1998 European Men's Handball Championship

Template:Short description Template:No footnotes Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox international handball competition The 1998 European Men's Handball Championship was the third edition of the tournament and held in Italy from 29 May to 7 June 1998, in the cities of Meran and Bolzano. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Spain in the final, while Germany finished third.

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Template:Hb	Host	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Defending champion	2 (1994, 1996)
Template:Hb	Group 1 winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Template:Hb	Group 1 runner-up	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Group 2 winner	1 (1996)
Template:Hb	Group 2 runner-up	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Group 3 winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Template:Hb	Group 3 runner-up	1 (1996)
Template:Hb	Group 4 winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Template:Hb	Group 4 runner-up	2 (1994, 1996)
Template:Hb	Group 5 winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Template:Hb	Group 5 runner-up	2 (1994, 1996)

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

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Bolzano	PalaOnda	7.200
Merano	Meranarena	4.000

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

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Final ranking

Rank	Team
File:Gold medal icon.svg	Template:Hb
File:Silver medal icon.svg	Template:Hb
File:Bronze medal icon.svg	Template:Hb
4	Template:Hb
5	Template:Hb
6	Template:Hb
7	Template:Hb
8	Template:Hb
9	Template:Hb
10	Template:Hb
11	Template:Hb
12	Template:Hb

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

References

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External links

• Official Website (Archived)
• Results