2006 European Men's Handball Championship

2006 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship June 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship 2006 Handball-Europameisterschaft 2006 deChampionnat d'Europe de handball 2006 frCampionato europeo di pallamano 2006 it 2006 Men ́s European Handball Championship Logo.svg 250px Logo of the EC 2006 Switzerland 26 January – 5 February 16 1 5 5 FRA 1 ESP DEN CRO 47 2784 182600 SLO Siarhei Rutenka(51 goals) CRO Ivano Balić 2004 European Men's Handball Championship 2008 European Men's Handball Championship The 2006 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament and held in Switzerland from 26 January to 5 February 2006, in the cities of Basel, Bern, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Zürich. France won the tournament, going through unbeaten after an early defeat to Spain. France's defence conceded the fewest goals per game in the entire tournament, with 192 conceded goals in eight matches. The hosts Switzerland were knocked out at the first group stage, while Denmark finished third and Croatia fourth to qualify directly for the 2007 World Championship, along with France. Qualification Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament SUI Host 2 (2002, 2004)CRO Semifinalist of 2004 European Championship 6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) DEN Semifinalist of 2004 European Championship 5 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004) GER Semifinalist of 2004 European Championship 6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)SLO Semifinalist of 2004 European Championship 5 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004) RUS Fifth place of 2004 European Championship 6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004)FRA Playoff winner 6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) HUN Playoff winner 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004) ISL Playoff winner 3 (2000, 2002, 2004) NOR Playoff winner 1 (2000) POL Playoff winner 2 (2002, 2004) POR Playoff winner 4 (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004) SCG Playoff winner 4 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004) SVK Playoff winner 0 (Debut) ESP Playoff winner 6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) UKR Playoff winner 3 (2000, 2002, 2004) Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Preliminary round Group A This group was played in the Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen (capacity: 4,500). Poland qualified first, winning the first match and then drawing the second against Switzerland despite an equaliser with 15 seconds to go, and two hours later they were joined by Slovenia, who came back from a two-goal deficit in the last ten minutes to beat Ukraine by 33–31. Switzerland and Ukraine thus played off for the last place in the main round, and the Swiss got behind from the start, trailing by 21–14 at half time. Ten minutes into the second half, Ukraine were 28–16 up, before allowing Switzerland somewhat back into it near the end. They still won 37–30, however, qualifying for the second round with zero points. Slovenia beat Poland 33–29 to carry forward four points, while Poland got two. main WDL Q 2 SLO SLO POL POL UKR UKR SUI SUI 3 0 0 95 85 1 1 1 93 88 1 0 2 92 96 0 1 2 86 97 H green1 A A A complete EHF 26 January 2006 17:30 POL 33–24 UKR 19–13 Report Bielecki 8 Shelmenko, Stetsyura 7 2 3 1 3 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3,000 Višekruna, Stanojević SRB 26 January 2006 20:15 SLO 29–25 SUI 16–13 Report Rutenka 7 Gautschi 7 4 3 4 2 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3,500 Kékes, Kékes HUN 28 January 2006 16:15 SUI 31–31 POL 16–17 Report Engeler 9 Obrusiewicz 6 3 4 4 3 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3,500 Arnaldsson, Viðarsson ISL 28 January 2006 18:30 UKR 31–33 SLO 17–16 Report Prudius 7 Rutenka 9 11 3 1 8 3 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 