2018 European Women's Handball Championship

13th European Women's Handball Championship 2018
2018 Women's EHF European Handball Championship
Number of nations	16
European champion	France (1st title)
venue	France
Opening game	29th November 2018
Endgame	December 16, 2018
Games	47
Gates	2,504   (∅: 53.28 per game)
spectator	197,980   (∅: 4,212 per game)
Top scorer	Katarina Krpež Šlezak (50 goals)
Best player	Anna Viktorovna Vyachireva
yellow cards	191  (∅: 4.06 per game)
Time penalties	312  (∅: 6.64 per game)
Red cards	11  (∅: 0.23 per game)
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The 13th European Women's Handball Championship was held in France from November 29 to December 16, 2018 . The organizer was the European Handball Federation (EHF). The team of hosts France , who were able to secure the title for the first time , became European champions .

Host

The 12th Congress of the European Handball Federation awarded the event to the French Handball Federation during its session on September 20, 2014 in Dublin .

Venues

The games of the European Championship 2018 were played in the following halls:

Nantes	Brest	Montbeliard	Nancy	Paris
Palais des Sports de Beaulieu 5,500 seats	Brest Arena 4,500 seats	Axon Arena 6,400 seats	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille 6,000 seats	AccorHotels Arena 17,000 seats

qualification

As the host, France was directly qualified for the European Championship. The remaining 15 starting places were awarded in two qualifying rounds, which were played between June 2017 and June 2018. Ultimately, the same 16 teams that had already contested the previous EM qualified .

→ Main article : 2018 European Women's Handball Championship / Qualification

Attendees

16 teams took part in the European national team competition.

country	Qualified as	Qualification date	Previous participations
France	host	20th September 2014	9 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Denmark	Winner group 5	March 24, 2018	12 ( 1994 , 1996 , 1998, 2000, 2002 , 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Montenegro	Winner group 2	March 24, 2018	4 (2010, 2012 , 2014, 2016)
Norway	Winner group 1	March 25, 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998 , 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012, 2014 , 2016 )
Spain	Winner group 6	May 30, 2018	9 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Sweden	Second group 3	May 30, 2018	10 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Serbia	Winner group 3	May 30, 2018	6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Germany	Second group 6	May 31, 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Hungary	Winner group 7	May 31, 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 , 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Netherlands	Second group 7	May 31, 2018	6 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016)
Romania	Winner group 4	May 31, 2018	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Croatia	Second group 1	2nd June 2018	9 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Russia	Second group 4	3rd June 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Poland	Second group 2	3rd June 2018	5 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016)
Czech Republic	Second group 5	3rd June 2018	5 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016)
Slovenia	Best group third	3rd June 2018	5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016)

bold = European champion in the respective year

Group draw

The draw took place on June 12, 2018 at the Maison de la Radio in Paris . The national teams were allocated to different pots in advance, depending on their performance in the qualification.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Denmark	France	Hungary	Norway
Serbia	Montenegro	Spain	Romania
Sweden	Russia	Netherlands	Germany
Poland	Slovenia	Croatia	Czech Republic

Preliminary round

Within the four preliminary round groups, the teams each played one game against the other group opponents. A total of twelve teams qualified for the main round with the top three teams from the four preliminary round groups.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Serbia	03	02	00	01	0084:7300	+11	04th
02.	Sweden	03	02	00	01	0074:7300	+1	04th
03.	Denmark	03	02	00	01	0083:8000	+3	04th
04th	Poland	03	00	00	03	0069:8400	−15	00

November 30, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Serbia	33:26	Poland	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 2,230 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos
	Krpež 11	(13:14)	Kudłacz-Gloc 6
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  4 ×

November 30, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Denmark	30:29	Sweden	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 3,847 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica
	Tranborg 7	(15:16)	Hagman 7
	2 ×  6 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 2, 2018 3 p.m.	Poland	21:28	Denmark	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 3,683 Referees: Horváth, Márton
	Kobylińska 7	(9:11)	Jørgensen , Jensen 5 each
	2 ×  1 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  6 ×

December 2, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	22:21	Serbia	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 3,810 Referees: Năstase, Stancu
	Alm 5	(11:13)	Krpež 7
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  5 ×

December 4, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	23:22	Poland	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 3,014 Referees: García Serradilla, Marín
	Blomstrand , Hagman 4 each	(10: 5)	Grzyb 9
	3 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

