Men's EHF EURO 2012

In 2012 Denmark became European champions for the second time. Here are seven questions about the tournament in Serbia. Do you know the answers?

Which record did defending champions France set in 2012?

They finished on the worst position ever for defending champions is the correct answer: France finished only 11th, two years after winning the title in 2010. However, France would win the title again in 2014.

First time that defending champions missed the semi-final

First time that defending champions did not win a single match

They finished on the worst position ever for defending champions

How many points did eventual champions Denmark take with them into the main round?

0 is the correct answer: Denmark beat Slovakia but lost to both Serbia and Poland in the preliminary round. However, Denmark won all matches afterwards.

Denmark edged their Macedonian opponents 33:32. How many goals scored both teams’ top scorers in total?

25 is the correct answer: Mikkel Hansen scored 12 goals, Kiril Lazarov 13. Lazarov would end the tournament on a record-high 61 goals.

The semi-final Denmark vs Spain was a rematch of…

The World Championship 2011 semi-final is the correct answer: Denmark also won that match to make it to the final.

…the EHF EURO 2008 semi-final

…the EHF EURO 2010 semi-final

…the World Championship 2011 semi-final

In 2012 Croatia won an EHF EURO bronze medal again after ??? years.

18 years is the correct answer: Croatia first won bronze in 1994. They won bronze for the third time in 2016.

Which special present did Serbian All-star goalkeeper Darko Stanic receive?

The Serbian minister of defence invited him to a shooting range is the correct answer: Stanic was nicknamed ‘minister of defence’ during the tournament. After the event he was invited by the real minister to visit a shooting range.

a Serbian rock band named a song after him

the Serbian minister of defence invited him to a shooting range

his home town made him a honorary citizen

Who was the MVP of the EHF EURO 2012 and won the VELUX EHF Champions League four months later?

Momir Ilic is the correct answer: Ilic won the Champions League with THW Kiel in Cologne in May 2012. Neither Landin nor Hansen has won the Champions League so far.

Niklas Landin

Momir Ilic

Mikkel Hansen

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