European Handball Championship 2002

This article describes the 2002 Men's Handball Championship . For the European Championship for women, see European Handball Championship for Women 2002 .

5th European Men's Handball Championship 2002
Number of nations	16
European champion	Sweden (4th title)
venue	Sweden
Opening game	January 25, 2002
Endgame	February 3, 2002
Games	50
Gates	2,609   (∅: 52.18 per game)
Top scorer	Ólafur Stefánsson Iceland , 58 goals
Best player	Magnus Wislander Sweden (MVP)
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The 5th edition of the men's handball European championship was held in Sweden in 2002 and took place from January 25th to February 3rd. The Swedish national handball team won the final over Germany. Switzerland was eliminated after the preliminary round, Austria could not qualify for the final round.

Attendees

Gothenburg Helsingborg Jonkoping Skovde Stockholm Västerås

Venues

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Sweden	Russia	Spain	France
Poland	Portugal	Slovenia	Croatia
Ukraine	Denmark	Iceland	Germany
Czech Republic	Israel	Switzerland	Yugoslavia

Venues

• Gothenburg - Scandinavium , 12,000 seats
• Helsingborg - Idrottens hus , 2,700 seats
• Jönköping - Kinnarps Arena , 7,000 seats
• Skövde - Arena Skövde , 2,400 seats
• Stockholm - globes , 16,000 seats
• Västerås - ABB Arena , 5,800 seats

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the teams played against each other within their respective group. The three best teams went into the main round, the worst team in each group was eliminated.

Group A

Group A games took place in Gothenburg .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	86:63	6th
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	77:82	4th
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	78:80	2
4th	Poland	3	0	0	3	67:83	0

January 25, 2002
18:00	Poland	-	Czech Republic	24:25 (9:11)
20:00	Sweden	-	Ukraine	27:21 (11: 9)
January 26, 2002
17:00	Czech Republic	-	Sweden	22:31 (12:14)
19:00	Ukraine	-	Poland	30:23 (13:13)
January 27, 2002
16:00	Ukraine	-	Czech Republic	27:30 (12:16)
18:00	Sweden	-	Poland	28:20 (12:12)

Group B

The venue for the Group B games was Helsingborg .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	81:71	5
2	Russia	3	2	1	0	80:70	5
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	65:70	2
4th	Israel	3	0	0	3	67:82	0

January 25, 2002
18:00	Portugal	-	Israel	26:15 (12: 6)
20:00	Russia	-	Denmark	25:25 (12:13)
January 26, 2002
15:00	Israel	-	Russia	26:27 (11:16)
17:00	Denmark	-	Portugal	27:20 (10:10)
January 27, 2002
15:00	Russia	-	Portugal	28:19 (17: 7)
17:00	Denmark	-	Israel	29:26 (14: 8)

Group C

Group C games were played in Skövde .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Iceland	3	2	1	0	88:71	5
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	73:66	5
3	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	79:90	1
4th	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	78:91	1

January 25, 2002
18:00	Slovenia	-	Switzerland	34:34 (18:16)
20:00	Spain	-	Iceland	24:24 (9:13)
January 26, 2002
17:00	Iceland	-	Slovenia	31:25 (15:11)
19:00	Switzerland	-	Spain	22:24 (10:14)
January 27, 2002
17:00	Iceland	-	Switzerland	33:22 (15: 9)
19:00	Spain	-	Slovenia	25:20 (11: 7)

Group D

Group D played in Jönköping .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	68:57	5
2	France	3	2	1	0	66:62	5
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	75:71	2
4th	Croatia	3	0	0	3	70:89	0

January 25, 2002
18:00	Croatia	-	Yugoslavia	22:34 (10:17)
20:00	France	-	Germany	15:15 (8: 8)
January 26, 2002
17:30	Yugoslavia	-	France	20:22 (9:14)
7:30 p.m.	Germany	-	Croatia	26:21 (13: 9)
January 27, 2002
16:00	Germany	-	Yugoslavia	27:21 (14:11)
18:00	France	-	Croatia	29:27 (10:12)

Main round

The main round games took place in Gothenburg and Västerås. The twelve qualified teams from the preliminary round were divided into two groups. In group I the first three teams of groups A and B played, in group II the first of groups C and D. The points from the preliminary round that were scored against the other teams that had also reached the main round were taken over . The first and second placed in each group advanced to the semi-finals, the other teams played the other places among themselves.

Group I.

