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
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! Country !! Qualified as !! Previous appearances in tournament
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| || Host, defending champion || 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
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| || Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship
| 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
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| || Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship
| 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
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| || Semifinalist of 2000 European Championship
| 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
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| || Fifth place of 2000 European Championship
| 3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
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| || Playoff winner || 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
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| || Playoff winner || 2 (1996, 1998)
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| || Playoff winner || 3 (1994, 1996, 2000)
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| || Playoff winner || 4 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
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| || Playoff winner || 1 (2000)
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| || Playoff winner || 0 (Debut)
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| || Playoff winner || 0 (Debut)
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| || Playoff winner || 2 (1994, 2000)
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| || Playoff winner || 0 (Debut)
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| || Playoff winner || 1 (2000)
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| || Playoff winner || 2 (1996, 1998)
|}
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Venues
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!Group
!City
!Stadium
!Capacity
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|A and I || Gothenburg || Scandinavium || 12.000
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|B || Helsingborg || Idrottens Hus || 2.700
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|C || Skövde || Arena Skövde || 2.500
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|D || Jönköping || Kinnarps Arena || 7.000
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|II || Västerås || Västeråshallen || 5.000
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|Final round || Stockholm || Globen Arena || 14.500
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Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Main round
Points gained in the preliminary round against teams that also qualified, were carried over.
Group I
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Group II
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Placement games
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Final round
Bracket
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
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|2002 Men's European Champions <br><br> 150px|border|Sweden<br>Sweden<br/>Fourth Title
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All-Star Team
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! Position !! Player
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| Goalkeeper ||
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| Right wing ||
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| Right back ||
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| Centre back ||
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| Left back ||
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| Left wing ||
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| Pivot ||
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| Most valuable player ||
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<small>Source: EHF</small>
Top goalscorers
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank !! Name !! Team !! Goals !! Shots !! %
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| 1 || align=left|Ólafur Stefánsson || align=left| || 58 || 107 || 54
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| 2 || align=left|Stefan Lövgren|| align=left| || 57 || 90 || 63
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| 3 || align=left|Yuriy Kostetskiy || align=left| ||52 || 92 || 57
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| 4 || align=left|Nedeljko Jovanović || align=left| || 46 || 74 || 62
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| 5 || align=left|Jan Filip || align=left| || 44 || 65 || 68
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| 6 || align=left|Lars Christiansen || align=left| || 43 || 58 || 74
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|7 || align=left|Johan Petersson || align=left| || 36 || 50 || 72
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| rowspan=2|8 || align=left|Patrekur Jóhannesson || align=left| || rowspan=2|35 || 66 || 53
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| align=left|Renato Vugrinec || align=left| || 79 || 44
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| 10 || align=left|Daniel Stephan || align=left| || 33 || 74 || 45
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<small>Source: EHF</small>
Top goalkeepers
(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank !! Name !! Team !! % !! Saves !! Shots
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| 1 || align=left|Sergiy Bilyk || align=left| || 42 || 48 || 115
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| rowspan=2|2 || align=left|Peter Gentzel || align=left| || rowspan=2|41 || 70 || 171
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| align=left|Dejan Perić || align=left| || 90 || 220
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| rowspan=3|4 || align=left|Miloš Slabý || align=left| || rowspan=3|40 || 42 || 105
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| align=left|Michael Bruun || align=left| || 42 || 105
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| align=left|Arpad Sterbik || align=left| || 37 || 93
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| 7 || align=left|José Javier Hombrados || align=left| ||39 || 40 || 102
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| rowspan=4|8 || align=left|Yevgeny Budko || align=left| || rowspan=4|36 || 56 || 155
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| align=left|Sérgio Morgado || align=left| || 49 || 136
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| align=left|Rafał Bernacki || align=left| || 14 || 39
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| align=left|David Barrufet || align=left| || 62 || 173
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<small>Source: EHF EHF</small>
References
External links
- Results