2,800 Dolejš, Kohout CZE 29 January 2006 14:00 SLO 33–29 POL 16–10 Report Rutenka 10 Bielecki 9 6 3 6 2 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 2,800 Hansson, Olsson SWE 29 January 2006 16:15 SUI 30–37 UKR 14–21 Report Engeler, Kurth 6 three players 7 3 3 4 3 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3,500 Laursen, Nielsen DEN Group B The matches in this group were played in St. Jakobshalle, Basel (capacity 8,500). Germany became the first team to qualify, drawing their first match with Spain before overcoming Slovakia (who ended up by conceding 100 goals, the most in the group stage) in their second game. Spain followed soon after, beating France by 29–26 after a 17–9 lead at half time, but the French were also through as they would be ahead of Slovakia on head-to-head if the two were to end on two points each. Thus, their last match with Germany only determined how many points they would carry forward to the main round; France risked going through with nil, but after prevailing 27–25 they finished the group in second place and took two points. main WDL Q 2 ESP ESP FRA FRA GER GER SVK SVK 2 1 0 94 82 2 0 1 88 75 1 1 1 87 84 0 0 3 72 100 green1 A A A complete EHF 26 January 2006 15:45 GER 31–31 ESP 16–15 Report Hens 9 three players 6 5 4 2 2 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 5,900 Laursen, Nielsen DEN 26 January 2006 18:00 FRA 35–21 SVK 19–9 Report Abati 6 three players 2 3 4 3 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 4,800 Arnaldsson, Viðarsson ISL 28 January 2006 14:00 SVK 26–31 GER 15–18 Report Antl 6 Klimovets 7 3 3 6 3 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 6,300 Višekruna, Stanojević SRB 28 January 2006 16:15 ESP 29–26 FRA 17–9 Report Romero 10 Karabatić 10 3 3 2 4 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 5,900 Kékes, Kékes HUN 29 January 2006 15:15 GER 25–27 FRA 11–13 Report Klimovets 6 Guigou 6 4 2 4 3 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 6,600 Dolejš, Kohout CZE 29 January 2006 17:30 ESP 34–25 SVK 15–10 Report Garabaya 8 Straňovský 9 5 2 1 6 3 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 5,450 Reisinger, Kaschütz AUT Group C The matches in this group were held in the Sursee Stadthalle in Sursee/Lucerne. Denmark and Iceland opened with wins, and with a draw in the second round both teams qualified for the main round. Serbia and Montenegro joined them due to the head-to-head encounter rule; despite finishing level on points with Hungary after losing to Denmark in the last match, Serbia and Montenegro had beaten Hungary and thus finished ahead. Iceland lost their last match, but nevertheless carried through three points to the main round, as did Denmark. main WDL Q 2 DEN DEN ISL ISL SCG SCG HUN HUN 2 1 0 90 82 1 1 1 95 94 1 0 2 89 93 1 0 2 84 89 green1 A A A complete EHF 26 January 2006 18:00 SCG 31–36 ISL 11–16 Report Krivokapić 7 Sigurðsson 10 9 4 6 3 Stadthalle, Sursee 2,500 Falcone, Rätz SUI 26 January 2006 20:15 DEN 29–25 HUN 12–8 Report Boldsen 6 Buday 9 5 3 3 3 Stadthalle, Sursee 2,500 Vakula, Ljudovik UKR 27 January 2006 18:00 HUN 24–29 SCG 12–13 Report Iváncsik 6 Milosavljević 8 5 2 1 9 3 Stadthalle, Sursee 2,500 Hansson, Olsson SWE 27 January 2006 20:15 ISL 28–28 DEN 15–14 Report Guðjónsson 10 Boldsen, Leegård 6 4 4 4 4 Stadthalle, Sursee 2,500 Lemme, Ullrich GER 29 January 2006 18:00 HUN 35–31 ISL 16–14 Report Buday, Gál 9 Guðjónsson 10 3 3 5 3 Stadthalle, Sursee 2,400 Bord, Buy FRA 29 January 2006 20:15 DEN 33–29 SCG 19–12 Report Stryger 9 Sudžum 5 6 2 8 4 Stadthalle, Sursee 2,500 Breto, Huelin ESP Group D This group was played out in the Wankdorfhalle, Bern. Russia became the first team to qualify for the main round when they beat Portugal on 27 January. Croatia joined them later that day with a 32–28 win over Norway, and Norway and Portugal played off for the last main round spot on Sunday 29 January. Norway won that match by ten goals, thus proceeding to the main round with