2014 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2014 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 11th edition of the tournament and held in Denmark from 12–26 January.
Denmark was automatically qualified as hosting nation, and as defending champions as well. After the final, at total of 316,390 spectators had visited the stadiums. An all time EHF record.
France won the title after defeating defending champions and hosts Denmark in the final. Spain captured the bronze medal, after defeating Croatia.
Bidding process
The bids were as follows:Denmark was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Copenhagen 25 September 2010, narrowly defeating their rivals by two votes.
| Country | - |
| Country | Votes |
| 24 | |
| and | 22 |
| Total | 46 |
Venues
| Aalborg | Aarhus | |
| Gigantium Capacity: 6,500 | NRGi Arena Capacity: 5,001 | |
| Brøndby | Herning | |
| Brøndby Hall Capacity: 4,950 | Jyske Bank Boxen Capacity: 15,000 | |
Referees
On 23 October 2013, 12 couples were announced in Vienna.| Country | Referees |
| Andrei Gousko Siarhei Repkin | |
| Matija Gubica Boris Milošević | |
| Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný | |
| Martin Gjeding Mads Hansen | |
| Thierry Dentz Denis Reibel | |
| Lars Geipel Marcus Helbig |
| Country | Referees |
| Zigmārs Stoļarovs Renārs Līcis | |
| Gjorgi Nachevski Slave Nikolov | |
| Bogdan Stark Romeo Ştefan | |
| Nenad Nikolić Dušan Stojković | |
| Nenad Krstić Peter Ljubič | |
| Óscar Raluy Ángel Sabroso |
Seeding
The draw was held on 21 June 2013 in Herning at 18:00 local time. The seeding was announced on 18 June 2013.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
Group stage
All times are local.| Team advance to the Main Round |
Group A
Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning----
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Group B
Venue: Gigantium, Aalborg----
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Group C
Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus----
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Group D
Venue: Brøndby Hall, Brøndby----
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Main round
Group I
Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning----
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Group II
Venue: NRGi Arena, Aarhus----
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Knockout stage
Venue: Jyske Bank Boxen, HerningSemifinals
----Ranking and statistics
-Final ranking
The final ranking for places 7 to 16 were determined by the team's group stage record.| Legend for qualification type |
| Qualified for the 2015 World Championship based on this tournament |
| Qualified for the 2015 World Championship as defending title holder |
| Rank | Team |
| 4 | |
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| 2014 Men's Handball European Champions France Third Title |
All Star Team
The All-star team and award winners were announced on 26 January 2014.| Position | Player |
| Goalkeeper |  Niklas Landin Jacobsen.png" />Niklas Landin Jacobsen|DENTop goalscorersSource: |