2002 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2002 Men's European Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden. Sweden won the tournament for a third time in a row, and fourth time overall.^[1]

2002 European Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	25 January – 3 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (4th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Iceland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	2,609 (52.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ólafur Stefánsson (58 goals)
Awards
Best player	Magnus Wislander
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Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Sweden	Host, defending champion	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
France	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Russia	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Spain	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Slovenia	Fifth place of 2000 European Championship	3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
Croatia	Playoff winner	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Czech Republic	Playoff winner	2 (1996, 1998)
Denmark	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
Germany	Playoff winner	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Iceland	Playoff winner	1 (2000)
Israel	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Poland	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Portugal	Playoff winner	2 (1994, 2000)
Switzerland	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Ukraine	Playoff winner	1 (2000)
Yugoslavia	Playoff winner	2 (1996, 1998)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

Group	City	Stadium	Capacity
A and I	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12.000
B	Helsingborg	Idrottens Hus	2.700
C	Skövde	Arena Skövde	2.500
D	Jönköping	Kinnarps Arena	7.000
II	Västerås	Västeråshallen	5.000
Final round	Stockholm	Globen Arena	14.500

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	3	0	0	86	63	+23	6	Main round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	77	82	−5	4
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	78	80	−2	2
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	67	83	−16	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

25 January 2002 18:00	Poland	24–25	Czech Republic	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,400 Referees: Falcone, Rätz (SUI)
	Jurasik 8	(9–11)	Laclavik 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 8×

25 January 2002 20:00	Sweden	27–21	Ukraine	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,300 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Lövgren 12	(11–9)	Kostetskiy 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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26 January 2002 17:00	Czech Republic	22–31	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,400 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Berka 7	(12–14)	Frändesjö 8
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

26 January 2002 19:00	Ukraine	30–23	Poland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,700 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Velyky 9	(13–13)	four players 4
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 6×

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27 January 2002 16:00	Ukraine	27–30	Czech Republic	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,640 Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Kostetskiy 14	(12–16)	Filip, Radčenko 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6× 1×

27 January 2002 18:00	Sweden	28–20	Poland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,400 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Franzén 7	(12–12)	Tkaczyk 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	81	71	+10	5[a]	Main round
2	Russia	3	2	1	0	80	70	+10	5[a]
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	65	70	−5	2
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	67	82	−15	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. Russia 25–25 Denmark

25 January 2002 18:00	Portugal	26–15	Israel	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	R. Costa 5	(12–6)	Boutenko 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 1×

25 January 2002 20:00	Russia	25–25	Denmark	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Ivanov, Tuchkin 5	(12–13)	Stryger 5
	3× 6×	Report	2× 6× 1×

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26 January 2002 15:00	Israel	26–27	Russia	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Maimon 7	(11–16)	Ivanov 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

26 January 2002 17:00	Denmark	27–20	Portugal	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Falcone, Rätz (SUI)
	Christiansen 6	(10–10)	Galambas, Resende 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

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27 January 2002 15:00	Russia	28–19	Portugal	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,145 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Koksharov, Rastvortsev 7	(17–7)	Coelho 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

27 January 2002 17:00	Denmark	29–26	Israel	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,810 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Christiansen 10	(14–8)	Balsar 10
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7× 2×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	2	1	0	88	71	+17	5[a]	Main round
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	73	66	+7	5[a]
3	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	79	90	−11	1[b]
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	78	91	−13	1[b]

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. Spain 24–24 Iceland
2. Slovenia 34–34 Switzerland

25 January 2002 18:00	Slovenia	34–34	Switzerland	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Vugrinec 12	(18–16)	Kostadinovich 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

25 January 2002 20:00	Spain	24–24	Iceland	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Garralda 6	(9–13)	Stefánsson 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 8×

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26 January 2002 17:00	Iceland	31–25	Slovenia	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Jóhannesson, Stefánsson 9	(15–11)	Lubej 8
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

