FINAL TOURNAMENT DRAW MEDIA GUIDE PREVIOUS MEN’S EHF EURO HOST NATIONS & WINNERS
EHF EURO 1994 Portugal Winners – Sweden
EHF EURO 1996 Spain Winners – Russia
EHF EURO 1998 Italy Winners – Sweden
EHF EURO 2000 Croatia Winners – Sweden
EHF EURO 2002 Sweden Winners – Sweden
EHF EURO 2004 Slovenia Winners – Germany
EHF EURO 2006 Switzerland Winners – France
EHF EURO 2008 Norway Winners – Denmark
EHF EURO 2010 Austria Winners – France
EHF EURO 2012 Serbia Winners – Denmark
EHF EURO 2014 Denmark Winners – France
2 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Previous Men’s EHF EURO host nations and winners 2
Key details 4
Media services 5
Tournament information 6
Pot 1 7
France 8
Denmark 9
Spain 10
Croatia 11
Pot 2 12
Iceland 13
Poland 14
Sweden 15
Hungary 16
Pot 3 17
Russia 18
FYR Macedonia 19
Germany 20
Belarus 21
Pot 4 22
Serbia 23
Norway 24
Slovenia 25
Montenegro 26
EHF EURO 2016 venues 27
EHF EURO 2016 qualification results 28
3 KEY DETAILS
Introduction Welcome to the draw for the Men’s EHF EURO 2016, the European Handball Federation’s flagship national team event. As a media representative you are receiving this information to ensure that you are completely up to date with all the latest information regarding the event.
Should you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the EHF Media and Communications team. We look forward to working with you in the lead-up to the Men’s EHF EURO 2016.
The EHF Media and Communications Team
The host of the EHF EURO 2016 When the Men’s EHF EURO 2016 throws off in Poland in January 2016, it will be the 12th nation to host the 12th edition of the European Handball Federation’s flagship national team event.
Handball is one of the most popular sports in Poland with thousands of fans regularly coming to the arenas for support when the national team or the most famous club sides, such as KS Vive Tauron Kielce and Orlen Wisla Plock, take to the court.
A cumulative audience of 205 million watched on TV in Poland when the national team played at the EHF EURO 2014. The fans are famous for their passion and the electrifying atmosphere they create, wherever their team plays. On the road to the Men’s EHF EURO 2016, Poland has already hosted the Women’s 17 EHF EURO 2013 and the Men’s 18 EHF EURO 2014. This means that they will be well prepared to offer a colourful and entertaining experience for the audience, conveying a special championship spirit in January 2016.
Key EHF media contacts JJ Rowland EHF Head of Media and Communications Email: [email protected] Phone: +43 1 80151 167 Thomas Schöneich EHF Media and Communications Email: [email protected] Phone: +43 1 80151 164
4 MEDIA SERVICES
Ticket sales International ticket sales for the matches in Katowice, Gdansk and Wroclaw at the Men’s EHF EURO 2016 will start after the final tournament draw on 22 June. The sale for the final weekend as well as for all matches in Katowice already started earlier this year. Tickets can be bought via the official website www.ehf-euro.com.
Official website and Facebook The event’s official website at www.ehf-euro.com offers up to date tournament information and news in the lead up to the Men’s EHF EURO 2016. During the event itself, it will provide a complete media service from the EHF European Championship.
A team of media professionals including editors, journalists and photographers will provide a huge amount of information for use by media representatives including mixed zone and press conference quotes, match previews, reports and interviews. The official Facebook page for EHF EURO events is www.facebook.com/ehfeuro
Live streaming and video on demand on YouTube The EHF and its media and marketing partner, Infront Sports and Media, will offer a complete live streaming and on-demand video service from the EHF EURO in Poland. All matches will be streamed with full English commentary. There will also be daily video reports and features from the EHF Video Team.
Media Portal The EHF‘s media portal at http://members.ehf.eu is the one-stop-shop for media representatives offering all the EHF‘s media news such as press releases, event flash quotes directly after matches, press conference highlights, draw reactions and downloads of all relevant information including, but not limited to, media guides and event logos.
Downloadable items are available in the document section, press statements and flash quotes from matches, press conferences and draws are available in the news section. If you have not registered yet, you can do so at http://bit.ly/ ehfmediaportal
Photo service The EHF will provide the media with a small number of free of charge photographs from selected events such as this final tournament draw. The pictures will be available to download from the Flickr account: www.flickr.com/ehfmedia
@EHFEURO Twitter Follow the EHF Media and Communications Department’s EHF EURO Twitter channel to be kept completely up to date with the latest happenings in European handball and with a special focus on keeping you the media informed – the channel can be found @EHFEURO.
5 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Poland was awarded the right to host the Men’s EHF EURO 2016 at the EHF Congress in June 2012 in Monaco. Croatia, Norway and Poland had bid for the event, and after the presentation of all bids, the majority voted in favour of Poland (27 votes), followed by Croatia (15 votes) and Norway (4 votes).
Only a few months later the first teams already embarked on the road to Poland, as the first phase of the qualification for the first time was played on a home and away basis instead of in qualification tournaments.
Finland, Greece and Estonia became the three group winners who in April 2014 faced Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania and Switzerland in another new qualification phase, the intermediate play-offs. The latter three had been the three lowest ranked teams in the EHF EURO 2014 Qualification. However, two of them – Bosnia- Herzegovina and Romania – avoided a further relegation, while Finland recorded a surprise victory against Romania and made it to the final qualification stage.
This second phase started in October 2014 and after 84 qualifiers had been played by the middle of June 2015, the field of teams for the EHF EURO 2016 was completed. Croatia and Norway from Group 1, Denmark and Belarus from Group 2, Sweden and Slovenia from Group 3, Iceland, Serbia and Montenegro (as best third ranked team) from Group 4, Hungary and Russia from Group 5, France and FYR Macedonia from Group 6 as well as Spain and Germany from Group 7 joined hosts Poland at the final tournament.
The Men’s EHF EURO 2016 will be played from 15 to 31 January 2016. Poland is the 12th nation in EHF EURO history since 1994 that hosts the 12th final tournament. The preliminary round will be played in Krakow (Group A), Katowice (Group B), Wroclaw (Group C) and Gdansk (Group D). The main round will be played in Krakow (Group I) and Wroclaw (Group II); the final weekend will take place in Krakow. Besides these four cities, Malopolska, the region surrounding Krakow, is also the official hosting region for the tournament.
This is first time that a Men’s EHF EURO event has been extended to 17 days overall. The extension is due to change in the playing system for the main round. Instead of three there will be four playing days with two teams always resting on Days 1, 2 and 3 – it is only on the fourth playing day that all six teams take to the court.
The arenas selected for this tournament are the newly-built Tauron Arena in Krakow with a capacity of 15,000 spectators, the Ergo Arena in Gdansk (11,000), the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Centennial Hall in Wroclaw (6,500) and the Spodek Arena in Katowice (10,000).
Ahead of the draw Poland made of use of their right as organisers and already placed one team in each group, which means that the hosts will start in Krakow (Group A), Germany will play in Wroclaw (Group C), Denmark in Gdansk (Group D) and Croatia in Katowice (Group B).
