1996 European Women's Handball Championship

1996 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Denmark
Dates 6–15 December
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Denmark (2nd title)
Runner-up  Norway
Third place  Austria
Fourth place  Germany
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The 1996 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark from 6–15 December. It was won by Denmark after beating Norway 25–23 in the final match.

Venues

The European Championship was held in the following cities:

Teams

Group A Group B
 Austria  Germany
 Croatia  Lithuania
 Denmark  Norway
 Hungary  Romania
 Poland  Russia
 Sweden  Ukraine

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 5 5 0 0 148 101 +47 10
 Austria 5 4 0 1 125 105 +20 8
 Croatia 5 3 0 2 121 120 +1 6
 Sweden 5 2 0 3 114 139 −25 4
 Hungary 5 1 0 4 109 127 −18 2
 Poland 5 0 0 5 107 132 −25 0
December 6, 1996 Hungary  21 – 19  Poland
(10–10)
December 6, 1996 Denmark  30 – 13  Sweden
(13–6)
December 6, 1996 Croatia  21 – 25  Austria
(9–12)
December 7, 1996 Sweden  31 – 26  Hungary
(13–13)
December 7, 1996 Poland  21 – 25  Croatia
(11–11)
December 7, 1996 Austria  16 – 29  Denmark
(6–14)
December 8, 1996 Sweden  18 – 31  Austria
(9–13)
December 8, 1996 Hungary  19 – 24  Croatia
(11–13)
December 8, 1996 Denmark  33 – 22  Poland
(14–9)
December 10, 1996 Poland  23 – 24  Sweden
(7–16)
December 10, 1996 Croatia  22 – 27  Denmark
(10–14)
December 10, 1996 Hungary  15 – 24  Austria
(7–11)
December 11, 1996 Croatia  29 – 28  Sweden
(15–14)
December 11, 1996 Denmark  29 – 28  Hungary
(14–14)
December 11, 1996 Austria  29 – 22  Poland
(15–10)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 5 3 2 0 134 106 +28 8
 Germany 5 4 0 1 124 111 +13 8
 Romania 5 3 1 1 132 122 +10 7
 Russia 5 2 1 2 132 119 +13 5
 Ukraine 5 1 0 4 114 122 −8 2
 Lithuania 5 0 0 5 97 153 −56 0
December 6, 1996 Norway  36 – 18  Lithuania
(17–9)
December 6, 1996 Russia  30 – 23  Ukraine
(14–13)
December 6, 1996 Germany  22 – 21  Romania
(12–11)
December 7, 1996 Ukraine  19 – 23  Norway
(11–14)
December 7, 1996 Lithuania  17 – 27  Germany
(7–13)
December 7, 1996 Romania  29 – 26  Russia
(15–14)
December 8, 1996 Russia  22 – 22  Norway
(12–9)
December 8, 1996 Germany  25 – 23  Ukraine
(13–10)
December 8, 1996 Romania  32 – 26  Lithuania
(16–12)
December 10, 1996 Ukraine  22 – 24  Romania
(13–13)
December 10, 1996 Russia  31 – 16  Lithuania
(14–8)
December 10, 1996 Norway  27 – 21  Germany
(11–7)
December 11, 1996 Norway  26 – 26  Romania
(12–16)
December 11, 1996 Lithuania  20 – 27  Ukraine
(12–16)
December 11, 1996 Germany  29 – 23  Russia
(14–11)

Eleventh place game

December 13, 1996 Poland  30 – 27 (ET)  Lithuania
(11–11)

FT: 23–23 ET: 30–27

Ninth place game

December 13, 1996 Hungary  22 – 27  Ukraine
(14–14)

Seventh place game

December 13, 1996 Sweden  28 – 32  Russia
(15–18)

Fifth place game

December 13, 1996 Croatia  17 – 23  Romania
(10–9)

Final round

Semi-Final Final
December 13, 1996
   Denmark  24  
   Germany  22  
 
December 15, 1996
       Denmark  25
     Norway  23
3rd/4th Place
December 13, 1996 December 15, 1996
   Norway  22    Germany  23
   Austria  20      Austria  30

Semifinals

December 13, 1996 Denmark  24 – 22  Germany
(13–10)
December 13, 1996 Norway  22 – 20  Austria
(11–11)

Bronze medal match

December 15, 1996 Austria  30 – 23  Germany
(18–8)

Gold medal match

December 15, 1996 Denmark  25 – 23  Norway
(10–10)

Final ranking

1st  Denmark
2nd  Norway
3rd  Austria
4  Germany
5  Romania
6  Croatia
7  Russia
8  Sweden
9  Ukraine
10  Hungary
11  Poland
12  Lithuania
 1996 Women's European Champions 

Denmark
2nd title


Anja Andersen, Camilla Andersen, Kristine Andersen, Heidi Astrup, Tina Bøttzau, Marianne Florman, Anja Hansen, Anette Hoffmann, Tonje Kjærgaard, Janne Kolling, Susanne Lauritsen, Gitte Madsen, Lene Rantala, Gitte Sunesen, Anne Dorthe Tanderup, Mette Vestergaard, Head Coach: Ulrik Wilbek.