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Handball At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, took place at The Dome (Sydney Olympic Park) during the preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament. Medalists Qualification Squads Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC+10 UTC+10:00 is an identifier for a UTC offset, time offset from UTC of +10:00. This time is used in: As standard time (year-round) Principal cities: Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Saipan, Dededo, Port Moresby, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold C ...).'' Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket Eleventh place game Ninth place game Quarterfinals 5–8th place semifinals Semifinals Seventh place game Fifth place game Bronze medal game Gold medal game Rankings and statistics Fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Lövgren
Lars Stefan Lövgren (born 21 December 1970) is a Swedish former handball player. He was born in Gothenburg. Making his debut in the national team in 1993, he played a total of 268 games and scored 1138 goals. He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. Career During his adult career he played for Redbergslids IK (in Gothenburg), and German sides TV Niederwürzbach and Champions League- and Bundesliga-winning team THW Kiel. He was the captain of the national team during the period 1996–2006 and for THW Kiel 2001–2009. He is a five-time Swedish league champion with Redbergslid, and a seven-time Bundesliga champion with THW. He won the German cup four times, and he helped lead Kiel to the European Champions League title in 2007 (being a finalist in 2000, 2008 and 2009). Lövgren was World Champion in 1999 with the national team and is one of the few players to have participated in all the gold medal-winning Swedish sides in the European Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Torgovanov
Dmitri Nikolaevich Torgovanov (; born 5 January 1972) is a former Russian handball player and Olympic Champion from 2000 in Sydney. He is currently a head coach for Neva. He was the head coach for the Russian national team between 2015 and 2017. He received a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ... with the Russian national team. ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 2, 2008) References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas Sivertsson
Lars Thomas Sivertsson (born 21 February 1965) is a Swedish handball player and handball coach who was a part of the Swedish golden generation nicknamed the ''Bengan Boys''. He won both the European Championship and the World Championship as a player. Career Sivertsson began playing handball at his hometown club Halmstad HP IF and joined top league team HK Drott, where he won the Swedish Championship 4 times. In 2000 he joined Spanish top league team BM Granollers for one season. Next season he joined Danish side KIF Kolding. Here he won the Danish championship 5 times. Sivertsson was on the team that won the European Championship three times in a row; in 1998, 2000 and 2002. He also won the 1999 World Championship with Sweden, and he competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1996 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. Four years later he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas Svensson
Tomas Runar Svensson (born 15 February 1968) is a Swedish former professional handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeping coach of the Swedish men's national handball team, and an assistant coach for FC Barcelona. Career Growing up in Eskilstuna it was only natural for him to play for the towns handball team, GUIF, and he was moved up to their senior squad, making his debut in the Swedish top division at the age of 15. In 1988, at the age of 20, he made his first cap for Sweden and in 1990 he was one of the main forces in the national team who won the World Championship in Czechoslovakia. This success landed him a contract with Atlético Madrid BM in Spain where he played for some time before moving to CD Bidasoa. With this team he won his first Spanish championship in 1995. Right after this he moved to Barcelona where he stayed for several seasons, helping the team become the most prominent handball team in the world, winning just about everything there is to win � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Petersson (handballer)
Pär Johan Petersson (born 29 March 1973) is a Swedish handball player and handball coach. He won the 1999 World Championship and the European Championship four times with the Swedish national team. He also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where Sweden won silver medals both times. Career Petersson started playing handball at IK Sävehof, where he debuted for the senior team in 1990 in the Elitserien. His best results here were two second places in 1993 and 1994. In 1996 he became a professional player at the German club GWD Minden, where he signed on a bosman transfer, which was a new phenomenon in Handball. Here he played for one season before joining HSG Nordhorn, where he played with several national team colleagues including Ola Lindgren. After 4 years he joined THW Kiel, where he once again played with a number of Swedish national team players, including Magnus Wislander, Staffan Olsson and Stefan Lövgren. Here he won the German Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffan Olsson
Erik Staffan Olsson (born 26 March 1964) is a Swedish handball coach and former player. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right backcourt player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his career he won praise for his great playmaking skills. He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024. From September 2022 he is the head coach of the Netherlands' men’s national team. Player career Olsson was born in Uppsala. He started his career, at the age of 10, in the Swedish team Skånela. Other clubs are Huttenberg, Niederwurzbach, HK Cliff, THW Kiel and Hammarby. He played 358 caps (852 goals) with the Sweden men's national handball team. After a long career in Germany, he returned to Sweden and played his final season in Hammarby Handball, a club he later coached to three consecutive national championships. Olympics In 1988 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ola Lindgren
