Exactly 18 years ago Sweden won European gold in Zagreb. At the same place, but not in the same hall (DOm Sportova instead of Arena which was built in 2009), Bengt Johansson led fantastic generation of Swedish players in the final against Russia 32:31 (extra time).
On their way to the third EURO gold, Sweden beat Spain 23:21 in semi-final.
Here is the golden Swedish generation:
Tomas Svensson
Peter Gentzel
Martin Boquist
Magnus Andersson
Magnus Wislander
Ola Lindgren
Mattias Andersson
Andreas Larsson
Staffan Olsson
Ljubomir Vranjes
Mathias Franzen
Stefan Lövgren
Tomas Sivertsson
Martin Frändesjö
Johan Petersson
Pierre Thorsson