zero points; Russia got a full score with four points, despite nearly throwing away a five-goal lead in the last five minutes against Croatia. main WDL Q 2 RUS RUS CRO CRO NOR NOR POR POR 3 0 0 89 82 2 0 1 85 79 1 0 2 86 83 0 0 3 80 96 green1 A A A complete EHF 26 January 2006 17:00 CRO 24–21 POR 11–11 Report Džomba 8 R. Costa 6 5 3 6 4 Wankdorfhalle, Bern 2,000 Reisinger, Kaschütz AUT 26 January 2006 19:10 RUS NOR 24–21 Report Ivanov 7 Buchmann 7 7 2 9 3 1 12–10 Wankdorfhalle, Bern 2,000 Breto, Huelin ESP 27 January 2006 18:00 POR 32–35 RUS 12–18 Report R. Costa 6 Kokcharov, Peskov 6 5 4 7 4 Wankdorfhalle, Bern 2,400 Falcone, Rätz SUI 27 January 2006 20:15 NOR 28–32 CRO 14–20 Report Kjelling 6 Balić 8 6 4 4 2 Wankdorfhalle, Bern 2,500 Bord, Buy FRA 29 January 2006 17:00 CRO 29–30 RUS 12–17 Report Balić 9 Rastvortsev 10 5 3 6 3 Wankdorfhalle, Bern 2,500 Lemme, Ullrich GER 29 January 2006 19:10 POR 27–37 NOR 12–17 Report Carneiro 7 Løke 8 5 3 5 4 Wankdorfhalle, Bern 2,000 Ljudovik, Vakula UKR Main round Results from the first group stage were carried forward into the main round. The first and second placed teams from each group advance to the semifinals. The third placed team of each group advance to play for the fifth place in the tournament. Group I The matches in this group were played in St. Jakobshalle, Basel. Slovenia had gone through their group with four points from their two matches, but lost initially to France, who were second after two matches. Indeed, Group B teams dominated this group; all nine matches in the second round were won by teams from Group B, and Germany's 36–22 win over Ukraine in the first round of main round play was the largest all tournament. Ukraine were thus knocked out of the semis with two games to play. Germany continued on the winning path the following day, taking a four-goal lead at half-time against Slovenia in a rerun of the 2004 final, before Slovenia pegged them back to 27–27 midway through the second half. The following nine minutes gave the Germans a five-goal advantage, with keeper Henning Fritz conceding one goal in those nine minutes, and with five minutes to spare Slovenia could only come back to a three-goal deficit. Nevertheless, Germany were still third in the group, as France beat Poland by ten goals and Spain were eventually pegged back to 31–29 by Ukraine after conceding five goals without reply in the last seven minutes. However, Ukraine missed a penalty shot from and Spain prevailed. The final round of matches opened with Germany beating Poland by eight goals, winning the first half by 16–7 and controlling from there, as their keeper Johannes Bitter saved 21 shots. By contrast, the two Polish keepers had an aggregate of six saves. However, Germany needed either France or Spain to lose their matches, and France would not oblige; they beat Ukraine by 30–20 to qualify for the semi-finals. Spain needed a draw against Slovenia to qualify, and the teams were within two goals of each other for most of the first half. The Spanish goalkeeper made four saves in the final five minutes of the first half, allowing Spain to get a 19–16 lead, and Slovenia never came closer than two goals after that. Spain thus qualified for the semi-finals in first place, ahead of France, while Germany played off for fifth place and a spot at the 2008 European Championship. main WDL Q 2 n ESP ESP FRA FRA GER GER SLO SLO POL POL UKR UKR 4 1 0 164 144 4 0 1 148 125 3 1 1 160 137 2 0 3 162 169 1 0 4 132 154 0 0 5 126 163 green1 A A blue1 B complete EHF 31 January 2006 15:15 UKR Sergiy Shelmenko 5Yuriy Petrenko 5 (1) 4 3 GER Florian Kehrmann 9 (1)Pascal Hens 5 4 2 22–36 13–15 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 2000 report 31 January 2006 17:30 SLO Miladin Kozlina 8Siarhei Rutenka 6 (1) 5 3 1 FRA Luc Abalo 8Joel Abati 5Nikola Karabatic 5Bertrand Gille 5 3 3 30–34 11–20 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 1900 report 31 January 2006 20:00 POL Marcin Lijewski 5Karol