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{{Short description|2000 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{no footnotes|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox international handball competition
| tourney_name = European Men's Handball Championship
| year = 2000
| other_titles = 
| image = 2000 European Men's Handball Championship.png
| size = 
| caption = 
| country = Croatia
| dates = 21–30 January
| num_teams = 12
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| champion = SWE
| count = 3
| second = RUS
| third = ESP
| fourth = FRA
| matches = 38
| goals = 1867
| attendance = 113750
| top_scorer = {{hbicon|UKR}} [[Oleg Velyky]]<br>(46 goals)
| player = {{hbicon|FRA}} [[Jackson Richardson]]
| previous = 1998 European Men's Handball Championship
| next = 2002 European Men's Handball Championship
}}
The '''2000 European Men's Handball Championship''' was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held in [[Croatia]] from 21 to 30 January 2000, in the cities of [[Zagreb]] and [[Rijeka]].{{sfn|Vuleta|Milanović|Sertić|2003|p=168}} [[Sweden men's national handball team|Sweden]] won the tournament after defeating [[Russia men's national handball team|Russia]] in the final, while [[Spain men's national handball team|Spain]] finished third.

== Qualification ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country !! Qualified as !! Previous appearances in tournament
|-
| {{hb|CRO}} || Host || 3 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]], [[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hb|SWE}} || Defending champion || 3 ('''[[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]]''', [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]], '''[[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998]]''')
|-
| {{hb|DEN}} || Playoff winner || 2 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]])
|-
| {{hb|FRA}} || Playoff winner || 3 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]], [[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hb|GER}} || Playoff winner || 3 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]], [[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hb|ISL}} || Playoff winner || 0 (Debut)
|-
| {{hb|NOR}} || Playoff winner || 0 (Debut)
|-
| {{hb|POR}} || Playoff winner || 1 (''[[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]]'')
|-
| {{hb|RUS}} || Playoff winner || 3 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], '''[[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]]''', [[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hb|SLO}} || Playoff winner || 2 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]])
|-
| {{hb|ESP}} || Playoff winner || 3 ([[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]], ''[[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]]'', [[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hb|UKR}} || Playoff winner || 0 (Debut)
|}

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

== Venues ==
Two Croatian cities were selected as hosts for the 2000 Championship:
<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! [[Rijeka]]
|rowspan="3" | {{center|1={{location map+ |Croatia |float= center |width= 265 |caption= |places=
{{location map~ |Croatia |lat=45.816667 |long=15.983333 |label=[[Zagreb]]}}
{{location map~ |Croatia |lat=45.316667 |long=14.416667 |label=[[Rijeka]]}}
}}}}
! [[Zagreb]]
|-
| style="border:none;" | [[File:Sportska dvorana na Trsatu, 24.6.2006. (1).jpg|400px]]
| style="border:none;" | [[File:Dom sportova (Zagreb).jpg|265px]]
|-
| style="border-top:none;" | [[Dvorana Mladosti]]<br />Capacity: 4,000
| style="border-top:none;" | [[Dom Športova]]<br />Capacity: 7,000
|}</div>

== Preliminary round ==
''All times are local ([[Central European Time|UTC+1]]).''

=== Group A ===
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|winpoints=2

|team_order=FRA, ESP, CRO, NOR, GER, UKR

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|win_CRO=3|draw_CRO=1|loss_CRO=1|gf_CRO=122|ga_CRO=114|status_CRO=H
|win_NOR=1|draw_NOR=1|loss_NOR=3|gf_NOR=106|ga_NOR=114
|win_GER=0|draw_GER=2|loss_GER=3|gf_GER=110|ga_GER=119
|win_UKR=0|draw_UKR=1|loss_UKR=4|gf_UKR=104|ga_UKR=120

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|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}
|name_CRO={{hb|CRO}}
|name_NOR={{hb|NOR}}
|name_GER={{hb|GER}}
|name_UKR={{hb|UKR}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=5P |result4=7P |result5=9P |result6=11P

|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|text_5P=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|text_7P=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
|text_9P=[[#Ninth place game|Ninth place game]]
|text_11P=[[#Eleventh place game|Eleventh place game]]
}}

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|date=21 January 2000
|time=16:30
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=24–21
|team2={{hb|NOR}}
|HT=14–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/05-fra-nor.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Bertrand Gille (handballer)|Gille]] 6
|goals2=[[Christian Berge|Berge]] 6
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=6
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=1,500
|referee=Litvinov, Khudoerko
|refnat=RUS
}}
{{handballbox
|date=21 January 2000
|time=18:30
|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}
|score=24–24
|team2={{hb|UKR}}
|HT=14–11
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/03-ger-ukr.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Markus Baur|Baur]] 8
|goals2=[[Oleg Velyky|Velyky]] 12
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=2,500
|referee=Boye, Jensen
|refnat=DEN
}}
{{handballbox
|date=21 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=27–22
|team2={{hb|CRO}}
|HT=16–11
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/01-esp-cro.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Rafael Guijosa|Guijosa]] 6
|goals2=[[Irfan Smajlagić|Smajlagić]] 6
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=10,000
|referee=Hansson, Olsson
|refnat=SWE
}}
----
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|date=22 January 2000
|time=17:00
|team1={{hb-rt|NOR}}
|score=21–25
|team2={{hb|ESP}}
|HT=9–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/09-nor-esp.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Eivind Ellingsen|Ellingsen]], [[Stig Penne|Penne]] 5
|goals2=[[Talant Dujshebaev|Dujshevaev]], [[Andrei Xepkin|Xepkin]] 7
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=6
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=1,600
|referee=Pendić, Majstorović
|refnat=FRY
}}
{{handballbox
|date=22 January 2000
|time=19:00
|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}
|score=21–20
|team2={{hb|GER}}
|HT=11–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/07-cro-ger.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Zlatko Saračević|Saračević]] 7
|goals2=[[Stefan Kretzschmar|Kretzschmar]] 7
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=9,500
|referee=Migas, Bavas
|refnat=GRE
}}
{{handballbox
|date=22 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|UKR}}
|score=22–24
|team2={{hb|FRA}}
|HT=9–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/11-ukr-fra.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Oleg Velyky|Velyky]] 8
|goals2=[[Patrick Cazal|Cazal]] 8
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=1,000
|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski
|refnat=MKD
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=23 January 2000
|time=17:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=27–24
|team2={{hb|UKR}}
|HT=17–11
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/13-esp-ukr.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Rafael Guijosa|Guijosa]] 7
|goals2=[[Oleg Velyky|Velyky]] 10
|twomin1=1
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=1,000
|referee=Boye, Jensen
|refnat=DEN
}}
{{handballbox
|date=23 January 2000
|time=19:00
|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}
|score=19–25
|team2={{hb|FRA}}
|HT=9–15
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/15-ger-fra.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Stefan Kretzschmar|Kretzschmar]] 6
|goals2=[[Jackson Richardson|Richardson]] 8
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=1
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=5,000
|referee=Litvinov, Khudoerko
|refnat=RUS
}}
{{handballbox
|date=23 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}
|score=27–23
|team2={{hb|NOR}}
|HT=15–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/17-cro-nor.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Zvonimir Bilić|Bilić]] 8
|goals2=[[Geir Oustorp|Oustorp]], [[Stig Penne|Penne]] 5
|twomin1=10
|yellow1=3
|red1=1
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=9,500
|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski
|refnat=MKD
}}
----
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|date=25 January 2000
|time=17:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=28–22
|team2={{hb|ESP}}
|HT=16–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/21-fra-esp.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Patrick Cazal|Cazal]] 8
|goals2=[[Enric Masip|Masip]] 9
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=2,000
|referee=Hansson, Olsson
|refnat=SWE
}}
{{handballbox
|date=25 January 2000
|time=19:00
|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}
|score=22–22
|team2={{hb|NOR}}
|HT=11–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/19-ger-nor.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Bernd Roos|Roos]] 11
|goals2=[[Johnny Jensen|Jensen]] 7
|twomin1=6
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=2,000
|referee=Pendić, Majstorović
|refnat=FRY
}}
{{handballbox
|date=25 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|UKR}}
|score=18–26
|team2={{hb|CRO}}
|HT=9–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/23-ukr-cro.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Vitaliy Nat|Nat]] 5
|goals2=[[Zlatko Saračević|Saračević]] 8
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=3,000
|referee=Klúcsó, Lekrinszki
|refnat=HUN
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=27 January 2000
|time=17:00
|team1={{hb-rt|NOR}}
|score=19–16
|team2={{hb|UKR}}
|HT=12–7
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/25-nor-ukr.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Stig Rasch|Rasch]] 6
|goals2=''four players'' 3
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=700
|referee=Migas, Bavas
|refnat=GRE
}}
{{handballbox
|date=27 January 2000
|time=19:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=27–25
|team2={{hb|GER}}
|HT=12–9
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/29-esp-ger.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Rafael Guijosa|Guijosa]], [[Enric Masip|Masip]] 6
|goals2=[[Markus Baur|Baur]], [[Bernd Roos|Roos]] 6
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=3,000
|referee=Boye, Jensen
|refnat=DEN
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{{handballbox
|date=27 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=26–26
|team2={{hb|CRO}}
|HT=12–11
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/27-fra-cro.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Patrick Cazal|Cazal]] 8
|goals2=[[Nenad Kljaić|Kljaić]] 6
|twomin1=7
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=3,500
|referee=Bülow, Lübker
|refnat=GER
}}

=== Group B ===
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|winpoints=2

|team_order=SWE, RUS, SLO, POR, DEN, ISL

|win_SWE=5|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=0|gf_SWE=143|ga_SWE=115
|win_RUS=4|draw_RUS=0|loss_RUS=1|gf_RUS=128|ga_RUS=120
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|win_POR=2|draw_POR=0|loss_POR=3|gf_POR=123|ga_POR=133
|win_DEN=2|draw_DEN=0|loss_DEN=3|gf_DEN=126|ga_DEN=134
|win_ISL=0|draw_ISL=0|loss_ISL=5|gf_ISL=121|ga_ISL=137

|hth_SLO=Slovenia 2 Pts, +3 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, –1 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, –2 GD
|hth_POR=SLO
|hth_DEN=SLO

|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}
|name_RUS={{hb|RUS}}
|name_SLO={{hb|SLO}}
|name_POR={{hb|POR}}
|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}}
|name_ISL={{hb|ISL}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=5P |result4=7P |result5=9P |result6=11P

|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|text_5P=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|text_7P=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
|text_9P=[[#Ninth place game|Ninth place game]]
|text_11P=[[#Eleventh place game|Eleventh place game]]
}}

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|date=21 January 2000
|time=17:00
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=31–23
|team2={{hb|ISL}}
|HT=18–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/04-swe-isl.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Stefan Lövgren|Lövgren]] 7
|goals2=[[Gústaf Bjarnason|Bjarnason]] 5
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=8
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=1,200
|referee=Klúcsó, Lekrinszki
|refnat=HUN
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{{handballbox
|date=21 January 2000
|time=19:00
|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}
|score=28–27
|team2={{hb|SVN}}
|HT=12–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/06-por-slo.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Eduardo Coelho (handballer)|Coelho]] 6
|goals2=[[Zoran Lubej|Lubej]] 8
|twomin1=7
|yellow1=3
|red1=1
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=2,000
|referee=Bülow, Lübker
|refnat=GER
}}
{{handballbox
|date=21 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}
|score=27–26
|team2={{hb|DEN}}
|HT=11–14
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/02-rus-den.pdf Report]
|goals1=''three players'' 5
|goals2=[[Nikolaj Jacobsen|Jacobsen]] 6
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=1,000
|referee=Gallego, Lamas
|refnat=ESP
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=22 January 2000
|time=17:00
|team1={{hb-rt|SVN}}
|score=23–27
|team2={{hb|RUS}}
|HT=12–16
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/10-slo-rus.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Aleš Pajovič|Pajovič]] 10
|goals2=[[Eduard Koksharov|Koksharov]] 7
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=2,500
|referee=Garcia, Moreno
|refnat=FRA
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{{handballbox
|date=22 January 2000
|time=19:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}
|score=25–28
|team2={{hb|POR}}
|HT=13–14
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/12-isl-por.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Valdimar Grímsson|Grímsson]] 9
|goals2=[[Carlos Resende|Resende]] 10
|twomin1=7
|yellow1=3
|red1=1
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=1,200
|referee=Gallego, Lamas
|refnat=ESP
}}
{{handballbox
|date=22 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}
|score=22–29
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=10–16
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/08-den-swe.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Lars Christiansen (handballer)|Christiansen]], [[Lars Krogh Jeppesen|Jeppesen]] 5
|goals2=[[Stefan Lövgren|Lövgren]] 10
|twomin1=5
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=1,200
|referee=Bülow, Lübker
|refnat=GER
}}
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{{handballbox
