2002 European Men's Handball Championship
The 5th edition of the European Handball Championship for men was held in 2002 in Sweden and took place from 25 January to 3 February. The title could win over Germany, the Swedish national handball team with a win in the final. Switzerland is already retired from after the preliminary round, Austria could not qualify for the finals.
- 4.1 Group I
- 4.2 Group II
- 5.1 Third place match 11
- 5.2 place play- 9
- 5.3 Game for 7th place
- 5.4 Match for 5th place
- 5.5 Semi-finals
- 5.6 3rd place match
- 5.7 final
- 9.1 European champion: Sweden
- 9.2 Second Place: Germany
- 9.3 Third Place: Denmark
Participant
Venues
- Gothenburg - Scandinavium, 12,000 places
- Helsingborg - Idrottens hus, 2,700 places
- Jönköping - Kinnarps Arena, 7,000 places
- Skövde - Arena Skövde, 2,400 places
- Stockholm - Globen, 16,000 places
- Västerås - ABB Arena, 5,800 places
Preliminary round
In the preliminary round, the teams played within their respective group once against each other. The three best teams moved into the main round, the worst team in each group dropped out.
Group A
The matches of Group A were held in Gothenburg.
Group B
Hosted the games in Group B was Helsingborg.
Group C
The Group C matches were played in Skövde.
Group D
The group D played in Jönköping.
Main Round
The main round matches were held in Gothenburg and Västerås. The 12 qualified teams from the preliminary round were divided into two groups. In group I played the first three teams in Groups A and B, in group II, the first of the groups C and D. The points were taken from the first round that has been made against the other teams who had also reached the main round. The respective first and second placed teams from the groups were advancing to the semifinals, the remaining teams played the remaining places among themselves.
Group I
The games in Group I were held in Gothenburg.
Group II
Group II wore their games from Vasteras.
Classification matches and finals
All placement matches and the finals were held in Stockholm.
Place play- 11
Place play- 9
Game for 7th place
Match for 5th place
Semifinal
3rd Place Match
Final
Full Time
Goal scorer table
All-Star Team
Squad
European Championship: Sweden
- Tomas Svensson
- Peter Gentzel
- Martin Boquist
- Magnus Andersson
- Magnus Wislander
- Mathias Franzén
- Jonas Ernelind
- Stefan Lovgren
- Thomas Sivertsson
- Martin Frändesjö
- Johan Petersson
Coach: Bengt Johansson
Second Place: Germany
- Christian Ramota
- Henning Fritz
- Chrischa Hanna forest
- Stefan Kretzschmar
- Torsten Jansen
- Frank von Behren
- Daniel Stephan
- Pascal Hens
- Markus Baur
- Volker Zerbe
- Christian Rose
- Christian Zeitz
- Florian Kehrmann
- Klaus -Dieter Petersen
- Christian Schwarzer
- Mark Dragunsky
Coach: Heiner Brand
Third Place: Denmark
- Kasper Hvidt
- Kristian Asmussen
- Klavs Bruun Jørgensen
- Torsten Laen
- Lars Jørgensen
- Lars Christiansen
- Joachim Boldsen
- Michael Bruun Pedersen
- Michael V. Knudsen
- Claus Møller Jakobsen
- Christian Hjermind
- Søren Stryger
- Lars Krogh Jeppesen
- Bo Spellerberg
- Claus Flensborg
Coach: Torben Winther
Weblink
- Tournament on eurohandball.com
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