2024 European Men's Handball Championship

2024 EHF European Men's Handball Championship

Handball-Europameisterschaft der Männer 2024 (in German)
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	10–28 January
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	France (4th title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	3,778 (58.12 per match)
Attendance	1,008,660 (15,518 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Martim Costa Mathias Gidsel (54 goals each)
Best player	Nedim Remili
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The 2024 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament and the third to feature 24 national teams. It was hosted in Germany from 10 to 28 January 2024. ^{[1] [2]}

The two opening games of the tournament were attended by 53,586 spectators, setting a world record for the largest audience at a handball event. Additionally, the tournament achieved a record for the highest total number of spectators in handball history, becoming the first to exceed one million attendees. ^{[3] [4]}

France won their fourth title after a win over Denmark, while Sweden captured the bronze medal over Germany. ^{[5] [6]}

Bid process

Main article: 2024 European Men's Handball Championship bidding process

Bids

On 4 May 2017, it was announced that the following countries had sent in an official expression of interest: ^[7]

•   Czech Republic,   Hungary &   Slovakia
•   Denmark &   Switzerland
•   Germany
• Macedonia (potentially with   Slovenia) ^[8]
•   Lithuania

However, when the deadline for submitting the final bids expired, the following applications had been received:

•   Denmark &   Switzerland
•   Hungary &   Slovakia (withdrew after receiving the 2022 hosting rights)
•   Germany

Host selection

On 20 June 2018 at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress held in Glasgow, Germany was selected to host the competition. ^[9]

Voting results ^[10]

Country
	Votes
Germany	27
Denmark &   Switzerland	19
Hungary &   Slovakia	-
Total	46

Venues

On 10 June 2021, the host cities were announced where the championship will be played in six cities. The opening game will be held in Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf and is aiming to break the world record for the largest attendance at an indoor handball game ^{[note 1]} and the final will be held in Lanxess Arena in Cologne. ^[11] On 14 September 2022, it was announced that the classic venue Olympiahalle in Munich (previously hosted Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics main round and medal games and also the group stage games in the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship) would replace the delay-ridden SAP Garden. Due to material and labour shortages, the venue would not be completed in time for the tournament in January 2024, therefore being dropped by the organisers. ^[12] Both Olympiahalle and the future SAP Garden are located close to each other in the Olympiapark.

Düsseldorf	Cologne	Berlin
Merkur Spiel-Arena	Lanxess Arena	Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 54,600	Capacity: 19,750	Capacity: 14,800
Hamburg Berlin Munich Cologne Mannheim Düsseldorf
Hamburg	Mannheim	Munich
Barclays Arena	SAP Arena	Olympiahalle
Capacity: 13 300	Capacity: 13,200	Capacity: 12,150

Qualification

Main article: 2024 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

The qualification for the final tournament has taken place between November 2021 and April 2023. Germany as the host team, and the three best placed not already qualified teams from the previous championship, were automatically qualified, leaving a total of 36 national teams to compete for the remaining 20 places in the final tournament.

The competition consists of two rounds: a relegation round and qualifiers. In the relegation round, the three best placed teams from the 2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy joined by Luxembourg as best ranked team according EHF which haven't participated in the second round of the previous qualifiers, faced the four worst ranked fourth-placed teams from the second round of the 2022 qualification. The four winners of the two-legged relegation round matches advance to the qualifiers, joining the remaining twenty teams that participated in the 2022 championship and the remaining eight teams that were eliminated in the second round of the 2022 qualification. Those 32 teams will be divided into eight groups by four teams, with top two teams and four best ranked third-teams qualifying.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Germany	Host	20 June 2018	14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016 , 2018, 2020, 2022)
Spain	Top three at 2022 European Championship	28 January 2022	15 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 , 2020 , 2022)
Sweden			14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 , 2022 )
Denmark		30 January 2022	14 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Austria	Group 4 top-two	11 March 2023	5 ( 2010 , 2014, 2018, 2020 , 2022)
France	Group 8 top-two		15 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Hungary	Group 6 top-two	12 March 2023	13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 )
Portugal	Group 1 top-two		7 ( 1994 , 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2022)
Slovenia	Group 7 top-two		13 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Croatia	Group 5 top-two	26 April 2023	15 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 , 2020, 2022)
Norway	Group 2 top-two		10 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 , 2022)
Serbia			7 (2010, 2012 , 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Iceland	Group 3 top-two	27 April 2023	12 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Czech Republic			11 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Switzerland	Group 6 top-two		4 (2002, 2004, 2006 , 2020)
Poland	Group 8 top-two		10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2022)
North Macedonia	Group 1 top-two	30 April 2023	7 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Romania	Group 4 top-two		2 (1994, 1996)
Netherlands	Group 5 top-two		2 (2020, 2022)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Group 7 top-two		2 (2020, 2022)
Montenegro	One of four-best third-ranked teams		6 (2008, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Faroe Islands			0 (debut)
Greece			0 (debut)
Georgia			0 (debut)

