2012 European Men's Handball Championship
Европско првенство у рукомету 2012 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Serbia |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
Dates | 15–29 January 2012 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Denmark (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Serbia |
Third place | Croatia |
Fourth place | Spain |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 47 |
Goals scored | 2,508 (53.36 per match) |
Attendance | 302,688 (6,440 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Kiril Lazarov (MKD) (61 goals) |
Best player | Momir Ilić (SRB) |
The 2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the men's continental handball tournament, which was held in Serbia between 15 and 29 January 2012. Sixteen teams qualified for the event, including host nation Serbia, defending champion France and fourteen national teams through the qualifying tournament. The teams were split into four groups of 4, with the top 3 teams of each group advancing to the main round, carrying the points won against other qualified opponents. Going to the main round with no points, Denmark ended up winning the championship after defeating Serbia in the final with a scoreline of 21–19.[1]
The bronze medal was claimed by Croatia, who defeated Spain 31–27 to win their second bronze and fourth European medal overall.[2] In the placement match for the 5th position Macedonia proved to be too strong for Slovenia and won the match by 28–27. Macedonian right back Kiril Lazarov led his team with 8 goals to success and took the top scorers' award with a European Championship record of 61 goals.[3] Over 300,000 spectators were present in 47 matches during the tournament, which was also a new championship record.[1]
By winning the European title, Denmark directly qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, while Serbia and Macedonia secured a spot in the Olympic Qualification Tournament. Thanks to the Danish triumph, Poland also made it to the qualifiers as the eighth ranked team of the 2011 World Championship.[4]
Denmark, Serbia and Croatia as three best-ranked teams qualified directly for 2013 World Men's Handball Championship.
The championship was somewhat overshadowed by incidents that occurred during the final week of the event. On 26–27 January, in violent attacks, cars were damaged or set on fire, and several Croatian supporters were injured. In the semifinal match between Serbia and Croatia, Žarko Šešum, the back player of the Serbian team had his eye severely injured after a bottle intended for Croatian player Ivano Balić and coach Slavko Goluža was thrown at him.[5]
Bidding process
[edit]The bids were as follows:
Serbia was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Vienna 27 September 2008, narrowly defeating the French bid by three votes. Serbia would host the tournament in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac.
Country | |
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Votes | |
Serbia | 26 |
France | 23 |
Germany | - |
Total | 49 |
Qualification
[edit]The 2012 Championship was the second for which the new qualification system was used.
Qualified teams
[edit]Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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Serbia | Host | 27 September 2008 | 12010) | (
France | Defending Champion | 31 January 2010 | 91994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Hungary | Group 1 winner | 13 March 2011 | 71994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Croatia | Group 2 winner | 13 March 2011 | 91994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Sweden | Group 4 winner | 8 June 2011 | 81994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010) | (
Denmark | Group 7 winner | 8 June 2011 | 81994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Russia | Group 7 runner-up | 8 June 2011 | 91994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Norway | Group 6 winner | 8 June 2011 | 42000, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Germany | Group 5 winner | 8 June 2011 | 91994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Slovakia | Group 4 runner-up | 9 June 2011 | 22006, 2008) | (
Spain | Group 2 runner-up | 9 June 2011 | 91994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Czech Republic | Group 6 runner-up | 11 June 2011 | 61996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010) | (
Macedonia | Group 1 runner-up | 12 June 2011 | 11998) | (
Poland | Group 3 winner | 12 June 2011 | 52002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Slovenia | Group 3 runner-up | 12 June 2011 | 81994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
Iceland | Group 5 runner-up | 12 June 2011 | 62000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010) | (
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
Squads
[edit]Venues
[edit]Preliminary round | |||
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Belgrade | Novi Sad | Vršac | Niš |
Pionir Hall Capacity: 8,150 |
SPENS Capacity: 11,500 |
Millennium Center Capacity: 5,000 |
Čair Sports Center Capacity: 5,000 |
Knockout stage | |||
Belgrade | |||
Belgrade Arena Capacity: 20,000 | |||
Audience
[edit]-
Belgrade Arena.
