2004 European Men's Handball Championship

2004 European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
Dates	22 January – 1 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runner-up	Slovenia
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches	48
Goals scored	2734 (56.96 per match)
Attendance	149,984 (3,125 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mirza Džomba; (46 goals)
Best player	Ivano Balić
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The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place from 22 January to 1 February 2004 in Slovenia in the cities of Ljubljana, Celje, Velenje and Koper.

Venues[]

Location	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Ljubljana	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	5,600^[1]	Opened in 1965	Preliminary stage & Second Group stage and knockout stages
Koper	Koper	Arena Bonifika	5,000	Opened in 1999	Preliminary stage
Velenje	Velenje	Red Hall	2,500^[1]	Opened in 1975	Preliminary stage
Celje	Celje	Zlatorog Arena	5,500^[2]	Opened in 2003	Preliminary stage and second group stage

Qualification[]

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Slovenia	Host	4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)
Denmark	Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)
Germany	Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Iceland	Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship	2 (2000, 2002)
Sweden	Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Russia	Fifth place of 2002 European Championship	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Croatia	Playoff winner	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Czech Republic	Playoff winner	3 (1996, 1998, 2002)
France	Playoff winner	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Hungary	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Poland	Playoff winner	1 (2002)
Portugal	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 2000, 2002)
Serbia and Montenegro	Playoff winner	3² (1996, 1998, 2002)
Spain	Playoff winner	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Switzerland	Playoff winner	1 (2002)
Ukraine	Playoff winner	2 (2000, 2002)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

² as FR Yugoslavia

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	87	74	+13	6	Main round
2	Sweden	3	2	1	93	79	+14	4
3	Switzerland	3	1	2	69	85	−16	2
4	Ukraine	3	0	3	74	85	−11	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.

22 January 2004 18:00	Russia	28–20	Switzerland	Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	three players 6	(17–10)	Kostadinovich 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

22 January 2004 20:30	Sweden	31–25	Ukraine	Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Petersson 9	(14–13)	9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5× 1×

24 January 2004 16:00	Switzerland	24–35	Sweden	Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	6	(12–17)	Källman 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

24 January 2004 18:00	Ukraine	27–29	Russia	Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Pleşa, Cirligeanu (ROU)
	6	(12–17)	Tuchkin 7
	3× 6×	Report	4× 6×

25 January 2004 16:00	Ukraine	22–25	Switzerland	Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
	11	(12–13)	Kostadinovich 11
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 5×

25 January 2004 18:00	Sweden	27–30	Russia	Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Lövgren 6	(12–16)	Chipurin 7
	4× 2×	Report	4× 5×

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	88	86	+2	5	Main round
2	Denmark	3	2	0	1	85	78	+7	4
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	82	81	+1	2
4	Portugal	3	0	1	2	91	101	−10	1

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.

22 January 2004 18:00	Spain	29–30	Croatia	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Belaustegui 11	(17–14)	Metličić 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 8×

22 January 2004 20:30	Denmark	36–32	Portugal	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
	Knudsen 9	(20–15)	8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

24 January 2004 18:00	Portugal	27–33	Spain	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Resende 8	(12–19)	Romero 11
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6×

24 January 2004 20:00	Croatia	26–25	Denmark	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Vakula, Ljudovik (UKR)
	Lacković 7	(14–12)	Stryger 7
	4× 4×	Report	3× 9×

25 January 2004 18:00	Portugal	32–32	Croatia	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO)
	7	(13–16)	Džomba 10
	4× 5×	Report	3× 6×

25 January 2004 20:00	Denmark	24–20	Spain	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK)
	Christiansen 5	(12–11)	Belaustegui 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia (H)	3	2	1	0	100	90	+10	5^[a]	Main round
2	Hungary	3	2	1	0	91	83	+8	5^[a]
3	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	88	97	−9	1^[b]
4	Iceland	3	0	1	2	87	96	−9	1^[b]

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:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Slovenia 29–29 Hungary
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Iceland 30–30 Czech Republic

22 January 2004 18:00	Czech Republic	25–30	Hungary	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	7	(10–17)	Pásztor 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

22 January 2004 20:30	Iceland	28–34	Slovenia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 4,620 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Stefánsson 7	(13–13)	Vugrinec 9
	2× 5×	Report	3× 5×

23 January 2004 18:30	Hungary	32–29	Iceland	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Díaz 9	(15–15)	García, Stefánsson 7
	3× 5×	Report	4× 5× 1×

23 January 2004 20:30	Slovenia	37–33	Czech Republic	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 4,620 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Lubej 9	(15–18)	Filip, 7
	3× 9×	Report	4× 7×

25 January 2004 18:30	Iceland	30–30	Czech Republic	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Pleşa, Cirligeanu (ROU)
	García 7	(15–17)	Jícha 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

25 January 2004 20:30	Slovenia	29–29	Hungary	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 4,616 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Jovičič 6	(13–14)	Nagy 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	81	74	+7	5	Main round
2	Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	0	1	86	78	+8	4
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	96	89	+7	3
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	86	108	−22	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.

