2020 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries – Austria, Norway and Sweden – from 9 to 26 January 2020.
Spain won their second consecutive title by defeating Croatia 22–20 in the final.
Venues
Qualification
Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.Draw
The draw was held at the Erste Bank Campus in Vienna on 28 June 2019.Seeding
The seedings were announced on 17 June 2019.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
Squads
Match officials
On 21 August 2019, 23 couples were announced. On 27 December 2019, EHF replaced the Serbian referee pair Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković with the Latvian referee pair Zigmārs Sondors and Renārs Līcis, due to an injury and late recovery of Nikolić in late October.Preliminary round
All times are local.Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Main round
Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advance were transferred to the main round.Group I
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Group II
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
----Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
The teams ranked fourth in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches were ranked 18 to 24, while teams ranked third in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches were ranked 13 to 18 according to the number of points won in the preliminary round. Places seven or eight were attributed to the two teams ranked fourth in the groups, places nine and ten were attributed to the two teams ranked fifth in the groups, places eleven and twelve were attributed to the two teams ranked sixth in the group according to the number of points won by the respective teams after completion of the main round matches. Places one to six were decided by play–off or knock–out.| Rank | Team |
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| Team qualified for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
| Team qualified for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship and the Olympic Qualification Tournament | |
| Team qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament |
| 2020 Men's European Champions Spain Second title Team roster: Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas, Jorge Maqueda, Ángel Fernández Pérez, Raúl Entrerríos, Alex Dujshebaev, Daniel Sarmiento Melián, Rodrigo Corrales, Julen Aguinagalde, Ferran Solé, Iosu Goñi Leoz, Adrià Figueras, Joan Cañellas, Viran Morros, Aleix Gómez, Aitor Ariño, Gedeón Guardiola, Daniel Dujshebaev. Head Coach: Jordi Ribera. |
All-Star Team
The all-star team and awards were announced on 26 January 2020.| Position | Player |
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