2000 European Women's Handball Championship

2000 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Dates	8–17 December
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (1st title)
Runner-up	Ukraine
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	1,716 (50.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Simona Gogîrlă (ROU) (68 goals)

The 2000 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Romania from 8–17 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.

Teams

Group A	Group B
Germany	Belarus
Austria	Denmark
France	North Macedonia
Hungary	Norway
Russia	Romania
Yugoslavia	Ukraine

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	5	4	1	0	159	115	+44	9
Russia	5	4	0	1	118	104	+14	8
France	5	3	0	2	127	106	+21	6
Yugoslavia	5	2	1	2	139	138	+1	5
Germany	5	1	0	4	117	134	−17	2
Austria	5	0	0	5	89	152	−63	0

Source:

December 8, 2000
Hungary	33 – 33	Yugoslavia
Austria	20 – 30	Germany
France	21 – 22	Russia
December 9, 2000
Germany	22 – 33	Hungary
Yugoslavia	19 – 26	France
Russia	28 – 19	Austria
December 10, 2000
France	25 – 19	Germany
Austria	12 – 35	Hungary
Russia	27 – 20	Yugoslavia
December 12, 2000
Austria	24 – 33	Yugoslavia
Hungary	32 – 29	France
Germany	18 – 22	Russia
December 13, 2000
Hungary	26 – 19	Russia
Yugoslavia	34 – 28	Germany
France	26 – 14	Austria

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	5	2	3	0	130	120	+10	7
Romania	5	3	1	1	128	118	+10	7
Norway	5	2	2	1	132	126	+6	6
Macedonia	5	1	2	2	113	123	−10	4
Denmark	5	1	1	3	130	137	−7	3
Belarus	5	0	3	2	134	143	−9	3

Source:

December 8, 2000
Romania	29 – 28	Belarus
Norway	24 – 24	Ukraine
Denmark	19 – 20	Macedonia
December 9, 2000
Ukraine	29 – 29	Denmark
Macedonia	19 – 19	Romania
Belarus	26 – 26	Norway
December 10, 2000
Macedonia	19 – 27	Ukraine
Romania	26 – 22	Norway
Denmark	34 – 26	Belarus
December 12, 2000
Belarus	27 – 27	Macedonia
Romania	21 – 23	Ukraine
Norway	29 – 22	Denmark
December 13, 2000
Ukraine	27 – 27	Belarus
Denmark	26 – 33	Romania
Norway	31 – 28	Macedonia

Final round

	Semi-Final				Final
	December 16, 2000
	Ukraine	28
					December 17, 2000
	Russia	24
					Ukraine	30
	December 16, 2000
					Hungary (ET)	32
	Hungary	25
	Romania	24
					3rd/4th Place
					December 17, 2000
					Russia	21
					Romania	16

Final ranking

	Hungary
	Ukraine
	Russia
4	Romania
5	France
6	Norway
7	Yugoslavia
8	Macedonia
9	Germany
10	Denmark
11	Belarus
12	Austria

2000 Women's European Champions
Hungary 1st title

Nikolett Brigovácz, Ágnes Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Gabriella Kindl, Erika Kirsner, Anita Kulcsár, Beatrix Kökény, Krisztina Nagy, Ildikó Pádár, Zsuzsanna Pálffy, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Judit Simics, Beáta Siti, Eszter Siti, Tímea Sugár Head Coach: Lajos Mocsai.