2012 European Men's Handball Championship

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Countries that qualified for the championship

The 2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the men's continental handball tournament, which was held in Serbia between 15 and 29 January 2012. Sixteen teams qualified for the event, including host nation Serbia, defending champion France and fourteen national teams through the qualifying tournament. The teams were split into four groups of 4, with the top 3 teams of each group advancing to the main round, carrying the points won against other qualified opponents. Going to the main round with no points, Denmark ended up winning the championship after defeating Serbia in the final with a scoreline of 21–19.[1]

The bronze medal was claimed by Croatia, who defeated Spain 31–27 to win their second bronze and fourth European medal overall.[2] In the placement match for the 5th position Macedonia proved to be too strong for Slovenia and won the match by 28–27. Macedonian right back Kiril Lazarov led his team with 8 goals to success and took the top scorers' award with a European Championship record of 61 goals.[3] Over 300,000 spectators were present in 47 matches during the tournament, which was also a new championship record.[1]

By winning the European title, Denmark directly qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, while Serbia and Macedonia secured a spot in the Olympic Qualification Tournament. Thanks to the Danish triumph, Poland also made it to the qualifiers as the eighth ranked team of the 2011 World Championship.[4]

Denmark, Serbia and Croatia as three best-ranked teams qualified directly for 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.

The championship was somewhat overshadowed by incidents that occurred during the final week of the event. On 26–27 January, in violent attacks, cars were damaged or set on fire, and several Croatian supporters were injured. In the semifinal match between Serbia and Croatia, Žarko Šešum, the back player of the Serbian team had his eye severely injured after a bottle intended for Croatian player Ivano Balić and coach Slavko Goluža was thrown at him.[5]

Bidding process

The bids were as follows:

Serbia was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Vienna 27 September 2008, narrowly defeating the French bid by three votes. Serbia would host the tournament in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac.

Voting results
Country
Votes
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Total 49

Qualification

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Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
Template:Hb 00Host 0027 September 2008 10 ( 2010)
Template:Hb 00Defending Champion 0031 January 2010 92 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 1 winner 0013 March 2011 70 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 2 winner 0013 March 2011 90 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 4 winner 008 June 2011 80 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 7 winner 008 June 2011 80 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 7 runner-up 008 June 2011 90 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 6 winner 008 June 2011 40 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 5 winner 008 June 2011 90 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 4 runner-up 009 June 2011 20 (2006, 2008)
Template:Hb 00Group 2 runner-up 009 June 2011 90 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 6 runner-up 0011 June 2011 60 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 1 runner-up 0012 June 2011 10 (1998)
Template:Hb 00Group 3 winner 0012 June 2011 50 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 3 runner-up 0012 June 2011 80 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Template:Hb 00Group 5 runner-up 0012 June 2011 60 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

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Venues

Preliminary round
Belgrade Novi Sad Vršac Niš
Pionir Hall
Capacity: 8,150 		SPENS
Capacity: 11,500 		Millennium Center
Capacity: 5,000 		Čair Sports Center
Capacity: 5,000
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Belgrade
Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 20,000
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Audience

Referees

On 12 September 2011, 12 couples were announced in Vienna.[6]

List of broadcasters

Seeding

The draw was held on 15 June 2011 in Belgrade at 12:00 local time.[7][8] The seeding was announced on 13 June 2011.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

The match schedule was released and confirmed on 18 April 2011.[10] Four teams were selected to play in the four venue cities, Serbia in Belgrade, Macedonia at Niš, Hungary at Novi Sad and Croatia in Vršac.[11] The playing schedule was announced on 1 July.[12][13]

All times are UTC+1.

