2020 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held from 3 to 20 December 2020. The games were played in Herning and Kolding, Denmark.[1][2]

2020 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Denmark
Dates3–20 December
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Norway (8th title)
Runner-up France
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches47
Goals scored2410 (51.28 per match)
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nora Mørk
(52 goals)
Best player Estelle Nze Minko
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Originally, Norway was the co-host, but informed the EHF that they would not host any games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

The tournament was also be one of the qualification events for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship. It was also be played behind closed doors due to the pandemic.[4]

Norway won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating France in the final.[5] Croatia won the third place game to capture their first ever medal.[6]

Venues

On 9 September 2020, the Norwegian Handball Federation announced, that all games scheduled to take place in Norway, would be played in Trondheim,[7] while on 6 November, the Danish Handball Federation announced, that all games scheduled to take place in Denmark, would be played in Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning.[8] On 16 November, Norway withdrew altogether for health reasons.[3] Danish Sydbank Arena then announced a wish to co-host the tournament together with Herning and this was approved of by the Danish government on 23 November 2020.[9]

Herning Frederikshavn Stavanger
Jyske Bank Boxen Arena Nord Stavanger Idrettshall
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 2,800 Capacity: 7,000
Oslo Trondheim Kolding
Telenor Arena Trondheim Spektrum Sydbank Arena
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 5,100

Qualification
Main article: 2020 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualification was cancelled and the 2018 final ranking decided the participants.[10]

Qualified teams
CountryQualified asDate of qualificationPrevious appearances in tournament
 DenmarkHost20 September 201413 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 NorwayOriginally co-host20 September 201413 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 France2018 final ranking24 April 202010 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Russia2018 final ranking24 April 202013 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Netherlands2018 final ranking24 April 20207 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Romania2018 final ranking24 April 202012 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Sweden2018 final ranking24 April 202011 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Hungary2018 final ranking24 April 202013 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Montenegro2018 final ranking24 April 20205 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Germany2018 final ranking24 April 202013 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Serbia2018 final ranking24 April 20207 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Spain2018 final ranking24 April 202010 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Slovenia2018 final ranking24 April 20206 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2018)
 Poland2018 final ranking24 April 20206 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Czech Republic2018 final ranking24 April 20206 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2018)
 Croatia2018 final ranking24 April 202010 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)

Draw

The draw was held on 18 June 2020 in Vienna, Austria.[10][11]

Seedings

The pots were announced on 7 May 2020.[12]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads
Main article: 2020 European Women's Handball Championship squads

Each squad consisted of 16 players, with a maximum of six players who could be replaced during the tournament. However, in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential risk of several players from the same team testing positive, there was no limit to the number of replacements for players testing positive.[13]

Referees

10 referee pairs were selected on 9 October 2020.[14] Two new pairs were added ahead of the main round.[15]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).[16][17]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 3 0 0 74 60 +14 6 Main round
2  Denmark (H) 3 2 0 1 78 65 +13 4
3  Montenegro 3 1 0 2 68 77 −9 2
4  Slovenia 3 0 0 3 65 83 −18 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host.
4 December 2020
18:15		 France  24–23  Montenegro Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: V. Sá, M. Sá (POR)
four players 3 (11–12) Mehmedović, Radičević 5
1× 1× Report  6×
4 December 2020
20:30		 Denmark  30–23  Slovenia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Nolsøe 6 (14–12) Lazović, Ljepoja 5
1× 5× Report 2× 5×
6 December 2020
18:15		 Slovenia  17–27  France Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Gros, Lazović 4 (6–12) Lacrabère, Nze Minko 7
 5× Report 1× 8×
6 December 2020
20:30		 Montenegro  19–28  Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Radičević, Ramusović 4 (11–13) three players 4
1× 1× Report  2×
8 December 2020
18:15		 Montenegro  26–25  Slovenia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: M. Sá, V. Sá (POR)
Radičević 9 (15–9) Gros 7
2× 2× Report  2×
8 December 2020
20:30		 France  23–20  Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Kanor, Zaadi 5 (12–11) three players 4
1× 4× Report 1× 2×

