Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

2000 Men's Olympic handball tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	16–30 September
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Yugoslavia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	2,252 (51.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stefan Lövgren; (51 goals)
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The men's handball competition, one of two events of handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, took place at The Dome (Sydney Olympic Park) during the preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. A total of 180 players, distributed among twelve national teams, participated in this tournament.^[1]

Medalists

Qualification

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	24 September 1993	Monte Carlo	1	Australia
1999 World Championship	1–15 June 1999	Egypt	7	Sweden Russia Yugoslavia Spain Germany France Egypt
1999 Pan American Games	31 July – 7 August 1999	Winnipeg	1	Cuba
African qualification tournament	15–18 October 1999	Cotonou	1	Tunisia
2000 European Championship	21–30 January 2000	Croatia	1	Slovenia
2000 Asian Championship	25–30 January 2000	Kumamoto	1	South Korea
Total			12

Squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+10).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	4	0	1	129	121	+8	8	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	5	3	1	1	128	113	+15	7
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	130	127	+3	6^[a]
4	Egypt	5	3	0	2	122	115	+7	6^[a]
5	South Korea	5	1	1	3	128	131	−3	3	9th place game
6	Cuba	5	0	0	5	128	158	−30	0	11th place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Yugoslavia 25–22 Egypt

16 September 2000 09:30	Germany	30–22	Cuba	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Kretzschmar 7	(15–11)	Suárez, Uríos 6
	3× 5×		3× 5×

16 September 2000 14:30	Yugoslavia	25–24	South Korea	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Butulija, Jovanović 6	(12–10)	Paek, Yoon K-s. 6
	2× 4× 1×		3× 2×

16 September 2000 19:30	Russia	22–21	Egypt	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Koksharov 7	(15–7)	Awaad 6
	3× 4×		3× 2×

18 September 2000 09:30	South Korea	24–24	Germany	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
	Yoon K-s. 11	(13–11)	Schwarzer 6
	3× 5×		4× 6×

18 September 2000 14:30	Egypt	22–25	Yugoslavia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Moemen 9	(14–11)	Škrbić 6
	2× 1×		4× 7×

18 September 2000 19:30	Cuba	26–31	Russia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Uríos 6	(14–15)	Filippov 12
	3× 7× 1×		4× 6× 1×

20 September 2000 11:30	Russia	26–24	South Korea	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
	Voronin 7	(9–11)	Paek 12
	3× 6× 1×		3× 5×

20 September 2000 14:30	Egypt	29–26	Cuba	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Zaky 8	(12–11)	Uríos 8
	3× 3×		2× 4×

20 September 2000 21:30	Yugoslavia	22–28	Germany	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
	Knežević 5	(11–13)	Kehrmann 7
	4× 3×		2× 5×

22 September 2000 09:30	South Korea	21–28	Egypt	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
	Paek, Yoon K-s. 7	(8–15)	Awaad, Zaky 6
	3× 2×		3× 2×

22 September 2000 11:30	Yugoslavia	33–26	Cuba	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	three players 6	(16–10)	Uríos 7
	3× 9× 1×		3× 6× 1×

22 September 2000 19:30	Germany	25–23	Russia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Roos 6	(11–15)	Filippov 7
	3× 8×		3× 3×

24 September 2000 11:30	Cuba	28–35	South Korea	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kalin, Korič (SLO)
	Uríos 9	(13–15)	Yoon K-s. 8
	3× 3×		3× 3×

24 September 2000 16:30	Germany	21–22	Egypt	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Kehrmann, Von Behren 5	(11–8)	Al-Nil 5
	3× 2×		3× 6× 1×

24 September 2000 21:30	Russia	27–25	Yugoslavia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
	Koksharov, Voronin 8	(14–12)	Butulija, Škrbić 6
	3× 3×		3× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	5	5	0	0	155	121	+34	10	Quarterfinals
2	France	5	3	1	1	120	104	+16	7
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	144	126	+18	6
4	Slovenia	5	2	1	2	137	127	+10	5
5	Tunisia	5	1	0	4	111	117	−6	2	9th place game
6	Australia (H)	5	0	0	5	106	178	−72	0	11th place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

