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2020 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held from 3 to 20 December 2020. The games were played in Herning and Kolding, Denmark.[1][2]

Originally, this tournament would be held with 2 host countries: Norway and Denmark. However, lacking some time for the beginning, Norway renounced the right to seat, respecting the local legislation about the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

The tournament was also one of the qualification events for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship. It was also played behind closed doors due to the pandemic.[4]

Norway won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating France in the final.[5] Croatia won the third place game to capture their first ever medal.[6]

Bidding process

The bids were as follows:[7]

In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:[8]

The joint bid of Denmark and Norway was recommended as the preferred bid.[9]Shortly after, Denmark and Norway decided to merge their bids. They were announced as the hosts in Dublin on September 20 2014.[10]

Venues

On 9 September 2020, the Norwegian Handball Federation announced, that all games scheduled to take place in Norway, would be played in Trondheim,[11] while on 6 November, the Danish Handball Federation announced, that all games scheduled to take place in Denmark, would be played in Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning.[12] On 16 November, Norway withdrew altogether for health reasons.[3] Danish Sydbank Arena then announced a wish to co-host the tournament together with Herning and this was approved of by the Danish government on 23 November 2020.[13]

Qualification

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualification was cancelled and the 2018 final ranking decided the participants.[14]

Qualified teams

Draw

The draw was held on 18 June 2020 in Vienna, Austria.[14][15]

Seedings

The pots were announced on 7 May 2020.[16]

Squads

Each squad consisted of 16 players, with a maximum of six players who could be replaced during the tournament. However, in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential risk of several players from the same team testing positive, there was no limit to the number of replacements for players testing positive.[17]

Referees

10 referee pairs were selected on 9 October 2020.[18] Two new pairs were added ahead of the main round.[19]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).[20][21]

Group A

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

Group B

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Spain 23–23 Sweden; goal difference, Sweden 0 and Spain −6

Group C

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Hungary 2 Pts, +8 GD; Netherlands 2 Pts, 0 GD; Serbia 2 Pts, −8 GD

Group D

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Main round

Points gained in the preliminary round against team that also advanced, were carried over.

Group I

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

Group II

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Knockout stage

Bracket

5th place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking and awards

Final ranking

Statistics

Notes

  1. ^ The match, originally scheduled for 4 December 2020, was postponed after a positive COVID-19 test by a Serbian player.[22]

References

  1. ^ European Handball Federation (20 September 2014). "Joint bid success for Norway and Denmark". Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ^ European Handball Federation (29 August 2019). "New schedule and host city for Women's EHF EURO 2020". Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b Norwegian Handball Federation (16 November 2020). "EHF EURO 2020 spilles ikke i Norge". Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Audience figures on the up for opening week of Women's EHF EURO 2020". European Handball Federation. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Stalwart Norway seal record eighth EHF EURO title". European Handball Federation. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Croatian dream ends in bronze medal". European Handball Federation. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Seven nations bid to host EHF EURO events in 2018 and 2020". www.eurohandball.com.
  8. ^ "European Handball Federation - EHF EURO bidding nations confirmed / Article". 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  9. ^ "European Handball Federation - Croatia hosts meeting of EHF Executive Committee / Article". 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Joint bid success for Norway and Denmark". www.eurohandball.com.
  11. ^ European Handball Federation (9 September 2020). "Trondheim to host all EHF EURO ties in Norway". Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  12. ^ Danish Handball Federation (6 November 2020). "Herning bliver spillsted for to grupper til EM". Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  13. ^ eurohandball.com (23 November 2020). "Denmark to host all groups of Women's EHF EURO 2020". Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Information on the future of the European handball season 2019/20". eurohandball.com. 24 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Nations learn Women's EHF EURO 2020 fate". eurohandball.com. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  16. ^ "EHF releases draw procedure for Women's EHF EURO 2020". eurohandball.com. 7 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Squad lists for all 16 teams at EHF EURO 2020 released". women2020.ehf-euro.com. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Women's only: All nominated referees for EHF EURO 2020 are female". women2020.ehf-euro.com. 9 October 2018. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Four additions to the EHF EURO 2020 referees team". women2020.ehf-euro.com. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Women's EHF EURO 2020 schedule set". women2020.ehf-euro.com. 19 June 2020. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  21. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). eurohandball.com. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  22. ^ "Women's EHF EURO 2020 official statement". women2020.ehf-euro.com. EHF. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  23. ^ "EHF EURO 2020 All-star Team unveiled". women2020.ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. 20 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  24. ^ "Top goalscorers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  25. ^ "Top goalkeepers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2020.

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