2004_European_Men's_Handball_Championship
2004 European Men's Handball Championship
2004 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship
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.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Slovenia |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Dates | 22 January – 1 February |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Germany (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Slovenia |
| Third place |  Denmark |
| Fourth place |  Croatia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Goals scored | 2,733 (56.94 per match) |
| Attendance | 149,984 (3,125 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Mirza Džomba (46 goals) |
| Best player | Ivano Balić |
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More information Location, Picture ...
| Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ljubljana | Tivoli Hall | 5,600[1] | Opened in 1965 | Preliminary stage & Second Group stage and knockout stages | |
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Koper | Arena Bonifika | 5,000 | Opened in 1999 | Preliminary stage | |
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Velenje | Red Hall | 2,500[1] | Opened in 1975 | Preliminary stage | |
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Celje | Zlatorog Arena | 5,500[2] | Opened in 2003 | Preliminary stage and second group stage |
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More information Country, Qualified as ...
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | Host | 4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002) |
| Denmark | Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship | 4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002) |
| Germany | Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
 Iceland | Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship | 2 (2000, 2002) |
 Sweden | Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
 Russia | Fifth place of 2002 European Championship | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
| Croatia | Playoff winner | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
 Czech Republic | Playoff winner | 3 (1996, 1998, 2002) |
 France | Playoff winner | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
 Hungary | Playoff winner | 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) |
 Poland | Playoff winner | 1 (2002) |
 Portugal | Playoff winner | 3 (1994, 2000, 2002) |
 Serbia and Montenegro | Playoff winner | 32 (1996, 1998, 2002) |
 Spain | Playoff winner | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) |
 Switzerland | Playoff winner | 1 (2002) |
 Ukraine | Playoff winner | 2 (2000, 2002) |
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- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- 2 as FR Yugoslavia
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 74 | +13 | 6 | Main round |
| 2 | Sweden |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 79 | +14 | 4 | |
| 3 | Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 85 | −16 | 2 | |
| 4 | Ukraine |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 85 | −11 | 0 |
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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
| 22 January 2004 18:00 |
Russia |
28–20 | Switzerland |
Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| three players 6 | (17–10) | Kostadinovich 5 | ||
3× 5× |
Report | 3× 6×
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| 22 January 2004 20:30 |
Sweden |
31–25 | Ukraine |
Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO) |
| Petersson 9 | (14–13) | Petrenko 9 | ||
| 3× 3× |
Report | 3× 5× 1×
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| 24 January 2004 16:00 |
Switzerland |
24–35 | Sweden |
Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| Gautschi 6 | (12–17) | Källman 6 | ||
| 3× 5× |
Report | 3× 4×
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| 24 January 2004 18:00 |
Ukraine |
27–29 | Russia |
Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Pleşa, Cirligeanu (ROU) |
| Kostetskiy 6 | (12–17) | Tuchkin 7 | ||
| 3× 6× |
Report | 4× 6×
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| 25 January 2004 16:00 |
Ukraine |
22–25 | Switzerland |
Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN) |
| Kostetskiy 11 | (12–13) | Kostadinovich 11 | ||
| 3× 7× 1× |
Report | 3× 5×
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| 25 January 2004 18:00 |
Sweden |
27–30 | Russia |
Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| Lövgren 6 | (12–16) | Chipurin 7 | ||
| 4× 2× |
Report | 4× 5×
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Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 86 | +2 | 5 | Main round |
| 2 | Denmark |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 78 | +7 | 4 | |
| 3 | Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 81 | +1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Portugal |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 101 | −10 | 1 |
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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
| 22 January 2004 18:00 |
Spain |
29–30 | Croatia |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| Belaustegui 11 | (17–14) | Metličić 8 | ||
| 3× 6× |
Report | 3× 8×
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| 22 January 2004 20:30 |
Denmark |
36–32 | Portugal |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN) |
| Knudsen 9 | (20–15) | Coelho 8 | ||
| 2× 4× |
Report | 3× 4×
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| 24 January 2004 18:00 |
Portugal |
27–33 | Spain |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| Resende 8 | (12–19) | Romero 11 | ||
| 3× 2× |
Report | 3× 6×
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| 24 January 2004 20:00 |
Croatia |
26–25 | Denmark |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Vakula, Ljudovik (UKR) |
| Lacković 7 | (14–12) | Stryger 7 | ||
| 4× 4× |
Report | 3× 9×
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| 25 January 2004 18:00 |
Portugal |
32–32 | Croatia |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Krstič, Ljubič (SLO) |
