2000 European Men's Handball Championship

2000 European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	21–30 January
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (3rd title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	1,867 (49.13 per match)
Attendance	113,750 (2,993 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Oleg Velyky; (46 goals)
Best player	Jackson Richardson
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The 2000 European Men's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held in Croatia from 21 to 30 January 2000, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka.^[1] Sweden won the tournament after defeating Russia in the final, while Spain finished third.

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Croatia	Host	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Sweden	Defending champion	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Denmark	Playoff winner	2 (1994, 1996)
France	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Germany	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Iceland	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Norway	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Portugal	Playoff winner	1 (1994)
Russia	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Slovenia	Playoff winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Spain	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Ukraine	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)

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

Venues

Two Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2000 Championship:

Rijeka	Zagreb Rijeka	Zagreb

Dvorana Mladosti Capacity: 4,000		Dom Športova Capacity: 7,000

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	4	1	0	127	110	+17	9	Semifinals
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	128	120	+8	8	Semifinals
3	Croatia (H)	5	3	1	1	122	114	+8	7	Fifth place game
4	Norway	5	1	1	3	106	114	−8	3	Seventh place game
5	Germany	5	0	2	3	110	119	−9	2	Ninth place game
6	Ukraine	5	0	1	4	104	120	−16	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.
(H) Hosts

21 January 2000 16:30	France	24–21	Norway	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
	Gille 6	(14–12)	Berge 6
	4× 4×	Report	2× 6×

21 January 2000 18:30	Germany	24–24	Ukraine	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Baur 8	(14–11)	Velyky 12
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

21 January 2000 21:00	Spain	27–22	Croatia	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Guijosa 6	(16–11)	Smajlagić 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

22 January 2000 17:00	Norway	21–25	Spain	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
	Ellingsen, Penne 5	(9–13)	Dujshevaev, Xepkin 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 6×

22 January 2000 19:00	Croatia	21–20	Germany	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Saračević 7	(11–12)	Kretzschmar 7
	4× 3×	Report	3× 4×

22 January 2000 21:00	Ukraine	22–24	France	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Velyky 8	(9–12)	Cazal 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

23 January 2000 17:00	Spain	27–24	Ukraine	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Guijosa 7	(17–11)	Velyky 10
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

23 January 2000 19:00	Germany	19–25	France	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
	Kretzschmar 6	(9–15)	Richardson 8
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

23 January 2000 21:00	Croatia	27–23	Norway	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 9,500 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Bilić 8	(15–10)	Oustorp, Penne 5
	3× 10× 1×	Report	4× 3×

25 January 2000 17:00	France	28–22	Spain	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Cazal 8	(16–12)	Masip 9
	3× 5×	Report	2× 3×

25 January 2000 19:00	Germany	22–22	Norway	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
	Roos 11	(11–10)	Jensen 7
	3× 6×	Report	2× 2×

25 January 2000 21:00	Ukraine	18–26	Croatia	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Klúcsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Nat 5	(9–13)	Saračević 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

27 January 2000 17:00	Norway	19–16	Ukraine	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 700 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Rasch 6	(12–7)	four players 3
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

27 January 2000 19:00	Spain	27–25	Germany	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Guijosa, Masip 6	(12–9)	Baur, Roos 6
	4× 2×	Report	3× 4×

27 January 2000 21:00	France	26–26	Croatia	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
	Cazal 8	(12–11)	Kljaić 6
	4× 7×	Report	2× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	5	0	143	115	+28	10	Semifinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	128	120	+8	8	Semifinals
3	Slovenia	5	2	3	129	131	−2	4^[a]	Fifth place game
4	Portugal	5	2	3	123	133	−10	4^[a]	Seventh place game
5	Denmark	5	2	3	126	134	−8	4^[a]	Ninth place game
6	Iceland	5	0	5	121	137	−16	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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Slovenia 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, –1 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, –2 GD

21 January 2000 17:00	Sweden	31–23	Iceland	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Klúcsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Lövgren 7	(18–10)	Bjarnason 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 8×

21 January 2000 19:00	Portugal	28–27	Slovenia	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
	Coelho 6	(12–12)	Lubej 8
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 2×

21 January 2000 21:00	Russia	27–26	Denmark	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	three players 5	(11–14)	Jacobsen 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

22 January 2000 17:00	Slovenia	23–27	Russia	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
	Pajovič 10	(12–16)	Koksharov 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

22 January 2000 19:00	Iceland	25–28	Portugal	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Grímsson 9	(13–14)	Resende 10
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 4×

22 January 2000 21:00	Denmark	22–29	Sweden	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
	Christiansen, Jeppesen 5	(10–16)	Lövgren 10
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

23 January 2000 17:00	Sweden	29–21	Portugal	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Petersson 7	(15–9)	Resende 6
	3× 2×	Report	4× 5× 1×

23 January 2000 19:00	Russia	25–23	Iceland	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
	Filippov 6	(15–14)	Grímsson 6
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

23 January 2000 21:00	Denmark	24–28	Slovenia	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Klúcsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Jacobsen 11	(9–13)	Šerbec 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 9×

25 January 2000 17:00	Sweden	26–24	Slovenia	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Wislander 7	(11–12)	Pajovič 5
	3× 3×	Report	3×

25 January 2000 19:00	Portugal	20–24	Russia	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Resende 8	(13–11)	Krivoshlykov, Kulinchenko 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

