2000 European Men's Handball Championship

Template:Infobox international handball competition The 2000 European Men's Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held in Croatia from 21 to 30 January 2000, in the cities of Zagreb and Rijeka. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Russia in the final, while Spain finished third.

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Template:Hb	Host	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hb	Defending champion	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	1 (1994)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	2 (1994, 1996)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hb	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)

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

Venues

Two Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2000 Championship:

Rijeka	Template:Location map+	Zagreb
File:Sportska dvorana na Trsatu, 24.6.2006. (1).jpg		File:Dom sportova (Zagreb).jpg
Dvorana Mladosti Capacity: 4,000		Dom Športova Capacity: 7,000

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

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Placement matches

Knockout stage

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Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

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2000 Men's European Champions Sweden Sweden Third Title

All-Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Template:Flagathlete
Right wing	Template:Flagathlete
Right back	Template:Flagathlete
Centre back	Template:Flagathlete
Left back	Template:Flagathlete
Left wing	Template:Flagathlete
Pivot	Template:Flagathlete
Most valuable player	Template:Flagathlete

Source: EHF

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Oleg Velyky	Template:Hb	46	96	48
2	Valdimar Grímsson	Template:Hb	41	56	73
3	Patrick Cazal	Template:Hb	40	82	49
	Magnus Wislander	Template:Hb		54	74
5	Carlos Resende	Template:Hb	38	77	49
6	Stefan Lövgren	Template:Hb	33	54	61
7	Rafael Guijosa	Template:Hb	32	49	65
	Aleš Pajovič	Template:Hb		63	51
9	Bertrand Gille	Template:Hb	30	46	65
	Jackson Richardson	Template:Hb		48	62

Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Tomas Svensson	Template:Hb	43	52	122
2	David Barrufet	Template:Hb	40	87	215
3	Henning Fritz	Template:Hb	39	22	57
	Peter Gentzel	Template:Hb		54	137
5	Venio Losert	Template:Hb	38	48	128
	Bruno Martini	Template:Hb		55	143
7	Mirko Bašić	Template:Hb	37	27	73
	Jan Holpert	Template:Hb		38	104
9	Kasper Hvidt	Template:Hb	35	44	124
	Frode Scheie	Template:Hb		38	108

Source: EHF

Shooting statistics

2003 research of Croatian kinesiologists on the efficiency of the shooting at the Championship summarized:

Almost half of all the shots performed (44.61%) were executed from the back-court players' positions (field shots). The winning teams were considerably more efficient in field shots and in 7m throws than the defeated ones - (43.20%) and (76.53%) as compared to (32.52%) and (65.76%), respectively. (...) The winning teams had more successful field shots, 6m-centre shots and wing shots, and fewer unsuccessful 6m-centre and field shots and 7m throws. Scoring efficiency from a distance and from the 6m line differentiates the successful teams (winners) from the unsuccessful (defeated) ones.

Sources

• eurohandball.com. "2000 Men's European Championship". Archived from the original on 18 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
• todor66.com. "Men Handball European Championship 2000". Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
• Vuleta, Dinko; Milanović, Dragan; Sertić, Hrvoje (2003). "Povezanost varijabli šutiranja na gol s konačnim rezultatom rukometnih utakmica Europskog prvenstvu 2000. godine za muškarce" [Relations among variables of shooting for a goal and outcomes of the 2000 men’s european handball championship matches]. Kinesiology. 35 (2): 168-173. ISSN 1848-638X.

External links

• Results