2014 European Men's Handball Championship

2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	12–26 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	France (3rd title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	2,612 (55.57 per match)
Attendance	316,390 (6,732 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Joan Cañellas (ESP) (50 goals)
Best player	Nikola Karabatić (FRA)

The 2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 11th edition of the tournament and held in Denmark from 12–26 January.

Denmark was automatically qualified as hosting nation, and as defending champions as well. After the final, at total of 316,390 spectators had visited the stadiums. An all time EHF record.

France won their third title after defeating Denmark 41–32 in the final.^[2]

Bidding process

The bids were as follows:

Denmark
Croatia and Hungary

Denmark was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Copenhagen 25 September 2010, narrowly defeating their rivals by two votes.^[3]

Voting results
Country
Country	Votes
Denmark	24
Croatia and Hungary	22
Total	46

Venues

Aalborg	Aarhus	Brøndby Aalborg Aarhus Herning
Gigantium Capacity: 6,500	NRGi Arena Capacity: 5,001

Brøndby	Herning
Brøndby Hall Capacity: 4,950	Jyske Bank Boxen Capacity: 15,000

Referees

On 23 October 2013, 12 couples were announced in Vienna.^[4]

Country	Referees
Belarus	Andrei Gousko Siarhei Repkin
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen
France	Thierry Dentz Denis Reibel
Germany	Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig

Country	Referees
Latvia	Zigmārs Stoļarovs Renārs Līcis
Macedonia	Gjorgi Nachevski Slave Nikolov
Romania	Bogdan Stark Romeo Ştefan
Serbia	Nenad Nikolić Dušan Stojković
Slovenia	Nenad Krstić Peter Ljubič
Spain	Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso

Qualification

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Denmark	00Host (and Defending Champion)	0025 September 2010	90 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
France	00Group 3 winner	006 April 2013	102 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Spain	00Group 1 winner	007 April 2013	102 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Iceland	00Group 6 winner	007 April 2013	72 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Sweden	00Group 5 winner	0012 June 2013	92 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Hungary	00Group 4 runner-up	0012 June 2013	82 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Norway	00Group 3 runner-up	0012 June 2013	50 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Poland	00Group 5 runner-up	0012 June 2013	60 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Montenegro	00Group 2 runner-up	0012 June 2013	10 (2008)
Croatia	00Group 4 winner	0012 June 2013	100 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Serbia	00Group 7 winner	0012 June 2013	20 (2010, 2012)
Czech Republic	00Group 2 winner	0015 June 2013	72 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Belarus	00Group 6 runner-up	0016 June 2013	22 (1994, 2008)
Austria	00Group 7 runner-up	0016 June 2013	12 (2010)
Russia	00best third placed team	0016 June 2013	102 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Macedonia	00Group 1 runner-up	0016 June 2013	22 (1998, 2012)

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

Squads

Seeding

The draw was held on 21 June 2013 in Herning at 18:00 local time.^[5]^[6] The seeding was announced on 18 June 2013.^[7]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Denmark (assigned to A1) Serbia Croatia Spain	Czech Republic Iceland France (assigned to C2) Sweden (assigned to D2)	Macedonia Belarus Hungary Poland	Norway (assigned to B4) Austria Montenegro Russia

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

	Team advance to the Main Round

Group A

Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	95	79	+16	6
Macedonia	3	1	1	1	67	74	−7	3
Austria	3	1	0	2	80	75	+5	2
Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	73	87	−14	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

12 January 2014 18:00	Czech Republic	20 – 30	Austria	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Jícha 6	(9–14)	Weber 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 6×

12 January 2014 20:30	Denmark	29 – 21	Macedonia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Mortensen 5	(12–8)	Lazarov 7
	3× 7×	Report	3× 3×

14 January 2014 18:15	Macedonia	24 – 24	Czech Republic	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,100 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Lazarov 12	(10–11)	Horák 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

14 January 2014 20:30	Austria	29 – 33	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Hermann 5	(12–18)	Hansen 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

16 January 2014 18:15	Macedonia	22 – 21	Austria	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Lazarov 8	(12–10)	Wilczynski 7
	3× 5×	Report	4× 6×

16 January 2014 20:30	Denmark	33 – 29	Czech Republic	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Lindberg 6	(21–17)	Jícha 11
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

Group B

Venue: Gigantium, Aalborg

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	94	80	+14	6
Iceland	3	1	1	1	86	86	0	3
Hungary	3	0	2	1	80	87	−7	2
Norway	3	0	1	2	77	84	−7	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

12 January 2014 16:00	Iceland	31 – 26	Norway	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Sigurðsson 9	(16–10)	Kjelling 7
	3× 5× 1×	Report	2× 5×

12 January 2014 18:15	Spain	34 – 27	Hungary	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Rocas, Tomás 5	(17–10)	Iváncsik 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 7×

14 January 2014 18:00	Hungary	27 – 27	Iceland	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Ancsin 7	(16–15)	Pálmarsson 8
	4× 8× 1×	Report	3× 4×

14 January 2014 20:15	Norway	25 – 27	Spain	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Myrhol 7	(8–12)	Tomás 8
	4× 6×	Report	3× 5×

