European Women's Handball Championship

European Women's Handball Championship
Founded	1994
Region	Europe (EHF)
Number of teams	27 (Qualification); 16 (Final Tournament)
Current champions	Norway (8th title)
Most successful team(s)	Norway (8 titles)
	2020 European Women's Handball Championship

The European Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national handball teams of Europe, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games and World Championship. As of December 2018, the only teams that have ever won the championship are Norway (eight times), Denmark (three times), Hungary, Montenegro and France (each once).

History

In year 1946, the International Handball Federation was founded by eight European nations,[1] and though non-European nations competed at the World Championships, the medals had always been taken by European nations.[2] European Handball Federation is founded in 1991. At the same time (1995), the World Championship was changed from a quadrennial to a biannual event, and the European Handball Federation now began its own championship – which also acted as a regional qualifier for the World Championship.[3] The tournament will be expanded to 24 teams in 2024 to take place in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.

Tournaments

Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Teams
1994 Details	Germany	Denmark	27–23	Germany	Norway	24–19	Hungary	12
1996 Details	Denmark	Denmark	25–23	Norway	Austria	30–23	Germany	12
1998 Details	Netherlands	Norway	24–16	Denmark	Hungary	30–24	Austria	12
2000 Details	Romania	Hungary	32–30 (ET)	Ukraine	Russia	21–16	Romania	12
2002 Details	Denmark	Denmark	25–22	Norway	France	27–22	Russia	16
2004 Details	Hungary	Norway	27–25	Denmark	Hungary	29–25	Russia	16
2006 Details	Sweden	Norway	27–24	Russia	France	29–25	Germany	16
2008 Details	Macedonia	Norway	34–21	Spain	Russia	24–21	Germany	16
2010 Details	Denmark / Norway	Norway	25–20	Sweden	Romania	16–15	Denmark	16
2012 Details	Serbia	Montenegro	34–31 (2ET)	Norway	Hungary	41–38 (ET)	Serbia	16
2014 Details	Croatia / Hungary	Norway	28–25	Spain	Sweden	25–23	Montenegro	16
2016 Details	Sweden	Norway	30–29	Netherlands	France	25–22	Denmark	16
2018 Details	France	France	24–21	Russia	Netherlands	24–20	Romania	16
2020 Details	Denmark	Norway	22–20	France	Croatia	25–19	Denmark	16
2022 Details	Montenegro / North Macedonia / Slovenia							16
2024 Details	Austria / Hungary / Switzerland							24

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	8	3	1	12
2	Denmark	3	2	0	5
3	France	1	1	3	5
4	Hungary	1	0	3	4
5	Montenegro	1	0	0	1
6	Russia	0	2	2	4
7	Spain	0	2	0	2
8	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
8	Sweden	0	1	1	2
10	Germany	0	1	0	1
10	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
12	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		14	14	14	42

Statistics

Total hosts

Rank	Nation	Hosts	Year(s)
1	Denmark	4	1996, 2002, 2010, 2020
2	Hungary	3	2004, 2014, 2024
3	Sweden	2	2006, 2016
3	North Macedonia	2	2008, 2022
6	Germany	1	1994
	Norway		2010
	Netherlands		1998
	Romania		2000
	Serbia		2012
	Croatia		2014
	France		2018
	Montenegro		2022
	Slovenia		2022
	Austria		2024
	Switzerland		2024

Top scorers by tournament

The record-holder for scored goals in a single Euro Championship is Bojana Radulović, where she scored 72 goals the He scored 72 goals for Norway at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship in Hungary.

Year	Player	Goals
1994	Ágnes Farkas	48
1996	Kjersti Grini	48
1998	Ausra Fridrikas	68
2000	Simona Gogîrlă	68
2002	Ágnes Farkas	58
2004	Bojana Radulović	72
2006	Nadine Krause	58
2008	Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth	51
2010	Cristina Neagu	53
2012	Katarina Bulatović	56
2014	Isabelle Gulldén	58
2016	Nora Mørk	53
2018	Katarina Krpež Slezak	50
2020	Nora Mørk	52

Best players by tournament

Year	Player
1994	Not awarded
1996	Anja Andersen
1998	Trine Haltvik
2000	Beáta Siti
2002	Karin Mortensen
2004	Gro Hammerseng
2006	Gro Hammerseng
2008	Kristine Lunde
2010	Linnea Torstenson
2012	Anja Edin
2014	Isabelle Gulldén
2016	Nycke Groot
2018	Anna Vyakhireva
2020	Estelle Nze Minko

