2004 European Men's Handball Championship

{{Short description|2004 edition of the European Men's Handball Championship}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox international handball competition

| tourney_name = European Men's Handball Championship

| year = 2004

| other_titles = Evropsko prvenstvo v rokometu 2004

| image = 2004 European Men's Handball Championship logo.svg

| size =

| caption =

| country = Slovenia

| dates = 22 January – 1 February

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 1

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| champion = GER

| count = 1

| second = SLO

| third = DEN

| fourth = CRO

| matches = 48

| goals = 2733

| attendance = 149984

| top_scorer = {{hbicon|CRO}} Mirza Džomba
(46 goals)

| player = {{hbicon|CRO}} Ivano Balić

| previous = 2002 European Men's Handball Championship

| next = 2006 European Men's Handball Championship

}}

The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place from 22 January to 1 February 2004 in Slovenia in the cities of Ljubljana, Celje, Velenje and Koper.

Venues

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Location

! Picture

! City

! Arena

! style="text-align:right;"| Capacity

! Status

! Round

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|Slovenia

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| Ljubljana

| Tivoli Hall

| style="text-align:right;"| 5,600[http://www.eurobasket2013.org/en/cid_8Xfg3jZMG1QuJnp6pnUWd3.pageID_aTcLMGRDIbQDv-4D8DuYu0.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2013.html EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328065513/http://www.eurobasket2013.org/en/cid_8Xfg3jZMG1QuJnp6pnUWd3.pageID_aTcLMGRDIbQDv-4D8DuYu0.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2013.html |date=28 March 2014 }}

| Opened in 1965

| Preliminary stage & Second Group stage and knockout stages

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|Slovenia

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|lat=45.55|long=13.733333|position = top |label=Koper

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| Koper

| Arena Bonifika

| style="text-align:right;"| 5,000

| Opened in 1999

| Preliminary stage

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|Slovenia

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| Velenje

| Red Hall

| style="text-align:right;"| 2,500

| Opened in 1975

| Preliminary stage

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| File:Zlatorog Arena.jpg

| Celje

| Zlatorog Arena

| style="text-align:right;"| 5,500{{cite web|url=http://www.eurobasket2013.org/en/cid_8Xfg3jZMG1QuJnp6pnUWd3.pageID_hNYxJM-WHQcNWJ9a6IY-I2.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2013.popup_on.arenaGame_8732-C-1-1.html |title=THE ARENA Celje Arena Capacity: 5500 |publisher=Eurobasket2013.org |access-date=1 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224149/http://www.eurobasket2013.org/en/cid_8Xfg3jZMG1QuJnp6pnUWd3.pageID_hNYxJM-WHQcNWJ9a6IY-I2.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2013.popup_on.arenaGame_8732-C-1-1.html |archive-date=4 October 2013 }}

| Opened in 2003

| Preliminary stage and second group stage

Qualification

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! Country !! Qualified as !! Previous appearances in tournament1

{{hb|SLO}}Host4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)
{{hb|DEN}}Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002)
{{hb|GER}}Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
{{hb|ISL}}Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship2 (2000, 2002)
{{hb|SWE}}Semifinalist of 2002 European Championship5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
{{hb|RUS}}Fifth place of 2002 European Championship

| 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)

{{hb|CRO}}Playoff winner5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
{{hb|CZE}}Playoff winner3 (1996, 1998, 2002)
{{hb|FRA}}Playoff winner5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
{{hb|HUN}}Playoff winner3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
{{hb|POL}}Playoff winner1 (2002)
{{hb|POR}}Playoff winner3 (1994, 2000, 2002)
{{hb|SCG}}Playoff winner{{sort|3|32}} (1996, 1998, 2002)
{{hb|ESP}}Playoff winner5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002)
{{hb|SUI}}Playoff winner1 (2002)
{{hb|UKR}}Playoff winner2 (2000, 2002)

:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

:

