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.
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 Country Qualified as Previous appearances in tournament Host 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) Defending champion 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) Playoff winner 0 (Debut) Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) Playoff winner 0 (Debut) Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) Playoff winner 1 (1998) Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) Playoff winner 3 (1994, 1996, 1998) Playoff winner 0 (Debut)
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Squads
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Final round Bracket
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final ranking and statistics
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Simona Gogîrlă 68 108 62.96 2 Ágnes Farkas 54 105 51.433 Steffi Ofenböck 49 119 41.18Olena Tsyhytsia 93 52.69 5 Klara Boeva 42 78 53.85 6 Steluța Luca 41 94 43.62 7 Svetlana Minevskaya 37 76 48.68 8 Mette Vestergaard 35 74 47.30 9 Bojana Petrović 33 70 47.1410 Lotte Kiærskou 32 60 53.33Inna Volkova 57 56.14 Source: EHF
Top goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Tatiana Alizar 41.95 73 174 2 Valérie Nicolas 40.46 70 173 3 Tetyana Vorozhtsova 36.96 68 184 4 Luminița Huțupan 35.85 76 212 5 Nataliya Rusnachenko 34.26 74 216 6 Katalin Pálinger 33.82 69 204 7 Hege Johansen 32.43 36 111 8 Oksana Maslova 31.78 34 107 9 Branka Jovanović 31.68 32 101 10 Eike Bram 30.89 59 191 Source: EHF
All Star Team Position Player Goalkeeper Right wing Right back Centre back Left back Left wing Pivot Most valuable player Source: Hand mag
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