2000 European Men's Handball Championship

2000 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Croatia
Dates 21–30 January
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (3rd title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Spain
Fourth place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches 38
Goals scored 1867 (49.13 per match)
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The 2000 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (4th tournament) was held in Croatia from 21–30 January, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka. Sweden won the tournament with Russia second and Spain third.

Teams

Venues

Two Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2000 Championship:

Rijeka
Zagreb
Dvorana Mladosti
Capacity: 4,000
Dom Športova
Capacity: 7,000

Preliminary round

     Team advanced to the Semifinals
     Team played Placement Matches

Group A (Zagreb)

Pl. Team P W T L GF:GA Pts.
1France France 5410127:1109
2Spain Spain 5401128:1208
3Croatia Croatia 5311122:1147
4Norway Norway 5113106:1143
5Germany Germany 5023110:1192
6Ukraine Ukraine 5014104:1201
21. January 2000
 Spain 27 – 22  Croatia
 Germany 24 – 24  Ukraine
 France 24 – 21  Norway
22. January 2000
 Croatia 21 – 20  Germany
 Norway 21 – 25  Spain
 Ukraine 22 – 24  France
23. January 2000
 Spain 27 – 24  Ukraine
 Germany 19 – 25  France
 Croatia 27 – 23  Norway
25. January 2000
 Germany 22 – 22  Norway
 France 28 – 22  Spain
 Ukraine 18 – 26  Croatia
27. January 2000
 Norway 19 – 16  Ukraine
 France 26 – 26  Croatia
 Spain 27 – 25  Germany

Group B (Rijeka)

Pl. Team P W T L GF:GA Pts.
1Sweden Sweden 5500143:11510
2Russia Russia 5401128:1208
3Slovenia Slovenia 5203129:1314
4Portugal Portugal 5203123:1334
5Denmark Denmark 5203126:1344
6Iceland Iceland 5005121:1370
21. January 2000
 Russia 27 – 26  Denmark
 Sweden 31 – 23  Iceland
 Portugal 28 – 27  Slovenia
22. January 2000
 Denmark 22 – 29  Sweden
 Slovenia 23 – 27  Russia
 Iceland 25 – 28  Portugal
23. January 2000
 Russia 25 – 23  Iceland
 Sweden 29 – 21  Portugal
 Denmark 24 – 28  Slovenia
25. January 2000
 Sweden 26 – 24  Slovenia
 Portugal 20 – 24  Russia
 Iceland 24 – 26  Denmark
27. January 2000
 Slovenia 27 – 26  Iceland
 Portugal 26 – 28  Denmark
 Russia 25 – 28  Sweden

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29. January
 
 
 Russia 30
 
30. January
 
 France 23
 
 Russia 31
 
29. January
 
 Sweden 32
 
 Sweden 23
 
 
 Spain 21
 
Bronze-final
 
 
30. January
 
 
 France 23
 
 
 Spain 24

Placement Matches

29 January
5/6 Croatia  24 - 25  Slovenia
7/8 Norway  27 - 30  Portugal
9/10 Germany  19 - 17  Denmark
11/12 Ukraine  25 - 26  Iceland

Ranking and Statistics

References

  • eurohandball.com. "2000 Men's European Championship". Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  • todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2000". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
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