International handball competition
Håndball-EM 2008. (in Norwegian) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Norway |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Dates | 17–27 January |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Denmark (1st title) |
Runner-up | Croatia |
Third place | France |
Fourth place | Germany |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 47 |
Goals scored | 2,643 (56.23 per match) |
Attendance | 165,150 (3,514 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ivano Balić Lars Christiansen Nikola Karabatić (44 goals) |
Best player | Nikola Karabatić |
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The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (8th tournament) was held in Norway from 17 to 27 January, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark won the tournament with Croatia second and France third.
Venues
Drammen | Stavanger | DrammenStavangerBergenTrondheimLillehammer |
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Drammenshallen Capacity: 4,000 |
Stavanger Idrettshall Capacity: 7,000 | |
Bergen | Trondheim | |
Haukelandshallen Capacity: 4,000 |
Trondheim Spektrum Capacity: 4,000 | |
Lillehammer | ||
Håkons Hall Capacity: 10,500 | ||
Qualification
Main article: 2008 European Men's Handball Championship qualificationQualification matches took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules, the host (Norway) and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places were determined after the play-off matches, held in June; nine teams were seeded, after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages.
Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Draw
The draw was held on 22 June 2007 in the TV2 Studio in Oslo.
Seeding
The seedings were announced on 19 June 2007.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 77 | +14 | 6 | Main round |
2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 89 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 94 | −9 | 2 | |
4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 97 | −9 | 0 |
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.
17 January 2008 18:15 |
Slovenia | 34–32 | Czech Republic | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
Kavtičnik 12 | (16–14) | Filip 10 | ||
3× 8× 1× | Report | 3× 8× |
17 January 2008 20:15 |
Croatia | 32–27 | Poland | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
Balić, Horvat 7 | (14–14) | Jurasik 11 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 7× 1× |
18 January 2008 18:15 |
Czech Republic | 26–30 | Croatia | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Vakula, Ljudovik (UKR) |
Vítek 7 | (13–13) | Balić 6 | ||
3× 10× 1× | Report | 3× 4× |
18 January 2008 20:15 |
Poland | 33–27 | Slovenia | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,655 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
Bielecki 9 | (23–14) | Pajovič 7 | ||
3× 7× 1× | Report | 2× 6× |
20 January 2008 15:15 |
Poland | 33–30 | Czech Republic | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bejenariu, Cirligeanu (ROU) |
Bielecki 9 | (13–14) | Nocar 7 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 10× |
20 January 2008 17:15 |
Croatia | 29–24 | Slovenia | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
Balić 7 | (16–15) | Pajovič 7 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 4× 3× |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Norway (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 69 | +17 | 6 | Main round |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 79 | +10 | 4 | |
3 | Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 84 | −13 | 1 | |
4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 88 | −14 | 1 |
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
Notes:
17 January 2008 17:00 |
Russia | 25–25 | Montenegro | Drammenshallen, Drammen Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) |
Koksharov 8 | (15–16) | Mrvaljević, Muratović 7 | ||
2× 6× | Report | 3× 6× |
17 January 2008 19:15 |
Denmark | 26–27 | Norway | Drammenshallen, Drammen Attendance: 4,700 Referees: Vakula, Ljudovik (UKR) |
Boesen 9 | (10–14) | Tvedten 8 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 6× |
18 January 2008 18:15 |
Norway | 32–21 | Russia | Drammenshallen, Drammen Attendance: 4,650 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
Hagen 9 | (15–10) | Starykh 5 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 5× |
18 January 2008 20:15 |
Montenegro | 24–32 | Denmark | Drammenshallen, Drammen Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Bejenariu, Cirligeanu (ROU) |
Muratović 9 | (9–18) | three players 5 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 3× 5× |
20 January 2008 17:15 |
Denmark | 31–28 | Russia | Drammenshallen, Drammen Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
Christiansen 13 | (18–11) | Koksharov 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 6× 1× |
20 January 2008 19:15 |
Norway | 27–22 | Montenegro | Drammenshallen, Drammen Attendance: 4,700 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
Tvedten 5 | (16–11) | Muratović 8 | ||
3× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 7× 1× |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 82 | +8 | 4 | Main round |
2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 88 | +6 | 4 | |
3 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 80 | +4 | 4 | |
4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 101 | −18 | 0 |
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:
17 January 2008 17:15 |
Germany | 34–26 | Belarus | Haukelandshallen, Bergen Attendance: 2,110 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Baur 7 | (16–13) | Pukhouski 10 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 6× |
17 January 2008 19:15 |
Spain | 28–35 | Hungary | Haukelandshallen, Bergen Attendance: 2,130 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
Garabaya 8 | (12–14) | Ilyés, Nagy 7 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
19 January 2008 18:10 |
Hungary | 24–28 | Germany | Haukelandshallen, Bergen Attendance: 2,340 Referees: Višekruna, Stanojević (SRB) |
three players 4 | (12–13) | Baur, Jansen 5 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× |
19 January 2008 20:15 |
Belarus | 31–36 | Spain | Haukelandshallen, Bergen Attendance: 2,340 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
Pukhouski 8 | (15–18) | Rocas 11 | ||
3× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
20 January 2008 16:30 |
Spain | 30–22 | Germany | Haukelandshallen, Bergen Attendance: 3,238 Referees: Poladenko, Chernega (RUS) |
García 8 | (12–12) | three players 4 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
20 January 2008 18:30 |
Hungary | 31–26 | Belarus | Haukelandshallen, Bergen Attendance: 3,238 Referees: Reisinger, Kaschütz (AUT) |
G. Iváncsik, Nagy 9 | (18–16) | Kurchev 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 2× 4× |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 76 | +14 | 6 | Main round |
2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 72 | +17 | 4 | |
3 | Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 76 | −8 | 2 | |
4 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 101 | −23 | 0 |
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.
17 January 2008 18:15 |
France | 32–31 | Slovakia | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 2,585 Referees: Višekruna, Stanojević (SRB) |
Girault 6 | (20–18) | Šulc 10 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 6× |
17 January 2008 20:15 |
Iceland | 19–24 | Sweden | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 2,930 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
G. Sigurðsson, Stefánsson 4 | (9–11) | Jurasik 11 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 7× |
19 January 2008 18:15 |
Slovakia | 22–28 | Iceland | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 3,410 Referees: Reisinger, Kaschütz (AUT) |
Kozlov 7 | (5–16) | G. Sigurðsson 7 | ||
3× 7× | Report | 2× 6× |
19 January 2008 20:15 |
Sweden | 24–28 | France | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 3,640 Referees: Poladenko, Chernega (RUS) |
three players 4 | (13–18) | three players 5 | ||
4× 2× | Report | 2× 3× |
20 January 2008 16:15 |
Slovakia | 25–41 | Sweden | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 1,870 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Dudáš, Mikéci 4 | (12–20) | Andersson 8 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
20 January 2008 18:15 |
France | 30–21 | Iceland | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 2,335 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
Karabatić 10 | (17–8) | Petersson 5 | ||
3× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 2× |
Main round
Group I
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 120 | +32 | 8 | Semifinals |
2 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 138 | 130 | +8 | 7 | |
3 | Norway (H) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 130 | 128 | +2 | 6 | Fifth place game |
4 | Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 149 | 142 | +7 | 5 | |
5 | Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 138 | 148 | −10 | 4 | |
6 | Montenegro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 124 | 163 | −39 | 0 |
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
22 January 2008 16:15 |
Slovenia | 31–29 | Montenegro | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,815 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) |
Pajovič 9 | (16–13) | Mrvaljević 5 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
22 January 2008 18:15 |
Croatia | 20–30 | Denmark | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 4,601 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
Horvat 5 | (9–15) | Lindberg 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 5× 1× |
22 January 2008 20:15 |
Poland | 24–24 | Norway | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
Lijewski 8 | (12–13) | Strand 9 | ||
4× 7× 2× | Report | 3× 9× 2× |
23 January 2008 16:15 |
Croatia | 34–26 | Montenegro | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,745 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
Vori 9 | (12–13) | Kapisoda 7 | ||
2× 1× | Report | 3× 2× |
23 January 2008 18:15 |
Poland | 26–36 | Denmark | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 4,757 Referees: Vakula, Ljudovik (UKR) |
Jurasik 7 | (13–17) | Boesen 8 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 5× |
23 January 2008 20:15 |
Slovenia | 33–29 | Norway | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 6,869 Referees: Bejenariu, Cirligeanu (ROU) |
Natek 9 | (14–13) | Kjelling, Loke 7 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 3× 3× |
24 January 2008 16:15 |
Poland | 39–23 | Montenegro | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 2,309 Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) |
Jachlewski 6 | (19–13) | Kapisoda 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