December 4, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Denmark	25:30	Serbia	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 3,026 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc
	Jensen 6	(13:17)	Krpež, Lekić 8 each
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Russia	03	02	00	01	0077:7500	+2	04th
02.	France	03	02	00	01	0078:6700	+11	04th
03.	Montenegro	03	01	00	02	0079:8100	−2	02
04th	Slovenia	03	01	00	02	0082:9300	−11	02

November 29, 2018 9:00 p.m.	France	23:26	Russia	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 5,220 Referees: García Serradilla, Marín
	Canor 6	(11:11)	Dmitrieva 8
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

November 30, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Montenegro	36:32	Slovenia	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 1,956 Referees: Năstase, Stancu
	Radičević 7	(18:12)	Gros 8
	2 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

December 2, 2018 3 p.m.	Slovenia	21:30	France	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 5,220 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc
	Gros 5	(8:17)	Zaadi 6
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	4 ×  2 ×

December 2, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Russia	24:23	Montenegro	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 3,229 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica
	Samochina 7	(13:15)	Jauković 12
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	4 ×  1 ×

December 4, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Russia	27:29	Slovenia	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 3,120 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos
	Kochetova 6	(13:13)	Gros 12
	3 ×  3 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

December 4, 2018 9:00 p.m.	France	25:20	Montenegro	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 5,220 Referees: Horváth, Márton
	Minko 7	(16: 8)	Radičević 6
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	3 ×  4 ×

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Netherlands	03	03	00	00	0090:7500	+15	06th
02.	Hungary	03	02	00	01	0081:7200	+9	04th
03.	Spain	03	01	00	02	0078:7800	± 0	02
04th	Croatia	03	00	00	03	0059:8300	−24	00

December 1, 2018 3:00 p.m.	Hungary	25:28	Netherlands	Axon Arena, Montbéliard Spectators: 2,800 Referees: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Kovács , Háfra 5 each	(11:11)	Abbingh , Dulfer 5 each
	4 ×  5 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

December 1, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Spain	25:18	Croatia	Axon Arena, Montbéliard Spectators: 3,600 Referees: M. Bennani, S. Bennani
	Pena 7	(15: 5)	Dežić 4
	3 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 3, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Croatia	18:24	Hungary	Axon Arena, Montbéliard Spectators: 2,731 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger
	Krsnik 8	(9:13)	Háfra, Kovács, Schatzl 5 each
	1 ×  7 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 3, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Netherlands	28:27	Spain	Axon Arena, Montbéliard Spectators: 3,862 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Groot 9	(14:11)	Martín 6
	2 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  6 ×

December 5, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Netherlands	34:23	Croatia	Axon Arena, Montbéliard Spectators: 4,470 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen
	Amega 8	(17:10)	Turk , Kalaus 6 each
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

December 5, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Hungary	32:26	Spain	Axon Arena, Montbéliard Spectators: 2,768 Referees: Mošorinski, Pandžić
	Planéta 8	(19:14)	Martín 6
	3 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Romania	03	03	00	00	0091:7500	+16	06th
02.	Germany	03	02	00	01	0087:8900	−2	04th
03.	Norway	03	01	00	02	0086:8100	+5	02
04th	Czech Republic	03	00	00	03	0073:9200	−19	00

December 1, 2018 3:00 p.m.	Norway	32:33	Germany	Brest Arena, Brest Spectators: 3,520 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Oftedal 7	(16:15)	Bölk , Großmann 5 each
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 1, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Romania	31:28	Czech Republic	Brest Arena, Brest Spectators: 3,098 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen
	Buceschi 9	(17:11)	Luzumová , Malá 5 each
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×  1 ×

December 3, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Germany	24:29	Romania	Brest Arena, Brest Spectators: 2,106 Referees: Mošorinski, Pandžić
	Behnke 8	(11:14)	Buceschi 11
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 3, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Czech Republic	17:31	Norway	Brest Arena, Brest Spectators: 1,734 Referees: M. Bennani, S. Bennani
	Marčíková 4	(10:20)	Løke , Aune 6 each
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

December 5, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Germany	30:28	Czech Republic	Brest Arena, Brest Spectators: 2,930 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger
	Smelter 7	(16:16)	Luzumová 10
	2 ×  5 ×	Match report	2 ×  4 ×