6 POT 1
France Denmark Spain Croatia
7 FRANCE
Achievements
EHF EURO 2006, 2010, 2014 2008
OLYMPIC GAMES 2008, 2012 1992
World Championships 1995, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2015 Team profile 1993 When France won gold at the 2012 Olympic Games when they demolished hosts Denmark 41:32 in the in London, it seemed this success might be the final. And it did not stop there – a year later France 1997, 2003, 2005 last for the nation’s golden handball generation topped another podium, this time at the World as long-term key players such as Didier Dinart Championship. The team is led by the outstanding and Guillaume Gille retired and the team played a current World Handball Player Nikola Karabatic, Media contact disappointing World Championship 2013. but new players such as Valentin Porte, Luka However, the glory days for French handball are far Karabatic and Alix Nyokas have shown they have Pauline Lambertini from over. At the EHF EURO 2014 they remained all the potential it takes to become world-class [email protected] unbeaten and won their third European title in style athletes. +33 663 773 263 www.ff-handball.org EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 6 1 1 185:157 +28 13:3 2nd Group 5 1994 Runners-Up 2 1 0 1 51:42 +9 2:2 Won vs. POL 1994 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 148:148 0 5:7 6th Place 1996 Qualif. 6 3 0 3 139:132 +7 6:6 2nd Group 3 1996 EHF EURO 6 4 0 2 154:141 +13 8:4 7th Place 1998 Qualif. 6 5 1 0 158:124 +34 11:1 1st Group 3 1998 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 140:153 –13 5:7 7th Place 2000 Play-off 2 2 0 0 41:33 +8 4:0 Won vs. ROU 2000 EHF EURO 7 4 1 2 173:164 +9 9:5 4th Place 2002 EHF EURO 7 3 2 2 180:167 +13 8:6 6th Place 2004 Play-off 2 2 0 0 53:36 +17 4:0 Won vs. GRE 2004 EHF EURO 7 3 1 3 189:182 +7 7:7 6th Place 2006 Play-off 2 2 0 0 63:37 +26 4:0 Won vs. ISR 2006 EHF EURO 8 7 0 1 243:192 +51 14:2 Winners 2008 EHF EURO 8 6 0 2 231:207 +24 12:4 3rd Place 2010 Qualif. 8 6 0 2 251:192 +59 12:4 1st Group 6 2010 EHF EURO 8 6 2 0 225:196 +29 14:2 Winners 2012 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 156:163 -7 5:7 11th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 6 0 0 177:134 +43 12:0 1st Group 3 2014 EHF EURO 8 7 0 1 259:227 +32 14:2 Winners 2016 Qualif. 2 6 6 0 0 201:145 +56 12:0 1st Group 6 ------Total Qualif. 48 39 2 7 1319:1032 +287 80:16 Total EHF EURO 77 46 9 22 2098:1940 +158 101:53
8 DENMARK
Achievements
EHF EURO 2008, 2012 2014 2002, 2004, 2006
World Championships 1967, 2011, 2013 2007
Team profile The 2016 qualification marked the international Although experienced players such as Thomas Media contact debut for Danish head coach Gudmundur Mogensen and Michael Knudsen left the team Finn T. Jensen Gudmundsson, who replaced Ulrik Wilbek in the prior to the start of the campaign, Denmark had [email protected] summer of 2014. Gudmundsson had big shoes to no trouble qualifying as winners of Group B. +45 2916 0910 fill: Wilbek led the Danish men’s national team to With stars such as goalkeeper Niklas Landin and www.dhf.dk two EHF EURO titles (2008 and 2012), silver at the former World Handball Player Mikkel Hansen World Championships in 2011 and 2013, and silver in the squad, Denmark are arguably one of the on a home court at the EHF EURO 2014. favourites to medal at the EHF EURO 2016.
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 6 1 1 230:140 +90 13:3 1st Group 1 1994 EHF EURO 7 3 1 3 150:152 -2 7:7 4th Place 1996 Qualif. 6 4 1 1 145:137 +8 9:3 1st Group 5 1996 EHF EURO 6 0 0 6 132:158 –26 0:12 12th Place 1998 Qualif. 6 3 1 2 133:134 -1 7:5 3rd Group 5 2000 Play-off 2 2 0 0 63:48 +15 4:0 Won vs. GEO 2000 EHF EURO 6 2 0 4 143:153 –10 4:8 10th Place 2002 Play-off 2 1 0 1 46:33 +13 2:2 Won vs. BIH 2002 EHF EURO 8 6 1 1 212:189 +23 13:3 3rd Place 2004 EHF EURO 8 6 0 2 240:206 +34 12:4 3rd Place 2006 EHF EURO 8 5 1 2 253:233 +20 11:5 3rd Place 2008 EHF EURO 8 7 0 1 233:193 +40 14:2 Winners 2010 EHF EURO 7 5 0 2 198:184 +14 10:4 5th Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 207:176 +31 10:2 1st Group 7 2012 EHF EURO 8 6 0 2 216:201 +15 12:4 Winners 2014 EHF EURO 8 7 0 1 247:222 +25 14:2 Runners-up 2016 Qualif. 2 6 6 0 0 281:144 +37 12:0 1st Group 2 ------Total Qualif. 36 27 3 6 1105:812 +193 57:15 Total EHF EURO 74 47 3 24 2024:1891 +133 97:51
9 SPAIN
Achievements
EHF EURO 1996, 1998, 2006 2000, 2014
OLYMPIC GAMES 1996, 2000, 2008
World Championships 2005, 2013 2011 Team profile After winning the World Championship 2013, Arpad Sterbik, brilliant wings like Victor Tomas Valero Rivera took the top job for Qatar and was and classy high-scorers such as Joan Canellas. succeeded by fellow Spaniard, Manolo Cadenas. Canellas was the top scorer at the EHF EURO The handover of team responsibilities from one 2014, where Spain won bronze. Besides Sterbik, coach to another went smoothly, though Spain who plays for HC Vardar, Canellas (THW Kiel) and Media contact failed to repeat their 2013 success at Qatar 2015, line player Julen Aguinagalde (KS Vive Tauron where they finished fourth. The squad remained Kielce), the core of the team is formed by players Javier Fernández almost the same and Cadenas can still count from FC Barcelona, such as Tomas, Viran Morros, [email protected] on tall defence, strong goalkeepers including Raul Entrerrios and Gonzalo Perez de Vargas. Tel.: +34 91 5481355 www.rfebm.com EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 7 1 0 235:141 +94 15:1 1st Group 6 1994 EHF EURO 6 4 0 2 142:126 +16 8:4 5th Place 1996 EHF EURO 7 5 0 2 173:162 +11 10:4 Runners-up 1998 Qualif. 6 3 1 2 162:137 +25 7:5 2nd Group 4 1998 EHF EURO 7 5 1 1 187:150 +37 11:9 Runners-up 2000 Play-off 2 2 0 0 57:44 +13 4:0 Won vs. AUT 2000 EHF EURO 7 5 0 2 173:166 +7 10:4 3rd Place 2002 EHF EURO 7 4 1 2 186:173 +13 9:5 7th Place 2004 Play-off 2 2 0 0 68:54 +14 4:0 Won vs. LTU 2004 EHF EURO 6 2 0 4 166:170 -4 4:8 10th Place 2006 Play-off 2 1 1 0 58:48 +10 3:1 Won vs. LTU 2006 EHF EURO 8 6 1 1 255:231 +24 13:3 Runners-up 2008 EHF EURO 6 3 0 3 180:169 +11 6:6 9th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 7 0 1 247:189 +58 14:2 1st Group 7 2010 EHF EURO 7 4 1 2 213:192 +21 9:5 6th Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 4 0 2 174:125 +49 8:4 2nd Group 2 2012 EHF EURO 8 5 1 2 224:213 +11 11:5 4th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 6 0 0 179:115 +64 12:0 1st Group 1 2014 EHF EURO 8 6 0 2 239:218 +21 12:4 3rd Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 184:132 +52 10:2 1st Group 7 ------Total Qualif. 46 37 3 6 1364:985 +379 77:15 Total EHF EURO 77 49 5 23 2138:1970 +168 103:51
10 CROATIA
Achievements
EHF EURO 2008, 2010 1994, 2012
Olympic Games 1996, 2004 2012
World Championships 2003 Team profile 1995, 2005, 2009 Following a string of bronze medals won at the was replaced by Zeljko Babic, who successfully 2013 EHF EURO 2012, the 2012 Olympic Games and steered Croatia through the qualification and the World Championship 2013, Croatia’s form has been given the task of forming a medal- has dropped recently with a fourth place finish at contending team by 2018 – when Croatia host the Media contact the EHF EURO 2014 and sixth place at the World EHF EURO – at the latest. The current squad is Championship 2015. a mix of young and old, with experienced players Silvija Surac Failing to qualify for the semi-final at Qatar like Domagoj Duvnjak, Ivan Cupic and Manuel [email protected] 2015 cost head coach Slavko Goluza his job at Strlek alongside promising talents such as Stipe +385 95 99 99 204 the helm. After the World Championship Goluza Mandalinic and Filip Ivic. www.hrs.hr EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 6 1 1 214:166 +48 13:3 1st Group 4 1994 EHF EURO 7 4 0 3 165:161 +4 8:6 3rd Place 1996 Qualif. 6 5 0 1 161:137 +24 10:2 1st Group 1 1996 EHF EURO 6 4 0 2 154:151 +3 8:4 5th Place 1998 Qualif. 6 4 0 2 166:145 +21 8:4 1st Group 1 1998 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 145:150 -5 5:7 8th Place 2000 EHF EURO 6 3 1 2 146:139 +7 7:5 6th Place 2002 Play-off 2 2 0 0 71:56 +15 4:0 Won vs. TUR 2002 EHF EURO 3 0 0 3 70:89 –19 0:6 16th Place 2004 Play-off 2 1 1 0 62:52 +10 3:1 Won vs. BLR 2004 EHF EURO 8 4 2 2 222:221 +1 10:6 4th Place 2006 EHF EURO 8 5 0 3 229:228 +1 10:6 4th Place 2008 EHF EURO 8 5 1 2 212:203 +9 11:5 Runners-up 2010 Qualif. 8 7 0 1 252:180 +72 14:2 1st Group 4 2010 EHF EURO 8 6 1 1 207:194 +13 13:3 Runners-up 2012 Qualif. 2 6 6 0 0 168:137 +31 12:0 1st Group 2 2012 EHF EURO 8 5 1 2 216:201 +15 11:5 3rd Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 161:135 +26 10:2 1st Group 4 2014 EHF EURO 8 5 0 3 229:206 +23 10:6 4th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 191:148 +43 10:2 1st Group 1 ------Total Qualif. 50 41 2 7 1446:1156 +290 84:16 Total EHF EURO 76 43 7 26 1995:1943 +52 93:59
