2002 European Men's Handball Championship

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox international handball competition The 2002 Men's European Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden. Sweden won the tournament for a third time in a row, and fourth time overall.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Template:Hb	Host, defending champion	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Fifth place of 2000 European Championship	3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	2 (1996, 1998)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	1 (2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	2 (1994, 2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	1 (2000)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	2 (1996, 1998)

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

Venues

Group	City	Stadium	Capacity
A and I	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12.000
B	Helsingborg	Idrottens Hus	2.700
C	Skövde	Arena Skövde	2.500
D	Jönköping	Kinnarps Arena	7.000
II	Västerås	Västeråshallen	5.000
Final round	Stockholm	Globen Arena	14.500

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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|team_order=SWE, CZE, UKR, POL

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Group B

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|team_order=DEN, RUS, POR, ISR

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|hth_DEN=Russia 25–25 Denmark |hth_RUS=DEN

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Group C

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|team_order=ISL, ESP, SLO, SUI

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Group D

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|team_order=GER, FRA, FRY, CRO

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|hth_GER=France 15–15 Germany |hth_FRA=GER

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Main round

Points gained in the preliminary round against teams that also qualified, were carried over.

Group I

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|team_order=DEN, SWE, RUS, CZE, POR, UKR

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Group II

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|team_order=ISL, GER, FRA, ESP, YUG, SLO

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Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

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2002 Men's European Champions Sweden Sweden Fourth Title

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 Template:Col-end

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Ólafur Stefánsson	Template:Hb	58	107	54
2	Stefan Lövgren	Template:Hb	57	90	63
3	Yuriy Kostetskiy	Template:Hb	52	92	57
4	Nedeljko Jovanović	Template:Hb	46	74	62
5	Jan Filip	Template:Hb	44	65	68
6	Lars Christiansen	Template:Hb	43	58	74
7	Johan Petersson	Template:Hb	36	50	72
8	Patrekur Jóhannesson	Template:Hb	35	66	53
	Renato Vugrinec	Template:Hb		79	44
10	Daniel Stephan	Template:Hb	33	74	45

Source: EHF Template:Col-2

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Sergiy Bilyk	Template:Hb	42	48	115
2	Peter Gentzel	Template:Hb	41	70	171
	Dejan Perić	Template:Hb		90	220
4	Miloš Slabý	Template:Hb	40	42	105
	Michael Bruun	Template:Hb		42	105
	Arpad Sterbik	Template:Hb		37	93
7	José Javier Hombrados	Template:Hb	39	40	102
8	Yevgeny Budko	Template:Hb	36	56	155
	Sérgio Morgado	Template:Hb		49	136
	Rafał Bernacki	Template:Hb		14	39
	David Barrufet	Template:Hb		62	173

Source: EHF EHF Template:Col-end

References

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External links

• Results