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2020 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January 2020.[1]

2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Austria
 Norway
 Sweden
Dates9–26 January
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)(in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up Croatia
Third place Norway
Fourth place Slovenia
Tournament statistics
Matches65
Goals scored3,532 (54 per match)
Attendance492,628 (7,579 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sander Sagosen
(65 goals)
Best player Domagoj Duvnjak
Next

Spain won their second consecutive title by defeating Croatia 22–20 in the final.[2][3]

Venues

  Stockholm, Sweden   Malmö, Sweden   Gothenburg, Sweden
Tele2 Arena
Capacity: 19,000
Malmö Arena
Capacity: 13,000
Scandinavium
Capacity: 12,000
     
  Vienna, Austria   Graz, Austria   Trondheim, Norway
Wiener Stadthalle
Capacity: 12,000
Graz Messe Arena
Capacity: 6,000
Trondheim Spektrum
Capacity: 8,600
     

Qualification

Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
  Austria Co-host 20 September 2014 3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
  Norway Co-host 20 September 2014 8 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Sweden Co-host 20 September 2014 12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Spain Defending champion 26 January 2018 13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Germany Group 1 winner 13 April 2019 12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018)
  Slovenia Group 4 winner 14 April 2019 11 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018)
  Croatia Group 2 winner 14 April 2019 13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  North Macedonia Group 3 winner 12 June 2019 5 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Denmark Group 8 winner 12 June 2019 12 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Hungary Group 7 winner 12 June 2019 11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Latvia Group 4 runner-up 12 June 2019 0 (debut)
  Portugal Group 6 runner-up 13 June 2019 5 (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
  France Group 6 winner 13 June 2019 13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Russia Group 7 runner-up 13 June 2019 12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Czech Republic Group 5 winner 13 June 2019 9 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
  Belarus Group 5 runner-up 13 June 2019 5 (1994, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Poland Group 1 runner-up 16 June 2019 8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
  Switzerland Group 2 runner-up 16 June 2019 3 (2002, 2004, 2006)
  Iceland Group 3 runner-up 16 June 2019 10 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Montenegro Group 8 runner-up 16 June 2019 4 (2008, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Group 5 third place 16 June 2019 0 (debut)
  Serbia Group 2 third place 16 June 2019 5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Netherlands Group 4 third place 16 June 2019 0 (debut)
  Ukraine Group 8 third place 16 June 2019 5 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held at the Erste Bank Campus in Vienna on 28 June 2019.[4][5]

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 17 June 2019.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Match officials

On 21 August 2019, 23 couples were announced.[7] On 27 December 2019, EHF replaced the Serbian referee pair Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković with the Latvian referee pair Zigmārs Sondors and Renārs Līcis, due to an injury and late recovery of Nikolić in late October.[8]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 3 3 0 0 82 65 +17 6 Main round
2   Belarus 3 2 0 1 94 88 +6 4
3   Montenegro 3 1 0 2 70 84 −14 2
4   Serbia 3 0 0 3 72 81 −9 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
9 January 2020
18:15
Belarus   35–30   Serbia Stadthalle Graz, Graz
Attendance: 3,806
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Karalek 9 (16–15) Radivojević 6
  9×  Report   3× 
9 January 2020
20:30
Croatia   27–21   Montenegro Stadthalle Graz, Graz
Attendance: 5,630
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Cindrić 6 (12–13) Grbović 6
  2×  Report   7× 

11 January 2020
16:00
Croatia   31–23   Belarus Stadthalle Graz, Graz
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Karačić 6 (15–10) Vailupau 8
 4×  Report   5× 
11 January 2020
18:15
Montenegro   22–21   Serbia Stadthalle Graz, Graz
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
Grbović 5 (11–10) Kukić 6
  7×  Report   4× 

13 January 2020
18:15
Montenegro   27–36   Belarus Stadthalle Graz, Graz
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Lipovina 5 (11–17) Vailupau 7
  2×  Report   3× 
13 January 2020
20:30
Serbia   21–24   Croatia Stadthalle Graz, Graz
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Kukić, Radivojević 4 (10–8) Duvnjak, Stepančić 5
 4×  1×  Report   5× 