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
5th – Fifth place
6th – Sixth place
7th – Seventh place
8th – Eighth place
9th – Ninth place
10th – Tenth place
11th – Eleventh place
12th – Twelfth place
13th to 16th – Thirteenth to sixteenth place
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
q – may still qualify for upcoming tournament
• – Did not qualify
•× – Disqualified
× – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
– Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Nation	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2020	2022	2024	Participations
Austria	9th	3rd	4th	12th	9th	10th	10th	15th	•	•	•	•	•	•		Q	9
Belarus	•	•	•	11th	16th	16th	•	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•			4
Croatia	5th	6th	•	•	•	13th	7th	6th	9th	13th	13th	16th	16th	3rd			11
Czech Republic	8th	•	•	•	8th	15th	•	•	•	12th	•	10th	15th	15th			7
Denmark	1st	1st	2nd	10th	1st	2nd	11th	11th	4th	5th	8th	4th	8th	4th			14
France	•	•	•	5th	3rd	11th	3rd	14th	5th	9th	5th	3rd	1st	2nd			11
Germany	2nd	4th	6th	9th	11th	5th	4th	4th	13th	7th	10th	6th	10th	7th			14
Hungary	3rd	10th	3rd	1st	5th	3rd	5th	8th	10th	3rd	6th	12th	7th	10th		Q	15
Iceland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	15th	15th	•	•	•	•			2
Lithuania	•	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
North Macedonia	•	•	8th	8th	•	•	12th	7th	•	16th	•	•	•	•	Q		6
Montenegro¹							•	•	6th	1st	4th	13th	9th	8th	Q		7
Netherlands	•	•	10th	•	14th	•	15th	•	8th	•	7th	2nd	3rd	6th			8
Norway	3rd	2nd	1st	6th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	5th	1st			14
Poland	•	11th	5th	•	•	•	8th	•	•	•	11th	15th	14th	14th			7
Portugal	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16th	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Romania	10th	5th	11th	4th	7th	7th	•	5th	3rd	10th	9th	5th	4th	12th			13
Russia	6th	7th	9th	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	7th	6th	14th	7th	2nd	5th			14
Serbia¹							14th	13th	14th	4th	15th	9th	11th	13th			8
Slovakia	12th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12th	•	•	•			2
Slovenia	•	•	•	•	10th	9th	16th	•	16th	•	•	14th	13th	16th	Q		8
Spain	•	•	12th	•	13th	8th	9th	2nd	11th	11th	2nd	11th	12th	9th			11
Sweden	7th	8th	•	•	15th	14th	6th	9th	2nd	8th	3rd	8th	6th	11th			12
Switzerland	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		Q	1
Ukraine	11th	9th	7th	2nd	12th	6th	13th	10th	12th	14th	16th	•	•	•			11
Historical national teams
Serbia and Montenegro¹						12th											1
FR Yugoslavia¹	•	•	•	7th	6th												2
Total	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	24

¹ FR Yugoslavia competed as such until 2003 when the FRY was reconstituted as a State Union Serbia and Montenegro. Since the dissolution of the union in 2006, national teams exist for both countries.

Notes

References

History of Handball from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006
Medals Table – Ranking At Men's World Championships A 1938–1990 from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006
(in German) Handball-Bundesliga diskutiert Reduzierung auf 16 Teams, by Erik Eggers, published by Der Spiegel online, 30 January 2006

"Championship Guide". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 1 January 2009.

External links

Official website

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[1] History of Handball from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006

[MedalTable-2] Medals Table – Ranking At Men's World Championships A 1938–1990 from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006

[Spiegel-3] (in German) Handball-Bundesliga diskutiert Reduzierung auf 16 Teams, by Erik Eggers, published by Der Spiegel online, 30 January 2006

International handball
IAHF IHF Olympic Games World Championships Men Women National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach handball World Championships World Games
International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth University Wheelchair Men's Field Handball Women's Field Handball Youth Olympics Summer Universiade Emerging Nations IHF Inter-Continental Trophy
Africa	African Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games
North America and Caribbean	North American and Caribbean Championship Men Women Pan American Games
South & Central America	South & Central American Championships Men Women Pan American Games
Asia	Asian Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth Asian Games
Europe	European Championships Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament European Open
Oceania	Oceania Championships Senior Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup French Pacific Championship
Defunct	Pan American Championships Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach Youth

International women's handball
International Handball Federation Summer Olympic Games IHF World Championship IHF Field World Championship IHF World Player of the Year
Africa	CAHB African Championship African Games
Asia & Oceania	AHF & OCHF Asian Championship Oceania Nations Cup Asian Games
Europe	EHF European Championship EHF Challenge Trophy (EHF Nations' Cup defunct)
North America and Caribbean	NACHC Nor.Ca. Championship Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games (Pan American Championship defunct)
South & Central America	SCAHC South & Central American Championship Pan American Games South American Games (Pan American Championship defunct)
Multi-sport events	Bolivarian Games Goodwill Games Mediterranean Games Military World Games Pan Arab Games Universiade World University Championships