The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship was held in France in from 29 November to 16 December 2018. It was the first time France hosts the women's tournament. The matches were played in Brest, Montbéliard, Nancy, Nantes and Paris.
France defeated Russia in the final to claim their first title.
Bidding process The interested nations were as follows: France Norway Ukraine
In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:
France was recommended as the preferred bid. On 20 September 2014, in Dublin, Ireland, France was announced as the host. This is the first time France is hosting the Women's EHF Euro.
Venues Paris Nantes Montbéliard AccorHotels ArenaCapacity: 15,603 Hall XXLCapacity: 12,000 AxoneCapacity: 6,400 Nancy Brest Palais des Sports Jean WeilleCapacity: 6,000 Brest Arena Capacity: 4,500
Qualification
Qualified teams All 16 qualified teams took part in the previous 2016 championship. Country Qualified as Date of qualification Previous appearances in tournament (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) winner (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) winner (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) winner (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) winner (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) runner-up (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) winner (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) runner-up (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) winner (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) runner-up (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016) winner (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) runner-up (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) runner-up (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) runner-up (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016) runner-up (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016) (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016)
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Draw The draw was held on 12 June 2018 at 12:00 at the Maison de la Radio in Paris, France.
Seedings The pots were announced on 4 June 2018.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Squads
Referees 12 referee pairs were selected on 4 October 2018.
Referees Ana VranesMarlis Wenninger Dalibor JurinovićMarko Mrvica Karina ChristiansenLine Hansen Charlotte BonaventuraJulie Bonaventura Michalis TzaferopoulosAndreas Bethmann Péter HorváthBalázs Márton
Referees Igor CovalciucAlexei Covalciuc Cristina NăstaseSimona Stancu Victoria AlpaidzeTatyana Berezkina Aleksandar PandžićIvan Mošorinski Andreu MarínIgnacio García Maria BennaniSafia Bennani
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main round Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group will be taken over.
Group I
Both matches were scheduled for 8 December, but moved back due to the Yellow vests movement.
Group II
Knockout stage Bracket
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final ranking and statistics Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics Qualified for the 2019 World Championship
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
All Star Team The All Star Team and awards were announced on 16 December 2018.
Position Player Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Centre back Left back Left wing Pivot Best defense player Most valuable player
Top goalscorers
+RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Katarina Krpež Šlezak 50 70 71 2 Eliza Buceschi 45 67 67 3 Cristina Neagu 44 82 54 4 Anna Vyakhireva 43 66 65 5 Estelle Nze Minko 38 46 83 6 Estavana Polman 36 73 49 7 Nathalie Hagman 35 50 70 Jovanka Radičević 51 69 9 Đurđina Jauković 34 61 56 10 Stine Bredal Oftedal 33 55 60 Crina Pintea 52 63
Top goalkeepers
RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Silje Solberg 40 45 112 2 Laura Glauser 36 41 114 Amandine Leynaud 60 165 Katrine Lunde 57 160 5 Maja Vojnović 35 9 26 6 Blanka Bíró 33 45 136 Filippa Idéhn 61 184 Tess Wester 78 238 9 Iulia Dumanska 32 48 148 Anna Sedoykina 68 212 Sandra Toft 46 145
References
External links Official website