2012 European Women's Handball Championship

2012 EHF European Women's Handball Championship

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Tournament details
Host country  Serbia
Dates 4–16 December
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Montenegro (1st title)
Runner-up  Norway
Third place  Hungary
Fourth place  Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches 47
Goals scored 2381 (50.66 per match)
Attendance 122,604 (2,609 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Katarina Bulatović (MNE) (56 goals)
Best player  Anja Edin (NOR)
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The 2012 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 4 to 16 December. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in the Netherlands but on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation withdrew from the organization. Subsequently the European Handball Federation (EHF) launched a new bidding process and eventually selected Serbia as the new host on 18 June 2012.

Montenegro captured their first title by defeating defending champion Norway 34–31 in the final.[1]

Host selection

Initially on its meeting on 27 September 2008 the EHF awarded the championship to the Netherlands, beating the bids of Germany and Serbia.[2] This could have been the second time for Netherlands to host the tournament,[3] however, on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation announced they are unable to organize the European Championship.[4] A day later the EHF re-launched the host selection process;[5] ten nations had shown interest in organizing the competition, including Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia and Sweden.[6] Romania added their interest the day after.[7] On 18 June 2012 the EHF granted the organizational rights to Serbia and also disposed of the fate of the Dutch national team. Since Serbia, the new host already qualified for the European Championship, the place reserved for the host nation was passed to Iceland as the best non-qualified team and the Netherlands were pulled out from the tournament.[5]

Venues

Five venues in four cities had been selected to host the matches:[8]

Group stage
Vršac Niš
Millennium Center
Capacity: 4,000
Čair Sports Center
Capacity: 5,000
Group stage and Knockout stage Knockout stage

Belgrade
Niš
Novi Sad
Vršac
Novi Sad Belgrade
Spens Sports Center
Capacity: 11,500
Kombank Arena
Capacity: 23,000
City Arena Capacity[9] Round
Belgrade Kombank Arena 20,000 Group A, Main Round, Semifinals and Finals
Novi Sad Spens Arena 8,000 Group C, Main Round
Vršac Millennium Center 4,058 Group D
Niš Čair Sports Center 4,000 Group B

Qualification

Qualification matches were played from September 2011 to June 2012. Following the new system introduced for the 2010 Men's Championship, all teams were included in the qualification round, except Netherlands who were hosts before the withdrawal.[4] Teams were divided in 7 groups and the two top ranked teams from each group qualified.

Qualified teams

Country Qualified asDate qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 Norway Defending champion 19 December 2010 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Croatia Winner of group 6 24 March 2012 6 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Czech Republic Runner-up of group 5 25 March 2012 3 (1994, 2002, 2004)
 Sweden Winner of group 5 25 March 2012 7 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Germany Winner of group 1 30 May 2012 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Hungary Runner-up of group 1 30 May 2012 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Romania Winner of group 2 30 May 2012 8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010)
 Serbia Runner-up of group 2 30 May 2012 2 ( 2008, 2010)
 France Winner of group 4 30 May 2012 6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Denmark Runner-up of group 6 2 June 2012 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Spain Runner-up of group 7 2 June 2012 6 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Ukraine Winner of group 7 3 June 2012 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Macedonia Runner-up of group 4 3 June 2012 4 (1998, 2000, 2006, 2008)
 Montenegro Winner of group 3 3 June 2012 1 (2010)
 Russia Runner-up of group 3 3 June 2012 9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Iceland Awarded final place[5] 18 June 2012 1 (2010)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.

Squads

Referees

12 referee pairs were selected:[10]

Referees
 Belarus Andrei Gousko
Siarhei Repkin
 Croatia Helena Crnojević
Emina Kostecki-Radić
 Czech Republic Jiří Opava
Pavel Válek
 Denmark Marlene Kroløkke Lythje
Karina Christiansen
 France Charlotte Bonaventura
Julie Bonaventura
 Hungary Péter Horvárth
Balázs Márton

Referees
 Latvia Zigmārs Stoļarovs
Renārs Līcis
 Poland Joanna Brehmer
Agnieszka Skowronek
 Romania Diana-Carmen Florescu
Anamaria Duţă
 Serbia Branka Marić
Zorica Mašić
 Slovakia Peter Brunovský
Vladimír Čanda
 Spain Andreu Marín
Ignacio García

Seeding

The draw was scheduled to be held on 6 June 2012 at 14:00 local time in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[11] The draw procedure was announced on 15 May.[12][13] It was canceled because of the withdrawal of the Dutch Handball Federation.[4] The draw was rescheduled to 22 June 2012 in Monaco.[5] The pots were new assigned due to the removal of the Netherlands and the addition of Iceland.[14]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 22 June 2012.[15] The playing schedule was released on 13 July.[16][17]

The top three teams from each group advanced to the main round, while the last placed team from each group was eliminated.

     Team advanced to the main round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 3 0 0 67 62 +5 6
 Serbia 3 2 0 1 79 75 +4 4
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 68 71 −3 2
 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 62 68 −6 0
4 December 2012
17:45
Ukraine  22 – 25  Czech Republic Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 450
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Borshchenko 7 (7–12) Štěrbová, Luzumová 6
  Report  

4 December 2012
20:15
Norway  28 – 26  Serbia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Riegelhuth Koren 8 (17–12) Ognjenović 9
  Red card Report  

6 December 2012
18:15
Serbia  25 – 23  Ukraine Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Popović, Damnjanović 5 (14–10) Managarova 7
  Report  

6 December 2012
20:15
Czech Republic  19 – 21  Norway Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 450
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki-Radić (CRO)
Poznarová 5 (12–10) Sulland 8
  Report  

8 December 2012
18:15
Norway  18 – 17  Ukraine Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,554
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Sulland 6 (8–11) Glibko, Borshchenko 4
  Report   Red card

8 December 2012
20:15
Serbia  28 – 24  Czech Republic Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Horvárth, Márton (HUN)
Lekić, Pop-Lazić 6 (12–15) Černá, Chrenková 6
  Report  

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 0 1 80 61 +19 4
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 91 84 +7 4
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 70 65 +5 4
 Macedonia 3 0 0 3 61 92 −31 0
4 December 2012
18:15
France  29 – 16  Macedonia Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 750
Referees: Horvárth, Márton (HUN)
Baudouin 8 (15–10) Portjanko 6
  Report  

4 December 2012
20:15
Sweden  27 – 26  Denmark Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 300
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Ahlm 10 (13–15) Jørgensen 6
  Report  

6 December 2012
18:15
Macedonia  15 – 26  Sweden Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 300
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Bajramoska 4 (8–11) Torstenson 8
  Report  

6 December 2012
20:15
Denmark  28 – 27  France Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 200
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Nørgaard, Burgaard 7 (15–12) Baudouin, Njitam 5
  Report  

8 December 2012
18:15
Sweden  17 – 24  France Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 500
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki-Radić (CRO)
Torstenson 5 (8–13) Signate, Mendy 4
  Report  

8 December 2012
20:15
Denmark  37 – 30  Macedonia Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Augustesen 8 (17–13) Crvenkoska, Portjanko 7
  Report  

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 2 0 1 83 80 +3 4
 Spain 3 2 0 1 79 73 +6 4
 Germany 3 1 0 2 58 63 −5 2
 Croatia 3 1 0 2 65 69 −4 2
4 December 2012
18:15
Germany  20 – 23  Spain SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
Steinbach 6 (12–13) Martín 7
  Report  

4 December 2012
20:15
Croatia  28 – 27  Hungary SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Zebić 9 (15–14) Tomori 9
  Report  

5 December 2012
18:15
Spain  25 – 21  Croatia SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Mangué 7 (13–10) Zebić 7
  Report  

5 December 2012
20:15
Hungary  24 – 21  Germany SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Görbicz 9 (11–14) Zapf 5
  Report  

