2014 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 11th edition of the tournament and held in Denmark from 12–26 January.

Denmark was automatically qualified as hosting nation, and as defending champions as well. After the final, at total of 316,390 spectators had visited the stadiums. An all time EHF record.

France won the title after defeating defending champions and hosts Denmark in the final. Spain captured the bronze medal, after defeating Croatia.

Bidding process

The bids were as follows:

• Denmark
• Croatia and Hungary

Denmark was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Copenhagen 25 September 2010, narrowly defeating their rivals by two votes.

Venues

Referees

On 23 October 2013, 12 couples were announced in Vienna.

Qualification

Qualified teams

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

Squads

Seeding

The draw was held on 21 June 2013 in Herning at 18:00 local time. The seeding was announced on 18 June 2013.

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

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Group B

Venue: Gigantium, Aalborg

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Group C

Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus

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Group D

Venue: Brøndby Hall, Brøndby

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Main round

Group I

Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

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Group II

Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus

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Knockout stage

Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning

Bracket

Semifinals

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Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics

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Final ranking

The final ranking for places 7 to 16 were determined by the team's group stage record.

All Star Team

The All-star team and award winners were announced on 26 January 2014.

Other awards

Top goalscorers

<small>Source: EHF.com</small>

References

External links