1994 European Men's Handball Championship

1994 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	38
Goals scored	1,746 (46 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 after defeating Russia in the final, while Croatia finished third.

Teams[]

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

Venues[]

City	Stadium	Capacity
Almada		4.000
Porto	Pavilhão Rosa Mota	5.400

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	122	94	+28	10	Semifinals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	120	114	+6	6	Semifinals
3	France	5	2	1	2	123	120	+3	5	Fifth place game
4	Belarus	5	2	0	3	130	139	−9	4	Seventh place game
5	Germany	5	1	1	3	107	113	−6	3	Ninth place game
6	Romania	5	1	0	4	113	135	−22	2	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF

3 June 1994 15:30	Germany	23–24	Belarus	, Almada Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(12–10)
		Report

3 June 1994 17:30	Russia	27–20	Romania	, Almada Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
		(16–9)
		Report

3 June 1994 19:30	France	27–25	Croatia	, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR)
		(11–11)
		Report

4 June 1994 15:30	Croatia	24–22	Germany	, Almada Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
		(14–11)
		Report

4 June 1994 17:30	Belarus	23–31	Russia	, Almada Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
		(11–18)
		Report

4 June 1994 19:30	Romania	27–26	France	, Almada Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(16–11)
		Report

5 June 1994 15:30	France	21–21	Germany	, Almada Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
		(10–11)
		Report

5 June 1994 17:30	Russia	21–18	Croatia	, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(13–8)
		Report

5 June 1994 19:30	Romania	24–33	Belarus	, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR)
		(9–14)
		Report

7 June 1994 15:30	Germany	16–25	Russia	, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
		(9–12)
		Report

7 June 1994 17:30	France	32–29	Belarus	, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(16–15)
		Report

7 June 1994 19:30	Croatia	24–23	Romania	, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
		(12–11)
		Report

8 June 1994 15:30	Germany	25–19	Romania	, Almada Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
		(11–10)
		Report

8 June 1994 17:30	Belarus	21–29	Croatia	, Almada Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
		(12–12)
		Report

8 June 1994 19:30	Russia	18–17	France	, Almada Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(11–9)
		Report

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	5	0	0	114	91	+23	10	Semifinals
2	Denmark	5	3	1	1	107	99	+8	7	Semifinals
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	114	101	+13	6	Fifth place game
4	Hungary	5	2	0	3	100	107	−7	4	Seventh place game
5	Slovenia	5	1	1	3	94	111	−17	3	Ninth place game
6	Portugal (H)	5	0	0	5	96	116	−20	0	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF
(H) Host

3 June 1994 15:30	Sweden	22–17	Slovenia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
		(10–10)
		Report

3 June 1994 17:30	Spain	25–20	Hungary	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
		(11–10)
		Report

3 June 1994 19:30	Denmark	24–17	Portugal	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
		(11–5)
		Report

4 June 1994 15:30	Slovenia	19–19	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
		(8–10)
		Report

4 June 1994 17:30	Hungary	18–22	Sweden	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
		(7–13)
		Report

4 June 1994 19:30	Portugal	18–24	Spain	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(8–13)
		Report

5 June 1994 15:30	Hungary	19–18	Portugal	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
		(7–8)
		Report

5 June 1994 17:30	Sweden	22–16	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(7–6)
		Report

5 June 1994 19:30	Spain	24–16	Slovenia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 800 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
		(13–8)
		Report

7 June 1994 15:30	Slovenia	19–24	Hungary	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(9–11)
		Report

7 June 1994 17:30	Sweden	26–21	Portugal	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
		(12–9)
		Report

7 June 1994 19:30	Denmark	25–22	Spain	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
		(10–7)
		Report

8 June 1994 15:30	Denmark	23–19	Hungary	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR)
		(10–8)
		Report

8 June 1994 17:30	Portugal	22–23	Slovenia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
		(10–8)
		Report

8 June 1994 19:30	Spain	19–22	Sweden	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
		(8–10)
		Report

Placement games[]

Eleventh place game[]

10 June 1994 12:30	Romania	38–21	Portugal	, Almada Attendance: 650 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL)
		(18–11)
		Report

Ninth place game[]

10 June 1994 10:30	Germany	28–18	Slovenia	, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR)
		(15–10)
		Report

Seventh place game[]

10 June 1994 17:30	Belarus	24–28	Hungary	, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
		(14–16)
		Report

Fifth place game[]

10 June 1994 19:30	France	25–28	Spain	, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE)
		(15–12)
		Report

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 15:30	Russia	29–20	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI)
		(14–8)
		Report

11 June 1994 17:30	Sweden	24–21	Croatia	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER)
		(13–7)
		Report

Third place game[]

12 June 1994 14:00	Croatia	24–23	Denmark	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO)
		(12–13)
		Report

Final[]

12 June 1994 16:00	Russia	21–34	Sweden	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
		(9–18)
		Report

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)
Right wing: Pierre Thorsson (SWE)
Right back: (DEN)
Centre back: Magnus Andersson (SWE)
Left back: Vasily Kudinov (RUS)
Left wing: Erik Hajas (SWE)
Pivot: Dmitri Torgovanov (RUS)

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.