16 January 2014 18:00	Spain	33 – 28	Iceland	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 2,923 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Cañellas 8	(16–15)	Pálmarsson 8
	3× 1×	Report	4× 4×

16 January 2014 20:15	Hungary	26 – 26	Norway	Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 2,923 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Lékai 7	(16–13)	Tvedten 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

Group C

Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	94	83	+11	6
Poland	3	1	2	70	70	0	2
Russia	3	1	2	77	84	−7	2
Serbia	3	1	2	73	77	−4	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 January 2014 18:00	Serbia	20 – 19	Poland	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	three players 3	(13–9)	Jurkiewicz 5
	3× 8×	Report	4× 3×

13 January 2014 20:15	France	35 – 28	Russia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 2,350 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Nyokas 9	(19–14)	Kovalev 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

15 January 2014 18:00	Russia	27 – 25	Serbia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Evdokimov 5	(14–14)	Vujin 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

15 January 2014 20:15	Poland	27 – 28	France	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 2,785 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Łucak 5	(14–15)	Karabatić 8
	4× 6×	Report	3× 6×

17 January 2014 18:00	Poland	24 – 22	Russia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 4,860 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Lijewski, Łucak 4	(10–14)	Atman 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

17 January 2014 20:15	Serbia	28 – 31	France	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 4,562 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	three players 5	(12–17)	Joli 10
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Group D

Venue: Brøndby Hall, Brøndby

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	85	68	+17	6
Sweden	3	2	1	82	68	+14	4
Belarus	3	1	2	73	86	−13	2
Montenegro	3	0	3	66	84	−18	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 January 2014 18:00	Croatia	33 – 22	Belarus	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Čupić, Horvat 6	(16–11)	Pukhouski 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 5×

13 January 2014 20:15	Sweden	28 – 21	Montenegro	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby Attendance: 2,697 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Ekdahl du Rietz 7	(18–13)	Ševaljević 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

15 January 2014 18:00	Montenegro	22 – 27	Croatia	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby Attendance: 2,655 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Ševaljević 9	(12–13)	Čupić 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

15 January 2014 20:15	Belarus	22 – 30	Sweden	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Rutenka 13	(10–13)	Petersen 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

17 January 2014 18:00	Croatia	25 – 24	Sweden	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby Attendance: 4,785 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Buntić, Duvnjak 6	(10–9)	Karlsson 5
	4× 4×	Report	4× 4× 1×

17 January 2014 20:15	Belarus	29 – 23	Montenegro	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Rutenka 8	(13–13)	Simović 8
	2× 6×	Report	3× 4×

Main round

	Team advance to the semifinals
	Team advances to the placement game

Group I

Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	5	5	0	0	153	125	+28	10
Spain	5	4	0	1	156	135	+21	8
Iceland	5	2	1	2	140	146	−6	5
Hungary	5	1	1	3	133	139	−6	3
Macedonia	5	1	0	4	117	143	−26	2
Austria	5	1	0	4	129	140	−11	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 January 2014 16:00	Macedonia	25 – 31	Hungary	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Manaskov, Pecakovski 5	(9–16)	Császár 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

18 January 2014 18:15	Austria	27 – 33	Iceland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,000 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Wilczynski 6	(9–17)	Sigurðsson 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

18 January 2014 20:30	Denmark	31 – 28	Spain	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Hansen 6	(16–14)	García 5
	4× 4×	Report	3× 2×

20 January 2014 16:00	Macedonia	27 – 29	Iceland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Lazarov 7	(11–14)	Sigurðsson, Hallgrímsson 6
	3× 5×	Report	4× 4×

20 January 2014 18:15	Austria	27 – 28	Spain	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Schmid 6	(12–14)	Aguinagalde 8
	4× 4×	Report	2× 3×

20 January 2014 20:30	Denmark	28 – 24	Hungary	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Mogensen, Hansen 5	(14–11)	Iváncsik 6
	3× 3×	Report	4× 2× 1×

22 January 2014 16:00	Macedonia	22 – 33	Spain	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Mirkulovski 7	(12–15)	Cañellas 6
	3× 5×	Report	2×

22 January 2014 18:15	Austria	25 – 24	Hungary	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Szilágyi, Santos 6	(9–13)	Iváncsik 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

22 January 2014 20:30	Denmark	32 – 23	Iceland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Mensah 8	(17–13)	Sigurðsson 10
	4× 1×	Report	4× 2×

Group II

Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	5	4	1	157	140	+17	8
Croatia	5	4	1	147	126	+21	8
Poland	5	3	2	145	136	+9	6
Sweden	5	3	2	138	137	+1	6
Russia	5	1	4	141	154	−13	2
Belarus	5	0	5	137	172	−35	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

19 January 2014 15:45	Poland	31 – 30	Belarus	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 2,680 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Jurkiewicz 8	(14–13)	Rutenka 9
	4× 5×	Report	3× 7×

19 January 2014 18:00	Russia	27 – 29	Sweden	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,070 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Igropulo 11	(13–20)	Jakobsson 7
	3× 2×	Report	4× 6× 1×