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

Marketing

The official logo and slogan was unveiled on 6 January 2022. The basis for the logo design is the place where everything is decided in handball and where emotions arise: the lines of the court. Those were transformed into the compact shape of a ball that conveys the dynamics of the sport. The logo was designed by and in collaboration with Berlin-based agency Styleheads. The heart of the communication is the claim "HERE TO PLAY!" This is activated in several variants in order to convey the different facets of the Men's EHF EURO 2024 and the individual locations. The following variations of the claim were used:

• HERE TO PLAY
• HERE TO DREAM
• HERE TO BE LOUD
• HERE TO CELEBRATE
• HERE TO RELAX
• HERE TO CONNECT
• HERE TO ENJOY
• HERE TO WATCH
• HERE TO EXPLORE. ^[13]

Draw

The draw took place on 10 May 2023 in Düsseldorf, Germany. ^{[14] [15]}

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 1 May 2023. ^[16]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Sweden (assigned to E1)   Spain   Denmark (assigned to F1)   France   Norway (assigned to D1)   Iceland (assigned to C1)	Germany (assigned to A2)   Netherlands   Hungary   Slovenia   Portugal   Austria	Croatia (assigned to B3)   Poland   Czech Republic   Serbia   North Macedonia   Bosnia and Herzegovina	Montenegro   Faroe Islands   Greece   Georgia   Romania    Switzerland

Referees

The 18 referee pairs were selected on 25 September 2023. ^[17]

Referees
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amar Konjičanin Dino Konjičanin
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
France	Karim Gasmi Raouf Gasmi
Germany	Maike Merz Tanja Kuttler
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Iceland	Jónas Elíasson Anton Pálsson
Lithuania	Vaidas Mažeika Mindaugas Gatelis

Referees
Moldova	Igor Covalciuc Alexei Covalciuc
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović
North Macedonia	Slave Nikolov Gjorgji Nachevski
Norway	Lars Jørum Håvard Kleven
Portugal	Daniel Martins Roberto Martins
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
Spain	Andreu Marín Ignacio García
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik

Squads

Main article: 2024 European Men's Handball Championship squads

Each team consists of up to 20 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match. ^[18]

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary and main rounds, if two or more teams are equal on points, their ranking is determined as follows: ^[19]

During the round matches

1. Superior goal difference from all group matches;
2. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
3. Alphabetical order.

After completion of the round matches

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played between the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played between the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played between the teams in question;
4. Superior goal difference from all group matches;
5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches.

If the ranking of one of the teams in question is determined, the criteria are consecutively reapplied to the remaining teams until all the rankings are determined. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, the Fair Play Ranking decides about the final group ranking. The Fair Play Ranking is decided by the EHF in accordance with the parameters rated as follows:

• Yellow cards: 1 point
• Two-minute suspensions: 2 points
• Red cards: 8 points

In case the number of points in the Fair Play Ranking are identical, a draw is carried out by the EHF in the presence of at least one official from each of the concerned teams.

Preliminary round

The schedule was released on 1 March 2023. ^[20]

All times are local (UTC+1). ^[21]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	1	0	98	85	+13	5	Main round
2	Germany (H)	3	2	0	1	91	72	+19	4
3	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	83	100	−17	2
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	67	82	−15	1

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 January 2024 18:00	France	39–29	North Macedonia	Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf Attendance: 53,586 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Descat 7	(17–13)	Pasquale 7
		Report

10 January 2024 20:45	Germany	27–14	Switzerland	Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf Attendance: 53,586 Referees: Madsen, Hansen (DEN)
	Knorr 6	(13–8)	Rubin 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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14 January 2024 18:00	Switzerland	26–26	France	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,571 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Laube  [ de ] 9	(14–14)	Mem 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

