U-19 European Women's Handball Championship

This article covers the U-19 European Women's Handball Championships . See also U-20 men's handball championship and for other competitions European handball championship (disambiguation) .

U-19 European Women's Handball Championship
Full name	European Women's U-19 Handball Championship
abbreviation	EHF EURO
Association	EHF
First edition	1996
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 (4)
Website	www.ehf-euro.com
Qualification for	U-20 World Championship

The U-19 European Handball Championship for women is the competition for the best national teams for female handball players under the age of 19 and has been played since 1996. 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 qualifies for the U-20 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
1996	Poland	Denmark	24:23	Ukraine	Russia
1998	Slovakia	Romania	33:24	Lithuania	Russia
2000	France	Romania	30:28	Russia	Croatia
2002	Finland	Russia	25:24	Hungary	Spain
2004	Czech Republic	Russia	25:24	Norway	Serbia and Montenegro
2007	Turkey	Denmark	29:19	Spain	Romania
2009	Hungary	Norway	29:27	Hungary	Russia
2011	Netherlands	Denmark	29:27	Netherlands	Austria
2013	Denmark	Russia	36:28	Hungary	Denmark
2015	Spain	Denmark	29:26	Russia	Sweden
2017	Slovenia	France	1	Denmark	Hungary
2019	Hungary	Hungary	27:20	Netherlands	Norway
2021	Slovenia

₁ Final opponent Russia was subsequently stripped of the silver medal due to a doping violation

Ranking list

rank	country	World Champion	Second	Third	Total
1.	Denmark	4th	1	1	6th
2.	Russia	3	2	3	8th
3.	Romania	2	0	1	3
4th	Hungary	1	3	1	5
5.	Norway	1	1	1	3
6th	France	1	0	0	1
7th	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
8th.	Spain	0	1	1	2
9.	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
11.	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	total	12	12	12	36

(As of July 21, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ handball-world.news: Doping violations: EHF Court of Handball recognizes Russia silver from the European Junior Championships , accessed on April 3, 2018

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