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 0 85 70 +15 6 Main round
2  Sweden 3 1 1 1 76 76 0 3[lower-alpha 1]
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 72 78 −6 3[lower-alpha 1]
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 69 78 −9 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. Spain 23–23 Sweden; goal difference, Sweden 0 and Spain −6
3 December 2020
18:15		 Russia  31–22  Spain Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
four players 4 (13–11) three players 4
2× 3× Report 1× 6×
3 December 2020
20:30		 Sweden  27–23  Czech Republic Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Blohm 5 (13–13) Jeřábková 8
1× 7× Report  4×
5 December 2020
18:15		 Czech Republic  22–24  Russia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: M. Sá, V. Sá (POR)
Jeřábková 6 (13–15) four players 3
2× 3× Report 1× 3×
5 December 2020
20:30		 Spain  23–23  Sweden Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Pena 6 (13–10) Petrén 8
2× 4× 1× Report 1× 5×
7 December 2020
18:15		 Spain  27–24  Czech Republic Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Martín 12 (11–16) Jeřábková 8
1× 4× Report 2× 3×
7 December 2020
20:30		 Russia  30–26  Sweden Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Dmitrieva 6 (15–13) Thorleifsdóttir 6
 4× Report 4× 1×

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 76 71 +5 6 Main round
2  Hungary 3 1 0 2 84 78 +6 2[lower-alpha 1]
3  Netherlands 3 1 0 2 78 80 −2 2[lower-alpha 1]
4  Serbia 3 1 0 2 79 88 −9 2[lower-alpha 1]
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. Hungary 2 Pts, +8 GD; Netherlands 2 Pts, 0 GD; Serbia 2 Pts, −8 GD
4 December 2020
18:15		 Hungary  22–24  Croatia Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Klujber 9 (12–12) Mičijević 4
1× 6× Report  3×
5 December 2020[note 1]
20:30		 Netherlands  25–29  Serbia Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Snelder 5 (15–9) Krpež Šlezak 10
1× 4× Report 1× 1×
6 December 2020
16:00		 Serbia  26–38  Hungary Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
Radosavljević 5 (11–20) Zácsik 10
 3× Report 1×
6 December 2020
18:15		 Croatia  27–25  Netherlands Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
L. Kalaus 9 (13–14) Abbingh, Dulfer 5
1× 4× Report 3× 4×
8 December 2020
18:15		 Serbia  24–25  Croatia Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Krpež Šlezak 5 (14–14) Krsnik 6
1× 3× Report 2× 4× 2× 1×
8 December 2020
20:30		 Netherlands  28–24  Hungary Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
Dulfer 8 (13–15) three players 4
1× 2× Report 1× 1×

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 3 0 0 105 65 +40 6 Main round
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 66 82 −16 3
3  Romania 3 1 0 2 67 74 −7 2
4  Poland 3 0 1 2 67 84 −17 1
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
3 December 2020
18:00		 Romania  19–22  Germany Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: J. Bonaventura, C. Bonaventura (FRA)
Neagu 4 (10–13) three players 4
1× 6× Report 1× 2×
3 December 2020
20:30		 Norway  35–22  Poland Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Mørk, Reistad 6 (17–13) Gęga 6
 6× Report 3× 6×
5 December 2020
16:00		 Poland  24–28  Romania Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Rosiak 7 (15–11) Neagu 8
1× 3× Report  2×
5 December 2020
18:15		 Germany  23–42  Norway Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Bölk, Smits 4 (14–22) Mørk 12
 5× Report 1× 3×
7 December 2020
18:15		 Germany  21–21  Poland Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Zapf 4 (9–8) Rosiak 4
1× 6× Report 1× 3×
7 December 2020
20:30		 Romania  20–28  Norway Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Ostase 6 (13–13) Herrem 6
 3× Report  2×

Main round

Points gained in the preliminary round against team that also advanced, were carried over.

