2002 European Women's Handball Championship

2002 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Denmark
Dates 6–15 December
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Denmark (3rd title)
Runner-up   Norway
Third place   France
Fourth place  Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 48
Goals scored 2448 (51 per match)

The 2002 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark from 6–15 December. It was won by Denmark after beating Norway 25–22 in the final match.

Contents

Venues

The European Championships was held in the following cities:

Draw

The following nations were qualified:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Austria
Romania
Sweden
FR Yugoslavia

Denmark
France
Netherlands
Ukraine

Germany
Norway
Russia
Spain

Belarus
Czech Republic
Hungary
Slovenia

Competition Format

Preliminary round

Group A (Helsinge)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Yugoslavia 3 3 0 0 93 76 +17 6
 Romania 3 2 0 1 82 78 +4 4
 Austria 3 1 0 2 77 83 -6 2
 Sweden 3 0 0 3 79 94 -15 0
December 6, 2002
Romania 27 – 21 Austria
FR Yugoslavia 31 – 28 Sweden
December 7, 2002
Sweden 25 – 30 Romania
Austria 23 – 30 FR Yugoslavia
December 8, 2002
Romania 25 – 32 FR Yugoslavia
Austria 33 – 26 Sweden

Group B (Aarhus)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 74 63 +11 6
 France 3 2 0 1 66 65 +1 4
 Ukraine 3 1 0 2 72 77 -5 2
 Netherlands 3 0 0 3 73 80 -7 0
December 6, 2002
Ukraine 23 – 27 Denmark
France 25 – 24 Netherlands
December 7, 2002
Netherlands 26 – 28 Ukraine
Denmark 20 – 17 France
December 8, 2002
Ukraine 21 – 24 France
Denmark 27 – 23 Netherlands

Group C (Farum)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Norway 3 2 1 0 75 61 +14 5
 Russia 3 1 1 1 67 70 -3 3
 Germany 3 1 0 2 71 78 -7 2
 Spain 3 0 2 1 76 80 -4 2
December 6, 2002
Russia 25 – 22 Germany
Norway 25 – 25 Spain
December 7, 2002
Spain 24 – 24 Russia
Germany 18 – 26 Norway
December 8, 2002
Germany 31 – 27 Spain
Russia 18 – 24 Norway

Group D (Aarhus)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 98 77 +21 6
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 76 72 +4 4
 Slovenia 3 1 0 2 75 79 -4 2
 Belarus 3 0 0 3 65 86 -21 0
December 6, 2002
Czech Republic 25 – 20 Slovenia
Hungary 34 – 23 Belarus
December 7, 2002
Belarus 19 – 25 Czech Republic
Slovenia 28 – 31 Hungary
December 8, 2002
Belarus 23 – 27 Slovenia
Hungary 33 – 26 Czech Republic

Main Round

Group I (Aarhus)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Denmark 5 5 0 0 126 108 +18 10
 France 5 3 0 2 121 124 -3 6
 Yugoslavia 5 3 0 2 153 129 +24 6
 Romania 5 2 0 3 120 124 -4 4
 Austria 5 2 0 3 126 124 +2 4
 Ukraine 5 0 0 5 104 141 -37 0
December 10, 2002
Austria 32 – 19 Ukraine
FR Yugoslavia 27 – 29 France
Denmark 25 – 23 Romania
December 11, 2002
FR Yugoslavia 39 – 24 Ukraine
Romania 26 – 29 France
Denmark 26 – 20 Austria
December 12, 2002
Ukraine 17 – 19 Romania
France 22 – 30 Austria
FR Yugoslavia 25 – 28 Denmark

Group II (Farum)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
 Norway 5 5 0 0 135 103 +32 10
 Russia 5 4 0 1 138 116 +22 8
 Hungary 5 3 0 2 146 142 +4 6
 Czech Republic 5 2 0 3 120 129 -9 4
 Slovenia 5 1 0 4 124 143 -19 2
 Germany 5 0 0 5 111 141 -30 0
December 10, 2002
Germany 26 – 30 Slovenia
Norway 27 – 20 Czech Republic
Hungary 29 – 39 Russia
December 11, 2002
Hungary 30 – 25 Germany
Norway 34 – 24 Slovenia
Russia 29 – 19 Czech Republic
December 12, 2002
Czech Republic 30 – 20 Germany
Slovenia 22 – 27 Russia
Norway 24 – 23 Hungary

Final Round (Aarhus)

1st-4th Place

  Semi Final Final
December 14, 2002
  Denmark  22  
  Russia  18  
 
December 15, 2002
      Denmark  25
    Norway  22
3rd/4th Place
December 14, 2002 December 15, 2002
  Norway  21   France  27
  France  16     Russia  22

5th/6th Place

December 15, 2002

Yugoslavia  39 – 43  Hungary

7th/8th Place

December 14, 2002

Romania  19 – 17  Czech Republic

Final standings

Final Ranking

 Denmark
 Norway
 France
4  Russia
5  Hungary
6  Yugoslavia
7  Romania
8  Czech Republic
9  Austria
10  Slovenia
11  Germany
12  Ukraine
13  Spain
14  Netherlands
15  Sweden
16  Belarus

Source: EHF-Euro.com

Other awards

Chosen by team officials and EHF experts: NRK.no

2002 Women's European Champions

Denmark
3rd Title

Team Roster

Lene Rantala, Ditte Andersen, Mette Vestergaard Larsen, Camilla Thomsen, Christina Roslyng Hansen, Heidi Johansen, Rikke Hørlykke Bruun Jørgensen, Winnie Mølgaard, Karin Mortensen, Trine Jensen, Katrine Fruelund, Louise Bager Nørgaard, Kristine Andersen, Karen Brødsgaard, Line Daugaard, Josephine Touray.
Head Coach: Jan Pytlick.

All-Star Team

Chosen by team officials and EHF experts: NRK.no

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