Bielecki 5 (1) 5 3 ESP Albert Rocas 11 (5)Alberto Entrerríos 7Rolando Urios 5 3 3 25–34 15–16 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 1800 report 1 February 2006 15:15 SLO Siarhei Rutenka 10 (5)Renato Vugrinec 7 3 2 1 GER Christian Zeitz 8Torsten Jansen 7 (1)Florian Kehrmann 7 7 2 33–36 16–20 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 3100 report 1 February 2006 17:45 POL Marcin Lijewski 7 (2 pen)Dawid Nilsson 6 1 3 FRA Olivier Girault 7 (2)Luc Abalo 5 1 3 21–31 9–18 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 3000 report 1 February 2006 20:00 UKR Sergiy Shel'menko 5Mykola Stesyura 5 5 3 ESP Juan García (handballer) Juan García es Juanín García 10 (4)Julio Fis 6 3 3 29–31 13–17 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 3000 report 2 February 2006 15:15 POL Karol Bielecki 8 (4 pen)Leszek Starczan 5 2 3 GER Florian Kehrmann 9 (1)Torsten Jansen 6Pascal Hens 5 2 3 24–32 7–16 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 3100 report 2 February 2006 17:45 UKR four players 3 4 3 FRA Joel Abati 7 (2)Michael Guigou 5 4 3 20–30 10–16 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 3000 report 2 February 2006 20:00 SLO Siarhei Rutenka 9 (2)Uroš Zorman 5 6 3 ESP Alberto Entrerríos 8Rolando Urios 8Albert Rocas 6 (1)Iker Romero 6 5 3 33–39 16–19 St. Jakobshalle, Basel 3100 report Group II This group's matches took place in the Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen. Iceland took an early lead in this group after beating Russia 34–32 in the first match, which sent Russia down from first to third place. Croatia went second in the group after beating Denmark, left winger Goran Šprem settling the match when he scored two seconds before the end, while Norway were the only team without a point in this group after losing their match with Serbia and Montenegro. With 25 seconds remaining, Kristian Kjelling scored a penalty to equalise, but Milorad Krivokapić scored his only goal of the match just as the buzzer sounded to give Serbia and Montenegro the victory. Russia quickly recovered from the loss against Iceland, with their keeper Alexei Kostygov saving 14 of 34 shots as Serbia/Montenegro were beaten 29–21, and went top of the table ahead of Croatia – who beat Iceland by one goal, though Iceland's last two goals came in the very last minute. In the last match on 1 February, Denmark kept their semi-final hopes alive with a 35–31 win over Norway, to stay within one point of the leaders. The following day saw Croatia become the first team to qualify for the semi-finals when they beat Serbia and Montenegro by 34–30; the teams followed each other until 20–20 ten minutes into the second half, when wingers Goran Šprem and Mirza Džomba scored five of six successive Croatian goals. Goalkeeper Vlado Šola saved 19 of 43 shots from Serbian players. Iceland needed a win against Norway, who had failed to win a match thus far in the tournament, and led 16–14 at half time after Norway threw away the ball on their last attack of the half and Iceland countered in a last goal. Norway came back, equalising eight minutes into the second half, and with ten minutes to go they took a three-goal lead which they never relinquished, eventually winning 36–33 to knock Iceland out of the championship. Norwegian back player Kjetil Strand scored 19 goals in the match, eight more than any other player had done in a match thus far in the tournament, and more than half of Norway's goals. The final match between Russia and Denmark was now a virtual quarter-final. Russia gained a 6–3 lead after ten minutes, but were pegged back, and by the end of the half it was 13–13. In the second half, Russia suffered three two-minute suspensions within a minute, and during the three-minute period of Danish numerical superiority they went from 19–17 to 22–17. The lead never shrunk below five goals again, Denmark eventually scoring 22 goals in the second half to win 35–28 and qualify for the semi-finals in