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Austria (H) 3 3 0 0 98 87 +11 6 Main round
2   Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 79 76 +3 4
3   North Macedonia 3 1 0 2 79 84 −5 2
4   Ukraine 3 0 0 3 74 83 −9 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
10 January 2020
18:15
Czech Republic   29–32   Austria Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7,070
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Hrstka 6 (14–13) Bilyk 12
 3×  Report   5× 
10 January 2020
20:30
North Macedonia   26–25   Ukraine Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7,070
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Lazarov 8 (13–10) Ostroushko 5
  3×  Report   7× 

12 January 2020
16:00
Czech Republic   27–25   North Macedonia Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6,642
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Kašpárek 7 (9–11) Lazarov 11
  6×  Report   3× 
12 January 2020
18:15
Austria   34–30   Ukraine Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7,078
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Bilyk 10 (18–17) Kozakevych 7
  3×  Report  4× 

14 January 2020
18:15
Austria   32–28   North Macedonia Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7,623
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Weber 7 (18–12) Stoilov 5
  4×  Report   3× 
14 January 2020
20:30
Ukraine   19–23   Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 4,097
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Kozakevych 4 (10–9) Babák 6
  5×  Report   3× 

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 0 102 73 +29 6 Main round
2   Germany 3 2 0 1 88 83 +5 4
3   Netherlands 3 1 0 2 80 94 −14 2
4   Latvia 3 0 0 3 73 93 −20 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
9 January 2020
18:15
Germany   34–23   Netherlands Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 4,057
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Häfner, Kohlbacher 5 (15–13) Smits 7
  5×  1×  Report   4× 
9 January 2020
20:30
Spain   33–22   Latvia Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 4,524
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
Fernández Pérez 5 (14–11) Krištopāns 7
  2×  Report   5× 

11 January 2020
16:00
Latvia   24–32   Netherlands Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 5,942
Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
Krištopāns 7 (10–16) Smits 7
  3×  Report   5×  1× 
11 January 2020
18:15
Spain   33–26   Germany Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 6,558
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
A. Dujshebaev 7 (14–11) Pekeler 5
  4×  Report   4× 

13 January 2020
18:15
Latvia   27–28   Germany Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 3,540
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Krištopāns 7 (11–16) Kühn 8
  6×  Report   6× 
13 January 2020
20:30
Netherlands   25–36   Spain Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 3,809
Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Smits 8 (13–17) Maqueda 6
  8×  Report   2× 

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway (H) 3 3 0 0 94 80 +14 6 Main round
2   Portugal 3 2 0 1 83 83 0 4
3   France 3 1 0 2 82 79 +3 2
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 3 73 90 −17 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
10 January 2020
18:15
France   25–28   Portugal Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 7,507
Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
Mem 5 (11–12) Branquinho 5
  3×  Report   4× 
10 January 2020
20:30
Norway   32–26   Bosnia and Herzegovina Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 8,232
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Sagosen 12 (17–12) Prce 7
  4×  Report   6× 

12 January 2020
16:00
Portugal   27–24   Bosnia and Herzegovina Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 7,936
Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Portela 10 (12–11) Prce 5
  3×  Report   4× 
12 January 2020
18:15
France   26–28   Norway Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 8,932
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Fabregas 8 (15–14) Sagosen 10
  5×  Report   2× 

14 January 2020
18:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina   23–31   France Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 7,937
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Panić 9 (13–14) Porte 7
  Report   2× 
14 January 2020
20:30
Portugal   28–34   Norway Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 9,069
Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
Areia 5 (14–16) Jøndal 7
  6×  Report   5× 

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 3 2 1 0 74 67 +7 5 Main round
2   Iceland 3 2 0 1 83 77 +6 4
3   Denmark 3 1 1 1 85 83 +2 3
4   Russia 3 0 0 3 76 91 −15 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
11 January 2020
16:00
Hungary   26–25   Russia Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 9,202
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Balogh 7 (14–13) Santalov 5
  3×  Report  
11 January 2020
18:15
Denmark   30–31   Iceland Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 10,593
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
M. Hansen 9 (15–15) Pálmarsson 10
  3×  1×  Report   4×  1× 

13 January 2020
18:15
Iceland   34–23   Russia Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 7,099
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
three players 6 (18–11) Kalarash 6
  4×  Report   4× 
13 January 2020
20:30
Denmark   24–24   Hungary Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 8,377
Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
Bramming 6 (11–13) Balogh 7
  2×  Report   4× 