24 January 2008 18:15 |
Slovenia | 23–28 | Denmark | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 6,412 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
Natek 5 | (11–15) | Christiansen 8 | ||
4× 4× | Report | 2× 3× |
24 January 2008 20:15 |
Croatia | 23–23 | Norway | Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
Balić 9 | (10–11) | three players 5 | ||
4× 5× | Report | 4× 2× |
Group II
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 140 | 126 | +14 | 8 | Semifinals |
2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 136 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 131 | 0 | 5 | Fifth place game |
4 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 145 | 147 | −2 | 5 | |
5 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 138 | +6 | 4 | |
6 | Iceland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 150 | −21 | 2 |
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:
22 January 2008 16:20 |
Germany | 35–27 | Iceland | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 1,380 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Glandorf 9 | (17–12) | Stefánsson 8 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
22 January 2008 18:30 |
Spain | 27–28 | France | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 1,890 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
three players 5 | (15–15) | Narcisse 7 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
22 January 2008 20:30 |
Hungary | 27–27 | Sweden | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 1,103 Referees: Višekruna, Stanojević (SRB) |
G. Iváncsik 8 | (16–14) | Ahlm 8 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 5× |
23 January 2008 16:15 |
Spain | 26–27 | Sweden | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 2,730 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
García 8 | (14–13) | Källman 8 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 5× |
23 January 2008 18:15 |
Germany | 23–26 | France | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 2,945 Referees: Poladenko, Chernega (RUS) |
Kraus 6 | (10–11) | Karabatić 8 | ||
3× 5× 1× | Report | 4× 2× |
23 January 2008 20:15 |
Hungary | 28–36 | Iceland | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 1,012 Referees: Reisinger, Kaschütz (AUT) |
Mocsai 6 | (16–16) | Guðjónsson 11 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× 1× |
24 January 2008 15:20 |
Spain | 33–26 | Iceland | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 2,280 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
García 9 | (18–15) | Guðjónsson, G. Sigurðsson 7 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 4× 1× |
24 January 2008 17:20 |
Hungary | 31–28 | France | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 2,360 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Ilyés 9 | (15–11) | Guilbert 6 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 3× |
24 January 2008 19:20 |
Germany | 31–29 | Sweden | Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 2,915 Referees: Višekruna, Stanojević (SRB) |
Glandorf, Hens 7 | (16–18) | Andersson 9 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 3× |
Final round
Bracket
Semifinals | Final | |||||
26 January | ||||||
Denmark | 26 | |||||
27 January | ||||||
Germany | 25 | |||||
Denmark | 24 | |||||
26 January | ||||||
Croatia | 20 | |||||
Croatia | 24 | |||||
France | 23 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
27 January | ||||||
Germany | 26 | |||||
France | 36 |
Semifinals
26 January 2008 15:30 |
Croatia | 24–23 | France | Håkons Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 6,012 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL) |
Metličić 6 | (11–9) | Abalo, Narcisse 7 | ||
4× 1× | Report | 4× 2× |
26 January 2008 18:00 |
Denmark | 26–25 | Germany | Håkons Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 6,012 Referees: Poladenko, Chernega (RUS) |
Christiansen 6 | (10–13) | Kehrmann 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 4× |
Fifth place game
26 January 2008 13:00 |
Norway | 34–36 (ET) | Sweden | Håkons Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 5,840 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
Strand 10 | (13–15) | Boquist, Källman 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× | ||
FT: 26–26 ET: 4–4, 4–6 |
Third place game
27 January 2008 13:30 |
Germany | 26–36 | France | Håkons Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 7,940 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR) |
Jansen 7 | (9–18) | Girault 8 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
Final
27 January 2008 16:00 |
Denmark | 24–20 | Croatia | Håkons Hall, Lillehammer Attendance: 9,052 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
Boesen, Christiansen 7 | (13–10) | Metličić 5 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 4× 6× 1× |
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
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All-Star Team
Source: EHF Other awards
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Top goalscorers
Source: EHF |
Top goalkeepers(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)
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References
- "2008 Men's European Handball Championship Draw" (PDF). EHF. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- "22 June: Follow the Draw Live on our Website!". EHF. 19 June 2007. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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