European Handball Championship 2020

14th European Men's Handball Championship 2020
Handball EHF Euro 2020
Number of nations	24  (of 48 applicants)
European champion	Spain (2nd title)
venue	Norway Austria Sweden
Opening game	January 9, 2020
Endgame	January 26, 2020
Games	65
Gates	3,532   (∅: 54.34 per game)
spectator	492,628   (∅: 7,579 per game)
Top scorer	Sander Sagosen (65 goals)
Best player	Domagoj Duvnjak
yellow cards	202  (∅: 3.11 per game)
Time penalties	505  (∅: 7.77 per game)
Red cards	7  (∅: 0.11 per game)
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The 14th Men's Handball European Championship was held from January 9th to 26th, 2020 in Norway , Austria and Sweden . Ten years after the 2010 European Championship, the Austrian Handball Federation was once again host to a major international handball event. Spain became European champions with a 22:20 final victory over Croatia .

Host

Award of the European Championship 2020 in Dublin

The European Handball Federation (EHF) Congress awarded the event during its meeting on September 20, 2014 in Dublin , Ireland . For the first time in history, a European handball championship was held in three countries. Originally Austria, Sweden and Norway still applied as individual organizers, but then joined forces for organizational reasons and now pursued the common goal of hosting the 2020 Men's European Championship.

Due to the merger of the three nations, the new game mode came into force in 2020 with the increase from 16 to 24 nations. Originally this was only planned for the final round in 2022.

The EM 2020 was originally scheduled from January 10th to 26th, but the EHF changed the timeframe of the continental title fights in September 2018.

Participating Nations

Austria, Sweden and Norway were already qualified as organizers for the European Championship 2020. The remaining nations were determined during the European Championship qualification phase in the 2018/19 season.

The following teams (24) took part in the final round:

country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous participation in European championships	title
Sweden	host	Sep 20 2014	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)	1994 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002
Norway	host	Sep 20 2014	8 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Austria	host	Sep 20 2014	3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Spain	European Champion 2018	Jan. 28, 2018	13 (all from 1994 to 2018)	2018
Germany	Group winners	Apr. 14, 2019	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018)	2004 , 2016
Slovenia	Group winners	Apr. 14, 2019	9 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018)
Croatia	Group winners	Apr. 14, 2019	13 (all from 1994 to 2018)
Latvia	Second in the group	June 12, 2019
North Macedonia	Group winners	June 12, 2019	5 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Denmark	Group winners	June 12, 2019	13 (all from 1994 to 2018)	2008 , 2012
Hungary	Group winners	June 12, 2019	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
France	Group winners	June 13, 2019	13 (all from 1994 to 2018)	2006 , 2010 , 2014
Portugal	Second in the group	June 13, 2019	5 (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Russia	Second in the group	June 13, 2019	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)	1996
Poland	Second in the group	June 16, 2019	8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Switzerland	Second in the group	June 16, 2019	3 (2002, 2004, 2006)
Serbia	Group third	June 16, 2019	5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Iceland	Second in the group	June 16, 2019	10 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Netherlands	Group third	June 16, 2019
Belarus	Group winners	June 16, 2019	5 (2008, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Czech Republic	Second in the group	June 16, 2019	9 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Group third	June 16, 2019
Montenegro	Second in the group	June 16, 2019	3 (2008, 2014, 2016)
Ukraine	Group third	June 16, 2019	5 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)

qualification

→ Main article : European Handball Championship 2020 / qualification

Group draw

The draw for the preliminary group took place on June 28, 2019 in Vienna . The twenty-four qualified teams were divided into four pots prior to the draw according to their performance in the qualification . In addition, the host association assigned a team to each of the six groups and their host locations, taking into account the expected audience interest in accordance with the regulations.

Group pot 1	Spain	Sweden	France	Denmark	Croatia	Czech Republic
Group pot 2	Norway	Slovenia	Germany	North Macedonia	Hungary	Belarus
Group pot 3	Austria	Iceland	Montenegro	Portugal	Switzerland	Latvia
Group pot 4	Poland	Russia	Serbia	Ukraine	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Netherlands

The six teams seeded for each group:

• Croatia in group A in Graz
• Austria in group B in Vienna
• Germany in group C in Trondheim
• Norway in group D in Trondheim
• Denmark in Group E in Malmö
• Sweden in Group F in Gothenburg

After assigning the remaining teams, the draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A Graz	Group B Vienna	Group C Trondheim	Group D Trondheim	Group E Malmo	Group F. Gothenburg
Croatia (set)	Czech Republic	Spain	France	Denmark (set)	Sweden (set)
Belarus	North Macedonia	Germany (set)	Norway (set)	Hungary	Slovenia
Montenegro	Austria (set)	Latvia	Portugal	Iceland	Switzerland
Serbia	Ukraine	Netherlands	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Russia	Poland

Venues

In Austria, Sweden and Norway two preliminary round groups were played. In addition, Austria and Sweden each organized a main group. The final weekend with semifinals and finals took place in Sweden.