11 POT 2
Iceland Poland Sweden Hungary
12 ICELAND
Achievements
EHF EURO 2010
Olympic Games 2008
Media contacts Team profile Róbert Geir Gíslason Since they reached their first EHF EURO semi- Coach Aron Kristjansson has a highly- [email protected] final in 2002, Iceland have been among the top experienced squad at his disposal, which still +354 8200552 handball nations, with silver at the 2008 Olympic includes some Beijing silver medallists such as www.hsi.is Games and bronze at the EHF EURO 2010. Iceland Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson, Robert Gunnarsson only narrowly missed the semi-finals at the EHF and goalkeeper Björgvin Gustavsson. At almost EURO 2014, and after a weak start to the 2016 every tournament an Icelandic player is named Einar Thorvardarson qualification, pulled themselves together to part of the all-star team, as was the case for Aron [email protected] eventually finish top of Group 4. Palmarsson at the 2012 Olympic Games. +354 8200553 www.hsi.is EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 5 1 2 200:173 +27 11:5 3rd Group 4 1996 Qualif. 6 4 0 2 131:131 0 8:4 3rd Group 4 1998 Qualif. 6 2 1 3 157:158 -1 5:7 3rd Group 2 2000 Qualif. 4 3 0 1 128:76 +52 6:2 1st Group 4 2000 Play-off 2 1 0 1 61:55 +6 2:2 Won vs. MKD 2000 EHF EURO 6 1 0 5 147:162 –15 2:10 11th Place 2002 Play-off 2 1 0 1 56:50 +6 2:2 Won vs. BLR 2002 EHF EURO 8 4 2 2 221:209 +12 10:6 4th Place 2004 EHF EURO 3 0 1 2 87:96 -9 1:5 13th Place 2006 Play-off 2 2 0 0 67:55 +12 4:0 Won vs. BLR 2006 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 190:191 -1 5:7 7th Place 2008 Play-off 2 1 0 1 71:70 +1 2:2 Won vs. SRB 2008 EHF EURO 6 2 0 4 157:172 –15 4:8 11th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 5 3 0 264:212 +52 13:3 1st Group 3 2010 EHF EURO 8 4 3 1 249:240 +9 11:5 3rd Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 4 0 2 188:178 +10 8:4 2nd Group 5 2012 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 177:178 -1 5:7 10th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 197:176 +21 10:2 1st Group 6 2014 EHF EURO 7 4 1 2 199:199 0 9:5 5th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 4 1 1 191:137 +54 9:3 1st Group 4 ------Total Qualif. 58 37 6 15 1711:1471 +240 80:36 Total EHF EURO 50 19 9 22 1427:1447 -20 47:53
13 POLAND
Achievements
World Championships 2007 2009, 2015
Media contact Team profile Jan Korczak-Mleczko As hosts, Poland did not have to go through the Bogdan Wenta in October 2012. [email protected] hardship of qualification however, a bronze medal With World Championship All-Star line player +48 662 242 707 at the World Championship 2015 in Qatar is clear Bartosz Jurecki, three players from 2015 VELUX www.zprp.pl proof of the team’s strength. Poland enjoyed one EHF FINAL4 bronze medal winner KS Vive Tauron of their most successful periods between 2007 Kielce: goalkeeper Slawomir Szmal, Karol and 2009, when they came second and third at Bielecki and Michal Jurecki, and the home crowd the respective World Championships. Following support they can rely on at the EHF EURO, Poland a dip in form and performances, German Michael will be a force to reckon with in January. Biegler took over the head coach position from
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 5 1 2 227:160 +67 11:5 2nd Group 6 1994 Runners-Up 2 1 0 1 42:51 -9 2:2 Lost vs. FRA 1996 Qualif. 6 0 0 6 140:175 –35 0:12 4th Group 4 1998 Pre-Qualif. 6 5 0 1 162:143 +19 10:2 1st Group D 1998 Qualif. 6 0 0 6 128:153 –25 0:12 4th Group 5 2000 Qualif. 6 5 0 1 165:133 +33 10:2 1st Group 1 2000 Play-off 2 0 0 2 41:56 –15 0:4 Lost vs. GER 2002 Play-off 2 1 1 0 56:52 +4 3:1 Won vs. NOR 2002 EHF EURO 3 0 0 3 67:83 –16 0:6 15th Place 2004 Play-off 2 1 0 1 60:49 +11 2:2 Won vs. AUT 2004 EHF EURO 3 0 0 3 86:108 –22 0:6 16th Place 2006 Qualif. 3 2 0 1 103:70 +33 4:2 2nd Group 4 2006 Play-off 2 1 0 1 60:59 +1 2:2 Won vs. SWE 2006 EHF EURO 6 1 1 4 163:185 –22 3:9 10th Place 2008 Play-off 2 2 0 0 72:47 +25 4:0 Won vs. NED 2008 EHF EURO 6 3 1 2 182:172 +10 7:5 7th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 5 1 2 242:198 +44 11:5 2nd Group 1 2010 EHF EURO 8 4 1 3 222:221 +1 9:7 4th Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 4 1 1 172:147 +25 9:3 1st Group 3 2012 EHF EURO 6 3 1 2 173:160 +13 7:5 9th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 162:133 +29 10:2 2nd Group 5 2014 EHF EURO 7 3 0 4 191:184 +7 6:8 6th Place ------Total Qualif. 67 37 4 26 1832:1626 +206 78:56 Total EHF EURO 39 14 4 21 1084:1113 -29 32:46
14 SWEDEN
Achievements
EHF EURO 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002
OLYMPIC GAMES 1992, 1996, 2000, 2012
World Championships 1954, 1958, 1990, 1999 Team profile 1964, 1997, 2001 Sweden are the record EHF EURO champions France. At the EHF EURO 2014 they reached the 1938, 1961, 1993, with four titles, but they have not qualified for the main round, and at Qatar 2015 they finished tenth. 1995 semi-final since hosting the tournament in 2002, The squad’s style combines typical Scandinavian when they topped the podium for the last time to tactics such as strong defence with fast wings and date. The past few years have been up and down intelligent backcourt shooters – a combination Media contact for coaches Ola Lindgren and Staffan Olsson: that proved successful as Sweden went through Only weeks after missing the qualification for the the qualification undefeated. Players to watch in Lasse Tjernberg World Championship 2013 Sweden reached the the future include 23-year-old Jim Gottfridsson. [email protected] Olympic Games Final in London, which they lost to +46 (0)8 699 65 49 www.svenskhandboll.se EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 8 0 0 204:147 +57 16:0 1st Group 3 1994 EHF EURO 7 7 0 0 172:133 +39 14:0 Winners 1996 EHF EURO 7 4 0 3 170:156 +14 8:6 4th Place 1998 Qualif. 6 4 0 2 156:139 +17 8:4 2nd Group 5 1998 EHF EURO 7 6 0 1 182:158 +24 12:2 Winners 2000 EHF EURO 7 7 0 0 198:167 +31 14:0 Winners 2002 EHF EURO 8 7 0 1 235:191 +44 14:2 Winners 2004 EHF EURO 7 4 0 3 211:203 +8 8:6 7th Place 2006 Play-off 2 1 0 1 59:60 -1 2:2 Lost vs. POL 2008 Qualif. 4 4 0 0 139:106 +33 8:0 1st Group 7 2008 Play-off 2 1 0 1 69:59 +10 2:2 Won vs. ROU 2008 EHF EURO 7 4 1 2 208:190 +18 9:5 5th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 6 2 0 251:200 +51 14:2 1st Group 1 2010 EHF EURO 3 0 0 3 78:84 -6 0:6 15th Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 176:144 +32 10:2 1st Group 4 2012 EHF EURO 6 1 2 3 157:168 –11 4:8 12th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 174:141 +33 10:2 1st Group 5 2014 EHF EURO 6 4 0 2 166:158 +8 8:4 7th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 5 1 0 182:134 +48 11:1 1st Group 3 ------Total Qualif. 48 39 3 6 1410:1130 +280 81:15 Total EHF EURO 65 44 3 18 1777:1608 +169 91:39
15 HUNGARY
Achievements
World Championships 1986
Media contact Team profile Gabor Liszkay What can go wrong if you have one of history’s 2016 Olympic Games as the future goal. The [email protected] best handball players coaching you? The unquestionable star is Laszlo Nagy, who played +36 30 681 3460 Hungarian Handball Federation surprised many a key role in Hungary’s most recent success www.keziszovetseg.hu when they presented Talant Dujshebaev as the when they reached the semi-final at the 2012 new head coach in October 2014. And to answer Olympic Games. However, medals have eluded the question: Not much, as Hungary were one the team since 1986, when they won silver at the of the first teams to qualify for the EHF EURO World Championship. Besides Nagy, the heart of 2016. Expectations are still high however, and the team is its defence with world-class Roland Dujshebaev has announced participation at the Mikler in goal.
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 6 0 2 182:142 +40 12:4 1st Group 2 1994 EHF EURO 6 3 0 3 128:131 -3 6:6 7th Place 1996 Qualif. 6 3 1 2 156:149 +7 7:5 2nd Group 2 1996 EHF EURO 6 1 1 4 144:158 –14 3:9 10th Place 1998 Qualif. 6 4 1 1 147:138 +9 9:3 1st Group 5 1998 EHF EURO 6 3 0 3 145:154 -9 6:6 6th Place 2000 Play-off 2 0 0 2 52:59 -7 0:4 Lost vs. SLO 2002 Play-off 2 1 0 1 46:46 0 2:2 Lost vs. SUI 2004 Play-off 2 1 0 1 64:62 +2 2:2 Won vs. MKD 2004 EHF EURO 6 2 2 2 164:169 -5 6:6 9th Place 2006 Qualif. 6 6 0 0 229:154 +75 12:0 1st Group 1 2006 Play-off 2 2 0 0 68:54 +14 4:0 Won vs. MKD 2006 EHF EURO 3 1 0 2 84:89 -5 2:4 13th Place 2008 Play-off 2 2 0 0 59:53 +6 4:0 Won vs. LTU 2008 EHF EURO 6 3 1 2 176:173 +3 7:5 8th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 6 0 2 241:179 +62 12:4 2nd Group 4 2010 EHF EURO 3 0 1 2 80:96 –16 1:5 14th Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 6 0 0 171:130 +41 12:0 1st Group 1 2012 EHF EURO 6 1 3 2 156:161 -5 5:7 8th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 3 1 2 161:153 +8 7:5 2nd Group 4 2014 EHF EURO 6 1 2 3 159:165 -6 4:8 8th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 6 0 0 178:151 +27 12:0 1st Group 5 ------Total Qualif. 62 46 3 13 1754:1470 +284 95:29 Total EHF EURO 48 15 10 23 1236:1296 -60 40:56
16 POT 3
Russia FYR Macedonia Germany Belarus
17 RUSSIA
Achievements
EHF EURO 1996 1994, 2000
OLYMPIC GAMES 2000
2004
World Championships 1993, 1997 Team profile 1999 The recent past saw a reasonably successful era Torgovanov and Lev Voronin took over. for Russia under the reign of head coaches Oleg With them at the helm Russia finished second Kuleshov and Alexander Rymanov. At the World in Group 5 in the 2016 qualification. And while Media contact Championship 2013 they reached the quarter-final he admits it being a tough task, Torgovanov will Benjamin Kuznetsov then finished ninth at the EHF EURO 2014 – their do everything in his power to steer Russia to the [email protected] best position since 2006. However, when Russia Olympic qualification by ranking well at the EHF +7 916 618 60 54 finished 19th at the World Championship 2015, EURO 2016. The team’s stars include Timur Dibirov www.rushandball.ru Kuleshov and Rymanov’s time was over and former and Sergei Gorbok, who both play for HC Vardar. Olympic, world and European champions Dmitri
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 6 6 0 0 169:101 +68 12:0 1st Group 7 1994 EHF EURO 7 6 0 1 172:148 +24 12:2 Runners-up 1996 Qualif. 6 4 0 2 148:120 +28 8:4 1st Group 4 1996 EHF EURO 7 6 1 0 172:141 +31 13:1 Winners 1998 EHF EURO 7 3 1 3 179:167 +12 7:7 4th Place 2000 Play-off 2 2 0 0 62:47 +15 4:0 Won vs. TUR 2000 EHF EURO 7 5 0 2 189:175 +14 10:4 Runners-up 2002 EHF EURO 7 5 1 1 197:172 +25 11:3 5th Place 2004 EHF EURO 7 5 1 1 206:190 +16 11:3 5th Place 2006 EHF EURO 7 4 0 3 208:204 +4 8:6 6th Place 2008 EHF EURO 3 0 1 2 74:88 –14 1:5 13th Place 2010 Qualif. 10 9 0 1 339:249 +90 18:2 1st Group 2 2010 EHF EURO 6 1 0 5 177:194 –17 2:10 12th Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 202:185 +17 10:2 2nd Group 7 2012 EHF EURO 3 0 1 2 82:89 -7 1:5 15th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 3 0 3 178:167 +11 6:6 3rd Group 7 2014 EHF EURO 6 2 0 4 168:179 -11 4:8 9th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 4 0 2 174:168 +6 8:4 2nd Group 5 ------Total Qualif. 42 33 0 9 1172:1037 +235 66:18 Total EHF EURO 67 37 6 24 1824:1747 +77 80:54
18 FYR MACEDONIA
Media contact Viktorija Milanovska [email protected] +389 22 46 44 44 www.macedoniahandball.com.mk
Team profile FYR Macedonia’s men’s national team is still all accounted for more than one third of his team’s about Kiril Lazarov. The top scorer at the World goals in the qualification, which they finished Championship 2009 and EHF EURO 2012 is the ranked second in Group 6. It is a handball-mad unquestionable heart of the squad. When Lazarov nation and the atmosphere at games is always scores, FYR Macedonia are on the upswing; if electrifying. Besides Lazarov, the Macedonians’ he fails, they are going down. Fortunately for the hopes for the EHF EURO rest on the shoulders Macedonians Lazarov was once more at his best of player such as Naumce Mojsovski and Dejan throughout the qualification. His 56 goals not only Manaskov. made him the top scorer of the stage but also
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1996 Pre-Qualif. 4 3 0 1 110:95 +15 6:2 1st Group A 1996 Qualif. 6 2 1 3 147:162 –15 5:7 3rd Group 2 1998 Pre-Qualif. 4 3 0 1 121:104 +17 6:2 1st Group B 1998 Qualif. 6 3 0 3 181:181 0 6:6 2nd Group 1 1998 EHF EURO 6 0 1 5 130:174 –44 1:11 12th Place 2000 Play-off 2 1 0 1 55:61 -6 2:2 Lost vs. ISL 2002 Play-off 2 1 0 1 48:52 -4 2:2 Lost vs. ISR 2004 Qualif. 6 4 0 2 202:179 +23 8:4 2nd Group 5 2004 Play-off 2 1 0 1 62:64 -2 2:2 Lost vs. HUN 2006 Qualif. 6 4 1 1 204:166 +38 9:3 1st Group 2 2006 Play-off 2 0 0 2 54:68 –14 0:4 Lost vs. HUN 2008 Qualif. 6 4 1 1 185:179 +6 9:3 2nd Group 2 2008 Play-off 2 0 0 2 60:66 -6 0:4 Lost vs. SLO 2010 Qualif. 8 4 1 3 231:223 +8 9:7 3rd Group 3 2012 Qualif. 2 6 3 1 2 162:155 +7 7:5 2nd Group 1 2012 EHF EURO 7 4 1 2 185:175 +10 9:5 5th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 3 0 3 142:150 -8 6:6 2nd Group 1 2014 EHF EURO 6 1 1 4 141:167 -26 3:9 10th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 3 1 2 161:154 +7 7:5 2nd Group 6 ------Total Qualif. 74 39 6 29 2125:2059 +66 84:64 Total EHF EURO 19 5 3 11 456:516 -60 13:25
19 GERMANY
Achievements
EHF EURO 2004 2002 1998
OLYMPIC GAMES 1980 (as GDR) 1984, 2004
World Championships Team profile 1938, 1978, 2007 There have been numerous setbacks for the been moving in a more positive direction under 1954, 1970, 1974 2007 world champions over the past two years: new head coach Dagur Sigurdsson. During his (both GDR), 2003 First they failed to qualify for the 2012 Olympic first season in the job he was simultaneously in 1958, 1978, 1986, Games, then for the EHF EURO 2014 in Denmark, charge of Füchse Berlin, leading them to victory (both GDR) and finally they lost to Poland in the World in the EHF Cup, but the Icelander will focus solely Championship 2015 Play-offs. Courtesy of an on the German national team from now on. It is IHF wild card, they nevertheless made it to Qatar the expressed goal of Germany to be back on top through the ‘back door’. Following a seventh-place by 2019 at the latest, when they co-host the World Media contact finish at the World Championship things have Championship together with Denmark. Tim Oliver Kalle [email protected] EHF European Championship (qualification) record +49 231 9119134 Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank www.dhb.de 1994 Qualif. 8 7 0 1 183:118 +65 14:2 1st Group 5 1994 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 135:131 +4 5:7 9th Place 1996 Qualif. 6 3 1 2 139:123 +16 7:5 2nd Group 5 1996 EHF EURO 6 1 1 4 131:135 -4 3:9 8th Place 1998 Qualif. 6 4 1 1 144:123 +21 9:3 1st Group 4 1998 EHF EURO 7 5 0 2 177:159 +18 10:4 3rd Place 2000 Play-off 2 2 0 0 56:41 +15 4:0 Won vs. POL 2000 EHF EURO 6 1 2 3 129:136 -7 4:8 9th Place 2002 Play-off 2 2 0 0 52:45 +7 4:0 Won vs. SVK 2002 EHF EURO 8 5 1 2 201:188 +13 11:5 Runners-up 2004 EHF EURO 8 6 1 1 244:208 +36 13:3 Winners 2006 EHF EURO 7 5 1 1 223:193 +30 11:3 5th Place 2008 EHF EURO 8 4 0 4 224:224 0 8:8 4th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 8 0 0 300:191 +109 16:0 1st Group 5 2010 EHF EURO 6 1 2 3 157:165 -8 4:8 10th Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 4 1 1 192:150 +42 9:3 1st Group 5 2012 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 156:156 0 5:7 7th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 3 0 3 170:151 +19 6:6 3rd Group 2 2016 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 172:145 +27 10:2 2nd Group 7 ------Total Qualif. 50 38 3 9 1408:1087 +321 79:21 Total EHF EURO 68 32 10 26 1777:1695 +82 74:62
