The 1996 European Men's Handball Championship was the second edition of the tournament and held in Spain from 24 May to 1 June 1996, in the cities of Ciudad Real and Seville. Russia won the tournament after defeating Spain in the final, while Yugoslavia finished third.
Teams Group AGroup B
Venues CityStadiumCapacity Ciudad Real Pabellón Santa María 2.000 Seville Palacio de Deportes San Pablo 7.000
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Placement games Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Knockout stage Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1996 Men's European Champions RussiaFirst Title
Team roster: Andrey Lavrov, Pavel Sukosyan, Igor Lavrov, Stanislav Kulinchenko, Oleg Kuleshov, Denis Krivoshlykov, Lev Voronin, Valery Gopin, Vasily Kudinov, Dmitri Torgovanov, Vyacheslav Atavin, Oleg Grebnev, Oleg Kiselyov, Sergey Pogorelov, Dmitry Filippov.Head coach: Vladimir Maksimov.
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