2012 European Men's Handball Championship

2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Европско првенство у рукомету 2012

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Tournament details
Host country  Serbia
Dates 15–29 January 2012
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up  Serbia
Third place  Croatia
Fourth place  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches 47
Goals scored 2333 (49.64 per match)
Attendance 302,688 (6,440 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Kiril Lazarov (MKD) (61 goals)
Best player  Momir Ilić (SRB)
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Countries that qualified for the championship

The 2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the men's continental handball tournament, which was held in Serbia between 15–29 January 2012. Sixteen teams qualified for the event, including host nation Serbia, defending champion France and fourteen national teams through the qualifying tournament. The teams were split into four groups of 4, with the top 3 teams of each group advancing to the main round, carrying the points won against other qualified opponents. Going to the main round with no points, Denmark ended up winning the championship after defeating Serbia in the final with a scoreline of 21–19.[1]

The bronze medal was claimed by Croatia, who defeated Spain 31-27 to win their second bronze and fourth European medal overall.[2] In the placement match for the 5th position Macedonia proved to be too strong for Slovenia and won the match by 28–27. Macedonian right back Kiril Lazarov led his team with 8 goals to success and took the top scorers' award with a European Championship record of 61 goals.[3] Over 300,000 spectators were present in 47 matches during the tournament, which was also a new championship record.[1]

By winning the European title, Denmark directly qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, while Serbia and Macedonia secured a spot in the Olympic Qualification Tournament. Thanks to the Danish triumph, Poland also made it to the qualifiers as the eighth ranked team of the 2011 World Championship.[4]

The championship was somewhat overshadowed by incidents that occurred during the final week of the event. On 26–27 January, in violent attacks, cars were damaged or set on fire, and several Croatian supporters were injured. In the semifinal match between Serbia and Croatia, Žarko Šešum, the back player of the Serbian team had his eye severely injured after a bottle intended for Croatian player Ivano Balić and coach Slavko Goluža was thrown at him.[5]

Background

The EHF decided that Serbia would host the tournament in the cities of Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad and Vršac. Germany and France were the other applicants for the championship.

Qualification

The 2012 Championship was the second for which the new qualification system was used.

Qualified teams

Country Qualified asDate qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 Serbia Host 27 September 2008 1 (2010)
 France Defending Champion 31 January 2010 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Hungary Group 1 winner 13 March 2011 7 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Croatia Group 2 winner 13 March 2011 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Sweden Group 4 winner 8 June 2011 8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010)
 Denmark Group 7 winner 8 June 2011 8 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Russia Group 7 runner-up 8 June 2011 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Norway Group 6 winner 8 June 2011 4 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Germany Group 5 winner 8 June 2011 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Slovakia Group 4 runner-up 9 June 2011 2 (2006, 2008)
 Spain Group 2 runner-up 9 June 2011 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Czech Republic Group 6 runner-up 11 June 2011 6 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010)
 Macedonia Group 1 runner-up 12 June 2011 1 (1998)
 Poland Group 3 winner 12 June 2011 5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Slovenia Group 3 runner-up 12 June 2011 8 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Iceland Group 5 runner-up 12 June 2011 6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round
Belgrade Novi Sad Vršac Niš
Pionir Hall
Capacity: 8,150		 SPENS
Capacity: 11,500		 Millennium Center
Capacity: 5,000		 Čair Sports Center
Capacity: 5,000
Knockout stage
Belgrade
Belgrade Arena
Capacity: 20,000

Audience

Referees

On 12 September 2011, 12 couples were announced in Vienna.[6]

List of broadcasters

Seeding

The draw was held on 15 June 2011 in Belgrade at 12:00 local time.[7][8] The seeding was announced on 13 June 2011.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

The match schedule was released and confirmed on 18 April 2011.[10] Four teams were selected to play in the four venue cities, Serbia in Belgrade, Macedonia at Niš, Hungary at Novi Sad and Croatia in Vršac.[11] The playing schedule was announced on 1 July.[12][13]

All times are UTC+1.

