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{{Short description|Handball sports season in Italy}}
{{no footnotes|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox international handball competition
| tourney_name = European Men's Handball Championship
| year = 1998
| other_titles =
| image = 1998 European Men's Handball Championship.png
| size =
| caption =
| country = Italy
| dates = 29 May – 7 June
| num_teams = 12
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| champion = SWE
| count = 2
| second = ESP
| third = GER
| fourth = RUS
| matches = 38
| goals = 1879
| attendance = 80250
| top_scorer = {{hbicon|CZE}} [[Jan Filip (handballer)|Jan Filip]]<br>(48 goals)
| player = {{hbicon|GER}} [[Daniel Stephan]]
| previous = 1996 European Men's Handball Championship
| next = 2000 European Men's Handball Championship
}}
The '''1998 European Men's Handball Championship''' was the third edition of the tournament and held in [[Italy]] from 29 May to 7 June 1998, in the cities of [[Meran]] and [[Bolzano]]. [[Sweden men's national handball team|Sweden]] won the tournament after defeating [[Spain men's national handball team|Spain]] in the final, while [[Germany men's national handball team|Germany]] finished third.

== Qualification ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country !! Qualified as !! Previous appearances in tournament
|-
| {{hb|ITA}} || Host || 0 (Debut)
|-
| {{hb|RUS}} || Defending champion || 2 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], '''[[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]]''')
|-
| {{hb|CRO}} || Group 1 winner || 2 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]])
|-
| {{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || Group 1 runner-up || 0 (Debut)
|-
| {{hb|FRY}} || Group 2 winner || 1 ([[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]])
|-
| {{hb|LTU}} || Group 2 runner-up || 0 (Debut)
|-
| {{hb|FRA}} || Group 3 winner || 2 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]])
|-
| {{hb|CZE}} || Group 3 runner-up || 1 ([[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]])
|-
| {{hb|GER}} || Group 4 winner || 2 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]])
|-
| {{hb|ESP}} || Group 4 runner-up || 2 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], ''[[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]]'')
|-
| {{hb|HUN}} || Group 5 winner || 2 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]])
|-
| {{hb|SWE}} || Group 5 runner-up || 2 ('''[[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]]''', [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]])
|}

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

== Venues ==
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" width=70%
|-
!City
!Stadium
!Capacity
|- 
| [[Bolzano]] || [[PalaOnda]] || 7.200 
|-
| [[Merano]] || [[Meranarena]] || 4.000 
|}
</div>

== Preliminary round ==
''All times are local ([[Time in Italy|UTC+2]]).''

=== Group A ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|update=complete|source=[http://history.eurohandball.com/ech/men/1998/round/1/Finals EHF]

|team1=SWE|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}
|team2=GER|name_GER={{hb|GER}}
|team3=FRY|name_FRY={{hb|FRY}}
|team4=FRA|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}
|team5=LTU|name_LTU={{hb|LTU}}
|team6=ITA|name_ITA={{hb|ITA}}
|win_SWE=4|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=130|ga_SWE=111
|win_GER=4|draw_GER=0|loss_GER=1|gf_GER=125|ga_GER=102
|win_FRY=3|draw_FRY=0|loss_FRY=2|gf_FRY=125|ga_FRY=121
|win_FRA=1|draw_FRA=1|loss_FRA=3|gf_FRA=110|ga_FRA=125
|win_LTU=1|draw_LTU=1|loss_LTU=3|gf_LTU=100|ga_LTU=115
|win_ITA=1|draw_ITA=0|loss_ITA=4|gf_ITA=106|ga_ITA=122|status_ITA=H

|hth_SWE=Germany 20–21 Sweden
|hth_GER=SWE
|hth_FRA=France 20–20 Lithuania
|hth_LTU=FRA

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=5P |result4=7P |result5=9P |result6=11P

|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|text_5P=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|text_7P=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
|text_9P=[[#Ninth place game|Ninth place game]]
|text_11P=[[#Eleventh place game|Eleventh place game]]
}}

{{handballbox
|date=29 May 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=20–20
|team2={{hb|LTU}}
|HT=9–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/01-fra-ltu.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Stéphane Stoecklin|Stoecklin]] 8
|goals2=[[Gintaras Vilaniškis|Vilaniškis]] 6
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=1,600
|referee=Gallego, Lamas
|refnat=ESP
}}
{{handballbox
|date=29 May 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}
|score=20–21
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=12–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/05-ger-swe.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Stefan Kretzschmar|Kretzschmar]], [[Martin Schwalb|Schwalb]] 5
|goals2=[[Stefan Lövgren|Lövgren]] 5
|twomin1=6
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=7
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=2,900
|referee=Kalin, Korič
|refnat=SLO
}}
{{handballbox
|date=29 May 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRY}}
|score=26–19
|team2={{hb|ITA}}
|HT=13–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/03-yug-ita.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Nenad Peruničić|Peruničić]] 8
|goals2=[[Zaim Kobilica|Kobilica]], [[Maurizio Tabanelli|Tabanelli]] 4
|twomin1=1
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=1
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=3,100
|referee=Øie, Høgsnes
|refnat=NOR
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=30 May 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=25–22
|team2={{hb|FRA}}
|HT=13–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/09-swe-fra.pdf Report]
|goals1=''three players'' 5
|goals2=[[Jérôme Fernandez|Fernandez]] 6
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=4,600
|referee=Vujnović, Mladinić
|refnat=CRO
}}
{{handballbox
|date=30 May 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|LTU}}
|score=22–30
|team2={{hb|FRY}}
|HT=11–15
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/07-ltu-yug.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Julius Marcinkevičius|Marcinkevičius]] 6
|goals2=[[Dragan Škrbić|Škrbić]] 7
|twomin1=7
|yellow1=4
|red1=1
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=5,000
|referee=Migas, Bavas
|refnat=GRE
}}
{{handballbox
|date=30 May 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ITA}}
|score=18–26
|team2={{hb|GER}}
|HT=9–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/11-ita-ger.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Alessandro Fusina|Fusina]] 5
|goals2=[[Stefan Kretzschmar|Kretzschmar]] 7
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=5,600
|referee=Gallego, Lamas
|refnat=ESP
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=1 June 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|LTU}}
|score=21–27
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=9–14
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/17-ltu-swe.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Gediminas Bučys|Bučys]], [[Dalius Rasikevičius|Rasikevičius]] 6
|goals2=[[Johan Petersson (handballer)|Petersson]] 8
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=2,900
|referee=Arnaldsson, Erlingsson
|refnat=ISL
}}
{{handballbox
|date=1 June 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRY}}
|score=22–29
|team2={{hb|GER}}
|HT=11–14
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/15-yug-ger.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Igor Butulija|Butulija]] 6
|goals2=[[Daniel Stephan|Stephan]] 7
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=4,700
|referee=Øie, Høgsnes
|refnat=NOR
}}
{{handballbox
|date=1 June 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=23–22
|team2={{hb|ITA}}
|HT=11–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/13-fra-ita.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Stéphane Stoecklin|Stoecklin]] 6
|goals2=[[Marcelo Schmidt|Schmidt]] 7
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=2,800
|referee=Migas, Bavas
|refnat=GRE
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=3 June 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRY}}
|score=19–29
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=13–15
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/19-yug-swe.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Igor Butulija|Butulija]] 6
|goals2=[[Stefan Lövgren|Lövgren]] 9
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=2,500
|referee=Gallego, Lamas
|refnat=ESP
}}
{{handballbox
|date=3 June 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}
|score=30–23
|team2={{hb|FRA}}
|HT=13–11
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/21-ger-fra.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Stefan Kretzschmar|Kretzschmar]], [[Daniel Stephan|Stephan]] 8
|goals2=[[Stéphane Stoecklin|Stoecklin]] 4
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=4,300
|referee=Vujnović, Mladinić
|refnat=CRO
}}
{{handballbox
|date=3 June 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ITA}}
|score=18–19
|team2={{hb|LTU}}
|HT=10–9
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/23-ita-ltu.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Settimio Massotti|Massotti]], [[Alessandro Tarafino|Tarafino]] 5
|goals2=[[Gintaras Savukynas|Savukynas]] 5
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=1,000
|referee=Kalin, Korič
|refnat=SLO
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=4 June 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=22–28
|team2={{hb|FRY}}
|HT=14–14
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/29-fra-yug.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Guillaume Gille|Gille]] 6
|goals2=[[Nenad Maksić|Maksić]] 8
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=2,200
|referee=Bülow, Lübker
|refnat=GER
}}
{{handballbox
|date=4 June 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=28–29
|team2={{hb|ITA}}
|HT=13–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/25-swe-ita.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Andreas Larsson (handballer)|Larsson]] 8
|goals2=[[Zaim Kobilica|Kobilica]] 10
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=1
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=1,000
|referee=Garcia, Moreno
|refnat=FRA
}}
{{handballbox
|date=4 June 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}
|score=20–18
|team2={{hb|LTU}}
|HT=9–5
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/27-ger-ltu.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Aaron Ziercke|Ziercke]] 5
|goals2=''three players'' 4
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=3
|red2=1
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=2,400
|referee=Migas, Bavas
|refnat=GRE
}}