2 as FR Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

=Group A=

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|update=complete

|source=[http://history.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2004/round/1/Final+Round EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=RUS, SWE, SUI, UKR

|win_RUS=3|draw_RUS=0|loss_RUS=0|gf_RUS=87|ga_RUS=74

|win_SWE=2|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=93|ga_SWE=79

|win_SUI=1|draw_SUI=0|loss_SUI=2|gf_SUI=69|ga_SUI=85

|win_UKR=0|draw_UKR=0|loss_UKR=3|gf_UKR=74|ga_UKR=85

|name_RUS={{hb|RUS}}

|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}

|name_SUI={{hb|SUI}}

|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=A |result2=A |result3=A

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Main round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=28–20

|team2={{hb|SUI}}

|HT=17–10

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/02%20RUS-SUI.pdf Report]

|goals1=three players 6

|goals2=Kostadinovich 5

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Red Hall, Velenje

|attendance=2,500

|referee=Boye, Jensen

|refnat=DEN

}}

{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=31–25

|team2={{hb|UKR}}

|HT=14–13

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/01%20SWE-CRO.pdf Report]

|goals1=Petersson 9

|goals2=Petrenko 9

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=1

|stadium=Red Hall, Velenje

|attendance=2,500

|referee=Repenšek, Požežnik

|refnat=SLO

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2004

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SUI}}

|score=24–35

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|HT=12–17

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/03%20SUI-SWE.pdf Report]

|goals1=Gautschi 6

|goals2=Källman 6

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Red Hall, Velenje

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|UKR}}

|score=27–29

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|HT=12–17

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/04%20UKR-RUS.pdf Report]

|goals1=Kostetskiy 6

|goals2=Tuchkin 7

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Red Hall, Velenje

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Pleșa, Cîrligeanu

|refnat=ROU

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2004

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|UKR}}

|score=22–25

|team2={{hb|SUI}}

|HT=12–13

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/06%20UKR-SUI.pdf Report]

|goals1=Kostetskiy 11

|goals2=Kostadinovich 11

|twomin1=7

|yellow1=3

|red1=1

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Red Hall, Velenje

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Kékes, Kékes

|refnat=HUN

}}

{{handballbox

|time=18:00

|date=25 January 2004

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=27–30

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|HT=12–16

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/05%20SWE-RUS.pdf Report]

|goals1=Lövgren 6

|goals2=Chipurin 7

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Red Hall, Velenje

|attendance=2,200

|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://history.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2004/round/1/Final+Round EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=CRO, DEN, ESP, POR

|win_CRO=2|draw_CRO=1|loss_CRO=0|gf_CRO=88|ga_CRO=86

|win_DEN=2|draw_DEN=0|loss_DEN=1|gf_DEN=85|ga_DEN=78

|win_ESP=1|draw_ESP=0|loss_ESP=2|gf_ESP=82|ga_ESP=81

|win_POR=0|draw_POR=1|loss_POR=2|gf_POR=91|ga_POR=101

|name_CRO={{hb|CRO}}

|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}}

|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|name_POR={{hb|POR}}

|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=A |result2=A |result3=A

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Main round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=29–30

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|HT=17–14

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/08%20ESP-CRO.pdf Report]

|goals1=Belaustegui 11

|goals2=Metličić 8

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=8

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=4,500

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}

|score=36–32

|team2={{hb|POR}}

|HT=20–15

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/07%20DEN-POR.pdf Report]

|goals1=Knudsen 9

|goals2=Coelho 8

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Kékes, Kékes

|refnat=HUN

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}

|score=27–33

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|HT=12–19

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/10%20POR-ESP.pdf Report]

|goals1=Resende 8

|goals2=Romero 11

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=24 January 2004

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=26–25

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|HT=14–12

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/09%20CRO-DEN.pdf Report]

|goals1=Lacković 7

|goals2=Stryger 7

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=9

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Vakula, Ljudovik

|refnat=UKR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}

|score=32–32

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|HT=13–16

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/12%20POR-CRO.pdf Report]

|goals1=J. Costa 7

|goals2=Džomba 10

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=2,500

|referee=Krstič, Ljubič

|refnat=SLO

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2004

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}

|score=24–20

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|HT=12–11

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/11%20DEN-ESP.pdf Report]

|goals1=Christiansen 5

|goals2=Belaustegui 7

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Rančík, Beňo

|refnat=SVK

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://history.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2004/round/1/Final+Round EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=SLO, HUN, CZE, ISL

|win_SLO=2|draw_SLO=1|loss_SLO=0|gf_SLO=100|ga_SLO=90|status_SLO=H

|win_HUN=2|draw_HUN=1|loss_HUN=0|gf_HUN=91 |ga_HUN=83

|win_CZE=0|draw_CZE=1|loss_CZE=2|gf_CZE=88 |ga_CZE=97

|win_ISL=0|draw_ISL=1|loss_ISL=2|gf_ISL=87 |ga_ISL=96

|hth_SLO=Slovenia 29–29 Hungary

|hth_HUN=SLO

|hth_CZE=Iceland 30–30 Czech Republic

|hth_ISL=CZE

|name_CZE={{hb|CZE}}

|name_ISL={{hb|ISL}}

|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}

|name_SLO={{hb|SLO}}

|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=A |result2=A |result3=A

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Main round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=25–30

