2000 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2000 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Romania from 8 to 17 December. It was won by Hungary by beating Ukraine 32–30 after extra time in the final match.

2000 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Romania
Dates8–17 December
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Hungary (1st title)
Runner-up Ukraine
Third place Russia
Fourth place Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches38
Goals scored1927 (50.71 per match)
Top scorer(s) Simona Gogîrlă (ROU)
(68 goals)
Best player Beáta Siti (HUN)
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Venues

The teams of the tournament were divided into two groups. The matches of Group A took place in the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea, while Group B games and the final round were played in the capital city, Bucharest.

Qualification
CountryQualified asPrevious appearances in tournament
 RomaniaHost3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
 NorwayDefending champion3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
 AustriaPlayoff winner3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
 BelarusPlayoff winner0 (Debut)
 DenmarkPlayoff winner3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
 FrancePlayoff winner0 (Debut)
 GermanyPlayoff winner3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
 HungaryPlayoff winner3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
 MacedoniaPlayoff winner1 (1998)
 RussiaPlayoff winner3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
 UkrainePlayoff winner3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
 FR YugoslaviaPlayoff winner0 (Debut)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 5 4 1 0 159 115 +44 9 Semifinals
2  Russia 5 4 0 1 118 104 +14 8
3  France 5 3 0 2 127 106 +21 6 Fifth place game
4  FR Yugoslavia 5 2 1 2 139 138 +1 5 Seventh place game
5  Germany 5 1 0 4 117 134 −17 2 Ninth place game
6  Austria 5 0 0 5 89 152 −63 0 Eleventh place game
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.
8 December 2000
17:00		 Hungary  33–33  FR Yugoslavia Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
(17–18)
Report
8 December 2000
19:00		 Austria  20–30  Germany Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Håkansson, Nilsson (SWE)
(7–14)
Report
8 December 2000
21:00		 France  21–22  Russia Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Krajc, Živolić (CRO)
Pecqueux-Rolland 6 (12–15) Buyanova 5
4× 6× Report 2× 6×
9 December 2000
17:00		 Germany  22–33  Hungary Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Jaškins, Kazinieks (LAT)
(12–15)
Report
9 December 2000
19:00		 FR Yugoslavia  19–26  France Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Håkansson, Nilsson (SWE)
(10–12)
Report
9 December 2000
21:00		 Russia  28–19  Austria Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Şerbu, Dobre (ROU)
Volkova 6 (15–10) Ofenböck 9
3× 2× Report 3× 3×
10 December 2000
17:00		 France  25–19  Germany Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
(12–12)
Report
10 December 2000
19:00		 Austria  12–35  Hungary Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Krajc, Živolić (CRO)
(6–13)
Report
10 December 2000
21:00		 Russia  27–20  FR Yugoslavia Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Jaškins, Kazinieks (LAT)
Bodniyeva, Naukovich 6 (10–12) Petrović 5
3× 5× 1× Report 3× 4×
12 December 2000
17:00		 Austria  24–33  FR Yugoslavia Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Jaškins, Kazinieks (LAT)
(14–14)
Report
12 December 2000
19:00		 Hungary  32–29  France Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Şerbu, Dobre (ROU)
(14–12)
Report
12 December 2000
21:00		 Germany  18–22  Russia Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Krajc, Živolić (CRO)
Radzevičiūtė 5 (10–11) Volkova 5
2× 6× Report 3× 4×
13 December 2000
17:00		 Hungary  26–19  Russia Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Håkansson, Nilsson (SWE)
Pigniczki 5 (17–12) Volkova 6
2× 3× Report 1× 4×
13 December 2000
19:00		 FR Yugoslavia  34–28  Germany Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Şerbu, Dobre (ROU)
(12–11)
Report
13 December 2000
21:00		 France  26–14  Austria Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
(14–6)
Report