26 January 2002 19:00	Switzerland	22–24	Spain	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Kostadinovich 7	(10–14)	O'Callaghan, Ortega 5
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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27 January 2002 17:00	Iceland	33–22	Switzerland	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,020 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Stefánsson 11	(15–9)	Kostadinovich 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2002 19:00	Spain	25–20	Slovenia	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,190 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Guijosa 9	(11–7)	Tomšič, Vugrinec 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2× 1×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	68	57	+11	5[a]	Main round
2	France	3	2	1	0	66	62	+4	5[a]
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	75	71	+4	2
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	70	89	−19	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. France 15–15 Germany

25 January 2002 18:00	Croatia	22–34	Yugoslavia	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Goluža 5	(10–17)	Jovanović 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

25 January 2002 20:00	France	15–15	Germany	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Fernandez, B. Gille 4	(8–8)	Baur, Kehrmann 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

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26 January 2002 17:30	Yugoslavia	20–22	France	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Jovanović 8	(9–14)	three players 4
	3× 5×	Report	2× 7×

26 January 2002 19:30	Germany	26–21	Croatia	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Kretzschmar 7	(13–9)	Goluža 9
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

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27 January 2002 16:00	Germany	27–21	Yugoslavia	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Kehrmann, Kretzschmar 8	(14–11)	Jovanović 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 10× 1×

27 January 2002 18:00	France	29–27	Croatia	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Plantin 8	(10–12)	Bilić 10
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

Main round

Points gained in the preliminary round against teams that also qualified, were carried over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	1	0	131	113	+18	9	Semifinals
2	Sweden (H)	5	4	0	1	141	118	+23	8
3	Russia	5	3	1	1	139	118	+21	7	Fifth place game
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	126	145	−19	4	Seventh place game
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	116	134	−18	2	Ninth place game
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	112	137	−25	0	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

29 January 2002 16:00	Ukraine	23–28	Portugal	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Kostetsky 7	(11–14)	R. Costa 7
	3× 7×	Report	3× 6×

29 January 2002 18:00	Czech Republic	25–31	Denmark	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,200 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Heinz 8	(10–18)	Christiansen 13
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7× 1×

29 January 2002 20:00	Sweden	30–26	Russia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,400 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Lövgren 12	(18–14)	Rastvortsev 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

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30 January 2002 16:00	Czech Republic	20–29	Russia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,250 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Filip 9	(8–12)	Voronin 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

30 January 2002 18:00	Ukraine	17–21	Denmark	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Petrenko 6	(7–11)	Jeppesen 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

30 January 2002 20:00	Sweden	27–22	Portugal	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,650 Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Petersson 8	(15–12)	three players 4
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 3×

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31 January 2002 16:00	Czech Republic	29–27	Portugal	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,750 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	three players 6	(14–14)	R. Costa 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

31 January 2002 18:00	Ukraine	24–31	Russia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Kostetsky 6	(10–12)	Tuchkin 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4×

31 January 2002 20:00	Sweden	26–27	Denmark	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,700 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Andersson, Lövgren 7	(14–11)	Boldsen, Stryger 5
	1× 5×	Report	3× 4×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	5	3	2	0	144	125	+19	8	Semifinals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	116	111	+5	7
3	France	5	2	2	1	123	109	+14	6	Fifth place game
4	Spain	5	2	1	2	126	122	+4	5	Seventh place game
5	Yugoslavia	5	1	1	3	126	139	−13	3	Ninth place game
6	Slovenia	5	0	1	4	118	147	−29	1	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

29 January 2002 16:00	Iceland	26–26	France	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Falcone, Rätz (SUI)
	Jóhannesson 6	(14–12)	Burdet 7
	3× 7×	Report	3× 8×

29 January 2002 18:00	Slovenia	24–24	Yugoslavia	Västeråshallen, Västerås Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Pungartnik 9	(11–14)	Matić 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5× 1×

29 January 2002 20:00	Spain	18–19	Germany	Västeråshallen, Västerås Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Ortega 6	(9–8)	Stephan 6
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

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30 January 2002 16:00	Iceland	34–26	Yugoslavia	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,480 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Stefánsson 10	(16–14)	Škrbić 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

30 January 2002 18:00	Slovenia	28–31	Germany	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,660 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Pajovič 6	(12–12)	Hens 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

30 January 2002 20:00	Spain	27–24	France	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,870 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Urdiales 5	(13–11)	Girault 7
	3× 8×	Report	3× 9× 1×