     Team advanced to the Main Round

Group A

Venue: Pionir Hall, Belgrade

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia 3 2 1 0 67 61 +6 5
 Poland 3 2 0 1 86 72 +14 4
 Denmark 3 1 0 2 78 76 +2 2
 Slovakia 3 0 1 2 70 92 −22 1
15 January 2012
18:15		 Poland  18–22  Serbia
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Bielecki 4 (7–11) Vujin, Nikčević 6
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15 January 2012
20:15		 Denmark  30–25  Slovakia
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Lindberg 7 (15–12) Valo 6
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17 January 2012
18:15		 Slovakia  24–41  Poland
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
Kukučka 5 (13–17) Tkaczyk 8
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17 January 2012
20:15		 Serbia  24–22  Denmark
Attendance: 8,100
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Ilić 8 (10–12) Christiansen, Hansen 4
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19 January 2012
18:15		 Poland  27–26  Denmark
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL)
Tkaczyk 7 (10–14) Mogensen 4
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19 January 2012
20:15		 Serbia  21–21  Slovakia
Attendance: 4,900
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Prodanović 5 (13–6) three players 4
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Group B

Venue: Čair Sports Center, Niš

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 2 0 1 77 74 +3 4
 Macedonia 3 1 1 1 76 71 +5 3
 Sweden 3 1 1 1 83 84 −1 3
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 77 84 −7 2
15 January 2012
17:20		 Germany  24–27  Czech Republic
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Kaufmann 5 (9–14) Jícha 7
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15 January 2012
19:30		 Sweden  26–26  Macedonia
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Ekberg 6 (14–13) Aluševski, Lazarov 7
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17 January 2012
18:15		 Macedonia  23–24  Germany
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL)
Lazarov 7 (12–12) Kaufmann 6
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17 January 2012
20:15		 Czech Republic  29–33  Sweden
Attendance: 2,050
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Jícha 7 (17–19) Ekberg 10
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19 January 2012
18:15		 Germany  29–24  Sweden
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
Gensheimer 9 (20–15) Ekdahl du Rietz 8
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19 January 2012
20:15		 Czech Republic  21–27  Macedonia
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Jícha, Horák 5 (12–12) Lazarov 7
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Group C

Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 2 1 0 83 77 +6 5
 Hungary 3 1 2 0 81 78 +3 4
 France 3 1 0 2 77 79 −2 2
 Russia 3 0 1 2 82 89 −7 1
16 January 2012
18:15		 France  26–29  Spain
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Fernandez 7 (13–15) three players 4
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16 January 2012
20:15		 Hungary  31–31  Russia
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Császár 8 (19–19) Chipurin 5
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18 January 2012
18:15		 Russia  24–28  France
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Chipurin 7 (11–16) Narcisse 6
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18 January 2012
20:15		 Spain  24–24  Hungary
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Cañellas 6 (11–12) Császár, Mocsai 7
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20 January 2012
18:15		 Spain  30–27  Russia
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
García Parrondo 6 (17–11) Igropulo 8
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20 January 2012
20:15		 France  23–26  Hungary
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Barachet 5 (14–12) Zubai 6
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Group D

Venue: Millennium Center, Vršac

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 3 3 0 0 88 78 +10 6
 Slovenia 3 1 0 2 90 91 −1 2
 Iceland 3 1 0 2 95 97 −2 2
 Norway 3 1 0 2 80 87 −7 2
16 January 2012
18:10		 Norway  28–27  Slovenia
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
three players 6 (14–14) Zorman, Gajić 5
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16 January 2012
20:10		 Croatia  31–29  Iceland
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Štrlek 8 (14–15) Sigurðsson 8
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18 January 2012
18:10		 Slovenia  29–31  Croatia
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Gajić 8 (12–16) Čupić 9
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18 January 2012
20:10		 Iceland  34–32  Norway
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Gunnarsson 9 (18–20) Mamelund 10
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20 January 2012
18:10		 Iceland  32–34  Slovenia
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Sigurðsson 9 (13–17) Gajić, Skube 7
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20 January 2012
20:10		 Croatia  26–20  Norway
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Čupić 6 (13–8) Mamelund 6
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Main round

Group stage results between teams that qualified for the main round were carried over.

