2004 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2004 (6th) Men's European Handball Championship took place from January 22 to February 1, 2004 in Slovenia.

Preliminary Group Stage

Group A

This group was played out in Velenje.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	87	74	13	6
Sweden	3	2	0	1	93	79	14	4
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	69	85	-16	2
Ukraine	3	0	0	3	74	85	-11	0

22 January 2004	Russia	28 – 20	Switzerland	Velenje

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22 January 2004	Sweden	31 – 25	Ukraine	Velenje

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January 24	Switzerland	24 – 35	Sweden
	Ukraine	27 – 29	Russia
January 25	Ukraine	22 – 25	Switzerland
	Sweden	27 – 30	Russia

Group B

This group was played out in Ljubljana.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	2	1	0	88	86	2	5
Denmark	3	2	0	1	85	78	7	4
Spain	3	1	0	2	82	81	1	2
Portugal	3	0	1	2	91	101	-10	1

January 22	Spain	29 – 30	Croatia
	Denmark	36 – 32	Portugal
January 24	Portugal	27 – 33	Spain
	Croatia	26 – 25	Denmark
January 25	Portugal	32 – 32	Croatia
	Denmark	24 – 20	Spain

Group C

This group was played out in Celje.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovenia	3	2	1	0	100	90	10	5
Hungary	3	2	1	0	91	83	8	5
Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	88	97	-9	1
Iceland	3	0	1	2	87	96	-9	1

January 22	Czech Republic	25 – 30	Hungary
	Iceland	28 – 34	Slovenia
January 24	Hungary	32 – 29	Iceland
	Slovenia	37 – 33	Czech Republic
January 25	Iceland	30 – 30	Czech Republic
	Slovenia	29 – 29	Hungary

Group D

This group was played out in Koper.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	81	74	7	5
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	0	1	86	78	8	4
Germany	3	1	1	1	96	89	7	3
Poland	3	0	0	3	86	108	-22	0

January 22	France	29 – 25	Poland
	Germany	26 – 28	Serbia and Montenegro
January 24	Serbia and Montenegro	20 – 23	France
	Poland	32 – 41	Germany
January 25	Germany	29 – 29	France
	Serbia and Montenegro	38 – 29	Poland

Main Group Stage

Group I

This group was played out in Celje.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	5	4	1	0	138	131	7	9
Denmark	5	4	0	1	153	125	28	8
Russia	5	3	1	1	149	137	12	7
Sweden	5	2	0	3	145	144	1	4
Spain	5	1	0	4	133	143	-10	2
Switzerland	5	0	0	5	115	153	-38	0

January 27	Switzerland	24 – 26	Spain
	Sweden	26 – 28	Croatia
	Russia	31 – 36	Denmark
January 28	Russia	36 – 30	Spain
	Switzerland	27 – 30	Croatia
	Sweden	28 – 34	Denmark
January 29	Switzerland	20 – 34	Denmark
	Sweden	29 – 28	Spain
	Russia	24 – 24	Croatia

Group II

This group was played out in Ljubljana.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	5	3	1	1	151	131	20	7
Slovenia	5	3	1	1	144	135	9	7
France	5	2	1	2	134	129	5	5
Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	1	2	134	135	-1	5
Hungary	5	1	2	2	132	140	-8	4
Czech Republic	5	1	0	4	147	172	-25	2

January 27	Hungary	21 – 29	France
	Czech Republic	27 – 37	Germany
	Slovenia	27 – 20	Serbia and Montenegro
January 28	Czech Republic	32 – 31	France
	Hungary	29 – 29	Serbia and Montenegro
	Slovenia	24 – 31	Germany
January 29	Czech Republic	30 – 37	Serbia and Montenegro
	Hungary	23 – 28	Germany
	Slovenia	27 – 22	France

Knock-out phase

Final phase played out in Ljubljana.

Semifinal

January 31	Croatia	25 – 27	Slovenia
	Denmark	20 – 22	Germany

Seventh place play-off

January 31	Sweden	35 – 34	Serbia and Montenegro

Fifth place play-off

February 1	Russia	28 – 26	France

Third place play-off

February 1	Croatia	27 – 31	Denmark

Final

February 1	Slovenia	25 – 30	Germany

Ranking and Statistics

Final Ranking

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

See also

• European Men's Handball Championship

References

• eurohandball.com. "2004 Men's European Championship". http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2004/round/1. Retrieved 2011-01-24. 
• todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2004". http://todor66.com/handball/Europe/Men_2004.html. Retrieved 2011-01-24. 

External links

• The official site of the championship with reports, results, statistics, etc.