Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, took place at the Sports Pavilion (Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex) during the preliminary round and quarter-finals (August 14–August 24), and at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena during the semi-finals and medal matches (August 27–August 29). A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament.

2004 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Final: Croatia - Germany
Host country	Greece
Dates	14–29 August
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (2nd title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches	44
Top scorer(s)	Yoon Kyung-shin (58 goals)
Best player	Ivano Balić
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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Croatia (CRO) Venio Losert Vlado Šola Valter Matošević Nikša Kaleb Ivano Balić Blaženko Lacković Vedran Zrnić Igor Vori Davor Dominiković Mirza Džomba Drago Vuković Slavko Goluža Goran Šprem Denis Špoljarić Petar Metličić	Germany (GER) Henning Fritz Christian Ramota Pascal Hens Mark Dragunski Stefan Kretzschmar Jan Olaf Immel Christian Schwarzer Klaus-Dieter Petersen Volker Zerbe Markus Baur Christian Zeitz Torsten Jansen Daniel Stephan Florian Kehrmann Frank von Behren	Russia (RUS) Andrey Lavrov Alexey Kostygov Vitali Ivanov Oleg Kuleshov Denis Krivoshlykov Aleksandr Tuchkin Vasily Kudinov Pavel Bashkin Dmitri Torgovanov Alexander Gorbatikov Alexey Rastvortsev Vyacheslav Gorpishin Sergey Pogorelov Mikhail Chipurin Eduard Koksharov

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	5 September 1997	Lausanne	1	Greece
2003 World Championship	20 January – 2 February 2003	Portugal	7	Croatia Germany France Spain Russia Hungary Iceland
2003 Pan American Games	2–11 August 2003	Santo Domingo	1	Brazil
African qualification tournament	16–20 September 2003	Luanda	1	Egypt
Asian qualification tournament^[1]	23–28 September 2003	Japan	1	South Korea
2004 European Championship	22 January – 1 February 2004	Slovenia	1	Slovenia
Total			12

Preliminary round

For the preliminary round, contested between August 14 and August 22, the twelve teams were distributed into two groups of six teams. Each team played against each of its five group opponents for a total of five matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	5	0	146	129	+17	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	154	137	+17	8
3	South Korea	5	2	3	148	148	0	4^[a]
4	Russia	5	2	3	145	145	0	4^[a]
5	Iceland	5	1	4	143	158	−15	2^[b]
6	Slovenia	5	1	4	130	149	−19	2^[b]

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b South Korea 35–32 Russia
^ ^a ^b Iceland 30–25 Slovenia

14 August 2004 09:30	Spain	31–30	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	García 6	(17–12)	Paek, Yoon Kyung-s. 6
	3× 8× 1×		4× 3× 1×

14 August 2004 14:30	Russia	28–25	Slovenia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Koksharov 9	(16–13)	three players 4
	2× 8× 1×		3× 9×

14 August 2004 19:30	Croatia	34–30	Iceland	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Metličić 8	(16–12)	Stefánsson 8
	3× 9×		3× 7× 1×

16 August 2004 09:30	South Korea	35–32	Russia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Lee J., Yoon Kyung-s. 7	(16–16)	Koksharov 6
	3× 2×		3× 2×

16 August 2004 11:30	Slovenia	26–27	Croatia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR)
	Brumen 10	(10–13)	Vori 8
	3× 7× 2×		3× 7× 1×

16 August 2004 14:30	Iceland	23–31	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Stefánsson 6	(12–13)	Duyshebaev, Romero 5
	2× 3×		3× 3×

18 August 2004 09:30	Croatia	29–26	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Džomba 9	(12–10)	Yoon Kyung-s. 8
	3× 6×		3× 3×

18 August 2004 11:30	Iceland	30–25	Slovenia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
	G. Sigurðsson 7	(10–10)	Rutenka 10
	3× 3×		3× 3×

18 August 2004 19:30	Spain	29–26	Russia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	three players 5	(11–11)	Rastvortsev 6
	3× 6×		3× 7× 1×

20 August 2004 09:30	South Korea	34–30	Iceland	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Yoon Kyung-s. 12	(16–13)	Stefánsson 10
	3× 4×		3× 3× 1×

20 August 2004 11:30	Spain	41–28	Slovenia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Romero 7	(18–15)	Pajovič, Tomšič 7
	2× 3×		4× 3×

20 August 2004 19:30	Russia	25–26	Croatia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Rastvortsev, Torgovanov 6	(14–10)	Lacković 9
	2× 5×		3× 3×