second place. main WDL Q 2 n CRO CRO DEN DEN RUS RUS ISL ISL SCG SCG NOR NOR 4 0 1 155 146 3 1 1 161 147 3 0 2 143 140 2 1 2 159 156 1 0 4 137 157 1 0 4 141 150 green1 A A blue1 B complete EHF 31 January 2006 15:45 ISL Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 11Ólafur Stefánsson 8 4 3 RUS Eduard Kokcharov 8 (4)Vasily Filippov 7Oleg Frolov 5 6 2 34–32 17–15 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 2200 report 31 January 2006 18:00 DEN Søren Stryger 8 (3)Joachim Boldsen 6 6 2 CRO Petar Metličić 10Blaženko Lacković 6 4 2 30–31 14–15 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3000 report 31 January 2006 20:15 SCG Ratko Nikolić 6 5 3 NOR Kjetil Strand 9Kristian Kjelling 5 (2) 5 4 26–25 15–16 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 2900 report 1 February 2006 15:45 SCG 4 3 RUS Denis Krivoshlykov 8Timur Dibirov 5 5 3 21–29 8–14 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 2800 report 1 February 2006 18:00 ISL Ólafur Stefánsson 8Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 8 6 3 CRO Ivano Balić 9Blaženko Lacković 9 11 3 2 28–29 13–13 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3500 report 1 February 2006 20:15 DEN Jesper Jensen 8 (5)Lars Rasmussen 7 (4) 6 3 1 NOR Kristian Kjelling 9Håvard Tvedten 7Frank Løke 6 9 3 35–31 17–15 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3000 report 2 February 2006 15:45 SCG Marko Krivokapić 7 (4)Milorad Krivokapić 5Momir Ilić 5 (2) 7 3 2 CRO Goran Šprem 9Ivano Balić 8 5 3 1 30–34 16–16 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3500 report 2 February 2006 18:00 ISL Ólafur Stefánsson 9 (4)Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson 6Snorri Guðjónsson 5 7 3 1 NOR Kjetil Strand 19 (8)Frank Løke 7 7 3 33–36 16–14 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3500 report 2 February 2006 20:15 DEN Michael Knudsen 10Søren Stryger 6Lars Christiansen 5 (1) 5 2 RUS Vasily Filippov 6Vitali Ivanov 5Eduard Kokcharov 5 (5) 6 3 35–28 13–13 Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen 3500 report Final round These took place in the largest stadium to be used in the tournament, the Hallenstadion in Zürich (capacity 11,500). The first match was the fifth-place play-off, determining the final direct qualifying spot for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship; the other semi-finalists had already qualified directly. Russia took a two-goal lead through Oleg Frolov when he gave them 6–4 in the ninth minute, and Germany failed to catch up before half-time, though they won the last eight minutes 5–3. Russia went into the break with an 18–16 lead, but failed to score for eight minutes midway through the second half, while Christian Zeitz scored four successive goals for Germany to take them into a three-goal lead, which they kept for the remainder of the match despite Eduard Kokcharov scoring two penalties with five minutes to go. Zeitz ended up with 12 goals, eight of which came in the second half. In the first of the two semi-finals, France faced Croatia, and after Croatia won the first 20 minutes by 10–8 the French goalkeeper Thierry Omeyer shut the goal. Nine saves were recorded before half-time, as France went into a 12–10 lead, and a further two in the first five minutes of the second half allowed France to build a four-goal lead. They never gave it away again, as Michael Guigou netted six times in the second half to ensure a 29–23 victory. Spain became the second team from preliminary group B to qualify for the final, coming back from a 15–16 deficit at half time when Iker Romero scored four successive goals for Spain to bring them from 20–19 to 24–20. Denmark came within one goal, when Lars Rasmussen netted on a fast break, but three Spanish goals and two saves followed, and the Danes never came back in the match. Denmark won the third place play-off, however, coming back from 2–5 down to lead 16–9 at half time against Croatia and eventually winning by five goals, before