2014 European Men's Handball Championship
2014 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
International handball competition
2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship EM i håndbold for mænd 2014 Host country Denmark Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities) Dates 12–26 January Teams 16 (from 1 confederation) Champions France (3rd title) Runner-up Denmark Third place Spain Fourth place Croatia Matches played 47 Goals scored 2,612 (55.57 per match) Attendance 316,390 (6,732 per match) Top scorer(s) Joan Cañellas (ESP ) (50 goals)Best player Nikola Karabatić (FRA ) [ 1]
The 2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 11th edition of the tournament and held in Denmark from 12–26 January.
Denmark was automatically qualified as hosting nation, and as defending champions as well. After the final, at total of 316,390 spectators had visited the stadiums. An all time EHF record.
France won their third title after defeating Denmark 41–32 in the final.[ 2]
Bidding process
The bids were as follows:
Denmark was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Copenhagen 25 September 2010, narrowly defeating their rivals by two votes.[ 3]
Venues
Referees
On 23 October 2013, 12 couples were announced in Vienna .[ 4]
Qualification
Qualified teams
Qualified teams
Country
Qualified as
Qualified on
Previous appearances in tournament1
Denmark
00 Host (and Defending Champion)
00 25 September 2010
90 (1994 , 1996 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
France
00 Group 3 winner
00 6 April 2013
102 (1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Spain
00 Group 1 winner
00 7 April 2013
102 (1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Iceland
00 Group 6 winner
00 7 April 2013
72 (2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Sweden
00 Group 5 winner
00 12 June 2013
92 (1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Hungary
00 Group 4 runner-up
00 12 June 2013
82 (1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Norway
00 Group 3 runner-up
00 12 June 2013
50 (2000 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Poland
00 Group 5 runner-up
00 12 June 2013
60 (2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Montenegro
00 Group 2 runner-up
00 12 June 2013
10 (2008 )
Croatia
00 Group 4 winner
00 12 June 2013
100 (1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Serbia
00 Group 7 winner
00 12 June 2013
20 (2010 , 2012 )
Czech Republic
00 Group 2 winner
00 15 June 2013
72 (1996 , 1998 , 2002 , 2004 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Belarus
00 Group 6 runner-up
00 16 June 2013
22 (1994 , 2008 )
Austria
00 Group 7 runner-up
00 16 June 2013
12 (2010 )
Russia
00 best third placed team
00 16 June 2013
102 (1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Macedonia
00 Group 1 runner-up
00 16 June 2013
22 (1998 , 2012 )
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicates host.
Squads
Seeding
The draw was held on 21 June 2013 in Herning at 18:00 local time.[ 5] [ 6] The seeding was announced on 18 June 2013.[ 7]
Group stage
All times are local (UTC+1 ).
Team advance to the Main Round
Group A
Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning
Group B
Venue: Gigantium , Aalborg
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Spain
3
3
0
0
94
80
+14
6
Iceland
3
1
1
1
86
86
0
3
Hungary
3
0
2
1
80
87
−7
2
Norway
3
0
1
2
77
84
−7
1
Group C
Venue: NRGi Arena , Aarhus
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
France
3
3
0
0
94
83
+11
6
Poland
3
1
0
2
70
70
0
2
Russia
3
1
0
2
77
84
−7
2
Serbia
3
1
0
2
73
77
−4
2
Group D
Venue: Brøndby Hall , Brøndby
Main round
Team advance to the semifinals
Team advances to the placement game
Group I
Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning
Group II
Venue: NRGi Arena , Aarhus
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
France
5
4
0
1
157
140
+17
8
Croatia
5
4
0
1
147
126
+21
8
Poland
5
3
0
2
145
136
+9
6
Sweden
5
3
0
2
138
137
+1
6
Russia
5
1
0
4
141
154
−13
2
Belarus
5
0
0
5
137
172
−35
0
Knockout stage
Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen , Herning
Bracket
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Ranking and statistics
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Final results
Final ranking
The final ranking for places 7 to 16 were determined by the team's group stage record.
2014 Men's Handball European Champions
France Third Title
All Star Team
The All-star team and award winners were announced on 26 January 2014.[ 1]
Other awards
Top goalscorers
Source: EHF.com
References
External links
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