Group I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 5 4 1 0 132 121 +11 9 Semifinals
2  Denmark (H) 5 4 0 1 136 111 +25 8
3  Russia 5 3 1 1 136 129 +7 7 Fifth place game
4  Montenegro 5 1 1 3 122 127 −5 3
5  Spain 5 0 2 3 120 140 −20 2
6  Sweden 5 0 1 4 121 139 −18 1
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host.
10 December 2020
18:15		 Montenegro  23–24  Russia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Despotović 7 (13–13) three players 4
1× 3× Report 1× 3×
10 December 2020
20:30		 France  26–25  Spain Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Lacrabère 5 (16–10) Martín 9
1× 3× Report 1× 3×
11 December 2020
18:15		 France  28–28  Russia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: M. Sá, V. Sá (POR)
Nze Minko, Sercien-Ugolin 5 (16–19) three players 5
2× 5× Report 3× 4×
11 December 2020
20:30		 Denmark  24–22  Sweden Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
Tranborg 6 (13–12) Thorleifsdóttir 4
1× 5× Report 1× 5×
13 December 2020
18:15		 Montenegro  31–25  Sweden Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Radičević 11 (16–10) Blohm 8
2× 3× Report  3×
13 December 2020
20:30		 Denmark  34–24  Spain Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Rej 6 (17–10) Fernández 4
 4× Report  4×
15 December 2020
16:00		 Montenegro  26–26  Spain Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
Radičević 7 (11–17) Pena 6
1× 2× Report 1× 3×
15 December 2020
18:15		 France  31–25  Sweden Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Nze Minko 6 (14–14) Gulldén 5
1× 1× Report 2× 1×
15 December 2020
20:30		 Denmark  30–23  Russia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Højlund 7 (13–9) Dmitrieva 9
 2× Report  4×

Group II
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 5 5 0 0 170 114 +56 10 Semifinals
2  Croatia 5 4 0 1 124 123 +1 8
3  Netherlands 5 3 0 2 141 134 +7 6 Fifth place game
4  Germany 5 2 0 3 124 137 −13 4
5  Hungary 5 1 0 4 118 140 −22 2
6  Romania 5 0 0 5 107 136 −29 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
10 December 2020
18:15		 Croatia  25–20  Romania Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Blažević 7 (14–10) Neagu 6
1× 4× Report 1× 2×
10 December 2020
20:30		 Netherlands  25–32  Norway Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Malestein 5 (10–16) Mørk 8
4× 5× Report 1× 2×
12 December 2020
16:00		 Hungary  25–32  Germany Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Klujber 8 (11–13) Bölk 5
1× 1× Report  3×
12 December 2020
18:15		 Croatia  25–36  Norway Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
Mičijević 7 (14–15) Reistad 7
1× 5× Report
14 December 2020
18:15		 Netherlands  28–27  Germany Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Abbingh 8 (14–15) Behnke, Naidzinavicius 4
 1× Report 1× 6×
14 December 2020
20:30		 Hungary  26–24  Romania Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Schatzl 7 (13–14) Ostase 8
1× 2× Report  3×
15 December 2020
16:00		 Netherlands  35–24  Romania Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: M. Sá, V. Sá (POR)
Van Wetering 8 (16–12) Laslo 7
1× 3× Report 2× 1×
15 December 2020
18:15		 Croatia  23–20  Germany Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Debelić 6 (12–12) Maidhof 9
1× 5× Report 1× 5×
15 December 2020
20:30		 Hungary  21–32  Norway Sydbank Arena, Kolding
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Kovacsics 7 (9–17) Mørk 7
 3× Report  1×

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 December 2020
 
 
 France30
 
20 December 2020
 
 Croatia19
 
 France20
 
18 December 2020
 
 Norway22
 
 Norway27
 
 
 Denmark24
 
Third place
 
 
20 December 2020
 
 
 Croatia25
 
 
 Denmark19

Fifth place game
18 December 2020
15:30		 Russia  33–27  Netherlands Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: M. Sá, V. Sá (POR)
Vedekhina 6 (18–13) Abbingh 10
2× 3× Report 2× 3×

Semifinals
18 December 2020
18:00		 France  30–19  Croatia Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
four players 4 (15–5) three players 3
 1× Report 1× 2×
18 December 2020
20:30		 Norway  27–24  Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Mørk 6 (10–13) Rej 7
1× 1× Report 2× 3×

Third place game
20 December 2020
15:30		 Croatia  25–19  Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
Ježić, Posavec 5 (11–11) A. M. Hansen, Tranborg 4
1× 1× Report 1× 2×

Final
20 December 2020
18:00		 France  20–22  Norway Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Foppa 5 (10–14) three players 4
 3× 1× Report  3×

Final ranking and awards

Final ranking
Qualified for the 2021 World Championship.
Qualified for the 2021 World Championship as host.
Qualified for the 2021 World Championship as defending champion.

Statistics

Notes
  1. The match, originally scheduled for 4 December 2020, was postponed after a positive COVID-19 test by a Serbian player.[18]

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  21. Top goalkeepers
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