1998 European Women's Handball Championship

3rd European Women's Handball Championship 1998
1998 Women's EHF European Handball Championship
Number of nations	12
European champion	Norway (1st title)
venue	Netherlands
Opening game	December 11, 1998
Endgame	December 20, 1998
Games	38

The 3rd European Women's Handball Championship took place from December 11th to 20th, 1998 in the Netherlands . The team from Norway won the title, Austria finished fourth and Germany finished sixth.

Attendees

Group A	Group B
Germany	Denmark
Austria	Spain
Hungary	Macedonia
Netherlands	Norway
Romania	Poland
Ukraine	Russia

Amsterdam 's-Hertogenbosch

Venues

Venues

The matches of the European Championship finals were played in the following two cities:

• Amsterdam
• 's-Hertogenbosch

Preliminary round

In the event of a tie, the direct games decided against each other.

Group A

All Group A games took place in Amsterdam.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Austria	5	4th	0	1	134: 118	8th
2	Hungary	5	4th	0	1	131: 109	8th
3	Germany	5	4th	0	1	117: 119	8th
4th	Ukraine	5	2	0	3	128: 127	4th
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	4th	107: 121	2
6th	Romania	5	0	0	5	120: 143	0

December 11, 1998
16:00	Hungary	-	Romania	28:24 (14:11)
18:00	Austria	-	Germany	24:25 (15:13)
20:15	Ukraine	-	Netherlands	23:16 (11: 9)
December 13, 1998
15:00	Netherlands	-	Hungary	19:28 (5:12)
17:00	Romania	-	Austria	24:26 (13:13)
19:00	Germany	-	Ukraine	28:27 (18:14)
December 14, 1998
3:30 p.m.	Hungary	-	Austria	21:26 (10:11)
17:30	Netherlands	-	Germany	18:19 (8:11)
7:30 p.m.	Ukraine	-	Romania	32:24 (16:12)
December 16, 1998
16:00	Austria	-	Ukraine	30:24 (17:14)
18:00	Romania	-	Netherlands	23:30 (9:12)
20:00	Hungary	-	Germany	25:18 (13:10)
December 17, 1998
16:00	Ukraine	-	Hungary	22:29 (11:17)
18:00	Germany	-	Romania	27:25 (16:12)
20:00	Austria	-	Netherlands	28:24 (13: 9)

Group B

Group B games were played in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	137: 102	10
2	Denmark	5	4th	0	1	138: 115	8th
3	Poland	5	3	0	2	112: 110	6th
4th	Macedonia	5	2	0	3	111: 136	4th
5	Russia	5	0	1	4th	112: 128	1
6th	Spain	5	0	1	4th	107: 126	1

December 11, 1998
16:00	Poland	-	Spain	20:15 (9: 8)
18:00	Denmark	-	Macedonia	37:21 (19:10)
20:00	Norway	-	Russia	25:20 (9:10)
December 12, 1998
16:00	Russia	-	Poland	21:25 (9:14)
18:00	Spain	-	Denmark	23:26 (10:13)
20:00	Macedonia	-	Norway	23:27 (12:13)
December 14, 1998
16:00	Macedonia	-	Spain	27:22 (13:10)
18:00	Norway	-	Poland	30:19 (14: 8)
20:00	Denmark	-	Russia	27:22 (14:10)
December 16, 1998
16:00	Russia	-	Macedonia	23:25 (14:11)
18:00	Norway	-	Spain	27:21 (13:14)
20:00	Poland	-	Denmark	21:29 (9:15)
December 17, 1998
16:00	Spain	-	Russia	26:26 (12:12)
18:00	Poland	-	Macedonia	27:15 (13: 8)
20:00	Denmark	-	Norway	19:28 (8:12)

Placement games

Game for 11th place

December 19, 1998
13:00	Romania	-	Spain	28:25 (15:16)

Play for 9th place

December 19, 1998
3:30 p.m.	Netherlands	-	Russia	19:32 (8:14)

Game for 7th place

December 19, 1998
3:30 p.m.	Ukraine	-	Macedonia	35:21 (21:14)

Play for 5th place

December 19, 1998
13:00	Germany	-	Poland	23:26 (12:12)

Final round

Semifinals

December 19, 1998
18:00	Austria	-	Denmark	24:35 (9:22)
18:00	Norway	-	Hungary	28:14 (13: 8)

3rd place match

December 20, 1998
16:30	Hungary	-	Austria	30:24 (18:11)

final

December 20, 1998
19:00	Norway	-	Denmark	24:16 (13: 7)

Final score

Pl.	team
01.	Norway
02.	Denmark
03.	Hungary
04th	Austria
05.	Poland
06th	Germany
07th	Ukraine
08th.	Macedonia
09.	Russia
10.	Netherlands
11.	Romania
12.	Spain

Web links

• Tournament at eurohandball.com