|date=23 January 2000
|time=17:00
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=29–21
|team2={{hb|POR}}
|HT=15–9
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/16-swe-por.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Johan Petersson (handballer)|Petersson]] 7
|goals2=[[Carlos Resende|Resende]] 6
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=4
|red2=1
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=1,500
|referee=Migas, Bavas
|refnat=GRE
}}
{{handballbox
|date=23 January 2000
|time=19:00
|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}
|score=25–23
|team2={{hb|ISL}}
|HT=15–14
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/14-rus-isl.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Dmitry Filippov|Filippov]] 6
|goals2=[[Valdimar Grímsson|Grímsson]] 6
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=1,200
|referee=Pendić, Majstorović
|refnat=FRY
}}
{{handballbox
|date=23 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}
|score=24–28
|team2={{hb|SVN}}
|HT=9–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/18-den-slo.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Nikolaj Jacobsen|Jacobsen]] 11
|goals2=[[Uroš Šerbec|Šerbec]] 6
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=9
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=2,000
|referee=Klúcsó, Lekrinszki
|refnat=HUN
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=25 January 2000
|time=17:00
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=26–24
|team2={{hb|SVN}}
|HT=11–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/20-swe-slo.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Magnus Wislander|Wislander]] 7
|goals2=[[Aleš Pajovič|Pajovič]] 5
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=4,000
|referee=Gallego, Lamas
|refnat=ESP
}}
{{handballbox
|date=25 January 2000
|time=19:00
|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}
|score=20–24
|team2={{hb|RUS}}
|HT=13–11
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/22-por-rus.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Carlos Resende|Resende]] 8
|goals2=[[Denis Krivoshlykov|Krivoshlykov]], [[Stanislav Kulinchenko|Kulinchenko]] 6
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=
|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski
|refnat=MKD
}}
{{handballbox
|date=25 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}
|score=24–26
|team2={{hb|DEN}}
|HT=14–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/24-isl-den.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Valdimar Grímsson|Grímsson]] 6
|goals2=[[Morten Bjerre|Bjerre]] 6
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=800
|referee=Garcia, Moreno
|refnat=FRA
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=27 January 2000
|time=17:00
|team1={{hb-rt|SVN}}
|score=27–26
|team2={{hb|ISL}}
|HT=17–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/26-slo-isl.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Andrej Kastelic|Kastelic]], [[Uroš Šerbec|Šerbec]] 5
|goals2=[[Valdimar Grímsson|Grímsson]] 7
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=2,400
|referee=Litvinov, Khudoerko
|refnat=RUS
}}
{{handballbox
|date=27 January 2000
|time=19:00
|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}
|score=25–28
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=15–14
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/30-rus-swe.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Dmitry Filippov|Filippov]] 10
|goals2=[[Magnus Wislander|Wislander]] 7
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=2,000
|referee=Garcia, Moreno 
|refnat=FRA
}}
{{handballbox
|date=27 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}
|score=26–28
|team2={{hb|DEN}}
|HT=12–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/28-por-den.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Carlos Resende|Resende]] 9
|goals2=[[Nikolaj Jacobsen|Jacobsen]] 6
|twomin1=8
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=3
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=1,500
|referee=Nachevski , Nachevski 
|refnat=MKD
}}