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|HT=10–17

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/14%20CZE-HUN.pdf Report]

|goals1=Juříček 7

|goals2=Pásztor 8

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=2,500

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=28–34

|team2={{hb|SLO}}

|HT=13–13

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/13%20ISL-SLO.pdf Report]

|goals1=Stefánsson 7

|goals2=Vugrinec 9

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=4,620

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2004

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=32–29

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|HT=15–15

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/15%20HUN-ISL.pdf Report]

|goals1=Díaz 9

|goals2=García, Stefánsson 7

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=4

|red2=1

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=2,800

|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SLO}}

|score=37–33

|team2={{hb|CZE}}

|HT=15–18

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/16%20SLO-CZE.pdf Report]

|goals1=Lubej 9

|goals2=Filip, Juříček 7

|twomin1=9

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=7

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=4,620

|referee=Vakula, Liudovyk

|refnat=UKR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2004

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=30–30

|team2={{hb|CZE}}

|HT=15–17

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/17%20ISL-CZE.pdf Report]

|goals1=García 7

|goals2=Jícha 7

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Pleșa, Cîrligeanu

|refnat=ROU

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SLO}}

|score=29–29

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|HT=13–14

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/18%20SLO-HUN.pdf Report]

|goals1=Jovičič 6

|goals2=Nagy 9

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=2

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=4,616

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

=Group D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[http://history.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2004/round/1/Final+Round EHF]

|winpoints=2

|team_order=FRA, SCG, GER, POL

|win_FRA=2|draw_FRA=1|loss_FRA=0|gf_FRA=81|ga_FRA=74

|win_SCG=2|draw_SCG=0|loss_SCG=1|gf_SCG=86|ga_SCG=78

|win_GER=1|draw_GER=1|loss_GER=1|gf_GER=96|ga_GER=89

|win_POL=0|draw_POL=0|loss_POL=3|gf_POL=86|ga_POL=108

|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}

|name_GER={{hb|GER}}

|name_POL={{hb|POL}}

|name_SCG={{hb|SCG}}

|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=A |result2=A |result3=A

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Main round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=29–25

|team2={{hb|POL}}

|HT=14–16

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/20%20FRA-POL.pdf Report]

|goals1=Anquetil 6

|goals2=Bielecki 7

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=8

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Bonifika Hall, Koper

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Vakula, Liudovyk

|refnat=UKR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=22 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=26–28

|team2={{hb|SCG}}

|HT=10–12

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/19%20GER-SCG.pdf Report]

|goals1=Jansen 8

|goals2=Ma. Krivokapić 6

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=2

|red1=

|twomin2=8

|yellow2=3

|red2=1

|stadium=Bonifika Hall, Koper

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2004

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SCG}}

|score=20–23

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=7–13

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/22%20SCG-FRA.pdf Report]

|goals1=Maksić, Nikolić 4

|goals2=Anquetil 6

|twomin1=8

|yellow1=2

|red1=1

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Bonifika Hall, Koper

|attendance=2,164

|referee=Rančík, Beňo

|refnat=SVK

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|POL}}

|score=32–41

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|HT=13–21

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/21%20POL-GER.pdf Report]

|goals1=Tkaczyk 9

|goals2=Baur 12

|twomin1=9

|yellow1=3

|red1=1

|twomin2=8

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Bonifika Hall, Koper

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Repenšek, Požežnik

|refnat=SLO

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2004

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=29–29

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=14–13

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/23%20GER-FRA.pdf Report]

|goals1=Schwarzer 7

|goals2=Karabatić 10

|twomin1=7

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Bonifika Hall, Koper

|attendance=2,164

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SCG}}

|score=38–29

|team2={{hb|POL}}

|HT=19–11

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/24%20SCG-POL.pdf Report]

|goals1=Maksić 8

|goals2=Tkaczyk 7

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=8

|yellow2=3

|red2=1

|stadium=Bonifika Hall, Koper

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Boye, Jensen

|refnat=DEN

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Main round

=Group I=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|winpoints=2

|update=complete

|source=[http://history.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2004/round/1/Final+Round EHF]