15 January 2020
18:15
Iceland   18–24   Hungary Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 7,587
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Pálmarsson, Sigurðsson 4 (12–9) Bánhidi 8
  4×  Report   4× 
15 January 2020
20:30
Russia   28–31   Denmark Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 8,978
Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
Soroka 6 (15–12) M. Hansen 7
  3×  Report   2× 

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovenia 3 3 0 0 76 67 +9 6 Main round
2   Sweden (H) 3 2 0 1 81 68 +13 4
3   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 77 87 −10 2
4   Poland 3 0 0 3 73 85 −12 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
10 January 2020
18:15
Slovenia   26–23   Poland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 7,276
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Blagotinšek, Mačkovšek 5 (13–11) Moryto 8
  5×  Report  5× 
10 January 2020
20:30
Sweden   34–21   Switzerland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,644
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
three players 6 (20–13) Schmid 4
 4×  Report  1× 

12 January 2020
16:00
Switzerland   31–24   Poland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 8,061
Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
Schmid 15 (14–12) Sićko 5
  5×  Report   4× 
12 January 2020
18:15
Sweden   19–21   Slovenia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,896
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Gottfridsson 5 (9–10) Dolenec 7
  5×  Report   3× 

14 January 2020
18:15
Switzerland   25–29   Slovenia Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 6,731
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Schmid 8 (10–16) Zarabec 6
  3×  Report   2× 
14 January 2020
20:30
Poland   26–28   Sweden Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,061
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Sićko 8 (13–14) four players 5
  3×  Report   3× 

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advance were transferred to the main round.

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 5 4 1 0 153 127 +26 9[a] Semi-finals
2   Croatia 5 4 1 0 127 113 +14 9[a]
3   Germany 5 3 0 2 141 125 +16 6 Fifth place game
4   Austria (H) 5 1 1 3 139 156 −17 3[b]
5   Belarus 5 1 1 3 138 160 −22 3[b]
6   Czech Republic 5 0 0 5 122 139 −17 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Croatia 22–22 Spain
  2. ^ a b Belarus 36–36 Austria
16 January 2020
16:00
Spain   31–25   Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 3,986
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
A. Dujshebaev, Fernández Pérez 5 (14–9) Zdráhala 8
  4×  Report   6× 
16 January 2020
18:15
Croatia   27–23   Austria Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 8,217
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Horvat 6 (13–8) Weber 6
  1×  Report   5× 
16 January 2020
20:30
Belarus   23–31   Germany Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 5,267
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Kulesh 6 (11–18) Kastening 6
  4×  Report   5× 

18 January 2020
16:00
Belarus   28–25   Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6,007
Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Vailupau 6 (13–11) Zdráhala 7
  5×  Report   6× 
18 January 2020
18:15
Spain   30–26   Austria Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 9,232
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Maqueda 6 (17–16) Božović 5
 3×  Report   2×  1× 
18 January 2020
20:30
Croatia   25–24   Germany Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 9,307
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Karačić 7 (11–14) four players 4
  4×  Report   8× 

20 January 2020
16:00
Croatia   22–21   Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6,862
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Mamić 5 (11–9) Zdráhala 7
  4×  Report   3× 
20 January 2020
18:15
Belarus   28–37   Spain Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6,149
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Vailupau 8 (16–17) Fernández Pérez, Solé 7
  5×  1×  Report   3× 
20 January 2020
20:30
Austria   22–34   Germany Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 9,037
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Bilyk 5 (13–16) Kastening 6
  4×  Report   2× 

22 January 2020
16:00
Croatia   22–22   Spain Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 7,891
Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Karačić 10 (11–12) A. Dujshebaev 6
  4×  Report  5× 
22 January 2020
18:15
Belarus   36–36   Austria Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6,897
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Vailupau 12 (19–17) Bilyk 7
  3×  Report   4× 
22 January 2020
20:30
Czech Republic   22–26   Germany Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Babák 5 (10–13) Weber 5
 8×  Report   6×  1× 

Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 5 5 0 0 157 135 +22 10 Semi-finals
2   Slovenia 5 3 0 2 138 132 +6 6
3   Portugal 5 2 0 3 146 142 +4 4[a] Fifth place game
4   Sweden (H) 5 2 0 3 120 122 −2 4[a]
5   Hungary 5 2 0 3 126 140 −14 4[a]
6   Iceland 5 1 0 4 126 142 −16 2
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Portugal 4 Pts, +18 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, −4 GD; Hungary 0 Pts, −14 GD
17 January 2020
16:00
Slovenia   30–27   Iceland Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 6,026
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Bombač 9 (15–14) Elísson 6
  4×  Report   4× 
17 January 2020
18:15
Norway   36–29   Hungary Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 8,078
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Sagosen 7 (20–12) Ligetvári, Nagy 5
  4×  Report   4×  1× 
17 January 2020
20:30
Portugal   35–25   Sweden Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 10,135
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
three players 6 (15–12) Nilsson, Pettersson 4
  5×  Report   2× 

19 January 2020
14:00
Portugal   25–28   Iceland Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 6,199
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Areia, Martins 4 (12–14) Smárason 8
  4×  Report   4× 
19 January 2020
16:15
Slovenia   28–29   Hungary Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 8,304
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Dolenec 8 (16–13) Bánhidi 9
  5×  Report   5× 
19 January 2020
18:30
Norway   23–20   Sweden Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 10,141
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Sagosen 8 (12–8) Pellas 5
  5×  Report   1× 