Gothenburg	Malmo	Graz Vienna Gothenburg Malmo Stockholm Trondheim Venues of the European Handball Championship 2020
Scandinavium	Malmo Arena
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 13,000
Stockholm	Trondheim
Tele2 Arena	Trondheim spectrum
Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 8,000
Graz	Vienna
Graz Messe Arena	Wiener Stadthalle
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 10,000

Preliminary round

Group A	Austria - Graz Messe Arena
Group B	Austria - Wiener Stadthalle
Group C	Norway - Trondheim Spectrum
Group D	Norway - Trondheim Spectrum
Group E	Sweden - Malmo Arena
Group F.	Sweden - Scandinavium, Gothenburg

The preliminary round matches were played by Austria in Vienna, Norway in Trondheim (Group D) and Sweden in Gothenburg, as well as Croatia in Graz, Germany in Trondheim (Group C) and Denmark in Malmö.

Main round

Group I.	Austria - Wiener Stadthalle
Group II	Sweden - Malmo Arena

Finals and placement games

Sweden - Tele2 Arena, Stockholm

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Croatia	03	03	00	00	0082:6500	+17	06th
02.	Belarus	03	02	00	01	0094:8800	+6	04th
03.	Montenegro	03	01	00	02	0070:8400	−14	02
04th	Serbia	03	00	00	03	0072:8100	−9	00

January 9, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Belarus	35:30	Serbia	Graz Messe Arena , Graz Spectators: 3,806 Referees: Santos / Fonseca
	Karaljok 9	(16:15)	Radivojevic 6
	1 ×  9 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

January 9, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	27:21	Montenegro	Graz Messe Arena , Graz Spectators: 5,630 Referees: Brunner / Salah
	Cindrić 6	(12:13)	Grbović 6
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×

January 11, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Croatia	31:23	Belarus	Graz Messe Arena , Graz Spectators: 6,000 Referees: C. Bonaventura / J. Bonaventure
	Karačić 6	(15:10)	Wajlupau 8
	4 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

January 11, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Montenegro	22:21	Serbia	Graz Messe Arena , Graz Spectators: 5,500 Referees: Kirkholm / Mortensen
	Grbović 5	(11:10)	Kukic 6
	2 ×  7 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

January 13, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Montenegro	27:36	Belarus	Graz Messe Arena , Graz Spectators: 5,000 Referees: Jørum / Kleven
	Lipovina 5	(11:17)	Wajlupau 7
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 13, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Serbia	21:24	Croatia	Graz Messe Arena , Graz Spectators: 6,500 Referees: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Radivojević, Kukić each 4	(10: 8)	Duvnjak , Stepančić 5 each
	4 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Austria	03	03	00	00	0098:8700	+11	06th
02.	Czech Republic	03	02	00	01	0079:7600	+3	04th
03.	North Macedonia	03	01	00	02	0079:8400	−5	02
04th	Ukraine	03	00	00	03	0074:8300	−9	00

January 10, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Czech Republic	29:32	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 7,070 Referee: Elíasson / Pálsson
	Hrstka 6	(14:13)	Bilyk 12
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

January 10, 2020 8:30 p.m.	North Macedonia	26:25	Ukraine	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 7,070 Referee: Jørum / Kleven
	Lazarov 8	(13:10)	Ostrouschko 5
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  7 ×

January 12, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	27:25	North Macedonia	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 6,642 Referees: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Kašpárek 7	(9:11)	Lazarov 11
	1 ×  6 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 12, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Austria	34:30	Ukraine	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 7,078 Referees: Bonaventura / Bonaventura
	Bilyk 10	(18:17)	Cossackevych 7
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	4 ×

January 14, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Austria	32:28	North Macedonia	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 7,623 Referees: Lah / Sok
	Weber 7	(18:12)	Stoilov 5
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