14 January 2024 20:30	North Macedonia	25–34	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,571 Referees: D. Martins, R. Martins (POR)
	Kosteski  [ de ] 6	(13–18)	Knorr 10
	5×	Report	1×

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16 January 2024 18:00	North Macedonia	29–27	Switzerland	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,571 Referees: I. Covalciuc, A. Covalciuc (MDA)
	Kosteski  [ de ], Mitev 5	(13–9)	Schmid 12
	1× 2×	Report	1×

16 January 2024 20:30	France	33–30	Germany	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,571 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Mahé, Mem 5	(17–15)	Knorr 8
	2×	Report	1× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	2	1	0	98	82	+16	5	Main round
2	Austria	3	1	2	0	92	85	+7	4
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	98	96	+2	3
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	73	98	−25	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

12 January 2024 18:00	Austria	31–24	Romania	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,293 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Frimmel 6	(15–14)	Grigoraș 6
	2×	Report	1× 3× 2×

12 January 2024 20:30	Spain	29–39	Croatia	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,293 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Gómez 8	(14–18)	Martinović, Šoštarič 8
	1×	Report	2×

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14 January 2024 18:00	Romania	24–36	Spain	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,293 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Dedu  [ es ], Nistor 4	(12–17)	Gómez 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

14 January 2024 20:30	Croatia	28–28	Austria	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,293 Referees: Madsen, Hansen (DEN)
	Šoštarič 6	(14–12)	Bilyk 7
	3×	Report	1× 4×

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16 January 2024 18:00	Croatia	31–25	Romania	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,293 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Klarica  [ hr ] 7	(16–12)	Negru 9
	4× 1×	Report	1× 5×

16 January 2024 20:30	Spain	33–33	Austria	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,293 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Gómez 8	(15–17)	Bilyk 8
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	87	76	+11	6	Main round
2	Iceland	3	1	1	1	83	90	−7	3
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	84	86	−2	2
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	83	85	−2	1

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

12 January 2024 18:00	Iceland	27–27	Serbia	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: D. Martins, R. Martins (POR)
	Elísson 7	(11–10)	Pechmalbec 5
	1× 1×	Report	5× 1×

12 January 2024 20:30	Hungary	26–24	Montenegro	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: I. Covalciuc, A. Covalciuc (MDA)
	Bánhidi 6	(14–14)	Borozan, Dragašević 6
	7×	Report	7× 1×

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14 January 2024 18:00	Montenegro	30–31	Iceland	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Borozan 5	(15–17)	Magnússon 7
	1× 6×	Report	4×

14 January 2024 20:30	Serbia	27–28	Hungary	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	N. Ilić, Vorkapić 5	(13–14)	Bánhidi 9
	6×	Report	4×

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16 January 2024 18:00	Serbia	29–30	Montenegro	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kukić 7	(14–15)	B. Vujović 8
	4×	Report	4× 1×

16 January 2024 20:30	Iceland	25–33	Hungary	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	V. Kristjánsson 8	(13–15)	Hanusz, Szita 5
	4×	Report	5× 1×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	92	81	+11	6	Main round
2	Norway	3	1	1	1	85	75	+10	3
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	78	92	−14	2
4	Faroe Islands	3	0	1	2	83	90	−7	1

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

11 January 2024 18:00	Slovenia	32–29	Faroe Islands	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 11,625 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Vlah 8	(13–13)	E. á Skipagøtu, Av Teigum 9
	2× 5×	Report	1× 3×

11 January 2024 20:30	Norway	32–21	Poland	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 11,625 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Sagosen 6	(15–10)	Sićko 5
	1×	Report	4× 1×

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13 January 2024 18:00	Poland	25–32	Slovenia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,571 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	three players 4	(14–20)	Marguč 6
	1×	Report	1× 3×

13 January 2024 20:30	Faroe Islands	26–26	Norway	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,571 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Rasmussen, E. á Skipagøtu 5	(12–13)	Blonz 8
	2× 6×	Report	1× 5× 1×

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15 January 2024 18:00	Poland	32–28	Faroe Islands	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,321 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Sićko 10	(15–15)	Av Teigum 10
	2× 7×	Report	5×

15 January 2024 20:30	Norway	27–28	Slovenia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin Attendance: 13,336 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Sagosen 6	(17–17)	Vlah 7
	3×	Report	2× 9×

