1998 European Men's Handball Championship
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The 1998 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
(3rd tournament) was held in Italy
from 29 May–7 June, in the cities of Meran and Bolzano. Sweden
won the tournament with Spain
second and Germany
third.
European Men's Handball Championship
The European men's handball championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championship...
(3rd tournament) was held in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
from 29 May–7 June, in the cities of Meran and Bolzano. Sweden
Sweden national handball team
The Sweden national handball team is the national handball team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. It is considered by many to be one of the most important national teams in handball...
won the tournament with Spain
Spain national handball team
The Spain national handball team is the national handball team of Spain and is controlled by the Spain Handball Federation.-2008 Olympic squad:*1 José Javier Hombrados – BM Ciudad Real*2 Alberto Entrerríos – BM Ciudad Real...
second and Germany
Germany national handball team
The Germany national handball team is the national handball team of Germany. Germany won the handball world cup in 1938, 1978 and in 2007 as the host of the handball world cup-Achievements:Olympic Games* winner in 1936...
third.
Teams
| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
| Yugoslavia | |
Venues
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Bolzano | Palaonda Palaonda PalaOnda or Eiswelle is an indoor sports arena in Bolzano, Italy. Built in 1993, it has a Ice Hockey seating capacity for 7,200 people.It was built to host the 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships along with Forum Di Assago.... |
7.200 |
| Meran | Meranarena | 4.000 |
Group A
| Team | P | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 111 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 102 | 8 | ||
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 121 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 110 | 125 | |||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100 | 115 | |||
| 3 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 122 | |||
| 2 |
| 29. May 1998 | ||
| 20 – 20 | ||
| 20 – 21 | ||
| Yugoslavia | 26 – 19 | |
| 30. May 1998 | ||
| 25 – 22 | ||
| 22 – 30 | Yugoslavia | |
| 18 – 26 | ||
| 1. June 1998 | ||
| 21 – 27 | ||
| Yugoslavia | 22 – 29 | |
| 23 – 22 | ||
| 3. June 1998 | ||
| Yugoslavia | 19 – 29 | |
| 30 – 23 | ||
| 18 – 19 | ||
| 4. June 1998 | ||
| 22 – 28 | Yugoslavia | |
| 28 – 29 | ||
| 20 – 18 |
Group B
| Team | P | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 135 | 103 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 127 | 110 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 122 | |||
| 6 | ||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 117 | 120 | |||
| 5 | ||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 130 | 132 | |||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 104 | 147 | |||
| 1 |
| 29. May 1998 | ||
| 29 – 20 | ||
| 22 – 21 | ||
| 18 – 18 | ||
| 31. May 1998 | ||
| 24 – 30 | ||
| 26 – 26 | ||
| 27 – 17 | ||
| 1. June 1998 | ||
| 28 – 21 | ||
| 20 – 23 | ||
| 35 – 22 | ||
| 3. June 1998 | ||
| 27 – 25 | ||
| 19 – 26 | ||
| 29 – 14 | ||
| 4. June 1998 | ||
| 27 – 29 | ||
| 27 – 28 | ||
| 38 – 18 |
Finals
- (1) - in overtime
Final ranking
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| 5 | Yugoslavia |
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| 12 |