European Women's Handball Championship
| European Women's Handball Championship | |
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| Full name | Women's European Handball Championship |
| abbreviation | EHF EURO |
| Association | EHF |
| First edition | 1994 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Game mode |
Round tournament (8 groups of 4 teams each)
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| Title holder |
 France (1)
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| Record winner |
 Norway (7)
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| Record scorer |
 Cristina Neagu (206 goals)
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| Website | www.ehf-euro.com |
| Qualification for | Handball world championship |
The women's handball European championship has been played since 1994. They take place every two years. After qualifying, the 16 best (previously the 12 best) teams of the European Handball Federation (EHF) have met here since 2002 . In addition to determining the best European team, the tournament also qualifies for the women's handball world championship . The European Championships for women and men are always held separately, but always take place in the same year.
The current defending champion is France . The next European handball championship will take place in 2020 in Denmark and Norway .
Tournaments at a glance
Germany was selected as the organizer of the first European Women's Championships in 1994 and achieved its best result to date with second place. Austria was able to achieve third place once in 1996 when they defeated Germany in the small final. Overall, however, the tournaments were dominated by the teams from Norway (7 titles) and Denmark (3 titles).
| year | host | European champion | Result | Vice European champion | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 |
 Germany
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 Denmark
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27:23 |
Germany
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Norway
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| 1996 |
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
25:23 |
Norway
|
 Austria
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| 1998 |
 Netherlands
|
Norway
|
24:16 |
Denmark
|
 Hungary
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| 2000 |
Romania
|
Hungary
|
32:30 a.d. |
 Ukraine
|
 Russia
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| 2002 |
Denmark
|
Denmark
|
25:22 |
Norway
|
France
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| 2004 |
Hungary
|
Norway
|
27:25 |
Denmark
|
Hungary
|
| 2006 |
 Sweden
|
Norway
|
27:24 |
Russia
|
France
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| 2008 |
 North Macedonia
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Norway
|
34:21 |
 Spain
|
Russia
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| 2010 |
Denmark Norway
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Norway
|
25:20 |
Sweden
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Romania
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| 2012 |
 Serbia
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 Montenegro
|
34:31 n.2V. |
Norway
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Hungary
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| 2014 |
 Croatia Hungary
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Norway
|
28:25 |
Spain
|
Sweden
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| 2016 |
Sweden
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Norway
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30:29 |
Netherlands
|
France
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| 2018 |
France
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France
|
24:21 |
Russia
|
Netherlands
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| 2020 |
Denmark Norway
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| 2022 |
 Slovenia Montenegro North Macedonia
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| 2024 |
 Switzerland Austria Hungary
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Medal table
Status after 12 European Championships, including 2016.
| rank | country |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Norway
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7th | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 |
Denmark
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3 | 2 | - | 5 |
| 3 |
Hungary
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1 | - | 3 | 4th |
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France
|
1 | - | 3 | 4th | |
| 5 |
Montenegro
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1 | - | - | 1 |
| 6th |
Russia
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- | 2 | 2 | 4th |
| 7th |
Spain
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- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 8th |
Sweden
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Netherlands
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |
Germany
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
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Ukraine
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- | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 12 |
Austria
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
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Romania
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Web links
- Official website of the European Handball Federation EHF
- Official website of the European handball championships
Individual evidence