The 2002 Men's European Handball Championship was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 25 January to 3 February 2002 in Sweden.

Qualification

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

Venues

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round

Points gained in the preliminary round against teams that also qualified, were carried over.

Group I

Group II

Placement games

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Final round

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 EHF