2008 European Men's Handball Championship
| Håndball-EM 2008. (Norwegian) | |
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Norway
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| Dates | 17–27 January |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Denmark (1st title)
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| Runner-up |
 Croatia
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| Third place |
 France
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| Fourth place |
 Germany
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 47 |
| Goals scored | 2633 (56.02 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Ivano Balić (CRO) (44 goals) Nikola Karabatić (FRA) Lars Christiansen (DEN)
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| Best player |
Nikola Karabatić (FRA)
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The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (8th tournament) was held in Norway from 17–27 January, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark won the tournament with Croatia second and France third.
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.
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
FT: 26–26 ET: 30–30, 34–36
Kasper Hvidt, Mikkel Holm Aagaard, Lasse Boesen, Lars T. Jørgensen, Jesper Jensen, Lars Rasmussen, Lars Christiansen, Lars Møller Madsen, Peter Henriksen, Bo Spellerberg, Michael V. Knudsen, Jesper Nøddesbo, Lars Krogh Jeppesen, Kasper Søndergaard, Joachim Boldsen, Hans Lindberg and Kasper Nielsen.
Head Coach: Ulrik Wilbek.
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