Men Handball XIV European Championship 2020 Austria, Norway and Sweden

Men Handball XIV European Championship 2020 Austria, Norway and Sweden - Winner Spain (2nd)

Finals played at Tele2 Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.
Game	date	time	team 1 ________	score	team 2 ________	HT, FT	attend.
Final	Sun 26.01.20	16:30	Spain	22-20	Croatia	12-11	17,769
3-4	Sat 25.01.20	18:30	Norway	28-20	Slovenia	12-9	13,094
5-6	Sat 25.01.20	16:00	Germany	29-27	Portugal	14-13	7,710
Semi-Finals (1/2).
1/2	Fri 24.01.20	19:00	Croatia	29-28^aet	Norway	12-10, 24-24	16,573
1/2	Fri 24.01.20	20:30	Spain	34-32	Slovenia	20-15	16,573

_Asia Men 2020, Africa Men 2020, America Men SA 2020.

Winner will qualify to Olympic Men 2020. Next 2 will advance to Olympic Men OQ 2020. First 4 (Spain, Norway, Slovenia and Croatia) qualified to World Men 2021. Rest to World Qualification.

24 - teams:

3 Hosts - Austria (3), Norway (8) and Sweden (12).

Spain (13.) as Champion from Euro Men 2018.

20 teams from Europe Qual Men 2019.

Venues:

Tele 2 Arena, Stokholm, Sweden - 35,000

Malmo Arena, Sweden - 13,000

Scandinavium, Gothenburg - 12,000

Wiener Stadhalle, Wien, Austria - 12,000

Graz Messe Arena, Graz, Austria - 6,000

Trondheim Arena, Norway - 8,000

Second Groups Round.

First 2 from each of 2 Groups advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2). Third places played for 5th place.

Group I		pts	won	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Spain	9	4	1	0	153:	127	+26	5	1/2
2.	Croatia	9	4	1	0	127:	113	+14	5	1/2
3.	Germany	6	3	0	2	141:	125	+16	5	5-6
4.	Belarus	3	1	1	3	138:	160	-22	5
5.	Austria	3	1	1	3	139:	156	-17	5
6.	Czechia	0	0	0	5	122:	139	-17	5

Croatia and Spain advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2). Germany to 5th place Play-Off.

Table	Esp	Croa	Germ	Bela	Aust	Czec
Spain	----	22:22	33:26	37:28	30:26	31:25
Croatia		----	25:24	31:23	27:23	22:21
Germany			----	31:23	34:22	26:22
Belarus				----	36:36	28:25
Austria					----	32:29
Czechia						----

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT	attend.
played at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
Transferred: Croatia 31-23 Belarus, Austria 32-29 Czechia and Spain 33-26 Germany.
Thu 16.01.20	16:00	Spain	31-25	Czechia	14-9	3,986
Thu 16.01.20	18:15	Croatia	27-23	Austria	13-8	8,217
Thu 16.01.20	20:30	Germany	31-23	Belarus	18-11	5,267
Sat 18.01.20	16:00	Belarus	28-25	Czechia	13-11	6,007
Sat 18.01.20	18:15	Spain	30-26	Austria	17-16	9,232
Sat 18.01.20	20:30	Croatia	25-24	Germany	11-14	9,307
Mon 20.01.20	16:00	Croatia	22-21	Czechia	11-9
Mon 20.01.20	18:15	Spain	37-28	Belarus	17-16
Mon 20.01.20	20:30	Germany	34-22	Austria	18-13
Wed 22.01.20	16:00	Croatia	22-22	Spain	11-12
Wed 22.01.20	18:15	Austria	36-36	Belarus	17-19
Wed 22.01.20	20:30	Germany	26-22	Czechia	13-10

Group II		pts	won	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Norway	10	5	0	0	157:	135	+22	5	1/2
2.	Slovenia	6	3	0	2	138:	132	+6	5	1/2
3.	Portugal	4	2	0	3	146:	142	+4	5	5-6
4.	Sweden	4	2	0	3	120:	122	-2	5
5.	Hungary	4	2	0	3	126:	140	-14	5
6.	Iceland	2	1	0	4	126:	142	-16	5

Norway and Slovenia advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2). Portugal to 5th place Play-Off.

Table	Norw	Slove	Port	Swed	Hung	Icel
Norway	----	33:30	34:28	23:20	36:29	31:28
Slovenia		----	29:24	21:19		30:27
Portugal			----	35:25	34:26
Sweden				----	24:18	32:25
Hungary		29:28			----	24:18
Iceland			28:25			----

