1998 European Men's Handball Championship

The 1998 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (3rd tournament) was held in Italy from 29 May to 7 June 1998, in the cities of Meran and Bolzano. Sweden won the tournament with Spain second and Germany third.

1998 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Dates29 May – 7 June
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Germany
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches34
Goals scored1638 (48.18 per match)
Next

Teams

Group A Group B
 France  Croatia
 FR Yugoslavia  Hungary
 Germany  Russia
 Lithuania  Spain
 Sweden  Czech Republic
 Italy  North Macedonia

Venues

City Stadium Capacity
BolzanoPalaonda7.200
MeranMeranarena4.000

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 5 4 0 1 130 111 +19 8
 Germany 5 4 0 1 125 102 +23 8
 FR Yugoslavia 5 3 0 2 125 121 +4 6
 France 5 1 1 3 110 125 15 3
 Lithuania 5 1 1 3 100 115 15 3
 Italy (H) 5 1 0 4 106 122 16 2
Source:
(H) Host.
29. May 1998
 France 20 – 20  Lithuania
 Germany 20 – 21  Sweden
 FR Yugoslavia 26 – 19  Italy
30. May 1998
 Sweden 25 – 22  France
 Lithuania 22 – 30  FR Yugoslavia
 Italy 18 – 26  Germany
1. June 1998
 Lithuania 21 – 27  Sweden
 FR Yugoslavia 22 – 29  Germany
 France 23 – 22  Italy
3. June 1998
 FR Yugoslavia 19 – 29  Sweden
 Germany 30 – 23  France
 Italy 18 – 19  Lithuania
4. June 1998
 France 22 – 28  FR Yugoslavia
 Sweden 28 – 29  Italy
 Germany 20 – 18  Lithuania

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 5 4 1 0 135 103 +32 9
 Russia 5 3 1 1 127 110 +17 7
 Hungary 5 3 0 2 121 122 1 6
 Croatia 5 2 1 2 117 120 3 5
 Czech Republic 5 1 0 4 130 132 2 2
 North Macedonia 5 0 1 4 104 147 43 1
Source:
29. May 1998
 Hungary 29 – 20  North Macedonia
 Russia 22 – 21  Czech Republic
 Croatia 18 – 18  Spain
31. May 1998
 Czech Republic 24 – 30  Croatia
 North Macedonia 26 – 26  Russia
 Spain 27 – 17  Hungary
1. June 1998
 Croatia 28 – 21  North Macedonia
 Hungary 20 – 23  Russia
 Spain 35 – 22  Czech Republic
3. June 1998
 Hungary 27 – 25  Czech Republic
 North Macedonia 19 – 26  Spain
 Russia 29 – 14  Croatia
4. June 1998
 Russia 27 – 29  Spain
 Croatia 27 – 28  Hungary
 Czech Republic 38 – 18  North Macedonia

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Spain 29
 
 
 
 Germany 22
 
 Spain 23
 
 
 
 Sweden 25
 
 Sweden 27
 
 
 Russia 24
 
Bronze-final
 
 
 
 
 
 Russia 28
 
 
 Germany (ET) 30

Final ranking

 Sweden
 Spain
 Germany
4 Russia
5 FR Yugoslavia
6 Hungary
7 France
8 Croatia
9 Lithuania
10 Czech Republic
11 Italy
12 Macedonia

References

  • eurohandball.com. "1998 Men's European Championship". Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  • todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 1998". Archived from the original on 18 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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