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2014 European Women's Handball Championship

2014 European Women's Handball Championship

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The 2014 European Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh continental tournament for women's national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation. The second jointly hosted edition in the competition's history took place in Hungary and Croatia from 7 to 21 December 2014.[2]

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Norway won their sixth title after beating Spain 28–25 in the final.[3] Sweden defeated Montenegro 25–23 to capture the bronze medal.[4]

Norway's victory ensured their qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, they later won the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, vacating the European champion Olympic berth which fell to Spain as the runner-up. The two next-best placed teams, Sweden and Montenegro, earned spots in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

Host selection

Initially there were two applicants for the tournament, Slovenia and Turkey, with none of them having the experience of organizing a continental event before. However, both candidates withdrew their offers later, thus the host nation could not be selected on the 10th Ordinary EHF Congress between 24 and 25 September 2010 as it was planned.[5]

Instead, the European Handball Federation re-launched the bidding process. As a result, six federations (Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Slovakia, Sweden and Turkey) showed intention to host the championship. Until the final deadline of 28 January 2011, EHF received three bids from four federations:[6]

After a thorough analysis, Slovakia was excluded from the race first, as they failed to ensure a minimum of four arenas that meet the strict criteria for the European Championship.[7] The EHF Executive Committee decided between the two remaining aspirants on its meeting on 9 April 2011, awarding the right to host the 11th Women's EHF European Handball Championship to Hungary and Croatia.[2]

Venues

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Qualification

Qualified teams

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1 Bold indicates champion for that year.

Seeding

The draw was held on 19 June 2014 at 13:00 local time in Zagreb, Croatia.[8][9]

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Squads

Referees

12 referee pairs were selected:[10]

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Preliminary round

The playing schedule was released on 4 June 2014.[11]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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(H) Hosts
7 December 2014
18:00
Spain  29–22  Poland Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Martín 9 (16–13) Kudłacz 6
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7 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  29–29  Russia Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Triscsuk 6 (14–15) Dmitrieva 7
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9 December 2014
18:15
Russia  24–25  Spain Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Kuznetcova, Sen 5 (14–13) Martín 9
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9 December 2014
20:30
Poland  23–29  Hungary Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Kudłacz 7 (7–14) Mayer, Tomori 6
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11 December 2014
18:15
Russia  26–29  Poland Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Bliznova, Punko 7 (11–13) Kudłacz 9
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11 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  26–27  Spain Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Tomori, Triscsuk 6 (13–13) Martín 10
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Group B

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7 December 2014
18:15
Norway  27–19  Romania Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Oftedal 5 (16–7) Neagu 7
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7 December 2014
20:30
Denmark  32–23  Ukraine Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Nørgaard 8 (14–11) Borshchenko 7
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9 December 2014
18:15
Romania  29–29  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Neagu, Țăcălie 10 (16–12) Fisker 8
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9 December 2014
20:30
Ukraine  23–34  Norway Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Glibko 7 (13–17) Mørk, Solberg 6
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11 December 2014
18:15
Romania  23–22  Ukraine Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Neagu 8 (12–9) Borshchenko 10
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11 December 2014
20:30
Norway  27–21  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Løke 7 (12–13) Burgaard, Nørgaard 4
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Group C

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(H) Hosts
8 December 2014
18:00
Germany  26–29  Netherlands Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Huber, Naidzinavicius 6 (11–12) Polman 7
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8 December 2014
20:15
Sweden  30–28  Croatia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Gulldén 7 (17–17) Penezić, Zebić 6
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10 December 2014
18:00
Netherlands  30–30  Sweden Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Polman 10 (14–14) Odén 7
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10 December 2014
20:15
Croatia  24–26  Germany Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Penezić 13 (14–13) Minevskaja, S. Müller 5
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12 December 2014
18:00
Sweden  39–32  Germany Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
Gulldén 10 (23–17) Nadgornaja 9
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12 December 2014
20:15
Croatia  31–27  Netherlands Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Penezić 11 (17–15) Van der Heijden 5
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Group D

