2002 European Men's Handball Championship

2002 EHF European Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	25 January–3 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (4th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Iceland
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Ólafur Stefánsson (ISL) (58 goals)

The 2002 (5th) Men's European Handball Championship took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden.

Teams

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

Venues

Group	City	Stadium	Capacity
A and I	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12.000
B	Helsingborg	Idrottens Hus	2.700
C	Skövde	Skövde Arena	2.500
D	Jönköping	Kinnarps Arena	7.000
II	Västerås	Västeråshallen	5.000
Final Round	Stockholm	Globen Arena	14.500

Preliminary round

The first three of each group reach the main stage. The remaining teams play one another for positions 13 to 16.

Group A

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Sweden	3	3	0	0	86	63	+23	6
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	77	82	-5	4
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	78	80	-2	2
Poland	3	0	0	3	67	83	-16	0

25. January 2002
Poland	24 – 25	Czech Republic
Sweden	27 – 21	Ukraine
26. January 2002
Czech Republic	22 – 31	Sweden
Ukraine	30 – 23	Poland
27. January 2002
Ukraine	27 – 30	Czech Republic
Sweden	28 – 20	Poland

Group B

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Denmark	3	2	1	0	81	71	+10	5
Russia	3	2	1	0	80	70	+10	5
Portugal	3	1	0	2	65	70	-5	2
Israel	3	0	0	3	67	82	-15	0

25. January 2002
Portugal	26 – 15	Israel
Russia	25 – 25	Denmark
26. January 2002
Israel	26 – 27	Russia
Denmark	27 – 20	Portugal
27. January 2002
Russia	28 – 19	Portugal
Denmark	29 – 26	Israel

Group C

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Iceland	3	2	1	0	88	71	+17	5
Spain	3	2	1	0	73	66	+7	5
Slovenia	3	0	1	2	79	90	-11	1
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	78	91	-13	1

25. January 2002
Slovenia	34 – 34	Switzerland
Spain	24 – 24	Iceland
26. January 2002
Iceland	31 – 25	Slovenia
Switzerland	22 – 24	Spain
27. January 2002
Iceland	33 – 22	Switzerland
Spain	25 – 20	Slovenia

Group D

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Germany	3	2	1	0	68	57	+11	5
France	3	2	1	0	66	62	+4	5
Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	75	71	+4	2
Croatia	3	0	0	3	70	89	-19	0

25. January 2002
Croatia	22 – 34	Yugoslavia
France	15 – 15	Germany
26. January 2002
Yugoslavia	20 – 22	France
Germany	26 – 21	Croatia
27. January 2002
Germany	27 – 21	Yugoslavia
France	29 – 27	Croatia

Second round

The first two from each group play the semifinals.

Group I

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Denmark	5	4	1	0	131	113	+18	9
Sweden	5	4	0	1	141	118	+23	8
Russia	5	3	1	1	139	118	+21	7
Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	126	145	-19	4
Portugal	5	1	0	4	116	134	-18	2
Ukraine	5	0	0	5	112	137	-25	0

29. January 2002
Ukraine	23 – 28	Portugal
Czech Republic	25 – 31	Denmark
Sweden	30 – 26	Russia
30. January 2002
Czech Republic	20 – 29	Russia
Ukraine	17 – 21	Denmark
Sweden	27 – 22	Portugal
31. January 2002
Czech Republic	29 – 27	Portugal
Ukraine	24 – 31	Russia
Sweden	26 – 27	Denmark

Group II

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Iceland	5	3	2	0	144	125	+19	8
Germany	5	3	1	1	116	111	+5	7
France	5	2	2	1	123	109	+14	6
Spain	5	2	1	2	126	122	+4	5
Yugoslavia	5	1	1	3	126	139	-13	3
Slovenia	5	0	1	4	118	147	-29	1

29. January 2002
Iceland	26 – 26	France
Slovenia	24 – 24	Yugoslavia
Spain	18 – 19	Germany
30. January 2002
Iceland	34 – 26	Yugoslavia
Slovenia	28 – 31	Germany
Spain	27 – 24	France
31. January 2002
Spain	32 – 35	Yugoslavia
Slovenia	21 – 36	France
Iceland	29 – 24	Germany

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	2. February 2002
	Denmark	23
	Germany	28
					3. February 2002
					Germany	31
					Sweden	33
					Bronze-final
	2. February 2002			3. February 2002
	Sweden	33		Denmark	29
	Iceland	22			Iceland	22

Final ranking

1. Sweden

2. Germany

3. Denmark

4. Iceland

5. Russia

6. France

7. Spain

8. Czech Republic

9. Portugal

10. Yugoslavia

11. Ukraine

12. Slovenia

13. Switzerland

14. Israel

15. Poland

16. Croatia

See also

• European Men's Handball Championship

References

• eurohandball.com. "2002 Men's European Championship". http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2002/round/1. Retrieved 2011-01-24. 
• todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2002". http://todor66.com/handball/Europe/Men_2002.html. Retrieved 2011-01-24.