2002 European Men's Handball Championship

Template:Short description Template:Short description Template:Infobox tournament season The 2002 Men's European Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden. Sweden won the tournament for a third time in a row, and fourth time overall.

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Template:Hb	Host, defending champion	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Fifth place of 2000 European Championship	3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	2 (1996, 1998)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	1 (2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	2 (1994, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	1 (2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	2 (1996, 1998)

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

Venues

Group	City	Stadium	Capacity
A and I	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12.000
B	Helsingborg	Idrottens Hus	2.700
C	Skövde	Arena Skövde	2.500
D	Jönköping	Kinnarps Arena	7.000
II	Västerås	Västeråshallen	5.000
Final round	Stockholm	Globen Arena	14.500

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

25 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	24–25	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,400 Referees:
	Jurasik 8	(9–11)	Laclavik 5
	3×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 8×number 2 in light blue rounded square

25 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	27–21	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,300 Referees:
	Lövgren 12	(11–9)	Kostetskiy 5
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

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26 January 2002 17:00	Template:Hb-rt	22–31	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,400 Referees:
	Berka 7	(12–14)	Frändesjö 8
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	4×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

26 January 2002 19:00	Template:Hb-rt	30–23	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,700 Referees:
	Velyky 9	(13–13)	four players 4
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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27 January 2002 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	27–30	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 7,640 Referees:
	Kostetskiy 14	(12–16)	Filip, Radčenko 9
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

27 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	28–20	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,400 Referees:
	Franzén 7	(12–12)	Tkaczyk 7
	3×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Group B

25 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	26–15	Template:Hb	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,600 Referees:
	R. Costa 5	(12–6)	Boutenko 5
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square

25 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	25–25	Template:Hb	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,700 Referees:
	Ivanov, Tuchkin 5	(12–13)	Stryger 5
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

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26 January 2002 15:00	Template:Hb-rt	26–27	Template:Hb	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,900 Referees:
	Maimon 7	(11–16)	Ivanov 6
	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

26 January 2002 17:00	Template:Hb-rt	27–20	Template:Hb	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,400 Referees:
	Christiansen 6	(10–10)	Galambas, Resende 5
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

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27 January 2002 15:00	Template:Hb-rt	28–19	Template:Hb	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,145 Referees:
	Koksharov, Rastvortsev 7	(17–7)	Coelho 7
	3×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

27 January 2002 17:00	Template:Hb-rt	29–26	Template:Hb	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,810 Referees:
	Christiansen 10	(14–8)	Balsar 10
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square 2×Red card

Group C

25 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	34–34	Template:Hb	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,000 Referees:
	Vugrinec 12	(18–16)	Kostadinovich 7
	3×Template:Yel 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

25 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	24–24	Template:Hb	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,000 Referees:
	Garralda 6	(9–13)	Stefánsson 7
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 8×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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26 January 2002 17:00	Template:Hb-rt	31–25	Template:Hb	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,400 Referees:
	Jóhannesson, Stefánsson 9	(15–11)	Lubej 8
	2×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	1×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

26 January 2002 19:00	Template:Hb-rt	22–24	Template:Hb	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 1,300 Referees:
	Kostadinovich 7	(10–14)	O'Callaghan, Ortega 5
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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27 January 2002 17:00	Template:Hb-rt	33–22	Template:Hb	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,020 Referees:
	Stefánsson 11	(15–9)	Kostadinovich 8
	2×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

27 January 2002 19:00	Template:Hb-rt	25–20	Template:Hb	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,190 Referees:
	Guijosa 9	(11–7)	Tomšič, Vugrinec 5
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

Group D

25 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	22–34	Template:Hb	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 6,000 Referees:
	Goluža 5	(10–17)	Jovanović 8
	2×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

25 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	15–15	Template:Hb	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 6,000 Referees:
	Fernandez, B. Gille 4	(8–8)	Baur, Kehrmann 4
	3×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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26 January 2002 17:30	Template:Hb-rt	20–22	Template:Hb	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 6,000 Referees:
	Jovanović 8	(9–14)	three players 4
	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square

26 January 2002 19:30	Template:Hb-rt	26–21	Template:Hb	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Referees:
	Kretzschmar 7	(13–9)	Goluža 9
	2×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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27 January 2002 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	27–21	Template:Hb	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Referees:
	Kehrmann, Kretzschmar 8	(14–11)	Jovanović 7
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 10×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

27 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	29–27	Template:Hb	Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Referees:
	Plantin 8	(10–12)	Bilić 10
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Main round

Points gained in the preliminary round against teams that also qualified, were carried over.