December 5, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Norway	23:31	Romania	Brest Arena, Brest Spectators: 2,782 Referees: Alpaidze, Berjoskina
	Kristiansen , Aune 5 each	(12:18)	Neagu 11
	3 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

Main round

Group I.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Russia	05	04th	00	01	0141: 1310	+10	08th
02.	France	05	03	01	01	0136: 1180	+18	07th
03.	Sweden	05	02	01	02	0139: 1320	+7	05
04th	Denmark	05	02	00	03	0123: 1430	−20	04th
05.	Montenegro	05	02	00	03	0124: 1280	−4	04th
06th	Serbia	05	01	00	04th	0131: 1420	−11	02

December 6, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Denmark	23:29	France	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 5,296 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica
	Woller 5	(11:17)	Minko 6
	3 ×  7 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 6, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Sweden	28:30	Montenegro	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 2,614 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos
	Gullden 6	(14:18)	Radičević 9
	2 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  6 ×

The main round meetings between Sweden and France as well as Serbia and Russia, originally scheduled for December 8, 2018, have been rescheduled for the following day by the EHF for safety reasons. In the venue of Nantes, demonstrations of the “ yellow vests movement ” were also announced in the area around Hall XXL .

December 9, 2018 3:00 p.m.	Sweden	21:21	France	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 7,241 Referees: Horváth, Márton
	Gullden 6	(14:11)	Lacrabère 5
	2 ×  1 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 9, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Serbia	25:29	Russia	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 6,420 Referees: García Serradilla, Marín
	Krpež 7	(13:16)	Dmitrieva 7
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  5 ×

December 10, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Denmark	21:32	Russia	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 2,812 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos
	Heindahl 5	(9:14)	Vyachireva 9
	3 ×  6 ×	Match report	3 ×  7 ×  1 ×

December 10, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Serbia	27:28	Montenegro	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 2,307 Referees: Năstase, Stancu
	Krpež 12	(15:12)	Jauković , Mehmedović , Raičević 6 each
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 12, 2018 3:45 p.m.	Denmark	24:23	Montenegro	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 3,811 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc
	Hansen 6	(15:11)	Radičević 7
	3 ×  5 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 12, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Sweden	39:30	Russia	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 3,848 Referees: Horváth, Márton
	Hagman 17th	(18:17)	Samochina 6
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  3 ×

December 12, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Serbia	28:38	France	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Spectators: 7,046 Referee: García Serradilla, Marín
	Krpež, Kovačević , Pop-Lazić 5 each	(14:18)	Minko 9
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

Group II

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Netherlands	05	04th	00	01	0128: 1260	+2	08th
02.	Romania	05	03	00	02	0140: 1320	+8	06th
03.	Norway	05	03	00	02	0155: 1310	+24	06th
04th	Hungary	05	03	00	02	0139: 1460	−7	06th
05.	Germany	05	02	00	03	0132: 1370	−5	04th
06th	Spain	05	00	00	05	0127: 1490	−22	00

December 7, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Spain	23:29	Germany	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 2,217 Referees: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Martín 7	(9:17)	Bölk , Geschke , Schmelzer each 4
	1 ×  4 ×  1 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

December 7, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Hungary	25:38	Norway	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 2,180 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen
	Tóth 6	(12:19)	Løke 7
	1 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  5 ×

December 9, 2018 3:00 p.m.	Hungary	26:25	Germany	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 2,926 Referees: Mošorinski, Pandžić
	Lukács 7	(12:10)	Stolle 9
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

December 9, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Netherlands	29:24	Romania	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 3,016 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura
	Abbingh , Bont 6 each	(11:10)	Buceschi 8
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	3 ×  2 ×

December 11, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Spain	25:27	Romania	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 2,359 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger
	González 6	(12:10)	Neagu 7
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

December 11, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Netherlands	16:29	Norway	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 1,803 Referees: Mošorinski, Pandžić
	Polman 4	(7:15)	Jacobsen 5
	1 ×	Match report	1 ×  3 ×

December 12, 2018 3:45 p.m.	Spain	26:33	Norway	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 1,791 Referees: C. Bonaventure, J. Bonaventura
	López 5	(17:18)	Oftedal 8
	1 ×  5 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

December 12, 2018 6:00 p.m.	Hungary	31:29	Romania	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 1,844 Referees: M. Bennani, S. Bennani
	Schatzl , Háfra 6 each	(17:17)	Neagu 9
	2 ×  4 ×	Match report	1 ×  2 ×

