The 2000 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

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

from 8 to 17 December. It was won by

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

by beating

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

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 Râmnicu Vâlcea (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Vîlcea'' or, in the past, ''Rîmnic-Vâlcea'', ) (population: 92,573 as per the 2011 Romanian census) is the county capital ( ro, Reședință de județ) and also the largest town of Vâlcea County, centr ...

, while Group B games and the final round were played in the capital city,

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

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

Final ranking and statistics

Top goalscorers

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EHF
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Top goalkeepers

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EHF
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All Star Team

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Hand mag
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Handball

Women's handball in Romania

December 2000 sports events in Europe