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 2020, the only teams that have ever won the championship are Norway (eight times), Denmark (three times), Hungary, Montenegro and France (each once).
Current season, competition or edition: 2022 European Women's Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| No. of teams | 16 (finals) |
| Continent | Europe (EHF) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Norway (8th title) |
| Most titles | Norway (8 titles) |
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
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 |  Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  France | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Hungary | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 nations) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
Statistics
Total hosts
| Rank | Nation | Hosts | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 1996, 2002, 2010, 2020, 2028 |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2004, 2014, 2024 |
| Sweden | 2006, 2016, 2028 | ||
| 3 |  North Macedonia |
2 | 2008, 2022 |
| Norway |
2010, 2028 | ||
| 6 | Germany | 1 | 1994 |
| Netherlands | 1998 | ||
| Romania | 2000 | ||
 Serbia | 2012 | ||
| Croatia | 2014 | ||
| France | 2018 | ||
| Montenegro | 2022 | ||
 Slovenia | 2022 | ||
| Austria | 2024 | ||
 Switzerland | 2024 | ||
| Russia | 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 |
Best players by tournament
Participating nations
- 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 |
Participations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
9th | 3rd | 4th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 9 | ||
 Belarus |
• | • | • | 11th | 16th | 16th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | 4 | |||
| Croatia |
5th | 6th | • | • | • | 13th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 16th | 16th | 3rd | Q | 12 | |||
 Czech Republic |
8th | • | • | • | 8th | 15th | • | • | • | 12th | • | 10th | 15th | 15th | • | 7 | |||
| Denmark |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 10th | 1st | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 4th | Q | Q | 16 | ||
| France |
• | • | • | 5th | 3rd | 11th | 3rd | 14th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | Q | 12 | |||
| Germany |
2nd | 4th | 6th | 9th | 11th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 13th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 10th | 7th | Q | 15 | |||
| Hungary |
3rd | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 12th | 7th | 10th | Q | Q | 16 | ||
 Iceland |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||
 Lithuania |
• | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
| North Macedonia |
• | • | 8th | 8th | • | • | 12th | 7th | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | Q | 6 | |||
| Montenegro1 |
• | • | 6th | 1st | 4th | 13th | 9th | 8th | Q | 7 | |||||||||
| Netherlands |
• | • | 10th | • | 14th | • | 15th | • | 8th | • | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | Q | 9 | |||
| Norway |
3rd | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | Q | Q | 16 | ||
 Poland |
• | 11th | 5th | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 11th | 15th | 14th | 14th | Q | 8 | |||
 Portugal |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
| Romania |
10th | 5th | 11th | 4th | 7th | 7th | • | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 12th | Q | 14 | |||
| Russia |
6th | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 14th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | × | Q | 15 | ||
| Serbia1 |
14th | 13th | 14th | 4th | 15th | 9th | 11th | 13th | Q | 9 | |||||||||
 Slovakia |
12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||
| Slovenia |
• | • | • | • | 10th | 9th | 16th | • | 16th | • | • | 14th | 13th | 16th | Q | 8 | |||
| Spain |
• | • | 12th | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 2nd | 11th | 12th | 9th | Q | 12 | |||
| Sweden |
7th | 8th | • | • | 15th | 14th | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 11th | Q | Q | 14 | ||
| Switzerland |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | Q | 2 | ||
| Ukraine |
11th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 12th | 6th | 13th | 10th | 12th | 14th | 16th | • | • | • | • | 11 | |||
| Historical national teams | |||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Serbia and Montenegro1 |
12th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| FR Yugoslavia1 |
• | • | • | 7th | 6th | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 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
The table shows the most successful players at the European Championships. Players listed in bold are still active as of 2020. Players marked with an asterisk (*) have the additional distinction of having been elected championship MVP.
| Rank | Player | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camilla Herrem | Norway | 2008 | 2020 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Marit Malm Frafjord | Norway | 2006 | 2020 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren * | Norway | 2004 | 2014 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Karoline Dyhre Breivang | Norway | 2004 | 2014 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Kari Aalvik Grimsbø | Norway | 2006 | 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | Katrine Lunde | Norway | 2002 | 2020 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Heidi Løke | Norway | 2008 | 2020 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Stine Bredal Oftedal | Norway | 2010 | 2020 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Kari Mette Johansen | Norway | 2004 | 2010 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Nora Mørk ** | Norway | 2010 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Tonje Larsen | Norway | 1994 | 2010 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Lene Rantala | Denmark | 1994 | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk | Norway | 1998 | 2006 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gro Hammerseng | Norway | 2002 | 2010 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kristine Lunde | Norway | 2004 | 2012 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Notes
References
- History of Handball from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006
- Medals Table – Ranking At Men's World Championships A 1938–1990 from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006
- (in 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.
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