Per Ola Markus Lindgren (born 29 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player and current coach. He has been the head coach for IFK Kristianstad since 2012 and was the head coach for Sweden from 2008 to 2016. As a player, he won two World Championships, four European Championships and participated in four Olympic Games. He also won four Swedish Championships with Drott. He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023. Club career Lindgren made his debut for Drott in 1981. He won Swedish Championships with the club in 1984, 1988 and 1990. In 1990 he joined German club TSV Dutenhofen but returned to Drott in 1992. He won a fourth Swedish Championship with Drott in 1994. He later played for German clubs HSG Düsseldorf from 1995 to 1998 and HSG Nordhorn from 1998 to 2003. International career In 1988 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored ten goals. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Larsson
Peter Andreas Larsson (born 13 August 1974) is a Swedish handball player who won European Championship three times in a row and won silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Career Larsson started playing handball at HK Country, where he also practiced motocross. At the age of 16 he joined IFK Skövde where he played handball, while he practiced Motocross in Tibro. When he was promoted to the IFK Skövde first team he decided to focus fully on handball. He played for IFK Skövde until 1996, reaching 107 matches and 500 goals for the club. He then moved to Germany to become professional. First to TuS Schutterwald, then to TBV Lemgo for two seasons. With Lemgo he won the 1997 German Supercup. In the 1997-98 EHF Champions League he reached the semifinal, where Lemgo lost to FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gentzel
Hans Peter Ludvig Gentzel (born 12 October 1968) is a Swedish former handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was named Swedish male player of the year in 1998 and in 2003 he was number two in the IHF World player of the year, receiving 29.5% of the votes. In 2000, he was a member of the Swedish handball team that won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches as goalkeeper. In December 2010, Gentzel ended his career and took a high ranked job within Swedish handball. Career Between 1989 and 1999 he played for Swedish top club Redbergslids IK from Gothenburg. Here he won the Swedish Championship six times and the Swedish cup 3 times. Between 2001 and 2009 he played for HSG Nordhorn. Here he won the EHF European League. When the club went bankrupt he joined THW Kiel on a one year contract. In his only season at the club he won the EHF Champions League and German Championship. Afterwards he ended his career. After his playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Franzén
Karl Gustav Mathias Franzén (born 22 February 1975) is a Swedish handball player and coach. He won the 1999 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2000 European Men's Handball Championship with the Swedish team. In 2000 he was a member of the Swedish handball team won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played five matches and scored 25 goals. Career Franzén started his career at HK Aranäs before joining Swedish top club Redbergslids IK. Here he won the Swedish championship 5 times. In 2001 he joined Spanish club FC Barcelona. Here he won the Spanish Championship and EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ... in the 2002-03 season. In 2004 he joined German Bundesliga team HSG Nordhorn, where he played for the rest of his career. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Frändesjö
Lars Gunnar Martin Frändesjö (born 18 July 1971) is a Swedish handball player and coach. He won the European Championship four times and the World Championship once, and competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has also worked as a handball expert on Swedish television. Career Frändesjö started playing handball at the age of 7. In Sweden he played for Kärra HF, HP Warta, IK Sävehof and Redbergslids IK. With Redbergslids IK he won the Swedish championship in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. In the summer of 1998 he joined German side GWD Minden. After a severe hit to the ribs during a Bundesliga game, he had to have his spleen removed in February 1999. In the summer of 2000 he joined French side Montpellier Handball, but he did not manage to get a lot of playing time as Michaël Guigou were preferred at the club. Therefore, after only a year he returned to Germany to join HSG Nordhorn. Due to HSG Nordhorn's financial trouble they couldn't fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Boquist
Sven Martin Boquist (born 2 February 1977) is a Swedish handball coach, previously handball player. Currently he is assistant coach for VästeråsIrsta HF, and the Norwegian men’s national team. Career Boquist began his career at his hometown club HP Warta, before joining Redbergslids IK in 1998. Here he won the 2000, 2001 and 2003 Swedish Handball League and reached the final of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 2003. The same season he was the top scorer and named Swedish player of the year for a second time. He then joined German club THW Kiel, where he won the 2005 German Championship and the EHF Cup in 2004. Due to competition for playing time for Nikola Karabatić he left the club in 2005 for Danish side FCK Håndbold. Here he won the 2008 Danish Championship. Same season he extended his contract until 2010. He then won the 2010 Cup. In 2010 he returned to Sweden and joined VästeråsIrsta HF as the player-coach. He said that he wanted to play for a club where he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |