2000 European Women's Handball Championship

4th European Women's Handball Championship 2000
2000 Women's EHF European Handball Championship
Number of nations	12
European champion	Hungary (1st title)
venue	Romania
Opening game	December 8, 2000
Endgame	December 17, 2000
Games	38

The 4th European Women's Handball Championship took place from December 8th to 17th, 2000 in Romania . The team from Hungary won the title, Germany finished ninth and Austria 12th.

Attendees

Group A	Group B
Hungary	Denmark
France	Norway
Austria	Romania
Yugoslavia	Macedonia
Russia	Ukraine
Germany	Belarus

Bucharest Râmnicu Vâlcea

Venues

Venues

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

• Bucharest
• Râmnicu Vâlcea

Preliminary round

Group A

The Group A games were played in Râmnicu Vâlcea.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Hungary	5	4th	1	0	159: 115	9
2	Russia	5	4th	0	1	118: 104	8th
3	France	5	3	0	2	127: 106	6th
4th	Yugoslavia	5	2	1	2	139: 138	5
5	Germany	5	1	0	4th	117: 134	2
6th	Austria	5	0	0	5	089: 152	0

December 8, 2000
17:00	Hungary	-	Yugoslavia	33:33 (17:18)
19:00	Austria	-	Germany	20:30 (7:14)
21:00	France	-	Russia	21:22 (12:15)
December 9, 2000
17:00	Germany	-	Hungary	22:33 (12:15)
19:00	Yugoslavia	-	France	19:26 (10:12)
21:00	Russia	-	Austria	28:19 (15:10)
December 10, 2000
17:00	France	-	Germany	25:19 (12:12)
19:00	Austria	-	Hungary	12:35 (6:13)
21:00	Russia	-	Yugoslavia	27:20 (10:12)
December 12, 2000
17:00	Austria	-	Yugoslavia	24:33 (14:14)
19:00	Hungary	-	France	32:29 (14:12)
21:00	Germany	-	Russia	18:22 (10:11)
December 13, 2000
17:00	Hungary	-	Russia	26:19 (17:12)
19:00	Yugoslavia	-	Germany	34:28 (12:11)
21:00	France	-	Austria	26:14 (14: 6)

Group B

All Group B games took place in Bucharest.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Ukraine	5	2	3	0	130: 120	7th
2	Romania	5	3	1	1	128: 118	7th
3	Norway	5	2	2	1	132: 126	6th
4th	Macedonia	5	1	2	2	113: 123	4th
5	Denmark	5	1	1	3	130: 137	3
6th	Belarus	5	0	3	2	134: 143	3

December 8, 2000
17:00	Romania	-	Belarus	29:28 (15:15)
19:00	Norway	-	Ukraine	24:24 (11: 9)
21:00	Denmark	-	Macedonia	19:20 (9: 5)
December 9, 2000
17:00	Ukraine	-	Denmark	29:29 (15:13)
19:00	Macedonia	-	Romania	19:19 (9:11)
21:00	Belarus	-	Norway	26:26 (13:12)
December 10, 2000
17:00	North Macedonia Macedonia	-	Ukraine	19:27 (8:10)
19:00	Romania	-	Norway	26:22 (14:12)
21:00	Denmark	-	Belarus	34:26 (20:17)
December 12, 2000
17:00	Belarus	-	Macedonia	27:27 (11:12)
19:00	Romania	-	Ukraine	21:23 (12:10)
21:00	Norway	-	Denmark	29:22 (16:12)
December 13, 2000
17:00	Ukraine	-	Belarus	27:27 (11:13)
19:00	Denmark	-	Romania	26:33 (13:18)
21:00	Norway	-	Macedonia	31:28 (14:11)

Placement games

Game for 11th place

December 15, 2000
18:30	Austria	-	Belarus	22:27 (11:16)

Play for 9th place

December 15, 2000
18:30	Germany	-	Denmark	22:21 (10:13)

Game for 7th place

December 15, 2000
21:00	Yugoslavia	-	Macedonia	39:38 n.2V. (32:32, 29:29, 14:16)

Play for 5th place

December 15, 2000
21:00	France	-	Norway	23:19 (11:11)

Final round

The games of the final round were played in Bucharest.

Semifinals

December 16, 2002
17:30	Ukraine	-	Russia	28:24 (12:12)
20:00	Hungary	-	Romania	25:24 (13:12)

3rd place match

December 17, 2000
17:30	Romania	-	Russia	16:21 (10: 7)

final

December 17, 2000
20:00	Hungary	-	Ukraine	32:30 a.d. (26:26, 17:13)

Final score

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

Web links

• Tournament on eurohandball.com