== Placement matches ==
=== Eleventh place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=29 January 2000
|time=15:00
|team1={{hb-rt|UKR}}
|score=25–26
|team2={{hb|ISL}}
|HT=12–13
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/31-ukr-isl.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Oleg Velyky|Velyky]] 11
|goals2=[[Valdimar Grímsson|Grímsson]] 9
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=200
|referee=Pendić, Majstorović
|refnat=FRY
}}

=== Ninth place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=29 January 2000
|time=17:30
|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}
|score=19–17
|team2={{hb|DEN}}
|HT=8–10
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/32-ger-den.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Bernd Roos|Roos]] 6
|goals2=[[Lars Christiansen (handballer)|Christiansen]] 6
|twomin1=7
|yellow1=2
|red1=1
|twomin2=6
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=350
|referee=Klúcsó, Lekrinszki
|refnat=HUN
}}

=== Seventh place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=29 January 2000
|time=20:00
|team1={{hb-rt|NOR}}
|score=27–30
|team2={{hb|POR}}
|HT=10–14
|FT=23–23
|OT1=4–7
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/33-nor-por.pdf Report]
|goals1=''three players'' 5
|goals2=[[Viktor Tchikoulaev|Tchikoulaev]] 8
|twomin1=4
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=6
|yellow2=2
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dvorana Mladosti]], [[Rijeka]]
|attendance=100
|referee=Hansson, Olsson
|refnat=SWE
}}

=== Fifth place game ===
{{handballbox
|date=29 January 2000
|time=21:00
|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}
|score=24–25
|team2={{hb|SVN}}
|HT=12–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/34-cro-slo.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Irfan Smajlagić|Smajlagić]] 7
|goals2=''three players'' 6
|twomin1=6
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=7
|yellow2=3
|red2=1
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=10,000
|referee=Garcia, Moreno
|refnat=FRA
}}

== Knockout stage ==
=== Bracket ===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=yes
|RD1=Semifinals
|RD2=Final
|Consol=Third place
<!-- Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
|29 January|{{hb|FRA}}|23|{{hb|RUS}}|30
|29 January|{{hb|SWE}}|23|{{hb|ESP}}|21
<!-- final -->
|30 January|{{hb|RUS}}|31|{{hb|SWE}} ([[Overtime (sports)#Handball|ET]])|32
<!-- third place -->
|30 January|{{hb|ESP}}|24|{{hb|FRA}}|23
}}

=== Semifinals ===
{{handballbox
|date=29 January 2000
|time=15:00
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score=23–30
|team2={{hb|RUS}}
|HT=10–16
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/35-fra-rus.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Patrick Cazal|Cazal]] 6
|goals2=[[Eduard Koksharov|Koksharov]] 9
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=4
|red1=
|twomin2=5
|yellow2=3
|red2=1
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=3,000
|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski
|refnat=MKD
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date=29 January 2000
|time=17:30
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score=23–21
|team2={{hb|ESP}}
|HT=11–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/36-swe-esp.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Ljubomir Vranjes|Vranjes]], [[Magnus Wislander|Wislander]] 6
|goals2=[[Mariano Ortega|Ortega]] 5
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=4
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=7,500
|referee=Bülow, Lübker
|refnat=GER
}}

=== Third place game ===
{{handballbox
|bg=#CC9966
|date=30 January 2000
|time=15:00
|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}
|score=24–23
|team2={{hb|FRA}}
|HT=13–12
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/37-esp-fra.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Talant Dujshebaev|Dujshebaev]] 7
|goals2=[[Bertrand Gille (handballer)|Gille]] 6
|twomin1=3
|yellow1=2
|red1=
|twomin2=2
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=4,000
|referee=Pendić, Majstorović
|refnat=FRY
}}

