2002 European Men's Handball Championship

2002 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	25 January–3 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (4th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Iceland
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Ólafur Stefánsson (ISL) (58 goals)
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The 2002 (5th) Men's European Handball Championship took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden.

Teams

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Czech Republic	Russia	Spain	France
Poland	Israel	Switzerland	Croatia
Sweden	Denmark	Iceland	Germany
Ukraine	Portugal	Slovenia	FR Yugoslavia

Venues

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

Preliminary round

The first three of each group reach the main stage. The remaining teams play one another for positions 13 to 16.

Group A

Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Sweden	3	3	0	86	63	+23	6
Czech Republic	3	2	1	77	82	-5	4
Ukraine	3	1	2	78	80	-2	2
Poland	3	0	3	67	83	-16	0

25. January 2002
Poland	24 – 25	Czech Republic
Sweden	27 – 21	Ukraine
26. January 2002
Czech Republic	22 – 31	Sweden
Ukraine	30 – 23	Poland
27. January 2002
Ukraine	27 – 30	Czech Republic
Sweden	28 – 20	Poland

Group B

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Denmark	3	2	1	0	81	71	+10	5
Russia	3	2	1	0	80	70	+10	5
Portugal	3	1	0	2	65	70	-5	2
Israel	3	0	0	3	67	82	-15	0

25. January 2002
Portugal	26 – 15	Israel
Russia	25 – 25	Denmark
26. January 2002
Israel	26 – 27	Russia
Denmark	27 – 20	Portugal
27. January 2002
Russia	28 – 19	Portugal
Denmark	29 – 26	Israel

Group C

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Iceland	3	2	1	0	88	71	+17	5
Spain	3	2	1	0	73	66	+7	5
Slovenia	3	0	1	2	79	90	-11	1
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	78	91	-13	1

25. January 2002
Slovenia	34 – 34	Switzerland
Spain	24 – 24	Iceland
26. January 2002
Iceland	31 – 25	Slovenia
Switzerland	22 – 24	Spain
27. January 2002
Iceland	33 – 22	Switzerland
Spain	25 – 20	Slovenia

Group D

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Germany	3	2	1	0	68	57	+11	5
France	3	2	1	0	66	62	+4	5
FR Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	75	71	+4	2
Croatia	3	0	0	3	70	89	-19	0

25. January 2002
Croatia	22 – 34	FR Yugoslavia
France	15 – 15	Germany
26. January 2002
FR Yugoslavia	20 – 22	France
Germany	26 – 21	Croatia
27. January 2002
Germany	27 – 21	FR Yugoslavia
France	29 – 27	Croatia

Second round

The first two from each group play the semifinals.

Group I

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Denmark	5	4	1	0	131	113	+18	9
Sweden	5	4	0	1	141	118	+23	8
Russia	5	3	1	1	139	118	+21	7
Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	126	145	-19	4
Portugal	5	1	0	4	116	134	-18	2
Ukraine	5	0	0	5	112	137	-25	0

29. January 2002
Ukraine	23 – 28	Portugal
Czech Republic	25 – 31	Denmark
Sweden	30 – 26	Russia
30. January 2002
Czech Republic	20 – 29	Russia
Ukraine	17 – 21	Denmark
Sweden	27 – 22	Portugal
31. January 2002
Czech Republic	29 – 27	Portugal
Ukraine	24 – 31	Russia
Sweden	26 – 27	Denmark

Group II

Team	P	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
Iceland	5	3	2	0	144	125	+19	8
Germany	5	3	1	1	116	111	+5	7
France	5	2	2	1	123	109	+14	6
Spain	5	2	1	2	126	122	+4	5
FR Yugoslavia	5	1	1	3	126	139	-13	3
Slovenia	5	0	1	4	118	147	-29	1

29. January 2002
Iceland	26 – 26	France
Slovenia	24 – 24	FR Yugoslavia
Spain	18 – 19	Germany
30. January 2002
Iceland	34 – 26	FR Yugoslavia
Slovenia	28 – 31	Germany
Spain	27 – 24	France
31. January 2002
Spain	32 – 35	FR Yugoslavia
Slovenia	21 – 36	France
Iceland	29 – 24	Germany

Finals

Semi-finals			Final

2. February 2002
Denmark	23
Germany	28

			3. February 2002
			Germany	31
			Sweden	33


			Bronze-final
2. February 2002		3. February 2002
Sweden	33	Denmark	29
Iceland	22		Iceland	22

Final ranking

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

References

eurohandball.com. "2002 Men's European Championship". Retrieved 2011-01-24.
todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2002". Retrieved 2011-01-24.

International handball

World Championships (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth beach) Olympic Games Youth Olympics World Games (beach) Super Globe National teams Player of the Year

Africa	African Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth) All-Africa Games

Americas	Pan American Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth beach) Pan American Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games Caribbean Championship Central American Championship North American and Caribbean Championship South American Championship Bolivarian Games

Asia	Asian Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth men's beach women's beach) Asian Games South Asian Games West Asian Games Asian Youth Games GCC Championship (men women) South Asian Championship Southeast Asian Championship GCC Games GCC Women's Games

Europe	European Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth beach) EYOF

Oceania	Nations Cup (men women) Challenge Trophy (men's junior women's junior) Youth Championship (men) Pacific Cup (men women)

Intercontinental	CPLP Games IHF Emerging Nations Championships European Open Indian Ocean Island Games Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Championship Pan Arab Games Summer Universiade World University Championship

International Handball Federation (IHF) Achievements by nation

European Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Portugal 1994 Spain 1996 Italy 1998 Croatia 2000 Sweden 2002 Slovenia 2004 Switzerland 2006 Norway 2008 Austria 2010 Serbia 2012 Denmark 2014 Poland 2016 Croatia 2018 Austria/Norway/Sweden 2020

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's

Tournaments	Germany 1994 Denmark 1996 Netherlands 1998 Romania 2000 Denmark 2002 Hungary 2004 Sweden 2006 Macedonia 2008 Denmark/Norway 2010 Serbia 2012 Hungary/Croatia 2014 Sweden 2016 France 2018 Denmark/Norway 2020

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Team appearances (men's)
Team appearances (women's)

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