21 January 2020
16:00
Portugal   24–29   Slovenia Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 3,001
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Gomes 6 (15–14) Janc 7
  5×  Report   4× 
21 January 2020
18:15
Norway   31–28   Iceland Malmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 4,725
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Sagosen 9 (19–12) Guðmundsson 6
  6×  Report   4× 
21 January 2020
20:30
Hungary   18–24   Sweden Malmö Arena,
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The 2020 EHF European Men s Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams It was co hosted for the first time in three countries Austria Norway and Sweden from 9 to 26 January 2020 1 2020 EHF European Men s Handball ChampionshipTournament detailsHost countries Austria Norway SwedenDates9 26 JanuaryTeams24 from 1 confederation Venue s 6 in 6 host cities Final positionsChampions Spain 2nd title Runner up CroatiaThird place NorwayFourth place SloveniaTournament statisticsMatches65Goals scored3 532 54 per match Attendance492 628 7 579 per match Top scorer s Sander Sagosen 65 goals Best playerDomagoj Duvnjak PreviousNext Spain won their second consecutive title by defeating Croatia 22 20 in the final 2 3 Contents 1 Venues 2 Qualification 2 1 Qualified teams 3 Draw 3 1 Seeding 4 Squads 5 Match officials 6 Preliminary round 6 1 Group A 6 2 Group B 6 3 Group C 6 4 Group D 6 5 Group E 6 6 Group F 7 Main round 7 1 Group I 7 2 Group II 8 Knockout stage 8 1 Bracket 8 2 Semi finals 8 3 Fifth place game 8 4 Third place game 8 5 Final 9 Ranking and statistics 9 1 Final ranking 9 2 All Star Team 9 3 Awards 9 4 Statistics 9 4 1 Top goalscorers 9 4 2 Top goalkeepers 10 References 11 External linksVenues Edit Stockholm Sweden Malmo Sweden Gothenburg SwedenTele2 ArenaCapacity 19 000 Malmo ArenaCapacity 13 000 ScandinaviumCapacity 12 000 Stockholm Malmo Gothenburg Vienna Graz Trondheim Vienna Austria Graz Austria Trondheim NorwayWiener StadthalleCapacity 12 000 Graz Messe ArenaCapacity 6 000 Trondheim SpektrumCapacity 8 600 Qualification EditMain article 2020 European Men s Handball Championship qualification Qualified teams Edit Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament Austria Co host 20 September 2014 3 2010 2014 2018 Norway Co host 20 September 2014 8 2000 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Sweden Co host 20 September 2014 12 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Spain Defending champion 26 January 2018 13 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Germany Group 1 winner 13 April 2019 12 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2016 2018 Slovenia Group 4 winner 14 April 2019 11 1994 1996 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2016 2018 Croatia Group 2 winner 14 April 2019 13 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 North Macedonia Group 3 winner 12 June 2019 5 1998 2012 2014 2016 2018 Denmark Group 8 winner 12 June 2019 12 1994 1996 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Hungary Group 7 winner 12 June 2019 11 1994 1996 1998 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Latvia Group 4 runner up 12 June 2019 0 debut Portugal Group 6 runner up 13 June 2019 5 1994 2000 2002 2004 2006 France Group 6 winner 13 June 2019 13 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Russia Group 7 runner up 13 June 2019 12 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Czech Republic Group 5 winner 13 June 2019 9 1996 1998 2002 2004 2008 2010 2012 2014 2018 Belarus Group 5 runner up 13 June 2019 5 1994 2008 2014 2016 2018 Poland Group 1 runner up 16 June 2019 8 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Switzerland Group 2 runner up 16 June 2019 3 2002 2004 2006 Iceland Group 3 runner up 16 June 2019 10 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Montenegro Group 8 runner up 16 June 2019 4 2008 2014 2016 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina Group 5 third place 16 June 2019 0 debut Serbia Group 2 third place 16 June 2019 5 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 Netherlands Group 4 third place 16 June 2019 0 debut Ukraine Group 8 third place 16 June 2019 5 2000 2002 2004 2006 2010 Note Bold indicates champion for that year Italic indicates host for that year Draw EditThe draw was held at the Erste Bank Campus in Vienna on 28 June 2019 4 5 Seeding Edit The seedings were announced on 17 June 2019 6 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Spain Sweden assigned to F1 France Denmark assigned to E1 Croatia assigned to A1 Czech Republic Norway assigned to D2 Slovenia Germany assigned to C2 North Macedonia