2002 European Men's Handball Championship

2002 European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	25 January – 3 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (4th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Iceland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	2,609 (52.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ólafur Stefánsson; (58 goals)
Awards
Best player	Magnus Wislander

The 2002 Men's European Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden. Sweden won the tournament for a third time in a row, and fourth time overall.^[1]

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Sweden	Host, defending champion	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
France	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Russia	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Spain	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Slovenia	Fifth place of 2000 European Championship	3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
Croatia	Playoff winner	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Czech Republic	Playoff winner	2 (1996, 1998)
Denmark	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
Germany	Playoff winner	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Iceland	Playoff winner	1 (2000)
Israel	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Poland	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Portugal	Playoff winner	2 (1994, 2000)
Switzerland	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Ukraine	Playoff winner	1 (2000)
Yugoslavia	Playoff winner	2 (1996, 1998)

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

Venues

Group	City	Stadium	Capacity
A and I	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12.000
B	Helsingborg	Idrottens Hus	2.700
C	Skövde	Arena Skövde	2.500
D	Jönköping	Kinnarps Arena	7.000
II	Västerås	Västeråshallen	5.000
Final round	Stockholm	Globen Arena	14.500

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden (H)	3	3	0	86	63	+23	6	Main round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	77	82	−5	4
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	78	80	−2	2
4	Poland	3	0	3	67	83	−16	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) Hosts

25 January 2002 18:00	Poland	24–25	Czech Republic	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,400 Referees: Falcone, Rätz (SUI)
	Jurasik 8	(9–11)	Laclavik 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 8×

25 January 2002 20:00	Sweden	27–21	Ukraine	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,300 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Lövgren 12	(11–9)	Kostetskiy 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

26 January 2002 17:00	Czech Republic	22–31	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,400 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Berka 7	(12–14)	Frändesjö 8
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

26 January 2002 19:00	Ukraine	30–23	Poland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,700 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Velyky 9	(13–13)	four players 4
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 6×

27 January 2002 16:00	Ukraine	27–30	Czech Republic	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,640 Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Kostetskiy 14	(12–16)	Filip, Radčenko 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6× 1×

27 January 2002 18:00	Sweden	28–20	Poland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,400 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Franzén 7	(12–12)	Tkaczyk 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	81	71	+10	5^[a]	Main round
2	Russia	3	2	1	0	80	70	+10	5^[a]
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	65	70	−5	2
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	67	82	−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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Russia 25–25 Denmark

25 January 2002 18:00	Portugal	26–15	Israel	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	R. Costa 5	(12–6)	Boutenko 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 1×

25 January 2002 20:00	Russia	25–25	Denmark	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Ivanov, Tuchkin 5	(12–13)	Stryger 5
	3× 6×	Report	2× 6× 1×

26 January 2002 15:00	Israel	26–27	Russia	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Maimon 7	(11–16)	Ivanov 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

26 January 2002 17:00	Denmark	27–20	Portugal	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Falcone, Rätz (SUI)
	Christiansen 6	(10–10)	Galambas, Resende 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

27 January 2002 15:00	Russia	28–19	Portugal	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,145 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Koksharov, Rastvortsev 7	(17–7)	Coelho 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

27 January 2002 17:00	Denmark	29–26	Israel	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,810 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Christiansen 10	(14–8)	Balsar 10
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7× 2×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	2	1	0	88	71	+17	5^[a]	Main round
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	73	66	+7	5^[a]
3	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	79	90	−11	1^[b]
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	78	91	−13	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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Spain 24–24 Iceland
^ ^a ^b Slovenia 34–34 Switzerland

25 January 2002 18:00	Slovenia	34–34	Switzerland	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Vugrinec 12	(18–16)	Kostadinovich 7
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

25 January 2002 20:00	Spain	24–24	Iceland	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Garralda 6	(9–13)	Stefánsson 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 8×

26 January 2002 17:00	Iceland	31–25	Slovenia	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Jóhannesson, Stefánsson 9	(15–11)	Lubej 8
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

26 January 2002 19:00	Switzerland	22–24	Spain	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Kostadinovich 7	(10–14)	O'Callaghan, Ortega 5
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2002 17:00	Iceland	33–22	Switzerland	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,020 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Stefánsson 11	(15–9)	Kostadinovich 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2002 19:00	Spain	25–20	Slovenia	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,190 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Guijosa 9	(11–7)	Tomšič, Vugrinec 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2× 1×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	68	57	+11	5^[a]	Main round
2	France	3	2	1	0	66	62	+4	5^[a]
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	0	2	75	71	+4	2
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	70	89	−19	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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b France 15–15 Germany