|team_order=CRO, DEN, RUS, SWE, ESP, SUI

|win_CRO=4|draw_CRO=1|loss_CRO=0|gf_CRO=138|ga_CRO=131

|win_DEN=4|draw_DEN=0|loss_DEN=1|gf_DEN=153|ga_DEN=125

|win_RUS=3|draw_RUS=1|loss_RUS=1|gf_RUS=149|ga_RUS=137

|win_SWE=2|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=3|gf_SWE=145|ga_SWE=144

|win_ESP=1|draw_ESP=0|loss_ESP=4|gf_ESP=133|ga_ESP=143

|win_SUI=0|draw_SUI=0|loss_SUI=5|gf_SUI=115|ga_SUI=153

|name_CRO={{hb|CRO}}

|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}}

|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|name_RUS={{hb|RUS}}

|name_SUI={{hb|SUI}}

|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}

|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

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinals

|text_5P=Fifth place game

|text_7P=Seventh place game

}}

{{handballbox

|date=27 January 2004

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SUI}}

|score=24–26

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|HT=13–13

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/27%20SUI-ESP.pdf Report]

|goals1=Kostadinovich 7

|goals2=García 8

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

{{handballbox

|date=27 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=26–28

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|HT=11–16

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/26%20SWE-CRO.pdf Report]

|goals1=Boquist 7

|goals2=four players 5

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=2,200

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=27 January 2004

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=31–36

|team2={{fb|DEN}}

|HT=15–19

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/25%20RUS-DEN.pdf Report]

|goals1=Koksharov 7

|goals2=Christiansen, Stryger 7

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=1

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=2,000

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=28 January 2004

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=36–30

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|HT=16–14

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/28%20RUS-ESP.pdf Report]

|goals1=Koksharov 10

|goals2=Hernández 8

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Repenšek, Požežnik

|refnat=SLO

}}

{{handballbox

|date=28 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SUI}}

|score=27–30

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|HT=13–15

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/29%20SUI-ESP.pdf Report]

|goals1=Kostadinovich 7

|goals2=Balić 6

|twomin1=2

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=700

|referee=Kékes, Kékes

|refnat=HUN

}}

{{handballbox

|date=28 January 2004

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=28–34

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|HT=14–18

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/30%20SWE-DEN.pdf Report]

|goals1=Lövgren 9

|goals2=Knudsen 8

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=800

|referee=Vakula, Liudovyk

|refnat=UKR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2004

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SUI}}

|score=20–34

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|HT=9–18

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/32%20SUI-DEN%20.pdf Report]

|goals1=Kostadinovich 5

|goals2=Hjermind, Nielsen 7

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=1

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Rančík, Beňo

|refnat=SVK

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2004

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=29–28

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|HT=10–12

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/31%20SWE-ESP.pdf Report]

|goals1=Källman 9

|goals2=Pérez 8

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=2,300

|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2004

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=24–24

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|HT=13–12

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/33%20RUS-CRO.pdf Report]

|goals1=Bashkin 6

|goals2=Džomba 8

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=7

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Zlatorog Arena, Celje

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

=Group II=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|winpoints=2

|update=complete

|source=[http://history.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2004/round/1/Final+Round EHF]

|team_order=GER, SLO, FRA, SCG, HUN, CZE

|win_GER=3|draw_GER=1|loss_GER=1|gf_GER=151|ga_GER=131

|win_SLO=3|draw_SLO=1|loss_SLO=1|gf_SLO=144|ga_SLO=135|status_SLO=H

|win_FRA=2|draw_FRA=1|loss_FRA=2|gf_FRA=134|ga_FRA=129

|win_SCG=2|draw_SCG=1|loss_SCG=2|gf_SCG=134|ga_SCG=135

|win_HUN=1|draw_HUN=2|loss_HUN=2|gf_HUN=132|ga_HUN=140

|win_CZE=1|draw_CZE=0|loss_CZE=4|gf_CZE=147|ga_CZE=172

|hth_GER=Slovenia 24–31 Germany

|hth_SLO=GER

|hth_FRA=Serbia and Montenegro 20–23 France

|hth_SCG=FRA

|name_CZE={{hb|CZE}}

|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}

|name_GER={{hb|GER}}

|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}

|name_SCG={{hb|SCG}}

|name_SLO={{hb|SLO}}

|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

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinals

|text_5P=Fifth place game

|text_7P=Seventh place game

}}

{{handballbox

|date=27 January 2004

|time=16:30

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=21–29

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=8–14

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/35%20HUN-FRA.pdf Report]

