1994 European Men's Handball Championship

The 1994 European Men's Handball Championship was the inaugural edition of the tournament, held in Portugal from 3 to 12 June 1994,^[1] in the cities of Porto and Almada. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Russia in the final 34–21, Russia's heaviest loss in their international history, while Croatia finished third.^[2]

1994 European Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	3–12 June
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (1st title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	1,746 (45.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vasily Kudinov (RUS) (50 goals)
Awards
Best player	Magnus Andersson (SWE)
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Teams

Group A	Group B
Croatia	Denmark
Belarus	Hungary
Romania	Portugal
Russia	Sweden
France	Spain
Germany	Slovenia

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Almada	Complexo Desportivo de Almada	4.000
Porto	Pavilhão Rosa Mota	5.400

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	122	94	+28	10	Semifinals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	120	114	+6	6
3	France	5	2	1	2	123	120	+3	5	Fifth place game
4	Belarus	5	2	0	3	130	139	−9	4	Seventh place game
5	Germany	5	1	1	3	107	113	−6	3	Ninth place game
6	Romania	5	1	0	4	113	135	−22	2	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF

3 June 1994 15:30	Germany	23–24	Belarus	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Zerbe 6	(12–10)	Yakimovich 6
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

3 June 1994 17:30	Russia	27–20	Romania	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
	Gopin, Kudinov 5	(16–9)	Voica 9
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

3 June 1994 19:30	France	27–25	Croatia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR)
	Stoecklin, Volle 6	(11–11)	Ćavar 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 1×

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4 June 1994 15:30	Croatia	24–22	Germany	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
	Ćavar 6	(14–11)	Kretzschmar 7
	1× 2×	Report	2× 4×

4 June 1994 17:30	Belarus	23–31	Russia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
	three players 4	(11–18)	Kudinov 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

4 June 1994 19:30	Romania	27–26	France	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Răduţă 8	(16–11)	Volle 8
	3× 6× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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5 June 1994 15:30	France	21–21	Germany	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
	Volle 8	(10–11)	Kretzschmar, Schwarzer 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

5 June 1994 17:30	Russia	21–18	Croatia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Antonevich, Kudinov 5	(13–8)	Smajlagić 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

5 June 1994 19:30	Romania	24–33	Belarus	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR)
	Voica 10	(9–14)	Chalepo 9
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 6×

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7 June 1994 15:30	Germany	16–25	Russia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
	four players 3	(9–12)	Gopin, Kudinov 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

7 June 1994 17:30	France	32–29	Belarus	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Munier 7	(16–15)	Charovarov 6
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

7 June 1994 19:30	Croatia	24–23	Romania	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
	Saračević 6	(12–11)	Voica 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

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8 June 1994 15:30	Germany	25–19	Romania	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
	Winselmann 6	(11–10)	Voica 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

8 June 1994 17:30	Belarus	21–29	Croatia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
	Yakimovich 5	(12–12)	Saračević 9
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

8 June 1994 19:30	Russia	18–17	France	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Kudinov 9	(11–9)	Houlet 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	5	0	0	114	91	+23	10	Semifinals
2	Denmark	5	3	1	1	107	99	+8	7
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	114	101	+13	6	Fifth place game
4	Hungary	5	2	0	3	100	107	−7	4	Seventh place game
5	Slovenia	5	1	1	3	94	111	−17	3	Ninth place game
6	Portugal (H)	5	0	0	5	96	116	−20	0	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF
(H) Hosts

3 June 1994 15:30	Sweden	22–17	Slovenia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Hajas 7	(10–10)	Banfro 6
	4× 3×	Report	8× 5× 1×

3 June 1994 17:30	Spain	25–20	Hungary	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
	Urdiales 8	(11–10)	Zsigmond 7
	2× 2×	Report	1× 5× 1×

