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.
Germany won the title after defeating hosts Slovenia in the final. Denmark captured the bronze medal, after defeating Croatia.
Venues Location Picture City Arena Capacity Status Round Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 5,600EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. Opened in 1965 Preliminary stage & Second Group stage and knockout stages Koper Arena Bonifika 5,000 Opened in 1999 Preliminary stage Velenje Red Hall 2,500 Opened in 1975 Preliminary stage Celje Zlatorog Arena 5,500 Opened in 2003 Preliminary stage and second group stage
Qualification Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament1 Host 4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002) Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship 4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002) Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship 2 (2000, 2002) Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) Fifth place of 2002 European Championship 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) Playoff winner 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) Playoff winner 3 (1996, 1998, 2002) Playoff winner 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) Playoff winner 1 (2002) Playoff winner 3 (1994, 2000, 2002) Playoff winner (1996, 1998, 2002) Playoff winner 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) Playoff winner 1 (2002) 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main round Group I
Group II
Final round Bracket
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
All-Star Team Position Player Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Centre back Left back Left wing Pivot Most valuable player Source: EHF
Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Mirza Džomba 46 64 75 2 Florian Kehrmann 45 81 56 3 Daniel Stephan 42 85 494 Michael Knudsen 40 49 82Vid Kavtičnik 65 62Robbie Kostadinovich 81 497 Eduard Koksharov 38 56 68Renato Vugrinec 77 49 9 Nikola Karabatić 35 71 4910 Søren Stryger 34 42 81Aleksey Rastvortsev 71 48 Source: EHF
Top goalkeepers (minimum 20% of total shots received by team) Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Yevgeny Budko 43 23 54 2 Michael Bruun 41 33 80 3 Aleksey Kostygov 40 23 584 Christian Ramota 39 29 74Beno Lapajne 56 145 6 Nándor Fazekas 38 49 1307 Kasper Hvidt 37 95 254Henning Fritz 97 260János Szathmári 52 14010 Mario Kelentrić 35 36 103Vlado Šola 51 146Martin Galia 86 248Antoine Ebinger 39 113 Source: EHF
References
External links The official site of the championship with reports, results, statistics, etc. Results