European Women's Handball Championship
| Founded | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Region | Europe (EHF) |
| Number of teams |
27 (Qualification) 16 (Final Tournament) |
| Current champions |
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| Most successful team(s) |
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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 2014, the only teams that have ever won the championship are Norway (seven times), Denmark (three times), Hungary and Montenegro (once).
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]
Tournaments
All-time top scorers
| Goals | Player |
|---|---|
| 205 | Ágnes Farkas |
| 190 | Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren |
| 190 | Cristina Neagu |
Medal count
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 |  | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Total hosts
| Rank | Nation | Hosts | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 4 | 1996, 2002, 2010, 2020 |
| 2 | | 2 | 2004, 2014 |
| 2006, 2016 | ||
| 2010, 2020 | ||
 | 2008, 2022 | ||
| 6 | | 1 | 1994 |
| 1998 | ||
| 2000 | ||
 | 2012 | ||
 | 2014 | ||
| 2018 | ||
| 2022 | ||
 | 2022 |
Participation history
| Nation | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | Participations |
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9 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 15 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
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– | – | – | 11 | 16 | 16 | – | 12 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
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5 | 6 | – | – | – | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 9 |
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8 | – | – | – | 8 | 15 | – | – | – | 12 | – | 10 | 5 |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
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– | – | – | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
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2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
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4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 12 |
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 15 | – | – | 2 |
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– | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
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– | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | 12 | 7 | – | 16 | – | – | 5 |
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– | – | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 4 | ||||||
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– | – | 10 | – | 14 | – | 15 | – | 8 | – | 7 | 2 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
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– | 11 | 5 | – | – | – | 8 | – | – | – | 11 | 15 | 5 |
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
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10 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | – | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
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6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 12 |
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14 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 6 | ||||||
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12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | 2 |
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– | – | – | – | 10 | 9 | 16 | – | 16 | – | – | 14 | 5 |
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– | – | 12 | – | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 9 |
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7 | 8 | – | – | 15 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
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11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | – | 11 |
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Notes
- 1 2 3 4 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.
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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