2006 European Men's Handball Championship

The 7th European Handball Championship for men was held from 26 January to 5 February 2006 in Switzerland. European champion was the first time France, defending champion Germany only reached fifth place. Hosts Switzerland already retired from after the preliminary round, the Austrian national team could not qualify for the European Championship.

Was accompanied Handball major event of 500 athletes and officials of, 600 journalists and about 185,000 spectators.

4.1 Group I
4.2 Group II

5.1 Match for 5th place
5.2 Semi-finals
5.3 3rd place match
5.4 final

9.1 European Champion: France
9.2 Second Place: Spain
9.3 Third Place: Denmark
9.4 Fifth Place: Germany

Participant

Venues

St. Gallen - Kreuzbleiche ( 4,500 places)
Basel - St. Jakob Halle ( 8,500 places)
Bern - Wankdorf Hall ( 3,100 seats)
Sursee / Lucerne - City Hall ( 3,500 seats)
Zurich - Hallenstadion ( 11,500 seats)

Preliminary round

The first three of each group reached the main round.

Group A

The group A played in the Kreuzbleiche, St. Gallen.

Group B

The Group B played at St. Jakob Halle, Basel.

Group C

The group C played in the town hall in Lucerne Sursee / Lucerne.

Group D

The group D played in the Wankdorf hall, Berne.

Main Round

The main round matches found in the Kreuzbleiche, St. Gallen, and the St. Jakob Halle, Basel, instead. From the 12 teams from the preliminary round, two groups were formed. In group I played the first three of the groups A and B, in group II, the first three 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 first and second position in their group were advancing to the semifinals, the third played the direct qualification for the European Handball Championship 2008 in Norway.

Group I

The games in Group I were held at the St. Jakob Halle in Basel.

Group II

The games in Group II were fought in the cross- bleaching Hall in St. Gallen.

Final round

In the final round, all games were held in the largest hall, the Hallenstadion Zurich discharged.

Match for 5th place

Thus Germany has qualified directly for the European Handball Championship 2008 in Norway.

Semifinal

3rd Place Match

Final

Full Time

Top scorers

FT - Field Goals, 7m - Seven meters

All-Star Team

Squad

European Championship: France

Yohann Ploquin
Jerome Fernandez
Didier Dinart
Geoffroy Krantz
Guillaume Gille
Sébastien Bosquet

Bertrand Gille
Daniel Narcisse
Olivier Girault
Daouda Karaboué
Nikola Karabatic

Christophe Kempe
Thierry Omeyer
Joël Abati
Luc Abalo
Michaël Guigou

Coach: Claude Onesta

Second Place: Spain

José Javier Hombrados
Alberto Entrerríos
Rolando Centurions
Albert Rocas
Rubén Garabaya
Chema Rodríguez

Ion Belaustegui
Mateo Garralda
Julio Fis
Demetrio Lozano
Juancho Perez

David Davis
David Barrufet
Juanín García
Iker Romero
Mariano Ortega

Coach: Juan Carlos Pastor

Third Place: Denmark

Kasper Hvidt
Lars Møller Madsen
Mikkel Aagaard
Rune Ohm
Lars Jørgensen
Jesper Nøddesbo

Jesper Jensen
Lars Rasmussen
Lars Christiansen
Joachim Boldsen
Kristian Asmussen

Bo Spellerberg
Michael V. Knudsen
Henrik Hansen
Søren Stryger
Per Leegaard

Coach: Ulrik Wilbek

Fifth Place: Germany

Henning Fritz
Johannes Bitter
Florian Kehrmann
Christian Sprenger
Christian Zeitz

Volker Michel
Michael Kraus
Frank von Behren
Michael Hegemann
Pascal Hens

Coach: Heiner Brand

Weblink

Tournament on eurohandball.com

European Handball Championship
Handball 2006
Handball in Switzerland
Sporting event in Switzerland
Sporting event in Basel
Sporting event in Bern
Sporting event in the canton of Lucerne
Sporting event in the Canton of St. Gallen
Sporting event in Zurich

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