2004 European Men's Handball Championship
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The '''2004 (6th) Men's European Handball Championship''' took place from [[January 22]] to [[February 1]], [[2004]] in [[Slovenia]].
== Preliminary Group Stage ==
=== Group A ===
This group was played out in [[Velenje]].
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=25%|Team
! width=5%|Pld
! width=5%|W
! width=5%|D
! width=5%|L
! width=5%|GF
! width=5%|GA
! width=5%|GD
! width=8%|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia national handball team|Russia]] || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 87 || 74 || 13 || '''6'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]] || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 93 || 79 || 14 || '''4'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland national handball team|Switzerland]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 69 || 85 || -16 || '''2'''
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ukraine national handball team|Ukraine]] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 74 || 85 || -11 || '''0'''
|}
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 22]] || align="right"| [[Russia national handball team|Russia]] || 28 – 20 || align="left"| [[Switzerland national handball team|Switzerland]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]] || 31 – 25 || align="left"| [[Ukraine national handball team|Ukraine]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 24]] || align="right"| [[Switzerland national handball team|Switzerland]] || 24 – 35 || align="left"| [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Ukraine national handball team|Ukraine]] || 27 – 29 || align="left"| [[Russia national handball team|Russia]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 25]] || align="right"| [[Ukraine national handball team|Ukraine]] || 22 – 25 || align="left"| [[Switzerland national handball team|Switzerland]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]] || 27 – 30 || align="left"| [[Russia national handball team|Russia]]
|}
=== Group B ===
This group was played out in [[Ljubljana]].
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=25%|Team
! width=5%|Pld
! width=5%|W
! width=5%|D
! width=5%|L
! width=5%|GF
! width=5%|GA
! width=5%|GD
! width=8%|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]] || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 88 || 86 || 2 || '''5'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]] || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 85 || 78 || 7 || '''4'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain national handball team|Spain]] || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 82 || 81 || 1 || '''2'''
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Portugal national handball team|Portugal]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 91 || 101 || -10 || '''1'''
|}
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 22]] || align="right"| [[Spain national handball team|Spain]] || 29 – 30 || align="left"| [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]] || 36 – 32 || align="left"| [[Portugal national handball team|Portugal]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 24]] || align="right"| [[Portugal national handball team|Portugal]] || 27 – 33 || align="left"| [[Spain national handball team|Spain]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]] || 26 – 25 || align="left"| [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 25]] || align="right"| [[Portugal national handball team|Portugal]] || 32 – 32 || align="left"| [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]] || 24 – 20 || align="left"| [[Spain national handball team|Spain]]
|}
=== Group C ===
This group was played out in [[Celje]].
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=25%|Team
! width=5%|Pld
! width=5%|W
! width=5%|D
! width=5%|L
! width=5%|GF
! width=5%|GA
! width=5%|GD
! width=8%|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]] || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 100 || 90 || 10 || '''5'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hungary national handball team|Hungary]] || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 91 || 83 || 8 || '''5'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic national handball team|Czech Republic]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 88 || 97 || -9 || '''1'''
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Iceland national handball team|Iceland]] || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 87 || 96 || -9 || '''1'''
|}
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 22]] || align="right"| [[Czech Republic national handball team|Czech Republic]] || 25 – 30 || align="left"| [[Hungary national handball team|Hungary]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Iceland national handball team|Iceland]] || 28 – 34 || align="left"| [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 24]] || align="right"| [[Hungary national handball team|Hungary]] || 32 – 29 || align="left"| [[Iceland national handball team|Iceland]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]] || 37 – 33 || align="left"| [[Czech Republic national handball team|Czech Republic]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 25]] || align="right"| [[Iceland national handball team|Iceland]] || 30 – 30 || align="left"| [[Czech Republic national handball team|Czech Republic]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]] || 29 – 29 || align="left"| [[Hungary national handball team|Hungary]]
|}
=== Group D ===
This group was played out in [[Koper]].
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=25%|Team
! width=5%|Pld
! width=5%|W
! width=5%|D
! width=5%|L
! width=5%|GF
! width=5%|GA
! width=5%|GD
! width=8%|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France national handball team|France]] || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 81 || 74 || 7 || '''5'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]] || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 86 || 78 || 8 || '''4'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany national handball team|Germany]] || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 96 || 89 || 7 || '''3'''
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Poland national handball team|Poland]] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 86 || 108 || -22 || '''0'''
|}
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 22]] || align="right"| [[France national handball team|France]] || 29 – 25 || align="left"| [[Poland national handball team|Poland]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Germany national handball team|Germany]] || 26 – 28 || align="left"| [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 24]] || align="right"| [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]] || 20 – 23 || align="left"| [[France national handball team|France]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Poland national handball team|Poland]] || 32 – 41 || align="left"| [[Germany national handball team|Germany]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 25]] || align="right"| [[Germany national handball team|Germany]] || 29 – 29 || align="left"| [[France national handball team|France]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]] || 38 – 29 || align="left"| [[Poland national handball team|Poland]]
|}
==Main Group Stage==
=== Group I ===
This group was played out in [[Celje]].
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=25%|Team
! width=5%|Pld
! width=5%|W
! width=5%|D
! width=5%|L
! width=5%|GF
! width=5%|GA
! width=5%|GD
! width=8%|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]] || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 138 || 131 || 7 || '''9'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]] || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 153 || 125 || 28 || '''8'''
|- bgcolor=#ddffdd
| align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia national handball team|Russia]] || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 149 || 137 || 12 || '''7'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]] || 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 145 || 144 || 1 || '''4'''
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain national handball team|Spain]] || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 133 || 143 || -10 || '''2'''
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland national handball team|Switzerland]] || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 115 || 153 || -38 || '''0'''
|}
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left" rowspan=3 valign=top| [[January 27]] || align="right"| [[Switzerland national handball team|Switzerland]] || 24 – 26 || align="left"| [[Spain national handball team|Spain]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]] || 26 – 28 || align="left"| [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Russia national handball team|Russia]] || 31 – 36 || align="left"| [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=3 valign=top| [[January 28]] || align="right"| [[Russia national handball team|Russia]] || 36 – 30 || align="left"| [[Spain national handball team|Spain]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Switzerland national handball team|Switzerland]] || 27 – 30 || align="left"| [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]] || 28 – 34 || align="left"| [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=3 valign=top| [[January 29]] || align="right"| [[Switzerland national handball team|Switzerland]] || 20 – 34 || align="left"| [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]] || 29 – 28 || align="left"| [[Spain national handball team|Spain]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Russia national handball team|Russia]] || 24 – 24 || align="left"| [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]]
|}
=== Group II ===
This group was played out in [[Ljubljana]].
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=25%|Team
! width=5%|Pld
! width=5%|W
! width=5%|D
! width=5%|L
! width=5%|GF
! width=5%|GA
! width=5%|GD
! width=8%|Pts
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany national handball team|Germany]] || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 151 || 131 || 20 || '''7'''
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]] || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 144 || 135 || 9 || '''7'''
|- bgcolor=#ddffdd
| align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France national handball team|France]] || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 134 || 129 || 5 || '''5'''
|- bgcolor=#ffffcc
| align="left"| {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]] || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 134 || 135 || -1 || '''5'''
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hungary national handball team|Hungary]] || 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 132 || 140 || -8 || '''4'''
|-
| align="left"| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic national handball team|Czech Republic]] || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 147 || 172 || -25 || '''2'''
|}
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left" rowspan=3 valign=top| [[January 27]] || align="right"| [[Hungary national handball team|Hungary]] || 21 – 29 || align="left"| [[France national handball team|France]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Czech Republic national handball team|Czech Republic]] || 27 – 37 || align="left"| [[Germany national handball team|Germany]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]] || 27 – 20 || align="left"| [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=3 valign=top| [[January 28]] || align="right"| [[Czech Republic national handball team|Czech Republic]] || 32 – 31 || align="left"| [[France national handball team|France]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Hungary national handball team|Hungary]] || 29 – 29 || align="left"| [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]] || 24 – 31 || align="left"| [[Germany national handball team|Germany]]
|-
| align="left" rowspan=3 valign=top| [[January 29]] || align="right"| [[Czech Republic national handball team|Czech Republic]] || 30 – 37 || align="left"| [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Hungary national handball team|Hungary]] || 23 – 28 || align="left"| [[Germany national handball team|Germany]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]] || 27 – 22 || align="left"| [[France national handball team|France]]
|}
==Knock-out phase==
Final phase played out in [[Ljubljana]].
=== Semifinal ===
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 valign=top| [[January 31]] || align="right"| [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]] || 25 – 27 || align="left"| [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]]
|-
| align="right"| [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]] || 20 – 22 || align="left"| [[Germany national handball team|Germany]]
|}
=== Seventh place play-off ===
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left"| [[January 31]] || align="right"| [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]] || 35 – 34 || align="left"| [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]]
|}
=== Fifth place play-off ===
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left"| [[February 1]] || align="right"| [[Russia national handball team|Russia]] || 28 – 26 || align="left"| [[France national handball team|France]]
|}
=== Third place play-off ===
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left"| [[February 1]] || align="right"| [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]] || 27 – 31 || align="left"| [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]]
|}
=== Final ===
{| style="text-align:center" width=500
|-
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
! width=15%|
! width=35%|
|-
| align="left"| [[February 1]] || align="right"| [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]] || 25 – 30 || align="left"| [[Germany national handball team|Germany]]
|}
== Final ranking ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| 1 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany national handball team|Germany]]
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
| 2 || {{flagicon|SLO}} [[Slovenia national handball team|Slovenia]]
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
| 3 || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark national handball team|Denmark]]
|-
| 4 || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Croatia national handball team|Croatia]]
|-
| 5 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia national handball team|Russia]]
|-
| 6 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France national handball team|France]]
|-
| 7 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden national handball team|Sweden]]
|-
| 8 || {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Serbia and Montenegro national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]]
|-
| 9 || {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Hungary national handball team|Hungary]]
|-
| 10 || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain national handball team|Spain]]
|-
| 11 || {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic national handball team|Czech Republic]]
|-
| 12 || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland national handball team|Switzerland]]
|-
| 13 || {{flagicon|ISL}} [[Iceland national handball team|Iceland]]
|-
| 14 || {{flagicon|POR}} [[Portugal national handball team|Portugal]]
|-
| 15 || {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Russia national handball team|Ukraine]]
|-
| 16 || {{flagicon|POL}} [[Russia national handball team|Poland]]
|}
===See also===
* [[European Men's Handball Championship]]
==External links==
* [http://www.euro2004.si/ The official site of the championship] with reports, results, statistics, etc.
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