European Women's Handball Championship

Template:Short description Template:Infobox sports league 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 2024, the only teams that have ever won the championship are Norway (ten times), Denmark (three times), Hungary, Montenegro and France (each once).

History

In year 1946, the International Handball Federation was founded by eight European nations,<ref>History of Handball from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006</ref> and though non-European nations competed at the World Championships, the medals had always been taken by European nations.<ref name=MedalTable>Medals Table – Ranking At Men's World Championships A 1938–1990 from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006</ref> 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.<ref name=Spiegel>Template:In lang Handball-Bundesliga diskutiert Reduzierung auf 16 Teams, by Erik Eggers, published by Der Spiegel online, 30 January 2006</ref> The tournament will be expanded to 24 teams in 2024 to take place in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland.

Tournaments

Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Teams
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Teams
1994 Details	Template:Flagicon Germany	Template:Hbw-big	27–23	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	24–19	Template:Hbw-big	12
1996 Details	Template:Flagicon Denmark	Template:Hbw-big	25–23	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	30–23	Template:Hbw-big	12
1998 Details	Template:Flagicon Netherlands	Template:Hbw-big	24–16	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	30–24	Template:Hbw-big	12
2000 Details	Template:Flagicon Romania	Template:Hbw-big	32–30 (ET)	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	21–16	Template:Hbw-big	12
2002 Details	Template:Flagicon Denmark	Template:Hbw-big	25–22	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	27–22	Template:Hbw-big	16
2004 Details	Template:Flagicon Hungary	Template:Hbw-big	27–25	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	29–25	Template:Hbw-big	16
2006 Details	Template:Flagicon Sweden	Template:Hbw-big	27–24	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	29–25	Template:Hbw-big	16
2008 Details	Template:Flagicon Macedonia	Template:Hbw-big	34–21	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	24–21	Template:Hbw-big	16
2010 Details	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Denmark / Norway	Template:Hbw-big	25–20	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	16–15	Template:Hbw-big	16
2012 Details	Template:Flagicon Serbia	Template:Hbw-big	34–31 (2ET)	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	41–38 (ET)	Template:Hbw-big	16
2014 Details	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Croatia / Hungary	Template:Hbw-big	28–25	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	25–23	Template:Hbw-big	16
2016 Details	Template:Flagicon Sweden	Template:Hbw-big	30–29	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	25–22	Template:Hbw-big	16
2018 Details	Template:Flagicon France	Template:Hbw-big	24–21	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	24–20	Template:Hbw-big	16
2020 Details	Template:Flagicon Denmark	Template:Hbw-big	22–20	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	25–19	Template:Hbw-big	16
2022 Details	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Montenegro / North Macedonia / Slovenia	Template:Hbw-big	27–25	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	27–25 (ET)	Template:Hbw-big	16
2024 Details	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Austria / Hungary / Switzerland	Template:Hbw-big	31–23	Template:Hbw-big	Template:Hbw-big	25–24	Template:Hbw-big	24
2026 Details	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Czech Republic / Poland / Romania / Slovakia / Turkey							24
2028 Details	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Denmark / Norway / Sweden							24
2030 Details	Template:Flagicon TBD							24
2032 Details	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Denmark / Germany / Poland							24

Medal table

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Statistics

Summary (1994–2024)

Source (Table Section): <ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Template:Hbw	16	123	103	6	14	3532	2725	+807	212
2	Template:Hbw	16	115	76	4	35	3020	2787	+233	156
3	Template:Hbw	16	109	59	5	45	2908	2816	+92	123
4	Template:Hbw	13	92	59	3	30	2331	2118	+213	121
5	Template:Hbw	16	102	53	5	44	2596	2557	+39	111
6	Template:Hbw	14	94	49	11	34	2480	2284	+196	109
7	Template:Hbw	15	100	49	4	47	2519	2530	-11	102
8	Template:Hbw	14	87	39	7	41	2238	2229	+9	85
9	Template:Hbw	8	53	31	1	21	1345	1334	+11	63
10	Template:Hbw	10	62	28	2	32	1639	1624	+15	58
11	Template:Hbw	13	77	24	10	43	1896	1973	-77	58
12	Template:Hbw	13	63	26	2	34	1505	1632	-127	54
13	Template:Hbw	12	62	18	7	40	1489	1627	-138	40
14	Template:Hbw	13	60	17	3	40	1604	1731	-127	37
15	Template:Hbw	9	50	19	0	31	1202	1327	-125	38
16	Template:Hbw	9	43	16	1	29	1017	1161	-144	27
17	Template:Hbw	9	40	12	0	28	1010	1165	-155	24
18	Template:Hbw	7	33	7	3	23	756	934	-178	17
19	Template:Hbw	8	37	8	0	29	863	951	-88	16
20	Template:Hbw	4	18	2	5	11	460	509	-49	9
21	Template:Hbw	2	10	2	1	7	264	326	-62	5
22	Template:Hbw	3	15	1	1	13	303	427	-124	3
23	Template:Hbw	3	9	1	0	8	196	250	-54	2
24	Template:Hbw	1	3	0	1	2	66	78	-12	1
25	Template:Hbw	1	3	0	1	2	68	102	-34	1
26	Template:Hbw	2	6	0	0	6	128	181	-53	0
27	Template:Hbw	1	6	0	0	6	124	183	-59	0

