European Handball Championship 2008 / Russia
This article covers the Russian national handball team at the 2008 European Championship in Norway.
qualification
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team
Squad
| No. | Surname | society | LS / goals (before EM) | Games | Gates |
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Time penalties |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper (% balls held) | ||||||||
| 1 | Oleg Grams |  Medvedi Chekhov
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14/0 | 3 | (35%) | - | - | - |
| 16 | Alexei Kostygow | Medvedi Chekhov
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87/0 | 3 | (30%) | - | - | - |
| Outfield player | ||||||||
| 2 | Vasily Filippov | Medvedi Chekhov
|
53/116 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| 3 | Vitaly Ivanov | Medvedi Chekhov
|
164/424 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 4th | Eduard Koksharow |  RK Celje
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192/992 | 3 | 16/9 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 5 | Valery Myagkov | Dynamo Astrakhan
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25/28 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 2 | - |
| 6th | Denis Krivoschlykov |  Ademar León
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158/448 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| 7th | Andrei Starych | SKIF Krasnodar
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13/19 | 3 | 7th | - | - | - |
| 8th | Yegor Evdokimov | Medvedi Chekhov
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57/69 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 | - |
| 10 | Timur Dibirov | Medvedi Chekhov
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34/88 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 13 | Constantine Igropulo | Medvedi Chekhov
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32/139 | 3 | 10/5 | 2 | 2 | - |
| 14th | Sergei Predybailov | Dynamo Astrakhan
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8/25 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 15th | Alexei Rastworzew | Medvedi Chekhov
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169/667 | 3 | 4th | - | 5 | 1 |
| 17th | Alexei Kamanin | Medvedi Chekhov
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130/260 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| 19th | Sergei Pogorelov | Algeciras BM
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192 /446 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 20th | Mikhail Tschipurin | Medvedi Chekhov
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95/259 | 3 | 9 | - | - | - |
| total | 1402/3934 | 3 | 74/14 | 8th | 16 | 1 | ||
| Trainer / supervisor | ||||||||
| Vladimir Maximov
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Medvedi Chekhov
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Trainer | ||||||
| Nikolai Chigarev
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Assistant coach | |||||||
Preliminary round matches (Group B)
In the preliminary round, the Russian team met Norway , Montenegro and Denmark . There she was eliminated because of the poorer goal difference against Montenegro.
Russia 25:25 (15:16) Montenegro 
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(January 17th, in Drammen , Drammenhallen )
RUS: Oleg Grams, Alexei Kostygow - Eduard Kokscharow (8/4), Konstantin Igropulo (4/2), Sergei Predybailow (2), Denis Kriwoschlykow (2), Alexei Rastworzew (2), Yegor Evdokimow (2), Mikhail Tschipurin (1), Andrei Starych (1), Wassili Filippow (1), Witali Iwanow (1), Timur Dibirow, Alexei Kamanin
MNE: Golub Doknić, Goran Stojanović - Draško Mrvaljević (7/2), Alen Muratović (7), Mladen Rakčević (3), Petar Kapisoda (3), Zoran Roganović (2), Marko Dobrković (2), Žarko Marković (1 ), Mirko Milašević, Ratko Đurković, Aleksandar Svitlica, Marko Pejović, Goran Đukanović
Norway 32:21 (15:10) Russia
(January 18th, in Drammen , Drammenhallen )
NOR: Steinar Ege, Ole Erevik - Frode Hagen (9), Håvard Tvedten (6/4), Thomas Skoglund (5), Bjarte Myrhol (3), Frank Løke (3), Rune Skjærvold (2), Kristian Kjelling (2 ), Kjetil Strand (1), Børge Lund (1), Glenn Solberg, Jan Thomas Lauritzen, Johnny Jensen
RUS: Oleg Grams, Alexei Kostygow - Andrei Starych (5), Denis Kriwoschlykow (3), Timur Dibirow (2), Eduard Koksharow (2/1), Yegor Evdokimow (2), Michail Tschipurin (2), Valeri Myagkow (2 ), Konstantin Igropulo (2), Alexei Kamanin (1), Sergei Pogorelow, Sergei Predybailow, Alexei Rastworzew
Denmark 31:28 (18:11) Russia
(January 20th, in Drammen , Drammenhallen )
DAN: Kasper Hvidt, Peter Henriksen - Lars Christiansen (13/7), Lars Krogh Jeppesen (5), Michael V. Knudsen (5), Hans Lindberg (3), Kasper Søndergaard Sarup (2), Lars Jørgensen (1), Kasper Nielsen (1), Joachim Boldsen (1), Jesper Jensen, Jesper Nøddesbo, Lars Rasmussen, Lasse Boesen
RUS: Oleg Grams, Alexei Kostygow - Eduard Kokscharow (6/4), Denis Kriwoschlykow (5), Michail Tschipurin (5), Konstantin Igropulo (4), Alexei Rastworzew (2), Wassili Filippow (2), Valeri Myagkow (2 ), Andrei Starych (1), Yegor Evdokimow (1), Sergei Pogorelow, Timur Dibirow, Alexei Kamanin