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Маscot Tasa (eagle) with Macedonian fan in Belgrade Arena
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Serbian and Macedonian fans in Belgrade Arena
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Serbian and Macedonian fans in Belgrade Arena, Serbia vs Germany
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Macedonian fans in Belgrade Arena.
Referees
[edit]On 12 September 2011, 12 couples were announced in Vienna.[6]
Country | Referees |
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Czech Republic | Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný |
Denmark | Per Olesen Lars Ejby Pedersen |
France | Nordine Lazaar Laurent Reveret |
Germany | Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig |
Iceland | Hlynur Leifsson Anton Pálsson |
Macedonia | Slave Nikolov Gjorgi Nachevski |
Norway | Kenneth Abrahamsen Arne Kristiansen |
Romania | Sorin-Laurențiu Dinu Constantin Din |
Russia | Yevgeniy Zotin Nikolay Volodkov |
Serbia | Nenad Nikolić Dušan Stojković |
Slovenia | Nenad Krstić Peter Ljubič |
Spain | Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso |
List of broadcasters
[edit]Seeding
[edit]The draw was held on 15 June 2011 in Belgrade at 12:00 local time.[7][8] The seeding was announced on 13 June 2011.[9]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Group stage
[edit]The match schedule was released and confirmed on 18 April 2011.[10] Four teams were selected to play in the four venue cities, Serbia in Belgrade, Macedonia at Niš, Hungary at Novi Sad and Croatia in Vršac.[11] The playing schedule was announced on 1 July.[12][13]
All times are UTC+1.
Team advanced to the Main Round |
Group A
[edit]Venue: Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 61 | +6 | 5 |
Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 72 | +14 | 4 |
Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 76 | +2 | 2 |
Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 92 | −22 | 1 |
15 January 2012 18:15 |
Poland | 18–22 | Serbia | Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Bielecki 4 | (7–11) | Vujin, Nikčević 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 4× |
15 January 2012 20:15 |
Denmark | 30–25 | Slovakia | Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
Lindberg 7 | (15–12) | Valo 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 2× |
17 January 2012 18:15 |
Slovakia | 24–41 | Poland | Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
Kukučka 5 | (13–17) | Tkaczyk 8 | ||
3× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
17 January 2012 20:15 |
Serbia | 24–22 | Denmark | Attendance: 8,100 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
Ilić 8 | (10–12) | Christiansen, Hansen 4 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 4× |
19 January 2012 18:15 |
Poland | 27–26 | Denmark | Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL) |
Tkaczyk 7 | (10–14) | Mogensen 4 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 5× |
19 January 2012 20:15 |
Serbia | 21–21 | Slovakia | Attendance: 4,900 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
Prodanović 5 | (13–6) | three players 4 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 3× |
Group B
[edit]Venue: Čair Sports Center, Niš
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 74 | +3 | 4 |
Macedonia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 71 | +5 | 3 |
Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 83 | 84 | −1 | 3 |
Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 84 | −7 | 2 |
15 January 2012 17:20 |
Germany | 24–27 | Czech Republic | Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Kaufmann 5 | (9–14) | Jícha 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
15 January 2012 19:30 |
Sweden | 26–26 | Macedonia | Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
Ekberg 6 | (14–13) | Aluševski, Lazarov 7 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 3× 6× |
17 January 2012 18:15 |
Macedonia | 23–24 | Germany | Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL) |
Lazarov 7 | (12–12) | Kaufmann 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 7× 1× |
17 January 2012 20:15 |
Czech Republic | 29–33 | Sweden | Attendance: 2,050 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Jícha 7 | (17–19) | Ekberg 10 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 4× 6× |
19 January 2012 18:15 |
Germany | 29–24 | Sweden | Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
Gensheimer 9 | (20–15) | Ekdahl du Rietz 8 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 2× |
19 January 2012 20:15 |