     Team advances to the Semifinals
     Team plays in the Fifth place game

Group I

Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Match Serbia vs Germany.

Result

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia 5 3 1 1 110 104 +6 7
 Denmark 5 3 0 2 140 133 +7 6
 Macedonia 5 2 1 2 130 127 +3 5
 Germany 5 2 1 2 132 129 +3 5
 Poland 5 2 1 2 132 136 −4 5
 Sweden 5 0 2 3 124 139 −15 2

Initial standing and matches

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany (B) 2 2 0 0 53 47 +6 4
 Serbia (A) 2 2 0 0 46 40 +6 4
 Poland (A) 2 1 0 1 45 48 −3 2
 Macedonia (B) 2 0 1 1 49 50 −1 1
 Sweden (B) 2 0 1 1 50 55 −5 1
 Denmark (A) 2 0 0 2 48 51 −3 0

(A) and (B) indicates from which group the teams came; in the main round they were only playing against teams from the other group. By three victories and the misfortune of among others Germany, Denmark qualified for the semifinals together with the host, Serbia. Notable results were Denmarks last seconds win against Macedonia and Polands turn-around of first half result 9-20 to win second half by the same ciffres thereby equalizing against Sweden.

21 January 2012
16:15		 Poland  29–29  Sweden
Attendance: 6,003
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Jaszka 8 (9–20) Ekberg 7
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21 January 2012
18:15		 Denmark  33–32  Macedonia
Attendance: 17,000
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Hansen 12 (16–19) Lazarov 13
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21 January 2012
20:15		 Serbia  21–21  Germany
Attendance: 20,500
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Ilić 6 (12–7) Gensheimer 5
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23 January 2012
16:20		 Poland  25–27  Macedonia
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL)
Jurecki 5 (12–18) Lazarov 9
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23 January 2012
18:20		 Denmark  28–26  Germany
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
Eggert 7 (17–14) four players 4
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23 January 2012
20:20		 Serbia  24–21  Sweden
Attendance: 19,000
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Vujin 5 (14–11) Ekdahl du Rietz 8
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25 January 2012
16:15		 Poland  33–32  Germany
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Jurecki, Kuchczynski 5 (18–17) Klein, Sprenger 7
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25 January 2012
18:15		 Denmark  31–24  Sweden
Attendance: 5,200
Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
Eggert 7 (18–11) Andersson 8
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25 January 2012
20:15		 Serbia  19–22  Macedonia
Attendance: 24,805
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Vujin 5 (10–11) Lazarov 10
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Group II

Venue: Spens Sports Center, Novi Sad

Result

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 5 4 1 0 143 130 +13 9
 Croatia 5 3 1 1 137 128 +9 7
 Slovenia 5 2 0 3 153 156 −3 4
 Hungary 5 1 2 2 125 130 −5 4
 Iceland 5 1 1 3 143 146 −3 3
 France 5 1 1 3 128 139 −11 3

Initial standing and matches

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia (D) 2 2 0 0 62 58 +4 4
 Spain (C) 2 1 1 0 53 50 +3 3
 Hungary (C) 2 1 1 0 50 47 +3 3
 Slovenia (D) 2 1 0 1 63 63 0 2
 Iceland (D) 2 0 0 2 61 65 −4 0
 France (C) 2 0 0 2 49 55 −6 0

(C) and (D) above indicates from which group the teams came, in the main round they are only playing against teams from the other group.

