European women's handball championship 2004

6th European Women's Handball Championship 2004
2004 Women's EHF European Handball Championship
Number of nations	16
European champion	Norway (2nd title)
venue	Hungary
Opening game	December 9, 2004
Endgame	December 19, 2004
Games	48

The 6th European Women's Handball Championship took place from December 9th to 19th, 2004 in Hungary . The title won the team from Norway, which prevailed against Denmark in the final. Germany won the game for fifth place against Ukraine. Austria took tenth place.

Attendees

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Norway	Russia	Denmark	France
Czech Republic	Serbia and Montenegro	Romania	Hungary
Ukraine	Slovenia	Germany	Austria
Spain	Croatia	Sweden	Belarus

Debrecen Zalaegerszeg Békéscsaba Győr

Venues

Venues

The European Championship games were played in the following four cities:

• Békéscsaba
• Debrecen
• Győr
• Zalaegerszeg

Preliminary round

The first three in each group reached the main round.

Group A

Group A games took place in Debrecen .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	83:71	6th
2	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	77:74	4th
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	71:72	2
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	60:74	0

December 9, 2004
17:00	Czech Republic	-	Spain	18:19 (12: 6)
19:10	Norway	-	Ukraine	27:24 (15:12)
December 11, 2004
17:00	Ukraine	-	Czech Republic	25:20 (13: 8)
19:10	Spain	-	Norway	25:26 (11:14)
December 12, 2004
17:00	Ukraine	-	Spain	28:27 (13:16)
19:10	Norway	-	Czech Republic	30:22 (16:10)

Group B

Zalaegerszeg hosted the Group B games.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	96:86	4th
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	95:82	4th
3	Serbia and Montenegro	3	1	0	2	89: 105	2
4th	Croatia	3	1	0	2	82:89	2

December 9, 2004
18:00	Russia	-	Slovenia	30:31 (13:17)
20:00	Serbia and Mont.	-	Croatia	34:30 (17:16)
December 11, 2004
18:00	Croatia	-	Russia	22:26 (10:15)
20:00	Slovenia	-	Serbia and Mont.	36:26 (17: 9)
December 12, 2004
18:00	Russia	-	Serbia and Mont.	39:29 (18:13)
20:00	Slovenia	-	Croatia	29:30 (16:17)

Group C

Group C games took place in Békéscsaba .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Denmark	3	2	0	1	75:70	4th
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	75:73	4th
3	Romania	3	2	0	1	81:75	4th
4th	Sweden	3	0	0	3	68:81	0

December 9, 2004
18:00	Romania	-	Sweden	32:25 (16:10)
20:15	Denmark	-	Germany	27:24 (12:14)
December 10, 2004
18:00	Germany	-	Romania	26:24 (12:14)
20:15	Sweden	-	Denmark	21:24 (9:11)
December 12, 2004
18:15	Denmark	-	Romania	24:25 (11:12)
20:15	Germany	-	Sweden	25:22 (10:11)

Group D

Group D played in Győr .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	98:74	6th
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	91:84	4th
3	France	3	1	0	2	81:95	2
4th	Belarus	3	0	0	3	70:87	0

December 9, 2004
17:45	Hungary	-	Belarus	32:22 (17: 7)
20:00	France	-	Austria	29:36 (11:17)
December 10, 2004
17:45	Austria	-	Hungary	29:34 (15:17)
20:00	Belarus	-	France	27:29 (14:15)
December 12, 2004
17:00	France	-	Hungary	23:32 (12:14)
19:00	Austria	-	Belarus	26:21 (12: 8)

Main round

The main round games took place in Győr and Debrecen. Two groups were formed from the twelve teams from the preliminary round. In group I the first three of groups A and B played, in group II the first three of groups C and D. The points from the preliminary round that were scored against the other teams that had also reached the main round were taken over . The two first and second place winners in the groups advanced to the semi-finals. The third of the two groups played from the 5th place.

Group I.

Group I games were played in Győr.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	158: 115	10
2	Russia	5	3	0	2	148: 133	6th
3	Ukraine	5	3	0	2	124: 127	6th
4th	Spain	5	2	0	3	138: 138	4th
5	Slovenia	5	2	0	3	135: 151	4th
6th	Serbia and Montenegro	5	0	0	5	131: 170	0

December 14, 2004
15:00	Spain	-	Serbia and Mont.	32:29 (13:17)
17:00	Ukraine	-	Slovenia	24:22 (8:11)
19:10	Norway	-	Russia	25:24 (10: 9)
December 15, 2004
15:00	Ukraine	-	Russia	24:28 (9:16)
17:00	Spain	-	Slovenia	30:28 (12:16)
19:10	Norway	-	Serbia and Mont.	39:24 (20:15)
December 16, 2004
15:00	Spain	-	Russia	24:27 (12:17)
17:00	Ukraine	-	Serbia and Mont.	24:23 (15: 9)
19:10	Norway	-	Slovenia	41:18 (16: 8)

Group II

All Group II games took place in Debrecen.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Denmark	5	4th	0	1	122: 114	8th
2	Hungary	5	4th	0	1	146: 126	8th
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	133: 127	6th
4th	Romania	5	3	0	2	137: 134	6th
5	Austria	5	1	0	4th	138: 149	2
6th	France	5	0	0	5	124: 150	0

December 14, 2004
15:45	Romania	-	France	31:25 (15:13)
17:45	Germany	-	Hungary	25:26 (13:10)
19:45	Denmark	-	Austria	25:22 (16:14)
December 15, 2004
15:45	Germany	-	Austria	29:23 (13:13)
17:45	Romania	-	Hungary	25:31 (13:17)
19:45	Denmark	-	France	22:20 (10:12)
December 16, 2004
15:45	Germany	-	France	29:27 (13:16)
17:45	Denmark	-	Hungary	24:23 (8:14)
19:45	Romania	-	Austria	32:28 (14:15)

Final round

The games of the final round took place in Budapest.

Game for 7th place

December 18, 2004
14:30	Spain	-	Romania	28:37 (17:16)

Play for 5th place

December 19, 2004
12:30	Ukraine	-	Germany	24:25 a.d. (22:22, 8: 8)

Semifinals

December 18, 2006
17:00	Norway	-	Hungary	44:29 (21:16)
7:30 p.m.	Russia	-	Denmark	27:31 (11:11)

3rd place match

December 19, 2004
15:00	Hungary	-	Russia	29:25 (14:13)

final

December 19, 2004
17:30	Norway	-	Denmark	27:25 (11:11)

Final score

Pl.	team
1.	Norway
2.	Denmark
3.	Hungary
4th	Russia
5.	Germany
6th	Ukraine
7th	Romania
8th.	Spain

Web links

• Tournament on eurohandball.com