Czech Republic | 21–27 | Macedonia | Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Jícha, Horák 5 | (12–12) | Lazarov 7 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 2× 3× |
Group C
[edit]Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83 | 77 | +6 | 5 |
Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 78 | +3 | 4 |
France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 79 | −2 | 2 |
Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 89 | −7 | 1 |
16 January 2012 18:15 |
France | 26–29 | Spain | Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Fernandez 7 | (13–15) | three players 4 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
16 January 2012 20:15 |
Hungary | 31–31 | Russia | Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Császár 8 | (19–19) | Chipurin 5 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 3× 7× |
18 January 2012 18:15 |
Russia | 24–28 | France | Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Chipurin 7 | (11–16) | Narcisse 6 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 1× |
18 January 2012 20:15 |
Spain | 24–24 | Hungary | Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Cañellas 6 | (11–12) | Császár, Mocsai 7 | ||
3× | Report | 4× 5× 1× |
20 January 2012 18:15 |
Spain | 30–27 | Russia | Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
García Parrondo 6 | (17–11) | Igropulo 8 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 4× 4× 1× |
20 January 2012 20:15 |
France | 23–26 | Hungary | Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Barachet 5 | (14–12) | Zubai 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
Group D
[edit]Venue: Millennium Centar, Vršac
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 78 | +10 | 6 |
Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 91 | −1 | 2 |
Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 97 | −2 | 2 |
Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 87 | −7 | 2 |
16 January 2012 18:10 |
Norway | 28–27 | Slovenia | Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
three players 6 | (14–14) | Zorman, Gajić 5 | ||
3× 5× 1× | Report | 2× 9× 2× |
16 January 2012 20:10 |
Croatia | 31–29 | Iceland | Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Štrlek 8 | (14–15) | Sigurðsson 8 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
18 January 2012 18:10 |
Slovenia | 29–31 | Croatia | Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Gajić 8 | (12–16) | Čupić 9 | ||
4× 5× | Report | 3× 4× |
18 January 2012 20:10 |
Iceland | 34–32 | Norway | Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN) |
Gunnarsson 9 | (18–20) | Mamelund 10 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
20 January 2012 18:10 |
Iceland | 32–34 | Slovenia | Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Sigurðsson 9 | (13–17) | Gajić, Skube 7 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 5× |
20 January 2012 20:10 |
Croatia | 26–20 | Norway | Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Čupić 6 | (13–8) | Mamelund 6 | ||
4× 3× | Report | 3× 7× |
Main round
[edit]Group stage results between teams that qualified for the main round were carried over.
Team advances to the Semifinals | |
Team plays in the Fifth place game |
Group I
[edit]Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Result
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Serbia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 110 | 104 | +6 | 7 |
Denmark | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 133 | +7 | 6 |
Macedonia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 130 | 127 | +3 | 5 |
Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 129 | +3 | 5 |
Poland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 132 | 136 | −4 | 5 |
Sweden | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 124 | 139 | −15 | 2 |
Initial standing and matches
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Germany (B) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 4 |
Serbia (A) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 4 |
Poland (A) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 2 |
Macedonia (B) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 1 |
Sweden (B) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 1 |
Denmark (A) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 0 |
(A) and (B) indicates from which group the teams came; in the main round they were playing only against teams from the other group. By three victories and the misfortune of among others Germany, Denmark qualified for the semifinals together with the host, Serbia. Notable results were Denmark's last second win against Macedonia and Poland's turnaround of first-half 9-20 result to win second half by the same numbers to equalize against Sweden.
