| Tourney Name: | European Men's Handball Championship |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Country: | Slovenia |
| Dates: | 22 January – 1 February |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Champion: | GER |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | SLO |
| Third: | DEN |
| Fourth: | CRO |
| Matches: | 48 |
| Goals: | 2733 |
| Attendance: | 149984 |
| Top Scorer: | Mirza Džomba (46 goals) |
| Player: | Ivano Balić |
| Previous: | 2002 European Men's Handball Championship |
| Next: | 2006 European Men's Handball Championship |
The 2004 Men's European Handball Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament and took place from 22 January to 1 February 2004 in Slovenia in the cities of Ljubljana, Celje, Velenje and Koper.
| Location | Picture | City | Arena | Capacity | Status | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ljubljana | Tivoli Hall | 5,600[1] | Opened in 1965 | Preliminary stage & Second Group stage and knockout stages | |||
| Koper | Arena Bonifika | 5,000 | Opened in 1999 | Preliminary stage | |||
| Velenje | Red Hall | 2,500 | Opened in 1975 | Preliminary stage | |||
| Celje | Zlatorog Arena | 5,500[2] | Opened in 2003 | Preliminary stage and second group stage |
| Country | Qualified as | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002) | ||
| 4 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002) | |||
| 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) | |||
| 2 (2000, 2002) | |||
| 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) | |||
| Fifth place of 2002 European Championship | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) | ||
| Playoff winner | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) | ||
| Playoff winner | 3 (1996, 1998, 2002) | ||
| Playoff winner | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) | ||
| Playoff winner | 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) | ||
| Playoff winner | 1 (2002) | ||
| Playoff winner | 3 (1994, 2000, 2002) | ||
| Playoff winner | (1996, 1998, 2002) | ||
| Playoff winner | 5 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) | ||
| Playoff winner | 1 (2002) | ||
| Playoff winner | 2 (2000, 2002) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2 as FR Yugoslavia
All times are local (UTC+1).
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| Position | Player | |
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| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | 64 | 75 | ||
| 2 | Florian Kehrmann | 45 | 81 | 56 | |
| 3 | Daniel Stephan | 42 | 85 | 49 | |
| 4 | 40 | 49 | 82 | ||
| 65 | 62 | ||||
| 81 | 49 | ||||
| 7 | 38 | 56 | 68 | ||
| Renato Vugrinec | 77 | 49 | |||
| 9 | 35 | 71 | 49 | ||
| 10 | 34 | 42 | 81 | ||
| 71 | 48 |
(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)
| Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgeny Budko | 43 | 23 | 54 | |
| 2 | 41 | 33 | 80 | ||
| 3 | 40 | 23 | 58 | ||
| 4 | 39 | 29 | 74 | ||
| 56 | 145 | ||||
| 6 | 38 | 49 | 130 | ||
| 7 | 37 | 95 | 254 | ||
| 97 | 260 | ||||
| 52 | 140 | ||||
| 10 | 35 | 36 | 103 | ||
| 51 | 146 | ||||
| Martin Galia | 86 | 248 | |||
| Antoine Ebinger | 39 | 113 |