     Team advanced to the Main Round

Group A

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15 January 2012
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Attendance: 8,000
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Bielecki 4 (7–11) Vujin, Nikčević 6
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15 January 2012
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Attendance: 4,000
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Lindberg 7 (15–12) Valo 6
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17 January 2012
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Attendance: 3,500
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Kukučka 5 (13–17) Tkaczyk 8
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17 January 2012
20:15 		Template:Hb-rt 24–22 Template:Hb
Attendance: 8,100
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Ilić 8 (10–12) Christiansen, Hansen 4
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19 January 2012
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Attendance: 3,500
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Tkaczyk 7 (10–14) Mogensen 4
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19 January 2012
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Attendance: 4,900
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Prodanović 5 (13–6) three players 4
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Group B

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15 January 2012
17:20 		Template:Hb-rt 24–27 Template:Hb
Attendance: 3,800
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Kaufmann 5 (9–14) Jícha 7
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15 January 2012
19:30 		Template:Hb-rt 26–26 Template:Hb
Attendance: 4,000
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Ekberg 6 (14–13) Aluševski, Lazarov 7
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17 January 2012
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Attendance: 4,000
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Lazarov 7 (12–12) Kaufmann 6
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17 January 2012
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Attendance: 2,050
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Jícha 7 (17–19) Ekberg 10
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19 January 2012
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Attendance: 2,800
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Gensheimer 9 (20–15) Ekdahl du Rietz 8
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19 January 2012
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Attendance: 4,000
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Jícha, Horák 5 (12–12) Lazarov 7
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Group C

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16 January 2012
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Attendance: 5,000
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Fernandez 7 (13–15) three players 4
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16 January 2012
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Attendance: 6,000
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Császár 8 (19–19) Chipurin 5
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18 January 2012
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Attendance: 3,500
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Chipurin 7 (11–16) Narcisse 6
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18 January 2012
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Attendance: 4,500
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Cañellas 6 (11–12) Császár, Mocsai 7
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20 January 2012
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Attendance: 4,000
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García Parrondo 6 (17–11) Igropulo 8
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20 January 2012
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Attendance: 6,000
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Barachet 5 (14–12) Zubai 6
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Group D

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16 January 2012
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Attendance: 3,000
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16 January 2012
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Attendance: 2,500
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Štrlek 8 (14–15) Sigurðsson 8
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18 January 2012
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Gajić 8 (12–16) Čupić 9
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18 January 2012
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Gunnarsson 9 (18–20) Mamelund 10
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20 January 2012
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Sigurðsson 9 (13–17) Gajić, Skube 7
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20 January 2012
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Čupić 6 (13–8) Mamelund 6
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Main round

Group stage results between teams that qualified for the main round were carried over.

     Team advances to the Semifinals
     Team plays in the Fifth place game

Group I

Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

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Match Serbia vs Germany.

Result

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Initial standing and matches

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(A) and (B) indicates from which group the teams came; in the main round they were playing only against teams from the other group. By three victories and the misfortune of among others Germany, Denmark qualified for the semifinals together with the host, Serbia. Notable results were Denmark's last second win against Macedonia and Poland's turnaround of first-half 9-20 result to win second half by the same numbers to equalize against Sweden.

21 January 2012
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Attendance: 6,003
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Jaszka 8 (9–20) Ekberg 7
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21 January 2012
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Attendance: 17,000
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Hansen 12 (16–19) Lazarov 13
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21 January 2012
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Attendance: 20,500
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Ilić 6 (12–7) Gensheimer 5
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23 January 2012
16:20 		Template:Hb-rt 25–27 Template:Hb
Attendance: 3,700
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Jurecki 5 (12–18) Lazarov 9
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23 January 2012
18:20 		Template:Hb-rt 28–26 Template:Hb
Attendance: 7,000
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Eggert 7 (17–14) four players 4
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23 January 2012
20:20 		Template:Hb-rt 24–21 Template:Hb
Attendance: 19,000
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Vujin 5 (14–11) Ekdahl du Rietz 8
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25 January 2012
16:15 		Template:Hb-rt 33–32 Template:Hb
Attendance: 1,000
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Jurecki, Kuchczynski 5 (18–17) Klein, Sprenger 7
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25 January 2012
18:15 		Template:Hb-rt 31–24 Template:Hb
Attendance: 5,200
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Eggert 7 (18–11) Andersson 8
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25 January 2012
20:15 		Template:Hb-rt 19–22 Template:Hb
Attendance: 24,805
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Vujin 5 (10–11) Lazarov 10
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Group II

Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad

Result

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Initial standing and matches

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(C) and (D) above indicates from which group the teams came, in the main round they are only playing against teams from the other group.