=== Group B ===
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|update=complete|source=[http://history.eurohandball.com/ech/men/1998/round/1/Finals EHF]

|team1=ESP|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}
|team2=RUS|name_RUS={{hb|RUS}}
|team3=HUN|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}
|team4=CRO|name_CRO={{hb|CRO}}
|team5=CZE|name_CZE={{hb|CZE}}
|team6=MKD|name_MKD={{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|win_ESP=4|draw_ESP=1|loss_ESP=0|gf_ESP=135|ga_ESP=103
|win_RUS=3|draw_RUS=1|loss_RUS=1|gf_RUS=127|ga_RUS=110
|win_HUN=3|draw_HUN=0|loss_HUN=2|gf_HUN=121|ga_HUN=122
|win_CRO=2|draw_CRO=1|loss_CRO=2|gf_CRO=117|ga_CRO=120
|win_CZE=1|draw_CZE=0|loss_CZE=4|gf_CZE=130|ga_CZE=132
|win_MKD=0|draw_MKD=1|loss_MKD=4|gf_MKD=104|ga_MKD=147

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=5P |result4=7P |result5=9P |result6=11P

|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|text_5P=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|text_7P=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
|text_9P=[[#Ninth place game|Ninth place game]]
|text_11P=[[#Eleventh place game|Eleventh place game]]
}}

