1996 European Men's Handball Championship

The 1996 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (2nd tournament) was held in Spain from 24 May to 2 June 1996, in the cities of Ciudad Real and Seville. Russia won the tournament with Spain second and Yugoslavia third.

1996 EHF European Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	24 May – 2 June
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	FR Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches	34
Goals scored	1612 (47.41 per match)
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Teams

Group A	Group B
Croatia	Czech Republic
Hungary	Sweden
Slovenia	France
Germany	Romania
FR Yugoslavia	Spain
Russia	Denmark

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Ciudad Real	Pabellón Santa María	2.000
Seville	Palacio de Deportes San Pablo	7.000

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	5	4	1	0	125	98	+27	9
FR Yugoslavia	5	4	1	0	117	110	+7	9
Croatia	5	3	0	2	127	125	+2	6
Germany	5	1	1	3	110	111	−1	3
Hungary	5	1	1	3	117	130	−13	3
Slovenia	5	0	0	5	93	115	−22	0

Source:

24 May 1996 17:00	Croatia	30–27	Hungary	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(17–13)

24 May 1996 19:00	FR Yugoslavia	23–22	Germany	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(10–9)

24 May 1996 21:00	Russia	22–18	Slovenia	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(10–7)

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25 May 1996 15:00	Germany	21–26	Croatia	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(10–11)

25 May 1996 17:00	Slovenia	20–21	FR Yugoslavia	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(10–10)

25 May 1996 19:00	Hungary	21–33	Russia	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(10–16)

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26 May 1996 17:00	Hungary	24–24	Germany	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(11–12)

26 May 1996 19:00	Croatia	26–22	Slovenia	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(13–9)

26 May 1996 21:00	Russia	20–20	FR Yugoslavia	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(11–8)

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28 May 1996 17:00	FR Yugoslavia	27–24	Croatia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(14–11)

28 May 1996 19:00	Russia	22–18	Germany	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(11–9)

28 May 1996 21:00	Slovenia	17–21	Hungary	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(7–10)

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29 May 1996 17:00	FR Yugoslavia	26–24	Hungary	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(12–14)

29 May 1996 19:00	Germany	25–16	Slovenia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(10–5)

29 May 1996 21:00	Croatia	21–28	Russia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(11–13)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain (H)	5	4	0	1	124	116	+8	8
Sweden	5	4	0	1	124	106	+18	8
Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	129	125	+4	6
France	5	3	0	2	130	120	+10	6
Romania	5	1	0	4	117	134	−17	2
Denmark	5	0	0	5	108	131	−23	0

Source:
(H) Host.

24 May 1996 17:00	Czech Republic	32–25	Romania	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(17–13)

24 May 1996 19:00	Sweden	23–24	Spain	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(11–14)

24 May 1996 21:00	Denmark	22–25	France	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(11–12)

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25 May 1996 17:00	Spain	28–22	Denmark	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(12–8)

25 May 1996 19:00	France	29–31	Czech Republic	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(11–16)

25 May 1996 21:00	Romania	24–28	Sweden	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(14–14)

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26 May 1996 17:00	Czech Republic	21–25	Spain	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(10–11)

26 May 1996 19:00	Sweden	23–21	Denmark	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(12–8)

26 May 1996 21:00	Romania	20–27	France	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(11–13)

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28 May 1996 16:30	Denmark	22–28	Czech Republic	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(9–12)

28 May 1996 19:00	Spain	26–21	Romania	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(15–10)

28 May 1996 21:00	Sweden	26–20	France	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(13–12)

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29 May 1996 17:00	Denmark	21–27	Romania	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(10–15)

29 May 1996 19:00	France	29–21	Spain	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(16–13)

29 May 1996 21:00	Czech Republic	17–24	Sweden	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(7–13)

Placement games

Eleventh place game

31 May 1996 17:00	Slovenia	27–24	Denmark	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(12–11)

Ninth place game

31 May 1996 19:00	Hungary	27–28	Romania	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(13–12)

Seventh place game

31 May 1996 17:00	Germany	21–24	France	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(9–13)

Fifth place game

31 May 1996 21:00	Croatia	27–25	Czech Republic	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(14–7)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Russia	24
	Sweden	21
					Russia	23
					Spain	22
	Spain	27
	FR Yugoslavia	23
					Bronze-final
					Sweden	25
					FR Yugoslavia	26

Semifinals

31 May 1996 19:00	Spain	27–23	FR Yugoslavia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(12–7)

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31 May 1996 21:00	Russia	24–21	Sweden	Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
		(11–8)

Third place game

1 June 1996 11:30	Sweden	25–26	FR Yugoslavia	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(15–13)

Final

1 June 1996 13:30	Russia	23–22	Spain	Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
		(13–9)

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking  Russia  Spain  FR Yugoslavia 4  Sweden 5  Croatia 6  Czech Republic 7  France 8  Germany 9  Romania 10  Hungary 11  Slovenia 12  Denmark

1996 Men's European Champions Russia First Title Team Roster Andrey Lavrov, Pavel Sukosyan, Igor Lavrov, Stanislav Kulinchenko, Oleg Kuleshov, Denis Krivoshlykov, Lev Voronin, Valery Gopin, Vasily Kudinov, Dmitri Torgovanov, Vyacheslav Atavin, Oleg Grebnev, Oleg Kiselyov, Sergey Pogorelov, Dmitry Filippov. Head Coach: Vladimir Maksimov.

References

• eurohandball.com. "1996 Men's European Championship". Retrieved 24 January 2011.
• todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 1996". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.