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
Slovenia at the UEFA European Championship the team won its second point of the tournament, but did not advance to the second round. Slovenia at the UEFA European Championship Slovenia qualified for one UEFA European Championship so far (as of 2014), the Euro 2000 tournament. During the qualifiers, they ended second in their group with Norway, Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia. This allowed the team to compete for qualification against Ukraine in the play-offs, which the Slovenians won 3–2 on aggregate to qualify for their first major tournament. At the championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, Slovenia was drawn into group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia