EHF EURO 2016 MEN FINAL MATCH PRESS KIT Tauron Arena Kraków, Kraków Sunday 31 January 2016 17.30 CET (17.30 local time) Germany vs Spain 1
Germany Team records EHF EURO Biggest win: 36:22 (15:13) vs. Ukraine @ Basel SUI, 31.01.2006 Biggest defeat: 26:36 (09:18) vs. France @ Lillehammer NOR, 27.01.2008 Longest winning run: 6 matches (31.01.2006 19.01.2008) 6 matches (18.01.2016 29.01.2016) Longest unbeaten run: 9 matches (24.01.2004 28.01.2006) Longest losing run: 3 matches (26.01.2008 19.01.2010) 3 matches (23.01.2012 16.01.2016) Longest run without win: 5 matches (21.01.2000 27.01.2000) Current run: W6 (18.01.2016 29.01.2016) Most goals: 41 vs. Poland 41:32W @ Koper SLO, 24.01.2004 Most goals opponent: 36 vs. France 26:36L @ Lillehammer NOR, 27.01.2008 Most goals both teams: 73 vs. Poland 41:32W @ Koper SLO, 24.01.2004 Fewest goals: 15 vs. France 15:15D @ Jönköping SWE, 25.01.2002 Fewest goals opponent: 15 vs. France 15:15D @ Jönköping SWE, 25.01.2002 Fewest goals both teams: 30 vs. France 15:15D @ Jönköping SWE, 25.01.2002 EHF European Championship (qualification) record MP W D L Goals Diff. Pts. Rank 1994 Qualification 8 7 0 1 183: 118 + 65 14: 2 1st Group 5 1994 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 135: 131 + 4 5: 7 9th Place 1996 Qualification 6 3 1 2 139: 123 + 16 7: 5 2nd Group 5 1996 EHF EURO 6 1 1 4 131: 135-4 3: 9 8th Place 1998 Qualification 6 4 1 1 144: 123 + 21 9: 3 1st Group 4 1998 EHF EURO 7 5 0 2 177: 159 + 18 10: 4 3rd Place 2000 Play Off 2 2 0 0 56: 41 + 15 4: 0 Won vs. POL 2000 EHF EURO 6 1 2 3 129: 136-7 4: 8 9th Place 2002 Play Off 2 2 0 0 52: 45 + 7 4: 0 Won vs. SVK 2002 EHF EURO 8 5 1 2 201: 188 + 13 11: 5 Runners-up 2004 EHF EURO 8 6 1 1 244: 208 + 36 13: 3 Winners 2006 EHF EURO 7 5 1 1 223: 193 + 30 11: 3 5th Place 2008 EHF EURO 8 4 0 4 224: 224 0 8: 8 4th Place 2010 Qualification 8 8 0 0 300: 191 +109 16: 0 1st Group 5 2010 EHF EURO 6 1 2 3 157: 165-8 4: 8 10th Place 2012 Qualification 2 6 4 1 1 192: 150 + 42 9: 3 1st Group 5 2012 EHF EURO 6 2 1 3 156: 156 0 5: 7 7th Place 2014 Qualification 2 6 3 0 3 170: 151 + 19 6: 6 3rd Group 2 2016 Qualification 2 6 5 0 1 172: 145 + 27 10: 2 2nd Group 7 2016 EHF EURO 7 6 0 1 199: 183 + 16 12: 2 ------------------------------------- Total Qualification 50 38 3 9 1408:1087 +321 79:21 Total EHF EURO 75 38 10 27 1976:1878 + 98 86:64 ===================================== MP matches played W wins D draws L losses GF:GA goals for:goals against GD goal difference PTS - points 2
Spain Team records EHF EURO Biggest win: 35:22 (17:09) vs. Czech Republic @ Meran-Merano ITA, 01.06.1998 Biggest defeat: 21:29 (13:16) vs. France @ Ciudad Real ESP, 29.05.1996 23:31 (13:17) vs. France @ Zürich SUI, 05.02.2006 Longest winning run: 6 matches (28.01.2006 04.02.2006) Longest unbeaten run: 7 matches (26.01.2006 04.02.2006) Longest losing run: 2 matches (07.06.1994 08.06.1994) 2 matches (28.01.2004 29.01.2004) 2 matches (05.02.2006 17.01.2008) 2 matches (22.01.2008 23.01.2008) 2 matches (27.01.2012 29.01.2012) Longest run without win: 3 matches (28.01.2004 26.01.2006) Current run: W3 (26.01.2015 29.01.2016) Most goals: 40 vs. Slovenia 40:32W @ Innsbruck AUT, 28.01.2010 Most goals opponent: 36 vs. Russia 30:36L @ Celje SLO, 28.01.2004 Most goals both teams: 72 vs. Slovenia 39:33W @ Basel SUI, 02.02.2006 72 vs. Slovenia 40:32W @ Innsbruck AUT, 28.01.2010 Fewest goals: 18 vs. Croatia 18:18D @ Meran-Merano ITA, 29.05.1998 18 vs. Germany 18:19L @ Västerås SWE, 29.01.2002 Fewest goals opponent: 16 vs. Slovenia 24:16W @ Porto POR, 05.06.1994 Fewest goals both teams: 36 vs. Croatia 18:18D @ Meran-Merano ITA, 29.05.1998 EHF European Championship (qualification) record MP W D L GF: GA GD PTS Stage 1994 Qualification 8 7 1 0 235: 141 + 94 15: 1 1st Group 6 1994 EHF EURO 6 4 0 2 142: 126 + 16 8: 4 5th Place 1996 EHF EURO 7 5 0 2 173: 162 + 11 10: 4 Runner-up 1998 Qualification 6 3 1 2 162: 137 + 25 7: 5 2nd Group 4 1998 EHF EURO 7 5 1 1 187: 150 + 37 11: 9 Runner-up 2000 Play Off 2 2 0 0 57: 44 + 13 4: 0 Won vs. AUT 2000 EHF EURO 7 5 0 2 173: 166 + 7 10: 4 3rd Place 2002 EHF EURO 7 4 1 2 186: 173 + 13 9: 5 7th Place 2004 Play Off 2 2 0 0 68: 54 + 14 4: 0 Won vs. LTU 2004 EHF EURO 6 2 0 4 166: 170-4 4: 8 10th Place 2006 Play Off 2 1 1 0 58: 48 + 10 3: 1 Won vs. LTU 2006 EHF EURO 8 6 1 1 255: 231 + 24 13: 3 Runner-up 2008 EHF EURO 6 3 0 3 180: 169 + 11 6: 6 9th Place 2010 Qualification 8 7 0 1 247: 189 + 58 14: 2 1st Group 7 2010 EHF EURO 7 4 1 2 213: 192 + 21 9: 5 6th Place 2012 Qualification 2 6 4 0 2 174: 125 + 49 8: 4 2nd Group 2 2012 EHF EURO 8 5 1 2 224: 213 + 11 11: 5 4th Place 2014 Qualification 2 6 6 0 0 179: 115 + 64 12: 0 1st Group 1 2014 EHF EURO 8 6 0 2 239: 218 + 21 12: 4 3rd Place 2016 Qualification 2 6 5 0 1 184: 132 + 52 10: 2 1st Group 7 2016 EHF EURO 7 5 1 1 192: 183 + 9 11: 3 ------------------------------------- Total Qualification 46 37 3 6 1364: 985 +379 77:15 Total EHF EURO 84 54 6 24 2330:2153 +177 114:54 ===================================== MP matches played W wins D draws L losses GF:GA goals for:goals against GD goal difference PTS - points 3
Head to head competitive matches Germany-Spain (GER-ESP) 04.08.1992 Granollers ESP ESP-GER OG Group B 19:18 (08:08) 20.03.1993 Stockholm SWE ESP-GER WCh Place 5/6 29:26 (16:13) 25.07.1996 Atlanta, GA USA ESP-GER OG Group B 22:20 (11:10) 25.09.1997 Leganés ESP ESP-GER ECh-Qual. Group 4 25:16 (10:08) 28.09.1997 Hannover GER GER-ESP ECh-Qual. Group 4 23:23 (10:12) 06.06.1998 Meran-Merano ITA ESP-GER ECh 1/2-final 29:22 (13:09) 27.01.2000 Rijeka CRO ESP-GER ECh Group A 27:25 (12:09) 26.09.2000 Sydney AUS ESP-GER OG 1/4-final 27:26 (11:13) 27.01.2001 Besançon FRA GER-ESP WCh Group C 22:31 (11:15) 29.01.2002 Västerås SWE ESP-GER ECh MR-Group II 18:19 (09:08) 24.08.2004 Athína GRE GER-ESP OG 1/4-final 32:30 (15:16, 27:27, 28:28, 30:30) 31.01.2005 Nabeul TUN ESP-GER WCh MR-Group II 32:28 (15:12) 26.01.2006 Basel SUI GER-ESP ECh Group B 31:31 (16:15) 30.01.2007 Köln GER ESP-GER WCh 