2004 European Men's Handball Championship

2004 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Slovenia
Dates 22 January–1 February
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Germany (1st title)
Runner-up  Slovenia
Third place  Denmark
Fourth place  Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches 48
Goals scored 2734 (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 Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round
Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 5,600[1] Opened in 1965 Preliminary stage & Second Group stage & Knockout stages
Koper Arena Bonifika 5,000 Opened in 1999 Preliminary stage
Velenje Red Hall 2,500[1] Opened in 1975 Preliminary stage
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 D L GF GA GD Pts
Russia Russia 3 3 0 0 87 74 13 6
Sweden Sweden 3 2 0 1 93 79 14 4
Switzerland Switzerland 3 1 0 2 69 85 -16 2
Ukraine Ukraine 3 0 0 3 74 85 -11 0

22 January 2004
Russia  28 – 20   Switzerland

22 January 2004
Sweden  31 – 25  Ukraine

24 January 2004
Switzerland   24 – 35  Sweden

24 January 2004
Ukraine  27 – 29  Russia

25 January 2004
Ukraine  22 – 25   Switzerland

25 January 2004
Sweden  27 – 30  Russia

Group B

Venue: Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

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

22 January 2004
Spain  29 – 30  Croatia

22 January 2004
Denmark  36 – 32  Portugal

24 January 2004
Portugal  27 – 33  Spain

24 January 2004
Croatia  26 – 25  Denmark

25 January 2004
Portugal  32 – 32  Croatia

22 January 2004
Denmark  24 – 20  Spain

Group C

Venue: Zlatorog Arena, Celje

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

22 January 2004
Czech Republic  25 – 30  Hungary

22 January 2004
Iceland  28 – 34  Slovenia

24 January 2004
Hungary  32 – 29  Iceland

24 January 2004
Slovenia  37 – 33  Czech Republic

25 January 2004
Iceland  30 – 30  Czech Republic

25 January 2004
Slovenia  29 – 29  Hungary

Group D

Venue: Bonifika Hall, Koper

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France France 3 2 1 0 81 74 7 5
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 3 2 0 1 86 78 8 4
Germany Germany 3 1 1 1 96 89 7 3
Poland Poland 3 0 0 3 86 109 -23 0

22 January 2004
France  29 – 25  Poland

22 January 2004
Germany  26 – 28  Serbia and Montenegro

24 January 2004
Serbia and Montenegro  20 – 23  France

24 January 2004
Poland  32 – 42  Germany

25 January 2004
Germany  29 – 29  France

25 January 2004
Serbia and Montenegro  38 – 29  Poland

Main Group Stage

Group I

Venue: Zlatorog Arena, Celje

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

27 January 2004
Switzerland   24 – 26  Spain

27 January 2004
Sweden  26 – 28  Croatia

27 January 2004
Russia  31 – 36  Denmark

28 January 2004
Russia  36 – 30  Spain

28 January 2004
Switzerland   27 – 30  Croatia

28 January 2004
Sweden  28 – 34  Denmark

29 January 2004
Switzerland   20 – 34  Denmark

29 January 2004
Sweden  29 – 28  Spain

29 January 2004
Russia  24 – 24  Croatia

Group II

Venue: Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

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

27 January 2004
Hungary  21 – 29  France

27 January 2004
Czech Republic  27 – 37  Germany

28 January 2004
Czech Republic  32 – 31  France

28 January 2004
Slovenia  24 – 31  Germany

29 January 2004
Hungary  23 – 28  Germany

29 January 2004
Slovenia  27 – 22  France

Knock-out phase

Venue: Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

Final round

Semifinal Final
31 January – (Ljubljana)
  Slovenia  27  
  Croatia  25  
 
1 February – (Ljubljana)
      Germany  30
    Slovenia  25
Bronze Match
31 January – (Ljubljana) 1 February – (Ljubljana)
  Germany  22   Croatia  27
  Denmark  20     Denmark  31

Semifinals

31 January 2004
Croatia  25 – 27  Slovenia

31 January 2004
Denmark  20 – 22  Germany

Seventh place match

31 January 2004
Sweden  35 – 34  Serbia and Montenegro

Fifth place match

1 February 2004
Russia  28 – 26  France

Third place match

1 February 2004
Croatia  27 – 31  Denmark

Final

1 February 2004
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

All Star Team

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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 2013-10-01.
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