January 14, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Ukraine	19:23	Czech Republic	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 4,097 Referees: Santos / Fonseca
	Kosakewych 4	(10: 9)	Babák 6
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	03	03	00	00	0102: 7300	+29	06th
02.	Germany	03	02	00	01	0088:8300	+5	04th
03.	Netherlands	03	01	00	02	0080:9400	−14	02
04th	Latvia	03	00	00	03	0073:9300	−20	00

January 9, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Germany	34:23	Netherlands	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 4,057 Referees: Lah / Sok
	Häfner , Kohlbacher 5 each	(15:13)	Smits 7
	2 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 9, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Spain	33:22	Latvia	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 4,524 Referees: Kirkholm / Mortensen
	Pérez 5	(14:11)	Krištopāns 7
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

January 11, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Latvia	24:32	Netherlands	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 5,942 Referees: Bad'ura / Ondogrecula
	Krištopāns 7	(10:16)	Smits 7
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×  1 ×

January 11, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Spain	33:26	Germany	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 6,558 Referees: Brunner / Salah
	A. Dujshebaev 7	(14:11)	Pekeler 5
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 13, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Latvia	27:28	Germany	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 3,540 Referees: Elíasson / Pálsson
	Krištopāns 7	(11:16)	Bold 8
	1 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×

January 13, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Netherlands	25:36	Spain	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 3,809 Referee: Gatelis / Mažeika
	Smits 8	(13:17)	Maqueda 6
	2 ×  8 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Norway	03	03	00	00	0094:8000	+14	06th
02.	Portugal	03	02	00	01	0083:8300	± 0	04th
03.	France	03	01	00	02	0082:7900	+3	02
04th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	03	00	00	03	0073:9000	−17	00

January 10, 2020 6:15 p.m.	France	25:28	Portugal	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 7,507 Referees: Sondors / Līcis
	Meme 5	(11:12)	Branquinho 5
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

January 10, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Norway	32:26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 8,232 Referees: Schulze / Tönnies
	Sagoses 12	(17:12)	Prce 7
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

January 12, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Portugal	27:24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 7,936 Referees: Gatelis / Mazeika
	Portela 10	(12:11)	Prce 5
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 12, 2020 6:15 p.m.	France	26:28	Norway	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 8,932 Referees: Horáček / Novotny
	Fabregas 8	(15:14)	Sagoses 10
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

January 14, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23:31	France	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 7,937 Referees: Jurinović / Mrvica
	Panic 9	(13:14)	Porte 7
	4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

January 14, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Portugal	28:34	Norway	Trondheim Spectrum , Trondheim Spectators: 9,069 Referee: Baďura / Ondogrecula
	Areia 5	(14:16)	Jøndal 7
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Hungary	03	02	01	00	0074:6700	+7	05
02.	Iceland	03	02	00	01	0083:7700	+6	04th
03.	Denmark	03	01	01	01	0085:8300	+2	03
04th	Russia	03	00	00	03	0076:9100	−15	00

January 11, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Hungary	26:25	Russia	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 9,202 Referee: Jurinović / Mrvica
	Balogh 7	(14:13)	Santalow 5
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×

January 11, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Denmark	30:31	Iceland	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 10,593 Referee: Pavićević / Ražnatović
	M. Hansen 9	(15:15)	Pálmarsson 10
	1 ×  3 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 13, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Iceland	34:23	Russia	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 7,099 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	Elísson , Petersson , Guðjónsson 6 each	(18:11)	Kalarash 6
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 13, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Denmark	24:24	Hungary	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 8,377 Referees: Sondors / Līcis
	Bramming 6	(11:13)	Balogh 7
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 15, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Iceland	18:24	Hungary	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 7,587 Referee: García / Marín
	Sigurðsson , Pálmarsson 4 each	(12: 9)	Bánhidi 8
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 15, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Russia	28:31	Denmark	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 8,978 Referees: Brkic / Jusufhodzic
	Soroka 6	(15:12)	M.Hansen 7
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

Group F.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Slovenia	03	03	00	00	0076:6700	+9	06th
02.	Sweden	03	02	00	01	0081:6800	+13	04th
03.	Switzerland	03	01	00	02	0077:8700	−10	02
04th	Poland	03	00	00	03	0073:8500	−12	00

January 10, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Slovenia	26:23	Poland	Scandinavium , Gothenburg Spectators: 7,276 Referee: Horáček / Novotný
	Blagotinšek , Mačkovšek 5 each	(13:11)	Moryto 8
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	5 ×

January 10, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Sweden	34:21	Switzerland	Scandinavium , Gothenburg Spectators: 11,644 Referee: García / Marín
	Tollbring , Nilsson , Du Rietz 6 each	(20:13)	Schmid 4
	4 ×	Match report	1 ×

