2024 European Women's Handball Championship

2024 EHF European Women's Handball Championship

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Tournament details
Host countries	Austria   Hungary    Switzerland
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	28 November – 15 December
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (10th title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	3,495 (53.77 per match)
Attendance	183,821 (2,828 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Katrin Klujber (60 goals)
Best player	Anna Kristensen
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The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland from 28 November to 15 December 2024. ^[1] This was the first tournament to feature 24 teams. Norway were the two time defending champions and defended their title once again with a win over Denmark. ^[2]

Bidding processes

Main article: 2024 European Women's Handball Championship bidding process

First bidding process

Originally, there were two bids for the EHF Women's Euro 2024. ^[3]

• Macedonia
• Russia

On 5 September 2017, Russia's bid was the only bid left. ^[4]

• Russia

However, later on, when the bids were announced for the 2022 and 2024 EHF Euros, Russia's bid was withdrawn and thus there were no applications left. On 20 June 2018, the day the host was supposed to be confirmed, the EHF voted to delay the awardment of the hosting rights. ^{[5] [6]}

Delay the vote
	Votes
Yes	37
No	5
Total	42

Second bidding process

In April 2019, the EHF reopened the bidding process. On 20 September 2019, there were 3 new bids. ^[7]

• Austria, Hungary and Switzerland
• Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia
• Russia

The host announcement took place on 25 January 2020 at the EHF Extraordinary Congress in Stockholm. The winners were Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, who defeated the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia bid, 28–21, in the second round. ^{[1] [8]}

Bids	Rounds
	Round one	Round two
Austria, Hungary and Switzerland	Advanced	28
Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia	Advanced	21
Russia	Eliminated	–

Possible hosting change

On 12 January 2023, the Hungarian government's chancellery minister, Gergely Gulyás, announced that Hungary would withdraw as hosts due to financial reasons. ^[9] A few days prior, the Austrian Handball Federation was informed by the Hungarians about the decision to withdraw. The other co-hosts, Austria and Switzerland, now wanted to negotiate with the EHF about how the tournament will be held. ^[10] On 28 January, the European Handball Federation released a statement concerning the issue, and said that they were amazed and surprised with the decision to potentially withdraw as co-hosts. ^[11] On 16 March 2023, the EHF announced a change to the organisation structure of the championships. Hungary remained as a co-host, but played a reduced part in the hosting of the competition, including the whole portion of the tournament at the MVM Dome in Budapest (one Main Round group and the Final Weekend) being axed and replaced by Vienna. ^[12] During all the uncertainty, Romania had stated that they would be able to host the tournament if the original hosts could not. ^[13]

Venues

The final weekend was scheduled to be held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, but later it was replaced with the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. ^{[14] [15]}

Innsbruck, Austria	Innsbruck Basel Debrecen Vienna	Debrecen, Hungary
Olympiahalle Capacity: 8,000		Főnix Aréna Capacity: 4,163
Basel, Switzerland		Vienna, Austria
St. Jakobshalle Capacity: 6,500		Wiener Stadthalle Capacity: 8,785

Expansion

Expanding the competition, to 20 or 24 teams, was first considered on 30 August 2018. The idea was proposed by the Euro Delegation, but the EHF competitions commission strongly opposed the proposal, due to the fact that:

• It would dilute the quality of the event
• Trying to find a host would be more difficult because of a bigger tournament
• Not many countries, who don't already qualify for the EHF Euro, would create a lasting legacy by qualifying ^[16]

Despite the opposition from the competitions commission, the EHF received positive feedback from their new commercial partners, Infront and DAZN about the possible expansion. On 15 December, at the EHF Executive Committee in Paris, the EHF decided to examine to proposed expansion further. ^[17] In January 2019, they had introduced a working group to oversee the possible enlargement. ^[18] On 5 April 2019, based on the recommendations by the working group, the EHF officially decided to expand the tournament to 24 teams. ^{[18] [19]}

Qualification

Main article: 2024 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

Map of qualifiers for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship:

  Team qualified for Women's EHF Euro 2024

  Team failed to qualify

  Team banned from competition

  Did not enter

31 teams registered for participation and competed for 20 places at the final tournament. Great Britain withdraw late which would have been the 32nd team. The teams were drawn into seven groups of four and one group with three teams. The top-two placed teams in each group qualified for the final tournament, alongside the four best-ranked third-placed teams, not counting the matches against fourth-placed teams. The qualifiers draw took place on 20 April 2023 in Zürich, Switzerland. Qualification started in October 2023 and ended in April 2024.