20 BELARUS
Media contact Tatsiana Pustokhod [email protected] +375 17 290 96 53 www.handball.by
Team profile Handball has a long and successful history and long years until Belarus participated in an EHF tradition in Belarus, dating back to the Soviet EURO again, in 2008. These days the undeniable Union era when many players from Minsk were star of the team is Siarhei Rutenka. Under his part of the national team. After the collapse of on-court guidance and with coach Iouri Chevtsov the Soviet Union, the Belarusian men’s national on the sideline, Belarus qualified for the World team made history when they were part of the Championships 2013 and 2015 as well as the EHF first match at an EHF EURO event on 3 June EURO 2014 – and, of course, for the 2016 event, 1994 in Porto. They faced Germany and recorded courtesy of finishing second in Group 2. a sensational 24:23 victory. However, it was 14
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 5 1 2 234:186 +48 11:5 2nd Group 4 1994 Runners-Up 2 1 0 1 45:43 +2 2:2 Won vs. AUT 1994 EHF EURO 6 2 0 4 154:167 -13 4:8 8th Place 1996 Qualif. 6 2 0 4 142:146 -4 4:8 3rd Group 3 1998 Pre-Qualif. 4 3 0 1 116:99 +17 6:2 2nd Group B 2000 Qualif. 6 6 0 0 174:128 +46 12:0 1st Group 7 2000 Play-off 2 0 1 1 44:52 -8 1:3 Lost vs. UKR 2002 Qualif. 6 4 0 2 175:136 +39 8:4 1st Group 1 2002 Play-off 2 1 0 1 50:56 -6 2:2 Lost vs. ISL 2004 Qualif. 6 4 0 2 167:155 +12 8:4 2nd Group 2 2004 Play-off 2 0 1 1 52:62 –10 1:3 Lost vs. CRO 2006 Qualif. 6 3 1 2 190:163 +27 7:5 2nd Group 1 2006 Play-off 2 0 0 2 55:67 –12 0:4 Lost vs. ISL 2008 Qualif. 3 3 0 0 100:74 +26 6:0 1st Group 1 2008 Play-off 2 1 0 1 61:54 +7 2:2 Won vs. SUI 2008 EHF EURO 3 0 0 3 83:101 –18 0:6 15th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 4 0 4 253:233 +20 8:8 3rd Group 5 2012 Qualif. 2 6 2 0 4 181:203 –22 4:8 3rd Group 7 2014 Qualif. 2 6 4 1 1 189:180 +9 9:3 2nd Group 6 2014 EHF EURO 6 1 0 5 166:195 -29 2:10 12th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 2 2 2 158:167 -9 6:6 2nd Group 2 ------Total Qualif. 83 45 7 31 2386:2204 +182 97:69 Total EHF EURO 15 3 0 12 403:463 -60 6:24
21 POT 4
Serbia Norway Slovenia Montenegro
22 SERBIA
Achievements
EHF EURO 2012
Media contact Team profile Zika Bogdanovic Serbia have changed coaches four times since When an eight-goal advantage was not enough to [email protected] winning silver on the home court at the EHF EURO beat Czech Republic in the World Championship +381 600 64 34 77 2012: When the team missed the quarter-finals 2015 Play-offs, Matic resigned immediately. www.rss.org.rs at the World Championship 2013 Veselin Vukovic Hence it was up to former world-class goalkeeper was sacked and intermediately replaced by SG Dejan Peric to steer the team through the EHF Flensburg-Handewitt coach Ljubomir Vranjes. EURO 2016 Qualification Phase. With the prowess Vranjes was succeeded by Vlatan Matic, who took of stars such as Marko Vujin and Momir Ilic, over for the EHF EURO 2014 but failed to reach Serbia succeeded, placing second in Group 4 to the main round. qualify for the final tournament.
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 2008 Qualif. 6 4 1 1 220:164 +56 9:3 1st Group 2 2008 Play-off 2 1 0 1 70:71 -1 2:2 Lost vs. ISL 2010 Qualif. 10 7 1 2 351:272 +79 15:5 2nd Group 2 2010 EHF EURO 3 0 1 2 83:94 –11 1:5 13th Place 2012 EHF EURO 8 4 2 2 176:168 +8 10:6 Runners-up 2014 Qualif. 2 6 4 1 1 171:162 +9 9:3 1st Group 7 2014 EHF EURO 3 1 0 2 73:77 -4 2:4 13th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 3 2 1 153:152 +1 8:4 2nd Group 4 ------Total Qualif. 30 19 5 6 956:821 +135 43:17 Total EHF EURO 14 5 3 6 332:339 -7 13:15
23 NORWAY
Media contact Kirsten Birkeland [email protected] +47 957 04 055 www.handball.no
Team profile For many years the Norwegian men’s team with. After failing to reach the main round at the played in the shadow of the successful women’s EHF EURO 2014, head coach Robert Hedin quit national team, before the EHF EURO 2008 acted his job and was succeeded by Christian Berge. He like a starting signal for the team’s improvement. was planned as an interim solution, but despite The youth programme showed results with the fact that Norway also did not qualify for the talents like Kent Tönnesen and Sander Sagosen World Championship 2015, Berge kept his job and making their mark. Even now that experienced successfully steered Norway through the EHF key players like Havard Tvedten and Börge Lund EURO 2016 Qualification. The Scandinavians even have retired, Norway remain a force to reckon recorded an unexpected victory against Croatia.
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 5 0 3 183:164 +19 10:6 3rd Group 2 1996 Pre-Qualif. 6 5 0 1 155:88 +67 10:2 2nd Group C 1998 Qualif. 6 2 0 4 136:157 –21 4:8 3rd Group 4 2000 Play-off 2 2 0 0 53:38 +15 4:0 Won vs. ITA 2000 EHF EURO 6 1 1 4 133:144 -11 3:9 8th Place 2002 Play-off 2 0 1 1 52:56 -4 1:3 Lost vs. POL 2004 Qualif. 6 5 0 1 191:138 +53 10:2 1st Group 2 2004 Play-off 2 1 0 1 48:50 -2 2:2 Lost vs. POR 2006 Play-off 2 1 1 0 63:50 +13 3:1 Won vs. BIH 2006 EHF EURO 6 2 0 4 178:177 +1 4:8 11th Place 2008 EHF EURO 7 3 2 2 196:185 +11 8:6 6th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 5 2 1 266:226 +40 12:4 2nd Group 3 2010 EHF EURO 6 3 0 3 169:164 +5 6:6 7th Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 184:152 +32 10:2 1st Group 6 2012 EHF EURO 3 1 0 2 80:87 -7 2:4 13th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 4 0 2 185:154 +31 8:4 2nd Group 3 2014 EHF EURO 3 0 1 2 77:84 -7 1:5 14th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 5 0 1 182:152 +30 10:2 2nd Group 1 ------Total Qualif. 60 39 4 16 1689:1425 +264 84:36 Total EHF EURO 31 10 4 17 833:841 -8 24:38
24 SLOVENIA
Achievements
EHF EURO 2004
Media contact Team profile Goran Cvijic The EHF EURO 2004 hosts have been on a tournament top scorer. However, this success [email protected] rollercoaster ride in recent years: In 2013 they did not save head coach Boris Denic, who was +386 31 325 235 reached the World Championship Semi-final replaced by legendary Veselin Vujovic ahead www.rokometna-zveza.si in Spain, but only a few months later a defeat of the final two rounds of the EHF EURO 2016 against Belarus saw them miss out on the EHF Qualification Phase. Slovenia have a number of EURO 2014. In the World Championship 2015 talented youngsters to draw from in the coming qualification the team overcame Hungary to years. Gasper Marguc, Borut Mackovsek and qualify for the final tournament in Qatar, where Jure Dolenec are just three young guns on whose they finished eighth and Dragan Gajic was the shoulders Slovenia’s future hopes rest.
