EHF EURO 2020 Quiz

With the Men's EHF EURO 2020 just days away, it is time to test your knowledge of the competition's history.

How many debutants are among the 24 EHF EURO 2020 participants?

3 is correct: Latvia, Netherlands and Bosnia-Herzegovina play their very first Men’s EHF EURO final tournament.

How many head coaches of the 24 participants were EHF EURO finalists as players?

4 is correct: Didier Dinart (France) won the trophy in 2006 and 2010, Ljubomir Vranjes (Slovenia) won the trophy in 1998, 2000 and 2002, while Ales Pajovic (Austria/2004 with Slovenia) and Eduard Koksharov (Russia/2000 with Russia) were silver medallists as players.

In the previous 13 Men’s EHF EURO final tournaments, how many coaches steered a team other than their home country to the title?

1 is correct. Only Icelandic Dagur Sigurdsson, who steered Germany to their second trophy in 2016.

Which team was the winner of the first edition of the EHF EURO Cup 2020?

Spain is correct. Reigning EHF EURO champions Spain were ahead of 2020 co-hosts Norway, Sweden and Austria.

Spain

Sweden

Norway

Which was the largest winning margin in a Men’s EHF EURO final?

13 is correct, Sweden beat Russia in the very first Men’s EHF EURO final 34:21 in Portugal.

10 goals

13 goals

16 goals

How often did the host nation win the gold medal at Men’s EHF EURO tournaments?

1 is correct, only Sweden in 2002. Spain (in 1996), Slovenia in 2004), Serbia (in 2012) and Denmark (in 2014) made it to the respective finals but lost.

Which country won the most medals at Men’s EHF EURO events?

Spain is correct, Spain won seven medals (including gold in 2018), while Denmark won six medals (gold in 2008 and 2012) and Sweden took five medals (including the four golds in 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002).

Sweden

Denmark

Spain

Who is the only coach to win EHF EURO gold medals as a coach at men’s and women’s European championships?

Ulrik Wilbek is correct. Wilbek steered the Danish women to the podium in 1994 and 1996 and the Danish men in 2008 and 2012.

Claude Onesta

Vladimir Mamixov

Ulrik Wilbek

Who was the top scorer of Men’s EHF EURO 2020 qualification?

Schmid is correct. The Swiss star scored 54 goals, Lazarov was third ranked with 43 strikes, while Gensheimer netted 30 times.

Andy Schmid (SUI)

Kiril Lazarov (MKD)

Uwe Gensheimer (GER)

Which country boasts the most EHF EURO top scorers?

Czech Republic is correct. On three occasions a Czech was top scorer: Jan Filip (1998/48 goals), Filip Jicha (2010/53) and Ondrej Zdrahala (2018/55). Croatia (Ivano Balic in 2008 and Mirza Dzomba in 2004) and Spain (Joan Canellas in 2014 and Valero Rivera in 2016) had two top scorers in their squads.

Spain

Croatia

Czech Republic

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