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8 December 2014
18:00
France  21–18  Slovakia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
Dembélé 6 (7–9) Školková, Trehubová 4
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8 December 2014
20:15
Montenegro  22–19  Serbia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
K. Bulatović, Lazović 5 (10–8) Lekić 6
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10 December 2014
18:00
Serbia  16–27  France Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Rajović, Stoiljković 4 (3–11) Lacrabère 6
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10 December 2014
20:15
Slovakia  24–28  Montenegro Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Dubajová 5 (10–20) Radičević 6
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12 December 2014
18:00
Montenegro  20–24  France Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Knežević 6 (12–12) Pineau 8
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12 December 2014
20:15
Serbia  21–23  Slovakia Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 2,600
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Cvijić 6 (11–6) Jakubisová 8
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Main round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group I

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(H) Hosts
13 December 2014
16:00
Poland  19–28  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Siódmiak 5 (9–9) Fisker 6
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13 December 2014
18:15
Spain  26–29  Norway Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Pena 7 (16–16) Riegelhuth 7
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13 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  20–19  Romania Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 5,370
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Szucsánszki, Triscsuk 4 (10–8) Neagu 8
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15 December 2014
16:00
Spain  20–22  Romania Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Pinedo 5 (14–9) Neagu 7
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15 December 2014
18:15
Poland  24–26  Norway Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Drabik 5 (15–11) Mørk 11
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15 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  20–23  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Tomori, Tóth 5 (9–11) L. Jørgensen 6
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17 December 2014
16:00
Poland  19–24  Romania Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
five players 3 (9–11) Neagu 9
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17 December 2014
18:15
Spain  29–22  Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Barbosa 6 (15–12) L. Jørgensen 7
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17 December 2014
20:30
Hungary  29–25  Norway Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 4,800
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Bulath 6 (15–11) Løke 6
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Group II

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14 December 2014
15:45
Germany  20–27  Montenegro Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Zapf 6 (10–12) Knežević 8
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14 December 2014
18:00
Sweden  29–26  France Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Hagman 7 (12–14) Lacrabère 10
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14 December 2014
20:15
Netherlands  30–20  Slovakia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Polman 7 (17–10) Školková 6
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16 December 2014
15:45
Netherlands  27–31  Montenegro Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
Polman 8 (13–15) K. Bulatović 10
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16 December 2014
18:00
Sweden  31–22  Slovakia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Gulldén 9 (17–11) Szarková 7
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16 December 2014
20:15
Germany  24–24  France Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 800
Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
Geschke 9 (13–10) Baudouin, Dembélé 5
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17 December 2014
15:45
Sweden  29–30  Montenegro Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Gulldén 9 (18–13) Radičević 9
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17 December 2014
18:00
Germany  36–22  Slovakia Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 600
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Huber, Lang 6 (17–10) Dubajová 5
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17 December 2014
20:15
Netherlands  18–20  France Arena Zagreb, Zagreb
Attendance: 600
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Groot 10 (9–7) three players 4
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Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 December
 
 
 Norway29
 
21 December
 
 Sweden25
 
 Norway28
 
19 December
 
 Spain25
 
 Spain19
 
 
 Montenegro18
 
Third place game
 
 
21 December
 
 
 Sweden25
 
 
 Montenegro23

All times are local (UTC+1).

Semifinals

19 December 2014
18:00
Montenegro  18–19  Spain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Radičević 6 (8–13) Pinedo 5
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19 December 2014
20:30
Norway  29–25  Sweden László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Løke 6 (13–11) Gulldén 9
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Fifth place game

19 December 2014
15:30
Hungary  25–26  France László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Triscsuk 10 (13–16) Nze Minko 7
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Third place game

21 December 2014
15:30
Sweden  25–23  Montenegro László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
Gulldén 7 (11–12) K. Bulatović 8
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Final

21 December 2014
18:00
Norway  28–25  Spain László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Riegelhuth Koren 10 (10–12) Pena 10
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Final ranking

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Qualified for the 2015 World Championship
Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the Olympic Qualification Tournament

Note: As Norway later qualified for the olympics as World Champions, the qualification slot went to the runner up instead and Montenegro qualified for the qualification tournament instead of Spain.

Awards

The all-star team and awards were announced on 21 December 2014.[1]

All-Star Team

Other awards

Statistics

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Top goalkeepers

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References

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  3. "Gullden leads Sweden to first EHF EURO bronze". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. "Women's EHF EURO 2014 bids". European Handball Federation. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  5. "Women's EHF EURO 2014 to be awarded". European Handball Federation. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
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  8. "EHF nominates referees for Women's EHF EURO 2014". ehf-euro.com. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

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