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	100	74	+26	6	Main round
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	98	78	+20	4
3	Georgia	3	1	0	2	77	95	−18	2
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3	59	87	−28	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

11 January 2024 18:00	Netherlands	34–29	Georgia	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 10,878 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Baijens, Ten Velde 6	(19–12)	Tskhovrebadze 9
	1× 5×	Report	4×

11 January 2024 20:30	Sweden	29–20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 10,903 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Wanne 9	(14–7)	Faljić 4
	2×	Report	1× 1×

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13 January 2024 18:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20–36	Netherlands	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,293 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Davidović 4	(7–17)	Ten Velde 9
	6×	Report	1× 4×

13 January 2024 20:30	Georgia	26–42	Sweden	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,293 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Arsenashvili 6	(9–23)	Karlsson 7
	2×	Report	2×

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15 January 2024 18:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19–22	Georgia	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,196 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	Panić 7	(9–9)	Tskhovrebadze 7
	2× 1×	Report	1×

15 January 2024 20:30	Sweden	29–28	Netherlands	SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 13,203 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Claar, Wanne 5	(15–15)	Steins 6
	4×	Report	1× 2×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	100	69	+31	6	Main round
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	88	88	0	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	70	73	−3	2
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	72	100	−28	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

11 January 2024 18:00	Portugal	31–24	Greece	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 11,607 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	F. Costa 6	(18–14)	three players 5
	2×	Report	1× 2×

11 January 2024 20:30	Denmark	23–14	Czech Republic	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 11,615 Referees: K. Gasmi, R. Gasmi (FRA)
	M. Hansen 5	(9–9)	Patzel 4
	1× 3×	Report	3×

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13 January 2024 18:00	Czech Republic	27–30	Portugal	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Klíma 8	(7–13)	M. Costa 11
	2× 2× 1×	Report	7×

13 January 2024 20:30	Greece	28–40	Denmark	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
	Boskos, Kederis 4	(13–20)	Damgaard 10
	5×	Report	2×

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15 January 2024 18:00	Czech Republic	29–20	Greece	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Štěrba 7	(15–8)	Kederis 5
	1× 4×	Report	5×

15 January 2024 20:30	Denmark	37–27	Portugal	Olympiahalle, Munich Attendance: 12,128 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Gidsel 11	(17–15)	M. Costa 9
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

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	France	5	5	0	0	174	154	+20	10	Semifinals
2	Germany (H)	5	2	1	2	137	137	0	5
3	Hungary	5	2	0	3	151	151	0	4 [lower-alpha 1]	Fifth place game
4	Austria	5	1	2	2	132	138	−6	4 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Iceland	5	2	0	3	142	152	−10	4 [lower-alpha 1]
6	Croatia	5	1	1	3	146	150	−4	3

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Hungary 2 Pts, +7 GD; Austria 2 Pts, −1 GD; Iceland 2 Pts, −6 GD

18 January 2024 15:30	Hungary	29–30	Austria	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: D. Martins, R. Martins (POR)
	four players 4	(17–17)	Bilyk 8
	2×	Report	1× 4×

18 January 2024 18:00	France	34–32	Croatia	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Mem 6	(18–18)	Srna 6
	5× 1×	Report	1× 5×

18 January 2024 20:30	Germany	26–24	Iceland	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Knorr 6	(11–10)	Smárason 6
	1× 2×	Report	2× 2×

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20 January 2024 15:30	France	39–32	Iceland	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Madsen, Hansen (DEN)
	Fabregas, Richardson 6	(17–14)	three players 6
	4×	Report	1× 3×

20 January 2024 18:00	Hungary	29–26	Croatia	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Imre 7	(14–13)	Glavaš, Lučin 5
	3× 4×	Report	1× 6×

20 January 2024 20:30	Germany	22–22	Austria	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Knorr 6	(11–12)	Bilyk 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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22 January 2024 15:30	Croatia	30–35	Iceland	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: D. Martins, R. Martins (POR)
	Jelinić 6	(18–16)	Elísson 8
	5×	Report	1× 1×

22 January 2024 18:00	France	33–28	Austria	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Fabregas, Mem 7	(15–16)	Bilyk, Hutecek 6
	2×	Report	4×

