European Women's Handball Championship 2006

7th European Women's Handball Championship 2006
2006 Women's EHF European Handball Championship
Number of nations	16
European champion	Norway (3rd title)
venue	Sweden
Opening game	December 7, 2006
Endgame	December 17, 2006
Games	48
Top scorer	Nadine Krause

The 7th European Women's Handball Championship took place from December 7th to 17th, 2006 in Sweden . The title won the team from Norway, which prevailed against Russia in the final. Germany lost in the game for third place against France. Austria took tenth place.

Attendees

Gothenburg Malmo Skovde Stockholm

Venues

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Hungary	Norway	Russia	Denmark
Austria	Germany	Ukraine	Spain
Serbia	Slovenia	Croatia	France
Macedonia	Poland	Sweden	Netherlands

Venues

The European Championship games took place in the following cities and halls:

• Gothenburg - Scandinavium
• Malmo - Baltiska Halls
• Skövde - Arena Skövde
• Stockholm - Hovet (Johanneshovs Idrottsplats)

Preliminary round

The first three in each group reached the main round.

Group A

Group A played their games in Skövde .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	107: 72	6th
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	083:94	4th
3	Macedonia	3	1	0	2	072:81	2
4th	Serbia	3	0	0	3	077:92	0

December 7, 2006
18:00	Serbia	-	Macedonia	23:25 (11:14)
20:15	Hungary	-	Austria	42:23 (15:12)
December 8, 2006
18:00	Austria	-	Serbia	32:27 (17:10)
20:15	Macedonia	-	Hungary	22:30 (10:16)
December 10, 2006
15:00	Austria	-	Macedonia	28:25 (15:15)
17:15	Hungary	-	Serbia	35:27 (16:10)

Group B

Group B played in Gothenburg .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	102: 063	6th
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	083: 077	4th
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	075: 092	2
4th	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	080: 108	0

December 7, 2006
17:00	Germany	-	Poland	30:20 (14: 9)
19:15	Norway	-	Slovenia	43:20 (19: 9)
December 8, 2006
17:00	Slovenia	-	Germany	30:31 (13:18)
19:15	Poland	-	Norway	21:32 (12:18)
December 10, 2006
14:15	Slovenia	-	Poland	30:34 (10:18)
16:30	Norway	-	Germany	27:22 (15: 9)

Group C

Group C games were played in Stockholm .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	97:69	6th
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	67:70	4th
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	57:69	2
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	73:86	0

December 7, 2006
17:45	Russia	-	Croatia	27:22 (14:10)
20:15	Ukraine	-	Sweden	18:22 (8:11)
December 9, 2006
15:00	Croatia	-	Ukraine	24:23 (11:11)
17:15	Sweden	-	Russia	15:30 (7:15)
December 10, 2006
14:00	Russia	-	Ukraine	40:32 (18:19)
16:15	Croatia	-	Sweden	21:20 (10:12)

Group D

Group D games took place in Malmö .

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	78:67	4th
2	France	3	2	0	1	76:74	4th
3	Denmark	3	2	0	1	77:71	4th
4th	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	65:84	0

December 7, 2006
18:00	Spain	-	Netherlands	26:16 (11: 9)
20:15	Denmark	-	France	20:24 (10: 8)
December 9, 2006
18:00	France	-	Spain	24:28 (12:15)
20:15	Netherlands	-	Denmark	23:30 (12:17)
December 10, 2006
16:15	Denmark	-	Spain	27:24 (17:12)
18:30	France	-	Netherlands	28:26 (11:13)

Main round

The main round games took place in Gothenburg and Stockholm. 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.

The Group I games took place in Gothenburg.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	160: 111	10
2	Germany	5	4th	0	1	143: 116	8th
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	167: 134	6th
4th	Poland	5	2	0	3	130: 156	4th
5	Austria	5	1	0	4th	121: 173	2
6th	Macedonia	5	0	0	5	113: 144	0

December 12, 2006
15:00	Macedonia	-	Poland	33:35 (21:16)
17:00	Hungary	-	Germany	27:34 (9:19)
19:15	Austria	-	Norway	24:39 (14:18)
December 13, 2006
15:00	Hungary	-	Poland	37:21 (16: 9)
17:00	Austria	-	Germany	22:34 (11:19)
19:15	Macedonia	-	Norway	13:28 (10:17)
December 14, 2006
15:00	Austria	-	Poland	24:33 (12:20)
17:00	Macedonia	-	Germany	20:23 (10:10)
19:15	Hungary	-	Norway	31:34 (16:17)

Group II

Group II games were played in Stockholm.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Russia	5	5	0	0	145: 122	10
2	France	5	3	0	2	122: 117	6th
3	Sweden	5	2	0	3	109: 120	4th
4th	Croatia	5	2	0	3	117: 120	4th
5	Spain	5	2	0	3	124: 133	4th
6th	Denmark	5	1	0	4th	118: 133	2

December 12, 2006
16:00	Croatia	-	Spain	27:29 (15:16)
18:00	Russia	-	France	25:24 (10:11)
20:15	Sweden	-	Denmark	27:22 (15:12)
December 13, 2006
16:00	Croatia	-	France	21:22 (10: 8)
18:00	Sweden	-	Spain	24:19 (10:10)
20:15	Russia	-	Denmark	32:27 (17:13)
December 14, 2006
16:00	Sweden	-	France	23:28 (13:13)
18:00	Croatia	-	Denmark	26:22 (16: 9)
20:15	Russia	-	Spain	31:24 (14:11)

Final round

The games of the final round took place in Stockholm.

Play for 5th place

December 16, 2006
12:00	Hungary	-	Sweden	32:25 (17:12)

Semifinals

December 16, 2006
14:30	Germany	-	Russia	29:33 (13:16)
17:00	Norway	-	France	28:24 (15:12)

3rd place match

December 17, 2006
13:30	France	-	Germany	29:25 (14:11)

final

December 17, 2006
16:00	Norway	-	Russia	27:24 (16:12)

Final score

Pl.	team
1.	Norway
2.	Russia
3.	France
4th	Germany
5.	Hungary
6th	Sweden

Personal honors

• Best player: Gro Hammerseng ( Norway ) 
• Best defender: Isabelle Wendling ( France ) 
• Top scorer: Nadine Krause ( Germany ) 

Web links

• Tournament on eurohandball.com