2000 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2000 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (4th tournament) was held in Croatia from 21–30 January, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka. Sweden won the tournament with Russia second and Spain third.

2000 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Dates21–30 January
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (3rd title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Spain
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches38
Goals scored1867 (49.13 per match)
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Teams

Venues

Two Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2000 Championship:

Rijeka
Zagreb
Dvorana Mladosti
Capacity: 4,000		 Dom Športova
Capacity: 7,000

Preliminary round
     Team advanced to the Semifinals
     Team played Placement Matches

Group A (Zagreb)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  France 5 4 1 0 127 110 +17 9
2  Spain 5 4 0 1 128 120 +8 8
3  Croatia 5 3 1 1 122 114 +8 7
4  Norway 5 1 1 3 106 114 −8 3
5  Germany 5 0 2 3 110 119 −9 2
6  Ukraine 5 0 1 4 104 120 −16 1
Source:
21. January 2000
 Spain 27 – 22  Croatia
 Germany 24 – 24  Ukraine
 France 24 – 21  Norway
22. January 2000
 Croatia 21 – 20  Germany
 Norway 21 – 25  Spain
 Ukraine 22 – 24  France
23. January 2000
 Spain 27 – 24  Ukraine
 Germany 19 – 25  France
 Croatia 27 – 23  Norway
25. January 2000
 Germany 22 – 22  Norway
 France 28 – 22  Spain
 Ukraine 18 – 26  Croatia
27. January 2000
 Norway 19 – 16  Ukraine
 France 26 – 26  Croatia
 Spain 27 – 25  Germany

Group B (Rijeka)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 5 5 0 0 143 115 +28 10
2  Russia 5 4 0 1 128 120 +8 8
3  Slovenia 5 2 0 3 129 131 −2 4
4  Portugal 5 2 0 3 123 133 −10 4
5  Denmark 5 2 0 3 126 134 −8 4
6  Iceland 5 0 0 5 121 137 −16 0
Source:
21. January 2000
 Russia 27 – 26  Denmark
 Sweden 31 – 23  Iceland
 Portugal 28 – 27  Slovenia
22. January 2000
 Denmark 22 – 29  Sweden
 Slovenia 23 – 27  Russia
 Iceland 25 – 28  Portugal
23. January 2000
 Russia 25 – 23  Iceland
 Sweden 29 – 21  Portugal
 Denmark 24 – 28  Slovenia
25. January 2000
 Sweden 26 – 24  Slovenia
 Portugal 20 – 24  Russia
 Iceland 24 – 26  Denmark
27. January 2000
 Slovenia 27 – 26  Iceland
 Portugal 26 – 28  Denmark
 Russia 25 – 28  Sweden

Finals
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 29. January
 
 
  Russia 30
 
 30. January
 
  France 23
 
  Russia 31
 
 29. January
 
  Sweden 32
 
  Sweden 23
 
 
  Spain 21
 
Bronze-final
 
 
 30. January
 
 
  France 23
 
 
  Spain 24

Placement Matches
29 January
5/6 Croatia  24 - 25  Slovenia
7/8 Norway  27 - 30  Portugal
9/10 Germany  19 - 17  Denmark
11/12 Ukraine  25 - 26  Iceland

Ranking and Statistics

References
  • eurohandball.com. "2000 Men's European Championship". Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  • todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2000". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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