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualif. 8 5 0 3 189:149 +40 10:6 2nd Group 2 1994 Runners-Up 2 1 0 1 38:38 0 2:2 Won vs. CZE 1994 EHF EURO 6 1 1 4 112:139 –27 3:9 10th Place 1996 Qualif. 6 3 1 2 141:137 +4 7:5 2nd Group 1 1996 EHF EURO 6 1 0 5 120:139 –19 2:10 11th Place 1998 Qualif. 6 3 0 3 161:155 +6 6:6 3rd Group 3 2000 Qualif. 6 6 0 0 195:144 +51 12:0 1st Group 2 2000 Play-off 2 2 0 0 59:52 +7 4:0 Won vs. HUN 2000 EHF EURO 6 3 0 3 154:155 -1 6:6 5th Place 2002 EHF EURO 7 0 2 5 181:215 –34 2:12 12th Place 2004 EHF EURO 8 5 1 2 230:218 +12 11:5 Runners-up 2006 EHF EURO 6 3 0 3 191:194 -3 6:6 8th Place 2008 Play-off 2 2 0 0 66:60 +6 4:0 Won vs. MKD 2008 EHF EURO 6 3 0 3 172:180 -8 6:6 10th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 6 0 2 293:221 +72 12:4 2nd Group 5 2010 EHF EURO 6 1 2 3 186:203 -17 4:8 11th Place 2012 Qualif. 2 6 4 0 2 194:179 +15 8:4 2nd Group 3 2012 EHF EURO 7 2 0 5 207:212 -5 4:10 6th Place 2014 Qualif. 2 6 2 1 3 192:179 +13 5:7 3rd Group 6 2016 Qualif. 2 6 4 1 1 185:149 +36 9:3 2nd Group 3 ------Total Qualif. 58 38 3 17 1713:1463 +250 79:37 Total EHF EURO 58 19 6 33 1553:1655 -102 44:72
25 MONTENEGRO
Media contact Emir Beslija [email protected] www.rscg.co.me
Team profile Women’s handball has been in the spotlight in Germany twice to qualify for the EHF EURO 2014 Montenegro for many years. Buducnost won the in Denmark. When Montenegro lost to Belarus EHF Champions League in 2012 and 2015, while in the World Championship 2015 Play-offs, the national team won the Olympic silver medal coach Zoran Kastratovic quit his job and was and EHF EURO gold medal in 2012. But it was also succeeded by Ljubomir Obradovic, who guided in 2012 that the men’s team first sprang a major the team to their second consecutive EHF EURO. surprise, eliminating Sweden in the play-offs Montenegro’s top star is PSG Handball wing for the World Championship 2013, then beating Fehrudin Mehic.
EHF European Championship (qualification) record Year Stage MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 2008 Qualif. 6 5 1 0 200:171 +29 11:1 1st Group 4 2008 Play-off 2 2 0 0 63:55 +8 4:0 Won vs. POR 2008 EHF EURO 6 0 1 5 152:192 –40 1:11 12th Place 2010 Qualif. 8 4 0 4 229:240 –11 8:8 3rd Group 1 2012 Qualif. 2 6 1 0 5 161:196 –35 2:10 3rd Group 4 2014 Qualif. 2 6 4 0 2 160:160 0 8:4 2nd Group 2 2014 EHF EURO 3 0 0 3 66:84 -18 0:6 16th Place 2016 Qualif. 2 6 3 1 2 146:152 -6 7:5 3rd Group 4 ------Total Qualif. 34 19 2 13 959:974 -15 40:28 Total EHF EURO 9 0 1 8 218:276 -58 1:17
26 EHF EURO 2016 VENUES
Lithuania
Kaunas
Gdansk
POLAND
Wroclaw
Prague Katowice Czech Krakow Republic Kosice Slovakia
TAURON Arena, Krakow Centennial Hall, Wroclaw Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 6,500
Ergo Arena, Gdansk Spodek Arena, Katowice Capacity: 11,000 Capacity: 10,000
27 EHF EURO 2016 QUALIFICATION RESULTS
28 2016 Men's European Championship Qualification 2
Group 1 matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 CRO Croatia 6 5 0 1 191:148 43 10 2 NOR Norway 6 5 0 1 182:152 30 10 3 NED Netherlands 6 2 0 4 155:174 -19 4 4 TUR Turkey 6 0 0 6 141:195 -54 0 MatchID: 201611010102- 002 NOR Norway vs. TUR Turkey 36 : 27 (18:13) 29.10.2014 19:00 Kristiansund / NOR Spectators: 2769 Ref.: Bernet, Wick SUI Del.: Østerballe DEN 001 CRO Croatia vs. NED Netherlands 35 : 24 (17:10) 30.10.2014 18:00 Koprivnica / CRO Spectators: 2500 Ref.: Novikov, Perepilitsy UKR Del.: Nikolovski MKD 004 NED Netherlands vs. NOR Norway 22 : 30 (9:13) 02.11.2014 14:00 Almere / NED Spectators: 1250 Ref.: Fleisch, Rieber GER Del.: Caillet FRA 003 TUR Turkey vs. CRO Croatia 22 : 32 (9:16) 02.11.2014 16:00 Cankaya/Ankara / TUR Spectators: 800 Ref.: Kurtagic, Wetterwik SWE Del.: Mkhitaryan ARM 006 TUR Turkey vs. NED Netherlands 23 : 30 (11:14) 29.04.2015 19:00 Cankaya/Ankara / TUR Spectators: 500 Ref.: Konjicanin, Konjicanin BIH Del.: Antonopoulos GRE 005 NOR Norway vs. CRO Croatia 27 : 26 (17:13) 29.04.2015 19:10 Stavanger / NOR Spectators: 4750 Ref.: Marin Lorente, Garcia Serradilla ESP Del.: Gunnarsson ISL 008 NED Netherlands vs. TUR Turkey 31 : 21 (13:9) 03.05.2015 14:00 Almere / NED Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Vesovic, Mitrovic MNE Del.: Rankin GBR 007 CRO Croatia vs. NOR Norway 31 : 25 (16:17) 03.05.2015 17:15 Varazdin / CRO Spectators: 5000 Ref.: Dinu, Din ROU Del.: Sundell FIN 010 TUR Turkey vs. NOR Norway 22 : 26 (10:12) 10.06.2015 19:00 Cankaya/Ankara / TUR Spectators: 500 Ref.: Covalciuc, Covalciuc MDA Del.: Kaschütz AUT 009 NED Netherlands vs. CRO Croatia 24 : 27 (12:14) 10.06.2015 20:00 Sittard / NED Spectators: 2200 Ref.: Dobrovits, Tajok HUN Del.: Dujardin FRA 011 CRO Croatia vs. TUR Turkey 40 : 26 (21:13) 14.06.2015 17:15 Umag / CRO Spectators: 1200 Ref.: Argyridis, Mouttas CYP Del.: Kyriakoulias GRE 012 NOR Norway vs. NED Netherlands 38 : 24 (19:11) 14.06.2015 18:15 Trondheim / NOR Spectators: 3151 Ref.: Leszczynski, Piechota POL Del.: Østerballe DEN
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Group 2 matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 DEN Denmark 6 6 0 0 181:144 37 12 2 BLR Belarus 6 2 2 2 158:167 -9 6 3 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 6 1 2 3 136:140 -4 4 4 LTU Lithuania 6 1 0 5 140:164 -24 2 MatchID: 201611010102- 014 BLR Belarus vs. BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 25 : 25 (12:13) 29.10.2014 16:30 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 5600 Ref.: Horacek, Novotny CZE Del.: Rudic CRO 013 DEN Denmark vs. LTU Lithuania 31 : 21 (16:8) 30.10.2014 20:15 Brondby / DEN Spectators: 4016 Ref.: Lah, Sok SLO Del.: Halldorsson ISL 016 LTU Lithuania vs. BLR Belarus 28 : 30 (13:13) 02.11.2014 16:00 Siauliai / LTU Spectators: 500 Ref.: Johansson, Kliko SWE Del.: Järv EST 015 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina vs. DEN Denmark 23 : 25 (11:12) 02.11.2014 20:15 Tuzla / BIH Spectators: 5000 