1998 European Men's Handball Championship

1998 European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates29 May – 7 June
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (2nd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Germany
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored1,879 (49.45 per match)
Attendance80,250 (2,112 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Jan Filip
(48 goals)
Best playerGermany Daniel Stephan
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The 1998 European Men's Handball Championship was the third edition of the tournament and held in Italy from 29 May to 7 June 1998, in the cities of Meran and Bolzano. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Spain in the final, while Germany finished third.

Qualification

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Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament
 Italy Host 0 (Debut)
 Russia Defending champion 2 (1994, 1996)
 Croatia Group 1 winner 2 (1994, 1996)
 Macedonia Group 1 runner-up 0 (Debut)
 Yugoslavia Group 2 winner 1 (1996)
 Lithuania Group 2 runner-up 0 (Debut)
 France Group 3 winner 2 (1994, 1996)
 Czech Republic Group 3 runner-up 1 (1996)
 Germany Group 4 winner 2 (1994, 1996)
 Spain Group 4 runner-up 2 (1994, 1996)
 Hungary Group 5 winner 2 (1994, 1996)
 Sweden Group 5 runner-up 2 (1994, 1996)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

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City Stadium Capacity
Bolzano PalaOnda 7.200
Merano Meranarena 4.000

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 5 4 0 1 130 111 +19 8[a] Semifinals
2  Germany 5 4 0 1 125 102 +23 8[a]
3  Yugoslavia 5 3 0 2 125 121 +4 6 Fifth place game
4  France 5 1 1 3 110 125 −15 3[b] Seventh place game
5  Lithuania 5 1 1 3 100 115 −15 3[b] Ninth place game
6  Italy (H) 5 1 0 4 106 122 −16 2 Eleventh place game
Source: EHF
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Germany 20–21 Sweden
  2. ^ a b France 20–20 Lithuania
29 May 1998
16:00 		France  20–20  Lithuania PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Stoecklin 8 (9–10) Vilaniškis 6
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29 May 1998
18:00 		Germany  20–21  Sweden PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 2,900
Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
Kretzschmar, Schwalb 5 (12–10) Lövgren 5
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29 May 1998
20:00 		Yugoslavia  26–19  Italy PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Peruničić 8 (13–10) Kobilica, Tabanelli 4
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30 May 1998
16:00 		Sweden  25–22  France PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 4,600
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
three players 5 (13–13) Fernandez 6
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30 May 1998
18:00 		Lithuania  22–30  Yugoslavia PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
Marcinkevičius 6 (11–15) Škrbić 7
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30 May 1998
20:00 		Italy  18–26  Germany PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 5,600
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Fusina 5 (9–12) Kretzschmar 7
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1 June 1998
16:00 		Lithuania  21–27  Sweden PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 2,900
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
Bučys, Rasikevičius 6 (9–14) Petersson 8
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1 June 1998
18:00 		Yugoslavia  22–29  Germany PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 4,700
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Butulija 6 (11–14) Stephan 7
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1 June 1998
20:00 		France  23–22  Italy PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
Stoecklin 6 (11–10) Schmidt 7
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3 June 1998
18:00 		Yugoslavia  19–29  Sweden Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Butulija 6 (13–15) Lövgren 9
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3 June 1998
20:00 		Germany  30–23  France Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 4,300
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Kretzschmar, Stephan 8 (13–11) Stoecklin 4
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3 June 1998
20:00 		Italy  18–19  Lithuania PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
Massotti, Tarafino 5 (10–9) Savukynas 5
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4 June 1998
18:00 		France  22–28  Yugoslavia Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Gille 6 (14–14) Maksić 8
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4 June 1998
20:00 		Sweden  28–29  Italy PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
Larsson 8 (13–12) Kobilica 10
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4 June 1998
20:00 		Germany  20–18  Lithuania Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
Ziercke 5 (9–5) three players 4
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 4 1 0 135 103 +32 9 Semifinals
2  Russia 5 3 1 1 127 110 +17 7
3  Hungary 5 3 0 2 121 122 −1 6 Fifth place game
4  Croatia 5 2 1 2 117 120 −3 5 Seventh place game
5  Czech Republic 5 1 0 4 130 132 −2 2 Ninth place game
6  Macedonia 5 0 1 4 104 147 −43 1 Eleventh place game
Source: EHF
29 May 1998
16:00 		Hungary  29–20  Macedonia Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 250
Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)
Kotormán 7 (14–7) Manaskov 7
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29 May 1998
18:00 		Russia  22–21  Czech Republic Meranarena, Merano
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
Filippov 9 (11–8) Tancoš 6
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29 May 1998
20:00 		Croatia  18–18  Spain Meranarena, Merano
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Saračević 5 (11–10) Lozano 5
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31 May 1998
16:00 		Czech Republic  24–30  Croatia Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 700
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
Filip 8 (14–15) Ćavar 11
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31 May 1998
18:00 		Macedonia  26–26  Russia Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Manaskov 12 (10–16) Koksharov 8
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31 May 1998
20:00 		Spain  27–17  Hungary Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
three players 4 (17–3) Pásztor 4
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1 June 1998
16:00 		Croatia  28–21  Macedonia Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 200
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
Ćavar 8 (12–10) Kotevski, Petreski 5
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1 June 1998
18:00 		Hungary  20–23  Russia Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 250
Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
Csoknyai, Kotormán 4 (10–13) Voronin 5
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1 June 1998
20:00 		Spain  35–22  Czech Republic Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 400
Referees: Masi, Piero (ITA)
Guijosa 12 (17–9) Filip 5
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3 June 1998
16:00 		Hungary  27–25  Czech Republic PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 350
Referees: Bülow, Lübker (GER)
Pásztor 11 (13–8) Lanča 11
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3 June 1998
16:00 		Macedonia  19–26  Spain Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
Kotevski 6 (10–13) Ortega 7
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3 June 1998
18:00 		Russia  29–14  Croatia PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 900
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Koksharov 8 (12–8) Ćavar 5
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4 June 1998
16:00 		Russia  27–29  Spain Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
Khodkov 7 (15–11) Guijosa 6
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4 June 1998
16:00 		Croatia  27–28  Hungary PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 300
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
Ćavar, Goluža 6 (10–13) Pásztor 12
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4 June 1998
18:00 		Czech Republic  38–18  Macedonia PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 400
Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)
Filip, Lanča 10 (16–12) Novokmet 7
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Placement games