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31 January 2002 16:00	Spain	32–35	Yugoslavia	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Entrerríos 10	(15–15)	Lisičić, Škrbić 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

31 January 2002 18:00	Slovenia	21–36	France	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Pungartnik 5	(10–19)	Fernandez 12
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 4×

31 January 2002 20:00	Iceland	29–24	Germany	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,900 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Jóhannesson 8	(15–11)	Hens 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7×

Placement games

Eleventh place game

2 February 2002 09:30	Ukraine	34–29	Slovenia	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Kostetskiy 11	(20–14)	Vugrinec 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Ninth place game

3 February 2002 12:00	Portugal	31–25	Yugoslavia	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Andorinho 9	(15–12)	Jovanović 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

Seventh place game

2 February 2002 09:30	Czech Republic	29–36	Spain	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 4,150 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Filip 10	(14–17)	Hernández 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 7×

Fifth place game

3 February 2002 12:00	Russia	31–28	France	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,050 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Krivoshlykov 10	(14–11)	B. Gille 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Final round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	2. February 2002
	Denmark	23
					3. February 2002
	Germany	28
					Germany	31
	2. February 2002
					Sweden (ET)	33
	Sweden	33
	Iceland	22
					Bronze-final
					3. February 2002
					Denmark	29
					Iceland	22

Semifinals

2 February 2002 16:00	Sweden	33–22	Iceland	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Lövgren, Petersson 6	(14–12)	Stefánsson 6
	2× 2×	Report	3×

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2 February 2002 18:30	Denmark	23–28	Germany	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 13,550 Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Stryger 6	(12–13)	Baur, Zerbe 7
	2× 8×	Report	3× 5×

Third place game

3 February 2002 15:30	Denmark	29–22	Iceland	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,380 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Jeppesen 8	(13–11)	S. Sigurðsson 6
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

Final

3 February 2002 18:00	Germany	31–33 (ET)	Sweden	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 14,300 Referees: Nachevski , Nachevski (MKD)
	three players 6	(14–13)	Lövgren 8
	3× 7×	Report	3× 9×
	FT: 26–26 ET: 5–7

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking  Sweden  Germany  Denmark 4.  Iceland 5.  Russia 6.  France 7.  Spain 8.  Czech Republic 9.  Portugal 10.  Yugoslavia 11.  Ukraine 12.  Slovenia 13.   Switzerland 14.  Israel 15.  Poland 16.  Croatia

2002 Men's European Champions Sweden Fourth Title All-Star Team Position Player Goalkeeper  Peter Gentzel (SWE) Right wing  Denis Krivoshlykov (RUS) Right back  Ólafur Stefánsson (ISL) Centre back  Daniel Stephan (GER) Left back  Stefan Lövgren (SWE) Left wing  Lars Christiansen (DEN) Pivot  Magnus Wislander (SWE) Most valuable player  Magnus Wislander (SWE) Source: EHF

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Ólafur Stefánsson  Iceland 58 107 54 2 Stefan Lövgren  Sweden 57 90 63 3 Yuriy Kostetskiy  Ukraine 52 92 57 4 Nedeljko Jovanović  Yugoslavia 46 74 62 5 Jan Filip  Czech Republic 44 65 68 6 Lars Christiansen  Denmark 43 58 74 7 Johan Petersson  Sweden 36 50 72 8 Patrekur Jóhannesson  Iceland 35 66 53 Renato Vugrinec  Slovenia 79 44 10 Daniel Stephan  Germany 33 74 45 Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers (minimum 20% of total shots received by team) Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Sergiy Bilyk  Ukraine 42 48 115 2 Peter Gentzel  Sweden 41 70 171 Dejan Perić  Yugoslavia 90 220 4 Miloš Slabý  Czech Republic 40 42 105 Michael Bruun  Denmark 42 105 Arpad Sterbik  Yugoslavia 37 93 7 José Javier Hombrados  Spain 39 40 102 8 Yevgeny Budko  Ukraine 36 56 155 Sérgio Morgado  Portugal 49 136 Rafał Bernacki  Poland 14 39 David Barrufet  Spain 62 173 Source: EHF EHF