European Women's Handball Championship 2012

10th European Women's Handball Championship 2012
2012 Women's EHF European Handball Championship
Logo of the 10th European Women's Handball Championship
Number of nations	16
European champion	Montenegro
venue	Serbia
Opening game	4th December 2012
Endgame	December 16, 2012
Top scorer	Katarina Bulatović (56 goals)
Best player	Anja Edin

The 10th European Women's Handball Championship was held from December 4th to 16th, 2012 in Serbia . The organizer was the European Handball Federation (EHF). Montenegro won the European Championship for the first time.

Applicants

The European handball federation decided at its meeting in Vienna in 2008 on the award of the European championship. In addition to the Netherlands, Serbia and Ukraine , Germany was also the applicant ; the German handball federation entered for the year 2012 with a double application for the European championship of the women and that of the men. The Netherlands were awarded the contract.

On June 3, 2012, the Dutch Handball Federation gave up the organization of the tournament without giving a reason. This is the second time since 2003 that the Dutch association has returned a tournament. Thus, the alignment was put out to tender again, with Serbia winning the bid.

qualification

The qualifying games for the 2012 European Championship began in October 2011, and 30 teams took part.

The teams from Finland and the United Kingdom (22:31; 20:27) and the teams from Israel and Greece (25:30; 27:23) played for the last two free places in the qualification. In Leek in April 2011, the 28 teams (the Netherlands as the organizer and Norway as the defending champion had already qualified for the finals) from four pots into which they were divided according to their EHF ranking were drawn into seven qualifying groups. The draw brought the following group allocation. The two best teams in each group qualified for the European Championship.

Group 1

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Germany	6th	5	0	1	178: 125	+53	10
2	Hungary	6th	5	0	1	174: 138	+36	10
3	Belarus	6th	2	0	4th	155: 162	−7	4th
4th	Azerbaijan	6th	0	0	6th	126: 208	−82	0

Group 2

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Romania	6th	5	0	1	187: 128	+59	10
2	Serbia	6th	5	0	1	179: 131	+48	10
3	Portugal	6th	2	0	4th	151: 180	−29	4th
4th	Greece	6th	0	0	6th	114: 192	−78	0

Group 3

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Montenegro	6th	5	0	1	180: 136	+44	10
2	Russia	6th	4th	0	2	155: 135	+20	8th
3	Poland	6th	3	0	3	163: 157	+6	6th
4th	United Kingdom	6th	0	0	6th	118: 188	−70	0

Group 4

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	France	6th	5	0	1	215: 149	+66	10
2	Macedonia	6th	4th	0	2	170: 176	−6	8th
3	Turkey	6th	2	0	4th	175: 190	−15	4th
4th	Lithuania	6th	1	0	5	166: 211	−45	2

Group 5

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Sweden	6th	5	1	0	182: 131	+51	11
2	Czech Republic	6th	4th	0	2	169: 152	+17	8th
3	Austria	6th	1	1	4th	148: 184	−36	3
4th	Slovenia	6th	1	0	5	138: 170	−32	2

Group 6

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Croatia	6th	6th	0	0	186: 116	+70	12
2	Denmark	6th	4th	0	2	171: 137	+34	8th
3	Slovakia	6th	2	0	4th	133: 154	−21	4th
4th	Italy	6th	0	0	6th	104: 187	−83	0

Group 7

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Ukraine	6th	5	0	1	151: 135	+16	10
2	Spain	6th	4th	0	2	153: 132	+21	8th
3	Iceland	6th	3	0	3	140: 123	+17	6th
4th	Switzerland	6th	0	0	6th	119: 173	−54	0

Attendees

In addition to the two group best of each of the seven qualifying groups, the host Serbia and the defending champion Norway qualified for the European Championship. The place reserved for the originally intended host Netherlands, was awarded to the best third party, Iceland, after their withdrawal. The 16 participants were divided into four groups during the draw on June 22, 2012 in Monte Carlo :

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Norway	Sweden	Croatia	Romania
Ukraine	France	Germany	Montenegro
Serbia	Denmark	Hungary	Russia
Czech Republic	Macedonia	Spain	Iceland

Venues

Belgrade Novi Sad Vršac Niš Venues of the European Handball Championship 2012

The event will be held in the following halls:

Novi Sad	Vršac	Belgrade	Niš
Velika dvorana SPENS 8,000 seats	Millennium Center 4,058 seats	Hala Pionir 8,150 seats	Hala Čair 4,000 seats

Preliminary round

Within the four preliminary round groups, the teams played one game each against all other group members. For the main round, the three best of the four preliminary round groups, i.e. twelve teams, qualified.

