2008 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2008 European men's handball championship, the eighth European Championship to be held, took place in January 2008 in Norway, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark won the tournament with Croatia second and France third.

Qualification round

Qualification matches took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules, the host (Norway) and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places were determined after the play-off matches, held in June; nine teams were seeded, after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages.

Venues

Group B

Teams in this group played in the city of Drammen.

Main Group Stage

Results from the first group stage are carried forward into the main round.

Group I

Teams in this group played in the city of Stavanger.

Awards

*MVP: flagicon|FRA Nikola Karabatić (FRA)

*Top Scorer: 44 goals
flagicon|DEN Lars Christiansen (DEN)
flagicon|CRO Ivano Balić (CRO)
flagicon|FRA Nikola Karabatić (FRA)
*Best defensive player: flagicon|CRO Igor Vori (CRO)
* All-Star Team
*Goalkeeper: flagicon|DEN Kasper Hvidt (DEN)
*Left wing: flagicon|DEN Lars Christiansen (DEN)
*Left back: flagicon|FRA Daniel Narcisse (FRA)
*Pivot: flagicon|NOR Frank Løke (NOR)
*Centre back: flagicon|CRO Ivano Balić (CRO)
*Right back: flagicon|SWE Kim Andersson (SWE)
*Right wing: flagicon|GER Florian Kehrmann (GER)