{{handballbox
|date=29 May 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}
|score=29–20
|team2={{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|HT=14–7
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/04-hun-mkd.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Attila Kotormán|Kotormán]] 7
|goals2=[[Pepi Manaskov|Manaskov]] 7
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=250
|referee=Masi, Di Piero
|refnat=ITA
}}
{{handballbox
|date=29 May 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}
|score=22–21
|team2={{hb|CZE}}
|HT=11–8
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/06-rus-cze.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Dmitry Filippov|Filippov]] 9
|goals2=[[Jiři Tancoš|Tancoš]] 6
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=
|referee=Garcia, Moreno
|refnat=FRA
}}
{{handballbox
|date=29 May 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}
|score=18–18
|team2={{hb|ESP}}
|HT=11–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/02-cro-esp.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Zlatan Saračević|Saračević]] 5
|goals2=[[Demetrio Lozano|Lozano]] 5
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=
|referee=Bülow, Lübker
|refnat=GER
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=31 May 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}
|score=24–30
|team2={{hb|CRO}}
|HT=14–15
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/10-cze-cro.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Jan Filip (handballer)|Filip]] 8
|goals2=[[Patrik Ćavar|Ćavar]] 11
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=700
|referee=Arnaldsson, Erlingsson
|refnat=ISL
}}
{{handballbox
|date=31 May 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|score=26–26
|team2={{hb|RUS}}
|HT=10–16
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/12-mkd-rus.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Pepi Manaskov|Manaskov]] 12
|goals2=[[Eduard Koksharov|Koksharov]] 8
|twomin1=6
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=1,100
|referee=Bülow, Lübker
|refnat=GER
}}
{{handballbox
|date=31 May 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=27–17
|team2={{hb|HUN}}
|HT=17–3
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/08-esp-hun.pdf Report]
|goals1=''three players'' 4
|goals2=[[István Pásztor (handballer)|Pásztor]] 4
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=1,100
|referee=Øie, Høgsnes
|refnat=NOR
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=1 June 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}
|score=28–21
|team2={{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|HT=12–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/14-cro-mkd.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Patrik Ćavar|Ćavar]] 8
|goals2=[[Igor Kotevski|Kotevski]], [[Tome Petreski|Petreski]] 5
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=1
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=200
|referee=Garcia, Moreno
|refnat=FRA
}}
{{handballbox
|date=1 June 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}
|score=20–23
|team2={{hb|RUS}}
|HT=10–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/16-hun-rus.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[István Csoknyai|Csoknyai]], [[Attila Kotormán|Kotormán]] 4
|goals2=[[Lev Voronin (handballer)|Voronin]] 5
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=250
|referee=Kalin, Korič
|refnat=SLO
}}
{{handballbox
|date=1 June 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=35–22
|team2={{hb|CZE}}
|HT=17–9
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/18-esp-cze.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Rafael Guijosa|Guijosa]] 12
|goals2=[[Jan Filip (handballer)|Filip]] 5
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=400
|referee=Masi, Piero
|refnat=ITA
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=3 June 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}
|score=27–25
|team2={{hb|CZE}}
|HT=13–8
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/20-hun-cze.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[István Pásztor (handballer)|Pásztor]] 11
|goals2=[[Václav Lanča|Lanča]] 11
|twomin1=7
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=8
|yellow2=3
|red2=1
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=350
|referee=Bülow, Lübker
|refnat=GER
}}
{{handballbox
|date=3 June 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|score=19–26
|team2={{hb|ESP}}
|HT=10–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/24-mkd-esp.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Igor Kotevski|Kotevski]] 6
|goals2=[[Antonio Carlos Ortega|Ortega]] 7
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=1,200
|referee=Arnaldsson, Erlingsson
|refnat=ISL
}}
{{handballbox
|date=3 June 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}
|score=29–14
|team2={{hb|CRO}}
|HT=12–8
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/22-rus-cro.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Eduard Koksharov|Koksharov]] 8
|goals2=[[Patrik Ćavar|Ćavar]] 5
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=7
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=900
|referee=Øie, Høgsnes
|refnat=NOR
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=4 June 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}
|score=27–29
|team2={{hb|ESP}}
|HT=15–11
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/28-rus-esp.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Oleg Khodkov|Khodkov]] 7
|goals2=[[Rafael Guijosa|Guijosa]] 6
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=2,000
|referee=Kalin, Korič
|refnat=SLO
}}
{{handballbox
|date=4 June 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}
|score=27–28
|team2={{hb|HUN}}
|HT=10–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/30-cro-hun.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Patrik Ćavar|Ćavar]], [[Slavko Goluža|Goluža]] 6
|goals2=[[István Pásztor (handballer)|Pásztor]] 12
|twomin1=7
|yellow1=3
|red1=1
|twomin2=8
|yellow2=3
|red2=1
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=300
|referee=Arnaldsson, Erlingsson
|refnat=ISL
}}
{{handballbox
|date=4 June 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}
|score=38–18
|team2={{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|HT=16–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/26-cze-mkd.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Jan Filip (handballer)|Filip]], [[Václav Lanča|Lanča]] 10
|goals2=[[Dušan Novokmet|Novokmet]] 7
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=400
|referee=Masi, Di Piero
|refnat=ITA
}}

== Placement games ==
=== Eleventh place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=6 June 1998
|time=14:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ITA}}
|score=27–26
|team2={{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|HT=11–12
|FT=23–23
|OT1=4–3
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/31-ita-mkd.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Settimo Massotti|Massotti]] 9
|goals2=[[Dušan Novokmet|Novokmet]] 7
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=1,200
|referee=Garcia, Moreno
|refnat=FRA
}}

=== Ninth place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=6 June 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|LTU}}
|score=38–36
|team2={{hb|CZE}}
|HT=17–14
|FT=30–30
|OT1=3–3
|OT2=5–3
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/32-ltu-cze.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Vaidas Klimčiauskas|Klimčiauskas]] 9
|goals2=[[Jan Filip (handballer)|Filip]] 12
|twomin1=8
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=10
|yellow2=4
|red2=2
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=1,200
|referee=Kalin, Korič
|refnat=SLO
}}

=== Seventh place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=6 June 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=30–28
|team2={{hb|CRO}}
|HT=16–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/33-fra-cro.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Jérôme Fernandez|Fernandez]] 8
|goals2=[[Zoran Mikulić|Mikulić]] 10
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=1,500
|referee=Migas, Bavas
|refnat=GRE
}}

=== Fifth place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=6 June 1998
|time=16:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRY}}
|score=32–24
|team2={{hb|HUN}}
|HT=15–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/34-yug-hun.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Nedeljko Jovanović|Jovanović]] 9
|goals2=[[Balázs Kertész|Kertész]], [[István Pásztor (handballer)|Pásztor]] 6
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=2,400
|referee=Gallego, Lamas
|refnat=ESP
}}