January 12, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Switzerland	31:24	Poland	Scandinavium , Gothenburg Spectators: 8,061 Referee: Brkic / Jusufhodzic
	Schmid 15th	(14:12)	Sićko 5
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 12, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Sweden	19:21	Slovenia	Scandinavium , Gothenburg Spectators: 11,896 Referees: Schulze / Tönnies
	Gottfridsson 5	(9:10)	Dolenec 7
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

January 14, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Switzerland	25:29	Slovenia	Scandinavium , Göteborg Spectators: 6,731 Referees: Pavićević / Ražnatović
	Schmid 8	(10:16)	Zarabec 6
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

January 14, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Poland	26:28	Sweden	Scandinavium , Göteborg Spectators: 11,061 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	Sićko 8	(13:14)	Pettersson , Gottfridsson, Nilsson, Du Rietz 5 each
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

Main round

colour	meaning
	Place in the table qualifies for the semi-finals
	Place in the table qualifies for the game for 5th place
	Team is eliminated

Group I.

taken from the preliminary round:
Croatia	-	Belarus	31:23
Austria	-	Czech Republic	32:29
Spain	-	Germany	33:26

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Spain	05	04th	01	00	0153: 1270	+26	09
02.	Croatia	05	04th	01	00	0127: 1130	+14	09
03.	Germany	05	03	00	02	0141: 1250	+16	06th
04th	Austria	05	01	01	03	0139: 1560	−17	03
05.	Belarus	05	01	01	03	0138: 1600	−22	03
06th	Czech Republic	05	00	00	05	0122: 1390	−17	00

January 16, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Spain	31:25	Czech Republic	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 3,986 Referee: Brunner / Salah
	A. Dujshebaev , Pérez 5 each	(14: 9)	Zdráhala 8
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×

January 16, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Croatia	27:23	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 8,217 Referee: Pichon / Reveret
	Horvat 6	(13: 8)	Weber 6
	1 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

January 16, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Belarus	23:31	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 5,267 Referee: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Kulesch 6	(11:18)	Kastening 6
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

January 18, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Belarus	28:25	Czech Republic	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 6,007 Referee: Gatelis / Mažeika
	Wajlupau 6	(13:11)	Zdráhala 7
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

January 18, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Spain	30:26	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 9,232 Referees: Gjeding / Hansen
	Maqueda 6	(17:16)	Božović 5
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×  1 ×

January 18, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Croatia	25:24	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 9,307 Referees: Santos / Fonseca
	Karačić 7	(11:14)	Gensheimer , Reichmann , Weber , Kastening 4 each
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  8 ×

January 20, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Croatia	22:21	Czech Republic	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 6,862 Referee: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Mamić 5	(11: 9)	Zdráhala 7
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 20, 2020 6:15 pm	Belarus	28:37	Spain	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 6,149 Referee: Santos / Fonseca
	Wajlupau 8	(16:17)	Solé , Pérez 7th each
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 20, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Austria	22:34	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 9,037 Referee: Nikolov / Načevski
	Bilyk 5	(13:16)	Kastening 6
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

January 22, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Croatia	22:22	Spain	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 7,891 Referee: Gatelis / Mažeika
	Karačić 10	(11:12)	A. Dujshebaev 6
	4 ×  4 ×	Match report	5 ×

January 22, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Belarus	36:36	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 6,897 Referee: Brunner / Salah
	Wajlupau 12	(19:17)	Bylik 7
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

January 22, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Czech Republic	22:26	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle , Vienna Spectators: 5,000 Referees: Pavićević / Raznatovic
	Babák 5	(10:13)	Weber 5
	1 ×  8 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

Group II

taken from the preliminary round:
Norway	-	Portugal	34:28
Hungary	-	Iceland	24:18
Slovenia	-	Sweden	21:19

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Norway	05	05	00	00	0157: 1350	+22	10
02.	Slovenia	05	03	00	02	0138: 1320	+6	06th
03.	Portugal	05	02	00	03	0146: 1420	+4	04th
04th	Sweden	05	02	00	03	0120: 1220	−2	04th
05.	Hungary	05	02	00	03	0126: 1400	−14	04th
06th	Iceland	05	01	00	04th	0126: 1420	−16	02

January 17, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Slovenia	30:27	Iceland	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 6,026 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	Bombač 9	(15:14)	Elísson 6
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 17, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Norway	36:29	Hungary	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 8,078 Referees: Pavićević / Ražnatović
	Sagoses 7	(20:12)	Nagy , Ligetvári 5 each
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×  1 ×