19 January 2014 20:15	France	27 – 25	Croatia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Karabatić, Guigou 7	(18–17)	Kopljar 7
	2× 2×	Report	4× 5×

21 January 2014 15:45	Russia	25 – 33	Croatia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Poliakov 5	(11–16)	Horvat 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 1×

21 January 2014 18:00	France	39 – 30	Belarus	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Honrubia 9	(20–16)	Brouka, Nikulenkau 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

21 January 2014 20:15	Poland	35 – 25	Sweden	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Lijewski 6	(15–12)	Ekdahl du Rietz 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

22 January 2014 15:45	Russia	39 – 33	Belarus	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 700 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Kovalev 12	(23–17)	Brouka 9
	4× 6×	Report	3× 4×

22 January 2014 18:00	France	28 – 30	Sweden	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Joli 4	(16–14)	Jakobsson, Karlsson 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

22 January 2014 20:15	Poland	28 – 31	Croatia	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Jurecki 6	(15–14)	Duvnjak, Horvat, Štrlek 6
	4× 2×	Report	3× 6×

Knockout stage

Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

24 January – Herning

Denmark	29
		26 January – Herning
Croatia	27
		Denmark	32
24 January – Herning
		France	41
France	30

Spain	27
		Third place

		26 January – Herning

		Croatia	28

		Spain	29

Semifinals

24 January 2014 18:30	France	30 – 27	Spain	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
	Abalo 8	(12–14)	Cañellas 10
	4× 7× 1×	Report	4× 4×

24 January 2014 21:00	Denmark	29 – 27	Croatia	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Eggert 8	(13–15)	Kopljar, Horvat 6
	4× 6×	Report	4× 6×

Fifth place game

24 January 2014 16:00	Iceland	28 – 27	Poland	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Guðjónsson 8	(13–16)	Kuchczyński 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Third place game

26 January 2014 15:00	Croatia	28 – 29	Spain	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Duvnjak 8	(13–16)	Cañellas 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Final

26 January 2014 17:30	Denmark	32 – 41	France	Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Hansen 9	(16–23)	Guigou 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The final ranking for places 7 to 16 were determined by the team's group stage record.

Legend for qualification type
Qualified for the 2015 World Championship based on this tournament
Qualified for the 2015 World Championship as defending title holder

Rank	Team
	France
	Denmark
	Spain
4	Croatia
5	Iceland
6	Poland
7	Sweden
8	Hungary
9	Russia
10	Macedonia
11	Austria
12	Belarus
13	Serbia
14	Norway
15	Czech Republic
16	Montenegro

2014 Men's Handball European Champions France Third Title

All Star Team

The All-star team and award winners were announced on 26 January 2014.^[1]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Niklas Landin Jacobsen (DEN)
Right wing	Luc Abalo (FRA)
Right back	Krzysztof Lijewski (POL)
Centre back	Domagoj Duvnjak (CRO)
Left back	Mikkel Hansen (DEN)
Left wing	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (ISL)
Pivot	Julen Aguinagalde (ESP)

Other awards

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Nikola Karabatić (FRA)
Best Defence Player	Tobias Karlsson (SWE)
Topscorer	Joan Cañellas (ESP) (50 goals)

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%	MP
1	Joan Cañellas (ESP)	50	64	78	8
2	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (ISL)	44	60	73	7
3	Mikkel Hansen (DEN)	39	60	65	8
4	Kiril Lazarov (MKD)	38	74	51	6
5	Domagoj Duvnjak (CRO)	36	64	56	8
5	Michaël Guigou (FRA)	36	48	75	8
7	Siarhei Rutenka (BLR)	34	62	55	6
8	Zlatko Horvat (CRO)	33	45	73	8
9	Nikola Karabatić (FRA)	32	51	63	8
10	Luc Abalo (FRA)	31	43	72	8
	Krzysztof Lijewski (POL)	31	54	54	7
	Víctor Tomás (ESP)	31	45	69	8

Source: EHF.com

References

^ a b "EHF EURO All-Star team announced". den2014.ehf-euro.com. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
^ "France take third EHF EURO title in style". den2014.ehf-euro.com. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
^ "Men's EHF EURO 2014 goes to Denmark".
^ "Referee pairs nominated for EHF EURO 2014". eurohandball.com. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
^ "EHF EURO 2014: Norway in group B, France in C and Sweden in D for preliminary round". eurohandball.com. 18 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
^ "Tough groups for world champions Spain and EHF EURO 2012 silver medallists Serbia". eurohandball.com. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ Draw Procedure

External links

Official website

[Awards-1] "EHF EURO All-Star team announced". den2014.ehf-euro.com. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

[2] "France take third EHF EURO title in style". den2014.ehf-euro.com. 26 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

[3] "Men's EHF EURO 2014 goes to Denmark".

[4] "Referee pairs nominated for EHF EURO 2014". eurohandball.com. 23 October 2013. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2013.

[5] "EHF EURO 2014: Norway in group B, France in C and Sweden in D for preliminary round". eurohandball.com. 18 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2013.

[6] "Tough groups for world champions Spain and EHF EURO 2012 silver medallists Serbia". eurohandball.com. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

[7] Draw Procedure