== Knockout stage ==
=== Bracket ===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=yes
|RD1=Semifinals
|RD2=Final
|Consol=Third place
<!-- Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
|6 June|{{hb|ESP}}|29|{{hb|GER}}|22
|6 June|{{hb|SWE}}|27|{{hb|RUS}}|24
<!-- final -->
|7 June|{{hb|ESP}}|23|{{hb|SWE}}|25
<!-- third place -->
|7 June|{{hb|GER}} ([[Overtime (sports)#Handball|ET]])|30|{{hb|RUS}}|28
}}

=== Semifinals ===
{{handballbox
|date=6 June 1998
|time=18:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=29–22
|team2={{hb|GER}}
|HT=13–9
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/36-ger-esp.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Antonio Carlos Ortega|Ortega]] 6
|goals2=[[Daniel Stephan|Stephan]] 6
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Meranarena]], [[Merano]]
|attendance=4,000
|referee=Arnaldsson, Erlingsson
|refnat=ISL
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=6 June 1998
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=27–24
|team2={{hb|RUS}}
|HT=15–14
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/35-swe-rus.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Stefan Lövgren|Lövgren]] 9
|goals2=[[Igor Lavrov|I. Lavrov]] 6
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=3,000
|referee=Vujnović, Mladinić
|refnat=CRO
}}

=== Third place game ===
{{handballbox
|bg=#CC9966
|date=7 June 1998
|time=14:00
|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}
|score=30–28
|team2={{hb|RUS}}
|HT=13–14
|FT=25–25
|OT1=5–3
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/37-ger-rus.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Stefan Kretzschmar|Kretzschmar]] 10
|goals2=[[Eduard Koksharov|Koksharov]] 7
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=3
|red2=1
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=5,100
|referee=Masi, Di Piero 
|refnat=ITA
}}

=== Final ===
{{handballbox
|bg=gold
|date=7 June 1998
|time=16:30
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=23–25
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=9–15
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/3/2/38-esp-swe.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Andrei Xepkin|Xepkin]] 6
|goals2=[[Johan Petersson (handballer)|Petersson]], [[Ljubomir Vranjes|Vranjes]] 6
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=5
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[PalaOnda]], [[Bolzano]]
|attendance=6,100
|referee=Øie, Høgsnes
|refnat=NOR
}}

== Final ranking ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
! style="width: 40px;" | Rank
! Team
|-
|align=center|[[File:gold medal icon.svg]]|| {{Hb|SWE}}
|-
|align=center|[[File:silver medal icon.svg]]|| {{Hb|ESP}}
|-
|align=center|[[File:bronze medal icon.svg]]|| {{Hb|GER}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{Hb|RUS}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{hb|FRY}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{Hb|HUN}}
|-
|align=center|7|| {{Hb|FRA}}
|-
|align=center|8|| {{Hb|CRO}}
|-
|align=center|9|| {{Hb|LTU}}
|-
|align=center|10|| {{Hb|CZE}}
|-
|align=center|11|| {{Hb|ITA}}
|-
|align=center|12|| {{Hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|}

== All-Star Team ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Player
|-
| Goalkeeper || {{flagathlete|[[Peter Gentzel]]|SWE}}
|-
| Right wing || {{flagathlete|[[Johan Petersson (handballer)|Johan Petersson]]|SWE}}
|-
| Right back || {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Pogorelov]]|RUS}}
|-
| Centre back || {{flagathlete|[[Talant Dujshebaev]]|ESP}}
|-
| Left back || {{flagathlete|[[Daniel Stephan]]|GER}}
|-
| Left wing || {{flagathlete|[[Stefan Kretzschmar]]|GER}}
|-
| Pivot || {{flagathlete|[[Andrei Xepkin]]|ESP}}
|-
| [[Most valuable player]] || {{flagathlete|[[Daniel Stephan]]|GER}}
|}
<small>Source: [https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/men/2024/fan-corner/ehf-euro-history/#euro1998 EHF]</small>

== References ==
* {{cite web|title=1998 Men's European Championship|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/1998/round/1|author=eurohandball.com|access-date=2011-01-24|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819130337/http://eurohandball.com/ech/men/1998/round/1|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite web|title=Men Handball European Championship 1998 |url=http://todor66.com/handball/Europe/Men_1998.html |author=todor66.com |access-date=2011-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618155722/http://todor66.com/handball/Europe/Men_1998.html |archive-date=18 June 2011 }}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981212025510/http://www.hb-euro98.com/ Official Website] (Archived)
* [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/1998/ita/1/Results.pdf Results]

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