1998 European Women's Handball Championship

1998 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Netherlands
Dates 1120 December
Teams 12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Norway (1st title)
Runner-up  Denmark
Third place  Hungary
Fourth place  Austria
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The 1998 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Netherlands from 1120 December. It was won by Norway after beating Denmark 2416 in the final match.

Venues

The European Championships will be held in the following cities:

Teams

Group A Group B
 Ukraine  Denmark
 Hungary  Norway
 Austria  Poland
 Netherlands  Macedonia
 Germany  Spain
 Romania  Russia

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Austria 5 4 0 1 134 118 +16 8
 Hungary 5 4 0 1 131 109 +22 8
 Germany 5 4 0 1 117 119 −2 8
 Ukraine 5 2 0 3 128 127 +1 4
 Netherlands 5 1 0 4 107 121 −14 2
 Romania 5 0 0 5 120 143 −23 0
December 11, 1998
Hungary  28 – 24  Romania
Austria  24 – 25  Germany
Ukraine  23 – 16  Netherlands
December 13, 1998
Netherlands  19 – 28  Hungary
Romania  24 – 26  Austria
Germany  28 – 27  Ukraine
December 14, 1998
Hungary  21 – 26  Austria
Netherlands  18 – 19  Germany
Ukraine  32 – 24  Romania
December 16, 1998
Austria  30 – 24  Ukraine
Romania  23 – 30  Netherlands
Hungary  25 – 18  Germany
December 17, 1998
Ukraine  22 – 29  Hungary
Germany  27 – 25  Romania
Austria  28 – 24  Netherlands

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 5 5 0 0 137 102 +35 10
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 138 115 +23 8
 Poland 5 3 0 2 112 110 +2 6
 Macedonia 5 2 0 3 111 136 −25 4
 Russia 5 0 1 4 112 128 −16 1
 Spain 5 0 1 4 107 126 −19 1
December 11, 1998
Poland  20 – 15  Spain
Denmark  37 – 21  Macedonia
Norway  25 – 20  Russia
December 12, 1998
Russia  21 – 25  Poland
Spain  23 – 26  Denmark
Macedonia  23 – 27  Norway
December 14, 1998
Macedonia  27 – 22  Spain
Norway  30 – 19  Poland
Denmark  27 – 22  Russia
December 16, 1998
Russia  23 – 25  Macedonia
Norway  27 – 21  Spain
Poland  21 – 29  Denmark
December 17, 1998
Spain  26 – 26  Russia
Poland  27 – 15  Macedonia
Denmark  19 – 28  Norway

Final round

Semi-Final Final
December 19, 1998
   Austria  24  
   Denmark  35  
 
December 20, 1998
       Denmark  16
     Norway  24
3rd/4th Place
December 19, 1998 December 20, 1998
   Norway  28    Austria  24
   Hungary  14      Hungary  30

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

1st  Norway
2nd  Denmark
3rd  Hungary
4  Austria
5  Poland
6  Germany
7  Ukraine
8  Macedonia
9  Russia
10  Netherlands
11  Romania
12  Spain

Source: EuroHandball.com.[1]

 1998 Women's European Champions 

Norway
1st title


Ann Cathrin Eriksen, Camilla Carstens, Cecilie Leganger,
Elisabeth Hilmo, Elise Alsand, Else-Marthe Sørlie,
Heidi Tjugum, Janne Tuven, Jeanette Nilsen,
Kjersti Grini (captain), Mette Davidsen, Mia Hundvin,
Sahra Hausmann, Siv Heim Sæbøe, Tonje Larsen,
and Trine Haltvik, Head Coach: Marit Breivik.

Source: Dagbladet.[2]

References

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