All 16 teams from the 2022 edition qualified, including North Macedonia who qualified for a major handball competition on merit for the first time since 2012. Debuting in the first 24 team championship are Faroe Islands and Türkiye, with the former becoming the smallest nation ever to qualify for the finals.

Czech Republic return after missing the 2022 edition. The teams returning after long absences include co-hosts Austria (first time since 2008), Iceland (first time since 2012) plus Slovakia and Ukraine, who both return after last appearing at the Euro ten years ago in 2014. Portugal qualified for only their second ever major handball tournament after only participating at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.

Denmark were the first team to secure qualification after defeating Poland in February, ^[20] while the Danes, Germany, Hungary and Norway all continue their flawless record of making every European Championship.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament [A]
Austria	00Co-hosts	0125 January 2020	8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Hungary			15 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 , 2002, 2004 , 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 , 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Switzerland			1 (2022)
Norway	2022 champions	20 November 2022	15 (1994, 1996, 1998 , 2000, 2002, 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012, 2014 , 2016 , 2018, 2020 , 2022 )
Denmark	Group 8 top two	28 February 2024	15 ( 1994 , 1996 , 1998, 2000, 2002 , 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 , 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 , 2022)
Sweden	Group 7 top two	2 March 2024	13 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 , 2018, 2020, 2022)
Netherlands	Group 3 top two	3 March 2024	9 ( 1998 , 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Romania	Group 1 top two		14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 , 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
France	Group 4 top two		12 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 , 2020, 2022)
Spain	Group 5 top two		12 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Montenegro	Group 6 top two		7 (2010, 2012 , 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 )
Croatia	Group 1 top two	3 April 2024	12 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 , 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
North Macedonia	Group 5 top two		6 (1998, 2000, 2006, 2008 , 2012, 2022 )
Germany	Group 2 top two	4 April 2024	15 ( 1994 , 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Ukraine	Group 2 top two	7 April 2024	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Czech Republic	Group 3 top two		7 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020)
Slovenia	Group 4 top two		8 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 )
Serbia	Group 6 top two		9 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 , 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Iceland	Group 7 top two		2 (2010, 2012)
Poland	Group 8 top two		8 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Türkiye	One of four best third-ranked team		0 (debut)
Slovakia			2 (1994, 2014)
Portugal			1 (2008)
Faroe Islands			0 (debut)

1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held at 18:00 CET on 18 April 2024 in Vienna, Austria. ^[21] The guests for the draw were Norwegian goalkeeper Silje Solberg, Austrian goalkeeper Petra Blazek, Swiss goalkeeper Lea Schüpbach and right wing for the Hungarian national team Viktória Győri-Lukács. The draw started with the teams from pot one being drawn followed by pots two, three and four. ^[22]

Seedings

The pots were announced on 8 April 2024. ^[23]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Norway   Denmark   Montenegro (assigned to B1)   France (assigned to C1)   Sweden   Netherlands	Germany (assigned to F2)   Spain   Romania   Hungary (assigned to A2)    Switzerland (assigned to D2)   Austria (assigned to E2)	Slovenia   Croatia   Poland   Serbia   North Macedonia   Iceland	Czech Republic   Ukraine   Türkiye   Faroe Islands   Portugal   Slovakia

Referees

18 referee pairs were selected on 2 July 2024. ^[24] It was updated on 4 September 2024, when the Danish pair replaced the Turkish pair. ^[25] It was updated a second time on 7 November 2024, when the Austrian pair was replaced by another Austrian pair and the Polish pair replaced the German pair. ^[26]

Referees   Austria Radojko Brkić Andrei Jusufhodžić   Bosnia and Herzegovina Vesna Balvan Tatjana Praštalo   Bulgaria Georgi Doychinov Yulian Goretsov   Denmark Line Hansen Josefine Jensen   France Yann Carmaux Julien Mursch   Hungary Kristóf Altmár Márton Horváth   Italy Gianna Merisi Andrea Pepe   Lithuania Tomas Barysas Povilas Petrušis   Moldova Igor Covalciuc Alexei Covalciuc

Referees   Montenegro Anđelina Kažanegra Jelena Vujačić   Netherlands William Weijmans Rick Wolbertus   Norway Eskil Braseth Leif Sundet   Poland Małgorzata Lidacka Urszula Lesiak   Romania Cristina Lovin Simona Stancu   Serbia Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević   Slovenia Ozren Backović Mirko Palačković   Spain Javier Álvarez Ion Bustamante   Ukraine Marina Duplii Olena Pobedrina

Squads

Main article: 2024 European Women's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round

All times are UTC+1. ^[27]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	0	91	68	+23	6	Main round
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	100	69	+31	4
3	North Macedonia	3	0	1	2	62	82	−20	1 [a]
4	Türkiye	3	0	1	2	68	102	−34	1 [a]

Source: EHF ^[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored. ^[29]
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. North Macedonia 25–25 Türkiye, North Macedonia group GD −20, Türkiye group GD −34.

28 November 2024 18:00	Hungary	30–24	Türkiye	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 2,927 Referees: Balvan, Praštalo (BIH)
	Győri-Lukács, Klujber 6	(13–8)	İskit 5
	1×	Report	2×

28 November 2024 20:30	Sweden	28–18	North Macedonia	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 580 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
	Hagman 9	(15–7)	four players 3
	2×	Report	5×

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30 November 2024 18:00	Sweden	25–32	Hungary	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 4,163 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
	Carlson 6	(13–16)	Klujber 8
	2×	Report	5×

30 November 2024 20:30	North Macedonia	25–25	Türkiye	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 2,160 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
	Ristovska 8	(12–15)	Gökdemir 7
	5×	Report	3×

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2 December 2024 18:00	North Macedonia	19–29	Hungary	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 3,409 Referees: Hansen, Jensen (DEN)
	Ristovska 6	(10–11)	Szöllősi-Schatzl 6
	5×	Report	4×

2 December 2024 20:30	Türkiye	19–47	Sweden	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,970 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
	three players 3	(12–25)	Hagman 11
	3× 1×	Report	4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	3	3	0	0	79	64	+15	6	Main round
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	81	80	+1	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	76	81	−5	2
4	Serbia	3	0	0	3	67	78	−11	0

Source: EHF ^[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored. ^[29]

29 November 2024 18:00	Romania	29–28	Czech Republic	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 2,240 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
	Bazaliu 9	(11–13)	Cholevová 11
	2×	Report	1×

29 November 2024 20:30	Montenegro	24–18	Serbia	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 2,036 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
	Jauković 11	(11–8)	Jovović 7
	7×	Report	2×

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1 December 2024 18:00	Montenegro	27–25	Romania	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 2,074 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	Mugoša 8	(16–12)	Seraficeanu 6
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4×

1 December 2024 20:30	Serbia	24–27	Czech Republic	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,070 Referees: Barysas, Petrušis (LTU)
	Janjušević 9	(13–14)	Cholevová, Jeřábková 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

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3 December 2024 18:00	Serbia	25–27	Romania	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,366 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
	Janjušević 7	(16–13)	Seraficeanu, Stoica 5
	7×	Report	1× 4×

3 December 2024 20:30	Czech Republic	21–28	Montenegro	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,404 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
	A. Franková, Jeřábková 4	(4–12)	Jauković 8
	1× 6×	Report	5× 1×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	87	60	+27	6	Main round
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	70	79	−9	4
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	75	74	+1	2
4	Portugal	3	0	0	3	61	80	−19	0