22 January 2024 20:30	Germany	35–28	Hungary	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Köster 8	(18–17)	Ancsin, Rosta 6
	3×	Report	1× 1×

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24 January 2024 15:30	Austria	24–26	Iceland	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Wagner 7	(8–14)	Guðjónsson 8
	3×	Report	1× 4× 1×

24 January 2024 18:00	France	35–32	Hungary	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Remili 7	(20–18)	Bánhidi, Rosta 5
	1× 3×	Report	3×

24 January 2024 20:30	Germany	24–30	Croatia	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Golla, Heymann 4	(14–13)	Karačić 6
	1× 2×	Report	3×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	0	1	158	132	+26	8	Semifinals
2	Sweden	5	3	0	2	147	144	+3	6 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	145	147	−2	6 [lower-alpha 1]	Fifth place game
4	Portugal	5	2	1	2	163	172	−9	5
5	Norway	5	2	0	3	150	149	+1	4
6	Netherlands	5	0	1	4	154	173	−19	1

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Slovenia 22–28 Sweden

17 January 2024 15:30	Norway	32–37	Portugal	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 8,707 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Blonz 7	(15–18)	Portela 8
	2×	Report	2×

17 January 2024 18:00	Denmark	39–27	Netherlands	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 9,568 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Gidsel 9	(18–17)	Ten Velde 8
	1×	Report	6×

17 January 2024 20:30	Slovenia	22–28	Sweden	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 9,933 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Vlah 7	(7–11)	Pellas 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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19 January 2024 15:30	Slovenia	30–33	Portugal	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 13,376 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Mačkovšek 7	(17–18)	M. Costa 11
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

19 January 2024 18:00	Norway	35–32	Netherlands	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 13,376 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	four players 6	(16–18)	Ten Velde 8
	4×	Report	3×

19 January 2024 20:30	Denmark	28–27	Sweden	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 13,376 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Gidsel 10	(17–15)	Wanne 9
	4×	Report	5×

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21 January 2024 15:30	Slovenia	37–34	Netherlands	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 13,376 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	three players 6	(19–13)	N. Versteijnen 15
	3×	Report	1× 2×

21 January 2024 18:00	Sweden	40–33	Portugal	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 13,376 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Pellas 10	(19–15)	M. Costa 8
	4×	Report	2×

21 January 2024 20:30	Norway	23–29	Denmark	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 13,376 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Blonz 5	(11–18)	three players 5
	1×	Report	2× 2×

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23 January 2024 15:30	Netherlands	33–33	Portugal	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 8,868 Referees: Madsen, Hansen (DEN)
	Ten Velde 7	(17–15)	M. Costa, Frade 8
	1× 2×	Report	2×

23 January 2024 18:00	Slovenia	28–25	Denmark	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 9,016 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Horžen 6	(17–14)	Jørgensen, Kirkeløkke 6
	1× 3×	Report	2×

23 January 2024 20:30	Norway	33–23	Sweden	Barclays Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 9,031 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Blonz 11	(15–12)	Sandell 4
	1× 1×	Report	6×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 January
	France (ET)	34
					28 January
	Sweden	30
					France (ET)	33
	26 January
					Denmark	31
	Germany	26
	Denmark	29
					Third place
					28 January
					Sweden	34
					Germany	31

Fifth place game

26 January 2024 15:00	Hungary	23–22	Slovenia	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Bánhidi, Lékai 5	(12–13)	three players 4
	5× 1×	Report	2×

Semifinals

26 January 2024 17:45	France	34–30 (ET)	Sweden	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Descat 8	(17–11)	Claar 9
	4×	Report	1×
	FT: 27–27  ET: 7–3

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26 January 2024 20:30	Germany	26–29	Denmark	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Uščins 5	(14–12)	three players 5
	2× 3×	Report	4×

Third place game

28 January 2024 15:00	Sweden	34–31	Germany	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Claar 8	(18–12)	Uščins 8
	3×	Report

Final

28 January 2024 17:45	France	33–31 (ET)	Denmark	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 19,750 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Fabregas 8	(14–14)	M. Hansen 9
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×
	FT: 27–27  ET: 6–4

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The teams ranked fourth in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 19 to 24, while teams ranked third in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 13 to 18 according to the number of points won in the preliminary round. Places seven or eight will be attributed to the two teams ranked fourth in the main round groups, places nine and ten to the two teams ranked fifth in the main round groups, places eleven and twelve to the two teams ranked sixth in the main round groups according to the number of points won by the respective teams after completion of the main round matches. Places one to six will be decided by play–off or knock–out.