|goals1=Buday 5

|goals2=Karabatić 5

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Boye, Jensen

|refnat=DEN

}}

{{handballbox

|date=27 January 2004

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=27–37

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|HT=12–19

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/36%20CZE-GER.pdf Report]

|goals1=Berka 7

|goals2=Kehrmann 9

|twomin1=7

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=3,800

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=27 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SLO}}

|score=27–20

|team2={{hb|SCG}}

|HT=14–11

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/34%20SLO-SCG.pdf Report]

|goals1=Lubej 6

|goals2=Anđelković 5

|twomin1=10

|yellow1=3

|red1=1

|twomin2=7

|yellow2=4

|red2=1

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Rančík, Beňo

|refnat=SVK

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=28 January 2004

|time=16:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=32–31

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=17–15

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/38%20CZE-FRA.pdf Report]

|goals1=Juříček 9

|goals2=G. Gille, Girault 6

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=4

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Pleșa, Cîrligeanu

|refnat=ROU

}}

{{handballbox

|date=28 January 2004

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=29–29

|team2={{hb|SCG}}

|HT=10–15

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/39%20HUN-SCG.pdf Report]

|goals1=Császár 7

|goals2=Milosavljević 9

|twomin1=6

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=8

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=4,000

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=28 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SLO}}

|score=24–31

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|HT=10–18

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/37%20SLO-GER.pdf Report]

|goals1=Kavtičnik 5

|goals2=Stephan 8

|twomin1=7

|yellow1=3

|red1=1

|twomin2=3

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=6,000

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2004

|time=16:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CZE}}

|score=30–37

|team2={{hb|SCG}}

|HT=16–21

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/41%20CZE-SCG.pdf Report]

|goals1=Berka 6

|goals2=Nikolić 8

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Vakula, Liudovyk

|refnat=UKR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2004

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=23–28

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|HT=12–16

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/40%20HUN-GER.pdf Report]

|goals1=Díaz 6

|goals2=Zeitz 8

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=7

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=5,000

|referee=Pleșa, Cîrligeanu

|refnat=ROU

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2004

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SLO}}

|score=27–22

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=12–9

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/42%20SLO-FRA.pdf Report]

|goals1=Kavtičnik 8

|goals2=Anquetil 6

|twomin1=11

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=4

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

Final round

=Bracket=

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=Semifinals

|RD2=Final

|Consol=Third place

|31 January|{{hb|CRO}}|25|{{hb|SLO}}|27

|31 January|{{hb|DEN}}|20|{{hb|GER}}|22

|1 February|{{hb|SLO}}|25|{{hb|GER}}|30

|1 February|{{hb|CRO}}|27|{{hb|DEN}}|31

}}

=Semifinals=

{{handballbox

|date=31 January 2004

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}

|score=20–22

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|HT=11–11

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/46%20DEN-GER.pdf Report]

|goals1=Jeppesen 5

|goals2=Immel 7

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=6,500

|referee=Rančík, Beňo

|refnat=SVK

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=31 January 2004

|time=17:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=25–27

|team2={{hb|SLO}}

|HT=13–15

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/45%20CRO-SLO.pdf Report]

|goals1=Džomba 12

|goals2=Kavtičnik 6

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=8

|yellow2=4

|red2=1

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Vakula, Ljudovik

|refnat=UKR

}}

=Seventh place game=

{{handballbox

|date=31 January 2004

|time=12:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=35–34

|team2={{hb|SCG}}

|HT=16–17

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/43%20SWE-SCG.pdf Report]

|goals1=Andersson, Larholm 7

|goals2=Mi. Krivokapić 6

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

=Fifth place game=

{{handballbox

|date=1 February 2004

|time=12:30

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=28–26

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=14–11

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/44%20RUS-FRA.pdf Report]

|goals1=Ivanov 8

|goals2=Karabatić 7

|twomin1=5

|yellow1=3

|red1=1

|twomin2=5

|yellow2=3

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=1,000

|referee=Repenšek, Požežnik

|refnat=SLO

}}

=Third place game=

{{handballbox

|bg=#CC9966

|time=15:00

|date=1 February 2004

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=27–31

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|HT=14–15

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/47%20CRO-DEN.pdf Report]

|goals1=Lacković 8

|goals2=Christiansen 9

|twomin1=4

|yellow1=4

|red1=

|twomin2=6

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

=Final=

{{handballbox

|bg=gold

|date=1 February 2004

|time=17:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SLO}}

|score=25–30

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|HT=10–16

|report=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/2/48%20SLO-GER.pdf Report]

|goals1=Vugrinec 6

|goals2=Kehrmann 9

|twomin1=3

|yellow1=3

|red1=

|twomin2=1

|yellow2=2

|red2=

|stadium=Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

Ranking and statistics

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Final ranking=

class="wikitable"

