2014 European Women's Handball Championship

2014 European Women's
Handball Championship

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Tournament details
Host countries  Hungary
 Croatia
Dates 7–21 December
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Norway (6th title)
Runner-up  Spain
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place  Montenegro
Tournament statistics
Matches 47
Goals scored 2375 (50.53 per match)
Attendance 122,070 (2,597 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sweden Isabelle Gulldén
(58 goals)
Best player Sweden Isabelle Gulldén[1]
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The 2014 European Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh continental tournament for women's national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation. The second jointly-hosted edition in the competition's history took place in Hungary and Croatia from 7 to 21 December 2014.[2]

Norway won their sixth title after beating Spain 28–25 in the final.[3] Sweden defeated Montenegro 25–23 to capture the bronze medal.[4]

Norway's victory ensured their qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, they later won the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, vacating the European champion Olympic berth which fell to Spain as the runner-up. The two next-best placed teams, Sweden and Montenegro, earned spots in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

Host selection

Initially there were two applicants for the tournament, Slovenia and Turkey, with none of them having the experience of organizing a continental event before. However, both candidates withdrew their offers later, thus the host nation could not be selected on the 10th Ordinary EHF Congress between 24 and 25 September 2010 as it was planned.[5]

Instead, the European Handball Federation re-launched the bidding process. As a result, six federations (Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Slovakia, Sweden and Turkey) showed intention to host the championship. Until the final deadline of 28 January 2011, EHF received three bids from four federations:[6]

After a thorough analysis, Slovakia was excluded from the race first, as they failed to ensure a minimum of four arenas that meet the strict criteria for the European Championship.[7] The EHF Executive Committee decided between the two remaining aspirants on its meeting on 9 April 2011, awarding the right to host the 11th Women’s EHF European Handball Championship to Hungary and Croatia.[2]

Venues

Country City Arena Capacity Round
Hungary Budapest László Papp Budapest Sports Arena 12,500 Knockout stage
Debrecen Főnix Hall 8,500 Group B, Main round
Győr Audi Aréna 5,000 Group A
Croatia Zagreb Arena Zagreb 15,200 Main round
Varaždin Varaždin Arena 5,200 Group C
Osijek Gradski vrt Hall 3,538 Group D

Qualification

Qualified teams

Country Qualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
 Croatia Host nation 9 April 2011 7 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Hungary Host nation 9 April 2011 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Norway Winner of Group 6 26 March 2014 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 France Winner of Group 2 29 March 2014 7 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Russia Runner-up of Group 7 29 March 2014 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Montenegro Winner of Group 3 30 March 2014 2 (2010, 2012)
 Denmark Winner of Group 1 4 June 2014 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Germany Winner of Group 7 11 June 2014 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Slovakia Runner-up of Group 2 11 June 2014 1 (1994)
 Spain Winner of Group 4 11 June 2014 7 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Sweden Winner of Group 5 11 June 2014 8 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Netherlands Runner-up of Group 4 12 June 2014 4 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010)
 Poland Runner-up of Group 3 14 June 2014 3 (1996, 1998, 2006)
 Romania Runner-up of Group 6 15 June 2014 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 Serbia Runner-up of Group 5 15 June 2014 3 (2008, 2010, 2012)
 Ukraine Runner-up of Group 1 15 June 2014 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.

Seeding

The draw was held on 19 June 2014 at 13:00 local time in Zagreb, Croatia.[8][9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Referees

12 referee pairs were selected:[10]

Referees
 Croatia Dalibor Jurinović
Marko Mrvica
 Czech Republic Jiří Opava
Pavel Válek
 Denmark Dennis Stenrand
Anders Birch
 France Charlotte Bonaventura
Julie Bonaventura
 Germany Robert Schulze
Tobias Tönnies
 Hungary Péter Horváth
Balázs Márton

Referees
 Norway Kjersti Arntsen
Guro Røen
 Romania Diana-Carmen Florescu
Anamaria Stoia
 Russia Evgenij Zotin
Nikolaj Volodkov
 Slovakia Peter Brunovský
Vladimír Čanda
 Spain Andreu Marín
Ignacio García
 Turkey Kürşad Erdoğan
İbrahim Özdeniz

Preliminary round

The playing schedule was released on 4 June 2014.[11]

Team advanced to the main round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 81 72 +9 6
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 84 79 +5 3
 Poland 3 1 0 2 74 84 −10 2
 Russia 3 0 1 2 79 83 −4 1
7 December 2014
18:00
Spain  29–22  Poland Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Martín 9 (16–13) Kudłacz 6
  Report  
7 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  29–29  Russia Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Triscsuk 6 (14–15) Dmitrieva 7
  Report  

9 December 2014
18:15
Russia  24–25  Spain Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Kuznetcova, Sen 5 (14–13) Martín 9
  Report   Red card
9 December 2014
20:30
Poland  23–29  Hungary Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Kudłacz 7 (7–14) Mayer, Tomori 6
  Report  