22 January 2012
16:10		 Hungary  21–27  Iceland
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Császár 7 (10–14) Atlason, Sigurðsson 5
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22 January 2012
18:10		 France  28–26  Slovenia
Attendance: 4,700
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Barachet 6 (14–15) Žvižej 6
3× 3× Report 7× 3×
22 January 2012
20:10		 Spain  24–22  Croatia
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Tomás 5 (11–14) Čupić 5
3× 3× Report 3× 3×
24 January 2012
16:10		 Spain  31–26  Iceland
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Aguinagalde 5 (17–13) Sigurðsson 6
2× 3× Report 2× 3×
24 January 2012
18:10		 France  22–29  Croatia
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Fernandez, Barachet 4 (12–11) Kopljar, Čupić 7
2× 3× Report 3× 3×
24 January 2012
20:10		 Hungary  30–32  Slovenia
Attendance: 6,800
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Putics 7 (13–14) Gajić 13
5× 3× 1×Red card Report 6× 4×
25 January 2012
16:10		 France  29–29  Iceland
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Accambray 10 (11–15) Sigurðsson 5
2× 3× Report 1× 3×
25 January 2012
18:10		 Spain  35–32  Slovenia
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Romero 7 (15–15) Žvižej 7
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25 January 2012
20:10		 Hungary  24–24  Croatia
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Császár 14 (13–12) Horvat 11
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Knockout stage

Venue: Belgrade Arena, Belgrade

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
27 January – Belgrade
  Serbia  26  
  Croatia  22  
 
29 January – Belgrade
      Serbia  19
    Denmark  21
Third place
27 January – Belgrade 29 January – Belgrade
  Spain  24   Croatia  31
  Denmark  25     Spain  27

Semifinals

27 January 2012
17:45		 Denmark  25–24  Spain
Attendance: 14,000
Referees: Krstić, Ljubič (SLO)
Lauge 6 (12–10) Aguinagalde 5
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27 January 2012
20:15		 Serbia  26–22  Croatia
Attendance: 23,040
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Ilić 8 (13–14) Kopljar 7
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Fifth place game

27 January 2012
15:15		 Macedonia  28–27  Slovenia
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Lazarov 8 (16–12) Dolenec 7
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Bronze medal game

29 January 2012
14:30		 Croatia  31–27  Spain
Attendance: 8,500
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Lacković, Čupić 7 (13–12) Sarmiento 7
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Final

29 January 2012
17:00		 Serbia  19–21  Denmark
Attendance: 21,800
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Prodanović 4 (7–9) Hansen 9
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The final was played at the Belgrade Arena between the host-nation Serbia and Denmark, and was seen by 19,800 spectators.[14] The teams played a match against each other in the group stage of the tournament, when Serbia defeated Denmark 24–22. Serbia's coach Veselin Vuković could not rely on Žarko Šešum, whose left eye was injured after he was hit with a bottle on the halftime break of the semi-final match against Croatia.[15]

The match started with tough play by both teams and low scoring. Denmark claimed the lead in the early phase of the match and controlled the period. Serbia's attacks were ineffective, and goalkeeper Darko Stanić made several saves. The Danes made fewer mistakes in the attacks and Anders Eggert scored important goals in the counter-attacks. Denmark led at halftime 9–7.

Early in the second half Denmark took an 11–7 lead, but then the Serbian players halted the opponent's run with a better play in defence, except for Mikkel Hansen who scored with his powerful shots in the critical moments of the game. The Danes were having the lead all the time with a margin of 1–4 goals and thanks to the saves of their goalkeeper Niklas Landin Jacobsen prevented the Serbians to level the result. The last minutes of the game were played with many mistakes on both sides, but Hansen scored the decisive goal for peerless lead 21–18 with 20 seconds to go. Serbia scored until the end making it 21–19 in favor of Denmark at the end. This was the second title for Denmark after they have previously won the European Championship in 2008.[1]

Ranking and statistics

Result

Final ranking

The final ranking for places 7 to 16 was determined by the team's group stage record. In case the ranking would have been relevant for Olympic qualification, there would have been a placement match for 7th and 9th place.