16 September 2000 11:30	France	24–24	Slovenia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
	three players 6	(9–11)	Pungartnik 6
	2× 5×		2× 3×

16 September 2000 16:30	Spain	24–22	Tunisia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Dujshebaev 7	(12–10)	Ben Amor 6
	3× 7× 1×		3× 5×

16 September 2000 21:30	Sweden	44–23	Australia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Franzén 8	(23–12)	Sestic 5
	3× 2×		3× 1×

18 September 2000 11:30	Tunisia	17–20	France	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
	three players 4	(11–11)	three players 4
	3× 3×		2× 3×

18 September 2000 16:30	Australia	23–39	Spain	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
	Sestic 5	(7–17)	Guijosa 10
	2× 5×		2× 3×

18 September 2000 21:30	Slovenia	30–32	Sweden	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Puc 7	(17–12)	Lövgren 10
	3× 6× 3×		3× 3×

20 September 2000 09:30	Sweden	27–18	Tunisia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
	Lövgren 10	(13–11)	Ben Amor 6
	3× 5×		3× 3×

20 September 2000 16:30	Australia	20–33	Slovenia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
	Groenintwoud 5	(9–14)	Jovičič 8
	3× 2×		1× 1×

20 September 2000 19:30	Spain	23–25	France	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Guijosa 7	(11–11)	Fernandez 7
	3× 4×		3× 6×

22 September 2000 14:30	Tunisia	34–24	Australia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (YUG)
	M. Madi 8	(15–11)	Groenintwoud 6
	3× 3×		3× 4×

22 September 2000 16:30	Spain	31–28	Slovenia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
	three players 5	(17–13)	Lubej 9
	3× 5×		3× 3×

22 September 2000 21:30	France	23–24	Sweden	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Fernandez, Kervadec 7	(11–9)	three players 5
	3× 3×		3× 4×

24 September 2000 09:30	Slovenia	22–20	Tunisia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Pungartnik 7	(9–12)	M. Madi 7
	3× 4×		3× 5×

24 September 2000 14:30	France	28–16	Australia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY)
	Joulin 7	(13–7)	Sestic 5
	3× 1×		2× 2×

24 September 2000 19:30	Sweden	28–27	Spain	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Lövgren 7	(13–14)	Guijosa 8
	2× 8× 1×		3× 7× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal

26 September

Russia	33
		29 September
Slovenia	22
		Russia	29
26 September
		Yugoslavia	26
France	21
				30 September
Yugoslavia	26
				Russia	28
26 September
				Sweden	26
Germany	26
		29 September
Spain	27
		Spain	25
26 September
		Sweden	32	Bronze medal
Sweden	27
				30 September
Egypt	23
				Yugoslavia	22

				Spain	26

5–8th place semifinals		5th place

29 September

Slovenia	22
		30 September
France	29
		France	22
29 September
		Germany	25
Germany	24

Egypt	18
		7th place

		30 September

		Slovenia	28

		Egypt	34

Eleventh place game

26 September 2000 09:30	Cuba	26–24	Australia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
	Hardy 7	(12–9)	Sestic 7
	3× 2×		3× 4× 1×

Ninth place game

26 September 2000 11:30	South Korea	24–19	Tunisia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Tomaszewski, Adams (AUS)
	Park M. 6	(13–7)	A. Madi 6
	3× 2×		3× 3×

Quarterfinals

26 September 2000 14:30	Russia	33–22	Slovenia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Koksharov 7	(14–9)	Šerbec 6
	3× 3×		3× 1×

26 September 2000 16:30	Spain	27–26	Germany	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
	Guijosa 9	(11–13)	Kretzschmar 6
	3× 3× 1×		3× 4×

26 September 2000 19:30	Yugoslavia	26–21	France	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Jovanović, Škrbić 7	(10–9)	Anquetil 5
	3× 6×		3× 3×

26 September 2000 21:30	Sweden	27–23	Egypt	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Litvinov, Khudoerko (RUS)
	Vranjes 7	(14–12)	Zaky 10
	3× 3×		3× 8×