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Eleventh place game

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6 June 1998
14:00 		Italy  27–26 (ET)  Macedonia Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Garcia, Moreno (FRA)
Massotti 9 (11–12) Novokmet 7
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FT: 23–23 ET: 4–3

Ninth place game

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6 June 1998
16:00 		Lithuania  38–36 (ET)  Czech Republic PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
Klimčiauskas 9 (17–14) Filip 12
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FT: 30–30 ET: 3–3, 5–3

Seventh place game

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6 June 1998
18:00 		France  30–28  Croatia PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Migas, Bavas (GRE)
Fernandez 8 (16–12) Mikulić 10
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Fifth place game

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6 June 1998
16:00 		Yugoslavia  32–24  Hungary Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Jovanović 9 (15–12) Kertész, Pásztor 6
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Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 June
 
 
 Spain29
 
7 June
 
 Germany22
 
 Spain23
 
6 June
 
 Sweden25
 
 Sweden27
 
 
 Russia24
 
Third place
 
 
7 June
 
 
 Germany (ET)30
 
 
 Russia28

Semifinals

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6 June 1998
18:00 		Spain  29–22  Germany Meranarena, Merano
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Arnaldsson, Erlingsson (ISL)
Ortega 6 (13–9) Stephan 6
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6 June 1998
20:00 		Sweden  27–24  Russia PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Vujnović, Mladinić (CRO)
Lövgren 9 (15–14) I. Lavrov 6
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Third place game

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7 June 1998
14:00 		Germany  30–28 (ET)  Russia PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 5,100
Referees: Masi, Di Piero (ITA)
Kretzschmar 10 (13–14) Koksharov 7
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FT: 25–25 ET: 5–3

Final

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7 June 1998
16:30 		Spain  23–25  Sweden PalaOnda, Bolzano
Attendance: 6,100
Referees: Øie, Høgsnes (NOR)
Xepkin 6 (9–15) Petersson, Vranjes 6
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Final ranking

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 Sweden
 Spain
 Germany
4  Russia
5  Yugoslavia
6  Hungary
7  France
8  Croatia
9  Lithuania
10  Czech Republic
11  Italy
12  Macedonia

All-Star Team

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Position Player
Goalkeeper  Peter Gentzel (SWE)
Right wing  Johan Petersson (SWE)
Right back  Sergey Pogorelov (RUS)
Centre back  Talant Dujshebaev (ESP)
Left back  Daniel Stephan (GER)
Left wing  Stefan Kretzschmar (GER)
Pivot  Andrei Xepkin (ESP)
Most valuable player  Daniel Stephan (GER)

Source: EHF

References

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  • eurohandball.com. "1998 Men's European Championship". Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  • todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 1998". Archived from the original on 18 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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