Source: EHF ^[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored. ^[29]

28 November 2024 18:00	Spain	30–24	Portugal	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 2,669 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	Campos 8	(12–12)	Resende 8
	2×	Report	1× 3×

28 November 2024 20:30	France	35–22	Poland	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 2,682 Referees: Hansen, Jensen (DEN)
	Coatanea 5	(18–10)	Uścinowicz 4
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

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30 November 2024 15:30	Poland	22–21	Portugal	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 3,663 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Kobylińska 7	(11–10)	Lopes 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 6×

30 November 2024 18:00	France	24–22	Spain	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 4,056 Referees: Merisi, Pepe (ITA)
	Valentini 6	(10–11)	So Delgado 9
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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2 December 2024 18:00	Poland	26–23	Spain	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 1,425 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
	Rosiak 6	(14–12)	Erauskin, Vegué 6
	8× 1×	Report	1×

2 December 2024 20:30	Portugal	16–28	France	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 1,349 Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
	Sequeira 4	(8–16)	Bouktit, Toublanc 5
	1×	Report	2×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	102	80	+22	6	Main round
2	Switzerland (H)	3	2	0	1	84	82	+2	4
3	Faroe Islands	3	0	1	2	66	78	−12	1 [a]
4	Croatia	3	0	1	2	65	77	−12	1 [a]

Source: EHF ^[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored. ^[29]
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Croatia 17–17 Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands group GF 66, Croatia GF 65.

29 November 2024 18:00	Switzerland	28–25	Faroe Islands	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 4,670 Referees: Barysas, Petrušis (LTU)
	Gautschi 8	(13–7)	Brandenborg, Mittún 7
	2×	Report	4×

29 November 2024 20:30	Denmark	34–26	Croatia	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 4,538 Referees: Lesiak, Lidacka (POL)
	Møller 7	(16–13)	Pavlović 6
	5×	Report	4×

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1 December 2024 15:30	Croatia	17–17	Faroe Islands	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 4,855 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Ježić 5	(9–8)	Mittún, Samuelsen 5
	2× 3×	Report	1×

1 December 2024 18:00	Denmark	35–30	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 5,423 Referees: Merisi, Pepe (ITA)
	Friis 9	(19–15)	Schmid 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

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3 December 2024 18:00	Faroe Islands	24–33	Denmark	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 3,074 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Brandenborg 10	(8–15)	Østergaard 5
	1× 2× 1×	Report	4×

3 December 2024 20:30	Croatia	22–26	Switzerland	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 3,826 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Barišić, Birtić 5	(10–16)	Baumann, Schmid 6
	4×	Report	1× 2×

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	109	65	+44	6	Main round
2	Slovenia	3	2	0	1	88	81	+7	4
3	Austria (H)	3	1	0	2	85	87	−2	2
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	63	112	−49	0

Source: EHF ^[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored. ^[29]
(H) Hosts

28 November 2024 18:00	Austria	37–24	Slovakia	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 2,414 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	I. Ivančok, Reichert 8	(17–11)	Lancz 9
	6×	Report	1×

28 November 2024 20:30	Norway	33–26	Slovenia	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 1,524 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Reistad 9	(16–11)	Stanko 7
	1× 4×	Report	4×

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30 November 2024 18:00	Norway	38–24	Austria	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 3,730 Referees: Kažanegra, Vujačić (MNE)
	Breistøl 6	(23–14)	three players 4
	4×	Report	2×

30 November 2024 20:30	Slovenia	37–24	Slovakia	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 1,766 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Stanko 9	(18–10)	Šutranová 11
	8×	Report	7×

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2 December 2024 18:00	Slovenia	25–24	Austria	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 3,341 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Stanko 8	(13–13)	Reichert 9
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

2 December 2024 20:30	Slovakia	15–38	Norway	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 1,560 Referees: Lesiak, Lidacka (POL)
	Šutranová 5	(8–20)	Herrem 8
	1×	Report	3×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	99	70	+29	6	Main round
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	82	65	+17	4
3	Iceland	3	1	0	2	71	81	−10	2
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	64	100	−36	0

Source: EHF ^[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored. ^[29]

29 November 2024 18:00	Netherlands	27–25	Iceland	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 2,076 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	three players 5	(12–12)	Albertsdóttir 8
	5×	Report	1× 2×

29 November 2024 20:30	Germany	30–17	Ukraine	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 2,437 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Grijseels 6	(15–9)	Gorilska 4
	1× 6×	Report	5×

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1 December 2024 18:00	Netherlands	29–22	Germany	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 2,437 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Housheer 7	(15–14)	Grijseels 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

1 December 2024 20:30	Iceland	27–24	Ukraine	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 1,155 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Albertsdóttir 7	(16–9)	Smbatian 8
	1× 6×	Report	1× 6×

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3 December 2024 18:00	Ukraine	23–43	Netherlands	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 1,019 Referees: Kažanegra, Vujačić (MNE)
	Smbatian 7	(12–24)	Dekker 9
	1× 4×	Report	5×

3 December 2024 20:30	Iceland	19–30	Germany	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 2,056 Referees: Balvan, Praštalo (BIH)
	Albertsdóttir 6	(10–14)	Engel 7
	2× 3×	Report	2×

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advance will be transferred to the main round.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	0	157	124	+33	10	Semifinals
2	Hungary (H)	5	4	0	1	153	125	+28	8
3	Sweden	5	2	0	3	133	137	−4	4 [a]	Fifth place game
4	Montenegro	5	2	0	3	124	135	−11	4 [a]
5	Poland	5	1	0	4	125	153	−28	2 [b]
6	Romania	5	1	0	4	128	146	−18	2 [b]

Source: EHF ^[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored. ^[29]
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Sweden 25–24 Montenegro.
2. Romania 24–29 Poland.

5 December 2024 15:30	Sweden	33–25	Poland	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 786 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Hagman 9	(17–15)	Kobylińska 6
	4×	Report	1× 6× 1×

5 December 2024 18:00	France	30–25	Romania	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,481 Referees: Hansen, Jensen (DEN)
	Valentini 6	(12–9)	Bazaliu 6
	7×	Report	1× 5×

5 December 2024 20:30	Hungary	26–20	Montenegro	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 2,067 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Klujber 6	(16–11)	Jauković 5
	1× 3×	Report	4×

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6 December 2024 15:30	Sweden	23–25	Romania	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,520 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
	Lindqvist 5	(8–12)	Bazaliu 8
	2×	Report	1× 1×

6 December 2024 18:00	France	31–23	Montenegro	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 2,041 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
	Zaadi 7	(15–11)	Pavićević 6
	1× 5× 1×	Report	3×

6 December 2024 20:30	Hungary	31–21	Poland	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 2,955 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
	Vámos 8	(17–9)	Rosiak 4
	4×	Report	5×

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8 December 2024 15:30	Montenegro	30–28	Poland	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,872 Referees: Hansen, Jensen (DEN)
	Jauković 8	(14–14)	Kobylińska 6
	8× 1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

8 December 2024 18:00	Hungary	37–29	Romania	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 4,163 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Klujber 10	(20–15)	Ostase 6
	3×	Report	4× 1×

8 December 2024 20:30	Sweden	27–31	France	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,679 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
	Axnér, Roberts 4	(13–19)	Horacek, Nze Minko 6
	1× 4×	Report	4×

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10 December 2024 15:30	Romania	24–29	Poland	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,273 Referees: Braseth, Sundet (NOR)
	Grozav 7	(11–10)	Balsam, Nocuń 5
	5× 1×	Report	3× 1×

10 December 2024 18:00	Hungary	27–30	France	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 3,639 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
	Klujber 9	(13–13)	Foppa, Valentini 5
	1×	Report	1× 3×