Group I

29 January 2002 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	23–28	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,200 Referees:
	Kostetsky 7	(11–14)	R. Costa 7
	3×Template:Yel 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square

29 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	25–31	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,200 Referees:
	Heinz 8	(10–18)	Christiansen 13
	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

29 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	30–26	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,400 Referees:
	Lövgren 12	(18–14)	Rastvortsev 7
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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30 January 2002 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	20–29	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,250 Referees:
	Filip 9	(8–12)	Voronin 7
	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

30 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	17–21	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Referees:
	Petrenko 6	(7–11)	Jeppesen 6
	3×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

30 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	27–22	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 10,650 Referees:
	Petersson 8	(15–12)	three players 4
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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31 January 2002 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	29–27	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,750 Referees:
	three players 6	(14–14)	R. Costa 9
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square

31 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	24–31	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Referees:
	Kostetsky 6	(10–12)	Tuchkin 6
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

31 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	26–27	Template:Hb	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,700 Referees:
	Andersson, Lövgren 7	(14–11)	Boldsen, Stryger 5
	1×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Group II

29 January 2002 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	26–26	Template:Hb	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 2,800 Referees:
	Jóhannesson 6	(14–12)	Burdet 7
	3×Template:Yel 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 8×number 2 in light blue rounded square

29 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	24–24	Template:Hb	Västeråshallen, Västerås Referees:
	Pungartnik 9	(11–14)	Matić 9
	3×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

29 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	18–19	Template:Hb	Västeråshallen, Västerås Referees:
	Ortega 6	(9–8)	Stephan 6
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square

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30 January 2002 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	34–26	Template:Hb	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,480 Referees:
	Stefánsson 10	(16–14)	Škrbić 6
	3×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

30 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	28–31	Template:Hb	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,660 Referees:
	Pajovič 6	(12–12)	Hens 6
	3×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

30 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	27–24	Template:Hb	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,870 Referees:
	Urdiales 5	(13–11)	Girault 7
	3×Template:Yel 8×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 9×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

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31 January 2002 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	32–35	Template:Hb	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 2,300 Referees:
	Entrerríos 10	(15–15)	Lisičić, Škrbić 8
	2×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

31 January 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	21–36	Template:Hb	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,300 Referees:
	Pungartnik 5	(10–19)	Fernandez 12
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

31 January 2002 20:00	Template:Hb-rt	29–24	Template:Hb	Västeråshallen, Västerås Attendance: 3,900 Referees:
	Jóhannesson 8	(15–11)	Hens 5
	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Placement games

Eleventh place game

2 February 2002 09:30	Template:Hb-rt	34–29	Template:Hb	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 2,000 Referees:
	Kostetskiy 11	(20–14)	Vugrinec 7
	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

Ninth place game

3 February 2002 12:00	Template:Hb-rt	31–25	Template:Hb	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 1,000 Referees:
	Andorinho 9	(15–12)	Jovanović 8
	3×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Seventh place game

2 February 2002 09:30	Template:Hb-rt	29–36	Template:Hb	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 4,150 Referees:
	Filip 10	(14–17)	Hernández 8
	2×Template:Yel 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Fifth place game

3 February 2002 12:00	Template:Hb-rt	31–28	Template:Hb	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,050 Referees:
	Krivoshlykov 10	(14–11)	B. Gille 5
	3×Template:Yel 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Final round

Semifinals

2 February 2002 16:00	Template:Hb-rt	33–22	Template:Hb	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 14,000 Referees:
	Lövgren, Petersson 6	(14–12)	Stefánsson 6
	2×Template:Yel 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel

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2 February 2002 18:30	Template:Hb-rt	23–28	Template:Hb	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 13,550 Referees:
	Stryger 6	(12–13)	Baur, Zerbe 7
	2×Template:Yel 8×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square

Third place game

3 February 2002 15:30	Template:Hb-rt	29–22	Template:Hb	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,380 Referees:
	Jeppesen 8	(13–11)	S. Sigurðsson 6
	3×Template:Yel 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 6×number 2 in light blue rounded square 1×Red card

Final

3 February 2002 18:00	Template:Hb-rt	31–33 (ET)	Template:Hb	Globen Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 14,300 Referees:
	three players 6	(14–13)	Lövgren 8
	3×Template:Yel 7×number 2 in light blue rounded square	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 9×number 2 in light blue rounded square
	FT: 26–26 ET: 5–7

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

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2002 Men's European Champions Sweden Sweden Fourth Title

All-Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Template:Flagathlete
Right wing	Template:Flagathlete
Right back	Template:Flagathlete
Centre back	Template:Flagathlete
Left back	Template:Flagathlete
Left wing	Template:Flagathlete
Pivot	Template:Flagathlete
Most valuable player	Template:Flagathlete

Source: EHF

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Ólafur Stefánsson	Template:Hb	58	107	54
2	Stefan Lövgren	Template:Hb	57	90	63
3	Yuriy Kostetskiy	Template:Hb	52	92	57
4	Nedeljko Jovanović	Template:Hb	46	74	62
5	Jan Filip	Template:Hb	44	65	68
6	Lars Christiansen	Template:Hb	43	58	74
7	Johan Petersson	Template:Hb	36	50	72
8	Patrekur Jóhannesson	Template:Hb	35	66	53
	Renato Vugrinec	Template:Hb		79	44
10	Daniel Stephan	Template:Hb	33	74	45

Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Sergiy Bilyk	Template:Hb	42	48	115
2	Peter Gentzel	Template:Hb	41	70	171
	Dejan Perić	Template:Hb		90	220
4	Miloš Slabý	Template:Hb	40	42	105
	Michael Bruun	Template:Hb		42	105
	Arpad Sterbik	Template:Hb		37	93
7	José Javier Hombrados	Template:Hb	39	40	102
8	Yevgeny Budko	Template:Hb	36	56	155
	Sérgio Morgado	Template:Hb		49	136
	Rafał Bernacki	Template:Hb		14	39
	David Barrufet	Template:Hb		62	173

Source: EHF EHF

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