The 2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 11th edition of the tournament and held in Denmark from 12–26 January.
Tournament details | |
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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)[1] |
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]
Country | |
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Votes | |
Denmark | 24 |
Croatia and Hungary | 22 |
Total | 46 |
Venues edit
Aalborg | Aarhus | |
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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]
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Qualification edit
Qualified teams edit
Country | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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Denmark | Host (and Defending Champion) | 25 September 2010 | 91994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
France | Group 3 winner | 6 April 2013 | 101994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Spain | Group 1 winner | 7 April 2013 | 101994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Iceland | Group 6 winner | 7 April 2013 | 72000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Sweden | Group 5 winner | 12 June 2013 | 91994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Hungary | Group 4 runner-up | 12 June 2013 | 81994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Norway | Group 3 runner-up | 12 June 2013 | 52000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Poland | Group 5 runner-up | 12 June 2013 | 62002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Montenegro | Group 2 runner-up | 12 June 2013 | 12008) | (
Croatia | Group 4 winner | 12 June 2013 | 101994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Serbia | Group 7 winner | 12 June 2013 | 22010, 2012) | (
Czech Republic | Group 2 winner | 15 June 2013 | 71996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Belarus | Group 6 runner-up | 16 June 2013 | 21994, 2008) | (
Austria | Group 7 runner-up | 16 June 2013 | 12010) | (
Russia | best third placed team | 16 June 2013 | 101994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) | (
Macedonia | Group 1 runner-up | 16 June 2013 | 21998, 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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 edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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 edit
Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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 edit
Venue: Brøndby Hall, Brøndby
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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 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 |
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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 |
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 edit
Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
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 edit
Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Bracket edit
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 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 | ||
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 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× 3× | Report | 3× 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 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
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 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
Ranking and statistics edit
Final ranking editThe final ranking for places 7 to 16 were determined by the team's group stage record.
All Star Team editThe All-star team and award winners were announced on 26 January 2014.[1]
Other awards edit
Top goalscorers edit
Source: EHF.com References edit
External links edit |