Hungary Belarus Austria assigned to B3 Iceland Montenegro Portugal Switzerland Latvia Poland Russia Serbia Ukraine Bosnia and Herzegovina NetherlandsSquads EditMain article 2020 European Men s Handball Championship squadsMatch officials EditOn 21 August 2019 23 couples were announced 7 On 27 December 2019 EHF replaced the Serbian referee pair Nenad Nikolic and Dusan Stojkovic with the Latvian referee pair Zigmars Sondors and Renars Licis due to an injury and late recovery of Nikolic in late October 8 Preliminary roundCountry Referees Austria Radojko BrkicAndrej Jusufhodzic Croatia Dalibor JurinovicMarko Mrvica Denmark Jesper MadsenHenrik Mortensen France Charlotte BonaventuraJulie Bonaventura Germany Robert SchulzeTobias Tonnies Iceland Jonas EliassonAnton Palsson Norway Lars JorumHavard Kleven Latvia Zigmars SondorsRenars Licis Slovakia Michal BaduraJaroslav Ondogrecula Slovenia Bojan LahDavid Sok Spain Andreu MarinIgnacio Garcia Preliminary and main roundCountry Referees Czech Republic Vaclav HoracekJiri Novotny Lithuania Vaidas MazeikaMindaugas Gatelis Montenegro Ivan PavicevicMilos Raznatovic North Macedonia Gjorgi NachevskiSlave Nikolov Portugal Duarte SantosRicardo Fonseca Sweden Mirza KurtagicMattias Wetterwik Switzerland Arthur BrunnerMorad Salah Main roundCountry Referees Croatia Matija GubicaBoris Milosevic Denmark Martin GjedingMads Hansen France Stevann PichonLaurent Reveret Germany Lars GeipelMarcus Helbig Spain oscar RaluyAngel SabrosoPreliminary round EditAll times are local UTC 1 Group A Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Croatia 3 3 0 0 82 65 17 6 Main round2 Belarus 3 2 0 1 94 88 6 43 Montenegro 3 1 0 2 70 84 14 24 Serbia 3 0 0 3 72 81 9 0Source EHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference 9 January 2020 18 15 Belarus 35 30 Serbia Stadthalle Graz Graz Attendance 3 806 Referees Santos Fonseca POR Karalek 9 16 15 Radivojevic 61 9 Report 2 3 9 January 2020 20 30 Croatia 27 21 Montenegro Stadthalle Graz Graz Attendance 5 630 Referees Brunner Salah SUI Cindric 6 12 13 Grbovic 62 2 Report 3 7 11 January 2020 16 00 Croatia 31 23 Belarus Stadthalle Graz Graz Attendance 6 000 Referees Bonaventura Bonaventura FRA Karacic 6 15 10 Vailupau 8 4 Report 1 5 11 January 2020 18 15 Montenegro 22 21 Serbia Stadthalle Graz Graz Attendance 5 500 Referees Madsen Mortensen DEN Grbovic 5 11 10 Kukic 62 7 Report 1 4 13 January 2020 18 15 Montenegro 27 36 Belarus Stadthalle Graz Graz Attendance 5 000 Referees Jorum Kleven NOR Lipovina 5 11 17 Vailupau 71 2 Report 1 3 13 January 2020 20 30 Serbia 21 24 Croatia Stadthalle Graz Graz Attendance 6 500 Referees Kurtagic Wetterwik SWE Kukic Radivojevic 4 10 8 Duvnjak Stepancic 5 4 1 Report 2 5 Group B Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Austria H 3 3 0 0 98 87 11 6 Main round2 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 79 76 3 43 North Macedonia 3 1 0 2 79 84 5 24 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 74 83 9 0Source EHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference H Host 10 January 2020 18 15 Czech Republic 29 32 Austria Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 7 070 Referees Eliasson Palsson ISL Hrstka 6 14 13 Bilyk 12 3 Report 1 5 10 January 2020 20 30 North Macedonia 26 25 Ukraine Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 7 070 Referees Jorum Kleven NOR Lazarov 8 13 10 Ostroushko 51 3 Report 1 7 12 January 2020 16 00 Czech Republic 27 25 North Macedonia Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 6 642 Referees Kurtagic Wetterwik SWE Kasparek 7 9 11 Lazarov 111 6 Report 1 3 12 January 2020 18 15 Austria 34 30 Ukraine Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 7 078 Referees Bonaventura Bonaventura FRA Bilyk 10 18 17 Kozakevych 71 3 Report 4 14 January 2020 18 15 Austria 32 28 North Macedonia Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 7 623 Referees Lah Sok SLO Weber 7 18 12 Stoilov 52 4 Report 3 3 14 January 2020 20 30 Ukraine 19 23 Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 4 097 Referees Santos Fonseca POR Kozakevych 4 10 9 Babak 61 5 Report 1 3 Group C Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Spain 3 3 0 0 102 73 29 6 Main round2 Germany 3 2 0 1 88 83 5 43 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 80 94 14 24 Latvia 3 0 0 3 73 93 20 0Source EHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference 9 January 2020 18 15 Germany 34 23 Netherlands Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 4 057 Referees Lah Sok SLO Hafner Kohlbacher 5 15 13 Smits 72 5 1 Report 2 4 9 January 2020 20 30 Spain 33 22 Latvia Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 