2020 European Men's Handball Championship

2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship

Europamästerskapet i handboll för herrar 2020 (in Swedish) Handball-Europameisterschaft der Männer 2020 (in German) Håndball-EM 2020 for menn (in Norwegian)
Tournament details
Host countries	Austria   Norway   Sweden
Venues	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	9–26 January
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up	Croatia
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Slovenia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	3,532 (54.34 per match)
Attendance	492,628 (7,579 per match)
Top scorers	Sander Sagosen (65 goals)
Awards
Best player	Domagoj Duvnjak
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The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January 2020. ^[1]

Spain won their second consecutive title by defeating Croatia 22–20 in the final, while co-hosts Norway won the bronze match against Slovenia. Other hosts Austria finished 8th and Sweden 7th. ^{[2] [3]}

Sander Sagosen's 65 goals was at the time a record for a single player at any European Championship, ^[4] until Mathias Gidsel's 68 goals at the 2026 European Men's Handball Championship. ^[5]

Bidding process

The interested nations were as follows:

• Austria
• Norway
• Sweden

In December 2013, these were announced as the bids: ^[6]

•   Austria
•   Norway
•   Norway and   Sweden
•   Sweden

After further negotiations, between the three bids and the European Handball Federation, it was decided to merge the three individual bids into one big bid. Due to the decision to merge the bids, the EHF decided to bring forward the expansion of the tournament to 24 teams, which was originally going to start in 2022. ^{[7] [8]} On 20 September 2014, at the EHF Congress in Dublin, Austria, Norway and Sweden were all given the hosting rights. ^[9]

Venues

Stockholm, Sweden	Malmö, Sweden	Gothenburg, Sweden
Tele2 Arena Capacity: 19,000	Malmö Arena Capacity: 13,000	Scandinavium Capacity: 12,000
Stockholm Malmö Gothenburg Vienna Graz Trondheim
Vienna, Austria	Graz, Austria	Trondheim, Norway
Wiener Stadthalle Capacity: 12,000	Graz Messe Arena Capacity: 6,000	Trondheim Spektrum Capacity: 8,600

Qualification

Main article: 2020 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Austria	Co-host	20 September 2014	3 ( 2010 , 2014, 2018)
Norway	Co-host	20 September 2014	8 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Sweden	Co-host	20 September 2014	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Spain	Defending champion	26 January 2018	13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 )
Germany	Group 1 winner	13 April 2019	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016 , 2018)
Slovenia	Group 4 winner	14 April 2019	11 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018)
Croatia	Group 2 winner	14 April 2019	13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 )
North Macedonia	Group 3 winner	12 June 2019	5 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Denmark	Group 8 winner	12 June 2019	12 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Hungary	Group 7 winner	12 June 2019	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Latvia	Group 4 runner-up	12 June 2019	0 (debut)
Portugal	Group 6 runner-up	13 June 2019	5 ( 1994 , 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
France	Group 6 winner	13 June 2019	13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Russia	Group 7 runner-up	13 June 2019	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Czech Republic	Group 5 winner	13 June 2019	9 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Belarus	Group 5 runner-up	13 June 2019	5 (1994, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Poland	Group 1 runner-up	16 June 2019	8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 )
Switzerland	Group 2 runner-up	16 June 2019	3 (2002, 2004, 2006 )
Iceland	Group 3 runner-up	16 June 2019	10 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Montenegro	Group 8 runner-up	16 June 2019	4 (2008, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Group 5 third place	16 June 2019	0 (debut)
Serbia	Group 2 third place	16 June 2019	5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Netherlands	Group 4 third place	16 June 2019	0 (debut)
Ukraine	Group 8 third place	16 June 2019	5 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)

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

Marketing

The official anthem of the competition is "All for us", made and performed by Swedish DJ and producer Wahlstedt. ^[10]

Draw

The draw was held at the Erste Bank Campus in Vienna on 28 June 2019. ^{[11] [12]}

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 17 June 2019. ^[13]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Spain   Sweden (assigned to F1)   France   Denmark (assigned to E1)   Croatia (assigned to A1)   Czech Republic	Norway (assigned to D2)   Slovenia   Germany (assigned to C2)   North Macedonia   Hungary   Belarus	Austria (assigned to B3)   Iceland   Montenegro   Portugal    Switzerland   Latvia	Poland   Russia   Serbia   Ukraine   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Netherlands

