U-17 European Women's Handball Championship

This article covers the U-17 European Women's Handball Championships . See also U-18 men's handball European championship and other competitions European handball championship (disambiguation) .

U-17 European Women's Handball Championship
Full name	European Women's U-17 Handball Championship
abbreviation	EHF EURO
Association	EHF
First edition	1992
Teams	16
Game mode	Round tournament (8 groups of 4 teams each) Knockout system (from the round of 16)
Title holder	Hungary (1)
Record winner	Denmark Russia (3)
Website	www.ehf-euro.com
Qualification for	Handball world championship

The U-17 European Handball Championship for women is the competition for the best national teams for female handball players under the age of 17 and has been played since 1992. They take place every two years. After a qualification the best 16 teams of the European Handball Federation (EHF) meet. In addition to determining the best European team, the tournament also serves as a qualification for the U-18 women's handball world championship .

The current defending champion is Hungary .

Tournaments at a glance

year	Host country	European champion	Result	Vice European champion	Third
1992	Hungary	Norway	17:14	Denmark	Germany
1994	Lithuania	Ukraine	24:16	Czech Republic	Denmark
1997	Austria	Spain	20:11	Norway	Russia
1999	Germany	Romania	31:26	Russia	Germany
2001	Turkey	Russia	26:14	Germany	Hungary
2003	Russia	Russia	28:13	Romania	Hungary
2005	Austria	Denmark	29:26	Romania	France
2007	Slovakia	France	30:20	Spain	Netherlands
2009	Serbia	Denmark	24:23	Russia	Norway
2011	Czech Republic	Russia	24:23	Denmark	Norway
2013	Poland	Sweden	26:24	Russia	Denmark
2015	North Macedonia	Denmark	25:24	Russia	Hungary
2017	Slovakia	Germany	23:18	Norway	Hungary
2019	Slovenia	Hungary	28:24	Sweden	France
2021	Montenegro

Ranking list

rank	country	European champion	Second	Third	Total
1.	Russia	3	4th	1	8th
2.	Denmark	3	2	2	7th
3.	Norway	1	2	2	5
4th	Romania	1	2	0	3
5.	Germany	1	1	2	4th
6th	Spain	1	1	0	2
6th	Sweden	1	1	0	2
8th.	Hungary	1	0	4th	5
9.	France	1	0	2	3
10.	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
11.	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
12.	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	total	14th	14th	14th	42

(As of August 31, 2017)

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : European Handball Championship  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the European Handball Federation EHF
• Official website of the European handball championships