7 December 2012
18:15
Hungary  32 – 31  Spain SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Tomori 12 (17–14) Martín 7
  Report  

7 December 2012
20:15
Croatia  16 – 17  Germany SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Zebić 5 (7–8) Augsburg 4
  Report  

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Montenegro 3 3 0 0 79 63 +16 6
 Russia 3 1 1 1 78 72 +6 3
 Romania 3 1 1 1 63 63 0 3
 Iceland 3 0 0 3 56 78 −22 0
4 December 2012
18:05
Montenegro  26 – 16  Iceland Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Bulatović 7 (10–7) Bragadóttir 5
  Report  

4 December 2012
20:15
Romania  21 – 21  Russia Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Curea 9 (12–7) Khmyrova 6
  Report  

5 December 2012
18:05
Russia  27 – 30  Montenegro Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Postnova 5 (14–20) Knežević, Radičević 6
  Report  

5 December 2012
20:15
Iceland  19 – 22  Romania Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Lythje, Christiansen (DEN)
Jónsdóttir 5 (13–15) Brădeanu 7
  Report  

7 December 2012
18:05
Russia  30 – 21  Iceland Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Postnova, Sen 5 (15–8) Jónsdóttir 4
  Report  

7 December 2012
20:15
Romania  20 – 23  Montenegro Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Brădeanu 6 (10–9) Bulatović 9
  Report  

Main round

The top 2 teams from each group advanced to the semifinals, while the third placed team from each group compete in a 5th/6th place play-off. The start times of matches in Group I were 16:10, 18:10 and 20:10 while in Group II the times were 16:15, 18:15 and 20:15. The matches were assigned after the preliminary round.

     Team advanced to the semifinals
     Team competed for the 5th/6th place

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group I

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 5 4 0 1 140 124 +16 8
 Serbia 5 3 1 1 124 118 +6 7
 Denmark 5 3 0 2 148 146 +2 6
 Sweden 5 2 1 2 127 127 0 5
 France 5 2 0 3 111 115 −4 4
 Czech Republic 5 0 0 5 121 141 −20 0
10 December 2012
16:10
Czech Republic  30 – 33  Denmark Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 400
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Knedlíková, Kutlvašrová 6 (12–13) Nørgaard 10
  Report  

10 December 2012
18:10
Norway  30 – 19  France Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 500
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Sulland 7 (14–10) Baudouin 5
  Report  

10 December 2012
20:10
Serbia  23 – 23  Sweden Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Rajović 5 (13–14) Torstenson 8
  Report  

11 December 2012
16:10
Czech Republic  22 – 24  France Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 800
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Chrenková 4 (10–14) Ayglon 6
  Report  

11 December 2012
18:10
Norway  28 – 25  Sweden Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Horvárth, Márton (HUN)
Edin 9 (12–14) Gulldén 10
  Report  

11 December 2012
20:10
Serbia  29 – 26  Denmark Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Damnjanović 8 (16–14) Jørgensen 5
  Report  

13 December 2012
16:10
Czech Republic  26 – 35  Sweden Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Chrenková 7 (14–14) Fogelström 7
  Report  

13 December 2012
18:10
Serbia  18 – 17  France Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Rajović 5 (10–6) Signate 4
  Report  

13 December 2012
20:10
Norway  33 – 35  Denmark Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Horvárth, Márton (HUN)
Sulland, Alstad 6 (17–15) Burgaard 8
  Report  

Group II

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Montenegro 5 4 0 1 128 123 +5 8
 Hungary 5 3 0 2 132 130 +2 6
 Russia 5 1 3 1 130 127 +3 5
 Germany 5 2 1 2 119 116 +3 5
 Romania 5 1 1 3 114 120 −6 3
 Spain 5 1 1 3 128 135 −7 3
9 December 2012
16:15
Spain  26 – 31  Romania SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 700
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Fernández, Mangué 5 (12–15) Neagu, Curea 7
  Report   Red card

9 December 2012
18:15
Hungary  26 – 28  Montenegro SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Szucsánszki 8 (9–15) Radičević 9
  Red card Report   Red card

