2008 European Men's Handball Championship

2008 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship April 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship 2008 Håndball-EM 2008. no 2008 European Men's Handball Championship Logo.svg Norway 17–27 January 16 1 5 5 DEN 1 CRO FRA GER 47 2643 165150 CRO Ivano BalićDEN Lars ChristiansenFRA Nikola Karabatić(44 goals) FRA Nikola Karabatić 2006 European Men's Handball Championship 2010 European Men's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (8th tournament) was held in Norway from 17 to 27 January, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark won the tournament with Croatia second and France third. This was the first time Denmark won a major international tournament.https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/vm/lars-christiansen-og-danmark-var-underdogs-sidst-kroatien-var Danmarks Radio Lars Christiansen husker dén kamp mod Kroatien, der indledte Danmarks guldalder 2 February 2025 3 December 2025 da Venues Drammen Stavanger Norway 360 Norway 59.737778 10.205 Drammen Norway 58.963333 5.718889 Stavanger right Norway 60.389444 5.33 Bergen top Norway 63.429722 10.393333 Trondheim top Norway 61.116667 10.466667 Lillehammer top DrammenshallenCapacity: 4,000 Stavanger IdrettshallCapacity: 7,000 180px 180px Bergen Trondheim HaukelandshallenCapacity: 4,000 Trondheim SpektrumCapacity: 4,000 180px 180px Lillehammer Håkons HallCapacity: 10,500 180px Qualification 2008 European Men's Handball Championship qualification Qualification matches took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules, the host (Norway) and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places were determined after the play-off matches, held in June; nine teams were seeded, after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages. Qualified teams Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament NOR Host 2 (2000, 2006) CRO Semifinalist of 2006 European Championship 7 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) DEN Semifinalist of 2006 European Championship 6 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)FRA Semifinalist of 2006 European Championship 7 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) ESP Semifinalist of 2006 European Championship 7 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) GER Fifth place of 2006 European Championship 7 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) RUS Sixth place of 2006 European Championship 7 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) BLR Playoff winner 1 (1994) CZE Playoff winner 4 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004) HUN Playoff winner 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006)ISL Playoff winner 4 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)MNE Playoff winner 0 (Debut) POL Playoff winner 3 (2002, 2004, 2006) SVK Playoff winner 1 (2006)SLO Playoff winner 6 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006) SWE Playoff winner 6 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year. Draw The draw was held on 22 June 2007 in the TV2 Studio in Oslo.http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/1_ehf_main/4_news_pdf/85-2206_euro2008Draw-Results.pdf 2008 Men's European Handball Championship Draw EHF 22 June 2007 17 September 2020 Seeding The seedings were announced on 19 June 2007.http://www.ehf-euro.com/championship/draw-for-the-final-tournament.html 22 June: Follow the Draw Live on our Website! EHF 19 June 2007 17 September 2020 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070620153425/http://www.ehf-euro.com/championship/draw-for-the-final-tournament.html 20 June 2007 Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 FRA ESP DEN CRO GER RUS ISL SLO POL NOR SVK HUN BLR MNE SWE