The 2002 Men's European Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden. Sweden won the tournament for a third time in a row, and fourth time overall.
Qualification Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament Host, defending champion 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) Fifth place of 2000 European Championship 3 (1994, 1996, 2000) Playoff winner 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) Playoff winner 2 (1996, 1998) Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 2000) Playoff winner 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) Playoff winner 1 (2000) Playoff winner 0 (Debut) Playoff winner 0 (Debut) Playoff winner 2 (1994, 2000) Playoff winner 0 (Debut) Playoff winner 1 (2000) Playoff winner 2 (1996, 1998)
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Venues GroupCityStadiumCapacityA and I Gothenburg Scandinavium 12.000B Helsingborg Idrottens Hus 2.700C Skövde Arena Skövde 2.500D Jönköping Kinnarps Arena 7.000II Västerås Västeråshallen 5.000Final round Stockholm Globen Arena 14.500
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main round Points gained in the preliminary round against teams that also qualified, were carried over.
Group I
Group II
Placement games Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Final round Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
2002 Men's European Champions SwedenFourth Title
All-Star Team Position Player Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Centre back Left back Left wing Pivot Most valuable player Source: EHF
Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Ólafur Stefánsson 58 107 54 2 Stefan Lövgren 57 90 63 3 Yuriy Kostetskiy 52 92 57 4 Nedeljko Jovanović 46 74 62 5 Jan Filip 44 65 68 6 Lars Christiansen 43 58 747 Johan Petersson 36 50 728 Patrekur Jóhannesson 35 66 53Renato Vugrinec 79 44 10 Daniel Stephan 33 74 45 Source: EHF
Top goalkeepers (minimum 20% of total shots received by team) Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Sergiy Bilyk 42 48 1152 Peter Gentzel 41 70 171Dejan Perić 90 2204 Miloš Slabý 40 42 105Michael Bruun 42 105Arpad Sterbik 37 93 7 José Javier Hombrados 39 40 1028 Yevgeny Budko 36 56 155Sérgio Morgado 49 136Rafał Bernacki 14 39David Barrufet 62 173 Source: EHF EHF
References
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