2014 European Men's Handball Championship


The 2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 11th edition of the tournament and held in Denmark from 12–26 January. Hungary/Croatia were the other applicants for the championship.
Denmark was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Copenhagen 25 September 2010 with 24 votes. Hungary/Croatia got 22 votes. Denmark was automatically qualified as hosting nation, and as defending champions as well. After the final, at total of 316,390 spectators had visited the stadiums. An all time EHF record.
France won their third title after defeating Denmark 41–32 in the final.

Venues

AalborgAarhus
Gigantium
Capacity: 6,500
NRGi Arena
Capacity: 5,001
BrøndbyHerning
Brøndby Hall
Capacity: 4,950
Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 15,000

Referees

On 23 October 2013, 12 couples were announced in Vienna.
CountryReferees
Andrei Gousko
Siarhei Repkin
Matija Gubica
Boris Milošević
Václav Horáček
Jiří Novotný
Martin Gjeding
Mads Hansen
Thierry Dentz
Denis Reibel
Lars Geipel
Marcus Helbig

CountryReferees
Zigmārs Stoļarovs
Renārs Līcis
Gjorgi Nachevski
Slave Nikolov
Bogdan Stark
Romeo Ştefan
Nenad Nikolić
Dušan Stojković
Nenad Krstić
Peter Ljubič
Óscar Raluy
Ángel Sabroso

Qualification

Qualified teams

Squads

Seeding

The draw was held on 21 June 2013 in Herning at 18:00 local time. The seeding was announced on 18 June 2013.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

  • Group stage

    All times are local.
    Team advance to the Main Round

    Group A

    Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
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    Group B

    Venue: Gigantium, Aalborg
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    Group C

    Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus
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    Group D

    Venue: Brøndby Hall, Brøndby
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    Main round

    Group I

    Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
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    Group II

    Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus
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    Knockout stage

    Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

    Bracket

    Semifinals

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    Fifth place game

    Third place game

    Final

    Ranking and statistics

    Final ranking

    The final ranking for places 7 to 16 were determined by the team's group stage record.
    Legend for qualification type
    Qualified for the 2015 World Championship based on this tournament
    Qualified for the 2015 World Championship as defending title holder

    RankTeam
    4
    5
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    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16

    All Star Team

    The All-star team and award winners were announced on 26 January 2014.
    PositionPlayer
    Goalkeeper
    Right wing
    Right back
    Central back
    Left back
    Left wing
    Pivot

    Other awards

    Top goalscorers

    Source: