1996 European Men's Handball Championship

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1996 European Men's Handball Championship
1996 European Men's Handball Championship.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Spain.svg Spain
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates24 May – 2 June
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Russia.svg  Russia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Third placeFlag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia
Fourth placeFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored1,815 (47.76 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Knorr
(41 goals)
Awards
Best player Flag of Spain.svg Talant Dujshebaev
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The 1996 European Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the tournament and held in Spain from 24 May to 2 June 1996, in the cities of Ciudad Real and Seville. Russia won the tournament after defeating Spain in the final, while Yugoslavia finished third.

Contents

Teams

Group AGroup B
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

Venues

CityStadiumCapacity
Ciudad Real Pabellón Santa María 2.000
Seville Palacio de Deportes San Pablo 7.000

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 541012598+279 Semifinals
2Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 5410117110+79
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5302127125+26 Fifth place game
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5113110111−13 Seventh place game
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5113117130−133 Ninth place game
6Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 500593115−220 Eleventh place game
Source: EHF
24 May 1996
17:00		 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg30–27Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 200
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Ćavar, Puc 6(17–13) Pásztor 6
Report
24 May 1996
19:00		 Yugoslavia  Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg23–22Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 400
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Škrbić 8(10–9) Knorr 5
Report
24 May 1996
21:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg22–18Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 500
Referees: Dancescu, Mateescu (ROU)
Gopin, Voronin 5(10–7) Pungartnik 5
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25 May 1996
15:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg21–26Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 500
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
Kretzschmar 6(10–11) Ćavar 8
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25 May 1996
17:00		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg20–21Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 400
Referees: Wille, Vorderleitner (AUT)
Pungartnik 6(10–10) Stefanovič 7
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25 May 1996
19:00		 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg21–33Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 350
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Kis 6(10–16) Kuleshov 8
Report
26 May 1996
17:00		 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg24–24Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 600
Referees: Dancescu, Mateescu (ROU)
Bendó 7(11–12) Schwalb 8
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26 May 1996
19:00		 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg26–22Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 800
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Ćavar 8(13–9) Tomšič 5
Report
26 May 1996
21:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg20–20Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
Torgovanov 4(11–8)three players 4
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28 May 1996
17:00		 Yugoslavia  Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg27–24Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Knežević 7(14–11) Ćavar 9
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28 May 1996
19:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg22–18Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 350
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Atavin, Torgovanov 5(11–9) Knorr 7
Report
28 May 1996
21:00		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg17–21Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 300
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Kastelic, Vugrinec 3(7–10) Pásztor 7
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29 May 1996
17:00		 Yugoslavia  Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg26–24Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 350
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
Škrbić 8(12–14) Zsigmond 9
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29 May 1996
19:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg25–16Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Referees: Dancescu, Mateescu (ROU)
Knorr 8(10–5)three players 3
Report
29 May 1996
21:00		 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg21–28Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 350
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Saračević 11(11–13) Gopin 10
Report

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (H)5401124116+88 Semifinals
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5401124106+188
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5302129125+46 Fifth place game
4Flag of France.svg  France 5302130120+106 Seventh place game
5Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 5104117134−172 Ninth place game
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5005108131−230 Eleventh place game
Source: EHF
(H) Hosts
24 May 1996
17:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg32–25Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 600
Referees: Wille, Vorderleitner (AUT)
Tonar 13(17–13) Beșta 6
Report
24 May 1996
19:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg23–24Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Thorsson 5(11–14) Dujshebaev 6
Report
24 May 1996
21:00		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg22–25Flag of France.svg  France Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Jacobsen 5(11–12) Prandi, Stoecklin 7
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25 May 1996
17:00		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg28–22Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Dujshebaev 6(12–8)three players 4
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25 May 1996
19:00		 France  Flag of France.svg29–31Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Stoecklin 8(11–16) Tonar 12
Report
25 May 1996
21:00		 Romania  Flag of Romania.svg24–28Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 850
Referees: Makarov, Danelia (RUS)
Beșta 6(14–14) Lövgren 8
Report
26 May 1996
17:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg21–25Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Makarov, Danelia (RUS)
Šetlík 6(10–11) Guijosa 7
Report
26 May 1996
19:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg23–21Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Andersson 6(12–8) Hjermind 5
Report
26 May 1996
21:00		 Romania  Flag of Romania.svg20–27Flag of France.svg  France Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 250
Referees: Wille, Vorderleitner (AUT)
Licu 10(11–13) Stoecklin 8
Report
28 May 1996
16:30		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg22–28Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 150
Referees: Wille, Vorderleitner (AUT)
Jacobsen 7(9–12) Blecha, Šetlík 5
Report
28 May 1996
19:00		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg26–21Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Guijosa 12(15–10) Beșta, Licu 5
Report
28 May 1996
21:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg26–20Flag of France.svg  France Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 750
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
three players 5(13–12) Stoecklin 7
Report
29 May 1996
17:00		 Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg21–27Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Makarov, Danelia (RUS)
Hamann-Boeriths 5(10–15) Dedu 6
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29 May 1996
19:00		 France  Flag of France.svg29–21Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Prandi 8(16–13) Guijosa 6
Report
29 May 1996
21:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg17–24Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 400
Referees: Brussel, van Dongen (NED)
Šetlík 5(7–13) Lövgren 5
Report

Placement games

Eleventh place game

31 May 1996
17:00		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg27–24Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 350
Referees: Dancescu, Mateescu (ROU)
Begovič 8(12–11)
Report

Ninth place game

31 May 1996
19:00		 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg27–28Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 350
Referees: Wille, Vorderleitner (AUT)
Bendó 6(13–12) Licu 7
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Seventh place game

31 May 1996
17:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svg21–24Flag of France.svg  France Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Makarov, Danelia (RUS)
Knorr 12(9–13) Richardson, Stoecklin 6
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Fifth place game

31 May 1996
21:00		 Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg27–25Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 300
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Smajlagić 9(14–7) Tonar 9
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 24
 
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23
 
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 27
 
 
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 23
 
Bronze-final
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25
 
 
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia 26

Semifinals

31 May 1996
19:00		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg27–23Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Dujshebaev 7(12–7) Stefanovič 5
Report
31 May 1996
21:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg24–21Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Pabellón Santa María, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 650
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Kudinov 7(11–8) Andersson, Thorsson 6
Report

Third place game

1 June 1996
11:30		 Yugoslavia  Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg26–25Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
(13–15)
Report

Final

1 June 1996
13:30		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg23–22Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Elbrønd, Løvqvist (DEN)
(13–9)
Report

Ranking and statistics

References

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