2000 European Men's Handball Championship

2000 European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 21–30 January
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (3rd title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Spain
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played 38
Goals scored 1,867 (49.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Oleg Velyky
(46 goals)
Best player Jackson Richardson

The 2000 European Men's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held in Croatia from 21 to 30 January 2000, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Russia in the final, while Spain finished third.

Qualification

Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament
Croatia Host 3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Sweden Defending champion 3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Denmark Playoff winner 2 (1994, 1996)
France Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Germany Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Iceland Playoff winner 0 (Debut)
Norway Playoff winner 0 (Debut)
Portugal Playoff winner 1 (1994)
Russia Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Slovenia Playoff winner 2 (1994, 1996)
Spain Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Ukraine Playoff winner 0 (Debut)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

Two Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2000 Championship:

Rijeka
Zagreb
Dvorana Mladosti
Capacity: 4,000 		Dom Športova
Capacity: 7,000

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France 5 4 1 0 127 110 +17 9 Semifinals
2 Spain 5 4 0 1 128 120 +8 8
3 Croatia (H) 5 3 1 1 122 114 +8 7 Fifth place game
4 Norway 5 1 1 3 106 114 −8 3 Seventh place game
5 Germany 5 0 2 3 110 119 −9 2 Ninth place game
6 Ukraine 5 0 1 4 104 120 −16 1 Eleventh place game
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
21 January 2000
16:30 		France 24–21 Norway Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
Gille 6 (14–12) Berge 6
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21 January 2000
18:30 		Germany 24–24 Ukraine Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
Baur 8 (14–11) Velyky 12
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21 January 2000
21:00 		Spain 27–22 Croatia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
Guijosa 6 (16–11) Smajlagić 6
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22 January 2000
17:00 		Norway 21–25 Spain Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
Ellingsen, Penne 5 (9–13) Dujshevaev, Xepkin 7
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22 January 2000
19:00 		Croatia 21–20 Germany Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 9,500
Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
Saračević 7 (11–12) Kretzschmar 7
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22 January 2000
21:00 		Ukraine 22–24 France Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Velyky 8 (9–12) Cazal 8
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23 January 2000
17:00 		Spain 27–24 Ukraine Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
Guijosa 7 (17–11) Velyky 10
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23 January 2000
19:00 		Germany 19–25 France Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
Kretzschmar 6 (9–15) Richardson 8
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23 January 2000
21:00 		Croatia 27–23 Norway Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 9,500
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Bilić 8 (15–10) Oustorp, Penne 5
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25 January 2000
17:00 		France 28–22 Spain Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
Cazal 8 (16–12) Masip 9
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25 January 2000
19:00 		Germany 22–22 Norway Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
Roos 11 (11–10) Jensen 7
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25 January 2000
21:00 		Ukraine 18–26 Croatia Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Klúcsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
Nat 5 (9–13) Saračević 8
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27 January 2000
17:00 		Norway 19–16 Ukraine Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 700
Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
Rasch 6 (12–7) four players 3
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27 January 2000
19:00 		Spain 27–25 Germany Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
Guijosa, Masip 6 (12–9) Baur, Roos 6
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27 January 2000
21:00 		France 26–26 Croatia Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Cazal 8 (12–11) Kljaić 6
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sweden 5 5 0 0 143 115 +28 10 Semifinals
2 Russia 5 4 0 1 128 120 +8 8
3 Slovenia 5 2 0 3 129 131 −2 4 Fifth place game
4 Portugal 5 2 0 3 123 133 −10 4 Seventh place game
5 Denmark 5 2 0 3 126 134 −8 4 Ninth place game
6 Iceland 5 0 0 5 121 137 −16 0 Eleventh place game
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. Slovenia 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, –1 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, –2 GD
21 January 2000
17:00 		Sweden 31–23 Iceland Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Klúcsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
Lövgren 7 (18–10) Bjarnason 5
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21 January 2000
19:00 		Portugal 28–27 Slovenia Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Coelho 6 (12–12) Lubej 8
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21 January 2000
21:00 		Russia 27–26 Denmark Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
three players 5 (11–14) Jacobsen 6
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22 January 2000
17:00 		Slovenia 23–27 Russia Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
Pajovič 10 (12–16) Koksharov 7
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22 January 2000
19:00 		Iceland 25–28 Portugal Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Grímsson 9 (13–14) Resende 10
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22 January 2000
21:00 		Denmark 22–29 Sweden Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Christiansen, Jeppesen 5 (10–16) Lövgren 10
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23 January 2000
17:00 		Sweden 29–21 Portugal Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
Petersson 7 (15–9) Resende 6
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23 January 2000
19:00 		Russia 25–23 Iceland Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
Filippov 6 (15–14) Grímsson 6
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23 January 2000
21:00 		Denmark 24–28 Slovenia Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Klúcsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
Jacobsen 11 (9–13) Šerbec 6
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25 January 2000
17:00 		Sweden 26–24 Slovenia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Wislander 7 (11–12) Pajovič 5
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25 January 2000
19:00 		Portugal 20–24 Russia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Resende 8 (13–11) Krivoshlykov, Kulinchenko 6
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25 January 2000
21:00 		Iceland 24–26 Denmark Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 800
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
Grímsson 6 (14–13) Bjerre 6
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27 January 2000
17:00 		Slovenia 27–26 Iceland Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
Kastelic, Šerbec 5 (17–12) Grímsson 7
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27 January 2000
19:00 		Russia 25–28 Sweden Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
Filippov 10 (15–14) Wislander 7
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27 January 2000
21:00 		Portugal 26–28 Denmark Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Nachevski , Nachevski (MKD)
Resende 9 (12–13) Jacobsen 6
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Placement matches

Eleventh place game

29 January 2000
15:00 		Ukraine 25–26 Iceland Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 200
Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
Velyky 11 (12–13) Grímsson 9
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Ninth place game

29 January 2000
17:30 		Germany 19–17 Denmark Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 350
Referees: Klúcsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
Roos 6 (8–10) Christiansen 6
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Seventh place game

29 January 2000
20:00 		Norway 27–30 (ET) Portugal Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka
Attendance: 100
Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
three players 5 (10–14) Tchikoulaev 8
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FT: 23–23 ET: 4–7

Fifth place game

29 January 2000
21:00 		Croatia 24–25 Slovenia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
Smajlagić 7 (12–12) three players 6
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semifinals Final
 
            
 
 29 January
 
 
 France 23
 
 30 January
 
 Russia 30
 
 Russia 31
 
 29 January
 
 Sweden (ET) 32
 
 Sweden 23
 
 
 Spain 21
 
 Third place
 
 
 30 January
 
 
 Spain 24
 
 
 France 23

Semifinals

29 January 2000
15:00 		France 23–30 Russia Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
Cazal 6 (10–16) Koksharov 9
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29 January 2000
17:30 		Sweden 23–21 Spain Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Vranjes, Wislander 6 (11–12) Ortega 5
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Third place game

30 January 2000
15:00 		Spain 24–23 France Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
Dujshebaev 7 (13–12) Gille 6
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Final

30 January 2000
17:30 		Russia 31–32 (ET) Sweden Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
Filippov 6 (15–9) Wislander 10
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FT: 24–24 ET: 3–3, 4–5

Ranking and statistics