Rank [22] Team Qualification OG WC EC   France Q Q Q   Denmark Q Q Q   Sweden Q Q 4   Germany q q2 5   Hungary q2 6   Slovenia 7   Portugal q 8   Austria 9   Norway q Q Q 10   Iceland q2 q2 11   Croatia q Q 12   Netherlands q2 13   Spain q 14   Montenegro 15   Czech Republic 16   Poland 17   North Macedonia 18   Georgia 19   Serbia 20   Faroe Islands 21    Switzerland 22   Romania 23   Greece 24   Bosnia and Herzegovina Entry stage Q Final tournament q2 Qualification phase 2 (2025 World Championship and 2026 European Championship) q 2024 Olympic Qualification Tournaments Method of qualification Qualified for the phase indicated based on this tournament Qualified for the phase indicated based on the 2023 World Championship Qualified for the final tournament as host Qualified for the final tournament as defending champion

2024 Men's European Champions France 4th title Team roster: Samir Bellahcene, Yanis Lenne, Nedim Remili, Elohim Prandi, Melvyn Richardson, Dika Mem, Nicolas Tournat, Nikola Karabatić, Kentin Mahé, Charles Bolzinger, Timothey N'Guessan, Luka Karabatic, Ludovic Fabregas, Hugo Descat, Valentin Porte, Benoît Kounkoud, Dylan Nahi, Karl Konan, Rémi Desbonnet. Head Coach: Guillaume Gille All Star Team The all-star team was announced on 28 January 2024. [23] [24] Position Player Most valuable player Nedim Remili Best defender Magnus Saugstrup Goalkeeper Andreas Wolff Right wing Robert Weber Right back Mathias Gidsel Centre back Juri Knorr Left back Martim Costa Left wing Hampus Wanne Pivot Ludovic Fabregas

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals [25] Shots  % 1 Martim Costa 54 81 67 Mathias Gidsel 66 82 3 Juri Knorr 50 86 58 4 Dika Mem 49 76 64 5 Rutger ten Velde 45 65 69 6 Ludovic Fabregas 44 50 88 Aleks Vlah 75 59 8 Mykola Bilyk 41 72 57 9 Niels Versteijnen 39 59 66 10 Felix Claar 38 52 73

Top goalkeepers Rank Name  % Saves [26] Shots 1 Emil Nielsen 39 77 195 2 Andreas Palicka 38 77 205 3 Dominik Kuzmanović 37 55 148 Tomáš Mrkva 34 93 5 Constantin Möstl 35 81 229 6 Andreas Wolff 34 92 274 7 Torbjørn Bergerud 32 56 175 8 Samir Bellahcene 31 63 204 Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson 64 204 Niklas Landin Jacobsen 50 163 Martin Tomovski 17 54

Fair play ranking

Rank	Team	(Penalty) points		(8 pts)	(2 pts)	(1 pt)	MP
		Avg. [27]	Total
1	Georgia	04.7	14		7		3
2	Germany	04.8	43		18	7	9
3	North Macedonia	05.0	15		7	1	3
4	Switzerland	05.3	16		7	2	3
5	Denmark	05.7	51		23	5	9
6	France	06.2	56		26	4	9
7	Norway	06.3	44	1	17	2	7
8	Sweden	06.6	59		28	3	9
9	Portugal	06.7	47		22	3	7
10	Spain	07.3	22	1	6	2	3
11	Austria	07.4	52		24	4	7
12	Netherlands	07.6	53		24	5	7
13	Croatia	08.3	58		28	2	7
	Greece		25		12	1	3
	Iceland		58	2	19	4	7
16	Slovenia	08.6	69		30	9	8
17	Poland	08.7	26		12	2	3
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	09.0	27	1	9	1	3
19	Hungary	09.3	74	1	31	4	8
20	Czech Republic	09.7	29	1	9	3	3
21	Serbia	10.0	30		15		3
22	Faroe Islands	10.3	31		14	3	3
23	Romania	13.0	39	2	10	3	3
24	Montenegro	14.3	43	1	17	1	3

Notes

1. The record in field handball is 100,000 people. It was established at the last game of the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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External links

• EHF Euro 2024 at eurohandball.com