3 June 1994 19:30	Denmark	24–17	Portugal	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
	Jørgensen 9	(11–5)	Resende 8
	2× 7×	Report	1× 3×

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4 June 1994 15:30	Slovenia	19–19	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
	Šerbec 6	(8–10)	Jacobsen 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5× 1×

4 June 1994 17:30	Hungary	18–22	Sweden	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
	Éles 5	(7–13)	Hajas 8
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4×

4 June 1994 19:30	Portugal	18–24	Spain	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Faria 5	(8–13)	Etxaburu, Franch 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

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5 June 1994 15:30	Hungary	19–18	Portugal	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Pásztor 6	(7–8)	Resende 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

5 June 1994 17:30	Sweden	22–16	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Olsson 8	(7–6)	Thrane 4
	2× 7×		1× 2×

5 June 1994 19:30	Spain	24–16	Slovenia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 800 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
	Alemany, Urdiales 5	(13–8)	Likavec 4
	2× 7× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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7 June 1994 15:30	Slovenia	19–24	Hungary	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Šerbec 8	(9–11)	Pásztor, Sótonyi 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

7 June 1994 17:30	Sweden	26–21	Portugal	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
	Hajas 5	(12–9)	Resende 6
	1× 6× 1×	Report	2× 4×

7 June 1994 19:30	Denmark	25–22	Spain	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Jacobsen 6	(10–7)	Urdangarin 6
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3×

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8 June 1994 15:30	Denmark	23–19	Hungary	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR)
	Jørgensen 9	(10–8)	Csoknyai, Éles 4
	2× 1×	Report	2× 3×

8 June 1994 17:30	Portugal	22–23	Slovenia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Resende 8	(10–8)	Likavec 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 7× 1×

8 June 1994 19:30	Spain	19–22	Sweden	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
	Urdiales 8	(8–10)	Carlén 6
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

Placement games

Eleventh place game

10 June 1994 12:30	Romania	38–21	Portugal	Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada Attendance: 650 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
	Licu, Mocanu 8	(18–11)	Oliveira, Resende 4
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Ninth place game

10 June 1994 10:30	Germany	28–18	Slovenia	Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR)
	Kretzschmar 8	(15–10)	Banfro 7
	2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

Seventh place game

10 June 1994 17:30	Belarus	24–28	Hungary	Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Holdzin 7	(14–16)	Bartók 7
	1× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Fifth place game

10 June 1994 19:30	France	25–28	Spain	Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
	Houlet 6	(15–12)	Urdiales 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Russia	29
	Denmark	20
					Russia	21
					Sweden	34
	Sweden	24
	Croatia	21
					Third place
					Denmark	23
					Croatia	24

Semifinals

11 June 1994 15:30	Russia	29–20	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
	Kudinov 8	(14–8)	Jensen 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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11 June 1994 17:30	Sweden	24–21	Croatia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
	Hajas 7	(13–7)	Kljaić 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

Third place game

12 June 1994 14:00	Croatia	24–23	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
	Jelčić 6	(12–13)	Jacobsen 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Final

12 June 1994 16:00	Russia	21–34	Sweden	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Kudinov 9	(9–18)	Hajas 8
	3× 2×	Report	2× 7× 1×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking  Sweden  Russia  Croatia 4  Denmark 5  Spain 6  France 7  Hungary 8  Belarus 9  Germany 10  Slovenia 11  Romania 12  Portugal

Top player awards Most Valuable Player:  Magnus Andersson (SWE) Top Scorer :  Vasily Kudinov (RUS), 50 goals[3] All Star Team Goalkeeper:  Tomas Svensson (SWE) Right wing:  Pierre Thorsson (SWE) Right back:  Jan Jørgensen (DEN) Centre back:  Magnus Andersson (SWE) Left back:  Vasily Kudinov (RUS) Left wing:  Erik Hajas (SWE) Pivot:  Dmitri Torgovanov (RUS) Source: "Men's EHF Euro 1994". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024..