25 January 2000 21:00	Iceland	24–26	Denmark	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 800 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
	Grímsson 6	(14–13)	Bjerre 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

27 January 2000 17:00	Slovenia	27–26	Iceland	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
	Kastelic, Šerbec 5	(17–12)	Grímsson 7
	4× 3×	Report	4× 4×

27 January 2000 19:00	Russia	25–28	Sweden	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
	Filippov 10	(15–14)	Wislander 7
	3× 3×	Report	4× 2×

27 January 2000 21:00	Portugal	26–28	Denmark	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Nachevski , Nachevski (MKD)
	Resende 9	(12–13)	Jacobsen 6
	3× 8×	Report	4× 3×

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

29 January 2000 15:00	Ukraine	25–26	Iceland	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 200 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
	Velyky 11	(12–13)	Grímsson 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Ninth place game

29 January 2000 17:30	Germany	19–17	Denmark	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 350 Referees: Klúcsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Roos 6	(8–10)	Christiansen 6
	2× 7× 1×	Report	3× 6×

Seventh place game

29 January 2000 20:00	Norway	27–30 (ET)	Portugal	Dvorana Mladosti, Rijeka Attendance: 100 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	three players 5	(10–14)	Tchikoulaev 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 6×
	FT: 23–23 ET: 4–7

Fifth place game

29 January 2000 21:00	Croatia	24–25	Slovenia	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
	Smajlagić 7	(12–12)	three players 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

29 January

France	23
		30 January
Russia	30
		Russia	31
29 January
		Sweden (ET)	32
Sweden	23

Spain	21
		Third place

		30 January

		Spain	24

		France	23

Semifinals

29 January 2000 15:00	France	23–30	Russia	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Cazal 6	(10–16)	Koksharov 9
	4× 2×	Report	3× 5× 1×

29 January 2000 17:30	Sweden	23–21	Spain	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
	Vranjes, Wislander 6	(11–12)	Ortega 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 4×

Third place game

30 January 2000 15:00	Spain	24–23	France	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Pendić, Majstorović (FRY)
	Dujshebaev 7	(13–12)	Gille 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Final

30 January 2000 17:30	Russia	31–32 (ET)	Sweden	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Filippov 6	(15–9)	Wislander 10
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×
	FT: 24–24 ET: 3–3, 4–5

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

	Sweden
	Russia
	Spain
4	France
5	Slovenia
6	Croatia
7	Portugal
8	Norway
9	Germany
10	Denmark
11	Iceland
12	Ukraine

2000 Men's European Champions Sweden Third Title

All-Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Peter Gentzel (SWE)
Right wing	Irfan Smajlagić (CRO)
Right back	Patrick Cazal (FRA)
Centre back	Jackson Richardson (FRA)
Left back	Carlos Resende (POR)
Left wing	Rafael Guijosa (ESP)
Pivot	Andrei Xepkin (ESP)
Most valuable player	Jackson Richardson (FRA)

Source: EHF

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Oleg Velyky	Ukraine	46	96	48
2	Valdimar Grímsson	Iceland	41	56	73
3	Patrick Cazal	France	40	82	49
3	Magnus Wislander	Sweden	40	54	74
5	Carlos Resende	Portugal	38	77	49
6	Stefan Lövgren	Sweden	33	54	61
7	Rafael Guijosa	Spain	32	49	65
7	Aleš Pajovič	Slovenia	32	63	51
9	Bertrand Gille	France	30	46	65
9	Jackson Richardson	France	30	48	62

Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Tomas Svensson	Sweden	43	52	122
2	David Barrufet	Spain	40	87	215
3	Henning Fritz	Germany	39	22	57
3	Peter Gentzel	Sweden	39	54	137
5	Venio Losert	Croatia	38	48	128
5	Bruno Martini	France	38	55	143
7	Mirko Bašić	Croatia	37	27	73
7	Jan Holpert	Germany	37	38	104
9	Kasper Hvidt	Denmark	35	44	124
9	Frode Scheie	Norway	35	38	108

Source: EHF

Shooting statistics

2003 research of Croatian kinesiologists on the efficiency of the shooting at the Championship summarized:^[1]

Almost half of all the shots performed (44.61%) were executed from the back-court players' positions (field shots). The winning teams were considerably more efficient in field shots and in 7m throws than the defeated ones - (43.20%) and (76.53%) as compared to (32.52%) and (65.76%), respectively. (...) The winning teams had more successful field shots, 6m-centre shots and wing shots, and fewer unsuccessful 6m-centre and field shots and 7m throws. Scoring efficiency from a distance and from the 6m line differentiates the successful teams (winners) from the unsuccessful (defeated) ones.

References

^ ^a ^b Vuleta, Milanović & Sertić 2003, p. 168.

Sources

eurohandball.com. "2000 Men's European Championship". Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2000". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Vuleta, Dinko; Milanović, Dragan; Sertić, Hrvoje (2003). "Povezanost varijabli šutiranja na gol s konačnim rezultatom rukometnih utakmica Europskog prvenstvu 2000. godine za muškarce" [Relations among variables of shooting for a goal and outcomes of the 2000 men’s european handball championship matches]. Kinesiology. 35 (2): 168-173. ISSN 1848-638X.

External links

Results

[table_hth_SLO0.20431590462304-2] Slovenia 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, –1 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, –2 GD

[FOOTNOTEVuletaMilanovićSertić2003168-1] Vuleta, Milanović & Sertić 2003, p. 168.

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