Group A

Group A played in Belgrade .

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Norway	3	3	0	0	67:62	+ 05	6th
2.	Serbia	3	2	0	1	79:75	+ 04	4th
3.	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	68:71	- 03	2
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	62:68	- 06	0

4th December 2012
17:45	Ukraine	-	Czech Republic	22:25 ( 07:12)
20:15	Norway	-	Serbia	28:26 (17:12)
December 6, 2012
18:15	Serbia	-	Ukraine	25:23 (14:10)
20:15	Czech Republic	-	Norway	19:21 (12:10)
December 8, 2012
18:15	Norway	-	Ukraine	18:17 ( 08:11)
20:15	Serbia	-	Czech Republic	28:24 (12:15)

Group B

Group B played in Niš .

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	France	3	2	0	1	80:61	+19	4th
2.	Denmark	3	2	0	1	91:84	+ 07	4th
3.	Sweden	3	2	0	1	70:65	+ 05	4th
4th	Macedonia	3	0	0	3	61:92	−31	0

4th December 2012
18:15	France	-	Macedonia	29:16 (15:10)
20:15	Sweden	-	Denmark	27:26 (15:12)
December 6, 2012
18:15	Macedonia	-	Sweden	15:26 ( 08:11)
20:15	Denmark	-	France	28:27 (15:12)
December 8, 2012
18:15	Sweden	-	France	17:24 ( 08:13)
20:15	Denmark	-	Macedonia	37:30 (17:13)

Group C

Group C played in Novi Sad .

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Hungary	3	2	0	1	83:80	+ 03	4th
2.	Spain	3	2	0	1	79:73	+ 06	4th
3.	Germany	3	1	0	2	58:63	- 05th	2
4th	Croatia	3	1	0	2	65:69	- 04th	2

4th December 2012
18:15	Germany	-	Spain	20:23 (12:13)
20:15	Croatia	-	Hungary	28:27 (15:14)
5th December 2012
18:15	Spain	-	Croatia	25:21 (13:10)
20:15	Hungary	-	Germany	24:21 (11:14)
December 7, 2012
18:15	Hungary	-	Spain	32:31 (17:14)
20:15	Croatia	-	Germany	16:17 ( 07: 08)

Group D

Group D played in Vršac .

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Montenegro	3	3	0	0	79:63	+16	6th
2.	Russia	3	1	1	1	78:72	+ 06	3
3.	Romania	3	1	1	1	63:63	± 00	3
4th	Iceland	3	0	0	3	56:78	−22	0

4th December 2012
18:05	Montenegro	-	Iceland	26:16 (10: 07)
20:15	Romania	-	Russia	21:21 (12: 07)
5th December 2012
18:05	Russia	-	Montenegro	27:30 (14:20)
20:15	Iceland	-	Romania	19:22 (13:15)
December 7, 2012
18:05	Russia	-	Iceland	30:21 (15: 08)
20:15	Romania	-	Montenegro	20:23 (10: 09)

Main round

The twelve qualified teams were divided into two groups. The teams from groups A and B played in group I, the teams from groups C and D competed in group II. Within these groups, the teams only played against the teams against which they had not yet competed in the preliminary round. From the preliminary round, the points achieved were taken into the main round, with the exception of those against the bottom of the group.

The two best teams in the main round groups qualified for the semi-finals. The group third played for places 5 and 6.

Group I.

Group I played in Belgrade.

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Norway	5	4th	0	1	140: 124	+16	8th
2.	Serbia	5	3	1	1	124: 118	+ 06	7th
3.	Denmark	5	3	0	2	148: 146	+ 02	6th
4th	Sweden	5	2	1	2	127: 127	± 00	5
5.	France	5	2	0	3	111: 115	- 04th	4th
6th	Czech Republic	5	0	0	5	121: 141	−20	0

December 10, 2012
16:10	Czech Republic	-	Denmark	30:33 (12:13)
18:10	Norway	-	France	30:19 (14:10)
20:10	Serbia	-	Sweden	23:23 (13:14)
December 11, 2012
16:10	Czech Republic	-	France	22:24 (10:14)
18:10	Norway	-	Sweden	28:25 (12:14)
20:10	Serbia	-	Denmark	29:26 (16:14)
December 13, 2012
16:10	Czech Republic	-	Sweden	26:35 (14:14)
18:10	Serbia	-	France	18:17 (10: 06)
20:10	Norway	-	Denmark	33:35 (17:15)

Group II

Group II played in Novi Sad.

