2004 European Women's Handball Championship

2004 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Hungary
Dates 9–19 December
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Norway (2nd title)
Runner-up   Denmark
Third place   Hungary
Fourth place  Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 48
Goals scored 2596 (54.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Bojana Radulović (HUN) (72 goals)
Best player  Gro Hammerseng (NOR)

The 2004 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Hungary from 9–19 December, it was won by Norway after beating Denmark 27–25 in the final match.

Contents

Venues

The European Championships will be held in the following cities:

Draw

The following nations were qualified:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Norway
Ukraine
Spain
Czech Republic

Slovenia
Russia
Serbia and Montenegro
Croatia

Denmark
Germany
Romania
Sweden

Hungary
Austria
France
Belarus

Competition Format

Preliminary round

Group A (Debrecen)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Norway 3 3 0 0 83 71 +12 6
Ukraine 3 2 0 1 77 74 +3 4
Spain 3 1 0 2 71 72 -1 2
Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 60 74 -14 0
December 9, 2004
Norway 27 – 24 Ukraine
Czech Republic 18 – 19 Spain
December 11, 2004
Spain 25 – 26 Norway
Ukraine 25 – 20 Czech Republic
December 12, 2004
Norway 30 – 22 Czech Republic
Ukraine 28 – 27 Spain

Group B (Zalaegerszeg)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Slovenia 3 2 0 1 96 86 +10 4
Russia 3 2 0 1 95 82 +13 4
Serbia and Montenegro 3 1 0 2 89 105 -16 2
Croatia 3 1 0 2 82 89 -7 2
December 9, 2004
Russia 30 – 31 Slovenia
Serbia and Montenegro 34 – 30 Croatia
December 11, 2004
Croatia 22 – 26 Russia
Slovenia 36 – 26 Serbia and Montenegro
December 12, 2004
Russia 39 – 29 Serbia and Montenegro
Slovenia 29 – 30 Croatia

Group C (Békéscsaba)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Tiebreaker*
Denmark 3 2 0 1 75 70 +5 4 +2
Germany 3 2 0 1 75 73 +2 4 -1
Romania 3 2 0 1 81 75 +6 4 -1
Sweden 3 0 0 3 68 81 -13 0
December 9, 2004
Denmark 27 – 24 Germany
Romania 32 – 25 Sweden
December 10, 2004
Sweden 21 – 24 Denmark
Germany 26 – 24 Romania
December 12, 2004
Denmark 24 – 25 Romania
Germany 25 – 22 Sweden

* Note - the tiebreaker was the goal difference in the matches between Denmark, Germany and Romania

Group D (Győr)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Hungary 3 3 0 0 98 74 +24 6
Austria 3 2 0 1 91 84 +7 4
France 3 1 0 2 81 95 -14 2
Belarus 3 0 0 3 70 87 -17 0
December 9, 2004
France 29 – 36 Austria
Hungary 32 – 22 Belarus
December 10, 2004
Belarus 27 – 29 France
Austria 29 – 34 Hungary
December 12, 2004
France 23 – 32 Hungary
Austria 26 – 21 Belarus

Main Round

Group I (Győr)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Norway 5 5 0 0 158 115 +43 10
Russia 5 3 0 2 148 133 +15 6
Ukraine 5 3 0 2 124 127 -3 6
Spain 5 2 0 3 138 138 0 4
Slovenia 5 2 0 3 135 151 -16 4
Serbia and Montenegro 5 0 0 5 131 170 -39 0
December 14, 2004
Spain 32 – 29 Serbia and Montenegro
Ukraine 24 – 22 Slovenia
Norway 25 – 24 Russia
December 15, 2004
Ukraine 24 – 28 Russia
Spain 30 – 28 Slovenia
Norway 39 – 24 Serbia and Montenegro
December 16, 2004
Spain 24 – 27 Russia
Ukraine 24 – 23 Serbia and Montenegro
Norway 41 – 18 Slovenia

Group II (Debrecen)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Denmark 5 4 0 1 122 114 +8 8
Hungary 5 4 0 1 146 126 +20 8
Germany 5 3 0 2 133 127 +6 6
Romania 5 3 0 2 137 134 +3 6
Austria 5 1 0 4 138 149 -11 2
France 5 0 0 5 124 150 -26 0
December 14, 2004
Romania 31 – 25 France
Germany 25 – 26 Hungary
Denmark 25 – 22 Austria
December 15, 2004
Germany 29 – 23 Austria
Romania 25 – 31 Hungary
Denmark 22 – 20 France
December 16, 2004
Germany 29 – 27 France
Denmark 24 – 23 Hungary
Romania 32 – 28 Austria

Final round

  Semi Final Final
18 December 2004 (Budapest)
   Norway   44  
   Hungary   29  
 
19 December 2004 (Budapest)
       Norway   27
     Denmark   25
3rd/4th Place
18 December 2004 (Budapest) 19 December 2004 (Budapest)
   Russia   27    Hungary   29
   Denmark   31      Russia   25

5th/6th Placement Match

19 December 2004

Germany  25 – 24 (ET)  Ukraine

7th/8th Placement Match

18 December 2004

Romania  37 – 28  Spain

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

 Norway
 Denmark
 Hungary
4  Russia
5  Germany
6  Ukraine
7  Romania
8  Spain
9  Slovenia
10  Austria
11  France
12  Serbia and Montenegro
13  Croatia
14  Sweden
15  Czech Republic
16  Belarus
2004 Women's European Champions

Norway
2nd Title

Team Roster

Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk, Kristine Lunde, Kari Mette Johansen, Isabel Blanco, Vigdis Hårsaker, Randi Gustad, Elisabeth Hilmo, Karoline Dyhre Breivang, Gro Hammerseng, Katja Nyberg, Ragnhild Aamodt, Camilla Thorsen, Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth, Gøril Snorroeggen, Kjersti Beck, Terese Pedersen and Katrine Lunde.
Head Coach: Marit Breivik.

All-Star Team

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Bojana Radulović  Hungary 72 - -
2 Tatjana Logvin  Austria 63 - -
3 Elena Berehoiu  Romania 46 - -
4 Liudmila Bodnieva  Russia 43 - -
5 Grit Jurack  Germany 43 - -
6 Olena Reznir  Ukraine 42 - -
7 Liudmila Postnova  Russia 41 - -
8 Gro Hammerseng  Norway 38 - -
9 Mette Sjøberg  Denmark 37 - -
10 Leila Lejeune  France 35 - -

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