2018 European Women's Handball Championship

2018 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	France
Venues	5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	29 November–16 December
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Netherlands
Fourth place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	2,504 (53.28 per match)
Attendance	237,980 (5,063 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Katarina Krpež Slezak; (50 goals)
Awards
Best player	Anna Vyakhireva
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Host country

France

Venues5 (in 5 host cities)

Dates29 November–16 December

Teams16 (from 1 confederation)

The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship was held in France in from 29 November to 16 December 2018. It was the first time France hosts the women's tournament. The matches were played in Brest, Montbéliard, Nancy, Nantes and Paris.^[1]

France defeated Russia in the final to claim their first title.^[2]

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Paris	Nantes		Montbéliard
AccorHotels Arena Capacity: 15,603	Hall XXL Capacity: 12,000		Axone Capacity: 6,400

Nancy Brest Paris Montbéliard Nantes
Nancy		Brest
Palais des Sports Jean Weille Capacity: 6,000		Brest Arena Capacity: 4,500

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearances in tournament
France	Host	20 September 2014	9 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Denmark	Group 5 winner	24 March 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Montenegro	Group 2 winner	24 March 2018	4 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Norway	Group 1 winner	25 March 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Spain	Group 6 winner	30 May 2018	9 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Sweden	Group 3 runner-up	30 May 2018	10 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Serbia	Group 3 winner	30 May 2018	6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Germany	Group 6 runner-up	31 May 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Hungary	Group 7 winner	31 May 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Netherlands	Group 7 runner-up	31 May 2018	6 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016)
Romania	Group 4 winner	31 May 2018	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Croatia	Group 1 runner-up	2 June 2018	9 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Russia	Group 4 runner-up	3 June 2018	12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Poland	Group 2 runner-up	3 June 2018	5 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016)
Czech Republic	Group 5 runner-up	3 June 2018	5 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016)
Slovenia	Best third-ranked team	3 June 2018	5 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	84	73	+11	4^[a]	Main round
2	Sweden	3	2	1	74	73	+1	4^[a]
3	Denmark	3	2	1	83	80	+3	4^[a]
4	Poland	3	0	3	69	84	−15	0

30 November 2018 18:00	Serbia	33–26	Poland	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 2,230 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Krpež Šlezak 11	(13–14)	Kudłacz-Gloc 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

30 November 2018 21:00	Denmark	30–29	Sweden	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,847 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Tranborg 7	(15–16)	Hagman 7
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3× 3×

2018 European Women's Handball Championship

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

Draw

Seedings

Squads

Referees

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round

Group I

Group II

Knockout stage

Bracket

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking and statistics

All Star Team

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

References

External links

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2 December 2018 15:00	Poland	21–28	Denmark	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,683 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Kobylińska 7	(9–11)	K. Jørgensen, Østergaard 5
	2× 1× 1×	Report	2× 6×

2 December 2018 18:00	Sweden	22–21	Serbia	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,810 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Alm 5	(11–13)	Krpež Slezak 7
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4 December 2018 18:00	Sweden	23–22	Poland	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,014 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Blomstrand, Hagman 4	(10–5)	Grzyb 9
	3× 2×	Report	1× 5×

4 December 2018 21:00	Denmark	25–30	Serbia	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,026 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Østergaard 6	(13–17)	Krpež Šlezak, Lekić 8
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29 November 2018 21:00	France	23–26	Russia	Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy Attendance: 5,220 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Kanor 6	(11–11)	Dmitrieva 8
	4× 5×	Report	2× 4×

30 November 2018 21:00	Montenegro	36–32	Slovenia	Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy Attendance: 1,956 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Radičević 7	(18–12)	Gros 8
	2× 6×	Report	3× 2×

2 December 2018 15:00	Slovenia	21–30	France	Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy Attendance: 5,220 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Gros 5	(8–17)	Zaadi 6
	2× 2×	Report	4× 2×

2 December 2018 18:00	Russia	24–23	Montenegro	Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy Attendance: 3,229 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Samokhina 7	(13–15)	Jauković 12
	3× 5×	Report	4× 1×

4 December 2018 18:00	Russia	27–29	Slovenia	Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy Attendance: 3,120 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Kochetova 6	(13–13)	Gros 12
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 6×

4 December 2018 21:00	France	25–20	Montenegro	Palais des Sports Jean Weille, Nancy Attendance: 5,220 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Nze Minko 7	(16–8)	Radičević 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

3 December 2018 18:00	Croatia	18–24	Hungary	Axone, Montbéliard Attendance: 2,731 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Krsnik 8	(9–13)	Háfra, Kovács, Schatzl 5
	1× 7×	Report	2× 4×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	4	0	1	141	131	+10	8	Semifinals
2	France (H)	5	3	1	1	136	118	+18	7	Semifinals
3	Sweden	5	2	1	2	139	132	+7	5	Fifth place game
4	Denmark	5	2	0	3	123	143	−20	4^[a]
5	Montenegro	5	2	0	3	124	128	−4	4^[a]
6	Serbia	5	1	0	4	131	142	−11	2

1 December 2018 15:00	Hungary	25–28	Netherlands	Axone, Montbéliard Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Háfra, Kovács 5	(11–11)	Abbingh, Dulfer 5
	4× 5×	Report	1× 5×

1 December 2018 18:00	Spain	25–18	Croatia	Axone, Montbéliard Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Pena 7	(15–5)	Dežić 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

3 December 2018 21:00	Netherlands	28–27	Spain	Axone, Montbéliard Attendance: 3,862 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Groot 9	(14–11)	Martín 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 6×

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5 December 2018 18:00	Netherlands	34–23	Croatia	Axone, Montbéliard Attendance: 4,470 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Amega 8	(17–10)	Kalaus, Turk 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

5 December 2018 21:00	Hungary	32–26	Spain	Axone, Montbéliard Attendance: 2,768 Referees: Mošorinski, Pandžić (SRB)
	Planéta 8	(19–14)	Martín 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

1 December 2018 15:00	Norway	32–33	Germany	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,520 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Oftedal 7	(16–15)	Bölk, Großmann 5
	2× 5×	Report	2× 5×

1 December 2018 18:00	Romania	31–28	Czech Republic	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 3,098 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Buceschi 9	(17–11)	Luzumová, Malá 5
	1× 4×	Report	2× 7× 1×

3 December 2018 18:00	Germany	24–29	Romania	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 2,106 Referees: Mošorinski, Pandžić (SRB)
	Behnke 8	(11–14)	Buceschi 11
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4×

3 December 2018 21:00	Czech Republic	17–31	Norway	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 1,734 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Marčíková 4	(10–20)	Aune, Løke 6
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5 December 2018 18:00	Germany	30–28	Czech Republic	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 2,930 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Schmelzer 7	(16–16)	Luzumová 10
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5 December 2018 21:00	Norway	23–31	Romania	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 2,782 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Aune, Kristiansen 5	(12–18)	Neagu 11
	3× 1×	Report	2× 1×

6 December 2018 18:00	Denmark	23–29	France	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 5,296 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Woller 5	(11–17)	Nze Minko 6
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 3×

6 December 2018 21:00	Sweden	28–30	Montenegro	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 2,614 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Gulldén 6	(14–18)	Radičević 9
	2× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

9 December 2018 15:00	Sweden	21–21	France	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 7,241 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Gulldén 6	(14–11)	Lacrabère 5
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

9 December 2018 18:00	Serbia	25–29	Russia	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 6,420 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Krpež Šlezak 7	(13–16)	Dmitrieva 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

10 December 2018 18:00	Denmark	21–32	Russia	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 2,812 Referees: Bethmann, Tzaferopoulos (GRE)
	Heindahl 5	(9–14)	Vyakhireva 9
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10 December 2018 21:00	Serbia	27–28	Montenegro	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 2,307 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Krpež Šlezak 12	(15–12)	Jauković, Mehmedović, Raičević 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

12 December 2018 15:45	Denmark	24–23	Montenegro	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,811 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Hansen 6	(15–11)	Radičević 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

12 December 2018 18:00	Sweden	39–30	Russia	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 3,848 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Hagman 17	(18–17)	Samokhina 6
	1× 2×	Report	3× 3×

12 December 2018 21:00	Serbia	28–38	France	Hall XXL, Nantes Attendance: 7,046 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Kovačević, Krpež Šlezak, Pop-Lazić 5	(14–18)	Nze Minko 9
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×