1/4-final 25:27 (12:15) 20.01.2008 Bergen NOR ESP-GER ECh Group C 30:22 (12:12) 26.01.2010 Innsbruck AUT GER-ESP ECh MR-Group II 20:25 (09:14) 17.01.2011 Kristianstad SWE ESP-GER WCh Group A 26:24 (13:13) 23.01.2013 Zaragoza ESP ESP-GER WCh 1/4-final 28:24 (12:14) 29.04.2015 Mannheim GER GER-ESP ECh-Qual. 2 Group 7 29:28 (17:15) 03.05.2015 León ESP ESP-GER ECh-Qual. 2 Group 7 26:20 (11:08) 16.01.2016 Wrocław POL ESP-GER ECh Group C 32:29 (18:15) Total balance: Played: 21; Germany Won: 4; Drawn: 2; Spain Won: 15; Goals For Germany: 503; Goals For Spain: 563. EHF EURO balance: Played: 7; Germany Won: 1; Drawn: 1; Spain Won: 5; Goals For Germany: 168; Goals For Spain: 192. Legend ECh European Championship; WCh World Championship; A-WCh A-World Championship; B-WCh B- World Championship; C-WCh C-World Championship; OG Olympic Games; MR Main Round; Qual. Qualification; Qual. 2 Qualification Phase 2; Pre-Qual. Pre-Qualification; MP Matches Played; W Wins; D Draws; L Losses Bold denotes a final tournament (European Championship, World Championship, Olympic Games) 4
GERMANY EHF EURO FINAL RESULTS (1-1) Date/Place Round Opponent W/L Score 03.02.2002 Stockholm SWE Final Sweden L 31:33aet 01.02.2004 Ljubljana SLO Final Slovenia W 30:25 SPAIN EHF EURO FINAL RESULTS (0-3) Date/Place Round Opponent W/L Score 02.06.1996 Sevilla ESP Final Russia L 22:23 07.06.1998 Bolzano-Bozen ITA Final Sweden L 23:25 05.02.2006 Zürich SUI Final France L 23:31 EHF EURO FINAL APPEARANCES Teams Years Results Sweden (4) 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002 (4-0) W,W,W,W Spain (4) 1996, 1998, 2006, 2016 (0-3) L,L,L,? Russia (3) 1994, 1996, 2000 (1-2) L,W,L France (3) 2006, 2010, 2014 (3-0) W,W,W Denmark (3) 2008, 2012, 2014 (2-1) W,W,L Germany (3) 2002, 2004, 2016 (1-1) L,W,? Croatia (2) 2008, 2010 (0-2) L,L Slovenia (1) 2004 (0-1) L Serbia (1) 2012 (0-1) L MOST GOALS IN EHF EURO FINALS Nikola Karabatic 11 05.02.2006 Zürich SUI ESP-FRA 23:31 (13:17) Magnus Wislander 10 30.01.2000 Zagreb CRO RUS-SWE 31:32 (15:09, 24:24, 27:27) Michael Guigou 10 26.01.2014 Herning DEN DEN-FRA 32:41 (16:23) Vasiliy Kudinov 9 12.06.1994 Porto POR RUS-SWE 21:34 (09:18) Florian Kehrmann 9 01.02.2004 Ljubljana SLO SLO-GER 25:30 (10:16) Mikkel Hansen 9 29.01.2012 Beograd SRB SRB-DEN 19:21 (07:09) Mikkel Hansen 9 26.01.2014 Herning DEN DEN-FRA 32:41 (16:23) Valentin Portes 9 26.01.2014 Herning DEN DEN-FRA 32:41 (16:23) Erik Hajas 8 12.06.1994 Porto POR RUS-SWE 21:34 (09:18) Stefan Lövgren 8 03.02.2002 Stockholm SWE GER-SWE 31:33 (14:13, 26:26) Daniel Stephan 8 01.02.2004 Ljubljana SLO SLO-GER 25:30 (10:16) Talant Dujshebaev 7 02.06.1996 Sevilla ESP RUS-ESP 23:22 (13:09) Staffan Olsson 7 03.02.2002 Stockholm SWE GER-SWE 31:33 (14:13, 26:26) Lasse M. Boesen 7 27.01.2008 Lillehammer NOR DEN-CRO 24:20 (13:10) Lars Christiansen 7 27.01.2008 Lillehammer NOR DEN-CRO 24:20 (13:10) Vedran Zrnic 7 31.01.2010 Wien AUT CRO-FRA 21:25 (12:12) Luc Abalo 7 26.01.2014 Herning DEN DEN-FRA 32:41 (16:23) 5