European Women's Handball Championship

European Women's Handball Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 European Women's Handball Championship
Sport	Handball
Founded	1994;31 years ago (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).

History

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.

Tournaments

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Teams
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1994 Details	Germany		Denmark	27–23	Germany		Norway	24–19	Hungary		12
1996 Details	Denmark		Denmark	25–23	Norway		Austria	30–23	Germany		12
1998 Details	Netherlands		Norway	24–16	Denmark		Hungary	30–24	Austria		12
2000 Details	Romania		Hungary	32–30 (ET)	Ukraine		Russia	21–16	Romania		12
2002 Details	Denmark		Denmark	25–22	Norway		France	27–22	Russia		16
2004 Details	Hungary		Norway	27–25	Denmark		Hungary	29–25	Russia		16
2006 Details	Sweden		Norway	27–24	Russia		France	29–25	Germany		16
2008 Details	Macedonia		Norway	34–21	Spain		Russia	24–21	Germany		16
2010 Details	Denmark / Norway		Norway	25–20	Sweden		Romania	16–15	Denmark		16
2012 Details	Serbia		Montenegro	34–31 (2ET)	Norway		Hungary	41–38 (ET)	Serbia		16
2014 Details	Croatia / Hungary		Norway	28–25	Spain		Sweden	25–23	Montenegro		16
2016 Details	Sweden		Norway	30–29	Netherlands		France	25–22	Denmark		16
2018 Details	France		France	24–21	Russia		Netherlands	24–20	Romania		16
2020 Details	Denmark		Norway	22–20	France		Croatia	25–19	Denmark		16
2022 Details	Montenegro / North Macedonia / Slovenia		Norway	27–25	Denmark		Montenegro	27–25 (ET)	France		16
2024 Details	Austria / Hungary / Switzerland		Norway	31–23	Denmark		Hungary	25–24	France		24
2026 Details	Czech Republic / Poland / Romania / Slovakia / Turkey										24
2028 Details	Denmark / Norway / Sweden										24
2030 Details	TBD										24
2032 Details	Denmark / Germany / Poland										24

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Statistics

Summary (1994–2024)

Source (Table Section): ^{[4] [5]}

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Norway	16	123	103	6	14	3532	2725	+807	212
2	Denmark	16	115	76	4	35	3020	2787	+233	156
3	Hungary	16	109	59	5	45	2908	2816	+92	123
4	France	13	92	59	3	30	2331	2118	+213	121
5	Germany	16	102	53	5	44	2596	2557	+39	111
6	Russia	14	94	49	11	34	2480	2284	+196	109
7	Romania	15	100	49	4	47	2519	2530	-11	102
8	Sweden	14	87	39	7	41	2238	2229	+9	85
9	Montenegro	8	53	31	1	21	1345	1334	+11	63
10	Netherlands	10	62	28	2	32	1639	1624	+15	58
11	Spain	13	77	24	10	43	1896	1973	-77	58
12	Croatia	13	63	26	2	34	1505	1632	-127	54
13	Ukraine	12	62	18	7	40	1489	1627	-138	40
14	Serbia	13	60	17	3	40	1604	1731	-127	37
15	Austria	9	50	19	0	31	1202	1327	-125	38
16	Poland	9	43	16	1	29	1017	1161	-144	27
17	Slovenia	9	40	12	0	28	1010	1165	-155	24
18	North Macedonia	7	33	7	3	23	756	934	-178	17
19	Czech Republic	8	37	8	0	29	863	951	-88	16
20	Belarus	4	18	2	5	11	460	509	-49	9
21	Switzerland	2	10	2	1	7	264	326	-62	5
22	Slovakia	3	15	1	1	13	303	427	-124	3
23	Iceland	3	9	1	0	8	196	250	-54	2
24	Faroe Islands	1	3	0	1	2	66	78	-12	1
25	Turkey	1	3	0	1	2	68	102	-34	1
26	Portugal	2	6	0	0	6	128	181	-53	0
27	Lithuania	1	6	0	0	6	124	183	-59	0

Total hosts

Rank	Nation	Hosts	Year(s)
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)

Top scorers by tournament

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
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

Best players by tournament

Year	Player
1994	Not awarded
1996	Anja Andersen
1998	Trine Haltvik
2000	Beáta Siti
2002	Karin Mortensen
2004	Gro Hammerseng
2006	Gro Hammerseng
2008	Kristine Lunde
2010	Linnea Torstenson
2012	Anja Edin
2014	Isabelle Gulldén
2016	Nycke Groot
2018	Anna Vyakhireva
2020	Estelle Nze Minko
2022	Henny Reistad
2024	Anna Kristensen

Participating nations

Main article: National team appearances in the European Women's Handball Championship

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• 5th – Fifth place
• 6th – Sixth place
• 7th – Seventh place
• 8th – Eighth place
• 9th – Ninth place
• 10th – Tenth place
• 11th – Eleventh place
• 12th – Twelfth place
• 13th to 16th – Thirteenth to sixteenth place
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
• q – may still qualify for upcoming tournament
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  •×  – Disqualified
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•    – Hosts

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
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		Q	18
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	Q				17
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	Q			18
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

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.

Most successful players

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
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

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. (in German) Handball-Bundesliga diskutiert Reduzierung auf 16 Teams, by Erik Eggers, published by Der Spiegel online, 30 January 2006
4. "Handball-Titelträger der Frauen: Wettbewerbe in Europa".
5. "Women Handball European Championships Archive".

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

External links

• Official website