Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

2004 Men's Olympic handball tournament

Final: Croatia - Germany
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Dates	14 August - 29 August
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Hungary
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Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, took place at the Sports Pavilion (Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex) during the preliminary round and quarter-finals (August 14–August 24), and at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena during the semi-finals and medal matches (August 27–August 29). A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Croatia (CRO) Venio Losert Vlado Šola Valter Matošević Nikša Kaleb Ivano Balić Blaženko Lacković Vedran Zrnić Igor Vori Davor Dominiković Mirza Džomba Drago Vuković Slavko Goluža Goran Šprem Denis Špoljarić Petar Metličić	Germany (GER) Henning Fritz Christian Ramota Pascal Hens Mark Dragunski Stefan Kretzschmar Jan Olaf Immel Christian Schwarzer Klaus-Dieter Petersen Volker Zerbe Markus Baur Christian Zeitz Torsten Jansen Daniel Stephan Florian Kehrmann	Russia (RUS) Andrey Lavrov Alexey Kostygov Vitali Ivanov Oleg Kuleshov Denis Krivoshlykov Alexandre Tuchkin Vasily Kudinov Pavel Bashkin Dmitri Torgovanov Alexander Gorbatikov Alexey Rastvortsev Viatcheslav Gorpichin Sergey Pogorelov Mikhail Chipurin Eduard Kokcharov

Preliminary round

For the preliminary round, contested between August 14 and August 22, the twelve teams were distributed into two groups of six teams. Each team played against each of its five group opponents for a total of five matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Croatia	5	5	0	0	146	129	+17	10
Spain	5	4	0	1	154	137	+17	8
South Korea	5	2	0	3	148	148	0	4
Russia	5	2	0	3	145	145	0	4
Iceland	5	1	0	4	143	158	–15	2
Slovenia	5	1	0	4	130	149	–19	2

Qualified for the quarterfinals

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

14 August 2004 09:30	Spain	31 - 30	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	García 6	(17-12)	Yoon K, Paek 6
	8× 3× 1×		3× 4× 1×

14 August 2004 14:30	Russia	28 - 25	Slovenia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Kokcharov 9	(16-13)	3 players with 4
	8× 2× 1×		9× 3×

14 August 2004 19:30	Croatia	34 - 30	Iceland	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Metličić 8	(16-12)	Stefansson 8
	9× 3×		7× 3× 1×

16 August 2004 09:30	South Korea	35 - 32	Russia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Yoon K, Lee J 7	(16-16)	Kokcharov 6
	2× 3×		2× 3×

16 August 2004 11:30	Slovenia	26 - 27	Croatia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Oie, Togstad (NOR)
	Brumen 10	(10-13)	Vori 8
	7× 3× 2×		7× 3× 1×

16 August 2004 14:30	Iceland	23 - 31	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Stefansson 6	(12-13)	Duyshebaev, Romero 5
	3× 2×		3× 3×

18 August 2004 09:30	Croatia	29 - 26	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Džomba 9	(12-10)	Yoon K 8
	6× 3×		3× 3×

18 August 2004 11:30	Iceland	30 - 25	Slovenia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	G. Sigurdsson 7	(10-10)	Rutenka 10
	3× 3×		3× 3×

18 August 2004 19:30	Spain	29 - 26	Russia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	3 players with 5	(11-11)	Rastvortsev 6
	6× 3×		7× 3× 1×

20 August 2004 09:30	South Korea	34 - 30	Iceland	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Yoon K 12	(16-13)	Stefansson 10
	4× 3×		3× 3× 1×

20 August 2004 11:30	Spain	41 - 28	Slovenia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Romero 7	(18-15)	Tomšič, Pajovič 7
	3× 2×		3× 4×

20 August 2004 19:30	Russia	25 - 26	Croatia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Torgovanov, Rastvortsev 6	(14-10)	Lacković 9
	5× 2×		3× 3×

22 August 2004 09:30	Slovenia	26 - 23	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Aly (EGY)
	Rutenka 7	(12-11)	Lee J 6
	8× 4× 1×		2× 3×

22 August 2004 11:30	Croatia	30 - 22	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Džomba 7	(15-9)	García 5
	1× 3×		4× 3×

22 August 2004 19:30	Russia	34 - 30	Iceland	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Rastvortsev 10	(17-11)	Stefansson 10
	5× 3×		2× 3×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	5	5	0	0	135	108	+27	10
Hungary	5	4	0	1	132	124	+8	8
Germany	5	3	0	2	139	110	+29	6
Greece	5	2	0	3	117	130	–13	4
Brazil	5	1	0	4	105	133	–28	2
Egypt	5	0	0	5	110	133	–23	0

Qualified for the quarterfinals

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

14 August 2004 11:30	Hungary	33 - 28	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Pásztor 9	(16-15)	Zaky 10
	8× 3×		3× 3×

14 August 2004 16:30	Germany	28 - 18	Greece	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Breto, Huelin Trillo (ESP)
	Schwarzer, Kehrmann 6	(15-8)	Grammatikos 5
	5× 2×		3× 3×

14 August 2004 21:30	France	31 - 17	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Anquetil 7	(14-10)	Silva 6
	4× 3×		6× 2×

16 August 2004 16:30	Greece	25 - 29	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Karypidis 7	(15-15)	Anquetil 9
	9× 4×		4× 3×