Total hosts

Rank	Nation	Hosts	Year(s)
1	Template:Flag	6	1996, 2002, 2010, 2020, (2028), (2032)
2	Template:Flag	3	2004, 2014, 2024
2	Template:Flag	3	2006, 2016, (2028)
4	Template:Flag	2	1994, (2032)
	Template:Flag		2008, 2022
	Template:Flag		(2026), (2032)
	Template:Flag		2000, (2026)
	Template:Flag		2010, (2028)
9	Template:Flag	1	2024
	Template:Flag		2014
	Template:Flag		(2026)
	Template:Flag		2018
	Template:Flag		2022
	Template:Flag		1998
	Template:Flag		2012
	Template:Flag		(2026)
	Template:Flag		2022
	Template:Flag		2024
	Template:Flag		(2026)

Top scorers by tournament

The record-holder for scored goals in a single Euro Championship is Bojana Radulović, where she scored 72 goals Hungary at the 2004 European Women's Handball Championship in Hungary.

Year	Player	Goals
1994	Template:Flagicon Ágnes Farkas	48
1996	Template:Flagicon Kjersti Grini	48
1998	Template:Flagicon Ausra Fridrikas	68
2000	Template:Flagicon Simona Gogîrlă	68
2002	Template:Flagicon Ágnes Farkas	58
2004	Template:Flagicon Bojana Radulović	72
2006	Template:Flagicon Nadine Krause	58
2008	Template:Flagicon Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth	51
2010	Template:Flagicon Cristina Neagu	53
2012	Template:Flagicon Katarina Bulatović	56
2014	Template:Flagicon Isabelle Gulldén	58
2016	Template:Flagicon Nora Mørk	53
2018	Template:Flagicon Katarina Krpež Slezak	50
2020	Template:Flagicon Nora Mørk	52
2022	Template:Flagicon Nora Mørk	50
2024	Template:Flagicon Katrin Klujber	60

Best players by tournament

Year	Player
1994	Not awarded
1996	Template:Hbwicon Anja Andersen
1998	Template:Hbwicon Trine Haltvik
2000	Template:Hbwicon Beáta Siti
2002	Template:Hbwicon Karin Mortensen
2004	Template:Hbwicon Gro Hammerseng
2006	Template:Hbwicon Gro Hammerseng
2008	Template:Hbwicon Kristine Lunde
2010	Template:Hbwicon Linnea Torstenson
2012	Template:Hbwicon Anja Edin
2014	Template:Hbwicon Isabelle Gulldén
2016	Template:Hbwicon Nycke Groot
2018	Template:Hbwicon Anna Vyakhireva
2020	Template:Hbwicon Estelle Nze Minko
2022	Template:Hbwicon Henny Reistad
2024	Template:Hbwicon Anna Kristensen

Participating nations

Template:Main National team appearances in the European Women's Handball Championship

Most successful players

Boldface denotes active handball players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Katrine Lunde (Haraldsen)	Template:NOR	2002	2024	7	2	–	9
2	Camilla Herrem	Template:NOR	2008	2024	6	1	–	7
3	Karoline Dyhre Breivang	Template:NOR	2004	2014	5	1	–	6
	Marit Malm Frafjord	Template:NOR	2006	2020	5	1	–	6
	Stine Bredal Oftedal	Template:NOR	2010	2022	5	1	–	6
	Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren	Template:NOR	2004	2014	5	1	–	6
	Silje Solberg-Østhassel	Template:NOR	2012	2024	5	1	–	6
8	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	Template:NOR	2006	2016	5	–	–	5
8	Nora Mørk	Template:NOR	2010	2022	5	–	–	5
10	Heidi Løke	Template:NOR	2008	2020	4	1	–	5