2006 European Women's Handball Championship

2006 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Sweden
Dates 7–17 December
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Norway (3rd title)
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  France
Fourth place  Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches 47
Goals scored 2510 (53.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Nadine Krause (GER) (58 goals)
Best player  Gro Hammerseng (NOR)
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The 2006 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 7–17 December. It was won by Norway after beating Russia 27–24 in the final match.

This championship was also the European qualifying event for 2008 Olympics, and Norway earned a spot at the 2008 Games for being the European champion. If Norway also becomes the 2007 World champion, the 2nd place team will qualify for the Olympics. In addition, the 1 or 2 (if Europe finishes in the top 2 continents at the world championship) best ranked teams in this championship, which are outside top 7 at the world championship, will participate at the Olympic qualifying tournament.

Venues

The European Championships will be held in the following cities:

Draw

The following nations were qualified:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Hungary Hungary
Austria Austria
Serbia Serbia
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia

Norway Norway
Germany Germany
Slovenia Slovenia
Poland Poland

Russia Russia
Ukraine Ukraine
Croatia Croatia
Sweden Sweden

Denmark Denmark
Spain Spain
France France
Netherlands Netherlands

Competition Format

  • Preliminary Round: 16 teams are divided into four groups. They play each other in a single round robin system, so each team plays three matches. A win is worth two points, while a draw is worth one point. The top three teams from each group advance to the Main Round.
  • Main Round: 12 teams are divided in two groups. They play against the teams they didn't play in the Preliminary Round, so each team plays 3 matches. All points from the Preliminary Round, except the points gained against the 4th place team in the preliminary group, are carried forward into the Main Round. Same round robin rules apply as in the Preliminary Round. Top 2 teams from each group advance to the Semifinals, while the third placed team from each group advances to the 5th-6th Place Play-off.
  • Final Round: 6 teams play in the final weekend of the championships. 3rd place teams from the Main Round play in the 5th-6th Place Play-off. Other teams play in the Semi finals. Losers of the Semi finals advance to the 3rd-4th Place Play-off, and winners advance to the Final.

Preliminary round

Group A (Skövde)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Hungary330010772+356
 Austria32018394-114
 Macedonia31027281-92
 Serbia30037792-150
December 7, 2006
Serbia23 – 25Macedonia
Hungary42 – 23Austria
December 8, 2006
Austria32 – 27Serbia
Macedonia22 – 30Hungary
December 10, 2006
Austria28 – 25Macedonia
Hungary35 – 27Serbia

Group B (Gothenburg)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Norway330010263+396
 Germany32018377+64
 Poland31027592-172
 Slovenia300380108-280
December 7, 2006
Germany30 – 20Poland
Norway43 – 20Slovenia
December 8, 2006
Slovenia30 – 31Germany
Poland21 – 32Norway
December 10, 2006
Slovenia30 – 34Poland
Norway27 – 22Germany

Group C (Stockholm)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Russia33009769+286
 Croatia32016770-34
 Sweden31025769-122
 Ukraine30037386-130
December 7, 2006
Russia27 – 22Croatia
Ukraine18 – 22Sweden
December 9, 2006
Croatia24 – 23Ukraine
Sweden15 – 30Russia
December 10, 2006
Russia40 – 32Ukraine
Croatia21 – 20Sweden

Group D (Malmö)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Tiebreaker*
 Spain32017867+114+1
 France32017674+240
 Denmark32017771+64-1
 Netherlands30036584-190
December 7, 2006
Spain26 – 16Netherlands
Denmark20 – 24France
December 9, 2006
France24 – 28Spain
Netherlands23 – 30Denmark
December 10, 2006
Denmark27 – 24Spain
France28 – 26Netherlands

* Note - the tiebreaker was the goal difference in the matches between Spain, France and Denmark

Main Round

Group I (Gothenburg)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Norway5500160111+5010
 Germany5401143116+278
 Hungary5302166134+326
 Poland5203130156-264
 Austria5104121173-522
 Macedonia5005113144-310
December 12, 2006
Macedonia33 – 35Poland
Hungary27 – 34Germany
Austria24 – 39Norway
December 13, 2006
Hungary37 – 21Poland
Austria22 – 34Germany
Macedonia13 – 28Norway
December 14, 2006
Austria24 – 33Poland
Macedonia20 – 23Germany
Hungary31 – 34Norway

Group II (Stockholm)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Tiebreaker*
 Russia5500145112+3310
 France5302122117+56
 Sweden5203109120-114+4
 Croatia5203117120-34-1
 Spain5203124133-94-3
 Denmark5104118133-152
December 12, 2006
Croatia27 – 29Spain
Russia25 – 24France
Sweden27 – 22Denmark
December 13, 2006
Croatia21 – 22France
Sweden24 – 19Spain
Russia32 – 27Denmark
December 14, 2006
Sweden23 – 28France
Croatia26 – 22Denmark
Russia31 – 24Spain

* Note - the tiebreaker was the goal difference in the matches between Sweden, Croatia and Spain

Final Round (Stockholm)

1st-4th Place

 
Semi FinalFinal
 
      
 
December 16, 2006
 
 
  Norway 28
 
December 17, 2006
 
  France 24
 
  Norway 27
 
December 16, 2006
 
  Russia 24
 
  Germany 29
 
 
  Russia 33
 
3rd/4th Place
 
 
December 17, 2006
 
 
  France 29
 
 
  Germany 25

5th/6th Place

December 16, 2006

Hungary 32 – 25 Sweden

Ranking and Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1
 Nadine Krause  Germany
58
2
 Karolina Kudłacz  Poland
48
3
 Tanja Logvin  Austria
45
4
 Kari Mette Johansen  Norway
41
Gro Hammerseng  Norway
Grit Jurack  Germany
7
 Marina Naukovic  Macedonia
40
8
 Ibolya Mehlmann  Hungary
37
9
 Angélique Spincer  France
35
10
 Yelena Polenova  Russia
34
Susana Fraile Celaya  Spain

References

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