December 12, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Netherlands	27:21	Germany	Palais des Sports Jean-Weille, Nancy Spectators: 2,104 Referees: Alpaidse, Berjoskina
	Dulfer , Polman 6 each	(13:11)	Gifts 5
	1 ×  1 ×	Match report	1 ×

Final round

Play for 5th place

December 14, 2018 2:00 p.m.	Sweden	29:38	Norway	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 8,639 Referees: Năstase, Stancu
	Camp quist 7	(14:22)	Kristiansen 6
	2 ×	Match report	2 ×  1 ×

Semifinals

December 14, 2018 5:30 p.m.	Russia	28:22	Romania	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 8,122 Referees: Horváth, Márton
	Vyachireva 13	(16:15)	Pintea , Dragut 4 each
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  7 ×

December 14, 2018 9:00 p.m.	Netherlands	21:27	France	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 12,463 Referees: García Serradilla, Marín
	Abbingh 7	(11:12)	Minko 6
	2 ×  2 ×	Match report	2 ×  3 ×

3rd place match

December 16, 2018 2:00 p.m.	Romania	20:24	Netherlands	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 13,145 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger
	Adrean-Elisei 6	(8:15)	Polman 7
	1 ×  2 ×	Match report	1 ×  1 ×

final

In the final of the European Championship 2018, the teams from Russia and hosts France faced each other. The game was led by the Danish referees Christiansen and Hansen .

December 16, 2018 5:30 p.m.	Russia	21:24	France	AccorHotels Arena, Paris Spectators: 14,000 (sold out) Referee: Christiansen, Hansen
	Vyachireva 7	(12:13)	Lacrabère 6
	1 ×  3 ×	Match report	2 ×  2 ×  1 ×

The reigning world champion France secured the title of European champion for the first time with a contested 24:21 victory over Olympic champion Russia. The EM hosts were mostly just ahead - Russia was in the lead for the last time at 7: 6 (15th minute). In the entire game, no team was able to clear more than three goals. France was weakened shortly after the start of the second half by a red card against former world handball player Allison Pineau , but did not give up the lead until the end of the game.

referee

In September 2018, the EHF nominated the following twelve pairs of referees for the European Championship, which were used as follows:

country	Surname	Calls
		Preliminary round (group / game)	Main round (group / game)	Finals
Denmark	Karina Christiansen	C / NED - CRO D / ROU - CZE	II / HUN - NOR	Final / RUS - FRA
	Line Hesseldahl Hansen
France	Charlotte Bonaventure	C / NED - ESP D / NOR - GER	II / NED - ROU II / ESP - NOR
	Julie Bonaventure
Greece	Michalis Tzaferopoulos	A / SRB - POL B / RUS - SLO	I / SWE - MNE I / DEN - RUS
	Andreas Bethmann
Croatia	Dalibor Jurinović	A / DEN - SWE B / RUS - MNE	I / DEN - FRA
	Marko Mrvica
Moldova	Igor Covalciuc	A / DEN - SRB B / SLO - FRA	I / DEN - MNE
	Alexei Covalciuc
Austria	Ana Vranes	C / CRO - HUN D / GER - CZE	II / ESP - ROU	3rd place / ROU –NED
	Marlis Wenninger
Romania	Cristina Năstase	A / SWE - SRB B / MNE - SLO	I / SRB - MNE	5th place / SWE - NOR
	Simona Stancu
Russia	Viktoria Alpaidze	C / HUN - NED D / NOR - ROU	II / ESP - GER II / NED - GER
	Tatyana Berjoskina
Serbia	Aleksandar Pandžić	C / HUN - ESP D / GER - ROU	II / HUN - GER II / NED - NOR
	Ivan Mošorinski
Sweden	Maria Bennani	C / ESP - CRO D / CZE - NOR	II / HUN - ROU
	Safia Bennani
Spain	Andreu Marín	A / SWE - POL B / FRA - RUS	I / SRB - RUS I / SRB - FRA	HF / NED - FRA
	Ignacio García Serradilla
Hungary	Peter Horváth	A / POL - DEN B / FRA - MNE	I / SWE - FRA I / SWE - RUS	HF / RUS - ROU
	Balasz Marton

List of goalscorers

rank	Surname	country	Gates	Goals per game
01	Katarina Krpež Šlezak	Serbia	50	8.3
02	Eliza Buceschi	Romania	45	5.6
03	Cristina Neagu	Romania	44	7.3
04th	Anna Viktorovna Vyachireva	Russia	43	5.4
05	Estelle Nze Minko	France	38	4.8
06th	Estavana Polman	Netherlands	36	4.5
07th	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro	35	5.8
	Nathalie Hagman	Sweden	35	5.0
09	Đurđina Jauković	Montenegro	34	5.7
10	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway	33	4.7
	Crina Pintea	Romania	33	4.1
...
32	Julia Behnke	Germany	21st	3.5
Source: fra2018.ehf-euro.com

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Amandine Leynaud	France
Left winger:	Majda Mehmedović	Montenegro
Back left:	Noémi Háfra	Hungary
Back center:	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Norway
Back right:	Alicia Stolle	Germany
Right winger:	Carmen Martín	Spain
Circle:	Crina Pintea	Romania
Most Valuable Player:	Anna Vyachireva	Russia
Best defender:	Kelly Dulfer	Netherlands

Bids

France	Russia	Netherlands
Laura Glauser Amandine Leynaud Pauline Coatanea Camille Ayglon-Saurina Allison Pineau Astride N'Gouan Grâce Zaadi Manon Houette Kalidiatou Niakaté Siraba Dembélé Laura Flippes Orlane Kanor Béatrice Edwige Pauletta Foppa Estelle Nze Minko Gnonsiane Niombla Alexandra	Anna Sedoikina Kira Trussowa Polina Kuznetsova Darja Samochina Anna Sen Jelisaweta Malashenko Darja Dmitrijewa Yaroslawa Frolowa Maja Petrowa Ksenija Makejewa Anna Kochetowa Irina Snopowa Anna Vjachirewa Antonina Skorobogatchenko Yulia Managarova Marina Sudakowa	Rinka Duijndam Tess Wester Lois Abbingh Delaila Amega Debbie Bont Kelly Dulfer Merel Freriks Nycke Groot Laura van der Heijden Lynn Knippenborg Jessy Kramer Angela Malestein Estavana Polman Charris Rozemalen Martine Smeets Inger Smits Maura Visser
Olivier Krumbholz (trainer)	Yevgeny Trefilow (trainer)	Helle Thomsen (trainer)

Team fair play

space	team	Games				Points
						per game	total
1.	Netherlands	8th	0	16	11	5.4	43
2.	Serbia	6th	0	16	11	7.2	43
3.	Norway	7th	1	18th	10	7.3	51
	Sweden	6th	1	16	14th	7.3	51
5.	Germany	6th	0	18th	10	7.7	46
6th	Romania	8th	0	25th	13	7.9	63
7th	Slovenia	3	0	10	8th	9.3	28
8th.	France	8th	1	24	22nd	9.4	75
9.	Croatia	3	0	12	5	9.7	29
	Poland	3	1	10	4th	9.7	29
11.	Hungary	6th	0	23	14th	10.0	60
12.	Montenegro	6th	0	23	18th	10.7	64
13.	Spain	6th	2	23	9	10.8	65
14th	Russia	8th	2	32	19th	11.6	93
14th	Czech Republic	3	1	12	7th	12.0	36
16.	Denmark	6th	2	34	16	15.7	94
= 1 point, = 2 points, = 5 points (also applies to 3 × or to )
Source: ehf-euro.com

Web links

• Official website of the EHF EURO 2018 (English, French)
• EHF EURO Regulations. (PDF) In: eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation (EHF), June 2017(English). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ France to host Women's EHF Euro 2018. EHF, September 20, 2014, accessed June 20, 2016 . 
2. ↑ German women in EM draw in pot 3. In: dhb.de. June 4, 2018, accessed June 12, 2018 . 
3. ↑ The yellow vest movement leads to the postponement of the European championship game. In: handball-world.news. December 7, 2018, accessed December 11, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Referee nominations for the final weekend of EHF EURO 2018. In: fra2018.ehf-euro.com. December 14, 2018, accessed December 15, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Daniel Raecke: France's handball players get the double. In: Spiegel Online. December 16, 2018, accessed December 17, 2018 . 
6. ↑ EHF nominates referees for Women's EHF EURO 2018. European Handball Federation (EHF), October 4, 2018, accessed on December 10, 2018 (English). 
7. ↑ List of goalscorers
8. ↑ Fair play table