2004 European Men's Handball Championship

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox international handball competition The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place from 22 January to 1 February 2004 in Slovenia in the cities of Ljubljana, Celje, Velenje and Koper.

Venues

Location	Picture	City	Arena	Capacity	Status	Round
Template:Location map	File:HalaTivoli-Ljubljana.JPG	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	5,600<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. Template:Webarchive</ref>	Opened in 1965	Preliminary stage & Second Group stage and knockout stages
Template:Location map	File:Bonifika Arena.png	Koper	Arena Bonifika	5,000	Opened in 1999	Preliminary stage
Template:Location map	File:Rdeča Dvorana 2013.jpg	Velenje	Red Hall	2,500<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />	Opened in 1975	Preliminary stage
Template:Location map	File:Zlatorog Arena.jpg	Celje	Zlatorog Arena	5,500<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Opened in 2003	Preliminary stage and second group stage

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament1
Template:Hb	Host	4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship	4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship	2 (2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Fifth place of 2002 European Championship	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	3 (1996, 1998, 2002)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	1 (2002)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	Template:Sort (1996, 1998, 2002)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	1 (2002)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	2 (2000, 2002)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

² as FR Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Group B

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|team_order=CRO, DEN, ESP, POR

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Group C

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|team_order=SLO, HUN, CZE, ISL

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Group D

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|team_order=FRA, SCG, GER, POL

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Main round

Group I

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Group II

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|team_order=GER, SLO, FRA, SCG, HUN, CZE

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Final round

Bracket

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4 |widescore=yes|bold_winner=high |3rdplace=yes |RD1=Semifinals |RD2=Final |Consol=Third place |31 January|Template:Hb|25|Template:Hb|27 |31 January|Template:Hb|20|Template:Hb|22 |1 February|Template:Hb|25|Template:Hb|30 |1 February|Template:Hb|27|Template:Hb|31 }}

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Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
Template:Gold1	Template:Hb
Template:Silver2	Template:Hb
Template:Bronze3	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
13	Template:Hb
14	Template:Hb
15	Template:Hb
16	Template:Hb

Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

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	Mirza Džomba	Template:Hb	46	64	75
2	Florian Kehrmann	Template:Hb	45	81	56
3	Daniel Stephan	Template:Hb	42	85	49
4	Michael Knudsen	Template:Hb	40	49	82
	Vid Kavtičnik	Template:Hb		65	62
	Robbie Kostadinovich	Template:Hb		81	49
7	Eduard Koksharov	Template:Hb	38	56	68
	Renato Vugrinec	Template:Hb		77	49
9	Nikola Karabatić	Template:Hb	35	71	49
10	Søren Stryger	Template:Hb	34	42	81
	Aleksey Rastvortsev	Template:Hb		71	48

Source: EHF Template:Col-2

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Yevgeny Budko	Template:Hb	43	23	54
2	Michael Bruun	Template:Hb	41	33	80
3	Aleksey Kostygov	Template:Hb	40	23	58
4	Christian Ramota	Template:Hb	39	29	74
	Beno Lapajne	Template:Hb		56	145
6	Nándor Fazekas	Template:Hb	38	49	130
7	Kasper Hvidt	Template:Hb	37	95	254
	Henning Fritz	Template:Hb		97	260
	János Szathmári	Template:Hb		52	140
10	Mario Kelentrić	Template:Hb	35	36	103
	Vlado Šola	Template:Hb		51	146
	Martin Galia	Template:Hb		86	248
	Antoine Ebinger	Template:Hb		39	113

Source: EHF Template:Col-end

References

• Template:Cite web
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External links

• The official site of the championship with reports, results, statistics, etc.
• Results