CZE Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1). Group A main WDL complete EHF 2 CRO, POL, SLO, CZE 3 0 0 91 77 2 0 1 93 89 1 0 2 85 94 0 0 3 88 97 CRO CZE POL SLO 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. A A A Q green1 Main round 17 January 2008 18:15 SLO 34–32 CZE 16–14 Report Kavtičnik 12 Filip 10 8 3 1 8 3 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 1,000 Lemme, Ullrich GER 17 January 2008 20:15 CRO 32–27 POL 14–14 Report Balić, Horvat 7 Jurasik 11 3 2 7 3 1 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 1,000 Breto, Huelin ESP 18 January 2008 18:15 CZE 26–30 CRO 13–13 Report Vítek 7 Balić 6 10 3 1 4 3 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 1,200 Vakula, Ljudovik UKR 18 January 2008 20:15 POL 33–27 SLO 23–14 Report Bielecki 9 Pajovič 7 7 3 1 6 2 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 2,655 Breto, Huelin ESP 20 January 2008 15:15 POL 33–30 CZE 13–14 Report Bielecki 9 Nocar 7 5 3 10 3 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 2,000 Bejenariu, Cirligeanu ROU 17:15 20 January 2008 CRO 29–24 SLO 16–15 Report Balić 7 Pajovič 7 4 2 3 4 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 2,500 Bord, Buy FRA Group B main WDL complete EHF 2 NOR, DEN, MNE, RUS 3 0 0 86 69 H 2 0 1 89 79 0 1 2 71 84 0 1 2 74 88 Russia 25–25 Montenegro MNE DEN MNE NOR RUS 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. A A A Q green1 Main round 17 January 2008 17:00 RUS 25–25 MNE 15–16 Report Koksharov 8 Mrvaljević, Muratović 7 6 2 6 3 Drammenshallen, Drammen 4,000 Canbro, Claesson SWE 17 January 2008 19:15 DEN 26–27 NOR 10–14 Report Boesen 9 Tvedten 8 5 3 6 3 Drammenshallen, Drammen 4,700 Vakula, Ljudovik UKR 18 January 2008 18:15 NOR 32–21 RUS 15–10 Report Hagen 9 Starykh 5 2 3 5 3 Drammenshallen, Drammen 4,650 Bord, Buy FRA 18 January 2008 20:15 MNE 24–32 DEN 9–18 Report Muratović 9 three players 5 5 2 5 3 Drammenshallen, Drammen 2,100 Bejenariu, Cirligeanu ROU 20 January 2008 17:15 DEN 31–28 RUS 18–11 Report Christiansen 13 Koksharov 6 4 3 6 3 1 Drammenshallen, Drammen 4,500 Lemme, Ullrich GER 20 January 2008 19:15 NOR 27–22 MNE 16–11 Report Tvedten 5 Muratović 8 5 3 1 7 3 1 Drammenshallen, Drammen 4,700 Breto, Huelin ESP Group C main WDL complete EHF 2 HUN, ESP, GER, BLR 2 0 1 90 82 2 0 1 94 88 2 0 1 84 80 0 0 3 83 101 Hungary 2 Pts, +3 GD; Spain 2 Pts, +1 GD; Germany 2 Pts, –4 GD HUN HUN BLR ESP HUN GER 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. A A A Q green1 Main round 17 January 2008 17:15 GER 34–26 BLR 16–13 Report Baur 7 Pukhouski 10 4 3 6 3 Haukelandshallen, Bergen 2,110 Abrahamsen, Kristiansen NOR 17 January 2008 19:15 ESP 28–35 HUN 12–14 Report Garabaya 8 Ilyés, Nagy 7 1 3 3 3 Haukelandshallen, Bergen 2,130 Baum, Góralczyk POL 19 January 2008 18:10 HUN 24–28 GER 12–13 Report three players 4 Baur, Jansen 5 3 3 2 3 Haukelandshallen, Bergen 2,340 Višekruna, Stanojević SRB 19 January 2008 20:15 BLR 31–36 ESP 15–18 Report Pukhouski 8 Rocas 11 4 3 1 5 3 Haukelandshallen, Bergen 2,340 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 20 January 2008 16:30 ESP 30–22 GER 12–12 Report García 8 three players 4 1 3 3 3 Haukelandshallen, Bergen 3,238 Poladenko, Chernega RUS 20 January 2008 18:30 HUN 31–26 BLR 18–16 Report G. Iváncsik, Nagy 9 Kurchev 7 3 3 4 2 Haukelandshallen, Bergen 3,238 Reisinger, Kaschütz AUT Group D main WDL complete EHF 2 FRA, SWE, ISL, SVK 3 0 0 90 76 2 0 1 89 72 1 0 2 68 76 0 0 3 78 101 FRA ISL SVK SWE 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. A A A Q green1 Main round 17 January 2008 18:15 FRA 32–31 SVK 20–18 Report Girault 6 Šulc 10 4 3 6 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 2,585 Višekruna, Stanojević SRB 17 January 2008 20:15 ISL 19–24 SWE 9–11 Report G. Sigurðsson, Stefánsson 4 Jurasik 11 