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
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	9–26 January
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runner-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 scorer(s)	Sander Sagosen; (65 goals)
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.^[2]^[3]

Bidding process

The interested nations were as follows:

In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:^[4]

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.^[5]^[6] On 20 September 2014, at the EHF Congress in Dublin, Austria, Norway and Sweden were all given the hosting rights.^[7]

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

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.^[8]

Draw

The draw was held at the Erste Bank Campus in Vienna on 28 June 2019.^[9]^[10]

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 17 June 2019.^[11]

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

Match officials

On 21 August 2019, 23 couples were announced.^[12] 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.^[13]

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	82	65	+17	6	Main round
2	Belarus	3	2	1	94	88	+6	4	Main round
3	Montenegro	3	1	2	70	84	−14	2
4	Serbia	3	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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	3× 7×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	1× 4×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	2× 5×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	98	87	+11	6	Main round
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	79	76	+3	4	Main round
3	North Macedonia	3	1	2	79	84	−5	2
4	Ukraine	3	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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	1× 7×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	4×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	1× 3×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	102	73	+29	6	Main round
2	Germany	3	2	1	88	83	+5	4	Main round
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	80	94	−14	2
4	Latvia	3	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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	1× 5×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	2× 4×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	2× 2×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway (H)	3	3	0	94	80	+14	6	Main round
2	Portugal	3	2	1	83	83	0	4	Main round
3	France	3	1	2	82	79	+3	2
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	1× 6×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	3× 2×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	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	Main round
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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	2× 4× 1×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	3× 4×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	1× 2×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	76	67	+9	6	Main round
2	Sweden (H)	3	2	1	81	68	+13	4	Main round
3	Switzerland	3	1	2	77	87	−10	2
4	Poland	3	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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	1×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	2× 3×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	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]	Semi-finals
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:

^ ^a ^b Croatia 22–22 Spain
^ ^a ^b 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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	1× 5×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	2× 8×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	2× 2×

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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	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^{[dead link‍]}	1× 6× 1×

Group II

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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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^{[dead link‍]}	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
	3× 4×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	3× 4× 1×

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
	1× 5×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	1× 2×

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
	2× 4×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	3× 4×

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
	2× 5×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	2× 5×

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
	2× 5×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	2× 1×

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
	1× 5×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	2× 4×

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
	2× 6×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	1× 4×

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
	3×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	1×

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
	3× 3×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	2× 2×

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
	1× 3×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	1× 3×

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
	2×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	1× 4×

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
	3× 4×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	2× 6×
	FT: 23–23 ET: 3–3, 2–3

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
	3×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	2× 4×

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
	1× 3×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	1× 4×

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
	3× 4×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	1× 5×

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
	2× 2×	Report^{[dead link‍]}	2× 2×

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.^[14]

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
8	Magnus Jøndal	36	50	72
10	Robert Weber	35	48	73

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link‍]}

Top goalkeepers

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

Source: Sportresult^{[dead link‍]}

References

^ "Men's EHF EURO 2020 bigger and larger than ever before". eurohandball.com. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
^ "Perez de Vargas sees Spain make history with title defence". men2020.ehf-euro.com. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Spain take second straight European title". ihf.info. 27 January 2020.
^ "European Handball Federation - EHF EURO bidding nations confirmed / Article". 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
^ "24 teams, three countries, one championship". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
^ "Croatia Hosts Meeting OF EHF Executive Committee". eurohandball.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
^ "Men's EHF EURO 2020 bigger and larger than ever before". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
^ "Official EHF EURO 2020 song premieres at final tournament draw".
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Referees named for Men's EHF EURO 2020". eurohandball.com. 21 August 2019.
^ "New pair of referees nominated for EHF EURO 2020". eurohandball.com. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^ "All-star Team: Duvnjak scoops MVP". EHF. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

External links

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

[table_hth_ESP0.607601577699-14] Croatia 22–22 Spain

[table_hth_AUT0.607601577699-15] Belarus 36–36 Austria

[table_hth_POR0.7348043600725-16] Portugal 4 Pts, +18 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, −4 GD; Hungary 0 Pts, −14 GD

[OSQ-17] Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament as one of the teams ranked 2nd through 7th at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship

[WCOS-18] Qualified for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics as winners of the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship

[1] "Men's EHF EURO 2020 bigger and larger than ever before". eurohandball.com. 20 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

[2] "Perez de Vargas sees Spain make history with title defence". men2020.ehf-euro.com. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[3] "Spain take second straight European title". ihf.info. 27 January 2020.

[4] "European Handball Federation - EHF EURO bidding nations confirmed / Article". 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

[5] "24 teams, three countries, one championship". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

[6] "Croatia Hosts Meeting OF EHF Executive Committee". eurohandball.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

[7] "Men's EHF EURO 2020 bigger and larger than ever before". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

[8] "Official EHF EURO 2020 song premieres at final tournament draw".

[9] "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.

[10] "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.

[11] "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.

[12] "Referees named for Men's EHF EURO 2020". eurohandball.com. 21 August 2019.

[13] "New pair of referees nominated for EHF EURO 2020". eurohandball.com. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.

[19] "All-star Team: Duvnjak scoops MVP". EHF. 26 January 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

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