2008 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2008 EHF European Men's Handball Championship (8th tournament) 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. Qualification. Qualification matches took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules, the host (Norway) and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) 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. Preliminary round. "All times are local (UTC+1)." Ranking and statistics. Top goalkeepers. "(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)"