2012 European Women's Handball Championship

2012 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host country  Serbia
Dates 4–16 December
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Montenegro (1st title)
Runner-up  Norway
Third place  Hungary
Fourth place  Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches 47
Goals scored 2381 (50.66 per match)
Attendance 122,604 (2,609 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Katarina Bulatović (MNE) (56 goals)
Best player  Anja Edin (NOR)
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The 2012 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 4 to 16 December. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in the Netherlands but on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation withdrew from the organization. Subsequently, the European Handball Federation (EHF) launched a new bidding process and eventually selected Serbia as the new host on 18 June 2012.

Montenegro captured their first title by defeating defending champion Norway 34–31 in the final.[1]

Host selection

Initially on its meeting on 27 September 2008 the EHF awarded the championship to the Netherlands, beating the bids of Germany and Serbia.[2] This could have been the second time for Netherlands to host the tournament,[3] however, on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation announced they are unable to organize the European Championship.[4] A day later the EHF re-launched the host selection process;[5] ten nations had shown interest in organizing the competition, including Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia and Sweden.[6] Romania added their interest the day after.[7] On 18 June 2012 the EHF granted the organizational rights to Serbia and also disposed of the fate of the Dutch national team. Since Serbia, the new host already qualified for the European Championship, the place reserved for the host nation was passed to Iceland as the best non-qualified team and the Netherlands were pulled out from the tournament.[5]

Venues

Five venues in four cities had been selected to host the matches:[8]

Group stage
Vršac Niš
Millennium Center
Capacity: 4,000
Čair Sports Center
Capacity: 5,000
Group stage and Knockout stage Knockout stage

Belgrade
Niš
Novi Sad
Vršac
Novi Sad Belgrade
Spens Sports Center
Capacity: 11,500
Kombank Arena
Capacity: 23,000
City Arena Capacity[9] Round
Belgrade Kombank Arena 20,000 Group A, Main Round, Semifinals and Finals
Novi Sad Spens Arena 8,000 Group C, Main Round
Vršac Millennium Center 4,058 Group D
Niš Čair Sports Center 4,000 Group B

Qualification

Qualification matches were played from September 2011 to June 2012. Following the new system introduced for the 2010 Men's Championship, all teams were included in the qualification round, except Netherlands who were hosts before the withdrawal.[4] Teams were divided in 7 groups and the two top ranked teams from each group qualified.

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament1
 NorwayDefending champion19 December 20109 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 CroatiaWinner of group 624 March 20126 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Czech RepublicRunner-up of group 525 March 20123 (1994, 2002, 2004)
 SwedenWinner of group 525 March 20127 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 GermanyWinner of group 130 May 20129 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 HungaryRunner-up of group 130 May 20129 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 RomaniaWinner of group 230 May 20128 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010)
 SerbiaRunner-up of group 230 May 20122 ( 2008, 2010)
 FranceWinner of group 430 May 20126 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 DenmarkRunner-up of group 62 June 20129 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 SpainRunner-up of group 72 June 20126 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 UkraineWinner of group 73 June 20129 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 MacedoniaRunner-up of group 43 June 20124 (1998, 2000, 2006, 2008)
 MontenegroWinner of group 33 June 20121 (2010)
 RussiaRunner-up of group 33 June 20129 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 IcelandAwarded final place[5]18 June 20121 (2010)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.

Squads

Referees

12 referee pairs were selected:[10]

Seeding

The draw was scheduled to be held on 6 June 2012 at 14:00 local time in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[11] The draw procedure was announced on 15 May.[12][13] It was canceled because of the withdrawal of the Dutch Handball Federation.[4] The draw was rescheduled to 22 June 2012 in Monaco.[5] The pots were new assigned due to the removal of the Netherlands and the addition of Iceland.[14]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 22 June 2012.[15] The playing schedule was released on 13 July.[16][17]

The top three teams from each group advanced to the main round, while the last placed team from each group was eliminated.

     Team advanced to the main round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 3 0 0 67 62 +5 6
 Serbia 3 2 0 1 79 75 +4 4
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 68 71 −3 2
 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 62 68 −6 0
4 December 2012
17:45
Ukraine  22 – 25  Czech Republic Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 450
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Borshchenko 7 (7–12) Štěrbová, Luzumová 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

4 December 2012
20:15
Norway  28 – 26  Serbia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Riegelhuth Koren 8 (17–12) Ognjenović 9
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6 December 2012
18:15
Serbia  25 – 23  Ukraine Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Popović, Damnjanović 5 (14–10) Managarova 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

6 December 2012
20:15
Czech Republic  19 – 21  Norway Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 450
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki-Radić (CRO)
Poznarová 5 (12–10) Sulland 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

8 December 2012
18:15
Norway  18 – 17  Ukraine Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,554
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Sulland 6 (8–11) Glibko, Borshchenko 4
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card Red card

8 December 2012
20:15
Serbia  28 – 24  Czech Republic Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Horvárth, Márton (HUN)
Lekić, Pop-Lazić 6 (12–15) Černá, Chrenková 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 0 1 80 61 +19 4
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 91 84 +7 4
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 70 65 +5 4
 Macedonia 3 0 0 3 61 92 −31 0
4 December 2012
18:15
France  29 – 16  Macedonia Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 750
Referees: Horvárth, Márton (HUN)
Baudouin 8 (15–10) Portjanko 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

4 December 2012
20:15
Sweden  27 – 26  Denmark Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 300
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Ahlm 10 (13–15) Jørgensen 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

6 December 2012
18:15
Macedonia  15 – 26  Sweden Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 300
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Bajramoska 4 (8–11) Torstenson 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

6 December 2012
20:15
Denmark  28 – 27  France Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 200
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Nørgaard, Burgaard 7 (15–12) Baudouin, Njitam 5
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8 December 2012
18:15
Sweden  17 – 24  France Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 500
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki-Radić (CRO)
Torstenson 5 (8–13) Signate, Mendy 4
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

8 December 2012
20:15
Denmark  37 – 30  Macedonia Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Augustesen 8 (17–13) Crvenkoska, Portjanko 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 83 80 +3 4
 Spain 3 2 0 1 79 73 +6 4
 Germany 3 1 0 2 58 63 −5 2
 Croatia 3 1 0 2 65 69 −4 2
4 December 2012
18:15
Germany  20 – 23  Spain SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
Steinbach 6 (12–13) Martín 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

4 December 2012
20:15
Croatia  28 – 27  Hungary SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Zebić 9 (15–14) Tomori 9
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

5 December 2012
18:15
Spain  25 – 21  Croatia SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Mangué 7 (13–10) Zebić 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

5 December 2012
20:15
Hungary  24 – 21  Germany SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Görbicz 9 (11–14) Zapf 5
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

7 December 2012
18:15
Hungary  32 – 31  Spain SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Tomori 12 (17–14) Martín 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

7 December 2012
20:15
Croatia  16 – 17  Germany SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Zebić 5 (7–8) Augsburg 4
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Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Montenegro 3 3 0 0 79 63 +16 6
 Russia 3 1 1 1 78 72 +6 3
 Romania 3 1 1 1 63 63 0 3
 Iceland 3 0 0 3 56 78 −22 0
4 December 2012
18:05
Montenegro  26 – 16  Iceland Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Bulatović 7 (10–7) Bragadóttir 5
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

4 December 2012
20:15
Romania  21 – 21  Russia Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Curea 9 (12–7) Khmyrova 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

5 December 2012
18:05
Russia  27 – 30  Montenegro Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Postnova 5 (14–20) Knežević, Radičević 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

5 December 2012
20:15
Iceland  19 – 22  Romania Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
Jónsdóttir 5 (13–15) Brădeanu 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

7 December 2012
18:05
Russia  30 – 21  Iceland Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Postnova, Sen 5 (15–8) Jónsdóttir 4
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

7 December 2012
20:15
Romania  20 – 23  Montenegro Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Brădeanu 6 (10–9) Bulatović 9
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Main round

The top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semifinals, while the third placed team from each group compete in a 5th/6th place play-off. The start times of matches in Group I were 16:10, 18:10 and 20:10 while in Group II the times were 16:15, 18:15 and 20:15. The matches were assigned after the preliminary round.