2 3 7 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 2,930 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 19 January 2008 18:15 SVK 22–28 ISL 5–16 Report Kozlov 7 G. Sigurðsson 7 7 3 6 2 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 3,410 Reisinger, Kaschütz AUT 19 January 2008 20:15 SWE 24–28 FRA 13–18 Report three players 4 three players 5 2 4 3 2 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 3,640 Poladenko, Chernega RUS 20 January 2008 16:15 SVK 25–41 SWE 12–20 Report Dudáš, Mikéci 4 Andersson 8 4 3 3 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 1,870 Abrahamsen, Kristiansen NOR 18:15 20 January 2008 FRA 30–21 ISL 17–8 Report Karabatić 10 Petersson 5 4 3 1 2 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 2,335 Baum, Góralczyk POL Main round Group I main WDL 2 complete EHF DEN, CRO, NOR, POL, SLO, MNE 4 0 1 152 120 3 1 1 138 130 2 2 1 130 128 H 2 1 2 149 142 2 0 3 138 148 0 0 5 124 163 CRO DEN MNE NOR POL SLO 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. SF SF 5P Q green1 Semifinals blue1 Fifth place game 22 January 2008 16:15 SLO 31–29 MNE 16–13 Report Pajovič 9 Mrvaljević 5 3 2 4 3 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 2,815 Canbro, Claesson SWE 22 January 2008 18:15 CRO 20–30 DEN 9–15 Report Horvat 5 Lindberg 7 3 3 5 3 1 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 4,601 Lemme, Ullrich GER 22 January 2008 20:15 POL 24–24 NOR 12–13 Report Lijewski 8 Strand 9 7 4 2 9 3 2 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 7,000 Bord, Buy FRA 23 January 2008 16:15 CRO 34–26 MNE 12–13 Report Vori 9 Kapisoda 7 1 2 2 3 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 2,745 Breto, Huelin ESP 23 January 2008 18:15 POL 26–36 DEN 13–17 Report Jurasik 7 Boesen 8 5 3 5 3 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 4,757 Vakula, Ljudovik UKR 23 January 2008 20:15 SLO 33–29 NOR 14–13 Report Natek 9 Kjelling, Loke 7 6 3 3 3 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 6,869 Bejenariu, Cirligeanu ROU 24 January 2008 16:15 POL 39–23 MNE 19–13 Report Jachlewski 6 Kapisoda 6 4 3 3 3 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 2,309 Canbro, Claesson SWE 24 January 2008 18:15 SLO 23–28 DEN 11–15 Report Natek 5 Christiansen 8 4 4 3 2 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 6,412 Lemme, Ullrich GER 24 January 2008 20:15 CRO 23–23 NOR 10–11 Report Balić 9 three players 5 5 4 2 4 Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger 7,000 Breto, Huelin ESP Group II main WDL 2 complete EHF FRA, GER, SWE, HUN, ESP, ISL 4 0 1 140 126 3 0 2 139 136 2 1 2 131 131 2 1 2 145 147 2 0 3 144 138 1 0 4 129 150 Sweden 27–27 Hungary SWE ESP FRA GER HUN ISL SWE 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference. SF SF 5P Q green1 Semifinals blue1 Fifth place game 22 January 2008 16:20 GER 35–27 ISL 17–12 Report Glandorf 9 Stefánsson 8 4 3 4 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 1,380 Abrahamsen, Kristiansen NOR 22 January 2008 18:30 ESP 27–28 FRA 15–15 Report three players 5 Narcisse 7 2 2 3 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 1,890 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 22 January 2008 20:30 HUN 27–27 SWE 16–14 Report G. Iváncsik 8 Ahlm 8 3 3 5 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 1,103 Višekruna, Stanojević SRB 23 January 2008 16:15 ESP 26–27 SWE 14–13 Report García 8 Källman 8 5 3 5 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 2,730 Baum, Góralczyk POL 23 January 2008 18:15 GER 23–26 FRA 10–11 Report Kraus 6 Karabatić 8 5 3 1 2 4 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 2,945 Poladenko, Chernega RUS 23 January 2008 20:15 HUN 28–36 ISL 16–16 Report Mocsai 6 Guðjónsson 11 4 3 3 3 1 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 