25 January 2002 18:00	Croatia	22–34	Yugoslavia	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Goluža 5	(10–17)	Jovanović 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

25 January 2002 20:00	France	15–15	Germany	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Fernandez, B. Gille 4	(8–8)	Baur, Kehrmann 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

26 January 2002 17:30	Yugoslavia	20–22	France	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Jovanović 8	(9–14)	three players 4
	3× 5×	Report	2× 7×

26 January 2002 19:30	Germany	26–21	Croatia	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Kretzschmar 7	(13–9)	Goluža 9
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

27 January 2002 16:00	Germany	27–21	Yugoslavia	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Kehrmann, Kretzschmar 8	(14–11)	Jovanović 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 10× 1×

27 January 2002 18:00	France	29–27	Croatia	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Plantin 8	(10–12)	Bilić 10
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

Main round

Points gained in the preliminary round against teams that also qualified, were carried over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	1	0	131	113	+18	9	Semifinals
2	Sweden (H)	5	4	0	1	141	118	+23	8	Semifinals
3	Russia	5	3	1	1	139	118	+21	7	Fifth place game
4	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	126	145	−19	4	Seventh place game
5	Portugal	5	1	0	4	116	134	−18	2	Ninth place game
6	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	112	137	−25	0	Eleventh place game

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) Hosts

29 January 2002 16:00	Ukraine	23–28	Portugal	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Kostetsky 7	(11–14)	R. Costa 7
	3× 7×	Report	3× 6×

29 January 2002 18:00	Czech Republic	25–31	Denmark	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,200 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Heinz 8	(10–18)	Christiansen 13
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7× 1×

29 January 2002 20:00	Sweden	30–26	Russia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,400 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Lövgren 12	(18–14)	Rastvortsev 7
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

30 January 2002 16:00	Czech Republic	20–29	Russia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,250 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Filip 9	(8–12)	Voronin 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

30 January 2002 18:00	Ukraine	17–21	Denmark	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Petrenko 6	(7–11)	Jeppesen 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

30 January 2002 20:00	Sweden	27–22	Portugal	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,650 Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Petersson 8	(15–12)	three players 4
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 3×

31 January 2002 16:00	Czech Republic	29–27	Portugal	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,750 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	three players 6	(14–14)	R. Costa 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

31 January 2002 18:00	Ukraine	24–31	Russia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Kostetsky 6	(10–12)	Tuchkin 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 4×

31 January 2002 20:00	Sweden	26–27	Denmark	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,700 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Andersson, Lövgren 7	(14–11)	Boldsen, Stryger 5
	1× 5×	Report	3× 4×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	5	3	2	0	144	125	+19	8	Semifinals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	116	111	+5	7	Semifinals
3	France	5	2	2	1	123	109	+14	6	Fifth place game
4	Spain	5	2	1	2	126	122	+4	5	Seventh place game
5	Yugoslavia	5	1	1	3	126	139	−13	3	Ninth place game
6	Slovenia	5	0	1	4	118	147	−29	1	Eleventh place game

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.

29 January 2002 16:00	Iceland	26–26	France	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Falcone, Rätz (SUI)
	Jóhannesson 6	(14–12)	Burdet 7
	3× 7×	Report	3× 8×

29 January 2002 18:00	Slovenia	24–24	Yugoslavia	Västeråshallen, Västerås Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Pungartnik 9	(11–14)	Matić 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5× 1×

29 January 2002 20:00	Spain	18–19	Germany	Västeråshallen, Västerås Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Ortega 6	(9–8)	Stephan 6
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

30 January 2002 16:00	Iceland	34–26	Yugoslavia	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,480 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Stefánsson 10	(16–14)	Škrbić 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

30 January 2002 18:00	Slovenia	28–31	Germany	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,660 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Pajovič 6	(12–12)	Hens 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

30 January 2002 20:00	Spain	27–24	France	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,870 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Urdiales 5	(13–11)	Girault 7
	3× 8×	Report	3× 9× 1×

31 January 2002 16:00	Spain	32–35	Yugoslavia	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Entrerríos 10	(15–15)	Lisičić, Škrbić 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

