2006 European Men's Handball Championship
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The 2006 European men's handball championship takes place in January and February 2006 in Switzerland. The 7th European Men's Handball Championship takes place in the cities Basel, Berne, Lucerne, St Gallen and Zürich.
Preliminary Group Stage
Group A
This group will be played in the Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen (capacity: 4,500)
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 24 | +9 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 25 | +4 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 29 | –4 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 33 | –9 |
January 26, 2006 | |||
Poland ![]() Karol Bielecki 8 Patryk Kuchczynski 5 |
33–24 | ![]() Mykola Stetsyura 7 Sergiy Shel'menko 7 |
17:30 |
Slovenia ![]() Siarhei Rutenka 7 (2 pen) Zoran Jovičič 5 (3 pen) Renato Vugrinec 5 |
29–25 | ![]() Thomas Gautschi 7 Manuel Liniger 6 |
20:15 |
January 28, 2006 | |||
Switzerland ![]() |
– | ![]() |
16:15 |
Ukraine ![]() |
– | ![]() |
18:30 |
January 29, 2006 | |||
Slovenia ![]() |
– | ![]() |
14:00 |
Switzerland ![]() |
– | ![]() |
16:15 |
Group B
The matches in this group will be played in St. Jakobshalle, Basel (capacity 8,500)
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 57 | +5 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 21 | +14 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 66 | –19 |
January 26, 2006 | |||
Germany ![]() Pascal Hens 9 Christian Zeitz 6 Andrej Klimovets 5 |
31–31 | ![]() Albert Rocas Comas 6 (2 pen) Iker Romero Fernandez 6 (3 pen) Rolando Urias Fonseca 6 |
15:45 |
France ![]() Joel Abati 6 (2 pen) Bertrand Gille 5 |
35–21 | ![]() |
18:00 |
January 28, 2006 | |||
Slovakia ![]() |
26–31 | ![]() |
14:00 |
Spain ![]() |
– | ![]() |
16:15 |
January 29, 2006 | |||
Germany ![]() |
– | ![]() |
15:15 |
Spain ![]() |
– | ![]() |
17:30 |
Group C
The matches in this group will be held in the Sursee/Lucerne Stadthalle in Sursee/Lucerne. Denmark and Iceland opened with wins, and with a draw in the second round both teams qualified for the main round. Serbia and Montenegro will join them if they take a point against Denmark in the last match, while Hungary needs to beat Iceland and hope for a Danish victory over Serbia.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 59 | +5 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 53 | +4 |
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2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 60 | 0 |
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 58 | -9 |
January 26, 2006 | |||
Serbia and Montenegro ![]() Milorad Krivokapić 7 Žikica Milosavljević 5 (3 pen) Ratko Nikolić 5 Vladimir Petrić 5 |
31–36 | ![]() Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 10 (3 pen) Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson 9 (5 pen) Ólafur Stefánsson 8 |
18:00 |
Denmark ![]() Joachim Boldsen 6 (1 pen) |
29–25 | ![]() Dániel Buday 9 (3 pen) Gyula Gál 6 |
20:15 |
January 27, 2006 | |||
Hungary ![]() Gergö Ivánczik 6 Tamas Ivánczik 5 |
24–29 | ![]() Žikica Milosavljević 8 (2 pen) Momir Ilić 6 (3 pen) Dragan Sudžum 6 (1 pen) |
18:00 |
Iceland ![]() Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson 10 (6 pen) Arnór Atlason 6 |
28–28 | ![]() Per Leegård 6 Joachim Boldsen 5 |
20:15 |
January 29, 2006 | |||
Hungary ![]() |
– | ![]() |
18:00 |
Denmark ![]() |
– | ![]() |
20:15 |
Group D
This group will be played out in the Wankdorfhalle, Berne. Russia became the first team to qualify for the main round when they beat Portugal on 27 January. Croatia joined them later that day with a 32–28 win over Norway, and Norway and Portugal now play off for the last main round spot on Sunday 29 January.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 49 | +7 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 53 | +6 |
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 59 | –6 |
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 56 | –7 |
January 26, 2006 | |||
Croatia ![]() Mirza Džomba 8 (4 pen) Petar Metličić 5 |
24–21 | ![]() Ricardo Costa 6 (2 pen) |
17:00 |
Russia ![]() Vitaliy Ivanov 7 (2 pen) Eduard Kokcharov 6 (4 pen) |
24–21 | ![]() Alexander Buchmann 7 (6 pen) Kristian Kjelling 6 Frank Løke 5 |
19:10 |
January 27, 2006 | |||
Portugal ![]() Ricardo Costa 6 (2 pen) David Tavares 6 (2 pen) Eduardo Coelho 5 (1 pen) |
32–35 | ![]() Eduard Kokcharov 6 (1 pen) Alexey Peskov 6 Yuriy Egorov 5 (2 pen) |
18:00 |
Norway ![]() Kristian Kjelling 6 |
28–32 | ![]() Ivano Balić 8 Renato Sulić 7 Slavko Goluža 5 (5 pen) Blaženko Lacković 5 |
20:15 |
January 29, 2006 | |||
Croatia ![]() |
– | ![]() |
17:00 |
Portugal ![]() |
– | ![]() |
19:10 |
Main Group Stage
Results from the first group stage are carried forward into the main round.
Group I
Matches in this group will be held in St. Jakobshalle, Basel.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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A1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
January 31, 2006 | |||
A1 | – | B2 | 15:15 |
A2 | – | B1 | 17:30 |
A3 | – | B3 | 20:00 |
February 1, 2006 | |||
A1 | – | B3 | 15:15 |
A3 | – | B1 | 17:45 |
A2 | – | B2 | 20:00 |
February 2, 2006 | |||
A2 | – | B3 | 15:15 |
A3 | – | B2 | 17:45 |
A1 | – | B1 | 20:00 |
Group II
This group's matches will take place in the Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen.
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
January 31, 2006 | |||
C1 | – | D2 | 15:45 |
C2 | – | D1 | 18:00 |
C3 | – | D3 | 20:15 |
February 1, 2006 | |||
C1 | – | D3 | 15:45 |
C3 | – | D1 | 18:00 |
C2 | – | D2 | 20:15 |
February 2, 2006 | |||
C2 | – | D3 | 15:45 |
C3 | – | D2 | 18:00 |
C1 | – | D1 | 20:15 |
Knock-outs
These will take place in the largest stadium to be used in the tournament, the Hallenstadion in Zürich (capacity 11,500)
February 4, 2006 | Fifth place play-off | ||
3rd I | – | 3rd II | 11:45 |
Semi-finals | |||
1st I | – | 2nd II | 14:15 |
2nd I | – | 1st II | 17:00 |
February 5, 2006 | Third place play-off | ||
Loser SF 1 | – | Loser SF 2 | 13:30 |
Final | |||
Winner SF 1 | – | Winner SF 2 | 16:00 |
See also
External links
- The official site of the championship with reports, results, statistics, etc.