22 January 2012
16:10 		Template:Hb-rt 21–27 Template:Hb
Attendance: 4,500
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Császár 7 (10–14) Atlason, Sigurðsson 5
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22 January 2012
18:10 		Template:Hb-rt 28–26 Template:Hb
Attendance: 4,700
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Barachet 6 (14–15) Žvižej 6
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22 January 2012
20:10 		Template:Hb-rt 24–22 Template:Hb
Attendance: 7,500
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Tomás 5 (11–14) Čupić 5
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24 January 2012
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Attendance: 2,500
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Aguinagalde 5 (17–13) Sigurðsson 6
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24 January 2012
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Attendance: 7,500
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Fernandez, Barachet 4 (12–11) Kopljar, Čupić 7
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24 January 2012
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Attendance: 6,800
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Putics 7 (13–14) Gajić 13
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25 January 2012
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Attendance: 2,800
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Accambray 10 (11–15) Sigurðsson 5
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25 January 2012
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Attendance: 3,200
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Romero 7 (15–15) Žvižej 7
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25 January 2012
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Attendance: 5,500
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Császár 14 (13–12) Horvat 11
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Knockout stage

Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Bracket

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Semifinals

27 January 2012
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Attendance: 14,000
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Lauge 6 (12–10) Aguinagalde 5
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27 January 2012
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Attendance: 23,040
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Ilić 8 (13–14) Kopljar 7
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Fifth place game

27 January 2012
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Attendance: 5,500
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Lazarov 8 (16–12) Dolenec 7
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Bronze medal game

29 January 2012
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Attendance: 8,500
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Lacković, Čupić 7 (13–12) Sarmiento 7
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Final

29 January 2012
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Attendance: 21,800
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The final was played at the Belgrade Arena between the host-nation Serbia and Denmark, and was seen by 19,800 spectators.[14] The teams played a match against each other in the group stage of the tournament, when Serbia defeated Denmark 24–22. Serbia's coach Veselin Vuković could not rely on Žarko Šešum, whose left eye was injured after he was hit with a bottle on the halftime break of the semi-final match against Croatia.[15]

The match started with tough play by both teams and low scoring. Denmark claimed the lead in the early phase of the match and controlled the period. Serbia's attacks were ineffective, and goalkeeper Darko Stanić made several saves. The Danes made fewer mistakes in the attacks and Anders Eggert scored important goals in the counter-attacks. Denmark led at halftime 9–7.

Early in the second half Denmark took an 11–7 lead, but then the Serbian players halted the opponent's run with a better play in defence, except for Mikkel Hansen who scored with his powerful shots in the critical moments of the game. The Danes were having the lead all the time with a margin of 1–4 goals and thanks to the saves of their goalkeeper Niklas Landin Jacobsen prevented the Serbians to level the result. The last minutes of the game were played with many mistakes on both sides, but Hansen scored the decisive goal for peerless lead 21–18 with 20 seconds to go. Serbia scored until the end making it 21–19 in favor of Denmark at the end. This was the second title for Denmark after they have previously won the European Championship in 2008.[1]

Ranking and statistics

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Result

Final ranking

The final ranking for places 7 to 16 was determined by the team's group stage record. In case the ranking would have been relevant for Olympic qualification, there would have been a placement match for 7th and 9th place.