10 December 2024 20:30	Sweden	25–24	Montenegro	Főnix Aréna, Debrecen Attendance: 1,569 Referees: Barysas, Petrušis (LTU)
	Hagman 6	(14–14)	Jauković 9
	3×	Report	3×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	163	122	+41	10	Semifinals
2	Denmark	5	4	0	1	152	131	+21	8
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	139	134	+5	6	Fifth place game
4	Germany	5	2	0	3	142	134	+8	4
5	Slovenia	5	1	0	4	124	152	−28	2
6	Switzerland (H)	5	0	0	5	135	182	−47	0

Source: EHF ^[28]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored. ^[29]
(H) Hosts

5 December 2024 15:30	Switzerland	27–36	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 2,182 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
	Schmid 8	(14–18)	Hauf 6
	1×	Report	2×

5 December 2024 18:00	Netherlands	26–22	Slovenia	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 2,234 Referees: Barysas, Petrušis (LTU)
	Malestein 6	(14–10)	Stanko 7
	1× 3×	Report	4×

5 December 2024 20:30	Denmark	24–27	Norway	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 2,579 Referees: Kažanegra, Vujačić (MNE)
	Aagot 6	(12–13)	Breistøl, Reistad 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

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7 December 2024 15:30	Switzerland	25–34	Slovenia	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 2,612 Referees: Balvan, Praštalo (BIH)
	Emmenegger, Schmid 5	(16–17)	A. Abina, Stanko 6
	2× 1×	Report	3×

7 December 2024 18:00	Denmark	30–22	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 4,025 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Hansen, Østergaard 6	(15–13)	Antl 4
	2×	Report	2×

7 December 2024 20:30	Netherlands	21–31	Norway	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 3,267 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Nüsser 5	(9–15)	Herrem 6
	2×	Report	4×

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9 December 2024 15:30	Switzerland	29–37	Netherlands	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 1,714 Referees: Kažanegra, Vujačić (MNE)
	Gautschi 6	(17–24)	Sprengers 7
	1×	Report	1× 2× 1×

9 December 2024 18:00	Norway	32–27	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 2,677 Referees: Balvan, Praštalo (BIH)
	Reistad 9	(19–13)	four players 4
	3×	Report	2×

9 December 2024 20:30	Denmark	33–26	Slovenia	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 1,719 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Halilcevic 6	(17–15)	Stanko 8
	1× 4×	Report	5×

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11 December 2024 15:30	Slovenia	16–35	Germany	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 1,836 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	three players 3	(11–17)	Lott 6
	3×	Report	5×

11 December 2024 18:00	Denmark	30–26	Netherlands	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 2,813 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
	Hansen 7	(15–13)	Housheer 10
	5×	Report	1× 4×

11 December 2024 20:30	Switzerland	24–40	Norway	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 1,521 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Schmid 7	(13–24)	Hovden, Solberg-Isaksen 5
	2×	Report	1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 December
	France	22
					15 December
	Denmark	24
					Denmark	23
	13 December
					Norway	31
	Hungary	22
	Norway	30
					Third place
					15 December
					France	24
					Hungary	25

Fifth place game

13 December 2024 15:00	Sweden	33–32	Netherlands	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 3,132 Referees: Balvan, Praštalo (BIH)
	Lindqvist, Roberts 8	(15–15)	Housheer 9
	2×	Report	1× 6×

Semifinals

13 December 2024 17:45	Hungary	22–30	Norway	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 8,017 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
	Klujber 5	(11–13)	Reistad 7
	4×	Report	5×

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13 December 2024 20:30	France	22–24	Denmark	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 7,754 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Foppa 4	(11–13)	Hansen 7
	2×	Report	1× 2×

Third place game

15 December 2024 15:15	France	24–25	Hungary	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 8,775 Referees: A. Covalciuc, I. Covalciuc (MDA)
	three players 4	(12–13)	Klujber 9
	3×	Report	1× 1×

Final

15 December 2024 18:00	Denmark	23–31	Norway	Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna Attendance: 8,775 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Hansen, Højlund 5	(12–13)	Reistad 8
	5× 1×	Report	1× 2×