31 January 2002 18:00	Slovenia	21–36	France	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Pungartnik 5	(10–19)	Fernandez 12
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 4×

31 January 2002 20:00	Iceland	29–24	Germany	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,900 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Jóhannesson 8	(15–11)	Hens 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7×

Placement games

Eleventh place game

2 February 2002 09:30	Ukraine	34–29	Slovenia	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Kostetskiy 11	(20–14)	Vugrinec 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Ninth place game

3 February 2002 12:00	Portugal	31–25	Yugoslavia	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Andorinho 9	(15–12)	Jovanović 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

Seventh place game

2 February 2002 09:30	Czech Republic	29–36	Spain	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 4,150 Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Filip 10	(14–17)	Hernández 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 7×

Fifth place game

3 February 2002 12:00	Russia	31–28	France	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,050 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Krivoshlykov 10	(14–11)	B. Gille 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Final round

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

2. February 2002

Denmark	23
		3. February 2002
Germany	28
		Germany	31
2. February 2002
		Sweden (ET)	33
Sweden	33

Iceland	22
		Bronze-final

		3. February 2002

		Denmark	29

		Iceland	22

Semifinals

2 February 2002 16:00	Sweden	33–22	Iceland	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Lövgren, Petersson 6	(14–12)	Stefánsson 6
	2× 2×	Report	3×

2 February 2002 18:30	Denmark	23–28	Germany	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 13,550 Referees: Josić, Rudić (CRO)
	Stryger 6	(12–13)	Baur, Zerbe 7
	2× 8×	Report	3× 5×

Third place game

3 February 2002 15:30	Denmark	29–22	Iceland	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,380 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR)
	Jeppesen 8	(13–11)	S. Sigurðsson 6
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

Final

3 February 2002 18:00	Germany	31–33 (ET)	Sweden	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 14,300 Referees: Nachevski , Nachevski (MKD)
	three players 6	(14–13)	Lövgren 8
	3× 7×	Report	3× 9×
	FT: 26–26 ET: 5–7

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

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

2002 Men's European Champions Sweden Fourth Title

All-Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Peter Gentzel (SWE)
Right wing	Denis Krivoshlykov (RUS)
Right back	Ólafur Stefánsson (ISL)
Centre back	Daniel Stephan (GER)
Left back	Stefan Lövgren (SWE)
Left wing	Lars Christiansen (DEN)
Pivot	Magnus Wislander (SWE)
Most valuable player	Magnus Wislander (SWE)

Source: EHF

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Ólafur Stefánsson	Iceland	58	107	54
2	Stefan Lövgren	Sweden	57	90	63
3	Yuriy Kostetskiy	Ukraine	52	92	57
4	Nedeljko Jovanović	Yugoslavia	46	74	62
5	Jan Filip	Czech Republic	44	65	68
6	Lars Christiansen	Denmark	43	58	74
7	Johan Petersson	Sweden	36	50	72
8	Patrekur Jóhannesson	Iceland	35	66	53
8	Renato Vugrinec	Slovenia	35	79	44
10	Daniel Stephan	Germany	33	74	45

Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Sergiy Bilyk	Ukraine	42	48	115
2	Peter Gentzel	Sweden	41	70	171
2	Dejan Perić	Yugoslavia	41	90	220
4	Miloš Slabý	Czech Republic	40	42	105
	Michael Bruun	Denmark		42	105
	Arpad Sterbik	Yugoslavia		37	93
7	José Javier Hombrados	Spain	39	40	102
8	Yevgeny Budko	Ukraine	36	56	155
	Sérgio Morgado	Portugal		49	136
	Rafał Bernacki	Poland		14	39
	David Barrufet	Spain		62	173

Source: EHF EHF

References

^ Bo Harmby (3 February 2002). "Det hängde på sekunderna när Sverige tog EM-guld" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

eurohandball.com. "2002 Men's European Championship". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2002". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Results

[table_hth_DEN0.15957558581586-2] Russia 25–25 Denmark

[table_hth_ISL0.9281772980132-3] Spain 24–24 Iceland

[table_hth_SLO0.9281772980132-4] Slovenia 34–34 Switzerland

[table_hth_GER0.033194823206027-5] France 15–15 Germany

[1] Bo Harmby (3 February 2002). "Det hängde på sekunderna när Sverige tog EM-guld" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

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