22 January 2004 18:00	France	29–25	Poland	Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Anquetil 6	(14–16)	Bielecki 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 8×

22 January 2004 20:30	Germany	26–28	Serbia and Montenegro	Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Jansen 8	(10–12)	6
	2× 5×	Report	3× 8× 1×

23 January 2004 18:30	Serbia and Montenegro	20–23	France	Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,164 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK)
	Maksić, Nikolić 4	(7–13)	Anquetil 6
	2× 8× 1×	Report	3× 5×

23 January 2004 20:30	Poland	32–41	Germany	Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Tkaczyk 9	(13–21)	Baur 12
	3× 9× 1×	Report	4× 8×

25 January 2004 18:30	Germany	29–29	France	Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,164 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Schwarzer 7	(14–13)	Karabatić 10
	3× 7×	Report	3× 5×

25 January 2004 20:30	Serbia and Montenegro	38–29	Poland	Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Maksić 8	(19–11)	Tkaczyk 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 8× 1×

Main round[]

Group I[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	4	1	0	138	131	+7	9	Semifinals
2	Denmark	5	4	0	1	153	125	+28	8	Semifinals
3	Russia	5	3	1	1	149	137	+12	7	Fifth place game
4	Sweden	5	2	0	3	145	144	+1	4	Seventh place game
5	Spain	5	1	0	4	133	143	−10	2
6	Switzerland	5	0	0	5	115	153	−38	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.

27 January 2004 16:00	Switzerland	24–26	Spain	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Kostadinovich 7	(13–13)	8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2004 18:00	Sweden	26–28	Croatia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Boquist 7	(11–16)	four players 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 4×

27 January 2004 20:00	Russia	31–36	Denmark	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Koksharov 7	(15–19)	Christiansen, Stryger 7
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

28 January 2004 16:00	Russia	36–30	Spain	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Koksharov 10	(16–14)	Hernández 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 6×

28 January 2004 18:00	Switzerland	27–30	Croatia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 700 Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
	Kostadinovich 7	(13–15)	Balić 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

28 January 2004 20:00	Sweden	28–34	Denmark	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 800 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Lövgren 9	(14–18)	Knudsen 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

29 January 2004 16:00	Switzerland	20–34	Denmark	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK)
	Kostadinovich 5	(9–18)	Hjermind, Nielsen 7
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

29 January 2004 18:00	Sweden	29–28	Spain	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Källman 9	(10–12)	Pérez 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

29 January 2004 20:00	Russia	24–24	Croatia	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Bashkin 6	(13–12)	Džomba 8
	3× 4×	Report	4× 7×

Group II[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	3	1	1	151	131	+20	7^[a]	Semifinals
2	Slovenia (H)	5	3	1	1	144	135	+9	7^[a]	Semifinals
3	France	5	2	1	2	134	129	+5	5^[b]	Fifth place game
4	Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	1	2	134	135	−1	5^[b]	Seventh place game
5	Hungary	5	1	2	2	132	140	��8	4
6	Czech Republic	5	1	0	4	147	172	−25	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:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Slovenia 24–31 Germany
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Serbia and Montenegro 20–23 France

27 January 2004 16:30	Hungary	21–29	France	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Buday 5	(8–14)	Karabatić 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2004 18:30	Czech Republic	27–37	Germany	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	7	(12–19)	Kehrmann 9
	3× 7×	Report	3× 3×

27 January 2004 20:30	Slovenia	27–20	Serbia and Montenegro	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK)
	Lubej 6	(14–11)	5
	3× 10× 1×	Report	4× 7× 1×

28 January 2004 16:30	Czech Republic	32–31	France	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Pleşa, Cirligeanu (ROU)
	9	(17–15)	G. Gille, Girault 6
	3× 6×	Report	4× 5×

28 January 2004 18:30	Hungary	29–29	Serbia and Montenegro	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Császár 7	(10–15)	Milosavljević 9
	4× 6×	Report	3× 8×

