Current season, competition or edition: 2024 European Women's Handball Championship | |
Sport | Handball |
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Founded | 1994 |
No. of teams | 16 (finals) |
Continent | Europe (EHF) |
Most recent champion(s) | Norway (10th title) |
Most titles | Norway (10 titles) |
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 2024, the only teams that have ever won the championship are Norway (ten times), Denmark (three times), Hungary, Montenegro and France (each once).
In year 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] The tournament will be expanded to 24 teams in 2024 to take place in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
3 | France | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
5 | Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
7 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Rank | Team | Part | Points | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Norway | 16 | 212 | 123 | 103 | 6 | 14 | 3532 | 2725 | +807 |
2 | Denmark | 16 | 156 | 115 | 76 | 4 | 35 | 3020 | 2787 | +233 |
3 | Hungary | 16 | 123 | 109 | 59 | 5 | 45 | 2908 | 2816 | +92 |
4 | France | 13 | 121 | 92 | 59 | 3 | 30 | 2331 | 2118 | +213 |
5 | Germany | 16 | 111 | 102 | 53 | 5 | 44 | 2596 | 2557 | +39 |
6 | Russia | 14 | 109 | 94 | 49 | 11 | 34 | 2480 | 2284 | +196 |
7 | Romania | 15 | 102 | 100 | 49 | 4 | 47 | 2519 | 2530 | -11 |
8 | Sweden | 14 | 85 | 87 | 39 | 7 | 41 | 2238 | 2229 | +9 |
9 | Montenegro | 8 | 63 | 53 | 31 | 1 | 21 | 1345 | 1334 | +11 |
10 | Netherlands | 10 | 58 | 62 | 28 | 2 | 32 | 1639 | 1624 | +15 |
11 | Spain | 13 | 58 | 77 | 24 | 10 | 43 | 1896 | 1973 | -77 |
12 | Croatia | 13 | 54 | 63 | 26 | 2 | 34 | 1505 | 1632 | -127 |
13 | Ukraine | 12 | 40 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 40 | 1489 | 1627 | -138 |
14 | Serbia | 13 | 37 | 60 | 17 | 3 | 40 | 1604 | 1731 | -127 |
15 | Austria | 9 | 38 | 50 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 1202 | 1327 | -125 |
16 | Poland | 9 | 27 | 43 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 1017 | 1161 | -144 |
17 | Slovenia | 9 | 24 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 1010 | 1165 | -155 |
18 | North Macedonia | 7 | 17 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 756 | 934 | -178 |
19 | Czech Republic | 8 | 16 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 863 | 951 | -88 |
20 | Belarus | 4 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 460 | 509 | -49 |
21 | Switzerland | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 264 | 326 | -62 |
22 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 303 | 427 | -124 |
23 | Iceland | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 196 | 250 | -54 |
24 | Faroe Islands | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 78 | -12 |
25 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 102 | -34 |
26 | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 128 | 181 | -53 |
27 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 124 | 183 | -59 |
Rank | Nation | Hosts | Year(s) |
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1 | Denmark | 6 | 1996, 2002, 2010, 2020, (2028), (2032) |
2 | Hungary | 3 | 2004, 2014, 2024 |
Sweden | 2006, 2016, (2028) | ||
4 | Germany | 2 | 1994, (2032) |
North Macedonia | 2008, 2022 | ||
Poland | (2026), (2032) | ||
Romania | 2000, (2026) | ||
Norway | 2010, (2028) | ||
9 | Austria | 1 | 2024 |
Croatia | 2014 | ||
Czech Republic | (2026) | ||
France | 2018 | ||
Montenegro | 2022 | ||
Netherlands | 1998 | ||
Serbia | 2012 | ||
Slovakia | (2026) | ||
Slovenia | 2022 | ||
Switzerland | 2024 | ||
Turkey | (2026) |
The record-holder for scored goals in a single Euro Championship is Bojana Radulović, where she scored 72 goals Hungary at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship in Hungary.
