The 2020 EHF

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was the 14th edition of the tournament and the first to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted for the first time in three countries –

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– from 9 to 26 January 2020. Spain won their second consecutive title by defeating Croatia 22–20 in the final.

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

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

Draw

The draw was held at the Erste Bank Campus in

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on 28 June 2019.

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 17 June 2019.

Squads

Match officials

On 21 August 2019, 23 couples were announced. On 27 December 2019, EHF replaced the Serbian referee pair Nenad Nikolić and Dušan Stojković with the Latvian referee pair Zigmārs Sondors and Renārs Līcis, due to an injury and late recovery of Nikolić in late October.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advance were transferred to the main round.

Group I

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Group II

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The teams ranked fourth in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches were ranked 18 to 24, while teams ranked third in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches were ranked 13 to 18 according to the number of points won in the preliminary round. Places seven or eight were attributed to the two teams ranked fourth in the groups, places nine and ten were attributed to the two teams ranked fifth in the groups, places eleven and twelve were attributed to the two teams ranked sixth in the group according to the number of points won by the respective teams after completion of the main round matches. Places one to six were decided by play–off or knock–out.

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 26 January 2020.

Awards

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

References

External links

Official website
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