21 January 2012 16:15 |
Poland | 29–29 | Sweden | Attendance: 6,003 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
Jaszka 8 | (9–20) | Ekberg 7 | ||
2× 4× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 3× |
21 January 2012 18:15 |
Denmark | 33–32 | Macedonia | Attendance: 17,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Hansen 12 | (16–19) | Lazarov 13 | ||
3× 3× | Report[dead link ] | 2× 2× |
21 January 2012 20:15 |
Serbia | 21–21 | Germany | Attendance: 20,500 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Ilić 6 | (12–7) | Gensheimer 5 | ||
3× 4× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 4× |
23 January 2012 16:20 |
Poland | 25–27 | Macedonia | Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL) |
Jurecki 5 | (12–18) | Lazarov 9 | ||
2× 5× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 4× |
23 January 2012 18:20 |
Denmark | 28–26 | Germany | Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
Eggert 7 | (17–14) | four players 4 | ||
3× 2× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 3× |
23 January 2012 20:20 |
Serbia | 24–21 | Sweden | Attendance: 19,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Vujin 5 | (14–11) | Ekdahl du Rietz 8 | ||
3× 3× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 3× |
25 January 2012 16:15 |
Poland | 33–32 | Germany | Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Jurecki, Kuchczynski 5 | (18–17) | Klein, Sprenger 7 | ||
2× 4× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 8× 1× |
25 January 2012 18:15 |
Denmark | 31–24 | Sweden | Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
Eggert 7 | (18–11) | Andersson 8 | ||
3× 1× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 5× |
25 January 2012 20:15 |
Serbia | 19–22 | Macedonia | Attendance: 24,805 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Vujin 5 | (10–11) | Lazarov 10 | ||
4× 1× | Report[dead link ] | 2× 4× |
Group II
[edit]Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad
Result
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 130 | +13 | 9 |
Croatia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 137 | 128 | +9 | 7 |
Slovenia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 156 | −3 | 4 |
Hungary | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 125 | 130 | −5 | 4 |
Iceland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 143 | 146 | −3 | 3 |
France | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 128 | 139 | −11 | 3 |
Initial standing and matches
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Croatia (D) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 4 |
Spain (C) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 3 |
Hungary (C) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 3 |
Slovenia (D) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 2 |
Iceland (D) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 65 | −4 | 0 |
France (C) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 0 |
(C) and (D) above indicates from which group the teams came, in the main round they are only playing against teams from the other group.
22 January 2012 16:10 |
Hungary | 21–27 | Iceland | Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Császár 7 | (10–14) | Atlason, Sigurðsson 5 | ||
3× 4× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 6× |
22 January 2012 18:10 |
France | 28–26 | Slovenia | Attendance: 4,700 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Barachet 6 | (14–15) | Žvižej 6 | ||
3× 3× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 7× |
22 January 2012 20:10 |
Spain | 24–22 | Croatia | Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Tomás 5 | (11–14) | Čupić 5 | ||
3× 3× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 3× |
24 January 2012 16:10 |
Spain | 31–26 | Iceland | Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Aguinagalde 5 | (17–13) | Sigurðsson 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 2× |
24 January 2012 18:10 |
France | 22–29 | Croatia | Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Fernandez, Barachet 4 | (12–11) | Kopljar, Čupić 7 | ||
3× 2× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 3× |
24 January 2012 20:10 |
Hungary | 30–32 | Slovenia | Attendance: 6,800 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Putics 7 | (13–14) | Gajić 13 | ||
3× 5× 1× | Report[dead link ] | 4× 6× |
25 January 2012 16:10 |
France | 29–29 | Iceland | Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
Accambray 10 | (11–15) | Sigurðsson 5 | ||
3× 2× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 1× |
25 January 2012 18:10 |
Spain | 35–32 | Slovenia | Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Romero 7 | (15–15) | Žvižej 7 | ||
3× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 3× |
25 January 2012 20:10 |
Hungary | 24–24 | Croatia | Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU) |
Császár 14 | (13–12) | Horvat 11 | ||
2× 3× | Report[dead link ] | 4× 4× |
Knockout stage
[edit]Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
27 January – Belgrade | ||||||
Serbia | 26 | |||||
29 January – Belgrade | ||||||
Croatia | 22 | |||||
Serbia | 19 | |||||
27 January – Belgrade | ||||||
Denmark | 21 | |||||
Spain | 24 | |||||
Denmark | 25 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
29 January – Belgrade | ||||||
Croatia | 31 | |||||
Spain | 27 |
Semifinals
[edit]27 January 2012 17:45 |
Denmark | 25–24 | Spain | Attendance: 14,000 Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO) |
Lauge 6 | (12–10) | Aguinagalde 5 | ||
4× 3× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 3× |
27 January 2012 20:15 |
Serbia | 26–22 | Croatia | Attendance: 23,040 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
Ilić 8 | (13–14) | Kopljar 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 2× |
Fifth place game
[edit]27 January 2012 15:15 |
Macedonia | 28–27 | Slovenia | Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP) |
Lazarov 8 | (16–12) | Dolenec 7 | ||
3× 5× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 6× |
Bronze medal game
[edit]29 January 2012 14:30 |
Croatia | 31–27 | Spain | Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Lacković, Čupić 7 | (13–12) | Sarmiento 7 | ||
3× 5× | Report[dead link ] | 3× 2× |
Final
[edit]29 January 2012 17:00 |
Serbia | 19–21 | Denmark | Attendance: 21,800 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Prodanović 4 | (7–9) | M. Hansen 9 | ||
4× 1× | Report[dead link ] | 2× 3× |
The final was played at the Belgrade Arena between the host-nation Serbia and Denmark, and was seen by 19,800 spectators.[14] The teams played a match against each other in the group stage of the tournament, when Serbia defeated Denmark 24–22. Serbia's coach Veselin Vuković could not rely on Žarko Šešum, whose left eye was injured after he was hit with a bottle on the halftime break of the semi-final match against Croatia.[15]
The match started with tough play by both teams and low scoring. Denmark claimed the lead in the early phase of the match and controlled the period. Serbia's attacks were ineffective, and goalkeeper Darko Stanić made several saves. The Danes made fewer mistakes in the attacks and Anders Eggert scored important goals in the counter-attacks. Denmark led at halftime 9–7.
Early in the second half Denmark took an 11–7 lead, but then the Serbian players halted the opponent's run with a better play in defence, except for Mikkel Hansen who scored with his powerful shots in the critical moments of the game. The Danes were having the lead all the time with a margin of 1–4 goals and thanks to the saves of their goalkeeper Niklas Landin Jacobsen prevented the Serbians to level the result. The last minutes of the game were played with many mistakes on both sides, but Hansen scored the decisive goal for peerless lead 21–18 with 20 seconds to go. Serbia scored until the end making it 21–19 in favor of Denmark at the end. This was the second title for Denmark after they have previously won the European Championship in 2008.[1]
Ranking and statistics
[edit]Final ranking
[edit]The final ranking for places 7 to 16 was determined by the team's group stage record. In case the ranking would have been relevant for Olympic qualification, there would have been a placement match for 7th and 9th place.
Rank | Team | Qualification | |
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WC | OG | ||
Denmark | Q | Q | |
Serbia | Q | q | |
Croatia | Q | q | |
4 | Spain | H | q |
5 | Macedonia | q | |
6 | Slovenia | ||
7 | Germany | ||
8 | Hungary | q | |
9 | Poland | q | |
10 | Iceland | q | |
11 | France | C | Q |
12 | Sweden | q | |
13 | Norway | ||
14 | Czech Republic | ||
15 | Russia | ||
16 | Slovakia |
Based on this tournament | Team qualifies for the above-mentioned tournament (Q) or its qualification tournament (q) | |
Based on last world cup. H = host, C = champion |
All Star Team
[edit]- Goalkeeper: Darko Stanić (SRB)
- Left Wing: Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (ISL)
- Left Back: Mikkel Hansen (DEN)
- Centre Back: Uroš Zorman (SLO)
- Pivot: Rene Toft Hansen (DEN)
- Right Back: Marko Kopljar (CRO)
- Right Wing: Christian Sprenger (GER)
Other awards
[edit]- Top Scorer : Kiril Lazarov (MKD)
- Best Defence Player : Viran Morros (ESP)
- Most Valuable Player: Momir Ilić (SRB)
Source: ehf-euro.com, 29.01.2012
Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % | MP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kiril Lazarov (MKD) | 61 | 114 | 54 | 7 |
2 | Dragan Gajić (SLO) | 48 | 67 | 72 | 7 |
3 | Mikkel Hansen (DEN) | 45 | 89 | 51 | 8 |
4 | Gábor Császár (HUN) | 43 | 68 | 63 | 6 |
5 | Ivan Čupić (CRO) | 42 | 55 | 76 | 8 |
6 | Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (ISL) | 41 | 63 | 65 | 6 |
7 | Momir Ilić (SRB) | 34 | 72 | 47 | 8 |
8 | Niclas Ekberg (SWE) | 33 | 51 | 65 | 6 |
9 | Blazenko Lackovic (CRO) | 32 | 56 | 57 | 8 |
10 | Anders Eggert Jensen (DEN) | 30 | 39 | 77 | 8 |
Luka Žvižej (SLO) | 30 | 41 | 73 | 7 | |
Jure Dolenec (SLO) | 30 | 47 | 64 | 7 |
Source: EHF
Controversies
[edit]Riots
[edit]On 24 January 2012, after the match between Croatia and France, Serbian hooligans attacked Croatian fans in several locations in Vojvodina, northern Serbia. In Novi Sad, Croatian supporters were heading home after the game, when they ran into a road block and some 50 masked men assaulted them with stones, bricks and axes, smashing windscreens. The attack left several supporters injured and one of them hospitalized. In Ruma, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south from Novi Sad, a Croatian van was set on fire and one of the passengers stabbed with a knife.[16][17][18]
A day later the unrest continued and many cars were damaged, torched, or burnt out throughout Novi Sad.[19] The Croatian Foreign Ministry officially complained to Serbian Ambassador Stanimir Vukicevic over the attacks; Vukicevic expressed regret and stated that the Serbian police was already taking the necessary steps. Thirteen people were arrested in connection with the incident, including Ivan Ključovski and Jovan Bajić, leaders of a fan group from Novi Sad, and a member of the Obraz right-wing organization.[20] After questioning, all of them remained in custody for a month.[21]
