stefan Lövgren	Sweden	33
07th	Rafael Guijosa	Spain	32
	Aleš Pajovič	Slovenia	32
09.	Bertrand Gille	France	30th
	Jackson Richardson	France	30th

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Peter Gentzel	Sweden
Left winger:	Rafael Guijosa Castillo	Spain
Back left:	Carlos Resende	Portugal
Back center:	Jackson Richardson	France
Back right:	Patrick Cazal	France
Right winger:	Irfan Smajlagic	Croatia
Circle:	Andrei Xepkin	Spain
Most Valuable Player (MVP):	Jackson Richardson	France

Bids

Medalist

Sweden	Russia	Spain
Tomas Svensson Magnus Linden Magnus Wislander Thomas Sivertsson Ola Lindgren Martin Frändesjö Andreas Larsson Johan Petersson Stefan Lövgren Pierre Thorsson Peter Gentzel Staffan Olsson Magnus Andersson Mathias Franzén Mattias Andersson Ljubomir Vranjes	Andrei Lavrov Igor Lavrov Stanislaw Kulintschenko Eduard Kokscharow Oleg Kuleschow Denis Kriwoschlykow Lev Voronin Alexander Tutschkin Pavel Sukosjan Eduard Moskalenko Oleg Grebnew Dmitri Kuselew Oleg Khodkov Vyacheslav Gorpischin Sergei Pogorelow Dmitri Filippov	Jaume Fort Antonio Ugalde Andriy Chtchepkine Rafael Guijosa Castillo Enric Masip Iñaki Urdangarin Iosu Ollala Mariano Ortega Talant Dujshebaev Demetrio Lozano Jordi Núñez Alberto Urdiales Juancho Pérez David Barrufet Alberto Entrerríos Antonio Carlos Ortega
Bengt Johansson (coach)	Vladimir Maximov (coach)	Juan de Dios Román (coach)

9th place: Germany

Jan Holpert Christian Ramota Henning Fritz Stefan Kretzschmar Alexander Mierzwa Frank von Behren

Jan-Olaf Immel Jörn Schläger Daniel Stephan Markus Baur Volker Zerbe

Bernd Roos Florian Kehrmann Klaus-Dieter Petersen Matthias Hahn Mike Bezdicek

Trainer: Heiner Brand

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cumulative Statistics - Sweden , accessed April 30, 2020.
2. ↑ Cumulative Statistics - Russia , accessed April 30, 2020.
3. ↑ Cumulative Statistics - Spain , accessed April 30, 2020.

Web link

• Tournament on eurohandball.com
• Analyzes on eurohandball.com