The 2020
EHF European Men's Handball Championship 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 –
Austria
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,
Norway
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and
Sweden
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– from 9 to 26 January 2020.
Spain won their second consecutive title by defeating Croatia 22–20 in the final.
Bidding process
The interested nations were as follows:
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Austria
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Norway
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Sweden
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In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:
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After further negotiations, between the three bids and the
European Handball Federation
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, it was decided to merge the three individual bids into one big bid. Due to the decision to merge the bids, the EHF decided to bring forward the expansion of the tournament to 24 teams, which was originally going to start in
2022
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. On 20 September 2014, at the EHF Congress in
Dublin
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, Austria, Norway and Sweden were all given the hosting rights.
Venues
Qualification
Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.
Marketing
The official anthem of the competition is "All for us", made and performed by Swedish DJ and producer Wahlstedt.
Draw
The draw was held at the Erste Bank Campus in
Vienna
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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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