9 December 2012
20:15
Germany  26 – 26  Russia SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 600
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Steinbach 9 (16–13) Khmyrova 6
  Report  

11 December 2012
16:15
Spain  25 – 25  Russia SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 800
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki-Radić (CRO)
Martín 11 (13–14) Postnova 7
  Report   Red card

11 December 2012
18:15
Germany  27 – 20  Montenegro SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Steinbach 7 (14–9) Bulatović 6
  Report  

11 December 2012
20:15
Hungary  25 – 19  Romania SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Vérten 7 (14–12) Neagu, Nechita 6
  Report  

13 December 2012
16:15
Spain  23 – 27  Montenegro SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Fernández 7 (16–13) Bulatović 6
  Report  

13 December 2012
18:15
Germany  25 – 23  Romania SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Steinbach 8 (16–9) Vădineanu, Nechita 7
  Report   Red card

13 December 2012
20:15
Hungary  25 – 31  Russia SPC Vojvodina, Novi Sad
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Crnojević, Kostecki-Radić (CRO)
Rédei Soós 5 (11–13) Ilyina 7
  Report  

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
15 December
  Norway  30  
  Hungary  19  
 
16 December
      Norway  31
    Montenegro (ET)  34
Third place
15 December 16 December
  Serbia  26   Hungary (ET)  41
  Montenegro  27     Serbia  38

Semifinals

15 December 2012
14:30
Norway  30 – 19  Hungary Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Edin, Riegelhuth Koren 6 (16–11) Görbicz 6
  Report  

15 December 2012
17:00
Serbia  26 – 27  Montenegro Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Filipović 7 (14–13) Knežević 8
  Report  

Fifth place game

15 December 2012
12:00
Denmark  32 – 30  Russia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 800
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Nørgaard, Burgaard 8 (15–15) Sen 6
  Report  

Third place game

16 December 2012
14:30
Hungary  41 – 38 (ET)  Serbia Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 11,000
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Viktória Rédei Soós 9 (21–19) three players 7
  Report  

FT: 33–33 ET: 8–5

Final

16 December 2012
17:00
Norway  31 – 34 (ET)  Montenegro Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Alstad 11 (11–12) Knežević 10
  Report  

FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 3–6

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

1st, gold medalist(s)  Montenegro
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Norway
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary
4  Serbia
5  Denmark
6  Russia
7  Germany
8  Sweden
9  France
10  Romania
11  Spain
12  Czech Republic
13  Croatia
14  Ukraine
15  Iceland
16  Macedonia
 

All-Star Team

Other awards

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals Shots %
1 Katarina Bulatović  Montenegro 56 119 47%
2 Anita Görbicz  Hungary 41 70 59%
Milena Knežević  Montenegro 87 47%
4 Jovanka Radičević  Montenegro 40 61 66%
5 Linn Jørum Sulland  Norway 39 76 51%
6 Ann Grete Nørgaard  Denmark 37 51 73%
Zsuzsanna Tomori  Hungary 66 56%
8 Anja Edin  Norway 34 61 56%
9 Isabelle Gulldén  Sweden 33 56 59%
Andrea Lekić  Serbia 57 58%
Laura Steinbach  Germany 56 59%

Source: SportResult.com

Top goalkeepers

Rank Name Team % Saves Shots
1 Katja Schülke  Germany 41% 45 111
2 Katrine Lunde Haraldsen  Norway 40% 99 247
3 Talida Tolnai  Romania 38% 41 108
4 Linda Pradel  France 37% 22 59
5 Katarina Tomašević  Serbia 36% 98 275
6 Cecilia Grubbström  Sweden 35% 61 174
Éva Kiss  Hungary 34 97
Barbora Raníková  Czech Republic 77 221
Paula Ungureanu  Romania 38 109
Marina Vukčević  Montenegro 34 97
Clara Woltering  Germany 36 102

Source: SportResult.com

References

External links

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