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT	attend.
Malmo Arena, Malmom Sweden
Transferred: Norway 34-28 Portugal, Hungary 24-18 Iceland and Slovenia 21-19 Sweden.
Fri 17.01.20	16:00	Slovenia	30-27	Iceland	15-14	6,026
Fri 17.01.20	18:15	Norway	36-29	Hungary	20-12	8,078
Fri 17.01.20	20:30	Portugal	35-25	Sweden	15-12	10,135
Sun 19.01.20	14:00	Iceland	28-25	Portugal	14-12	6,199
Sun 19.01.20	16:15	Hungary	29-28	Slovenia	13-16	8,078
Sun 19.01.20	18:30	Norway	23-20	Sweden	12-8	10,141
Tue 21.01.20	16:00	Slovenia	29-24	Portugal	14-15
Tue 21.01.20	18:15	Norway	31-28	Iceland	19-12
Tue 21.01.20	20:30	Sweden	24-18	Hungary	10-9
Wed 22.01.20	16:00	Portugal	34-26	Hungary	16-14
Wed 22.01.20	18:15	Norway	33-30	Slovenia	14-13
Wed 22.01.20	20:30	Sweden	32-25	Iceland	18-11

Final Ranking		Pts	_w_	_d_	_l_	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Spain	17	8	1	0	278	:226	+52
2.	Croatia	15	7	1	1	227	:205	+22
3.	Norway	16	8	0	1	273	:236	+37
4.	Slovenia	10	5	0	4	255	:242	+13
5.	Germany	12	6	0	2	232	:202	+30
6.	Portugal	8	4	0	4	228	:221	+7
eliminated in Second Groups Round.
7.	Sweden	8	4	0	3	188	:164	+24
8.	Austria	7	3	1	3	205	:214	-9
9.	Belarus	7	3	1	3	209	:217	-8
10.	Hungary	7	3	1	3	176	:189	-13
11.	Iceland	6	3	0	4	192	:195	-3
12.	Czechia	4	2	0	5	172	:183	-11
eliminated in First Groups Round.
13.	Denmark	3	1	1	1	85	:83	+2
14.	France	2	1	0	2	82	:79	+3
15.	Macedonia	2	1	0	2	79	:84	-5
16.	Switzerland	2	1	0	2	77	:87	-10
17.	Netherlands	2	1	0	2	80	:94	-14
18.	Montenegro	2	1	0	2	70	:84	-14
19.	Ukraine	0	0	0	3	74	:83	-9
20.	Serbia	0	0	0	3	72	:81	-9
21.	Russia	0	0	0	3	76	:91	-15
22.	Bosna Herzeg.	0	0	0	3	73	:90	-17
23.	Latvia	0	0	0	3	73	:93	-20
24.	Poland	0	0	0	3	68	:101	-33

Spain qualified to Tokyo Olympic Men 2020. Denmark pre-qualified as World Champion.

Slovenia and Portugal earned places to Olympic Men OQ 2020.

Croatia, Norway, Germany, Sweden and France earned places to Olympic Men OQ 2020 via World Men 2019.

First Groups Round.

First 2 from each of 6 Groups advanced to Second Groups Round. Rest were eliminated.

Group A		p	_w_	_d_	_l_	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Croatia	6	3	0	0	82:	65	+17
2.	Belarus	4	2	0	1	94:	88	+6
3.	Montenegro	2	1	0	2	70:	84	-14
4.	Serbia	0	0	0	3	72:	81	-9

Team	Croa	Bela	Mont	Serb
Croatia	----	31:23	27:21	24:21
Belarus		----	36:27	35:30
Montenegro			----	22:21
Serbia				----

Croatia and Belarus advanced to Group I - Croatia 31-23 Belarus.

Montengro and Serbia were eliminated.

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT	attend.
played at Stadthalle Graz, Austria cap: 6,000.
Thu 09.01.20	18:15	Belarus	35-30	Serbia	16-15	3,805
Thu 09.01.20	20:30	Croatia	27-21	Montenegro	12-13	5,630
Sat 11.01.20	16:00	Croatia	31-23	Belarus	15-10	6,000
score transferred to Group I.
Sat 11.01.20	18:15	Montenegro	22-21	Serbia	11-10	5,500
Mon 13.01.20	18:15	Belarus	36-27	Montenegro	17-11	5,000
Mon 13.01.20	20:30	Croatia	24-21	Serbia	8-10	6,500

Group B		p	_w_	_d_	_l_	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Austria	6	3	0	0	98:	87	+11
2.	Czechia	4	2	0	1	79:	76	+3
3.	Macedonia	2	1	0	2	79:	84	-5
4.	Ukraine	0	0	0	3	74:	83	-9

Team	Aust	Czec	Mace	Ukra
Austria	----	32:29	32:28	34:30
Czechia		----	27:25	23:19
Macedonia			----	26:25
Ukraine				----

Austria and Czechia advanced to Group I

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT	attend.
played at Wiener Stadhalle, Austria cap: 12,000
Fri 10.01.20	18:15	Austria	32-29	Czechia	13-14	7,070
score transferred to Group I.
Fri 10.01.20	20:30	Macedonia	26-25	Ukraine	13-10	7,070
Sun 12.01.20	16:00	Czechia	27-25	Macedonia	9-11	6,642
Sun 12.01.20	18:15	Austria	34-30	Ukraine	18-17	7,078
Tue 14.01.20	18:15	Austria	32-28	Macedonia	18-12	7,623
Tue 14.01.20	20:30	Czechia	23-19	Ukraine	9-10	4,097

Group C		p	_w_	_d_	_l_	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Spain	6	3	0	0	102:	73	+29
2.	Germany	4	2	0	1	88:	83	+5
3.	Netherlands	2	1	0	2	80:	94	-14
4.	Latvia	0	0	0	3	73:	93	-20

Team	Spai	Germ	Neth	Latv
Spain	----	33:26	36:25	33:22
Germany		----	34:23	28:27
Netherlands			----	32:24
Latvia				----

Spain and Germany advanced to Group I - Spain 33-26 Germany.

