European women's handball championship 2002

5th European Women's Handball Championship 2002
2002 Women's EHF European Handball Championship
Number of nations	16
European champion	Denmark (3rd title)
venue	Denmark
Opening game	December 6, 2002
Endgame	December 15, 2002
Games	48

The 5th European Women's Handball Championship took place from December 6th to 15th, 2002 in Denmark . The title won the team from Denmark, which prevailed against Norway in the final. Germany was in eleventh place, Austria in ninth place.

Attendees

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Romania	Ukraine	Russia	Hungary
Yugoslavia	Denmark	Norway	Czech Republic
Austria	France	Germany	Belarus
Sweden	Netherlands	Spain	Slovenia

Venues

Aarhus Farum Helsinge

Venues

The European Championship games were played in the following three locations:

• Aarhus
• Farum
• Helsinge

Preliminary round

The first three in each group reached the main round.

Group A

All group A games took place in Helsinge .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	93:76	6th
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	82:78	4th
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	77:83	2
4th	Sweden	3	0	0	3	79:94	0

December 6, 2002
18:30	Romania	-	Austria	27:21 (12:11)
20:30	Yugoslavia	-	Sweden	31:28 (15:16)
December 7, 2002
16:30	Sweden	-	Romania	25:30 (12:14)
18:30	Austria	-	Yugoslavia	23:30 (9:15)
December 8, 2002
16:30	Romania	-	Yugoslavia	25:32 (13:16)
18:30	Austria	-	Sweden	33:26 (20:10)

Group B

The venue for the Group B games was Aarhus .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	74:63	6th
2	France	3	2	0	1	66:65	4th
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	72:77	2
4th	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	73:80	0

December 6, 2002
18:30	France	-	Netherlands	25:24 (11:12)
8:45 pm	Ukraine	-	Denmark	23:27 (12:14)
December 7, 2002
18:30	Denmark	-	France	20:17 (11: 7)
20:30	Netherlands	-	Ukraine	26:28 (14:17)
December 8, 2002
18:30	Ukraine	-	France	21:24 (10:11)
8:45 pm	Denmark	-	Netherlands	27:23 (15:10)

Group C

Group C games took place in Farum .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	75:61	5
2	Russia	3	1	1	1	67:70	3
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	71:78	2
4th	Spain	3	0	2	1	76:80	2

December 6, 2002
18:15	Russia	-	Germany	25:22 (12:10)
20:15	Norway	-	Spain	25:25 (12:15)
December 7, 2002
16:30	Germany	-	Norway	18:26 (9:15)
18:30	Spain	-	Russia	24:24 (10:13)
December 8, 2002
18:30	Germany	-	Spain	31:27 (15:14)
20:30	Russia	-	Norway	18:24 (11:13)

Group D

Group D games were played in Aarhus .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	98:77	6th
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	76:72	4th
3	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	75:79	2
4th	Belarus	3	0	0	3	65:86	0

December 6, 2002
14:30	Czech Republic	-	Slovenia	25:20 (10:14)
16:30	Hungary	-	Belarus	34:23 (16:12)
December 7, 2002
14:30	Belarus	-	Czech Republic	19:25 (8:10)
16:30	Slovenia	-	Hungary	28:31 (14:16)
December 8, 2002
14:30	Belarus	-	Slovenia	23:27 (15:16)
16:30	Hungary	-	Czech Republic	33:26 (17:13)

Main round

The main round games took place in Aarhus and Farum. 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 out 5th place, the fourth placed 7th place.

Group I.

Aarhus was the venue for Group I.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Denmark	5	5	0	0	126: 108	10
2	France	5	3	0	2	121: 124	6th
3	Yugoslavia	5	3	0	2	153: 129	6th
4th	Romania	5	2	0	3	120: 124	4th
5	Austria	5	2	0	3	126: 124	4th
6th	Ukraine	5	0	0	5	104: 141	0

December 10, 2002
16:30	Austria	-	Ukraine	32:19 (15:12)
18:30	Yugoslavia	-	France	27:29 (12:14)
20:30	Romania	-	Denmark	23:25 (9:14)
December 11, 2002
16:30	Yugoslavia	-	Ukraine	39:24 (19: 8)
18:30	Romania	-	France	26:29 (12:15)
20:30	Austria	-	Denmark	20:26 (13:13)
December 12, 2002
16:30	Romania	-	Ukraine	19:17 (10:10)
18:30	Austria	-	France	30:22 (17:12)
20:30	Yugoslavia	-	Denmark	25:28 (11:14)

Group II

Group II played in Farum.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	135: 103	10
2	Russia	5	4th	0	1	138: 116	8th
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	146: 142	6th
4th	Czech Republic	5	2	0	3	120: 129	4th
5	Slovenia	5	1	0	4th	124: 143	2
6th	Germany	5	0	0	5	111: 141	0

December 10, 2002
16:30	Norway	-	Czech Republic	27:20 (16: 9)
18:30	Russia	-	Hungary	39:29 (21:17)
20:30	Germany	-	Slovenia	26:30 (15:14)
December 11, 2002
16:30	Germany	-	Hungary	25:30 (14:15)
18:30	Norway	-	Slovenia	34:24 (13: 9)
20:30	Russia	-	Czech Republic	29:19 (12:10)
December 12, 2002
16:30	Germany	-	Czech Republic	20:30 (7:14)
18:30	Russia	-	Slovenia	27:22 (13:11)
20:30	Norway	-	Hungary	24:23 (13:11)

Final round

The games of the final round were played in Aarhus.

Game for 7th place

December 14, 2002
12:00	Romania	-	Czech Republic	19:17 (13: 8)

Play for 5th place

December 15, 2002
12:00	Yugoslavia	-	Hungary	39:43 (20:24)

Semifinals

December 14, 2002
14:30	France	-	Norway	16:21 (8: 9)
17:00	Denmark	-	Russia	22:18 (8:11)

3rd place match

December 15, 2002
14:30	Russia	-	France	22:27 (11:14)

final

December 15, 2002
17:00	Denmark	-	Norway	25:22 (13:11)

Final score

Pl.	team
01.	Denmark
02.	Norway
03.	France
04th	Russia
05.	Hungary
06th	Yugoslavia
07th	Romania
08th.	Czech Republic
09.	Austria
10.	Slovenia
11.	Germany
12.	Ukraine
13.	Spain
14th	Netherlands
15th	Sweden
16.	Belarus

Web links

• Tournament on eurohandball.com
• Website for EM 2002 ( Memento from March 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )