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. Sweden won the tournament after defeating Russia in the final, while Spain finished third.

Qualification

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:

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Group B

Placement matches

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

All-Star Team

Source: EHF

Top goalscorers

Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team) Source: EHF

Shooting statistics

2003 research of Croatian kinesiologists on the efficiency of the shooting at the Championship summarized: "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."

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