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT	attend.
played at Trondheim Arena, Norway cap: 8,000
Thu 09.01.20	18:15	Germany	34-23	Netherlands	15-13	4,057
Thu 09.01.20	20:30	Spain	33-22	Latvia	14-11	4,524
Sat 11.01.20	16:00	Netherlands	32-24	Latvia	16-10	5,942
Sat 11.01.20	18:15	Spain	33-26	Germany	14-11	6,558
score transferred to Group I.
Mon 13.01.20	18:15	Germany	28-27	Latvia	16-11	3,540
Mon 13.01.20	20:30	Spain	36-25	Netherlands	17-13	3,809

Group D		p	_w_	_d_	_l_	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Norway	6	3	0	0	94:	80	+14
2.	Portugal	4	2	0	1	83:	83	0
3.	France	2	1	0	2	82:	79	+3
4.	Bosna Herzeg.	0	0	0	3	73:	90	-17

Team	Norw	Port	Fran	Bosn
Norway	----	34:28	28:26	32:26
Portugal		----	28:25	27:24
France			----	32:23
Bosna Herzeg.				----

Norway and Portugal advanced to Group II - Norway 34-28.

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT	attend.
played at Trondheim Arena, Norway cap: 8,000
Fri 10.01.20	18:15	Portugal	28-25	France	12-11	7,507
Fri 10.01.20	20:30	Norway	32-26	Bosna Herzeg.	17-12	8,232
Sun 12.01.20	16:00	Portugal	27-24	Bosna Herzeg.	12-11	7,936
Sun 12.01.20	18:15	Norway	28-26	France	14-15	8,932
Tue 14.01.20	18:15	France	31-23	Bosna Herzeg.	14-13	7,937
Tue 14.01.20	20:30	Norway	34-28	Portugal	16-14	9,069

Group E		p	_w_	_d_	_l_	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Hungary	5	2	1	0	74:	67	+7
2.	Iceland	4	2	0	1	83:	77	+6
3.	Denmark	3	1	1	1	85:	83	+2
4.	Russia	0	0	0	3	76:	91	-15

Team	Hung	Icel	Denm	Russ
Hungary	----	24:18	24:24	26:25
Iceland		----	31:30	34:23
Denmark			----
Russia				----

Hungary and Iceland advanced to Group II. Hungary 24-18 Iceland.

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT	attend.
played at Malmo Arena, Sweden cap: 13,000
Sat 11.01.20	16:00	Hungary	26-25	Russia	14-13	9,202
Sat 11.01.20	18:15	Iceland	31-30	Denmark	15-15	10,593
Mon 13.01.20	18:15	Iceland	34-23	Russia	18-11	7,099
Mon 13.01.20	20:30	Hungary	24-24	Denmark	13-11	8,377
Wed 15.01.20	18:15	Hungary	24-18	Iceland	9-12	7,587
Wed 15.01.20	20:30	Denmark	31-28	Russia	12-15	8,978

Group F		p	_w_	_d_	_l_	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Slovenia	6	3	0	0	86:	67	+19
2.	Sweden	4	2	0	1	81:	68	+13
3.	Switzerland	2	1	0	2	77:	87	-10
4.	Poland	0	0	0	3	73:	85	-22

Team	Slov	Swed	Swit	Pola
Slovenia	----	21:19	29:25	36:23
Sweden		----	34:21	28:26
Switzerland			----	31:24
Poland				----

Slovenia and Sweden advanced to Group II - Slovenia 21-19 Sweden.

date	time	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT	attend.
played at Scandinavium, Gothenburg cap: 12,000
Fri 10.01.20	18:15	Slovenia	36-23	Poland	13-11	7,276
Fri 10.01.20	20:30	Sweden	34-21	Switzerland	20-13	11,644
Sun 12.01.20	16:00	Switzerland	31-24	Poland	14-12	8,061
Sun 12.01.20	18:15	Slovenia	21-19	Sweden	10-9	11,896
Tue 14.01.20	18:15	Slovenia	29-25	Switzerland	16-10	6,731
Tue 14.01.20	20:30	Sweden	28-26	Poland	14-13	11,061

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Final Ranking
Second Groups Round
Group I --- Group II
First Groups Round
Group A --- Group B
Group C --- Group D
Group E --- Group F


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