| J. Costa 7 | (13–16) | Džomba 10 | ||
| 4× 5× |
Report | 3× 6×
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| 25 January 2004 20:00 |
Denmark |
24–20 | Spain |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK) |
| Christiansen 5 | (12–11) | Belaustegui 7 | ||
| 3× 3× |
Report | 3× 6×
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Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 90 | +10 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | Main round |
| 2 | Hungary |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 83 | +8 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 88 | 97 | −9 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 4 | Iceland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 87 | 96 | −9 | 1[lower-alpha 2] |
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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
| 22 January 2004 18:00 |
Czech Republic |
25–30 | Hungary |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| Juříček 7 | (10–17) | Pásztor 8 | ||
| 3× 6× |
Report | 3× 5×
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| 22 January 2004 20:30 |
Iceland |
28–34 | Slovenia |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 4,620 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR) |
| Stefánsson 7 | (13–13) | Vugrinec 9 | ||
| 2× 5× |
Report | 3× 5×
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| 23 January 2004 18:30 |
Hungary |
32–29 | Iceland |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| Díaz 9 | (15–15) | García, Stefánsson 7 | ||
| 3× 5× |
Report | 4× 5× 1×
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| 23 January 2004 20:30 |
Slovenia |
37–33 | Czech Republic |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 4,620 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR) |
| Lubej 9 | (15–18) | Filip, Juříček 7 | ||
| 3× 9× |
Report | 4× 7×
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| 25 January 2004 18:30 |
Iceland |
30–30 | Czech Republic |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Pleşa, Cirligeanu (ROU) |
| García 7 | (15–17) | Jícha 7 | ||
| 3× 4× |
Report | 3× 3×
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| 25 January 2004 20:30 |
Slovenia |
29–29 | Hungary |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 4,616 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
| Jovičič 6 | (13–14) | Nagy 9 | ||
| 3× 5× |
Report | 3× 2×
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Group D
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 74 | +7 | 5 | Main round |
| 2 | Serbia and Montenegro |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 78 | +8 | 4 | |
| 3 | Germany |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 89 | +7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Poland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 108 | −22 | 0 |
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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
| 22 January 2004 18:00 |
France |
29–25 | Poland |
Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR) |
| Anquetil 6 | (14–16) | Bielecki 7 | ||
| 3× 6× |
Report | 3× 8×
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| 22 January 2004 20:30 |
Germany |
26–28 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
| Jansen 8 | (10–12) | Ma. Krivokapić 6 | ||
| 2× 5× |
Report | 3× 8× 1×
|
| 23 January 2004 18:30 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
20–23 | France |
Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,164 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK) |
| Maksić, Nikolić 4 | (7–13) | Anquetil 6 | ||
| 2× 8× 1× |
Report | 3× 5×
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| 23 January 2004 20:30 |
Poland |
32–41 | Germany |
Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO) |
| Tkaczyk 9 | (13–21) | Baur 12 | ||
| 3× 9× 1× |
Report | 4× 8×
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| 25 January 2004 18:30 |
Germany |
29–29 | France |
Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 2,164 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR) |
| Schwarzer 7 | (14–13) | Karabatić 10 | ||
| 3× 7× |
Report | 3× 5×
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| 25 January 2004 20:30 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
38–29 | Poland |
Bonifika Hall, Koper Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| Maksić 8 | (19–11) | Tkaczyk 7 | ||
| 3× 4× |
Report | 3× 8× 1×
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Group I
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Croatia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 138 | 131 | +7 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Denmark |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 125 | +28 | 8 | |
| 3 | Russia |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 149 | 137 | +12 | 7 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Sweden |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 145 | 144 | +1 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Spain |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 133 | 143 | −10 | 2 | |
| 6 | Switzerland |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 153 | −38 | 0 |
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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
| 27 January 2004 16:00 |
Switzerland |
24–26 | Spain |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| Kostadinovich 7 | (13–13) | García 8 | ||
| 3× 5× |
Report | 3× 4×
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| 27 January 2004 18:00 |
Sweden |
26–28 | Croatia |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR) |
| Boquist 7 | (11–16) | four players 5 | ||
| 3× 3× |
Report | 4× 4×
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| 27 January 2004 20:00 |
Russia |
31–36 | Denmark |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| Koksharov 7 | (15–19) | Christiansen, Stryger 7 | ||
| 3× 4× 1× |
Report | 3× 6×
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| 28 January 2004 16:00 |
Russia |
36–30 | Spain |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO) |
