The European Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national

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teams of

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, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the

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and

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. As of December 2020, the only teams that have ever won the championship are

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(Nine times),

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(three times),

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and

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(each once).

History

In year 1946, the

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was founded by eight European nations,History of Handball
from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006 and though non-European nations competed at the World Championships, the medals had always been taken by European nations.Medals Table – Ranking At Men's World Championships A 1938–1990
from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006 European Handball Federation is founded in 1991. At the same time (1995), the World Championship was changed from a quadrennial to a biannual event, and the European Handball Federation now began its own championship – which also acted as a regional qualifier for the World Championship.Handball-Bundesliga diskutiert Reduzierung auf 16 Teams
by Erik Eggers, published by

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online, 30 January 2006 The tournament will be expanded to 24 teams in 2024 to take place in

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and

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Tournaments

Medal table

Statistics

Summary (1994-2020)

Total hosts

Top scorers by tournament

The record-holder for scored goals in a single Euro Championship is Bojana Radulović, where she scored 72 goals

at the

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

in Hungary.

Best players by tournament

Participating nations

Most successful players

Boldface denotes active handball players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Notes

References

External links

Official website
{{International Handball (Women) Recurring sporting events established in 1994 European Handball Federation competitions European championships Women's handball