1996 European Men's Handball Championship

1996 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Spain
Dates 24 May–2 June
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runner-up  Spain
Third place  Yugoslavia
Fourth place  Sweden
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The 1996 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (2nd tournament) was held in Spain from 24 May–2 June, in the cities of Ciudad Real and Seville. Russia won the tournament with Spain second and Yugoslavia the third.

Teams

Group A Group B
 Croatia  Czech Republic
 Hungary  Sweden
 Slovenia  France
 Germany  Romania
 Yugoslavia  Spain
 Russia  Denmark

Venues

City Stadium Capacity
Ciudad Real Quijote Arena 5.800
Seville Palacio de Deportes San Pablo 7.000

Preliminary round

Group A

Team P W T L F A GD Pts.
 Russia 541012598+279
 Yugoslavia 5410117110+79
 Croatia 5302127125+26
 Germany 5113110111-13
 Hungary 5113117130-133
 Slovenia 500593115-220
24. May 1996
 Croatia 30 – 27  Hungary
 Russia 22 – 18  Slovenia
 Yugoslavia 23 – 22  Germany
25. May 1996
 Hungary 21 – 33  Russia
 Germany 21 – 26  Croatia
 Slovenia 20 – 21  Yugoslavia
26. May 1996
 Croatia 26 – 22  Slovenia
 Russia 20 – 20  Yugoslavia
 Hungary 24 – 24  Germany
28. May 1996
 Russia 22 – 18  Germany
 Yugoslavia 27 – 24  Croatia
 Slovenia 17 – 21  Hungary
29. May 1996
 Germany 25 – 16  Slovenia
 Yugoslavia 26 – 24  Hungary
 Croatia 21 – 28  Russia

Group B

Team P W T L F A GD Pts.
 Spain 5401124116+88
 Sweden 5401124106+188
 Czech Republic 5302129125+46
 France 5302130120+106
 Romania 5104117134-172
 Denmark 5005108131-230
24. May 1996
 Czech Republic 32 – 25  Romania
 Sweden 23 – 24  Spain
 Denmark 22 – 25  France
25. May 1996
 Romania 24 – 28  Sweden
 France 29 – 31  Czech Republic
 Spain 28 – 22  Denmark
26. May 1996
 Czech Republic 21 – 25  Spain
 Sweden 23 – 21  Denmark
 Romania 20 – 27  France
28. May 1996
 Sweden 26 – 20  France
 Denmark 22 – 28  Czech Republic
 Spain 26 – 21  Romania
29. May 1996
 France 29 – 21  Spain
 Denmark 21 – 27  Romania
 Czech Republic 17 – 24  Sweden

Finals

Semi-finals Final
   Russia   24  
   Sweden   21  
 
       Russia   23
     Spain   22
Bronze-final
   Spain   27    Sweden   25
   Yugoslavia   23      Yugoslavia   26

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

 Russia
 Spain
 Yugoslavia
4  Sweden
5  Croatia
6  Czech Republic
7  France
8  Germany
9  Romania
10  Hungary
11  Slovenia
12  Denmark

1996 Men's European Champions


Russia
First Title
Team Roster

Andrei Lavrov, Pavel Sukosian, Igor Lavrov, Stanislav Kulitschenko, Oleg Kuleschov, Denis Krivoshlykov, Oleg Kuleschov, Lev Voronin, Valeri Gopin, Vassili Kudinov, Dmitri Torgovanov, Vyacheslav Atavin, Oleg Grebnev, Oleg Kisseliev, Serguei Pogorelov, Dmitri Filipov.
Head Coach: Vladimir Maksimov.

References


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