European handball championship 2004

This article describes the 2004 Men's Handball Championship . For the European Championship for women see European Handball Championship for Women 2004 .

6th European Men's Handball Championship 2004
Number of nations	16
European champion	Germany (1st title)
venue	Slovenia
Opening game	January 22, 2004
Endgame	February 1, 2004
Games	48
Gates	2,733   (∅: 56.94 per game)
Top scorer	Mirza Džomba Croatia , 46 goals
Best player	Ivano Balić Croatia (MVP)
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The 6th European Men's Handball Championship took place from January 22nd to February 1st, 2004 in Slovenia . The German national handball team was able to secure the title for the first time with a final victory against hosts Slovenia. After the main round, the tournament for Switzerland was over, Austria could not qualify for the European Championship.

Attendees

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Russia	Croatia	Czech Republic	France
Switzerland	Denmark	Hungary	Germany
Sweden	Spain	Iceland	Poland
Ukraine	Portugal	Slovenia	Serbia and Montenegro

Celje Twill Velenje Ljubljana

Venues

Venues

• Celje - Nove Dvorana Pod Golovcem , 4,620 places
• Koper - Dvorana Bonifika , 2,164 seats
• Velenje - Prenovljena Rdeča Dvorana , 4,000 places
• Ljubljana - Hala Tivoli , 7,000 seats

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, each team within its group played exactly once against each other team. The first three in each group reached the main round, the fourth-placed were eliminated.

Group A

Group A games were played in Velenje .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	87:74	6th
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	93:79	4th
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	69:85	2
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	74:85	0

January 22, 2004
18:00	Russia	-	Switzerland	28:20 (17:10)
20:30	Sweden	-	Ukraine	31:25 (14:13)
January 24, 2004
16:00	Switzerland	-	Sweden	24:35 (12:17)
18:00	Ukraine	-	Russia	27:29 (12:17)
January 25, 2004
16:00	Ukraine	-	Switzerland	22:25 (12:13)
18:00	Sweden	-	Russia	27:30 (12:16)

Group B

Group B played in Ljubljana .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	88:86	5
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	85:78	4th
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	82:81	2
4th	Portugal	3	0	1	2	91: 101	1

January 22, 2004
18:00	Spain	-	Croatia	29:30 (17:14)
20:30	Denmark	-	Portugal	36:32 (20:15)
January 24, 2004
18:00	Portugal	-	Spain	27:33 (12:19)
20:00	Croatia	-	Denmark	26:25 (14:12)
January 25, 2004
18:00	Portugal	-	Croatia	32:32 (13:16)
20:00	Denmark	-	Spain	24:20 (12:11)

Group C

Group C games took place in Celje .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Slovenia	3	2	1	0	100: 90	5
2	Hungary	3	2	1	0	91:83	5
3	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	88:97	1
4th	Iceland	3	0	1	2	87:96	1

January 22, 2004
18:00	Czech Republic	-	Hungary	25:30 (10:17)
20:30	Iceland	-	Slovenia	28:34 (13:13)
January 23, 2004
18:30	Hungary	-	Iceland	32:29 (15:15)
20:30	Slovenia	-	Czech Republic	37:33 (15:18)
January 25, 2004
18:30	Iceland	-	Czech Republic	30:30 (15:17)
20:30	Slovenia	-	Hungary	29:29 (13:14)

Group D

The teams of group D played their games in Koper .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	France	3	2	1	0	81:74	5
2	Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	0	1	86:78	4th
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	96:89	3
4th	Poland	3	0	0	3	86: 108	0

January 22, 2004
18:00	France	-	Poland	29:25 (14:16)
20:30	Germany	-	Serbia and Mont.	26:28 (10:12)
January 23, 2004
18:30	Serbia and Mont.	-	France	20:23 (7:13)
January 24, 2004
18:00	Poland	-	Germany	32:41 (13:21)
January 25, 2004
18:30	Germany	-	France	29:29 (14:13)
20:30	Serbia and Mont.	-	Poland	38:29 (19:11)

Main round

The main round games took place in Celje and Ljubljana. Two groups were formed from the twelve teams from the preliminary round. In group I the first three of groups A and B played, in group II the first three 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 semifinals, the third played the direct qualification for the European handball championship 2006 in Switzerland.

Group I.

