1998 European Men's Handball Championship

1998 European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	29 May – 7 June
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (2nd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	1,879 (49.45 per match)
Attendance	80,250 (2,112 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jan Filip ; (48 goals)
Best player	Daniel Stephan
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Last updated February 09, 2024

The 1998 European Men's Handball Championship was the third edition of the tournament and held in Italy from 29 May to 7 June 1998, in the cities of Meran and Bolzano. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Spain in the final, while Germany finished third.

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Italy	Host	0 (Debut)
Russia	Defending champion	2 (1994, 1996 )
Croatia	Group 1 winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Macedonia	Group 1 runner-up	0 (Debut)
Yugoslavia	Group 2 winner	1 (1996)
Lithuania	Group 2 runner-up	0 (Debut)
France	Group 3 winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Czech Republic	Group 3 runner-up	1 (1996)
Germany	Group 4 winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Spain	Group 4 runner-up	2 (1994, 1996 )
Hungary	Group 5 winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Sweden	Group 5 runner-up	2 ( 1994 , 1996)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Bolzano	PalaOnda	7.200
Merano	Meranarena	4.000

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	4	0	1	130	111	+19	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	125	102	+23	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Semifinals
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	125	121	+4	6	Fifth place game
4	France	5	1	1	3	110	125	−15	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Seventh place game
5	Lithuania	5	1	1	3	100	115	−15	3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Ninth place game
6	Italy (H)	5	1	0	4	106	122	−16	2	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 Germany 20–21 Sweden
1 2 France 20–20 Lithuania

29 May 1998 16:00	France	20–20	Lithuania	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Stoecklin 8	(9–10)	Vilaniškis 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

29 May 1998 18:00	Germany	20–21	Sweden	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
	Kretzschmar, Schwalb 5	(12–10)	Lövgren 5
	3× 6×	Report	4× 7×

29 May 1998 20:00	Yugoslavia	26–19	Italy	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Peruničić 8	(13–10)	Kobilica, Tabanelli 4
	3× 1×	Report	4× 1×

30 May 1998 16:00	Sweden	25–22	France	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 4,600 Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	three players 5	(13–13)	Fernandez 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

30 May 1998 18:00	Lithuania	22–30	Yugoslavia	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Marcinkevičius 6	(11–15)	Škrbić 7
	4× 7× 1×	Report	4× 2×

30 May 1998 20:00	Italy	18–26	Germany	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 5,600 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Fusina 5	(9–12)	Kretzschmar 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

1 June 1998 16:00	Lithuania	21–27	Sweden	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
	Bučys, Rasikevičius 6	(9–14)	Petersson 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

1 June 1998 18:00	Yugoslavia	22–29	Germany	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 4,700 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Butulija 6	(11–14)	Stephan 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

1 June 1998 20:00	France	23–22	Italy	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Stoecklin 6	(11–10)	Schmidt 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

3 June 1998 18:00	Yugoslavia	19–29	Sweden	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Butulija 6	(13–15)	Lövgren 9
	4× 2×	Report	3× 4×

3 June 1998 20:00	Germany	30–23	France	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 4,300 Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Kretzschmar, Stephan 8	(13–11)	Stoecklin 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

3 June 1998 20:00	Italy	18–19	Lithuania	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
	Massotti, Tarafino 5	(10–9)	Savukynas 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 5×

4 June 1998 18:00	France	22–28	Yugoslavia	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
	Gille 6	(14–14)	Maksić 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

4 June 1998 20:00	Sweden	28–29	Italy	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
	Larsson 8	(13–12)	Kobilica 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

4 June 1998 20:00	Germany	20–18	Lithuania	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Ziercke 5	(9–5)	three players 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	135	103	+32	9	Semifinals
2	Russia	5	3	1	1	127	110	+17	7	Semifinals
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	121	122	−1	6	Fifth place game
4	Croatia	5	2	1	2	117	120	−3	5	Seventh place game
5	Czech Republic	5	1	0	4	130	132	−2	2	Ninth place game
6	Macedonia	5	0	1	4	104	147	−43	1	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF

29 May 1998 16:00	Hungary	29–20	Macedonia	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 250 Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)
	Kotormán 7	(14–7)	Manaskov 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

29 May 1998 18:00	Russia	22–21	Czech Republic	Meranarena, Merano Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
	Filippov 9	(11–8)	Tancoš 6
	2× 5×	Report	3× 4×

29 May 1998 20:00	Croatia	18–18	Spain	Meranarena, Merano Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
	Saračević 5	(11–10)	Lozano 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

31 May 1998 16:00	Czech Republic	24–30	Croatia	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 700 Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
	Filip 8	(14–15)	Ćavar 11
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

31 May 1998 18:00	Macedonia	26–26	Russia	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
	Manaskov 12	(10–16)	Koksharov 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

31 May 1998 20:00	Spain	27–17	Hungary	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	three players 4	(17–3)	Pásztor 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

1 June 1998 16:00	Croatia	28–21	Macedonia	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 200 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
	Ćavar 8	(12–10)	Kotevski, Petreski 5
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 2×

1 June 1998 18:00	Hungary	20–23	Russia	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 250 Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
	Csoknyai, Kotormán 4	(10–13)	Voronin 5
	2× 5×	Report	3× 4×

1 June 1998 20:00	Spain	35–22	Czech Republic	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 400 Referees: Masi, Piero (ITA)
	Guijosa 12	(17–9)	Filip 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

3 June 1998 16:00	Hungary	27–25	Czech Republic	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 350 Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
	Pásztor 11	(13–8)	Lanča 11
	3× 7×	Report	3× 8× 1×

3 June 1998 16:00	Macedonia	19–26	Spain	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
	Kotevski 6	(10–13)	Ortega 7
	4× 2×	Report	4× 5×

3 June 1998 18:00	Russia	29–14	Croatia	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 900 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Koksharov 8	(12–8)	Ćavar 5
	3× 5×	Report	4× 7×

4 June 1998 16:00	Russia	27–29	Spain	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
	Khodkov 7	(15–11)	Guijosa 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 2×

4 June 1998 16:00	Croatia	27–28	Hungary	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 300 Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
	Ćavar, Goluža 6	(10–13)	Pásztor 12
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 8× 1×

4 June 1998 18:00	Czech Republic	38–18	Macedonia	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 400 Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)
	Filip, Lanča 10	(16–12)	Novokmet 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

Placement games

Eleventh place game

6 June 1998 14:00	Italy	27–26 (ET)	Macedonia	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
	Massotti 9	(11–12)	Novokmet 7
	2× 5×	Report	3× 3×
	FT: 23–23 ET: 4–3

Ninth place game

6 June 1998 16:00	Lithuania	38–36 (ET)	Czech Republic	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
	Klimčiauskas 9	(17–14)	Filip 12
	3× 8×	Report	4× 10× 2×
	FT: 30–30 ET: 3–3, 5–3

Seventh place game

6 June 1998 18:00	France	30–28	Croatia	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
	Fernandez 8	(16–12)	Mikulić 10
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Fifth place game

6 June 1998 16:00	Yugoslavia	32–24	Hungary	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Jovanović 9	(15–12)	Kertész, Pásztor 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

6 June

Spain	29
		7 June
Germany	22
		Spain	23
6 June
		Sweden	25
Sweden	27

Russia	24
		Third place

		7 June

		Germany (ET)	30

		Russia	28

Semifinals

6 June 1998 18:00	Spain	29–22	Germany	Meranarena, Merano Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
	Ortega 6	(13–9)	Stephan 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

6 June 1998 20:00	Sweden	27–24	Russia	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
	Lövgren 9	(15–14)	I. Lavrov 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

Third place game

7 June 1998 14:00	Germany	30–28 (ET)	Russia	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)
	Kretzschmar 10	(13–14)	Koksharov 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5× 1×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 5–3

Final

7 June 1998 16:30	Spain	23–25	Sweden	PalaOnda, Bolzano Attendance: 6,100 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
	Xepkin 6	(9–15)	Petersson, Vranjes 6
	5× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Final ranking

	Sweden
	Spain
	Germany
4	Russia
5	Yugoslavia
6	Hungary
7	France
8	Croatia
9	Lithuania
10	Czech Republic
11	Italy
12	Macedonia

All-Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Peter Gentzel (SWE)
Right wing	Johan Petersson (SWE)
Right back	Sergey Pogorelov (RUS)
Centre back	Talant Dujshebaev (ESP)
Left back	Daniel Stephan (GER)
Left wing	Stefan Kretzschmar (GER)
Pivot	Andrei Xepkin (ESP)
Most valuable player	Daniel Stephan (GER)

Source: EHF

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References

eurohandball.com. "1998 Men's European Championship". Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 1998". Archived from the original on 18 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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