January 17, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Portugal	35:25	Sweden	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 10,135 Referee: Gubica / Milošević
	Ferraz , da Silva , Magalhães 6 each	(15:12)	Pettersson , Nilsson 4 each
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

January 19, 2020 2:00 p.m.	Portugal	25:28	Iceland	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 6,199 Referee: Horáček / Novotný
	Soares , Areia each 4	(12:14)	Smárason 8
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

January 19, 2020 4:15 p.m.	Slovenia	28:29	Hungary	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 8,304 Referee: López / Ramírez
	Dolenec 8	(16:13)	Bánhidi 9
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

January 19, 2020 6:30 p.m.	Norway	23:20	Sweden	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 10,141 Referee: Geipel / Helbig
	Sagoses 8	(12: 8)	Pellas 5
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

January 21, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Portugal	24:29	Slovenia	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 3,001 Referee: Gjeding / Hansen
	Gomes 6	(15:14)	Jan 7
	1 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

January 21, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Norway	31:28	Iceland	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 4,725 Referee: López / Ramírez
	Sagoses 9	(19:12)	Guðmundsson 6
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

January 21, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Hungary	18:24	Sweden	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 6,977 Referee: Horáček / Novotný
	Szita 4	(9:10)	Pellas, Gottfridsson 5 each
	3 ×	Match report	1 ×

January 22, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Portugal	34:26	Hungary	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 2,930 Referees: Geipel / Helbig
	Moreira 7	(16:14)	Balogh , Bánhidi
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

January 22, 2020 6:15 p.m.	Norway	33:30	Slovenia	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 4,824 Referee: Pichon / Reveret
	Gulliksen 7	(14:13)	Cehte , Kodrin 5 each
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

January 22, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Iceland	25:32	Sweden	Malmö Arena , Malmö Spectators: 7,153 Referee: Gubica / Milošević
	Kristjánsson , Elísson 5 each	(11:18)	Nilsson 7
	2 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

Finals

Semifinals

January 24, 2020 6:00 p.m.	Norway	28:29 n.2V.	Croatia	Tele2 Arena , Stockholm Spectators: 16,573 Referees: López / Ramírez
	Sagoses 10	(10:12), (23:23), (26:26)	Duvnjak 8
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×

January 24, 2020 8:30 p.m.	Spain	34:32	Slovenia	Tele2 Arena , Stockholm Spectators: 16,573 Referee: Horáček / Novotný
	Pérez , Entrerríos , Dujshebaev 6 each	(20:15)	Dolenec 7
	3 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

Play for 5th place

January 25, 2020 4:00 p.m.	Germany	29:27	Portugal	Tele2 Arena , Stockholm Spectators: 7,710 Referee: Kurtagic / Wetterwik
	Bold 6	(14:13)	Ferraz , Borges 4 each
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

3rd place match

January 25, 2020 6:30 p.m.	Slovenia	20:28	Norway	Tele2 Arena , Stockholm Spectators: 13.094 Referees: Geipel / Helbig
	Bombač 5	(9:12)	Jøndal 7
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

final

January 26, 2020 4:30 p.m.	Spain	22:20	Croatia	Tele2 Arena , Stockholm Spectators: 17,769 Referee: Načevski / Nikolov
	Gomez 5	(12:11)	Duvnjak 5
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

Final placement

rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.
	Spain	9	8th	1	0	278: 226	+52
	Croatia	9	7th	1	1	227: 205	+22
	Norway	9	8th	0	1	273: 236	+37
4th	Slovenia	9	5	0	4th	245: 242	+3
5.	Germany	8th	6th	0	2	232: 202	+30
6th	Portugal	8th	4th	0	4th	228: 220	+8
rank	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	P
7th	Sweden	7th	4th	0	3	182: 169	+13	8th
8th.	Austria	7th	3	1	3	205: 214	0−9	7th
9.	Hungary	7th	3	1	3	176: 189	−13	7th
10.	Belarus	7th	3	1	3	209: 217	0−8	7th
11.	Iceland	7th	3	0	4th	191: 195	0−4	6th
12.	Czech Republic	7th	2	0	5	172: 183	−11	4th
13.	Denmark	3	1	1	1	85:83	0+2	3
14th	France	3	1	0	2	82:79	0+3	2
15th	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	79:84	0−5	2
16.	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	77:87	−10	2
17th	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	80:94	−14	2
18th	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	70:84	−14	2
19th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	74:83	0−9	0
20th	Serbia	3	0	0	3	72:81	0−9	0
21st	Poland	3	0	0	3	73:85	−12	0
22nd	Russia	3	0	0	3	76:91	−15	0
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3	73:90	−17	0
24.	Latvia	3	0	0	3	73:93	−20	0

