1994 European Men's Handball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 3–12 June |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 38 |
| Goals scored | 1,746 (45.95 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
| Awards | |
| Best player | |
The 1994 European Men's Handball Championship was the inaugural edition of the tournament, held in Portugal from 3 to 12 June 1994,[1] in the cities of Porto and Almada. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Russia in the final 34–21, Russia's heaviest loss in their international history, while Croatia finished third.[2]
Teams
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
Venues
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Almada | Complexo Desportivo de Almada | 4.000 |
| Porto | Pavilhão Rosa Mota | 5.400 |
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 94 | +28 | 10 | Semifinals | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 114 | +6 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 123 | 120 | +3 | 5 | Fifth place game | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 139 | −9 | 4 | Seventh place game | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 107 | 113 | −6 | 3 | Ninth place game | |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 135 | −22 | 2 | Eleventh place game |
Source: EHF
| 3 June 1994 15:30 |
Germany |
23–24 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) | |
| Zerbe 6 | (12–10) | Yakimovich 6 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
| 3 June 1994 17:30 |
Russia |
27–20 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE) | |
| Gopin, Kudinov 5 | (16–9) | Voica 9 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 1× |
| 3 June 1994 19:30 |
France |
27–25 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR) | |
| Stoecklin, Volle 6 | (11–11) | Ćavar 8 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
| 4 June 1994 15:30 |
Croatia |
24–22 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE) | |
| Ćavar 6 | (14–11) | Kretzschmar 7 | ||
| 1× |
Report | 2× |
| 4 June 1994 17:30 |
Belarus |
23–31 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO) | |
| three players 4 | (11–18) | Kudinov 8 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
| 4 June 1994 19:30 |
Romania |
27–26 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) | |
| Răduţă 8 | (16–11) | Volle 8 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 1× |
| 5 June 1994 15:30 |
France |
21–21 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO) | |
| Volle 8 | (10–11) | Kretzschmar, Schwarzer 6 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 3× |
| 5 June 1994 17:30 |
Russia |
21–18 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) | |
| Antonevich, Kudinov 5 | (13–8) | Smajlagić 5 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
| 5 June 1994 19:30 |
Romania |
24–33 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR) | |
| Voica 10 | (9–14) | Chalepo 9 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 3× |
| 7 June 1994 15:30 |
Germany |
16–25 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE) | |
| four players 3 | (9–12) | Gopin, Kudinov 6 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
| 7 June 1994 17:30 |
France |
32–29 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) | |
| Munier 7 | (16–15) | Charovarov 6 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 1× |
| 7 June 1994 19:30 |
Croatia |
24–23 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO) | |
| Saračević 6 | (12–11) | Voica 6 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
| 8 June 1994 15:30 |
Germany |
25–19 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL) | |
| Winselmann 6 | (11–10) | Voica 6 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 3× |
| 8 June 1994 17:30 |
Belarus |
21–29 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE) | |
| Yakimovich 5 | (12–12) | Saračević 9 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
| 8 June 1994 19:30 |
Russia |
18–17 | Complexo Desportivo de Almada, Almada Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) | |
| Kudinov 9 | (11–9) | Houlet 5 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 2× |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 91 | +23 | 10 | Semifinals | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 99 | +8 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 101 | +13 | 6 | Fifth place game | |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 107 | −7 | 4 | Seventh place game | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 94 | 111 | −17 | 3 | Ninth place game | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 96 | 116 | −20 | 0 | Eleventh place game |
| 3 June 1994 15:30 |
Sweden |
22–17 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) | |
| Hajas 7 | (10–10) | Banfro 6 | ||
| 4× |
Report | 8× |
| 3 June 1994 17:30 |
Spain |
25–20 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) | |
| Urdiales 8 | (11–10) | Zsigmond 7 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 1× |
| 3 June 1994 19:30 |
Denmark |
