1994 European Men's Handball Championship

1994 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	3–12 June
Teams	12 (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
Matches	34
Goals scored	1537 (45.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vasily Kudinov (RUS) (50 goals)
Best player	Magnus Andersson (SWE)
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The 1994 European Men's Handball Championship was the inaugural edition of the tournament, held in Portugal from 3 to 12 June 1994, in the cities of Porto and Almada. Sweden won the tournament with Russia second and Croatia third.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Croatia	Denmark
Belarus	Hungary
Romania	Portugal
Russia	Sweden
France	Spain
Germany	Slovenia

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Almada	Complexo Desportivo de Almada	4.000
Porto	Pavilhão Rosa Mota	5.400

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

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 15:30	Germany	23–24	Belarus	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(12–10)

3 June 1994 17:30	Russia	27–20	Romania	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(16–9)

3 June 1994 19:30	France	27–25	Croatia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(11–11)

4 June 1994 15:30	Croatia	24–22	Germany	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(14–11)

4 June 1994 17:30	Belarus	23–31	Russia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(11–18)

4 June 1994 19:30	Romania	27–26	France	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(16–11)

5 June 1994 15:30	France	21–21	Germany	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(10–11)

5 June 1994 17:30	Russia	21–18	Croatia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(13–8)

5 June 1994 19:30	Romania	24–33	Belarus	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(9–14)

7 June 1994 15:30	Germany	16–25	Russia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(9–12)

7 June 1994 17:30	France	32–29	Belarus	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(16–15)

7 June 1994 19:30	Croatia	24–23	Romania	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(12–11)

8 June 1994 15:30	Germany	25–19	Romania	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(11–10)

8 June 1994 17:30	Belarus	21–29	Croatia	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(12–12)

8 June 1994 19:30	Russia	18–17	France	Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada
		(11–9)

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 (H)	5	0	0	5	96	116	−20	0

Source:
(H) Host.

3 June 1994 15:30	Sweden	22–17	Slovenia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(10–10)

3 June 1994 17:30	Spain	25–20	Hungary	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(11–10)

3 June 1994 19:30	Denmark	24–17	Portugal	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(11–5)

4 June 1994 15:30	Slovenia	19–19	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(8–10)

4 June 1994 17:30	Hungary	18–22	Sweden	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(7–13)

4 June 1994 19:30	Portugal	18–24	Spain	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(8–13)

5 June 1994 15:30	Hungary	19–18	Portugal	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(7–8)

5 June 1994 17:30	Sweden	22–16	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(7–6)

5 June 1994 19:30	Spain	24–16	Slovenia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(13–8)

7 June 1994 15:30	Slovenia	19–24	Hungary	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(9–11)

7 June 1994 17:30	Sweden	26–21	Portugal	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(12–9)

7 June 1994 19:30	Denmark	25–22	Spain	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(10–7)

8 June 1994 15:30	Denmark	23–19	Hungary	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(10–8)

8 June 1994 17:30	Portugal	22–23	Slovenia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(10–8)

8 June 1994 19:30	Spain	19–22	Sweden	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(8–10)

Placement games

Eleventh place game

10 June 1994	Romania	38–21	Portugal	Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada
		(18–11)

Ninth place game

10 June 1994	Germany	28–18	Slovenia	Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada
		(15–10)

Seventh place game

10 June 1994	Belarus	24–28	Hungary	Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada
		(14–16)

Fifth place game

10 June 1994	France	25–28	Spain	Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada
		(15–12)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final



Russia	29

Denmark	20
		Russia	21

		Sweden	34
Sweden	24

Croatia	21
		Third place



		Denmark	23

		Croatia	24

Semifinals

11 June 1994	Russia	29–20	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(14–8)

11 June 1994	Sweden	24–21	Croatia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(13–7)

Third place game

12 June 1994	Denmark	23–24	Croatia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(13–12)

Final

12 June 1994	Russia	21–34	Sweden	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
		(9–18)

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

	Sweden
	Russia
	Croatia
4	Denmark
5	Spain
6	France
7	Hungary
8	Belarus
9	Germany
10	Slovenia
11	Romania
12	Portugal

Top player awards

Most Valuable Player: Magnus Andersson (SWE)
Top Scorer : Vasily Kudinov (RUS), 50 goals

All Star Team

Goalkeeper: Tomas Svensson (SWE)
Left Wing: Erik Hajas (SWE)
Left Back: Vasily Kudinov (RUS)
Centre Back: Magnus Andersson (SWE)
Pivot: Dmitri Torgovanov (RUS)
Right Back: Jan Jorgensen (DEN)
Right Wing: Pierre Thorsson (SWE)

Source: "All Star Team announced". ehf-euro.com. 12 June 1994. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013..

References

eurohandball.com. "1994 Men's European Championship". Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 1994". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

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