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,History of Handball from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006 and though non-European nations competed at the World Championships, the medals had always been taken by European nations.Medals Table – Ranking At Men's World Championships A 1938–1990 from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006 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. Handball-Bundesliga diskutiert Reduzierung auf 16 Teams, by Erik Eggers, published by Der Spiegel online, 30 January 2006 The tournament will be expanded to 24 teams in 2024 to take place in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.
Tournaments YearHostFinalThird place matchTeamsChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place1994DetailsGermany27–2324–19121996DetailsDenmark25–2330–23121998DetailsNetherlands24–1630–24122000DetailsRomania32–30 (ET)21–16122002DetailsDenmark25–2227–22162004DetailsHungary27–2529–25162006DetailsSweden27–2429–25162008DetailsMacedonia34–2124–21162010Details Denmark / Norway25–2016–15162012DetailsSerbia34–31 (2ET)41–38 (ET)162014Details Croatia / Hungary28–2525–23162016DetailsSweden30–2925–22162018DetailsFrance 24–21 24–20162020DetailsDenmark22–2025–19162022Details Montenegro / North Macedonia / Slovenia27–2527–25 (ET)162024Details Austria / Hungary / Switzerland31–2325–24242026Details Czech Republic / Poland / Romania / Slovakia / Turkey242028Details Denmark / Norway / Sweden242030Details Belgium / France242032Details Denmark / Germany / Poland24
Medal table
Statistics
Summary (1994–2024) Source (Table Section):
Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points 1 16 123 103 6 14 3532 2725 +807 212 2 16 115 76 4 35 3020 2787 +233 156 3 16 109 59 5 45 2908 2816 +92 123 4 13 92 59 3 30 2331 2118 +213 121 5 16 102 53 5 44 2596 2557 +39 111 6 14 94 49 11 34 2480 2284 +196 109 7 15 100 49 4 47 2519 2530 -11 102 8 14 87 39 7 41 2238 2229 +9 85 9 8 53 31 1 21 1345 1334 +11 63 10 10 62 28 2 32 1639 1624 +15 58 11 13 77 24 10 43 1896 1973 -77 58 12 13 63 26 2 34 1505 1632 -127 54 13 12 62 18 7 40 1489 1627 -138 40 14 13 60 17 3 40 1604 1731 -127 37 15 9 50 19 0 31 1202 1327 -125 38 16 9 43 16 1 29 1017 1161 -144 27 17 9 40 12 0 28 1010 1165 -155 24 18 7 33 7 3 23 756 934 -178 17 19 8 37 8 0 29 863 951 -88 16 20 4 18 2 5 11 460 509 -49 9 21 2 10 2 1 7 264 326 -62 5 22 3 15 1 1 13 303 427 -124 3 23 3 9 1 0 8 196 250 -54 2 24 1 3 0 1 2 66 78 -12 1 25 1 3 0 1 2 68 102 -34 1 26 2 6 0 0 6 128 181 -53 0 27 1 6 0 0 6 124 183 -59 0
Total hosts Rank Nation Hosts Year(s) 1 6 1996, 2002, 2010, 2020, (2028), (2032) 2 3 2004, 2014, 2024 2006, 2016, (2028)4 2 2018, (2030) 1994, (2032) 2008, 2022 (2026), (2032) 2000, (2026) 2010, (2028) 10 1 2024 (2030) 2014 (2026) 2022 1998 2012 (2026) 2022 2024 (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.
YearPlayerGoals1994 Ágnes Farkas481996 Kjersti Grini481998 Ausra Fridrikas682000 Simona Gogîrlă682002 Ágnes Farkas582004 Bojana Radulović722006 Nadine Krause582008 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth512010 Cristina Neagu532012 Katarina Bulatović562014 Isabelle Gulldén582016 Nora Mørk532018 Katarina Krpež Slezak502020 Nora Mørk522022 Nora Mørk502024 Katrin Klujber60
Best players by tournament
YearPlayer1994Not awarded1996 Anja Andersen1998 Trine Haltvik2000 Beáta Siti2002 Karin Mortensen2004 Gro Hammerseng2006 Gro Hammerseng2008 Kristine Lunde2010 Linnea Torstenson2012 Anja Edin2014 Isabelle Gulldén2016 Nycke Groot2018 Anna Vyakhireva2020 Estelle Nze Minko2022 Henny Reistad2024 Anna Kristensen
Participating nations
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 BronzeTotal 1 Katrine Lunde 2002 2024 7 2 – 9 2 Camilla Herrem 2008 2024 6 1 – 7 3 Karoline Dyhre Breivang 2004 2014 5 1 – 6 Marit Malm Frafjord 2006 2020 5 1 – 6 Stine Oftedal Dahmke 2010 2022 5 1 – 6 Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren 2004 2014 5 1 – 6 Silje Solberg-Østhassel 2012 2024 5 1 – 6 Tonje Larsen 1994 2010 3 2 1 6 9 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø 2006 2016 5 – – 5 Nora Mørk 2010 2022 5 – – 5 Heidi Løke 2008 2020 4 1 – 5
See also Women's EHF Euro Cup
References
External links Official website