28 January 2004 20:30	Slovenia	24–31	Germany	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Kavtičnik 5	(10–18)	Stephan 8
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 3×

29 January 2004 16:30	Czech Republic	30–37	Serbia and Montenegro	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	6	(16–21)	Nikolić 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

29 January 2004 18:30	Hungary	23–28	Germany	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Pleşa, Cirligeanu (ROU)
	Díaz 6	(12–16)	Zeitz 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

29 January 2004 20:30	Slovenia	27–22	France	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Kavtičnik 8	(12–9)	Anquetil 6
	3× 11×	Report	3× 4×

Final round[]

Bracket[]

Semifinals		Final

31 January

Croatia	25
		1 February
Slovenia	27
		Slovenia	25
31 January
		Germany	30
Denmark	20

Germany	22
		Third place

		1 February

		Croatia	27

		Denmark	31

Semifinals[]

31 January 2004 15:00	Denmark	20–22	Germany	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK)
	Jeppesen 5	(11–11)	Immel 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6×

31 January 2004 17:30	Croatia	25–27	Slovenia	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Vakula, Ljudovik (UKR)
	Džomba 12	(13–15)	Kavtičnik 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 8× 1×

Seventh place game[]

31 January 2004 12:30	Sweden	35–34	Serbia and Montenegro	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Andersson, Larholm 7	(16–17)	Mi. Krivokapić 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Fifth place game[]

1 February 2004 12:30	Russia	28–26	France	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Ivanov 8	(14–11)	Karabatić 7
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 5×

Third place game[]

1 February 2004 15:00	Croatia	27–31	Denmark	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Lacković 8	(14–15)	Christiansen 9
	4× 4×	Report	2× 6×

Final[]

1 February 2004 17:30	Slovenia	25–30	Germany	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Vugrinec 6	(10–16)	Kehrmann 9
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

Ranking and statistics[]

Final ranking[]

	Germany
	Slovenia
	Denmark
4	Croatia
5	Russia
6	France
7	Sweden
8	Serbia and Montenegro
9	Hungary
10	Spain
11	Czech Republic
12	Switzerland
13	Iceland
14	Portugal
15	Ukraine
16	Poland

All-Star Team[]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Henning Fritz (GER)
Right wing	Vid Kavtičnik (SLO)
Right back	Volker Zerbe (GER)
Centre back	Ivano Balić (CRO)
Left back	Nikola Karabatić (FRA)
Left wing	Eduard Koksharov (RUS)
Pivot	Michael Knudsen (DEN)
Most valuable player	Ivano Balić (CRO)

Source: EHF

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Mirza Džomba	Croatia	46	64	75
2	Florian Kehrmann	Germany	45	81	56
3	Daniel Stephan	Germany	42	85	49
4	Michael Knudsen	Denmark	40	49	82
	Vid Kavtičnik	Slovenia		65	62
	Robbie Kostadinovich	Switzerland		81	49
7	Eduard Koksharov	Russia	38	56	68
7	Renato Vugrinec	Slovenia	38	77	49
9	Nikola Karabatić	France	35	71	49
10	Søren Stryger	Denmark	34	42	81
10	Aleksey Rastvortsev	Russia	34	71	48

Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers[]

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1		Ukraine	43	23	54
2	Michael Bruun	Denmark	41	33	80
3	Aleksey Kostygov	Russia	40	23	58
4	Christian Ramota	Germany	39	29	74
4	Beno Lapajne	Slovenia	39	56	145
6	Nándor Fazekas	Hungary	38	49	130
7	Kasper Hvidt	Denmark	37	95	254
	Henning Fritz	Germany		97	260
	János Szathmári	Hungary		52	140
10	Mario Kelentrić	Croatia	35	36	103
	Vlado Šola	Croatia		51	146
	Martin Galia	Czech Republic		86	248
		Switzerland		39	113

Source: EHF

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ "THE ARENA Celje Arena Capacity: 5500". Eurobasket2013.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

eurohandball.com. "2004 Men's European Championship". Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2004". Retrieved 24 January 2011.

External links[]

The official site of the championship with reports, results, statistics, etc.
Results

[table_hth_SLO0.25395714549998-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Slovenia 29–29 Hungary

[table_hth_CZE0.25395714549998-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Iceland 30–30 Czech Republic

[table_hth_GER0.93879266173523-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Slovenia 24–31 Germany

[table_hth_FRA0.93879266173523-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Serbia and Montenegro 20–23 France

[WPCleanerAuto1-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "THE ARENA Celje Arena Capacity: 5500". Eurobasket2013.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

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