• Spain qualified as European champions directly for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. World champion Denmark also qualified directly for the Olympic Games.
• The best 14 teams qualified for the 2021 World Cup.
• Since Norway, France, Germany, Sweden, Croatia and Spain finished 2nd to 7th at the 2019 World Cup , they were qualified in advance for the qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Games. Therefore, the additional starting places for the qualifying tournaments went to Slovenia and Portugal as the best-placed teams that had not yet qualified.
• The placement of places 1 to 6 results from the result of the respective placement game.
• 7th and 8th place are assigned to the two fourth-placed teams, 9th and 10th place to the two fifth-placed teams and 11th and 12th place to the two sixth-placed teams from the main group.

The team with the higher number of points is better placed. If both teams have the same number of points, the ranking is determined as follows:

• higher goal difference in all group matches
• higher number of goals thrown in all group matches
• highest team against which the team played in the preliminary round according to the final ranking of the EHF EURO

• Places 13 to 18 are assigned to the six third-placed teams and places 19 to 24 to the six fourth-placed teams from the preliminary round.

The team with the higher number of points is better placed. If teams have the same number of points, the ranking is determined as follows:

• higher goal difference in all group matches
• higher number of goals thrown in all group matches
• highest team against which the team played in the preliminary round according to the final ranking of the EHF EURO
• the lot

All-Star Team

Before the final, the following players were recognized for their achievements and elected to the All-Star team.

• 

  Domagoj Duvnjak, most valuable player

• 

  Sander Sagosen, best left backcourt player

• 

  Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, best goalkeeper

position	Surname	country
Most Valuable Player (MVP)	Domagoj Duvnjak	Croatia
goal	Gonzalo Perez de Vargas	Spain
Left winger	Magnus Jøndal	Norway
Back left	Sander Sagosen	Norway
Back center	Igor Karačić	Croatia
Back right	Jorge Maqueda	Spain
Right winger	Blaž Janc	Slovenia
circle	Bence Bánhidi	Hungary
Best defender	Hendrik Pekeler	Germany

statistics

List of goalscorers

rank	player	Gates	Litters	Quota	7 m goals	7 meter throws	Games
1	Sander Sagosen	65	104	63%	14th	19th	9
2	Mikita Wailupau	47	63	75%	20th	25th	7th
3	Nikola Bilyk	46	64	72%			7th
4th	Jure Dolenec	42	66	64%	10	14th	9
5	Arzjom Karaljok	37	50	74%			7th
	Ondřej Zdráhala		59	63%	14th	18th	7th
7th	Alex Dujshebaev	36	58	62%			9
	Domagoj Duvnjak		54	67%	9	10	9
	Magnus Jøndal		50	72%	10	16	9
10	Igor Karačić	35	61	57%	0	2	9
	Robert Weber		48	73%	10	12	7th
12	Janko Božović	34	60	57%			7th
13	Ángel Fernández Pérez	33	39	85%			8th
14th	Bence Bánhidi	32	42	76%			7th
	Jorge Maqueda		52	62%			9
Source: sportsresult.com , as of January 26, 2020

goalkeeper

rank	player	Quota	Parades	Litters	Games
1	Nebojša Grahovac	40%	12	30th	3
2	Johannes Bitter	35%	43	123	8th
	Niklas Landin Jacobsen		34	98	3
4th	Torbjørn Bergerud	34%	90	265	9
	Andreas Palicka		44	128	7th
6th	Mikael Appelgren	33%	39	117	7th
	Gonzalo Perez de Vargas		66	199	9
8th	Rodrigo Corrales	32%	41	130	9
	Klemen Ferlin		86	272	9
10	Vincent Gérard	31%	24	77	3
	Adam Morawski		26th	83	3
	Alfredo Quintana Bravo		72	231	7th
	Nebojša Simić		32	103	7th
Source: sportsresult.com , as of January 26, 2020