Group I games were played in Celje.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Croatia	5	4th	1	0	138: 131	9
2	Denmark	5	4th	0	1	153: 125	8th
3	Russia	5	3	1	1	149: 137	7th
4th	Sweden	5	2	0	3	145: 144	4th
5	Spain	5	1	0	4th	133: 143	2
6th	Switzerland	5	0	0	5	115: 153	0

January 27, 2004
16:00	Switzerland	-	Spain	24:26 (13:13)
18:00	Croatia	-	Sweden	28:26 (16:11)
20:00	Russia	-	Denmark	31:36 (15:19)
January 28, 2004
16:00	Russia	-	Spain	36:30 (16:14)
18:00	Croatia	-	Switzerland	30:27 (15:13)
20:00	Sweden	-	Denmark	28:34 (14:18)
January 29, 2004
16:00	Denmark	-	Switzerland	34:20 (18: 9)
18:00	Spain	-	Sweden	28:29 (12:10)
20:00	Russia	-	Croatia	24:24 (13:12)

Group II

Group II games took place in Ljubljana.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Germany	5	3	1	1	151: 131	7th
2	Slovenia	5	3	1	1	144: 135	7th
3	France	5	2	1	2	134: 129	5
4th	Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	1	2	134: 135	5
5	Hungary	5	1	2	2	132: 140	4th
6th	Czech Republic	5	1	0	4th	147: 172	2

January 27, 2004
16:30	France	-	Hungary	29:21 (14: 8)
18:30	Czech Republic	-	Germany	27:37 (12:19)
20:30	Slovenia	-	Serbia and Mont.	27:20 (14:11)
January 28, 2004
16:30	France	-	Czech Republic	31:32 (15:17)
18:30	Hungary	-	Serbia and Mont.	29:29 (10:15)
20:30	Slovenia	-	Germany	24:31 (10:18)
January 29, 2004
16:30	Serbia and Mont.	-	Czech Republic	37:30 (21:16)
18:30	Germany	-	Hungary	28:23 (16:13)
20:30	Slovenia	-	France	27:22 (12: 9)

Final round

The venue for all games in the final round was Ljubljana .

Game for 7th place

January 31, 2004
12:30	Sweden	-	Serbia and Montenegro	35:34 (16:17)

Play for 5th place

February 1, 2004
12:30	Russia	-	France	28:26 (14:11)

Semifinals

January 31, 2004
15:00	Denmark	-	Germany	20:22 (11:11)
17:30	Croatia	-	Slovenia	25:27 (13:15)

3rd place match

February 1, 2004
15:00	Croatia	-	Denmark	27:31 (14:15)

final

February 1, 2004
17:30	Slovenia	-	Germany	25:30 (10:16)

Final score

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

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	team	Gates
1	Mirza Džomba	Croatia	46
2	Florian Kehrmann	Germany	45
3	Daniel Stephan	Germany	42
4th	Michael V. Knudsen	Denmark	40
	Vid Kavtičnik	Slovenia	40
	Robert Kostadinovich	Switzerland	40
7th	Eduard Koksharow	Russia	38
	Renato Vugrinec	Slovenia	38
9	Nikola Karabatić	France	35
10	Soren Stryger	Denmark	34
	Alexei Rastworzew	Russia	34

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Henning Fritz	Germany
Left winger:	Eduard Koksharow	Russia
Back left:	Nikola Karabatić	France
Back center:	Ivano Balić	Croatia
Back right:	Volker Zerbe	Germany
Right winger:	Vid Kavtičnik	Slovenia
Circle:	Michael V. Knudsen	Denmark
Most Valuable Player (MVP):	Ivano Balić	Croatia

Team squad

European champion: Germany

Henning Fritz Pascal Hens Mark Dragunski Jan-Olaf Immel Christian Schwarzer Klaus-Dieter Petersen

Volker Zerbe Christian Ramota Markus Baur Christian Zeitz Torsten Jansen Heiko Grimm

Daniel Stephan Florian Kehrmann Christian Schöne Steffen Weber Carsten Lichtlein

Trainer: Heiner Brand

Second place: Slovenia

Dušan Podpečan Ognjen Backovič Renato Vugrinec Zoran Jovičič Andrej Kastelic

Vid Kavtičnik Branko Bedekovič Roman Pungartnik Gorazd Škof Tomaž Tomšič

Ivan Simonovič Aleš Pajovič Boštjan Ficko Uroš Zorman Zoran Lubej

Coach: Kasim Kamenica

Third place: Denmark

Kasper Hvidt Morten Bjerre Kasper Nielsen Klavs Bruun Jørgensen Torsten Laen Lars Jørgensen

Jesper Jensen Lars Christiansen Joachim Boldsen Boris Schnuchel Michael Bruun Pedersen

Michael V. Knudsen Claus Møller Jakobsen Soren Stryger Christian Hjermind Lars Krogh Jeppesen

Coach: Torben Winther

Web link

• Tournament on eurohandball.com