Final ranking and awards

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2025 World Championship

Rank Team   Norway   Denmark   Hungary 4   France 5   Sweden 6   Netherlands 7   Germany 8   Montenegro 9   Poland 10   Slovenia 11   Romania 12    Switzerland 13   Spain 14   Austria 15   Czech Republic 16   Iceland 17   Faroe Islands 18   North Macedonia 19   Croatia 20   Türkiye 21   Serbia 22   Portugal 23   Ukraine 24   Slovakia

2024 Women's European Champions Norway Tenth title Team roster [30] : Anniken Obaidli, Maren Nyland Aardahl, Stine Skogrand, Live Rushfeldt Deila, Silje Solberg-Østhassel, Kari Brattset Dale, Kristine Breistøl, Katrine Lunde, Marit Røsberg Jacobsen, Ingvild Bakkerud, Camilla Herrem, Sanna Solberg-Isaksen, Henny Reistad, Emilie Hovden, Thale Rushfeldt Deila, Eli Marie Raasok, Ane Høgseth. Head Coach: Þórir Hergeirsson.

All Star Team

The All Star Team and awards were announced on 15 December 2024. ^{[31] [32]}

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Anna Kristensen
Left wing	Emma Friis
Left back	Tjaša Stanko
Centre back	Henny Reistad
Right back	Katrin Klujber
Right wing	Viktória Győri-Lukács
Pivot	Tatjana Brnović
Best defense player	Pauletta Foppa
Best young player	Petra Simon
Most valuable player	Anna Kristensen

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals [33] Shots  % 1 Katrin Klujber 60 103 58 2 Henny Reistad 50 81 62 3 Tjaša Stanko 48 75 64 4 Đurđina Jauković 47 81 58 5 Tabea Schmid 44 62 71 6 Viktória Győri-Lukács 42 60 70 Nathalie Hagman 8 Anne Mette Hansen 40 62 65 Dione Housheer 67 60 10 Emma Lindqvist 37 55 67

Top goalkeepers Rank Name  % Saves [34] Shots 1 Annika Fríðheim Petersen 42 28 67 2 Sabrina Novotná 39 42 107 Zsófi Szemerey 73 189 4 Anna Kristensen 38 100 263 5 Hatadou Sako 37 36 98 6 Katharina Filter 36 54 151 Laura Glauser 73 203 Katrine Lunde 37 104 Silje Solberg-Østhassel 63 174 10 Althea Reinhardt 35 26 75 Yara ten Holte 68 196

Marketing

The official logo was unveiled on 19 November 2022 at the closing press conference of the 2022 edition in Ljubljana, Slovenia. ^[35]

The official ball for the 2024 European Championship come out on 7 April 2023, made by manufacturer and EHF partner, Select. The ball in made of faux leather and is decorated in contrasting red tones with green accents and white areas with the tournament's slogan "Catch the Spirit" on the ball as well. ^[36]

The mascot was announced on 2 April 2024. ^{[37] [38]} The mascot is a wildcat.

Tickets

For the matches of the European Championship, tickets are offered by the EHF as a package with several matches as follows: ^{[39] [40] [41] [42]}

• Preliminary round, Group A in Debrecen (featuring Hungary): three days from 18,600 to 34,800 Ft
• Preliminary round, Group B in Debrecen: three days from 7,800 to 20,300 Ft
• Preliminary round, Groups C and D in Basel: three days from 105 to 875 Francs
• Preliminary round, Groups E and F in Innsbruck: three days from €78 to €159
• Main round Group I in Debrecen: four days from 32,000 to 57,200 Ft
• Main round, Group II in Vienna: four days from €104 to €248
• Final round in Vienna: two days from €74 to €169

Official song

The official song was unveiled on 15 April 2024. It is Live Is Life by Austrian band Opus which has been adapted to fit the tournament. ^[43] The song was officially unveiled at the draw on 18 April 2024. Music video released 20 August 2024. ^[44]

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External links

• Official website