2004 European Men's Handball Championship

2004 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	22 January–1 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Slovenia
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	2,734 (56.96 per match)
Attendance	80,000 (1,667 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mirza Džomba (CRO) (46 goals)
Best player	Ivano Balić (CRO)
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The 2004 (6th) Men's European Handball Championship took place from 22 January to 1 February 2004 in Slovenia in the cities of Ljubljana, Celje, Velenje and Koper.

Venues

Location	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	5,600^[1]	Opened in 1965	Preliminary stage & Second Group stage & Knockout stages
Koper	Koper	Arena Bonifika	5,000	Opened in 1999	Preliminary stage
Velenje	Velenje	Red Hall	2,500^[1]	Opened in 1975	Preliminary stage
Celje	Celje	Zlatorog Arena	5,500^[2]	Opened in 2003	Preliminary stage & Second Group stage

Preliminary Group Stage

Group A

Venue: Red Hall, Velenje

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

22 January 2004

Russia	28 – 20	Switzerland

Velenje

22 January 2004

Sweden	31 – 25	Ukraine

Velenje

24 January 2004

Switzerland	24 – 35	Sweden

Velenje

24 January 2004

Ukraine	27 – 29	Russia

Velenje

25 January 2004

Ukraine	22 – 25	Switzerland

Velenje

25 January 2004

Sweden	27 – 30	Russia

Velenje

Group B

Venue: Tivoli Hall, 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

22 January 2004

Spain	29 – 30	Croatia

Ljubljana

22 January 2004

Denmark	36 – 32	Portugal

Ljubljana

24 January 2004

Portugal	27 – 33	Spain

Ljubljana

24 January 2004

Croatia	26 – 25	Denmark

Ljubljana

25 January 2004

Portugal	32 – 32	Croatia

Ljubljana

25 January 2004

Denmark	24 – 20	Spain

Ljubljana

Group C

Venue: Zlatorog Arena, 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

22 January 2004

Czech Republic	25 – 30	Hungary

Celje

22 January 2004

Iceland	28 – 34	Slovenia

Celje

24 January 2004

Hungary	32 – 29	Iceland

Celje

24 January 2004

Slovenia	37 – 33	Czech Republic

Celje

25 January 2004

Iceland	30 – 30	Czech Republic

Celje

25 January 2004

Slovenia	29 – 29	Hungary

Celje

Group D

Venue: Bonifika Hall, 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	109	-23	0

22 January 2004

France	29 – 25	Poland

Koper

22 January 2004

Germany	26 – 28	Serbia and Montenegro

Koper

24 January 2004

Serbia and Montenegro	20 – 23	France

Koper

24 January 2004

Poland	32 – 42	Germany

Koper

25 January 2004

Germany	29 – 29	France

Koper

25 January 2004

Serbia and Montenegro	38 – 29	Poland

Koper

Main Group Stage

Group I

Venue: Zlatorog Arena, 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

27 January 2004

Switzerland	24 – 26	Spain

Celje

27 January 2004

Sweden	26 – 28	Croatia

Celje

27 January 2004

Russia	31 – 36	Denmark

Celje

28 January 2004

Russia	36 – 30	Spain

Celje

28 January 2004

Switzerland	27 – 30	Croatia

Celje

28 January 2004

Sweden	28 – 34	Denmark

Celje

29 January 2004

Switzerland	20 – 34	Denmark

Celje

29 January 2004

Sweden	29 – 28	Spain

Celje

29 January 2004

Russia	24 – 24	Croatia

Celje

Group II

Venue: Tivoli Hall, 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

27 January 2004

Hungary	21 – 29	France

Ljubljana

27 January 2004

Czech Republic	27 – 37	Germany

Ljubljana

27 January 2004

Slovenia	27 – 20	Serbia and Montenegro

Ljubljana

28 January 2004

Czech Republic	32 – 31	France

Ljubljana

28 January 2004

Hungary	29 – 29	Serbia and Montenegro

Ljubljana

28 January 2004

Slovenia	24 – 31	Germany

Ljubljana

29 January 2004

Czech Republic	30 – 37	Serbia and Montenegro

Ljubljana

29 January 2004

Hungary	23 – 28	Germany

Ljubljana

29 January 2004

Slovenia	27 – 22	France

Ljubljana

Knock-out phase

Venue: Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

Final round

Semifinal		Final

31 January – (Ljubljana)

Slovenia	27
		1 February – (Ljubljana)
Croatia	25
		Germany	30
31 January – (Ljubljana)
		Slovenia	25
Germany	22

Denmark	20
		Bronze Match

		1 February – (Ljubljana)

		Croatia	27

		Denmark	31

Semifinals

31 January 2004

Croatia	25 – 27	Slovenia

Ljubljana

31 January 2004

Denmark	20 – 22	Germany

Ljubljana

Seventh place match

31 January 2004

Sweden	35 – 34	Serbia and Montenegro

Ljubljana

Fifth place match

1 February 2004

Russia	28 – 26	France

Ljubljana

Third place match

1 February 2004

Croatia	27 – 31	Denmark

Ljubljana

Final

1 February 2004

Slovenia	25 – 30	Germany

Ljubljana

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

All Star Team

Goalkeeper: Henning Fritz
Left wing: Eduard Kokcharov
Left back: Nikola Karabatic
Playmaker: Ivano Balić
Right back: Volker Zerbe
Right wing: Vid Kavtičnik
Line player/pivot: Michael Knudsen

References

^ ^a ^b EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ "THE ARENA Celje Arena Capacity: 5500". Eurobasket2013.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

eurohandball.com. "2004 Men's European Championship". Retrieved 24 January 2011.
todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2004". Retrieved 24 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

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

[WPCleanerAuto1-1] EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "THE ARENA Celje Arena Capacity: 5500". Eurobasket2013.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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Venues

Preliminary Group Stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main Group Stage

Group I

Group II

Knock-out phase

Final round

Semifinals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Ranking and Statistics

Final Ranking

All Star Team

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References

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