2014 European Men's Handball Championship

Summary

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

2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Denmark
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates12–26 January
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions France (3rd title)
Runner-up Denmark
Third place Spain
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played47
Goals scored2,612 (55.57 per match)
Attendance316,390 (6,732 per match)
Top scorer(s) Joan Cañellas (ESP) (50 goals)
Best player Nikola Karabatić (FRA)[1]
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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 edit

The bids were as follows:

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
Votes
  Denmark 24
  Croatia and   Hungary 22
Total 46

Venues edit

Aalborg Aarhus
Gigantium
Capacity: 6,500
NRGi Arena
Capacity: 5,001
   
Brøndby Herning
Brøndby Hall
Capacity: 4,950
Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 15,000
   

Referees edit

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

Qualification edit

 
Qualified teams

Qualified teams edit

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 edit

Seeding edit

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

Group stage edit

All times are local (UTC+1).

     Team advance to the Main Round

Group A edit

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group B edit

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
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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
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14 January 2014
18:00
Hungary   27 – 27   Iceland Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Ancsin 7 (16–15) Pálmarsson 8
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14 January 2014
20:15
Norway   25 – 27   Spain Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Myrhol 7 (8–12) Tomás 8
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16 January 2014
18:00
Spain   33 – 28   Iceland Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 2,923
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Cañellas 8 (16–15) Pálmarsson 8
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16 January 2014
20:15
Hungary   26 – 26   Norway Gigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 2,923
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Lékai 7 (16–13) Tvedten 7
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Group C edit

Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus

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

Venue: Brøndby Hall, Brøndby

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

     Team advance to the semifinals
     Team advances to the placement game

Group I edit

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group II edit

Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 5 4 0 1 157 140 +17 8
  Croatia 5 4 0 1 147 126 +21 8
  Poland 5 3 0 2 145 136 +9 6
  Sweden 5 3 0 2 138 137 +1 6
  Russia 5 1 0 4 141 154 −13 2
  Belarus 5 0 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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22 January 2014
15:45
Russia   39 – 33   Belarus NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 700
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Kovalev 12 (23–17) Brouka 9
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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
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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
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Knockout stage edit

Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 January – Herning
 
 
  Denmark29
 
26 January – Herning
 
  Croatia27
 
  Denmark32
 
24 January – Herning
 
  France41
 
  France30
 
 
  Spain27
 
Third place
 
 
26 January – Herning
 
 
  Croatia28
 
 
  Spain29

Semifinals edit

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
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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
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Fifth place game edit

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×  Report   3× 

Third place game edit

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
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Final edit

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
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Ranking and statistics edit