Rank Team Qualification
WC OG
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File:Silver medal icon.svg Template:Hb Q q
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4 Template:Hb H q
5 Template:Hb q
6 Template:Hb
7 Template:Hb
8 Template:Hb q
9 Template:Hb q
10 Template:Hb q
11 Template:Hb C Q
12 Template:Hb q
13 Template:Hb
14 Template:Hb
15 Template:Hb
16 Template:Hb
Based on this tournament Team qualifies for the above-mentioned tournament (Q) or its qualification tournament (q)
Based on last world cup. H = host, C = champion

All Star Team

Other awards

Source: ehf-euro.com, 29.01.2012

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Shots % MP
1 Template:Flagathlete 61 114 54 7
2 Template:Flagathlete 48 67 72 7
3 Template:Flagathlete 45 89 51 8
4 Template:Flagathlete 43 68 63 6
5 Template:Flagathlete 42 55 76 8
6 Template:Flagathlete 41 63 65 6
7 Template:Flagathlete 34 72 47 8
8 Template:Flagathlete 33 51 65 6
9 Template:Flagathlete 32 56 57 8
10 Template:Flagathlete 30 39 77 8
Template:Flagathlete 30 41 73 7
Template:Flagathlete 30 47 64 7

Source: EHF

Controversies

Riots

On 24 January 2012, after the match between Croatia and France, Serbian hooligans attacked Croatian fans in several locations in Vojvodina, northern Serbia. In Novi Sad, Croatian supporters were heading home after the game, when they ran into a road block and some 50 masked men assaulted them with stones, bricks and axes, smashing windscreens. The attack left several supporters injured and one of them hospitalized. In Ruma, about Script error: No such module "convert". south from Novi Sad, a Croatian van was set on fire and one of the passengers stabbed with a knife.[16][17][18]

A day later the unrest continued and many cars were damaged, torched, or burnt out throughout Novi Sad.[19] The Croatian Foreign Ministry officially complained to Serbian Ambassador Stanimir Vukicevic over the attacks; Vukicevic expressed regret and stated that the Serbian police was already taking the necessary steps. Thirteen people were arrested in connection with the incident, including Ivan Ključovski and Jovan Bajić, leaders of a fan group from Novi Sad, and a member of the Obraz right-wing organization.[20] After questioning, all of them remained in custody for a month.[21]

Serbia–Croatia semifinal

Serbia and Croatia met in the semi-final of the tournament, which caused further concern on both sides. About 5,000 policemen were deployed to ensure the security of the fans, while in Croatia some tourist agencies cancelled trips for the match and the Croatian Handball Federation (Hrvatski rukometni savez, HRS) also recommended not to go to Serbia as the supporters' safety might not be guaranteed.[22][23] Spokesman Zlatko Skrinjar also added that the HRS had planned to organize trips for the event, however, they changed their mind due to the incidents in the preceding days. On the Croatian-Serbian border, joint checkpoints were set up to prevent hooligans and other groups who have no ticket for the match to enter Serbia, and to escort the fans with tickets from the border to Belgrade.[23][24]

The police reported that there were no incidents during the match,[25] which was eventually won by the Serbians 26–22, however, a bottle actually meant for Croatian playmaker Ivano Balić and coach Slavko Goluža hit Serbian back player Žarko Šešum, severely injuring his eye.[26] Šešum's eye suffered significant bleeding. After the trauma he had only minimal vision on the affected eye, but the risk of permanent sight loss was reportedly averted.[27] Morten Stig Christensen, Secretary of the Danish Handball Federation, Serbia's opponent in the final said that he was "severely shocked" by the incident and so were the people from the European Handball Federation with whom he spoke. Christensen also added that he was shocked that although there were more than five thousand security personnel at the stadium, the hooligans still managed to sneak in Roman candles and laser lights.[28]

See also

References

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  1. ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Draw Procedure
  10. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Playing schedule
  14. ↑ 2012 Men's European Championship – Final Script error: No such module "webarchive"., EHF official web site.
  15. ↑ Šešum zbog kretenskog ispada “navijača” propušta finale, Telegraf, 28 January 2012. Template:In lang
  16. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  17. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  18. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  20. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  22. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  26. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  27. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  28. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

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