1996 European Men's Handball Championship

1996 EHF European Men's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	24 May–2 June
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Sweden
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The 1996 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (2nd tournament) was held in Spain from 24 May–2 June, in the cities of Ciudad Real and Seville. Russia won the tournament with Spain second and Yugoslavia the third.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Croatia	Czech Republic
Hungary	Sweden
Slovenia	France
Germany	Romania
Yugoslavia	Spain
Russia	Denmark

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Ciudad Real	Quijote Arena	5.800
Seville	Palacio de Deportes San Pablo	7.000

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	P	W	T	L	F	A	GD	Pts.
Russia	5	4	1	0	125	98	+27	9
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	0	117	110	+7	9
Croatia	5	3	0	2	127	125	+2	6
Germany	5	1	1	3	110	111	-1	3
Hungary	5	1	1	3	117	130	-13	3
Slovenia	5	0	0	5	93	115	-22	0

24. May 1996
Croatia	30 – 27	Hungary
Russia	22 – 18	Slovenia
Yugoslavia	23 – 22	Germany
25. May 1996
Hungary	21 – 33	Russia
Germany	21 – 26	Croatia
Slovenia	20 – 21	Yugoslavia
26. May 1996
Croatia	26 – 22	Slovenia
Russia	20 – 20	Yugoslavia
Hungary	24 – 24	Germany
28. May 1996
Russia	22 – 18	Germany
Yugoslavia	27 – 24	Croatia
Slovenia	17 – 21	Hungary
29. May 1996
Germany	25 – 16	Slovenia
Yugoslavia	26 – 24	Hungary
Croatia	21 – 28	Russia

Group B

Team	P	W	T	L	F	A	GD	Pts.
Spain	5	4	0	1	124	116	+8	8
Sweden	5	4	0	1	124	106	+18	8
Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	129	125	+4	6
France	5	3	0	2	130	120	+10	6
Romania	5	1	0	4	117	134	-17	2
Denmark	5	0	0	5	108	131	-23	0

24. May 1996
Czech Republic	32 – 25	Romania
Sweden	23 – 24	Spain
Denmark	22 – 25	France
25. May 1996
Romania	24 – 28	Sweden
France	29 – 31	Czech Republic
Spain	28 – 22	Denmark
26. May 1996
Czech Republic	21 – 25	Spain
Sweden	23 – 21	Denmark
Romania	20 – 27	France
28. May 1996
Sweden	26 – 20	France
Denmark	22 – 28	Czech Republic
Spain	26 – 21	Romania
29. May 1996
France	29 – 21	Spain
Denmark	21 – 27	Romania
Czech Republic	17 – 24	Sweden

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Russia	24
	Sweden	21
					Russia	23
					Spain	22
					Bronze-final
	Spain	27		Sweden	25
	Yugoslavia	23			Yugoslavia	26

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

	Russia
	Spain
	Yugoslavia
4	Sweden
5	Croatia
6	Czech Republic
7	France
8	Germany
9	Romania
10	Hungary
11	Slovenia
12	Denmark

1996 Men's European Champions Russia First Title Team Roster Andrei Lavrov, Pavel Sukosian, Igor Lavrov, Stanislav Kulitschenko, Oleg Kuleschov, Denis Krivoshlykov, Oleg Kuleschov, Lev Voronin, Valeri Gopin, Vassili Kudinov, Dmitri Torgovanov, Vyacheslav Atavin, Oleg Grebnev, Oleg Kisseliev, Serguei Pogorelov, Dmitri Filipov. Head Coach: Vladimir Maksimov.