4 524 Referees Madsen Mortensen DEN Fernandez Perez 5 14 11 Kristopans 71 2 Report 1 5 11 January 2020 16 00 Latvia 24 32 Netherlands Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 5 942 Referees Badura Ondogrecula SVK Kristopans 7 10 16 Smits 71 3 Report 1 5 1 11 January 2020 18 15 Spain 33 26 Germany Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 6 558 Referees Brunner Salah SUI A Dujshebaev 7 14 11 Pekeler 52 4 Report 2 4 13 January 2020 18 15 Latvia 27 28 Germany Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 3 540 Referees Eliasson Palsson ISL Kristopans 7 11 16 Kuhn 81 6 Report 2 6 13 January 2020 20 30 Netherlands 25 36 Spain Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 3 809 Referees Mazeika Gatelis LTU Smits 8 13 17 Maqueda 62 8 Report 2 2 Group D Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Norway H 3 3 0 0 94 80 14 6 Main round2 Portugal 3 2 0 1 83 83 0 43 France 3 1 0 2 82 79 3 24 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 3 73 90 17 0Source EHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference H Host 10 January 2020 18 15 France 25 28 Portugal Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 7 507 Referees Sondors Licis LAT Mem 5 11 12 Branquinho 52 3 Report 1 4 10 January 2020 20 30 Norway 32 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 8 232 Referees Schulze Tonnies GER Sagosen 12 17 12 Prce 71 4 Report 1 6 12 January 2020 16 00 Portugal 27 24 Bosnia and Herzegovina Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 7 936 Referees Mazeika Gatelis LTU Portela 10 12 11 Prce 51 3 Report 2 4 12 January 2020 18 15 France 26 28 Norway Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 8 932 Referees Horacek Novotny CZE Fabregas 8 15 14 Sagosen 101 5 Report 3 2 14 January 2020 18 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 31 France Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 7 937 Referees Jurinovic Mrvica CRO Panic 9 13 14 Porte 74 Report 2 2 14 January 2020 20 30 Portugal 28 34 Norway Trondheim Spektrum Trondheim Attendance 9 069 Referees Badura Ondogrecula SVK Areia 5 14 16 Jondal 72 6 Report 3 5 Group E Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Hungary 3 2 1 0 74 67 7 5 Main round2 Iceland 3 2 0 1 83 77 6 43 Denmark 3 1 1 1 85 83 2 34 Russia 3 0 0 3 76 91 15 0Source EHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference 11 January 2020 16 00 Hungary 26 25 Russia Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 9 202 Referees Jurinovic Mrvica CRO Balogh 7 14 13 Santalov 52 3 Report 2 11 January 2020 18 15 Denmark 30 31 Iceland Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 10 593 Referees Pavicevic Raznatovic MNE M Hansen 9 15 15 Palmarsson 101 3 1 Report 2 4 1 13 January 2020 18 15 Iceland 34 23 Russia Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 7 099 Referees Nachevski Nikolov MKD three players 6 18 11 Kalarash 62 4 Report 3 4 13 January 2020 20 30 Denmark 24 24 Hungary Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 8 377 Referees Sondors Licis LAT Bramming 6 11 13 Balogh 73 2 Report 3 4 15 January 2020 18 15 Iceland 18 24 Hungary Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 7 587 Referees Marin Garcia ESP Palmarsson Sigurdsson 4 12 9 Banhidi 81 4 Report 2 4 15 January 2020 20 30 Russia 28 31 Denmark Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 8 978 Referees Brkic Jusufhodzic AUT Soroka 6 15 12 M Hansen 73 3 Report 1 2 Group F Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Slovenia 3 3 0 0 76 67 9 6 Main round2 Sweden H 3 2 0 1 81 68 13 43 Switzerland 3 1 0 2 77 87 10 24 Poland 3 0 0 3 73 85 12 0Source EHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference H Host 10 January 2020 18 15 Slovenia 26 23 Poland Scandinavium Gothenburg Attendance 7 276 Referees Horacek Novotny CZE Blagotinsek Mackovsek 5 13 11 Moryto 81 5 Report 5 10 January 2020 20 30 Sweden 34 21 Switzerland Scandinavium Gothenburg Attendance 11 644 Referees Marin Garcia ESP three players 6 20 13 Schmid 4 4 Report 1 12 January 2020 16 00 Switzerland 31 24 Poland Scandinavium Gothenburg Attendance 8 061 Referees Brkic Jusufhodzic AUT Schmid 15 14 12 Sicko 52 5 Report 2 4 12 January 2020 18 15 Sweden 19 21 Slovenia Scandinavium Gothenburg Attendance 11 896 Referees Schulze Tonnies GER Gottfridsson 5 9 10 Dolenec 71 5 Report 2 3 14 January 2020 18 15 Switzerland 25 29 Slovenia Scandinavium Gothenburg Attendance 6 731 Referees Pavicevic Raznatovic MNE Schmid 8 10 16 Zarabec 62 3 Report 2 2 14 January 2020 20 30 Poland 26 28 Sweden Scandinavium Gothenburg Attendance 11 061 Referees Nachevski Nikolov MKD Sicko 8 13 14 four players 52 3 Report 2 3 Main