11 December 2014
18:15
Russia  26–29  Poland Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Bliznova, Punko 7 (11–13) Kudłacz 9
  Report   Red card
11 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  26–27  Spain Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Tomori, Triscsuk 6 (13–13) Martín 10
  Report  

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 3 0 0 88 63 +25 6
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 82 79 +3 3
 Romania 3 1 1 1 71 78 −7 3
 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 68 89 −21 0
7 December 2014
18:15
Norway  27–19  Romania Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Oftedal 5 (16–7) Neagu 7
  Report  
7 December 2014
20:30
Denmark  32–23  Ukraine Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Nørgaard 8 (14–11) Borshchenko 7
  Report  

9 December 2014
18:15
Romania  29–29  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Neagu, Țăcălie 10 (16–12) Fisker 8
  Report  
9 December 2014
20:30
Ukraine  23–34  Norway Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Glibko 7 (13–17) Mørk, Solberg 6
  Report   Red card

11 December 2014
18:15
Romania  23–22  Ukraine Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Neagu 8 (12–9) Borshchenko 10
  Report  
11 December 2014
20:30
Norway  27–21  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Løke 7 (12–13) Burgaard, Nørgaard 4
  Report  

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 2 1 0 99 90 +9 5
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 86 87 −1 3
 Germany 3 1 0 2 84 92 −8 2
 Croatia 3 1 0 2 83 83 0 2
8 December 2014
18:00
Germany  26–29  Netherlands Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Huber, Naidzinavicius 6 (11–12) Polman 7
  Report  
8 December 2014
20:15
Sweden  30–28  Croatia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Gulldén 7 (17–17) Penezić, Zebić 6
  Report  

10 December 2014
18:00
Netherlands  30–30  Sweden Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Polman 10 (14–14) Odén 7
  Report  
10 December 2014
20:15
Croatia  24–26  Germany Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Penezić 13 (14–13) Minevskaja, S. Müller 5
  Report  

12 December 2014
18:00
Sweden  39–32  Germany Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
Gulldén 10 (23–17) Nadgornaja 9
  Report  
12 December 2014
20:15
Croatia  31–27  Netherlands Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Penezić 11 (17–15) Van der Heijden 5
  Report  

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 72 54 +18 6
 Montenegro 3 2 0 1 70 67 +3 4
 Slovakia 3 1 0 2 65 70 −5 2
 Serbia 3 0 0 3 56 72 −16 0
8 December 2014
18:00
France  21–18  Slovakia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
Dembélé 6 (7–9) Školková, Trehubová 4
  Report  
8 December 2014
20:15
Montenegro  22–19  Serbia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
K. Bulatović, Lazović 5 (10–8) Lekić 6
  Report  

10 December 2014
18:00
Serbia  16–27  France Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Rajović, Stoiljković 4 (3–11) Lacrabère 6
  Report   Red card
10 December 2014
20:15
Slovakia  24–28  Montenegro Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Dubajová 5 (10–20) Radičević 6
  Report  

12 December 2014
18:00
Montenegro  20–24  France Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Knežević 6 (12–12) Pineau 8
  Report  
12 December 2014
20:15
Serbia  21–23  Slovakia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 2,600
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Cvijić 6 (11–6) Jakubisová 8
  Report   Red card

Main round

Team advanced to the semi-finals
Team qualified for the 5th/6th place match

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 5 4 0 1 134 119 +15 8
 Spain 5 3 0 2 131 121 +10 6
 Hungary 5 3 0 2 124 117 +7 6
 Denmark 5 2 1 2 123 124 −1 5
 Romania 5 2 1 2 113 115 −2 5
 Poland 5 0 0 5 107 136 −29 0
13 December 2014
16:00
Poland  19–28  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Siódmiak 5 (9–9) Fisker 6
  Report  
13 December 2014
18:15
Spain  26–29  Norway Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Pena 7 (16–16) Riegelhuth 7
  Report  
13 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  20–19  Romania Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 5,370
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Szucsánszki, Triscsuk 4 (10–8) Neagu 8
  Report  

15 December 2014
16:00
Spain  20–22  Romania Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Pinedo 5 (14–9) Neagu 7
  Report  
15 December 2014
18:15
Poland  24–26  Norway Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Drabik 5 (15–11) Mørk 11
  Report  
15 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  20–23  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Tomori, Tóth 5 (9–11) L. Jørgensen 6
  Report  

17 December 2014
16:00
Poland  19–24  Romania Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
five players 3 (9–11) Neagu 9
  Report  
17 December 2014
18:15
Spain  29–22  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Barbosa 6 (15–12) L. Jørgensen 7
  Report  
17 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  29–25  Norway Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Bulath 6 (15–11) Løke 6
  Report  