1,012 Reisinger, Kaschütz AUT 24 January 2008 15:20 ESP 33–26 ISL 18–15 Report García 9 Guðjónsson, G. Sigurðsson 7 4 3 4 2 1 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 2,280 Olesen, Pedersen DEN 24 January 2008 17:20 HUN 31–28 FRA 15–11 Report Ilyés 9 Guilbert 6 5 3 3 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 2,360 Abrahamsen, Kristiansen NOR 24 January 2008 19:20 GER 31–29 SWE 16–18 Report Glandorf, Hens 7 Andersson 9 5 3 3 3 Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim 2,915 Višekruna, Stanojević SRB Final round Bracket N4 yes high yes Semifinals Final Third place 26 January DEN 26 GER 25 26 January CRO 24 FRA 23 27 January DEN 24 CRO 20 27 January GER 26 FRA 36 Semifinals 26 January 2008 15:30 CRO 24–23 FRA Report Metličić 6 Abalo, Narcisse 7 11–9 1 4 2 4 Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 6,012 Baum, Góralczyk POL 26 January 2008 18:00 DEN 26–25 GER Report Christiansen 6 Kehrmann 6 10–13 2 3 4 3 Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 6,012 Poladenko, Chernega RUS Fifth place game 26 January 2008 13:00 NOR 34–36 SWE Report Strand 10 Boquist, Källman 7 13–15 26–26 4–4 4–6 3 3 4 3 Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 5,840 Lemme, Ullrich GER Third place game #cc9966 27 January 2008 13:30 GER 26–36 FRA Report Jansen 7 Girault 8 9–18 4 3 3 3 Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 7,940 Vakula, Liudovyk UKR Final gold 27 January 2008 16:00 DEN 24–20 CRO Report Boesen, Christiansen 7 Metličić 5 13–10 5 2 6 4 1 Håkons Hall, Lillehammer 9,052 Breto, Huelin ESP Ranking and statistics Final ranking File:gold medal icon.svg DENFile:silver medal icon.svg CROFile:bronze medal icon.svg FRA4 GER5 SWE6 NOR7 POL8 HUN9 ESP10 SLO11 ISL12 MNE13 RUS14 CZE15 BLR16 SVK 2008 Men's European Champions 100px|border|DenmarkDenmarkFirst Title Team roster Kasper Hvidt, Mikkel Holm Aagaard, Lasse Boesen, Lars T. Jørgensen, Jesper Jensen, Lars Rasmussen, Lars Christiansen, Lars Møller Madsen, Peter Henriksen, Bo Spellerberg, Michael V. Knudsen, Jesper Nøddesbo, Lars Krogh Jeppesen, Kasper Søndergaard, Joachim Boldsen, Hans Lindberg and Kasper Nielsen.Head coach: Ulrik Wilbek. All-Star Team Goalkeeper: Kasper Hvidt DEN Left wing: Lars Christiansen DEN Left back: Daniel Narcisse FRA Pivot: Frank Løke NOR Centre back: Ivano Balić CRO Right back: Kim Andersson SWE Right wing: Florian Kehrmann GER Source: EHF https://web.archive.org/web/20201020035704/https://men2020.ehf-euro.com/about-ehf-euro/ehf-euro-history/ehf-euro-2008/ 20 October 2020 Other awards Most valuable player: Nikola Karabatić FRA Best Defence Player: Igor Vori CRO Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots %1 Ivano Balić CRO 44 84 52Lars Christiansen DEN 58 76Nikola Karabatić FRA 89 49 4 Daniel Narcisse FRA 43 72 605 Kim Andersson SWE 41 78 53Lasse Boesen DEN 76 54 7 Aleš Pajovič SLO 39 70 56 8 Karol Bielecki POL 37 62 60 9 Holger Glandorf GER 36 72 50 10 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson ISL 34 63 54 Source: EHF Top goalkeepers (minimum 20% of total shots received by team) Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Kasper Hvidt 40 124 3072 Steinar Ege 39 104 264 3 Nándor Fazekas 38 53 140 4 Beno Lapajne 37 55 1485 Oleg Grams 35 9 26José Javier Hombrados 71 203Goran Stojanović 71 2018 Mirko Alilović 34 72 211Johannes Bitter 59 176Thierry Omeyer 77 229Nenad Puljezević 44 130Gorazd Škof 45 132Tomas Svensson 49 143 References Norway Sports European Handball Handball 2008 Category:January 2008 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Trondheim Category:Sports competitions in Bergen Category:21st century in Trondheim Category:21st century in Bergen Category:Sport in Drammen Category:Sport in Lillehammer Category:Sports competitions in Stavanger