=== Final ===
{{handballbox
|bg=gold
|date=30 January 2000
|time=17:30
|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}
|score=31–32
|team2={{hb|SWE}}
|HT=15–9
|FT=24–24
|OT1=3–3
|OT2=4–5
|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/3/2/38-rus-swe.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Dmitry Filippov|Filippov]] 6
|goals2=[[Magnus Wislander|Wislander]] 10
|twomin1=2
|yellow1=3
|red1=
|twomin2=4
|yellow2=3
|red2=
|stadium=[[Dom Sportova]], [[Zagreb]]
|attendance=7,500
|referee=Migas, Bavas
|refnat=GRE
}}

== Ranking and statistics ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
=== Final ranking ===
{| class="wikitable" width="200px"
|- 
|align=center|[[Image:gold medal icon.svg]]|| {{hb|SWE}}
|- 
|align=center|[[Image:silver medal icon.svg]]|| {{hb|RUS}}
|- 
|align=center|[[Image:bronze medal icon.svg]]|| {{hb|ESP}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{hb|FRA}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{hb|SLO}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{hb|CRO}}
|-
|align=center|7|| {{hb|POR}}
|-
|align=center|8|| {{hb|NOR}}
|-
|align=center|9|| {{hb|GER}}
|-
|align=center|10|| {{hb|DEN}}
|-
|align=center|11|| {{hb|ISL}}
|-
|align=center|12|| {{hb|UKR}}
|}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 80%;"
|- style="text-align: center;"
|'''2000 Men's European Champions''' <br><br> [[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|150px|border|Sweden]]<br>'''[[Sweden men's national handball team|Sweden]]'''<br/>'''Third Title'''
|}

=== All-Star Team ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Player
|-
| Goalkeeper || {{flagathlete|[[Peter Gentzel]]|SWE}}
|-
| Right wing || {{flagathlete|[[Irfan Smajlagić]]|CRO}}
|-
| Right back || {{flagathlete|[[Patrick Cazal]]|FRA}}
|-
| Centre back || {{flagathlete|[[Jackson Richardson]]|FRA}}
|-
| Left back  || {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Resende]]|POR}}
|-
| Left wing || {{flagathlete|[[Rafael Guijosa]]|ESP}}
|-
| Pivot || {{flagathlete|[[Andrei Xepkin]]|ESP}}
|-
| [[Most valuable player]] || {{flagathlete|[[Jackson Richardson]]|FRA}}
|}
<small>Source: [https://men2020.ehf-euro.com/about-ehf-euro/ehf-euro-history/ehf-euro-2000/ EHF]</small>
{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
=== Top goalscorers ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank !! Name !! Team !! Goals !! Shots !! %
|-
| 1 || align=left|[[Oleg Velyky]] || align=left|{{hb|UKR}} || 46 || 96 || 48
|-
| 2 || align=left|[[Valdimar Grímsson]] || align=left|{{hb|ISL}} || 41 || 56 || 73
|-
| rowspan=2|3 || align=left|[[Patrick Cazal]] || align=left|{{hb|FRA}} || rowspan=2|40 || 82 || 49
|-
| align=left|[[Magnus Wislander]] || align=left|{{hb|SWE}} || 54 || 74
|-
| 5 || align=left|[[Carlos Resende]] || align=left|{{hb|POR}} || 38 || 77 || 49
|-
| 6 || align=left|[[Stefan Lövgren]] || align=left|{{hb|SWE}} || 33 || 54 || 61
|-
| rowspan=2|7 || align=left|[[Rafael Guijosa]] || align=left|{{hb|ESP}} || rowspan=2|32 || 49 || 65
|-
| align=left|[[Aleš Pajovič]] || align=left|{{hb|SLO}} || 63 || 51
|-
| rowspan=2|9 || align=left|[[Bertrand Gille (handballer)|Bertrand Gille]] || align=left|{{hb|FRA}} || rowspan=2|30 || 46 || 65
|-
| align=left|[[Jackson Richardson]] || align=left|{{hb|FRA}} || 48 || 62
|}
<small>Source: [https://men2020.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/Content/DEN2014M/Files/Statistics_pdf/Men/EHF_EURO_2000/Euro_2000_cumulative_stats.pdf EHF]</small>
{{col-2}}
=== Top goalkeepers ===
''(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)''
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank !! Name !! Team !! % !! Saves !! Shots
|-
| 1 || align=left|[[Tomas Svensson]] || align=left|{{hb|SWE}} || 43 || 52 || 122
|-
| 2 || align=left|[[David Barrufet]] || align=left|{{hb|ESP}} || 40 || 87 || 215
|-
| rowspan=2|3 || align=left|[[Henning Fritz]] || align=left|{{hb|GER}} || rowspan=2|39 || 22 || 57
|-
| align=left|[[Peter Gentzel]] || align=left|{{hb|SWE}} || 54 || 137
|-
| rowspan=2| 5 || align=left|[[Venio Losert]] || align=left|{{hb|CRO}} || rowspan=2| 38 || 48 || 128
|-
| align=left|[[Bruno Martini (handballer)|Bruno Martini]] || align=left|{{hb|FRA}} || 55 || 143
|-
| rowspan=2|7 || align=left|[[Mirko Bašić]] || align=left|{{hb|CRO}} || rowspan=2|37 || 27 || 73
|-
| align=left|[[Jan Holpert]] || align=left|{{hb|GER}} || 38 || 104
|-
| rowspan=2|9 || align=left|[[Kasper Hvidt]] || align=left|{{hb|DEN}} || rowspan=2|35 || 44 || 124
|-
| align=left|[[Frode Scheie]] || align=left|{{hb|NOR}} || 38 || 108
|}
<small>Source: [https://men2020.ehf-euro.com/fileadmin/Content/DEN2014M/Files/Statistics_pdf/Men/EHF_EURO_2000/Euro_2000_cumulative_stats.pdf EHF]</small>
{{col-end}}

===Shooting statistics===
2003 research of Croatian kinesiologists on the efficiency of the shooting at the Championship summarized:{{sfn|Vuleta|Milanović|Sertić|2003|p=168}} {{quote|Almost half of all the shots performed (44.61%) were executed from the back-court players' positions (field shots). The winning teams were considerably more efficient in field shots and in 7m throws than the defeated ones - (43.20%) and (76.53%) as compared to (32.52%) and (65.76%), respectively. (...) The winning teams had more successful field shots, 6m-centre shots and wing shots, and fewer unsuccessful 6m-centre and field shots and 7m throws. Scoring efficiency from a distance and from the 6m line differentiates the successful teams (winners) from the unsuccessful (defeated) ones.}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Sources ==
* {{cite web|title=2000 Men's European Championship|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2000/round/1|author=eurohandball.com|access-date=24 January 2011|archive-date=18 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318000312/http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2000/round/1|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite web|title=Men Handball European Championship 2000 |url=http://todor66.com/handball/Europe/Men_2000.html |author=todor66.com |access-date=24 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619224046/http://todor66.com/handball/Europe/Men_2000.html |archive-date=19 June 2011 }}
* {{cite journal|url=https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/330417 |last1=Vuleta |first1=Dinko |last2=Milanović |first2=Dragan |last3=Sertić |first3=Hrvoje  |title=Povezanost varijabli šutiranja na gol s konačnim rezultatom rukometnih utakmica Europskog prvenstvu 2000. godine za muškarce|journal=Kinesiology|trans-title=Relations among variables of shooting for a goal and outcomes of the 2000 men’s european handball championship matches|volume=35|issue=2|year=2003|page=168-173|issn=1848-638X}}

== External links ==
* [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/cro/1/Results.pdf Results]

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