Squads

Main article: 2020 European Men's Handball Championship squads

Match officials

On 21 August 2019, 23 couples were announced. ^[14] On 27 December 2019, EHF replaced the Serbian referee pair Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković with the Latvian referee pair Zigmārs Sondors and Renārs Līcis, due to an injury and late recovery of Nikolić in late October. ^[15]

Preliminary round Country Referees   Austria Radojko Brkić Andrej Jusufhodžić   Croatia Dalibor Jurinović Marko Mrvica   Denmark Jesper Madsen Henrik Mortensen   France Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura   Germany Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies   Iceland Jónas Elíasson Anton Pálsson   Norway Lars Jørum Håvard Kleven   Latvia Zigmārs Sondors Renārs Līcis   Slovakia Michal Baďura Jaroslav Ondogrecula   Slovenia Bojan Lah David Sok   Spain Andreu Marín Ignacio García

Preliminary and main round Country Referees   Czech Republic Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný   Lithuania Vaidas Mažeika Mindaugas Gatelis   Montenegro Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović   North Macedonia Gjorgi Nachevski Slave Nikolov   Portugal Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca   Sweden Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik   Switzerland Arthur Brunner Morad Salah

Main round Country Referees   Croatia Matija Gubica Boris Milošević   Denmark Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen   France Stevann Pichon Laurent Reveret   Germany Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig   Spain Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	82	65	+17	6	Main round
2	Belarus	3	2	0	1	94	88	+6	4
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	70	84	−14	2
4	Serbia	3	0	0	3	72	81	−9	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

9 January 2020 18:15	Belarus	35–30	Serbia	Stadthalle Graz, Graz Attendance: 3,806 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Karalek 9	(16–15)	Radivojević 6
	1× 9×	Report	2× 3×

9 January 2020 20:30	Croatia	27–21	Montenegro	Stadthalle Graz, Graz Attendance: 5,630 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Cindrić 6	(12–13)	Grbović 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 7×

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11 January 2020 16:00	Croatia	31–23	Belarus	Stadthalle Graz, Graz Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Karačić 6	(15–10)	Vailupau 8
	4×	Report	1× 5×

11 January 2020 18:15	Montenegro	22–21	Serbia	Stadthalle Graz, Graz Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Grbović 5	(11–10)	Kukić 6
	2× 7×	Report	1× 4×

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13 January 2020 18:15	Montenegro	27–36	Belarus	Stadthalle Graz, Graz Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Lipovina 5	(11–17)	Vailupau 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

13 January 2020 20:30	Serbia	21–24	Croatia	Stadthalle Graz, Graz Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kukić, Radivojević 4	(10–8)	Duvnjak, Stepančić 5
	4× 1×	Report	2× 5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	98	87	+11	6	Main round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	79	76	+3	4
3	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	79	84	−5	2
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	74	83	−9	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

10 January 2020 18:15	Czech Republic	29–32	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7,070 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Hrstka 6	(14–13)	Bilyk 12
	3×	Report	1× 5×

10 January 2020 20:30	North Macedonia	26–25	Ukraine	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7,070 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Lazarov 8	(13–10)	Ostroushko 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 7×

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12 January 2020 16:00	Czech Republic	27–25	North Macedonia	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 6,642 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kašpárek 7	(9–11)	Lazarov 11
	1× 6×	Report	1× 3×

12 January 2020 18:15	Austria	34–30	Ukraine	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7,078 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Bilyk 10	(18–17)	Kozakevych 7
	1× 3×	Report	4×

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14 January 2020 18:15	Austria	32–28	North Macedonia	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7,623 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Weber 7	(18–12)	Stoilov 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

14 January 2020 20:30	Ukraine	19–23	Czech Republic	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 4,097 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Kozakevych 4	(10–9)	Babák 6
	1× 5×	Report	1× 3×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	102	73	+29	6	Main round
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	88	83	+5	4
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	80	94	−14	2
4	Latvia	3	0	0	3	73	93	−20	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

9 January 2020 18:15	Germany	34–23	Netherlands	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 4,057 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Häfner, Kohlbacher 5	(15–13)	Smits 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 4×

9 January 2020 20:30	Spain	33–22	Latvia	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 4,524 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Fernández Pérez 5	(14–11)	Krištopāns 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