5–8th place semifinals

29 September 2000 09:30	Slovenia	22–29	France	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Šerbec 6	(9–17)	G. Gille 7
	3× 3×		2× 1×

29 September 2000 11:30	Germany	24–18	Egypt	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
	Baur, Kehrmann 6	(10–9)	Hussein 6
	2× 4× 1×		2× 5× 1×

Semifinals

29 September 2000 14:30	Russia	29–26	Yugoslavia	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Koksharov 9	(14–15)	Đukanović 6
	3× 8×		3× 6× 1×

29 September 2000 16:30	Spain	25–32	Sweden	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Nachevski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Masip, Ortega 6	(10–15)	Wislander 9
	3× 4×		3× 9×

Seventh place game

30 September 2000 14:30	Slovenia	28–34	Egypt	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
	Pungartnik 11	(12–18)	three players 7
	2× 3×		2× 2×

Fifth place game

30 September 2000 16:30	France	22–25	Germany	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY)
	Burdet, Joulin 5	(11–11)	Baur 7
	3× 6×		3× 6× 1×

Bronze medal game

30 September 2000 19:30	Yugoslavia	22–26	Spain	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Boye, Jensen (DEN)
	Milosavljević, Škrbić 6	(9–12)	Ortega 7
	3× 7×		3× 7×

Gold medal game

30 September 2000 21:30	Russia	28–26	Sweden	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Øie, Hogsnes (NOR)
	Tuchkin 7	(13–14)	Vranjes 8
	2× 3×		2× 2×

Rankings and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Sweden
	Spain
4	Yugoslavia
5	Germany
6	France
7	Egypt
8	Slovenia
9	South Korea
10	Tunisia
11	Cuba
12	Australia

Top goalscorers


Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Stefan Lövgren	51	89	57.3
2	Rafael Guijosa	48	68	70.6
3	Roman Pungartnik	45	67	67.2
4	Paek Won-chul	42	73	57.5
4	Rolando Uríos	42	60	70.0
6	Ashraf Awaad	40	68	58.8
6	Eduard Koksharov	40	57	70.2
8	Hussein Zaky	37	71	52.1
9	Yoon Kyung-shin	35	57	61.4
10	Markus Baur	34	54	63.0
10	Dragan Škrbić	34	51	66.7

Top goalkeepers

Minimum 20% of total shots received by team

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Peter Gentzel	42.3	71	168
2	Kang Il-koo	37.0	20	54
3	Mohamed Bakir El-Nakib	36.8	57	155
4	Mohamed Sharaf El-Din	36.0	54	150
5	Tomas Svensson	35.9	56	156
6	Andrey Lavrov	35.7	91	255
7	Dejan Perić	35.1	79	225
8	Bruno Martini	34.8	47	135
9	Christian Gaudin	34.6	47	136
10	David Barrufet	34.5	79	229

References

^ "Handball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

External links

Official Report of the XXVIIth Olympiad – Handball

[table_hth_YUG0.63709399506314-2] Yugoslavia 25–22 Egypt

[SR-1] "Handball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Handball". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Russia (RUS) Dmitry Filippov Vyacheslav Gorpishin Oleg Khodkov Eduard Koksharov Denis Krivoshlykov Vasily Kudinov Stanislav Kulinchenko Dmitry Kuzelev Andrey Lavrov Igor Lavrov Sergey Pogorelov Pavel Sukosyan Dmitri Torgovanov Aleksandr Tuchkin Lev Voronin	Sweden (SWE) Magnus Andersson Martin Boquist Martin Frändesjö Mathias Franzén Peter Gentzel Andreas Larsson Ola Lindgren Stefan Lövgren Staffan Olsson Johan Petersson Tomas Svensson Tomas Sivertsson Pierre Thorsson Ljubomir Vranjes Magnus Wislander	Spain (ESP) David Barrufet Talant Duyshebaev Mateo Garralda Rafael Guijosa Demetrio Lozano Enric Masip Jordi Núñez Jesús Olalla Juan Pérez Xavier O'Callaghan Antonio Carlos Ortega Antonio Ugalde Iñaki Urdangarín Alberto Urdiales Andrei Xepkin

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