16 August 2004 19:30	Brazil	19 - 20	Hungary	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Souza 5	(10-10)	4 players with 3
	4× 3×		4× 3×

16 August 2004 21:30	Egypt	14 - 26	Germany	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Yosry 4	(5-14)	3 players with 5
	11× 3× 1×		8× 3× 1×

18 August 2004 14:30	France	26 - 23	Hungary	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Guigou 6	(9-10)	Pérez 10
	9× 4×		4× 3×

18 August 2004 16:30	Greece	26 - 25	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Oie, Togstad (NOR)
	Karypidis 10	(18-10)	Keshk 7
	8× 3×		4× 3× 2×

18 August 2004 21:30	Germany	34 – 21	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Kretzschmar, Stephan 7	(18-12)	Souza 7
	3× 2×		3× 3×

20 August 2004 14:30	Brazil	22 – 26	Greece	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Justino 6	(9-13)	Grammatikos 7
	4× 3×		3× 3×

20 August 2004 16:30	Hungary	30 – 29	Germany	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Nagy 11	(17-14)	Kretzschmar 8
	4× 3×		6× 3×

20 August 2004 21:30	France	22 - 21	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Breto, Huelin Trillo (ESP)
	Girault 8	(11-13)	Keshk 6
	5× 3×		8× 4× 1×

22 August 2004 14:30	Germany	22 - 27	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Oie, Togstad (NOR)
	Schwarzer, Kehrmann 5	(12-11)	Fernandez 6
	4× 2×		4× 2×

22 August 2004 14:30	Hungary	26 - 22	Greece	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Pérez 7	(12-12)	Voglis 7
	1× 3×		1× 2×

22 August 2004 21:30	Egypt	22 – 26	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Abdel Salam 5	(11-10)	Kojoroski 6
	3× 2×		7× 2× 1×

Knockout stage

In this single-elimination stage, the first- and second-placed teams of one group played against the other group's fourth- and third-placed teams, respectively, to contest the quarter-final round, held on August 24, at the Sports Pavilion. The winners advanced to the semi-finals, disputed at the Indoor Arena on August 27, with the losing semi-finalists playing for the bronze medal match on the following day, and the final being played two days later.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal final
	Croatia	33
	Greece	27
					Croatia	33
					Hungary	31
	South Korea	25
	Hungary	30
									Croatia	26
									Germany	24
	Germany	32
	Spain	30
					Germany	21			Bronze medal final
					Russia	15
	France	24							Hungary	26
	Russia	26							Russia	28

Quarter-finals

24 August 2004 14:30	South Korea	25 - 30	Hungary	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Yoon K 7	(13-14)	Nagy 9
	2× 3×		5× 3×

24 August 2004 16:30	Croatia	33 - 27	Greece	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Džomba 11	(19-11)	Balomenos, Alvanos 6
	3×		2× 4×

24 August 2004 19:30	Germany	32 - 30 (ET)	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Schwarzer, Stephan 9	(15-16)	Garcia 7
	4× 3×		4× 3×
	FT: 27-27 ET: 28-28, 30-30

24 August 2004 22:05	France	24 - 26	Russia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Abati 6	(14-13)	Ivanov, Kokcharov 5
	2× 3×		3× 3×

Semi-finals

27 August 2004 14:30	Croatia	33 - 31	Hungary	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Arnaldsson, Vidarsson (ISL)
	Balić 9	(18-16)	Pérez 8
	3× 3×		2× 3×

27 August 2004 16:30	Germany	21 - 15	Russia	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Kretzschmar 5	(9-10)	Torgovanov 5
	4× 3× 1×		3× 2×

Bronze medal match

28 August 2004 21:30	Hungary	26 - 28	Russia	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Pérez 10	(10-13)	Kokcharov 8
	5× 2×		4× 4×

Gold medal match

29 August 2004 16:45	Croatia	26 - 24	Germany	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Džomba 9	(11-12)	Kretzschmar 9
	2× 3×		5× 3×

Classification playoffs

5th–8th place

	5th–8th place matches				5th place match
	Greece	29
	South Korea	24
					Greece	15
					France	33
					7th place match
	Spain	27		South Korea	24
	France	29			Spain	31

27 August 2004 11:30	Greece	29 - 24	South Korea	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Balomenos 8	(16-9)	Yoon 6
	6× 3× 1×		1× 3×

27 August 2004 09:30	Spain	27 - 29	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Romero, Ortega 5	(13-11)	Burdet, Girault 8
	3× 3×		4× 3×

28 August 2004 14:30	South Korea	24 - 31	Spain	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Gardinovacki, Maric (SCG)
	Yoon K 7	(11-12)	Colón 7
	2× 3×		2× 3×

28 August 2004 19:30	Greece	15 - 33	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Grammatikos 7	(7-17)	Fernandez 9
	6× 3×		3× 2×

9th place

24 August 2004 11:30	Brazil	25 – 29	Iceland	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Aly (EGY)
	Tupan, Souza 6	(11-13)	Sigurdsson 8
	5× 3× 1×		2× 4×

11th place

24 August 2004 09:30	Slovenia	30 - 24	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Brumen, Zvizej 6	(11-13)	Yosry 6
	7× 1× 1×		5× 1×

Rankings and statistics

Classification
	Croatia
	Germany
	Russia
4	Hungary
5	France
6	Greece
7	Spain
8	South Korea
9	Iceland
10	Brazil
11	Slovenia
12	Egypt

References

• 2004 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2.