1998 European Women's Handball Championship

The 1998 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Netherlands from 11–20 December. It was won by Norway after beating Denmark 24–16 in the final match.

1998 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates11–20 December
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Norway (1st title)
Runner-up Denmark
Third place Hungary
Fourth place Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches38
Goals scored1858 (48.89 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ausra Fridrikas (68 goals)
Best player Trine Haltvik
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Venues

The tournament was held in the following cities:

Teams

The participating teams were divided into two groups.

Group A Group B
 Ukraine  Denmark
 Hungary  Norway
 Austria  Poland
 Netherlands  North Macedonia
 Germany  Spain
 Romania  Russia

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 5 4 0 1 134 118 +16 8
 Hungary 5 4 0 1 131 109 +22 8
 Germany 5 4 0 1 117 119 2 8
 Ukraine 5 2 0 3 128 127 +1 4
 Netherlands 5 1 0 4 107 121 14 2
 Romania 5 0 0 5 120 143 23 0
Source:
December 11, 1998
Hungary 28 – 24 Romania
Austria 24 – 25 Germany
Ukraine 23 – 16 Netherlands
December 13, 1998
Netherlands 19 – 28 Hungary
Romania 24 – 26 Austria
Germany 28 – 27 Ukraine
December 14, 1998
Hungary 21 – 26 Austria
Netherlands 18 – 19 Germany
Ukraine 32 – 24 Romania
December 16, 1998
Austria 30 – 24 Ukraine
Romania 23 – 30 Netherlands
Hungary 25 – 18 Germany
December 17, 1998
Ukraine 22 – 29 Hungary
Germany 27 – 25 Romania
Austria 28 – 24 Netherlands

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 5 5 0 0 137 102 +35 10
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 138 115 +23 8
 Poland 5 3 0 2 112 110 +2 6
 Macedonia 5 2 0 3 111 136 25 4
 Russia 5 0 1 4 112 128 16 1
 Spain 5 0 1 4 107 126 19 1
Source:
December 11, 1998
Poland 20 – 15 Spain
Denmark 37 – 21 Macedonia
Norway 25 – 20 Russia
December 12, 1998
Russia 21 – 25 Poland
Spain 23 – 26 Denmark
Macedonia 23 – 27 Norway
December 14, 1998
Macedonia 27 – 22 Spain
Norway 30 – 19 Poland
Denmark 27 – 22 Russia
December 16, 1998
Russia 23 – 25 Macedonia
Norway 27 – 21 Spain
Poland 21 – 29 Denmark
December 17, 1998
Spain 26 – 26 Russia
Poland 27 – 15 Macedonia
Denmark 19 – 28 Norway

Final round

 
Semi-FinalFinal
 
      
 
December 19, 1998
 
 
 Austria 24
 
December 20, 1998
 
 Denmark 35
 
 Denmark 16
 
December 19, 1998
 
 Norway 24
 
 Norway 28
 
 
 Hungary 14
 
3rd/4th Place
 
 
December 20, 1998
 
 
 Austria 24
 
 
 Hungary 30

Ranking and Statistics

References

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