European Men's Handball Championship to tie the game at full-time, and two 10-minute extra periods were required before Sweden won 32–31 after Magnus Wislander scored the deciding goal. Three-time champions Sweden were the next to host the European Championship, in 2002. This was the first tournament with 16 teams, an expansion from 12 in the previous four instalments. The Swedes won their first seven matches, and had already qualified for the semi-finals when they lost 26–27 to Denmark, having led 17–11 at half time. In the other main round group, Iceland became the third Nordic team to qualify after defeating Germany in the final
2012 European Championship (darts) 2012 European Championship (darts) The 2012 PartyPoker.net European Championship was the fifth edition of the Professional Darts Corporation tournament, the European Championship, which allows the top European players to compete against the highest ranked players from the PDC Order of Merit. The tournament took place from 20–23 September 2012 at the RWE-Sporthalle in Mülheim, Germany. Phil Taylor was once again defending the title, after winning each of the four previous playings of this tournament since the inaugural edition in 2008. However, he lost for the first time in the quarter-finals 6–10 to Brendan Dolan. Simon Whitlock won his first major