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11 January 2020 16:00	Latvia	24–32	Netherlands	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 5,942 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Krištopāns 7	(10–16)	Smits 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

11 January 2020 18:15	Spain	33–26	Germany	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 6,558 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	A. Dujshebaev 7	(14–11)	Pekeler 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

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13 January 2020 18:15	Latvia	27–28	Germany	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 3,540 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Krištopāns 7	(11–16)	Kühn 8
	1× 6×	Report	2× 6×

13 January 2020 20:30	Netherlands	25–36	Spain	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 3,809 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Smits 8	(13–17)	Maqueda 6
	2× 8×	Report	2× 2×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway (H)	3	3	0	0	94	80	+14	6	Main round
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	83	83	0	4
3	France	3	1	0	2	82	79	+3	2
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3	73	90	−17	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

10 January 2020 18:15	France	25–28	Portugal	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 7,507 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
	Mem 5	(11–12)	Branquinho 5
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

10 January 2020 20:30	Norway	32–26	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 8,232 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Sagosen 12	(17–12)	Prce 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 6×

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12 January 2020 16:00	Portugal	27–24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 7,936 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Portela 10	(12–11)	Prce 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 4×

12 January 2020 18:15	France	26–28	Norway	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 8,932 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Fabregas 8	(15–14)	Sagosen 10
	1× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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14 January 2020 18:15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23–31	France	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 7,937 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Panić 9	(13–14)	Porte 7
	4×	Report	2× 2×

14 January 2020 20:30	Portugal	28–34	Norway	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 9,069 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Areia 5	(14–16)	Jøndal 7
	2× 6×	Report	3× 5×

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	74	67	+7	5	Main round
2	Iceland	3	2	0	1	83	77	+6	4
3	Denmark	3	1	1	1	85	83	+2	3
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	76	91	−15	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

11 January 2020 16:00	Hungary	26–25	Russia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 9,202 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Balogh 7	(14–13)	Santalov 5
	2× 3×	Report	2×

11 January 2020 18:15	Denmark	30–31	Iceland	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,593 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	M. Hansen 9	(15–15)	Pálmarsson 10
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

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13 January 2020 18:15	Iceland	34–23	Russia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 7,099 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	three players 6	(18–11)	Kalarash 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

13 January 2020 20:30	Denmark	24–24	Hungary	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,377 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
	Bramming 6	(11–13)	Balogh 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

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15 January 2020 18:15	Iceland	18–24	Hungary	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 7,587 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Pálmarsson, Sigurðsson 4	(12–9)	Bánhidi 8
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4×

15 January 2020 20:30	Russia	28–31	Denmark	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,978 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
	Soroka 6	(15–12)	M. Hansen 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	76	67	+9	6	Main round
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	0	1	81	68	+13	4
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	77	87	−10	2
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	73	85	−12	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

10 January 2020 18:15	Slovenia	26–23	Poland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,276 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Blagotinšek, Mačkovšek 5	(13–11)	Moryto 8
	1× 5×	Report	5×

10 January 2020 20:30	Sweden	34–21	Switzerland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,644 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	three players 6	(20–13)	Schmid 4
	4×	Report	1×

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12 January 2020 16:00	Switzerland	31–24	Poland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,061 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
	Schmid 15	(14–12)	Sićko 5
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

12 January 2020 18:15	Sweden	19–21	Slovenia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,896 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Gottfridsson 5	(9–10)	Dolenec 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 3×

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14 January 2020 18:15	Switzerland	25–29	Slovenia	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,731 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Schmid 8	(10–16)	Zarabec 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

14 January 2020 20:30	Poland	26–28	Sweden	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,061 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Sićko 8	(13–14)	four players 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advance were transferred to the main round.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	153	127	+26	9 [a]	Semi-finals
2	Croatia	5	4	1	0	127	113	+14	9 [a]
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	141	125	+16	6	Fifth place game
4	Austria (H)	5	1	1	3	139	156	−17	3 [b]
5	Belarus	5	1	1	3	138	160	−22	3 [b]
6	Czech Republic	5	0	0	5	122	139	−17	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Croatia 22–22 Spain
2. Belarus 36–36 Austria

16 January 2020 16:00	Spain	31–25	Czech Republic	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 3,986 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	A. Dujshebaev, Fernández Pérez 5	(14–9)	Zdráhala 8
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×