France went into the final against the defending World Champions Spain. France had lost the group stage match by three goals, and Spain took a 4–1 lead after five minutes, before a four-minute rally from France brought them back in the lead. Spain were catching up for the most part of the first half, equalising four times but not taking the lead until Iker Romero scored a penalty shot in the 21st minute. France then won the last nine minutes of the half by 6–1, and went into the break with a four-goal lead. Coming out of the break, Spain came within two goals, trailing by 20–22 when ten minutes had passed. However, they then went nearly fifteen minutes without a goal, which included a period of playing with six men against four. When Rolando Urios finally scored, France still led by 28–21 with six minutes to go, and France eventually won the match by 31–23 to win their first European Championship. Bracket Semi-finals Final Bronze Match 4 February – 14:15 (Zürich) FRA 29 CRO 23 4 February – 17:00 (Zürich) ESP 34 DEN 31 5 February – 16:00 (Zürich) FRA 31 ESP 23 5 February – 13:30 (Zürich) CRO 27 DEN 32 Semifinals 4 February 2006 14:15 FRA Michael Guigou 10 (6)Jerome Fernandez 5Bertrand Gille 5 6 3 CRO Mirza Džomba 10 (5) 5 3 29–23 12–10 Hallenstadion, Zürich 11300 Report 4 February 2006 17:00 ESP Iker Romero 10 (1)Rolando Urios 5Albert Rocas 5 (3) 1 2 DEN Michael Knudsen 7 2 3 34–31 15–16 Hallenstadion, Zürich 10800 Report Fifth place game 4 February 2006 11:45 GER Christian Zeitz 12Pascal Hens 10 7 3 RUS Eduard Kokcharov 10 (7)Oleg Frolov 7 5 3 1 32–30 16–18 Hallenstadion, Zürich 6500 report Third place game #CC9966 5 February 2006 13:30 DEN Lars Møller Madsen 9Jesper Jensen 5Søren Stryger 5 (1) 5 2 CRO Blaženko Lacković 6Mirza Džomba 6 (4)Denis Špoljarić 5 3 3 32–27 16–9 Hallenstadion, Zürich 11000 report Final gold 5 February 2006 16:00 ESP Juanín García 6 3 3 FRA Nikola Karabatic 11Joel Abati 6 3 3 1 23–31 13–17 Hallenstadion, Zürich 11400 report Ranking and statistics Final ranking FRA ESP DEN4 CRO5 GER6 RUS7 ISL8 SLO9 SCG10 POL11 NOR12 UKR13 HUN14 SUI15 POR16 SVK All-Star Team Position Player Goalkeeper Thierry Omeyer FRA Right wing Søren Stryger DEN Right back Ólafur Stefánsson ISL Centre back Ivano Balić CRO Left back Iker Romero ESP Left wing Eduard Koksharov RUS Pivot Rolando Uríos ESP Most valuable player Ivano Balić CRO Source: EHF https://web.archive.org/web/20220812125026/https://men2020.ehf-euro.com/about-ehf-euro/ehf-euro-history/ehf-euro-2006/ 12 August 2022 Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Siarhei Rutenka SLO 51 81 63 2 Albert Rocas ESP 45 56 80 3 Eduard Koksharov RUS 44 58 76 4 Ivano Balić CRO 43 74 58 5 Snorri Gudjónsson ISL 42 67 636 Nikola Karabatic FRA 40 72 56Iker Romero ESP 71 56Søren Stryger DEN 62 659 Florian Kehrmann GER 39 66 59Michael Knudsen DEN 51 76 Source: EHF Top goalkeepers (minimum 20% of total shots received by team) Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Johannes Bitter GER 39 35 902 José Javier Hombrados ESP 38 54 143Thierry Omeyer FRA 99 2584 Kasper Hvidt DEN 36 85 237Beno Lapajne SLO 36 100Pascal Stauber SUI 30 847 David Barrufet ESP 35 77 219Ole Erevik NOR 24 68Michal Meluš SVK 13 37Vlado Šola CRO 95 275Sławomir Szmal POL 67 191 Source: EHF References 2006 Men's European Championship http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2006/round/1 eurohandball.com 24 January 2011 24 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120124130339/http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2006/round/1 dead Men Handball European Championship 2006 http://todor66.com/handball/Europe/Men_2006.html todor66.com 24 January 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110619224101/http://todor66.com/handball/Europe/Men_2006.html 19 June 2011 External links Results Switzerland Sports European Handball H H Category:European Men's Handball Championship European Men's Handball Championship European Men's Handball Championship