Fair play

space	team	Games	disqualification				Points
							per game	total
1.	Sweden	7th			19th	8th	06.6	46
2.	Russia	3			07th	8th	07.3	22nd
	Switzerland	3			09	4th		22nd
4th	North Macedonia	3			09	5	07.7	23
5.	Spain	9	2		26th	9	07.9	71
6th	Denmark	3	1		07th	5	08.0	24
7th	France	3			10	5	08.3	25th
	Serbia	3			11	3		25th
9.	Iceland	7th			24	13	08.7	61
10.	Croatia	9			32	16	08.9	80
11.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3			10	7th	09.0	27
12.	Poland	3			12	4th	09.3	28
	Slovenia	9			34	16		73
14th	Austria	7th	1		27	9	09.7	68
15th	Hungary	7th	1		25th	14th	09.9	69
16.	Portugal	8th			34	12	10.0	80
17th	Latvia	3			14th	3	10.3	31
18th	Norway	9			38	19th	10.6	95
19th	Czech Republic	7th			35	6th	10.9	76
20th	Belarus	7th			34	10	11.1	78
21st	Ukraine	3			16	2	11.3	34
22nd	Germany	8th	1		39	13	12.0	96
23.	Montenegro	3			16	6th	12.7	38
24.	Netherlands	3	1		17th	5	14.7	44
= 1 point, = 2 points, = 5 points (This is listed as a red card at the EHF, but please also enter it when awarding the card )
Source: sportsresult.com , as of January 26, 2020

referee

Since the 2020 European Championship was increased to 24 teams and was held in three countries for the first time, the EHF introduced a new system to distribute the burden on the referees. A total of 18 teams were used in the preliminary round, which was played in Graz, Vienna, Trondheim, Malmö and Gothenburg. Eleven of these 18 teams were used exclusively in the preliminary round. The seven others were used both in the preliminary round and in the main round. Furthermore, five more pairs of referees can be added at the start of the main round. Which teams were used on the final weekend will be determined in the course of the tournament.

On December 27, 2019, the EHF announced that the Nikolić / Stojković team could not take part in the tournament. Nenad Nikolić sustained an injury last October. Contrary to the forecast, the injury had not healed, so that timely preparation was not possible. The Serbian team was replaced by the Latvian referees Zigmars Sondors and Renars Licis. These were also used exclusively in the preliminary round.

country	Surname	Calls
		Preliminary round	Main round	Finals
		Group / game	Group / game
Denmark	Kirkholm Madsen, Jesper / Mortensen, Henrik	C / ESP - LAT A / MNE - SRB	-	-
	Gjeding, Martin / Hansen, Mads	-	I / ESP - AUT II / POR - SLO
Germany	Schulze, Robert / Tönnies, Tobias	D / NOR - BIH F / SWE - SLO	-	-
	Geipel, Lars / Helbig, Marcus	-	II / NOR - SWE II / POR - HUN	3rd place SLO - NOR
France	Bonaventure, Charlotte / Bonaventure, Julie	A / CRO - BLR B / AUT - UKR	-	-
	Pichon, Stevann / Reveret, Laurent	-	I / CRO - AUT II / NOR - SLO
Iceland	Elíasson, Jónas / Pálsson, Anton Gylfi	B / CZE - AUT C / LAT - GER	-	-
Croatia	Jurinović, Dalibor / Mrvica, Marko	E / HUN - RUS D / BIH - FRA	-	-
	Gubica, Matija / Milošević, Boris	-	II / POR - SWE II / ISL - SWE
Latvia	Sondors, Zigmārs / Līcis, Renārs	D / FRA - POR E / DEN - HUN	-	-
Lithuania	Mažeika, Vaidas / Gatelis, Mindaugas	D / POR - BIH C / NED - ESP	I / BLR - CZE I / CRO - ESP
Montenegro	Pavićević, Ivan / Ražnatović, Miloš	E / DEN - ISL F / SUI - SLO	II / NOR - HUN I / CZE - GER
North Macedonia	Nikolov, slave / Načevski, Gjorgji	E / ISL - RUS F / POL - SWE	II / SLO - ISL I / AUT - GER	Final ESP - CRO
Norway	Jørum, Lars / Kleven, Håvard	B / MKD - UKR A / MNE - BLR	-	-
Austria	Brkic, Radojko / Jusufhodzic, Andrei	F / SUI - POL E / RUS - DEN	-	-
Portugal	Santos, Duarte / Fonseca, Ricardo	A / BLR - SRB B / UKR - CZE	I / CRO - GER I / BLR - ESP
Sweden	Kurtagic, Mirza / Wetterwik, Mattias	B / CZE - MKD A / SRB - CRO	I / BLR - GER I / CRO - CZE	5th place GER - POR
Switzerland	Brunner, Arthur / Salah, Morad	A / CRO - MNE C / ESP - GER	I / ESP - CZE I / BLR - AUT
Slovakia	Baďura, Michal / Ondogrecula, Jaroslav	C / LAT - NED D / POR - NOR	-	-
Slovenia	Lah, Bojan / Sok, David	C / GER - NED B / AUT - MKD	-	-
Spain	Llorent Marín, Andreu / García Serradilla, Ignacio	F / SWE - SUI E / ISL - HUN	-	-
	Raluy López, Óscar / Sabroso Ramírez, Ángel	-	II / SLO - HUN II / NOR - ISL	Semi-finals NOR - CRO
Czech Republic	Horáček, Václav / Novotný, Jiří	F / SLO - POL D / FRA - NOR	II / POR - ISL II / HUN - SWE	Semi-finals ESP - SLO