16 January 2020 18:15	Croatia	27–23	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 8,217 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Horvat 6	(13–8)	Weber 6
	1× 1×	Report	1× 5×

16 January 2020 20:30	Belarus	23–31	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 5,267 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kulesh 6	(11–18)	Kastening 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

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18 January 2020 16:00	Belarus	28–25	Czech Republic	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 6,007 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Vailupau 6	(13–11)	Zdráhala 7
	2× 5×	Report	1× 6×

18 January 2020 18:15	Spain	30–26	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 9,232 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Maqueda 6	(17–16)	Božović 5
	3×	Report	1× 2× 1×

18 January 2020 20:30	Croatia	25–24	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 9,307 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Karačić 7	(11–14)	four players 4
	2× 4×	Report	2× 8×

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20 January 2020 16:00	Croatia	22–21	Czech Republic	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 6,862 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Mamić 5	(11–9)	Zdráhala 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

20 January 2020 18:15	Belarus	28–37	Spain	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 6,149 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Vailupau 8	(16–17)	Fernández Pérez, Solé 7
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 3×

20 January 2020 20:30	Austria	22–34	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 9,037 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Bilyk 5	(13–16)	Kastening 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

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22 January 2020 16:00	Croatia	22–22	Spain	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7,891 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Karačić 10	(11–12)	A. Dujshebaev 6
	4× 4×	Report	5×

22 January 2020 18:15	Belarus	36–36	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 6,897 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Vailupau 12	(19–17)	Bilyk 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 4×

22 January 2020 20:30	Czech Republic	22–26	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Babák 5	(10–13)	Weber 5
	8×	Report	1× 6× 1×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway (H)	5	5	0	0	157	135	+22	10	Semi-finals
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	138	132	+6	6
3	Portugal	5	2	0	3	146	142	+4	4 [a]	Fifth place game
4	Sweden (H)	5	2	0	3	120	122	−2	4 [a]
5	Hungary	5	2	0	3	126	140	−14	4 [a]
6	Iceland	5	1	0	4	126	142	−16	2

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Portugal 4 Pts, +18 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, −4 GD; Hungary 0 Pts, −14 GD

17 January 2020 16:00	Slovenia	30–27	Iceland	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 6,026 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Bombač 9	(15–14)	Elísson 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4×

17 January 2020 18:15	Norway	36–29	Hungary	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,078 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Sagosen 7	(20–12)	Ligetvári, Nagy 5
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17 January 2020 20:30	Portugal	35–25	Sweden	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,135 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	three players 6	(15–12)	Nilsson, Pettersson 4
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19 January 2020 14:00	Portugal	25–28	Iceland	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 6,199 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Areia, Martins 4	(12–14)	Smárason 8
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19 January 2020 16:15	Slovenia	28–29	Hungary	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 8,304 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Dolenec 8	(16–13)	Bánhidi 9
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19 January 2020 18:30	Norway	23–20	Sweden	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 10,141 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Sagosen 8	(12–8)	Pellas 5
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21 January 2020 16:00	Portugal	24–29	Slovenia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 3,001 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Gomes 6	(15–14)	Janc 7
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21 January 2020 18:15	Norway	31–28	Iceland	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 4,725 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Sagosen 9	(19–12)	Guðmundsson 6
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21 January 2020 20:30	Hungary	18–24	Sweden	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 6,977 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Szita 4	(9–10)	Gottfridsson, Pellas 5
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22 January 2020 16:00	Portugal	34–26	Hungary	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 2,930 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Moreira 7	(16–14)	Balogh, Bánhidi 5
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22 January 2020 18:15	Norway	33–30	Slovenia	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 4,824 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Gulliksen 7	(14–13)	Cehte, Kodrin 5
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22 January 2020 20:30	Iceland	25–32	Sweden	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 7,153 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Elísson, Kristjánsson 5	(11–18)	Nilsson 7
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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 January
	Spain	34
					26 January
	Slovenia	32
					Spain	22
	24 January
					Croatia	20
	Norway	28
	Croatia (ET)	29
					Third place
					25 January
					Slovenia	20
					Norway	28

Semi-finals

24 January 2020 18:00	Norway	28–29 (ET)	Croatia	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 16,573 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Sagosen 10	(10–12)	Duvnjak 8
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	FT: 23–23  ET: 3–3, 2–3

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24 January 2020 20:30	Spain	34–32	Slovenia	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 16,573 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 6	(20–15)	Dolenec 7
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Fifth place game