round EditPoints and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advance were transferred to the main round Group I Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Spain 5 4 1 0 153 127 26 9 a Semi finals2 Croatia 5 4 1 0 127 113 14 9 a 3 Germany 5 3 0 2 141 125 16 6 Fifth place game4 Austria H 5 1 1 3 139 156 17 3 b 5 Belarus 5 1 1 3 138 160 22 3 b 6 Czech Republic 5 0 0 5 122 139 17 0Source EHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference H HostNotes a b Croatia 22 22 Spain a b Belarus 36 36 Austria 16 January 2020 16 00 Spain 31 25 Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 3 986 Referees Brunner Salah SUI A Dujshebaev Fernandez Perez 5 14 9 Zdrahala 81 4 Report 2 6 16 January 2020 18 15 Croatia 27 23 Austria Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 8 217 Referees Pichon Reveret FRA Horvat 6 13 8 Weber 61 1 Report 1 5 16 January 2020 20 30 Belarus 23 31 Germany Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 5 267 Referees Kurtagic Wetterwik SWE Kulesh 6 11 18 Kastening 61 4 Report 1 5 18 January 2020 16 00 Belarus 28 25 Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 6 007 Referees Mazeika Gatelis LTU Vailupau 6 13 11 Zdrahala 72 5 Report 1 6 18 January 2020 18 15 Spain 30 26 Austria Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 9 232 Referees Gjeding Hansen DEN Maqueda 6 17 16 Bozovic 5 3 Report 1 2 1 18 January 2020 20 30 Croatia 25 24 Germany Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 9 307 Referees Santos Fonseca POR Karacic 7 11 14 four players 42 4 Report 2 8 20 January 2020 16 00 Croatia 22 21 Czech Republic Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 6 862 Referees Kurtagic Wetterwik SWE Mamic 5 11 9 Zdrahala 71 4 Report 1 3 20 January 2020 18 15 Belarus 28 37 Spain Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 6 149 Referees Santos Fonseca POR Vailupau 8 16 17 Fernandez Perez Sole 71 5 1 Report 1 3 20 January 2020 20 30 Austria 22 34 Germany Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 9 037 Referees Nachevski Nikolov MKD Bilyk 5 13 16 Kastening 62 4 Report 2 2 22 January 2020 16 00 Croatia 22 22 Spain Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 7 891 Referees Mazeika Gatelis LTU Karacic 10 11 12 A Dujshebaev 64 4 Report 5 22 January 2020 18 15 Belarus 36 36 Austria Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 6 897 Referees Brunner Salah SUI Vailupau 12 19 17 Bilyk 73 3 Report 1 4 22 January 2020 20 30 Czech Republic 22 26 Germany Wiener Stadthalle Vienna Attendance 5 000 Referees Pavicevic Raznatovic MNE Babak 5 10 13 Weber 5 8 Report 1 6 1 Group II Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Norway 5 5 0 0 157 135 22 10 Semi finals2 Slovenia 5 3 0 2 138 132 6 63 Portugal 5 2 0 3 146 142 4 4 a Fifth place game4 Sweden H 5 2 0 3 120 122 2 4 a 5 Hungary 5 2 0 3 126 140 14 4 a 6 Iceland 5 1 0 4 126 142 16 2Source EHFRules for classification 1 points 2 head to head points 3 head to head goal difference 4 head to head number of goals scored 5 goal difference H HostNotes a b c Portugal 4 Pts 18 GD Sweden 2 Pts 4 GD Hungary 0 Pts 14 GD 17 January 2020 16 00 Slovenia 30 27 Iceland Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 6 026 Referees Nachevski Nikolov MKD Bombac 9 15 14 Elisson 61 4 Report 2 4 17 January 2020 18 15 Norway 36 29 Hungary Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 8 078 Referees Pavicevic Raznatovic MNE Sagosen 7 20 12 Ligetvari Nagy 53 4 Report 3 4 1 17 January 2020 20 30 Portugal 35 25 Sweden Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 10 135 Referees Gubica Milosevic CRO three players 6 15 12 Nilsson Pettersson 41 5 Report 1 2 19 January 2020 14 00 Portugal 25 28 Iceland Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 6 199 Referees Horacek Novotny CZE Areia Martins 4 12 14 Smarason 82 4 Report 3 4 19 January 2020 16 15 Slovenia 28 29 Hungary Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 8 304 Referees Raluy Sabroso ESP Dolenec 8 16 13 Banhidi 92 5 Report 2 5 19 January 2020 18 30 Norway 23 20 Sweden Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 10 141 Referees Geipel Helbig GER Sagosen 8 12 8 Pellas 52 5 Report 2 1 21 January 2020 16 00 Portugal 24 29 Slovenia Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 3 001 Referees Gjeding Hansen DEN Gomes 6 15 14 Janc 71 5 Report 2 4 21 January 2020 18 15 Norway 31 28 Iceland Malmo Arena Malmo Attendance 4 725 Referees Raluy Sabroso ESP Sagosen 9 19 12 Gudmundsson 62 6 Report 1 4 21 January 2020 20 30 Hungary 18 24 Sweden Malmo Arena a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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