Semifinals ----
Bronze match Final The final was played at a sold-out
Malmö Arena in
Malmö between
France and
Denmark, and was followed by 12,462 spectators. In addition, the match was aired on both major Danish public television channels
DR1 and
TV 2 with 2,670,000 viewers, making it the most watched sport event in Denmark ever.
First half The French team started the match with a 2–0 lead, and maintained a lead until the 17th minute, where Denmark started a 3–0 run and equalised at 9–9 with a penalty shot by
Anders Eggert. On the next attack,
Mikkel Hansen received the Danes' first two-minute suspension, allowing France to open another three-goal lead. The half time score was 15–12 in favor of France.
Second half The second half started with France maintaining a lead of at least two goals in the first 15 minutes. But a couple of saves in a row by the well-tempered
Niklas Landin Jacobsen, meant that
Mikkel Hansen could equalise to 24–24 with 11 minutes to play. Still, France took the lead once again, but with five minutes remaining and the French lead at 29–27,
Jérôme Fernandez was penalized with a 2-minute suspension. Denmark took advantage, scoring two goals and making it 29–29 with 3:30 remaining. In the last minute, the French found themselves one goal ahead, 31–30. The Danish coach
Ulrik Wilbek used a team timeout with 25 seconds to go to prepare the team for the last attack. Three seconds were left, when the Dane
Bo Spellerberg scored from left back a positional shot in the bottom of the goal for 31–31, deferring the match to
overtime.
Overtime In the 64th minute, the Danes recorded their first lead in the match when scoring 33–32, but within the next minute the French scored two goals overturning the result. The first half of the overtime ended with a French lead of 34–33. The second half of overtime began with veteran
Lars Christiansen scoring a penalty and evening the score at 34–34. The French took the lead from there, though, and secured the win at 36–34 when
Thierry Omeyer saved a
Mikkel Hansen 9m shot with just over one minute to go.
Michael Guigou scored the last goal of the game with one second to go to the final score 37–35. The match ended 37–35 in favor of
France.
Nikola Karabatić and
Mikkel Hansen, both scored 10 goals in the final, with Karabatić chosen the MVP of the championship, and Hansen the best goalscorer. ==Ranking and statistics==