     Team advanced to the semifinals
     Team competed for the 5th/6th place

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 5 4 0 1 140 124 +16 8
 Serbia 5 3 1 1 124 118 +6 7
 Denmark 5 3 0 2 148 146 +2 6
 Sweden 5 2 1 2 127 127 0 5
 France 5 2 0 3 111 115 −4 4
 Czech Republic 5 0 0 5 121 141 −20 0
10 December 2012
16:10
Czech Republic  30 – 33  Denmark Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 400
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Knedlíková, Kutlvašrová 6 (12–13) Nørgaard 10
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

10 December 2012
18:10
Norway  30 – 19  France Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 500
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Sulland 7 (14–10) Baudouin 5
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

10 December 2012
20:10
Serbia  23 – 23  Sweden Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Rajović 5 (13–14) Torstenson 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

11 December 2012
16:10
Czech Republic  22 – 24  France Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 800
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Chrenková 4 (10–14) Ayglon 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

11 December 2012
18:10
Norway  28 – 25  Sweden Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Horvárth, Márton (HUN)
Edin 9 (12–14) Gulldén 10
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11 December 2012
20:10
Serbia  29 – 26  Denmark Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Damnjanović 8 (16–14) Jørgensen 5
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

13 December 2012
16:10
Czech Republic  26 – 35  Sweden Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Chrenková 7 (14–14) Fogelström 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

13 December 2012
18:10
Serbia  18 – 17  France Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Rajović 5 (10–6) Signate 4
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

13 December 2012
20:10
Norway  33 – 35  Denmark Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Horvárth, Márton (HUN)
Sulland, Alstad 6 (17–15) Burgaard 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Group II

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Montenegro 5 4 0 1 128 123 +5 8
 Hungary 5 3 0 2 132 130 +2 6
 Russia 5 1 3 1 130 127 +3 5
 Germany 5 2 1 2 119 116 +3 5
 Romania 5 1 1 3 114 120 −6 3
 Spain 5 1 1 3 128 135 −7 3
9 December 2012
16:15
Spain  26 – 31  Romania SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 700
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Fernández, Mangué 5 (12–15) Neagu, Curea 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card Red card

9 December 2012
18:15
Hungary  26 – 28  Montenegro SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Szucsánszki 8 (9–15) Radičević 9
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9 December 2012
20:15
Germany  26 – 26  Russia SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 600
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Steinbach 9 (16–13) Khmyrova 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

11 December 2012
16:15
Spain  25 – 25  Russia SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 800
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki-Radić (CRO)
Martín 11 (13–14) Postnova 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card Red card

11 December 2012
18:15
Germany  27 – 20  Montenegro SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Steinbach 7 (14–9) Bulatović 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

11 December 2012
20:15
Hungary  25 – 19  Romania SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Vérten 7 (14–12) Neagu, Nechita 6
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13 December 2012
16:15
Spain  23 – 27  Montenegro SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Fernández 7 (16–13) Bulatović 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

13 December 2012
18:15
Germany  25 – 23  Romania SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Steinbach 8 (16–9) Vădineanu, Nechita 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card Red card

13 December 2012
20:15
Hungary  25 – 31  Russia SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki-Radić (CRO)
Rédei Soós 5 (11–13) Ilyina 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 December
 
 
 Norway30
 
16 December
 
 Hungary19
 
 Norway31
 
15 December
 
 Montenegro (ET)34
 
 Serbia26
 
 
 Montenegro27
 
Third place
 
 
16 December
 
 
 Hungary (ET)41
 
 
 Serbia38

Semifinals

15 December 2012
14:30
Norway  30 – 19  Hungary Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Edin, Riegelhuth Koren 6 (16–11) Görbicz 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

15 December 2012
17:00
Serbia  26 – 27  Montenegro Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Filipović 7 (14–13) Knežević 8
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Fifth place game

15 December 2012
12:00
Denmark  32 – 30  Russia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 800
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Nørgaard, Burgaard 8 (15–15) Sen 6
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

Third place game

16 December 2012
14:30
Hungary  41 – 38 (ET)  Serbia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Viktória Rédei Soós 9 (21–19) three players 7
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

FT: 33–33 ET: 8–5

Final

16 December 2012
17:00
Norway  31 – 34 (ET)  Montenegro Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Alstad 11 (11–12) Knežević 10
 Yellow card Report  Yellow card

FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 3–6

Final ranking and statistics

Qualified for the 2013 World Championship

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