22 August 2004 09:30	Slovenia	26–23	South Korea	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Selim (EGY)
	Rutenka 7	(12–11)	Lee J. 6
	4× 8× 1×		3× 2×

22 August 2004 11:30	Croatia	30–22	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
	Džomba 7	(15–9)	García 5
	3× 1×		3× 4×

22 August 2004 19:30	Russia	34–30	Iceland	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Rastvortsev 10	(17–11)	Stefánsson 10
	3× 5×		3× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	135	108	+27	10	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	5	4	1	132	124	+8	8
3	Germany	5	3	2	139	110	+29	6
4	Greece (H)	5	2	3	117	130	−13	4
5	Brazil	5	1	4	105	133	−28	2
6	Egypt	5	0	5	110	133	−23	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Host

14 August 2004 11:30	Hungary	33–28	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Pásztor 9	(16–15)	Zaky 10
	3× 8×		3× 3×

14 August 2004 16:30	Germany	28–18	Greece	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP)
	Kehrmann, Schwarzer 6	(15–8)	Grammatikos 5
	2× 5×		3× 3×

14 August 2004 21:30	France	31–17	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
	Anquetil 7	(14–6)	Justino, Silva 4
	3× 4×		2× 6×

16 August 2004 16:30	Greece	25–29	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Karypidis 7	(15–15)	Anquetil 9
	4× 9×		3× 4×

16 August 2004 19:30	Brazil	19–20	Hungary	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Souza 5	(10–10)	four players 3
	3× 4×		3× 4×

16 August 2004 21:30	Egypt	14–26	Germany	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
	Yosry 4	(5–14)	three players 5
	3× 11× 1×		3× 8× 1×

18 August 2004 14:30	France	26–23	Hungary	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Guigou 6	(9–10)	Pérez 10
	4× 9×		3× 4×

18 August 2004 16:30	Greece	26–25	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR)
	Karypidis 10	(18–10)	Keshk 7
	3× 8×		3× 4× 2×

18 August 2004 21:30	Germany	34–21	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO)
	Kretzschmar, Stephan 7	(18–12)	Souza 7
	2× 3×		3× 3×

20 August 2004 14:30	Brazil	22–26	Greece	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
	Justino 6	(9–13)	Grammatikos 7
	3× 4×		3× 3×

20 August 2004 16:30	Hungary	30–29	Germany	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Nagy 11	(17–14)	Kretzschmar 8
	3× 4×		3× 6×

20 August 2004 21:30	France	22–21	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bretó, Huelin (ESP)
	Girault 8	(11–13)	Keshk 6
	3× 5×		4× 8× 1×

22 August 2004 14:30	Germany	22–27	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Øie, Togstad (NOR)
	Kehrmann, Schwarzer 5	(12–11)	Fernandez 6
	2× 4×		2× 4×

22 August 2004 14:30	Hungary	26–22	Greece	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Požežnik, Repenšek (SLO)
	Pérez 7	(12–12)	Voglis 7
	3× 1×		2× 1×

22 August 2004 21:30	Egypt	22–26	Brazil	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Abdel Salam 5	(11–10)	Kojoroski 6
	2× 3×		2× 7× 1×

Knockout stage

In this single-elimination stage, the first- and second-placed teams of one group played against the other group's fourth- and third-placed teams, respectively, to contest the quarter-final round, held on August 24, at the Sports Pavilion. The winners advanced to the semi-finals, disputed at the Indoor Arena on August 27, with the losing semi-finalists playing for the bronze medal match on the following day, and the final being played two days later.

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal

24 August

Croatia	33
		27 August
Greece	27
		Croatia	33
24 August
		Hungary	31
South Korea	25
				29 August
Hungary	30
				Croatia	26
24 August
				Germany	24
Germany (pen.)	32
		27 August
Spain	30
		Germany	21
24 August
		Russia	15	Bronze medal
France	24
				28 August
Russia	26
				Hungary	26

				Russia	28

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

27 August

Greece	29
		28 August
South Korea	24
		Greece	15
27 August
		France	33
Spain	27

France	29
		Seventh place

		28 August

		South Korea	24

		Spain	31

Quarterfinals

24 August 2004 14:30	South Korea	25–30	Hungary	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
	Yoon Kyung-s. 7	(13–14)	Nagy 9
	3× 2×		3× 5×