Group II

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Montenegro 5 4 0 1 136 124 +12 8
 Sweden 5 3 1 1 158 140 +18 7
 France 5 3 1 1 115 109 +6 7
 Netherlands 5 2 1 2 134 127 +7 5
 Germany 5 1 1 3 138 141 −3 3
 Slovakia 5 0 0 5 106 146 −40 0
14 December 2014
15:45
Germany  20–27  Montenegro Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Zapf 6 (10–12) Knežević 8
  Report  
14 December 2014
18:00
Sweden  29–26  France Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Hagman 7 (12–14) Lacrabère 10
  Report  
14 December 2014
20:15
Netherlands  30–20  Slovakia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Polman 7 (17–10) Školková 6
  Report  

16 December 2014
15:45
Netherlands  27–31  Montenegro Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Polman 8 (13–15) K. Bulatović 10
  Report  
16 December 2014
18:00
Sweden  31–22  Slovakia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Gulldén 9 (17–11) Szarková 7
  Report  
16 December 2014
20:15
Germany  24–24  France Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 800
Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
Geschke 9 (13–10) Baudouin, Dembélé 5
  Report  

17 December 2014
15:45
Sweden  29–30  Montenegro Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Gulldén 9 (18–13) Radičević 9
  Report   Red card
17 December 2014
18:00
Germany  36–22  Slovakia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 600
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Huber, Lang 6 (17–10) Dubajová 5
  Report  
17 December 2014
20:15
Netherlands  18–20  France Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 600
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Groot 10 (9–7) three players 4
  Report  

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals Final
19 December
  Norway  29  
  Sweden  25  
 
21 December
      Norway  28
    Spain  25
Third place game
19 December 21 December
  Spain  19   Sweden  25
  Montenegro  18     Montenegro  23

All times are local (UTC+1).

Semifinals

19 December 2014
18:00
Montenegro  18–19  Spain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Radičević 6 (8–13) Pinedo 5
  Report  

19 December 2014
20:30
Norway  29–25  Sweden László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Løke 6 (13–11) Gulldén 9
  Report  

Fifth place game

19 December 2014
15:30
Hungary  25–26  France László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Triscsuk 10 (13–16) Nze Minko 7
  Report  

Third place game

21 December 2014
15:30
Sweden  25–23  Montenegro László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Gulldén 7 (11–12) K. Bulatović 8
  Red card Report  

Final

21 December 2014
18:00
Norway  28–25  Spain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Riegelhuth Koren 10 (10–12) Pena 10
  Report  

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Norway
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden
4  Montenegro
5  France
6  Hungary
7  Netherlands
8  Denmark
9  Romania
10  Germany
11  Poland
12  Slovakia
13  Croatia
14  Russia
15  Serbia
16  Ukraine
Qualified for the 2015 World Championship
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

Note: As Norway later qualified for the olympics as World Champions, the qualification slot went to the runner up instead and Montenegro qualified for the qualification tournament instead of Spain.

Awards

The all-star team and awards were announced on 21 December 2014.[1]

All-Star Team

Other awards

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Isabelle Gulldén  Sweden 58 89 65%
2 Cristina Neagu  Romania 49 97 51%
3 Carmen Martín  Spain 46 65 71%
4 Katarina Bulatović  Montenegro 44 86 51%
5 Nora Mørk  Norway 41 69 59%
6 Krisztina Triscsuk  Hungary 39 53 74%
7 Nerea Pena  Spain 38 61 62%
8 Alexandra Lacrabère  France 37 73 51%
9 Heidi Løke  Norway 37 51 73%
10 Ida Odén  Sweden 36 58 62%

Source: SportResult.com

Top goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Silje Solberg  Norway 41% 94 227
2 Paula Ungureanu  Romania 40% 80 198
3 Katja Schülke  Germany 39% 56 142
4 Éva Kiss  Hungary 38% 72 188
Sandra Toft  Denmark 62 163
6 Amandine Leynaud  France 36% 56 157
Silvia Navarro  Spain 89 247
8 Marina Vukčević  Montenegro 34% 21 62
Marta Žderić  Croatia 27 80
10 Sonja Barjaktarović  Montenegro 33% 71 217

Source: SportResult.com

References

  1. 1 2 "EHF EURO All-star team announced". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Women's EHF Euro 2014 goes to Hungary and Croatia, 9 April 2011, accessdate, 9 April 2011
  3. "Norway win sixth EHF EURO gold". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014.
  4. "Gullden leads Sweden to first EHF EURO bronze". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014.
  5. Men's EHF Euro 2014 goes to Denmark, 25 September 2013, accessdate, 9 April 2011
  6. "Women's EHF EURO 2014 bids". European Handball Federation. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  7. "Women's EHF EURO 2014 to be awarded". European Handball Federation. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  8. "The eyes of European women's handball are on Zagreb". eurohandball.com. 2014-06-16.
  9. "Europe's best teams gather in Hungary and Croatia". eurohandball.com. 2014-06-19.
  10. "EHF nominates referees for Women's EHF EURO 2014". ehf-euro.com. 2014-10-02.
  11. Match schedule

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