Pl.	team	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Montenegro	5	4th	0	1	128: 123	+ 05	8th
2.	Hungary	5	3	0	2	132: 130	+ 02	6th
3.	Russia	5	1	3	1	130: 127	+ 03	5
4th	Germany	5	2	1	2	119: 116	+ 03	5
5.	Romania	5	1	1	3	114: 120	- 06	3
6th	Spain	5	1	1	3	128: 135	- 07th	3

December 9, 2012
16:15	Spain	-	Romania	26:31 (12:15)
18:15	Hungary	-	Montenegro	26:28 ( 09:15)
20:15	Germany	-	Russia	26:26 (16:13)
December 11, 2012
16:15	Spain	-	Russia	25:25 (13:14)
18:15	Germany	-	Montenegro	27:20 (14: 09)
20:15	Hungary	-	Romania	25:19 (14:12)
December 13, 2012
16:15	Spain	-	Montenegro	23:27 (16:13)
18:15	Germany	-	Romania	25:23 (16: 09)
20:15	Hungary	-	Russia	25:31 (11:13)

Play for 5th place

Team 1	Team 2	Throwing off	Result
Denmark Louise Burgaard , Ann Grete Nørgaard 8	Russia Anna Sen 6	December 15, 2012 12:00 p.m. 800 spectators	32: 30 (15: 15)

Semifinals

Team 1	Team 2	Throwing off	Result
Norway Anja Edin , Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren 6	Hungary Anita Görbicz 6	December 15, 2012 2:30 p.m. 5,000 spectators	30: 19 (16: 11)
Serbia Biljana Filipović 7	Montenegro Milena Knežević 8	December 15, 2012 5:00 p.m. 13,000 spectators	26: 27 (14: 13)

3rd place match

Team 1	Team 2	Throwing off	Result
Hungary Viktória Rédei-Soós 9	Serbia Lekić , Ognjenović , Filipović 7	December 16, 2012 2:30 p.m. 11,000 spectators	41: 38 a.d. (33: 33, 21: 19)

final

Team 1	Team 2	Throwing off	Result
Norway Ida Alstad 11	Montenegro Milena Knežević 10	December 16, 2012 5:00 p.m. 10,000 spectators	31:34 a.d. (24:24, 11:12)

List of goalscorers

rank	Surname	country	Gates	Goals per game
1	Katarina Bulatović	Montenegro	56	7.0
2	Anita Görbicz	Hungary	41	5.1
	Milena Knežević	Montenegro	41	5.1
4th	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro	40	5.0
5	Linn Jørum Sulland	Norway	39	4.9
6th	Zsuzsanna Tomori	Hungary	37	5.3
	Ann Grete Nørgaard	Denmark	37	5.3
8th	Anja Edin	Norway	34	4.3
9	Isabelle Gullden	Sweden	33	5.5
	Laura Steinbach	Germany	33	5.5
	Andrea Lekić	Serbia	33	4.1

Allstar team

position	Surname	country
Goal:	Katrine Lunde Haraldsen	Norway
Left winger:	Polina Kuznetsova	Russia
Back left:	Sanja Damnjanović	Serbia
Back center:	Andrea Lekić	Serbia
Back right:	Katarina Bulatović	Montenegro
Right winger:	Jovanka Radičević	Montenegro
Circle:	Heidi Løke	Norway
Most Valuable Player:	Anja Edin	Norway
Best defender:	Anja Althaus	Germany

Final score

Pl.	team
1.	Montenegro
2.	Norway
3.	Hungary
4th	Serbia
5.	Denmark
6th	Russia
7th	Germany
8th.	Sweden
9.	France
10.	Romania
11.	Spain
12.	Czech Republic
13.	Croatia
14th	Ukraine
15th	Iceland
16.	Macedonia

The 2012 European champions are automatically qualified for the 2014 European women's handball championship, as are the hosts Croatia and Hungary.

Web links

• EHF website for the 2012 European Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.kicker.de: "No EM 2012 for the DHB", September 28, 2008
2. ↑ eurohandball.com: Statement by the EHF article from June 4, 2012 (English)
3. ↑ EHF EURO 2012 Draw Results ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . ehf-euro.com. Retrieved August 19, 2012.  
4. ↑ EHF information on the hall in Novi Sad ( Memento of the original from December 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ EHF information on the hall in Vršac ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ EHF information on the hall in Belgrade ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ EHF information on the hall in Niš ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ eurohandball.com: EHF EURO 2012: playing schedule published (PDF; 79 kB)