Rank Team World Ch'ship
qualification		 Olympics
qualification
 Denmark WC Q
 Serbia WC q
 Croatia WC q
4 Spain WC q
5 Macedonia q
6 Slovenia
7 Germany
8 Hungary q
9 Poland q
10 Iceland q
11 FranceWCQ
12 Sweden q
13 Norway
14 Czech Republic
15 Russia
16 Slovakia
WC Team qualified for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship
Q/q Team qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics (Q) or the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualification Tournaments (q)
Team already qualified as hosts or based on last world championship result

All Star Team

Other awards

Source: ehf-euro.com, 29.01.2012

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Shots % MP
1  Kiril Lazarov (MKD) 61 114 54 7
2  Dragan Gajić (SLO) 48 67 72 7
3  Mikkel Hansen (DEN) 45 89 51 8
4  Gábor Császár (HUN) 43 68 63 6
5  Ivan Čupić (CRO) 42 55 76 8
6  Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (ISL) 41 63 65 6
7  Momir Ilić (SRB) 34 72 47 8
8  Niclas Ekberg (SWE) 33 51 65 6
9  Blazenko Lackovic (CRO) 32 56 57 8
10  Anders Eggert Jensen (DEN) 30 39 77 8
 Luka Žvižej (SLO) 30 41 73 7
 Jure Dolenec (SLO) 30 47 64 7

Source: EHF

Incidents

Riots

On 24 January 2012, after the match between Croatia and France, Serbian hooligans attacked Croatian fans in several locations in Vojvodina, northern Serbia. In Novi Sad, Croatian supporters were heading home after the game, when they ran into a road block and some 50 masked men assaulted them with stones, bricks and axes, smashing windscreens. The attack left several supporters injured and one of them hospitalized. In Ruma, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south from Novi Sad, a Croatian van was set on fire and one of the passengers stabbed with a knife.[16][17][18]

A day later the unrest continued and many cars were damaged, torched, or burnt out throughout Novi Sad.[19] The Croatian Foreign Ministry officially complained to Serbian Ambassador Stanimir Vukicevic over the attacks; Vukicevic expressed regret and stated that the Serbian police was already taking the necessary steps. Thirteen people were arrested in connection with the incident, including Ivan Ključovski and Jovan Bajić, leaders of a fan group from Novi Sad, and a member of the Obraz right-wing organization.[20] After questioning, all of them remained in custody for a month.[21]

Serbia–Croatia semifinal

Serbia and Croatia met in the semi-final of the tournament, which caused further concern on both sides. About 5,000 policemen were deployed to ensure the security of the fans, while in Croatia some tourist agencies cancelled trips for the match and the Croatian Handball Federation (Hrvatski rukometni savez, HRS) also recommended not to go to Serbia as the supporters' safety might not be guaranteed.[22][23] Spokesman Zlatko Skrinjar also added that the HRS had planned to organize trips for the event, however, they changed their mind due to the incidents in the preceding days. On the Croatian-Serbian border, joint checkpoints were set up to prevent hooligans and other groups who have no ticket for the match to enter Serbia, and to escort the fans with tickets from the border to Belgrade.[23][24]

The police reported that there were no incidents during the match,[25] which was eventually won by the Serbians 26–22, however, a bottle actually meant for Croatian playmaker Ivano Balić and coach Slavko Goluža hit Serbian back player Žarko Šešum, severely injuring his eye.[26] Šešum's eye suffered significant bleeding. After the trauma he had only minimal vision on the affected eye, but the risk of permanent sight loss was reportedly averted.[27] Morten Stig Christensen, Secretary of the Danish Handball Federation, Serbia's opponent in the final said that he was "severely shocked" by the incident and so were the people from the European Handball Federation with whom he spoke. Christensen also added that he was shocked that although there were more than five thousand security personnel at the stadium, the hooligans still managed to sneak in Roman candles and laser lights.[28]

See also

References

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