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 5 2 3 0 130 120 +10 7[lower-alpha 1] Semifinals
2  Romania (H) 5 3 1 1 128 118 +10 7[lower-alpha 1]
3  Norway 5 2 2 1 132 126 +6 6 Fifth place game
4  Macedonia 5 1 2 2 113 123 −10 4 Seventh place game
5  Denmark 5 1 1 3 130 137 −7 3[lower-alpha 2] Ninth place game
6  Belarus 5 0 3 2 134 143 −9 3[lower-alpha 2] Eleventh place game
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) Host.
Notes:
  1. Romania 21–23 Ukraine
  2. Denmark 34–26 Belarus
8 December 2000
17:00		 Romania  29–28  Belarus Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
(15–15)
Report
8 December 2000
19:00		 Norway  24–24  Ukraine Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
(11–9)
Report
8 December 2000
21:00		 Denmark  19–20  Macedonia Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 800
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
(9–5)
Report
9 December 2000
17:00		 Ukraine  29–29  Denmark Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
(15–13)
9 December 2000
19:00		 Macedonia  19–19  Romania Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
(9–11)
Report
9 December 2000
21:00		 Belarus  26–26  Norway Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 800
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
(13–12)
Report
10 December 2000
17:00		 Macedonia  19–27  Ukraine Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
(8–10)
Report
10 December 2000
19:00		 Romania  26–22  Norway Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
(14–12)
Report
10 December 2000
21:00		 Denmark  34–26  Belarus Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
(20–17)
Report
12 December 2000
17:00		 Belarus  27–27  Macedonia Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
(11–12)
Report
12 December 2000
19:00		 Romania  21–23  Ukraine Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
(12–10)
Report
12 December 2000
21:00		 Norway  29–22  Denmark Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
(16–12)
Report
13 December 2000
17:00		 Ukraine  27–27  Belarus Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
(11–13)
Report
13 December 2000
19:00		 Denmark  26–33  Romania Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
(13–18)
Report
13 December 2000
21:00		 Norway  31–28  Macedonia Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 750
Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
(14–11)
Report

Final round

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
16 December
 
 
 Hungary25
 
17 December
 
 Romania24
 
 Hungary (ET)32
 
16 December
 
 Ukraine30
 
 Ukraine28
 
 
 Russia24
 
Third place
 
 
17 December
 
 
 Russia21
 
 
 Romania16

Eleventh place game
15 December 2000
18:30		 Austria  22–27  Belarus Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
Ofenböck 10 (11–16) Kulik 6
4× 2× Report 3× 3×

Ninth place game
15 December 2000
18:30		 Germany  22–21  Denmark Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 500
Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
Blacha, Schmidt 5 (10–13) Skov, Vestergaard 5
3× 3× Report 3× 1×

Seventh place game
15 December 2000
21:00		 Yugoslavia  39–38 (ET)  Macedonia Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 500
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Medved 10 (14–16) Boeva 10
3× 4× 1× Report 3× 6× 1×

FT: 29–29 ET: 3–3, 7–6

Fifth place game
15 December 2000
21:00		 France  23–19  Norway Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
Pecqueux-Rolland 5 (11–11) Breivang 6
3× 6× Report 2× 2×

Semifinals
16 December 2000
17:30		 Ukraine  28–24  Russia Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
Tsygitsa 16 (12–12) Volkova 8
3× 6× 1× Report 3× 6× 1×
16 December 2000
20:00		 Hungary  25–24  Romania Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Krajc, Živolić (CRO)
Farkas 9 (13–12) Gogîrlă 14
3× 4× Report 3× 5× 1×

Third place game
17 December 2000
17:30		 Russia  21–16  Romania Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Håkansson, Nilsson (SWE)
Naukovich 5 (10–7) Gogîrlă 9
2× 7× 2× Report 2× 4×

Final
17 December 2000
20:00		 Hungary  32–30 (ET)  Ukraine Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Şerbu, Dobre (ROU)
Farkas 14 (17–13) Yaresko 7
2× 2× Report 3×

FT: 26–26 ET: 6–4

Final ranking and statistics

All Star Team
PositionPlayer
Goalkeeper Luminița Huțupan (ROU)
Right wing Agnieszka Tobiasz (GER)
Right back Melinda Szabó (FRA)
Centre back Beáta Siti (HUN)
Left back Olena Tsygitsa (UKR)
Left wing Larisa Ferzalieva (MKD)
Pivot Lyudmila Bodniyeva (RUS)
Most valuable player Beáta Siti (HUN)

Source: Hand mag

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