Ref.: Santos, Fonseca POR Del.: Repensek SLO 017 BLR Belarus vs. DEN Denmark 27 : 36 (12:17) 30.04.2015 19:00 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 6500 Ref.: Pavicevic, Raznatovic MNE Del.: Szajna POL 018 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina vs. LTU Lithuania 26 : 23 (13:10) 30.04.2015 20:15 Cazin / BIH Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Harabagiu, Stanescu ROU Del.: Nikolovski MKD 019 DEN Denmark vs. BLR Belarus 32 : 23 (18:11) 02.05.2015 20:15 Aarhus / DEN Spectators: 4959 Ref.: Kurtagic, Wetterwik SWE Del.: Haraldsson ISL 020 LTU Lithuania vs. BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 19 : 15 (10:7) 03.05.2015 17:00 Kaunas / LTU Spectators: 1000 Ref.: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann GRE Del.: Tevzadze GEO 021 LTU Lithuania vs. DEN Denmark 25 : 31 (13:18) 10.06.2015 19:00 Kaunas / LTU Spectators: 1400 Ref.: Gasmi, Gasmi FRA Del.: Ventsli EST 022 BIH Bosnia Herzegovina vs. BLR Belarus 22 : 22 (14:12) 11.06.2015 20:15 Zenica / BIH Spectators: 6000 Ref.: Brunovsky, Canda SVK Del.: Convents BEL 024 BLR Belarus vs. LTU Lithuania 31 : 24 (15:10) 14.06.2015 16:00 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 3310 Ref.: Pandzic, Mosorinski SRB Del.: Kazinieks LAT 023 DEN Denmark vs. BIH Bosnia Herzegovina 26 : 25 (13:14) 14.06.2015 20:15 Brondby / DEN Spectators: 4467 Ref.: Hansen, Pettersen NOR Del.: Sundell FIN
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Group 3 matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 SWE Sweden 6 5 1 0 182:134 48 11 2 SLO Slovenia 6 4 1 1 185:149 36 9 3 LAT Latvia 6 2 0 4 133:182 -49 4 4 SVK Slovakia 6 0 0 6 130:165 -35 0 MatchID: 201611010102- 025 SLO Slovenia vs. SVK Slovakia 31 : 25 (15:12) 29.10.2014 20:30 Koper / SLO Spectators: 2200 Ref.: Geipel, Helbig GER Del.: Schlick AUT 026 SWE Sweden vs. LAT Latvia 33 : 23 (18:8) 30.10.2014 17:10 Nyköping / SWE Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Pandzic, Satordzija BIH Del.: Vitzthum SUI 027 LAT Latvia vs. SLO Slovenia 28 : 39 (13:21) 01.11.2014 17:05 Dobele / LAT Spectators: 1150 Ref.: Andorka, Hucker HUN Del.: Zabczynski POL 028 SVK Slovakia vs. SWE Sweden 23 : 33 (15:16) 01.11.2014 18:00 Bratislava / SVK Spectators: 2500 Ref.: Raluy Lopez, Sabroso Ramirez ESP Del.: Sodal NOR 029 SWE Sweden vs. SLO Slovenia 28 : 24 (18:10) 29.04.2015 19:15 Växjö / SWE Spectators: 4512 Ref.: Mazeika, Gatelis LTU Del.: Petersen DEN 030 LAT Latvia vs. SVK Slovakia 25 : 18 (11:7) 29.04.2015 19:35 Dobele / LAT Spectators: 900 Ref.: Hansen, Pettersen NOR Del.: Sitsi EST 032 SVK Slovakia vs. LAT Latvia 22 : 23 (16:10) 02.05.2015 18:00 Hlohovec / SVK Spectators: 1500 Ref.: Leandersson, Lindroos FIN Del.: Jovic BIH 031 SLO Slovenia vs. SWE Sweden 28 : 28 (13:16) 03.05.2015 17:30 Celje / SLO Spectators: 3500 Ref.: Dentz, Reibel FRA Del.: Pavicevic MNE 033 SVK Slovakia vs. SLO Slovenia 20 : 26 (10:13) 10.06.2015 17:00 Presov / SVK Spectators: 1450 Ref.: Stark, Stefan ROU Del.: Vujisic MNE 034 LAT Latvia vs. SWE Sweden 14 : 33 (8:16) 10.06.2015 19:35 Dobele / LAT Spectators: 600 Ref.: Katsikis, Michailidis GRE Del.: Serbu ROU 035 SLO Slovenia vs. LAT Latvia 37 : 20 (18:11) 13.06.2015 18:30 Velenje / SLO Spectators: 1200 Ref.: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann GRE Del.: Metalari MKD 036 SWE Sweden vs. SVK Slovakia 27 : 22 (16:10) 14.06.2015 16:15 Stockholm / SWE Spectators: 7000 Ref.: Buache, Meyer SUI Del.: Éles HUN
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Group 4 matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 ISL Iceland 6 4 1 1 191:137 54 9 2 SRB Serbia 6 3 2 1 153:152 1 8 3 MNE Montenegro 6 3 1 2 146:152 -6 7 4 ISR Israel 6 0 0 6 134:183 -49 0 MatchID: 201611010102- 038 ISL Iceland vs. ISR Israel 36 : 19 (14:9) 29.10.2014 19:30 Reykjavik / ISL Spectators: 1950 Ref.: Buache, Meyer SUI Del.: Arponen FIN 037 SRB Serbia vs. MNE Montenegro 25 : 21 (10:9) 29.10.2014 20:00 Belgrade / SRB Spectators: 7000 Ref.: Dinu, Din ROU Del.: Posavec CRO 040 MNE Montenegro vs. ISL Iceland 25 : 24 (14:12) 02.11.2014 18:00 Bar / MNE Spectators: 2234 Ref.: Dentz, Reibel FRA Del.: Vodopivec SLO 039 ISR Israel vs. SRB Serbia 22 : 26 (10:13) 02.11.2014 19:45 Rishon Lezion / ISR Spectators: 1050 Ref.: Gousko, Repkin BLR Del.: Meimaridis GRE 041 ISL Iceland vs. SRB Serbia 38 : 22 (16:10) 29.04.2015 19:30 Reykjavik / ISL Spectators: 2200 Ref.: Geipel, Helbig GER Del.: Johansson SWE 042 ISR Israel vs. MNE Montenegro 19 : 22 (9:9) 30.04.2015 19:45 Tel Aviv / ISR Spectators: 1500 Ref.: Togstad, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Rudic CRO 043 SRB Serbia vs. ISL Iceland 25 : 25 (13:11) 03.05.2015 19:00 Nis / SRB Spectators: 5600 Ref.: Stolarovs, Licis LAT Del.: Wiebrands NED 044 MNE Montenegro vs. ISR Israel 33 : 27 (16:13) 03.05.2015 20:00 Bar / MNE Spectators: 2500 Ref.: Brkic, Jusufhodzic AUT Del.: Pozeznik SLO 046 ISR Israel vs. ISL Iceland 24 : 34 (12:17) 10.06.2015 19:45 Tel Aviv / ISR Spectators: 1200 Ref.: Nikolov, Nachevski MKD Del.: Mkhitaryan ARM 045 MNE Montenegro vs. SRB Serbia 23 : 23 (11:14) 10.06.2015 20:00 Bar / MNE Spectators: 2500 Ref.: Togstad, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Repensek SLO 048 ISL Iceland vs. MNE Montenegro 34 : 22 (19:11) 14.06.2015 17:00 Reykjavik / ISL Spectators: 2050 Ref.: Horacek, Novotny CZE Del.: Villanger NOR 047 SRB Serbia vs. ISR Israel 32 : 23 (19:12) 14.06.2015 18:30 Kraljevo / SRB Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Cvetko, Kavalar SLO Del.: Andreev BUL
