The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place from 22 January to 1 February 2004 in Slovenia in the cities of Ljubljana, Celje, Velenje and Koper.

Germany won the title after defeating hosts Slovenia in the final. Denmark captured the bronze medal, after defeating Croatia.

Venues

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| Ljubljana

| Tivoli Hall

| style="text-align:right;"| 5,600

| Opened in 1965

| Preliminary stage & Second Group stage and knockout stages

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| Koper

| Arena Bonifika

| style="text-align:right;"| 5,000

| Opened in 1999

| Preliminary stage

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| Velenje

| Red Hall

| style="text-align:right;"| 2,500

| Opened in 2003

| Preliminary stage and second group stage

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Qualification

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! Country !! Qualified as !! Previous appearances in tournament<sup>1</sup>

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| || Host || 4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)

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| || Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship || 4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)

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| || Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship || 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)

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| || Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship || 2 (2000, 2002)

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| || Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship || 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)

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| || Fifth place of 2002 European Championship

| 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)

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| || Playoff winner || 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)

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| || Playoff winner || 3 (1996, 1998, 2002)

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| || Playoff winner || 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)

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| || Playoff winner|| 3 (1994, 1996, 1998)

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| || Playoff winner || 1 (2002)

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| || Playoff winner || 3 (1994, 2000, 2002)

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| || Playoff winner || (1996, 1998, 2002)

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| || Playoff winner || 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)

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| || Playoff winner || 1 (2002)

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| || Playoff winner || 2 (2000, 2002)

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:<div id="1"></div><sup>1</sup> Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

:<div id="2"></div><sup>2</sup> as FR Yugoslavia

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

Group I

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Group II

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Final round

Bracket

Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

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|width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc| ||Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

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All-Star Team

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| Pivot ||

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<small>Source: EHF</small>

Top goalscorers

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! Rank !! Name !! Team !! Goals !! Shots !! %

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| 1 || align=left|Mirza Džomba || align=left| || 46 || 64 || 75

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| 2 || align=left|Florian Kehrmann|| align=left| || 45 || 81 || 56

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| 3 || align=left|Daniel Stephan|| align=left| || 42|| 85 || 49

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| rowspan=3|4 || align=left|Michael Knudsen || align=left| || rowspan=3|40 || 49 || 82

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| align=left|Vid Kavtičnik || align=left| || 65 || 62

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| align=left|Robbie Kostadinovich || align=left| || 81 || 49

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| rowspan=2|7 || align=left|Eduard Koksharov || align=left| || rowspan=2|38 || 56 || 68

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| align=left|Renato Vugrinec|| align=left| || 77 || 49

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| 9 || align=left|Nikola Karabatić || align=left| || 35 || 71 || 49

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| rowspan=2|10 || align=left|Søren Stryger || align=left| || rowspan=2|34 || 42 || 81

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| align=left|Aleksey Rastvortsev || align=left| || 71 || 48

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<small>Source: EHF</small>

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

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! Rank !! Name !! Team !! % !! Saves !! Shots

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| 1 || align=left|Yevgeny Budko|| align=left| || 43 || 23 || 54

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| 2 || align=left|Michael Bruun || align=left| || 41 || 33 || 80

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| 3 || align=left|Aleksey Kostygov || align=left| || 40 || 23 || 58

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| rowspan=2|4 || align=left|Christian Ramota || align=left| || rowspan=2|39 || 29 || 74

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| align=left|Beno Lapajne || align=left| || 56 || 145

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| 6 || align=left|Nándor Fazekas || align=left| || 38 || 49 || 130

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| rowspan=3|7 || align=left|Kasper Hvidt || align=left| || rowspan=3|37 || 95 || 254

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| align=left|Henning Fritz || align=left| || 97 || 260

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| align=left|János Szathmári || align=left| || 52 || 140

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| rowspan=4|10 || align=left|Mario Kelentrić || align=left| || rowspan=4|35 || 36 || 103

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| align=left|Vlado Šola || align=left| || 51 || 146

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| align=left|Martin Galia|| align=left| || 86 || 248

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| align=left|Antoine Ebinger|| align=left| || 39 || 113

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<small>Source: EHF</small>

References

  • The official site of the championship with reports, results, statistics, etc.
  • Results