24 August 2004 16:30	Croatia	33–27	Greece	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Džomba 11	(19–11)	Alvanos, Balomenos 6
	3×		4× 2×

24 August 2004 19:30	Germany	32–30 (ET)	Spain	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
	Schwarzer, Stephan 9	(15–16)	Garcia 7
	3× 4×		3× 4×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 1–1, 2–2 Pen: 2–0

24 August 2004 22:05	France	24–26	Russia	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Abati 6	(14–13)	Ivanov, Koksharov 5
	3× 2×		3× 3×

5–8th place semifinals

27 August 2004 11:30	Greece	29–24	South Korea	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Balomenos 8	(16–9)	Yoon Kyung-s. 6
	3× 6× 1×		3× 1×

27 August 2004 09:30	Spain	27–29	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Romero, Ortega 5	(13–11)	Burdet, Girault 8
	3× 3×		3× 4×

Semifinals

27 August 2004 14:30	Croatia	33–31	Hungary	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Arnaldsson, Viðarsson (ISL)
	Balić 9	(18–16)	Pérez 8
	3× 3×		3× 2×

27 August 2004 16:30	Germany	21–15	Russia	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Kretzschmar 5	(9–10)	Torgovanov 5
	3× 4× 1×		2× 3×

Eleventh place game

24 August 2004 09:30	Slovenia	30–24	Egypt	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Brumen, Žvižej 6	(11–13)	Yosry 6
	1× 7× 1×		1× 5×

Ninth place game

24 August 2004 11:30	Brazil	25–29	Iceland	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Selim (EGY)
	Souza, Tupan 6	(11–13)	G. Sigurðsson 8
	3× 5× 1×		4× 2×

Seventh place game

28 August 2004 14:30	South Korea	24–31	Spain	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Gardinovacki, Maric (SCG)
	Yoon Kyung-s. 7	(11–12)	Colón 7
	3× 2×		3× 2×

Fifth place game

28 August 2004 19:30	Greece	15–33	France	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Grammatikos 7	(7–17)	Fernandez 9
	3× 6×		2× 3×

Bronze medal game

28 August 2004 21:30	Hungary	26–28	Russia	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Pérez 10	(10–13)	Koksharov 8
	2× 5×		4× 4×

Gold medal game

29 August 2004 16:45	Croatia	26–24	Germany	Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena, Athens Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Džomba 9	(11–12)	Kretzschmar 9
	3× 2×		3× 5×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Germany
	Russia
4	Hungary
5	France
6	Greece
7	Spain
8	South Korea
9	Iceland
10	Brazil
11	Slovenia
12	Egypt

All Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Henning Fritz (GER)
Left wing	Juanín García (ESP)
Left back	Carlos Pérez (HUN)
Centre back	Ivano Balić (CRO)
Right back	Ólafur Stefánsson (ISL)
Right wing	Mirza Džomba (CRO)
Pivot	Christian Schwarzer (GER)

Source:

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Yoon Kyung-shin	58	109	53
2	Mirza Džomba	55	71	77
3	Carlos Pérez	54	116	47
4	Eduard Koksharov	45	66	68
5	Stefan Kretzschmar	44	75	59
6	Ólafur Stefánsson	43	67	64
7	Nikos Grammatikos	41	71	58
8	Florian Kehrmann	40	69	58
8	Aleksey Rastvortsev	40	85	47
10	László Nagy	39	70	56
10	Igor Vori	39	58	67

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	David Barrufet	41	85	208
1	Henning Fritz	41	102	246
3	Venio Losert	39	78	198
4	Nándor Fazekas	37	67	182
5	Beno Lapajne	36	64	178
5	Thierry Omeyer	36	80	222
7	Han Kyung-tai	35	100	283
	Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib		46	132
	Vlado Šola		39	112
10	José Javier Hombrados	34	51	150
	Andrey Lavrov		34	85
	Alexandre Vasconcelos		43	127

References

^ "2003年アテネオリンピックアジア予選兵庫／神戸大会" [Asian qualification tournament for Athens 2004 Olympic Games – Hyōgo/Kobe]. JHA (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2020.

External links

Results book
2004 Summer Olympics official report Volume 2.

[table_hth_KOR0.38629020070019-2] South Korea 35–32 Russia

[table_hth_ISL0.38629020070019-3] Iceland 30–25 Slovenia

[1] "2003年アテネオリンピックアジア予選兵庫／神戸大会" [Asian qualification tournament for Athens 2004 Olympic Games – Hyōgo/Kobe]. JHA (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2020.

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