2008 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Norway from 17 to 27 January, in the cities of Bergen, Drammen, Lillehammer, Stavanger and Trondheim. Denmark won the tournament with Croatia second and France third. This was the first time Denmark won a major international tournament.
Qualification
Qualification matches took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules, the host and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship 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.Qualified teams
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.Draw
The draw was held on 22 June 2007 in the TV2 Studio in Oslo.Seeding
The seedings were announced on 19 June 2007.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
Preliminary round
''All times are local.''Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Main round
Group I
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Group II
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Final round
Semifinals
----Ranking and statistics
All-Star Team
- Goalkeeper:
- Left wing:
- Left back:
- Pivot:
- Centre back:
- Right back:
- Right wing:
Other awards
- Most valuable player:
- '''Best Defence Player:'''
Top goalscorers
Source:Top goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
| 1 | Kasper Hvidt | 40 | 124 | 307 | |
| 2 | Steinar Ege | 39 | 104 | 264 | |
| 3 | Nándor Fazekas | 38 | 53 | 140 | |
| 4 | Beno Lapajne | 37 | 55 | 148 | |
| 5 | Oleg Grams | 35 | 9 | 26 | |
| 5 | José Javier Hombrados | 35 | 71 | 203 | |
| 5 | Goran Stojanović | 35 | 71 | 201 | |
| 8 | Mirko Alilović | 34 | 72 | 211 | |
| 8 | Johannes Bitter | 34 | 59 | 176 | |
| 8 | Thierry Omeyer | 34 | 77 | 229 | |
| 8 | Nenad Puljezević | 34 | 44 | 130 | |
| 8 | Gorazd Škof | 34 | 45 | 132 | |
| 8 | Tomas Svensson | 34 | 49 | 143 |