24–17 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL) | |
| Jørgensen 9 | (11–5) | Resende 8 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 1× |
| 4 June 1994 15:30 |
Slovenia |
19–19 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) | |
| Šerbec 6 | (8–10) | Jacobsen 9 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 3× |
| 4 June 1994 17:30 |
Hungary |
18–22 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL) | |
| Éles 5 | (7–13) | Hajas 8 | ||
| 1× |
Report | 2× |
| 4 June 1994 19:30 |
Portugal |
18–24 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) | |
| Faria 5 | (8–13) | Etxaburu, Franch 7 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 2× |
| 5 June 1994 15:30 |
Hungary |
19–18 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) | |
| Pásztor 6 | (7–8) | Resende 7 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
| 5 June 1994 17:30 |
Sweden |
22–16 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) | |
| Olsson 8 | (7–6) | Thrane 4 | ||
| 2× |
1× |
| 5 June 1994 19:30 |
Spain |
24–16 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 800 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL) | |
| Alemany, Urdiales 5 | (13–8) | Likavec 4 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 3× |
| 7 June 1994 15:30 |
Slovenia |
19–24 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) | |
| Šerbec 8 | (9–11) | Pásztor, Sótonyi 7 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 2× |
| 7 June 1994 17:30 |
Sweden |
26–21 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) | |
| Hajas 5 | (12–9) | Resende 6 | ||
| 1× |
Report | 2× |
| 7 June 1994 19:30 |
Denmark |
25–22 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) | |
| Jacobsen 6 | (10–7) | Urdangarin 6 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 3× |
| 8 June 1994 15:30 |
Denmark |
23–19 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR) | |
| Jørgensen 9 | (10–8) | Csoknyai, Éles 4 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
| 8 June 1994 17:30 |
Portugal |
22–23 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) | |
| Resende 8 | (10–8) | Likavec 8 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 2× |
| 8 June 1994 19:30 |
Spain |
19–22 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO) | |
| Urdiales 8 | (8–10) | Carlén 6 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 3× |
Placement games
Eleventh place game
| 10 June 1994 12:30 |
Romania |
38–21 | Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada Attendance: 650 Referees: Szajną, Wróblewski (POL) | |
| Licu, Mocanu 8 | (18–11) | Oliveira, Resende 4 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 2× |
Ninth place game
| 10 June 1994 10:30 |
Germany |
28–18 | Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Sousa, Aires (POR) | |
| Kretzschmar 8 | (15–10) | Banfro 7 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
Seventh place game
| 10 June 1994 17:30 |
Belarus |
24–28 | Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada Attendance: 500 Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP) | |
| Holdzin 7 | (14–16) | Bartók 7 | ||
| 1× |
Report | 3× |
Fifth place game
| 10 June 1994 19:30 |
France |
25–28 | Complexo Municipal de Desportos, Almada Attendance: 600 Referees: Johansson, Kjellqvist (SWE) | |
| Houlet 6 | (15–12) | Urdiales 7 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| | 29 | |||||
| | 20 | |||||
| | 21 | |||||
| | 34 | |||||
| | 24 | |||||
| | 21 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| | 23 | |||||
| | 24 | |||||
Semifinals
| 11 June 1994 15:30 |
Russia |
29–20 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Rudin, Schill (SUI) | |
| Kudinov 8 | (14–8) | Jensen 5 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 3× |
| 11 June 1994 17:30 |
Sweden |
24–21 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Thomas, Thomas (GER) | |
| Hajas 7 | (13–7) | Kljaić 6 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 2× |
Third place game
| 12 June 1994 14:00 |
Croatia |
24–23 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Jeglič, Jug (SLO) | |
| Jelčić 6 | (12–13) | Jacobsen 7 | ||
| 2× |
Report | 2× |
Final
| 12 June 1994 16:00 |
Russia |
21–34 | Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR) | |
| Kudinov 9 | (9–18) | Hajas 8 | ||
| 3× |
Report | 2× |
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
|
Top player awards
All Star Team
Source: "Men's EHF Euro 1994". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024.. |
References
- eurohandball.com. "1994 Men's European Championship". Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 1994". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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- ^ (in Norwegian) (ed) Arvid Eriksen Sportsboken 1994, p. 291, Schibsted. ISBN 82-516-1543-7.
- ^ (in German) Von Porto bis Ljubljana Archived 28 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, from Handballworld.com, retrieved 7 February 2006
- ^ "EHF EURO 1994 – All Star Team announced". ehf-euro.com. 12 June 1994. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