Serbia–Croatia semifinal
[edit]Serbia and Croatia met in the semi-final of the tournament, which caused further concern on both sides. About 5,000 policemen were deployed to ensure the security of the fans, while in Croatia some tourist agencies cancelled trips for the match and the Croatian Handball Federation (Hrvatski rukometni savez, HRS) also recommended not to go to Serbia as the supporters' safety might not be guaranteed.[22][23] Spokesman Zlatko Skrinjar also added that the HRS had planned to organize trips for the event, however, they changed their mind due to the incidents in the preceding days. On the Croatian-Serbian border, joint checkpoints were set up to prevent hooligans and other groups who have no ticket for the match to enter Serbia, and to escort the fans with tickets from the border to Belgrade.[23][24]
The police reported that there were no incidents during the match,[25] which was eventually won by the Serbians 26–22, however, a bottle actually meant for Croatian playmaker Ivano Balić and coach Slavko Goluža hit Serbian back player Žarko Šešum, severely injuring his eye.[26] Šešum's eye suffered significant bleeding. After the trauma he had only minimal vision on the affected eye, but the risk of permanent sight loss was reportedly averted.[27] Morten Stig Christensen, Secretary of the Danish Handball Federation, Serbia's opponent in the final said that he was "severely shocked" by the incident and so were the people from the European Handball Federation with whom he spoke. Christensen also added that he was shocked that although there were more than five thousand security personnel at the stadium, the hooligans still managed to sneak in Roman candles and laser lights.[28]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Björn, Pazen (29 January 2012). "Croatia defeat their 'Bronze curse'". EHF EURO official website. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "EHF EURO 2012 – Day-by-day". European Handball Federation. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ Björn, Pazen (29 January 2012). "Denmark qualify directly for London 2012". EHF EURO official website. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Serbian hooligans spoil European handball championships". Deutsche Welle. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
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- ^ Šešum zbog kretenskog ispada “navijača” propušta finale, Telegraf, 28 January 2012. (in Serbian)
- ^ "Croatian handball fan stabbed in Serbia". T-Portal. 25 January 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Croat fans attacked in northern Serbia". B92. 25 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Croatia protests to Serbia over assaults on fans". Macedonian International News Agency. 25 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Cars set on fire after handball match". B92. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Police continue search for attackers". B92. 26 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Suspects for attack on Croat fans remanded in custody". B92. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Sports: Violence hurts Serbia's name in intl sports – again". AKI. Adkronos. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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- ^ "No incidents reported at Serbia-Croatia handball match in Belgrade". T-Portal. 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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- ^ "Serbiens træner: Sesum ude af EM" (in Danish). TV 2 (Denmark). 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "DHF-boss: Jeg er voldsomt rystet" (in Danish). TV 2 (Denmark). 28 January 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.