Broadcast rights

DOSB New Media GmbH, operator of Sportdeutschland.TV , secured the transmission rights for all games. They were shown live and on demand. Eurosport broadcast a total of 16 games without German participation from the EM 2020 live on free TV at Eurosport 1 . The public broadcasters ARD and ZDF broadcast all games of the DHB team on television. In Austria around 30 games were shown live on ORF SPORT + and in ORF-TVThek, as well as the first two games with Austrian participation live on ORF 1 . In Switzerland, two games were broadcast live by SRF two and eight by TV24 .

Audience ratings

Audience ratings for the broadcast of the German national handball team by Das Erste and ZDF.

game	date	Time	Channel	spectator		Market share		source
				total	14 to 49 years	total	14 to 49 years
V1	0Jan. 9, 2020	18:15	ZDF	5.15 million	0.99 million	20.7%	16.0%
V2	Jan. 11, 2020	18:15	The first	5.55 million	1.33 million	23.8%	23.5%
V3	Jan. 13, 2020	18:15	ZDF	5.40 million		21.5%	19.9%
H1	Jan. 16, 2020	20:30	The first	6.01 million	1.83 million	19.7%	20.3%
H2	Jan. 18, 2020	20:30	ZDF	6.40 million	2.02 million	20.7%	22.8%
H3	Jan. 20, 2020	20:30	The first	4.81 million	1.83 million	15.3%	15.2%
H4	Jan. 22, 2020	20:30	ZDF	4.82 million	1.01 million	15.9%	11.1%
SP5	Jan 25, 2020	16:00	ARD One	1.2 million		6.6%	5.3%

literature

• Application Men's EURO 2020 , 2014, pp. 2–3 (English).

Web links

 Wikinews: Handball European Championship 2020  - in the news

• Men's EHF Euro 2020 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The European Handball Championship 2020 starts one day earlier. In: sport-iberia.com. September 14, 2018, accessed September 14, 2018 . 
2. ↑ New schedule announced for Men's EHF EURO 2020. In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation (EHF), September 13, 2018, accessed on September 14, 2018 (English). 
3. ↑ Germany at EM 2020 against the defending champion. In: Handball-World. redsport UG, June 28, 2019, accessed on June 28, 2019 . 
4. ^ The venues of the European Handball Championship 2020. In: stadionwelt.de. January 8, 2020, accessed January 9, 2020 . 
5. ↑ List of goalscorers
6. ↑ Goalkeeper List
7. ↑ Fair play table
8. ↑ EHF announces referee for EURO 2020 - two German teams nominated. In: Handball-World. Retrieved December 18, 2019 . 
9. ↑ New pair of referees nominated for EHF EURO 2020. In: eurohandball.com. EHF, December 27, 2019, accessed December 28, 2019 . 
10. ↑ #Worth knowing: Handball EM on TV - EHF EURO 2020 on free TV and live stream. In: Handball-World. redsport UG, accessed on December 18, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Handball EM 2020 live on ORF SPORT + and ORF 1. In: tv.orf.at. ORF, accessed on January 9, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Manuel Liniger becomes an SRF expert in handball. In: Swiss radio and television . SRG SSR , December 12, 2019, accessed on February 1, 2020 . 
13. ↑ The handball highlights on TV24! In: TV24 . CH Media , December 2, 2019, accessed on February 1, 2020 . 
14. ↑ ^{a b} Niklas Spitz: “Four Hills Tournament” records and “Handball EM” kick-off in view. Oddsmeter GmbH, January 13, 2020, accessed on January 13, 2020 . 
15. ↑ David Grzeschik: Handball EM: Almost 6.5 million saw Germany's defeat. Oddsmeter GmbH, January 19, 2020, accessed on January 20, 2020 .