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Group 5 matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 HUN Hungary 6 6 0 0 178:151 27 12 2 RUS Russia 6 4 0 2 174:168 6 8 3 POR Portugal 6 2 0 4 183:176 7 4 4 UKR Ukraine 6 0 0 6 148:188 -40 0 MatchID: 201611010102- 049 HUN Hungary vs. POR Portugal 31 : 30 (19:15) 29.10.2014 20:30 Miskolc / HUN Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Badura, Ondogrecula SVK Del.: Olsson SWE 052 POR Portugal vs. RUS Russia 29 : 34 (12:18) 02.11.2014 16:00 Vila Nova de Gaia / POR Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Nikolov, Nachevski MKD Del.: Dujardin FRA 051 UKR Ukraine vs. HUN Hungary 20 : 33 (9:15) 02.11.2014 18:00 Kiev / UKR Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Gjeding, Hansen DEN Del.: Dolejs CZE 054 UKR Ukraine vs. POR Portugal 26 : 32 (12:17) 30.04.2015 18:00 Brovary / UKR Spectators: 1120 Ref.: Leszczynski, Piechota POL Del.: Nachevski MKD 053 RUS Russia vs. HUN Hungary 23 : 27 (8:15) 30.04.2015 19:00 Chekhov / RUS Spectators: 1800 Ref.: Krstic, Ljubic SLO Del.: Jansonas LTU 055 HUN Hungary vs. RUS Russia 29 : 25 (15:11) 02.05.2015 16:10 Veszprem / HUN Spectators: 3215 Ref.: Fleisch, Rieber GER Del.: Jensen DEN 056 POR Portugal vs. UKR Ukraine 34 : 24 (19:12) 03.05.2015 16:05 Vila Nova de Gaia / POR Spectators: 1500 Ref.: Johansson, Kliko SWE Del.: Mulleners BEL 050 RUS Russia vs. UKR Ukraine 27 : 22 (15:10) 10.06.2015 18:00 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 3300 Ref.: Gubica, Milosevic CRO Del.: Rudinsky SVK 057 POR Portugal vs. HUN Hungary 25 : 26 (15:12) 10.06.2015 20:15 Sto. Tirso / POR Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Gousko, Repkin BLR Del.: Huelin ESP 058 UKR Ukraine vs. RUS Russia 28 : 30 (14:16) 11.06.2015 19:00 Minsk / BLR Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Gubica, Milosevic CRO Del.: Rudinsky SVK 059 HUN Hungary vs. UKR Ukraine 32 : 28 (15:14) 13.06.2015 16:00 Györ / HUN Spectators: 2500 Ref.: Skruzny, Kavulic CZE Del.: Hashani KOS 060 RUS Russia vs. POR Portugal 35 : 33 (15:16) 14.06.2015 16:00 Moscow / RUS Spectators: 1000 Ref.: Nikolic, Stojkovic SRB Del.: Sokol CRO
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Group 6 matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 FRA France 6 6 0 0 201:145 56 12 2 MKD Fyr Macedonia 6 3 1 2 161:154 7 7 3 CZE Czech Republic 6 2 1 3 163:185 -22 5 4 SUI Switzerland 6 0 0 6 135:176 -41 0 MatchID: 201611010102- 062 MKD Fyr Macedonia vs. SUI Switzerland 27 : 20 (12:8) 29.10.2014 17:45 Skopje / MKD Spectators: 4500 Ref.: Mazeika, Gatelis LTU Del.: Sokol CRO 061 FRA France vs. CZE Czech Republic 41 : 25 (20:12) 30.10.2014 19:30 Chambery / FRA Spectators: 4400 Ref.: Stark, Stefan ROU Del.: Goulao POR 064 CZE Czech Republic vs. MKD Fyr Macedonia 27 : 27 (18:11) 02.11.2014 13:30 Zlin / CZE Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Togstad, Kristiansen NOR Del.: Van der Helm NED 063 SUI Switzerland vs. FRA France 24 : 33 (11:15) 02.11.2014 14:30 Basel / SUI Spectators: 6700 Ref.: Gubica, Milosevic CRO Del.: Donven LUX 066 SUI Switzerland vs. CZE Czech Republic 26 : 30 (12:14) 29.04.2015 20:00 Schaffhausen / SUI Spectators: 1500 Ref.: Santos, Fonseca POR Del.: Lang AUT 065 MKD Fyr Macedonia vs. FRA France 25 : 27 (13:15) 29.04.2015 20:15 Skopje / MKD Spectators: 6800 Ref.: Horváth, Marton HUN Del.: Wille AUT 068 CZE Czech Republic vs. SUI Switzerland 29 : 25 (15:13) 02.05.2015 17:00 Plzen / CZE Spectators: 795 Ref.: Erdogan, Özdeniz TUR Del.: Soós HUN 067 FRA France vs. MKD Fyr Macedonia 35 : 24 (17:10) 03.05.2015 17:05 Toulouse / FRA Spectators: 4226 Ref.: Cacador, Nicolau POR Del.: Breto Leon ESP 069 CZE Czech Republic vs. FRA France 24 : 34 (10:16) 10.06.2015 18:10 Brno / CZE Spectators: 3000 Ref.: Schulze, Tönnies GER Del.: Andorka HUN 070 SUI Switzerland vs. MKD Fyr Macedonia 17 : 26 (8:15) 10.06.2015 20:00 St.Gallen / SUI Spectators: 2337 Ref.: Zotin, Volodkov RUS Del.: Hansson SWE 071 FRA France vs. SUI Switzerland 31 : 23 (19:9) 13.06.2015 15:15 Clermont-Ferrand / FRA Spectators: 4700 Ref.: Cohen, Peretz ISR Del.: Donven LUX 072 MKD Fyr Macedonia vs. CZE Czech Republic 32 : 28 (15:12) 14.06.2015 17:45 Skopje / MKD Spectators: 6963 Ref.: Dinu, Din ROU Del.: Olsson SWE
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Group 7 matches won draw lost goal-difference points 1 ESP Spain 6 5 0 1 184:132 52 10 2 GER Germany 6 5 0 1 172:145 27 10 3 AUT Austria 6 2 0 4 148:161 -13 4 4 FIN Finland 6 0 0 6 126:192 -66 0 MatchID: 201611010102- 074 GER Germany vs. FIN Finland 30 : 18 (19:8) 29.10.2014 20:15 Gummersbach / GER Spectators: 4141 Ref.: Vesovic, Mitrovic MNE Del.: Mulleners BEL 073 ESP Spain vs. AUT Austria 27 : 16 (12:8) 29.10.2014 20:30 Cangas del Morrazo (Pontavedra) / ESP Spectators: 1800 Ref.: Pichon, Reveret FRA Del.: Convents BEL 075 FIN Finland vs. ESP Spain 27 : 34 (15:17) 01.11.2014 17:05 Vantaa / FIN Spectators: 2200 Ref.: Herczeg, Südi HUN Del.: Haraldsson ISL 076 AUT Austria vs. GER Germany 24 : 28 (11:12) 02.11.2014 18:00 Wien / AUT Spectators: 6000 Ref.: Nikolic, Stojkovic SRB Del.: Hansson SWE 077 GER Germany vs. ESP Spain 29 : 28 (17:15) 29.04.2015 18:10 Mannheim / GER Spectators: 11895 Ref.: Gubica, Milosevic CRO Del.: Van der Helm NED 078 FIN Finland vs. AUT Austria 23 : 26 (12:11) 29.04.2015 18:30 Vantaa / FIN Spectators: 1500 Ref.: Baranowski, Lemanowicz POL Del.: Oie NOR 080 AUT Austria vs. FIN Finland 29 : 22 (14:14) 02.05.2015 20:25 Bregenz / AUT Spectators: 2000 Ref.: Covalciuc, Covalciuc MDA Del.: Vitzthum SUI 079 ESP Spain vs. GER Germany 26 : 20 (11:8) 03.05.2015 17:00 Leon / ESP Spectators: 4500 Ref.: Gjeding, Hansen DEN Del.: Konecny CZE 082 FIN Finland vs. GER Germany 20 : 34 (8:16) 10.06.2015 20:00 Vantaa / FIN Spectators: 1300 Ref.: Badura, Ondogrecula SVK Del.: Sodal NOR 081 AUT Austria vs. ESP Spain 24 : 30 (12:16) 10.06.2015 20:25 Innsbruck / AUT Spectators: 3500 Ref.: Mazeika, Gatelis LTU Del.: Morell SUI 083 ESP Spain vs. FIN Finland 39 : 16 (21:9) 13.06.2015 18:30 Logrono / ESP Spectators: 2200 Ref.: Panayides, Andreou CYP Del.: Conceicao POR 084 GER Germany vs. AUT Austria 31 : 29 (14:13) 14.06.2015 15:15 Kiel / GER Spectators: 8074 Ref.: Kurtagic, Wetterwik SWE Del.: Sigurdsson ISL
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