25 January 2020 16:00	Germany	29–27	Portugal	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 7,710 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kühn 6	(14–13)	Borges, Ferraz 4
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Third place game

25 January 2020 18:30	Slovenia	20–28	Norway	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 13,094 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Bombač 5	(9–12)	Jøndal 7
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Final

26 January 2020 16:30	Spain	22–20	Croatia	Tele2 Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 17,769 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Gómez 5	(12–11)	Duvnjak 5
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Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The teams ranked fourth in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches were ranked 18 to 24, while teams ranked third in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches were ranked 13 to 18 according to the number of points won in the preliminary round. Places seven or eight were attributed to the two teams ranked fourth in the groups, places nine and ten were attributed to the two teams ranked fifth in the groups, places eleven and twelve were attributed to the two teams ranked sixth in the group according to the number of points won by the respective teams after completion of the main round matches. Places one to six were decided by play–off or knock–out.

Rank Team   Spain   Croatia [A]   Norway [A] 4   Slovenia 5   Germany [A] 6   Portugal 7   Sweden [A] 8   Austria 9   Hungary 10   Belarus 11   Iceland 12   Czech Republic 13   Denmark [B] 14   France [A] 15   North Macedonia 16    Switzerland 17   Netherlands 18   Montenegro 19   Ukraine 20   Serbia 21   Poland 22   Russia 23   Bosnia and Herzegovina 24   Latvia Team qualified for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics Team qualified for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship and the Olympic Qualification Tournament Team qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament as one of the teams ranked 2nd through 7th at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship Qualified for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics as winners of the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship

2020 Men's European Champions Spain Second title Team roster: Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, Jorge Maqueda, Ángel Fernández Pérez, Raúl Entrerríos, Alex Dujshebaev, Daniel Sarmiento Melián, Rodrigo Corrales, Julen Aguinagalde, Ferran Solé, Iosu Goñi Leoz, Adrià Figueras, Joan Cañellas, Viran Morros, Aleix Gómez, Aitor Ariño, Gedeón Guardiola, Daniel Dujshebaev. Head coach: Jordi Ribera.

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 26 January 2020. ^[16]

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas  (ESP)
Right wing	Blaž Janc  (SLO)
Right back	Jorge Maqueda  (ESP)
Centre back	Igor Karačić  (CRO)
Left back	Sander Sagosen  (NOR)
Left wing	Magnus Jøndal  (NOR)
Pivot	Bence Bánhidi  (HUN)

Awards

Award	Player
Most Valuable Player	Domagoj Duvnjak  (CRO)
Best Defence Player	Hendrik Pekeler  (GER)
Topscorer	Sander Sagosen  (NOR) (65 goals)

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1 Sander Sagosen 65 104 63 2 Mikita Vailupau 47 63 75 3 Nikola Bilyk 46 64 72 4 Jure Dolenec 42 66 64 5 Alex Dujshebaev 37 59 63 Artsem Karalek 50 74 Ondřej Zdráhala 59 63 8 Domagoj Duvnjak 36 54 67 Magnus Jøndal 50 72 10 Robert Weber 35 48 73 Source: Sportresult

Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Nebojša Grahovac 40 12 30 2 Johannes Bitter 35 43 123 Niklas Landin Jacobsen 34 98 4 Torbjørn Bergerud 34 90 265 Andreas Palicka 44 128 6 Mikael Appelgren 33 39 117 Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas 66 199 8 Rodrigo Corrales 32 41 130 Klemen Ferlin 86 272 10 Vincent Gérard 31 24 77 Adam Morawski 26 83 Alfredo Quintana 84 271 Nebojša Simić 32 103 Source: Sportresult

References

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8. "Croatia Hosts Meeting OF EHF Executive Committee". eurohandball.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
9. "Men's EHF EURO 2020 bigger and larger than ever before". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
10. "Official EHF EURO 2020 song premieres at final tournament draw".
11. "EHF EURO 2020: Final tournament draw procedure released". eurohandball.com. 25 April 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
12. "Men's EHF EURO 2020 preliminary round groups drawn in Vienna". men2020.ehf-euro.com. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
13. "24 teams, six groups: how the EHF EURO 2020 Draw will be done". men2020.ehf-euro.com. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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External links

• Official website Archived 2020-01-13 at the Wayback Machine