European Women's Handball Championship

European Women's Handball Championship

Founded	1994
Region	Europe (EHF)
Number of teams	27 (Qualification) 16 (Final Tournament)
Current champions	Norway (6th title)
Most successful team(s)	Norway (6 titles)
2016 European Women's Handball Championship

The European Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national handball teams of Europe, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games and World Championship. As of December 2014, the only teams that have ever won the championship are Norway (six times), Denmark (three times), Hungary and Montenegro (once).

History

In 1946, the International Handball Federation was founded by eight European nations,^[1] and though non-European nations competed at the World Championships, the medals had always been taken by European nations.^[2] European Handball Federation is founded in 1991. At the same time (1995), the World Championship was changed from a quadrennial to a biannual event, and the European Handball Federation now began its own championship – which also acted as a regional qualifier for the World Championship.^[3]

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1994	Germany		Denmark	27–23	Germany		Norway	24–19	Hungary
1996	Denmark		Denmark	25–23	Norway		Austria	30–23	Germany
1998	Netherlands		Norway	24–16	Denmark		Hungary	30–24	Austria
2000	Romania		Hungary	32–30	Ukraine		Russia	21–16	Romania
2002	Denmark		Denmark	25–22	Norway		France	27–22	Russia
2004	Hungary		Norway	27–25	Denmark		Hungary	29–25	Russia
2006	Sweden		Norway	27–24	Russia		France	29–25	Germany
2008	Macedonia		Norway	34–21	Spain		Russia	24–21	Germany
2010	Denmark / Norway		Norway	25–20	Sweden		Romania	16–15	Denmark
2012	Serbia		Montenegro	34–31 (ET)	Norway		Hungary	41–38 (ET)	Serbia
2014	Croatia / Hungary		Norway	28–25	Spain		Sweden	25–23	Montenegro
2016	Sweden
2018	France
2020	Denmark / Norway

Medal count

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	6	3	1	10
2	Denmark	3	2	0	5
3	Hungary	1	0	3	4
4	Montenegro	1	0	0	1
5	Spain	0	2	0	2
6	Russia	0	1	2	3
7	Sweden	0	1	1	2
8	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
9	France	0	0	2	2
10	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Total hosts

Rank	Nation	Hosts	Year(s)
1	Denmark	4	1996, 2002, 2010, 2020
2	Hungary	2	2004, 2014
	Sweden		2006, 2016
	Norway		2010, 2020
5	Germany	1	1994
	Netherlands		1998
	Romania		2000
	Macedonia		2008
	Serbia		2012
	Croatia		2014
	France		2018

Participation history

Nation	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	Participations
Austria	9	3	4	12	9	10	10	15	-	-	-	-	8
Belarus	-	-	-	11	16	16	-	12	-	-	-	-	4
Croatia	5	6	-	-	-	13	7	6	9	13	13	Q	9
Czech Republic	8	-	-	-	8	15	-	-	-	12	-	Q	5
Denmark	1	1	2	10	1	2	11	11	4	5	8	Q	12
France	-	-	-	5	3	11	3	14	5	9	5	Q	9
Germany	2	4	6	9	11	5	4	4	13	7	10	Q	12
Hungary	4	10	3	1	5	3	5	8	10	3	6	Q	12
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	2
Lithuania	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Macedonia	-	-	8	8	-	-	12	7	-	16	-	-	5
Montenegro[nb 1]							-	-	6	1	4	Q	4
Netherlands	-	-	10	-	14	-	15	-	8	-	7	Q	6
Norway	3	2	1	6	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	Q	12
Poland	-	11	5	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	11	Q	5
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	1
Romania	10	5	11	4	7	7	-	5	3	10	9	Q	11
Russia	6	7	9	3	4	4	2	3	7	6	14	Q	12
Serbia[nb 1]							14	13	14	4	15	Q	6
Slovakia	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	2
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	10	9	16	-	16	-	-	Q	5
Spain	-	-	12	-	13	8	9	2	11	11	2	Q	9
Sweden	7	8	-	-	15	14	6	9	2	8	3	Q	10
Ukraine	11	9	7	2	12	6	13	10	12	14	16	-	11
Historical national teams
Serbia and Montenegro[nb 1]						12							1
FR Yugoslavia[nb 1]	-	-	-	7	6								2

Notes

1. FR Yugoslavia competed as such until 2003 when the FRY was reconstituted as a State Union Serbia and Montenegro. Since the dissolution of the union in 2006, national teams exist for both countries.

References

1. History of Handball from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006
2. Medals Table – Ranking At Men's World Championships A 1938–1990 from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006
3. (German) Handball-Bundesliga diskutiert Reduzierung auf 16 Teams, by Erik Eggers, published by Der Spiegel online, 30 January 2006

• "Championship Guide". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 1 January 2009.

External links

• Official website