Year | Player | Goals |
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1994 | Ágnes Farkas | 48 |
1996 | Kjersti Grini | 48 |
1998 | Ausra Fridrikas | 68 |
2000 | Simona Gogîrlă | 68 |
2002 | Ágnes Farkas | 58 |
2004 | Bojana Radulović | 72 |
2006 | Nadine Krause | 58 |
2008 | Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth | 51 |
2010 | Cristina Neagu | 53 |
2012 | Katarina Bulatović | 56 |
2014 | Isabelle Gulldén | 58 |
2016 | Nora Mørk | 53 |
2018 | Katarina Krpež Slezak | 50 |
2020 | Nora Mørk | 52 |
2022 | Nora Mørk | 50 |
2024 | Katrin Klujber | 60 |
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Nation | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | 2028 | 2030 | 2032 | Participations |
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Austria | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 9 | ||||
Belarus | • | • | • | 11th | 16th | 16th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | 4 | ||||
Croatia | 5th | 6th | • | • | • | 13th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 16th | 16th | 3rd | 10th | 19th | 13 | ||||
Czech Republic | 8th | • | • | • | 8th | 15th | • | • | • | 12th | • | 10th | 15th | 15th | • | 15th | Q | 9 | |||
Denmark | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 10th | 1st | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | Q | Q | 17 | ||
Faroe Islands | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 17th | 1 | ||||
France | • | • | • | 5th | 3rd | 11th | 3rd | 14th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 13 | ||||
Germany | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 9th | 11th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 13th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 10th | 7th | 7th | 7th | Q | 16 | |||
Hungary | 4th | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 12th | 7th | 10th | 11th | 3rd | 16 | ||||
Iceland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 3 | ||||
Lithuania | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||
Montenegro 1 | • | • | 6th | 1st | 4th | 13th | 9th | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 8 | ||||||||||
Netherlands | • | • | 10th | • | 14th | • | 15th | • | 8th | • | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 10 | ||||
North Macedonia | × | × | 8th | 8th | • | • | 12th | 7th | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | 16th | 18th | 7 | ||||
Norway | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | Q | 17 | |||
Poland | • | 11th | 5th | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 11th | 15th | 14th | 14th | 13th | 9th | Q | Q | 10 | ||
Portugal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 2 | ||||
Romania | 10th | 5th | 11th | 4th | 7th | 7th | • | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 12th | 12th | 11th | Q | 16 | |||
Russia | 6th | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 14th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | × | × | 14 | ||||
Serbia 1 | 14th | 13th | 14th | 4th | 15th | 9th | 11th | 13th | 15th | 21st | 10 | ||||||||||
Slovakia | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 24th | Q | 4 | |||
Slovenia | • | • | • | • | 10th | 9th | 16th | • | 16th | • | • | 14th | 13th | 16th | 8th | 10th | 9 | ||||
Spain | • | • | 12th | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 2nd | 11th | 12th | 9th | 9th | 13th | 13 | ||||
Sweden | 7th | 8th | • | • | 15th | 14th | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 11th | 5th | 5th | Q | 15 | |||
Switzerland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 12th | 2 | ||||
Turkey | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | Q | 2 | |||
Ukraine | 11th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 12th | 6th | 13th | 10th | 12th | 14th | 16th | • | • | • | • | 23rd | 12 | ||||
Historical national teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro 1 | 12th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
FR Yugoslavia 1 | × | • | • | 7th | 6th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Boldface denotes active handball players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Rank | Player | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Katrine Lunde (Haraldsen) | Norway | 2002 | 2024 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
2 | Camilla Herrem | Norway | 2008 | 2024 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
3 | Karoline Dyhre Breivang | Norway | 2004 | 2014 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
Marit Malm Frafjord | Norway | 2006 | 2020 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
Stine Bredal Oftedal | Norway | 2010 | 2022 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren | Norway | 2004 | 2014 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
Silje Solberg-Østhassel | Norway | 2012 | 2024 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
8 | Kari Aalvik Grimsbø | Norway | 2006 | 2016 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
Nora Mørk | Norway | 2010 | 2022 | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
10 | Heidi Løke | Norway | 2008 | 2020 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
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