Group I games were played in Gothenburg.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Denmark	5	4th	1	0	131: 113	9
2	Sweden	5	4th	0	1	141: 118	8th
3	Russia	5	3	1	1	139: 118	7th
4th	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	126: 145	4th
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4th	116: 134	2
6th	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	112: 137	0

January 29, 2002
16:00	Ukraine	-	Portugal	23:28 (11:14)
18:00	Czech Republic	-	Denmark	25:31 (10:18)
20:00	Sweden	-	Russia	30:26 (18:14)
January 30, 2002
16:00	Czech Republic	-	Russia	20:29 (8:12)
18:00	Ukraine	-	Denmark	17:21 (7:11)
20:00	Sweden	-	Portugal	27:22 (15:12)
January 31, 2002
16:00	Czech Republic	-	Portugal	29:27 (14:14)
18:00	Ukraine	-	Russia	24:31 (10:12)
20:00	Sweden	-	Denmark	26:27 (14:11)

Group II

Group II played their games in Västerås.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Iceland	5	3	2	0	144: 125	8th
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	116: 111	7th
3	France	5	2	2	1	123: 109	6th
4th	Spain	5	2	1	2	126: 122	5
5	Yugoslavia	5	1	1	3	126: 139	3
6th	Slovenia	5	0	1	4th	118: 147	1

January 29, 2002
16:00	Iceland	-	France	26:26 (14:12)
18:00	Slovenia	-	Yugoslavia	24:24 (11:14)
20:00	Spain	-	Germany	18:19 (9: 8)
January 30, 2002
16:00	Iceland	-	Yugoslavia	34:26 (16:14)
18:00	Slovenia	-	Germany	28:31 (12:12)
20:00	Spain	-	France	27:24 (13:11)
January 31, 2002
16:00	Spain	-	Yugoslavia	32:35 (15:15)
18:00	Slovenia	-	France	21:36 (10:19)
20:00	Iceland	-	Germany	29:24 (15:11)

Placement games and final round

All placement games and the final round took place in Stockholm .

Game for 11th place

February 2, 2002
9:30	Ukraine	-	Slovenia	34:29 (20:14)

Play for 9th place

February 3, 2002
9:30	Portugal	-	Yugoslavia	31:25 (15:12)

Game for 7th place

February 2, 2002
12:00	Czech Republic	-	Spain	29:36 (14:17)

Play for 5th place

February 3, 2002
12:00	Russia	-	France	31:28 (14:11)

Semifinals

February 2, 2002
16:00	Sweden	-	Iceland	33:22 (14:12)
18:30	Denmark	-	Germany	23:28 (12:13)

3rd place match

February 3, 2002
3:30 p.m.	Denmark	-	Iceland	29:22 (13:11)

final

February 3, 2002
18:00	Germany	-	Sweden	31:33 a.d. (26:26, 14:13)

Final score

Pl.	team
1.	Sweden
2.	Germany
3.	Denmark
4th	Iceland
5.	Russia
6th	France
7th	Spain
8th.	Czech Republic
9.	Portugal
10.	Yugoslavia
11.	Ukraine
12.	Slovenia
13.	Switzerland
14th	Israel
15th	Poland
16.	Croatia

Goalscorer table

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1	Ólafur Stefánsson	Iceland	58
2	Stefan Lövgren	Sweden	57
3	Yuri Kostetskyi	Ukraine	52
4th	Nedeljko Jovanović	Yugoslavia	46
5	Filip Jícha	Czech Republic	44
6th	Lars Christiansen	Denmark	43
7th	Johan Petersson	Sweden	36
8th	Patrekur Jóhannesson	Iceland	35
	Renato Vugrinec	Slovenia	35
10	Daniel Stephan	Germany	33

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Peter Gentzel	Sweden
Left winger:	Lars Christiansen	Denmark
Back left:	Stefan Lövgren	Sweden
Back center:	Daniel Stephan	Germany
Back right:	Ólafur Stefánsson	Iceland
Right winger:	Denis Krivoschlykov	Russia
Circle:	Magnus Wislander	Sweden
Most Valuable Player (MVP):	Magnus Wislander	Sweden

Team squad

European champion: Sweden

Tomas Svensson Peter Gentzel Martin Boquist Magnus Andersson Magnus Wislander Mathias Franzén

Ola Lindgren Marcus Ahlm Andreas Larsson Staffan Olsson Ljubomir Vranjes

Jonas Ernelind Stefan Lövgren Thomas Sivertsson Martin Frändesjö Johan Petersson

Coach: Bengt Johansson

Second place: Germany

Christian Ramota Henning Fritz Chrischa Hannawald Stefan Kretzschmar Torsten Jansen Frank von Behren

Daniel Stephan Pascal Hens Markus Baur Volker Zerbe Christian Rose

Christian Zeitz Florian Kehrmann Klaus-Dieter Petersen Christian Schwarzer Mark Dragunski

Trainer: Heiner Brand

Third place: Denmark

Kasper Hvidt Kristian Asmussen Klavs Bruun Jørgensen Torsten Laen Lars Jørgensen Lars Christiansen

Joachim Boldsen Michael Bruun Pedersen Michael V. Knudsen Claus Møller Jakobsen Get rid of it

Christian Hjermind Soren Stryger Lars Krogh Jeppesen Bo Spellerberg Claus Flensborg

Coach: Torben Winther

Web link

• Tournament on eurohandball.com