2000 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2000 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Romania from 8–17 December. It was won by Hungary by beating Ukraine 32–30 after extra time in the final match.

2000 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Romania
Dates8–17 December
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Hungary (1st title)
Runner-up Ukraine
Third place Russia
Fourth place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches34
Goals scored1716 (50.47 per match)
Top scorer(s) Simona Gogîrlă (ROU) (68 goals)
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Venues

The teams of the tournament were divided into two groups. The matches of Group A took place in the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea, while Group B games and the final round were played in the capital city, Bucharest.

Teams

Group A Group B
 Germany  Belarus
 Austria  Denmark
 France  North Macedonia
 Hungary  Norway
 Russia  Romania
 FR Yugoslavia  Ukraine

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 5 4 1 0 159 115 +44 9
 Russia 5 4 0 1 118 104 +14 8
 France 5 3 0 2 127 106 +21 6
 FR Yugoslavia 5 2 1 2 139 138 +1 5
 Germany 5 1 0 4 117 134 17 2
 Austria 5 0 0 5 89 152 63 0
Source:
December 8, 2000
Hungary 33 – 33 FR Yugoslavia
Austria 20 – 30 Germany
France 21 – 22 Russia
December 9, 2000
Germany 22 – 33 Hungary
FR Yugoslavia 19 – 26 France
Russia 28 – 19 Austria
December 10, 2000
France 25 – 19 Germany
Austria 12 – 35 Hungary
Russia 27 – 20 FR Yugoslavia
December 12, 2000
Austria 24 – 33 FR Yugoslavia
Hungary 32 – 29 France
Germany 18 – 22 Russia
December 13, 2000
Hungary 26 – 19 Russia
FR Yugoslavia 34 – 28 Germany
France 26 – 14 Austria

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ukraine 5 2 3 0 130 120 +10 7
 Romania 5 3 1 1 128 118 +10 7
 Norway 5 2 2 1 132 126 +6 6
 Macedonia 5 1 2 2 113 123 10 4
 Denmark 5 1 1 3 130 137 7 3
 Belarus 5 0 3 2 134 143 9 3
Source:
December 8, 2000
Romania 29 – 28 Belarus
Norway 24 – 24 Ukraine
Denmark 19 – 20 Macedonia
December 9, 2000
Ukraine 29 – 29 Denmark
Macedonia 19 – 19 Romania
Belarus 26 – 26 Norway
December 10, 2000
Macedonia 19 – 27 Ukraine
Romania 26 – 22 Norway
Denmark 34 – 26 Belarus
December 12, 2000
Belarus 27 – 27 Macedonia
Romania 21 – 23 Ukraine
Norway 29 – 22 Denmark
December 13, 2000
Ukraine 27 – 27 Belarus
Denmark 26 – 33 Romania
Norway 31 – 28 Macedonia

Final round

 
Semi-FinalFinal
 
      
 
December 16, 2000
 
 
 Ukraine 28
 
December 17, 2000
 
 Russia 24
 
 Ukraine 30
 
December 16, 2000
 
 Hungary (ET) 32
 
 Hungary 25
 
 
 Romania 24
 
3rd/4th Place
 
 
December 17, 2000
 
 
 Russia 21
 
 
 Romania 16

Final ranking

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