The 1998 EHF

European Women's Handball Championship The European Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national handball teams of Europe, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifyin ...

was held in the

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from 11–20 December. It was won by

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after beating

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

24–16 in the final match.

Venues

The tournament was held in the following cities: *

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

Qualification

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Final round

Bracket

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

Source: EuroHandball.com.

All Star Team

Source
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References

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