| Koksharov 10 | (16–14) | Hernández 8 | ||
| 3× 6× |
Report | 3× 6×
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| 28 January 2004 18:00 |
Switzerland |
27–30 | Croatia |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 700 Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN) |
| Kostadinovich 7 | (13–15) | Balić 6 | ||
| 3× 2× |
Report | 2× 4×
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| 28 January 2004 20:00 |
Sweden |
28–34 | Denmark |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 800 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR) |
| Lövgren 9 | (14–18) | Knudsen 8 | ||
| 3× 6× |
Report | 3× 3×
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| 29 January 2004 16:00 |
Switzerland |
20–34 | Denmark |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK) |
| Kostadinovich 5 | (9–18) | Hjermind, Nielsen 7 | ||
| 3× 4× 1× |
Report | 3× 3×
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| 29 January 2004 18:00 |
Sweden |
29–28 | Spain |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD) |
| Källman 9 | (10–12) | Pérez 8 | ||
| 3× 4× |
Report | 3× 5×
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| 29 January 2004 20:00 |
Russia |
24–24 | Croatia |
Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
| Bashkin 6 | (13–12) | Džomba 8 | ||
| 3× 4× |
Report | 4× 7×
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Group II
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 131 | +20 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | Semifinals |
| 2 | Slovenia (H) |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 135 | +9 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | France |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 129 | +5 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Serbia and Montenegro |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 135 | −1 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Hungary |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 132 | 140 | −8 | 4 | |
| 6 | Czech Republic |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 147 | 172 | −25 | 2 |
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Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
| 27 January 2004 16:30 |
Hungary |
21–29 | France |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN) |
| Buday 5 | (8–14) | Karabatić 5 | ||
| 3× 4× |
Report | 3× 4×
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| 27 January 2004 18:30 |
Czech Republic |
27–37 | Germany |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| Berka 7 | (12–19) | Kehrmann 9 | ||
| 3× 7× |
Report | 3× 3×
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| 27 January 2004 20:30 |
Slovenia |
27–20 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK) |
| Lubej 6 | (14–11) | Anđelković 5 | ||
| 3× 10× 1× |
Report | 4× 7× 1×
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| 28 January 2004 16:30 |
Czech Republic |
32–31 | France |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Pleşa, Cirligeanu (ROU) |
| Juříček 9 | (17–15) | G. Gille, Girault 6 | ||
| 3× 6× |
Report | 4× 5×
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| 28 January 2004 18:30 |
Hungary |
29–29 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR) |
| Császár 7 | (10–15) | Milosavljević 9 | ||
| 4× 6× |
Report | 3× 8×
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| 28 January 2004 20:30 |
Slovenia |
24–31 | Germany |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
| Kavtičnik 5 | (10–18) | Stephan 8 | ||
| 3× 7× 1× |
Report | 3× 3×
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| 29 January 2004 16:30 |
Czech Republic |
30–37 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Vakula, Liudovyk (UKR) |
| Berka 6 | (16–21) | Nikolić 8 | ||
| 3× 3× |
Report | 3× 5×
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| 29 January 2004 18:30 |
Hungary |
23–28 | Germany |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Pleşa, Cirligeanu (ROU) |
| Díaz 6 | (12–16) | Zeitz 8 | ||
| 3× 5× |
Report | 3× 7×
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| 29 January 2004 20:30 |
Slovenia |
27–22 | France |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| Kavtičnik 8 | (12–9) | Anquetil 6 | ||
| 3× 11× |
Report | 3× 4×
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Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 31 January | ||||||
| Croatia | 25 | |||||
| 1 February | ||||||
| Slovenia | 27 | |||||
| Slovenia | 25 | |||||
| 31 January | ||||||
| Germany | 30 | |||||
| Denmark | 20 | |||||
| Germany | 22 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 1 February | ||||||
| Croatia | 27 | |||||
| Denmark | 31 | |||||
Semifinals
| 31 January 2004 15:00 |
Denmark |
20–22 | Germany |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Rančík, Beňo (SVK) |
| Jeppesen 5 | (11–11) | Immel 7 | ||
| 3× 5× |
Report | 2× 6×
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| 31 January 2004 17:30 |
Croatia |
25–27 | Slovenia |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Vakula, Ljudovik (UKR) |
| Džomba 12 | (13–15) | Kavtičnik 6 | ||
| 3× 4× |
Report | 4× 8× 1×
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Seventh place game
| 31 January 2004 12:30 |
Sweden |
35–34 | Serbia and Montenegro |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER) |
| Andersson, Larholm 7 | (16–17) | Mi. Krivokapić 6 | ||
| 3× 3× |
Report | 3× 5×
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Fifth place game
| 1 February 2004 12:30 |
Russia |
28–26 | France |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO) |
| Ivanov 8 | (14–11) | Karabatić 7 | ||
| 3× 5× 1× |
Report | 3× 5×
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Third place game
| 1 February 2004 15:00 |
Croatia |
27–31 | Denmark |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
| Lacković 8 | (14–15) | Christiansen 9 | ||
| 4× 4× |
Report | 2× 6×
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Final
| 1 February 2004 17:30 |
Slovenia |
25–30 | Germany |
Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE) |
| Vugrinec 6 | (10–16) | Kehrmann 9 | ||
| 3× 3× |
Report | 2× 1×
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