1994 European Men's Handball Championship

The 1994 European Men's Handball Championship was the inaugural edition of the tournament, held in Portugal from 3–12 June, in the cities of Porto and Almada. Sweden won the tournament with Russia second and Croatia third.

1994 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Portugal
Dates3–12 June
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (1st title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches34
Goals scored1537 (45.21 per match)
Top scorer(s) Vasily Kudinov (RUS) (50 goals)
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
AlmadaComplexo Desportivo de Almada4.000
PortoPavilhão Rosa Mota5.400

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 5 5 0 0 122 94 +28 10
 Croatia 5 3 0 2 120 114 +6 6
 France 5 2 1 2 123 120 +3 5
 Belarus 5 2 0 3 130 139 9 4
 Germany 5 1 1 3 107 113 6 3
 Romania 5 1 0 4 113 135 22 2
Source:
3. June 1994
Germany  23 – 24  Belarus
Russia  27 – 20  Romania
France  27 – 25  Croatia
4. June 1994
Croatia  24 – 22  Germany
Belarus  23 – 31  Russia
Romania  27 – 26  France
5. June 1994
France  21 – 21  Germany
Russia  21 – 18  Croatia
Romania  24 – 33  Belarus
7. June 1994
Germany  16 – 25  Russia
France  32 – 29  Belarus
Croatia  24 – 23  Romania
8. June 1994
Germany  25 – 19  Romania
Belarus  21 – 29  Croatia
Russia  18 – 17  France

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 5 5 0 0 114 91 +23 10
 Denmark 5 3 1 1 107 99 +8 7
 Spain 5 3 0 2 114 101 +13 6
 Hungary 5 2 0 3 100 107 7 4
 Slovenia 5 1 1 3 94 111 17 3
 Portugal 5 0 0 5 96 116 20 0
Source:
3. June 1994
Sweden  22 – 17  Slovenia
Spain  25 – 20  Hungary
Denmark  24 – 17  Portugal
4. June 1994
Slovenia  19 – 19  Denmark
Hungary  18 – 22  Sweden
Portugal  18 – 24  Spain
5. June 1994
Hungary  19 – 18  Portugal
Sweden  22 – 16  Denmark
Spain  24 – 16  Slovenia
7. June 1994
Slovenia  19 – 24  Hungary
Sweden  26 – 21  Portugal
Denmark  25 – 22  Spain
8. June 1994
Denmark  23 – 19  Hungary
Portugal  22 – 23  Slovenia
Spain  19 – 22  Sweden

Finals

Bracket

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

Ranking games

MatchTeam 1ScoreTeam 2
5th place game Spain28-25 (12-15) France
7th place game Hungary28-24 (16-14) Belarus
9th place game Germany28-18 (15-10) Slovenia
11th place game Romania 38-21 (18-11) Portugal

Ranking and statistics

References

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