! style="width: 40px;" | Rank

! style="width: 180px;" | Team

align=center|{{gold1}}{{hb|GER}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|{{silver2}}

{{hb|SLO}}
align=center|{{bronze3}}{{hb|DEN}}
align=center|4{{hb|CRO}}
align=center|5{{hb|RUS}}
align=center|6{{hb|FRA}}
align=center|7{{hb|SWE}}
align=center|8{{hb|SCG}}
align=center|9{{hb|HUN}}
align=center|10{{hb|ESP}}
align=center|11{{hb|CZE}}
align=center|12{{hb|SUI}}
align=center|13{{hb|ISL}}
align=center|14{{hb|POR}}
align=center|15{{hb|UKR}}
align=center|16{{hb|POL}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

{{col-2}}

=All-Star Team=

class="wikitable"
PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper{{flagathlete|Henning Fritz|GER}}
Right wing{{flagathlete|Vid Kavtičnik|SLO}}
Right back{{flagathlete|Volker Zerbe|GER}}
Centre back{{flagathlete|Ivano Balić|CRO}}
Left back{{flagathlete|Nikola Karabatić|FRA}}
Left wing{{flagathlete|Eduard Koksharov|RUS}}
Pivot{{flagathlete|Michael Knudsen|DEN}}
Most valuable player{{flagathlete|Ivano Balić|CRO}}

Source: [https://men2020.ehf-euro.com/about-ehf-euro/ehf-euro-history/ehf-euro-2004/ EHF]

{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Top goalscorers=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

! Rank !! Name !! Team !! Goals !! Shots !! %

1align=left|Mirza Džombaalign=left|{{hb|CRO}}466475
2align=left|Florian Kehrmannalign=left|{{hb|GER}}458156
3align=left|Daniel Stephanalign=left|{{hb|GER}}428549
rowspan=3|4align=left|Michael Knudsenalign=left|{{hb|DEN}}rowspan=3|404982
align=left|Vid Kavtičnikalign=left|{{hb|SLO}}6562
align=left|Robbie Kostadinovichalign=left|{{hb|SUI}}8149
rowspan=2|7align=left|Eduard Koksharovalign=left|{{hb|RUS}}rowspan=2|385668
align=left|Renato Vugrinecalign=left|{{hb|SLO}}7749
9align=left|Nikola Karabatićalign=left|{{hb|FRA}}357149
rowspan=2|10align=left|Søren Strygeralign=left|{{hb|DEN}}rowspan=2|344281
align=left|Aleksey Rastvortsevalign=left|{{hb|RUS}}7148

Source: [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/3/individual%20statistics.pdf EHF]

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=Top goalkeepers=

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

! Rank !! Name !! Team !! % !! Saves !! Shots

1align=left|Yevgeny Budkoalign=left|{{hb|UKR}}432354
2align=left|Michael Bruunalign=left|{{hb|DEN}}413380
3align=left|Aleksey Kostygovalign=left|{{hb|RUS}}402358
rowspan=2|4align=left|Christian Ramotaalign=left|{{hb|GER}}rowspan=2|392974
align=left|Beno Lapajnealign=left|{{hb|SLO}}56145
6align=left|Nándor Fazekasalign=left|{{hb|HUN}}3849130
rowspan=3|7align=left|Kasper Hvidtalign=left|{{hb|DEN}}rowspan=3|3795254
align=left|Henning Fritzalign=left|{{hb|GER}}97260
align=left|János Szathmárialign=left|{{hb|HUN}}52140
rowspan=4|10align=left|Mario Kelentrićalign=left|{{hb|CRO}}rowspan=4|3536103
align=left|Vlado Šolaalign=left|{{hb|CRO}}51146
align=left|Martin Galiaalign=left|{{hb|CZE}}86248
align=left|Antoine Ebingeralign=left|{{hb|SUI}}39113

Source: [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2004/slo/3/3/individual%20statistics.pdf EHF]

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References

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  • {{cite web|title=2004 Men's European Championship|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2004/round/1|author=eurohandball.com|access-date=24 January 2011|archive-date=9 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809130008/http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/men/2004/round/1|url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite web|title=Men Handball European Championship 2004|url=http://todor66.com/handball/Europe/Men_2004.html|author=todor66.com|access-date=24 January 2011}}