The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the

2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway after beating Spain 34–21 in the final match. Venues Two Macedonian cities have been selected as hosts for th ...

in the

Republic of Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

. The tournament started on 2 December and the final took place in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

on 14 December. Each nation had to submit an initial squad of 28 players, 12 of them became reserves when the final squad of 16 players was announced on 1 December. ''Appearances, goals and ages as of 1 December 2008.''

Group A

Head coach:

Jan Pytlick Jan Pytlick (born 5 June 1967) is a Danish handball coach, and trains Saudi Arabia national team. He was head coach for the Danish women's national handball team from 1998 to 2006, and again from 2007 to 2014. Pytlick has led the women's nation ...

Head coach:

Olivier Krumbholz Olivier Krumbholz (born 12 September 1958) is a French handball coach of German descent for the French women's national team. He brought the French team to victory at the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship in Croatia, and has later coached ...

Head coach:

Vilmos Imre Vilmos Imre (born 27 March 1968 in Székesfehérvár) is a Hungarian handball coach and former handball player. He is coach at Hungarian Handball Academy. References 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Székesfehérvár Hungarian ...

Head coach:

Radu Voina Radu Voina (born 29 July 1950 in Apold, Șaeș, Mureș County) is a Romanian former Team handball, handball player and current head coach. Playing career He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the 1980 Summer O ...

Group B

Head coach:

Marit Breivik Marit Breivik (born 10 April 1955) is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norway women's national handball team. As coach, she has led the team to victory in the 2008 Olympic tournament, the World Women's Handb ...

Head coach: Jorge Dueñas

Head coach: Paula Castro

Head coach: Leonid Yevtushenko

Group C

Head coach: Herbert Müller

Head coach: Konstantin Charovarov

Head coach:

Evgeny Trefilov Yevgeni Vasilyevich Trefilov (russian: link=no, Евгений Васильевич Трефилов; born 4 September 1955) Was the handball head coach of the Russian women's national team. He has led the Russian team to win the IHF World Women ...

Head coach:

Ulf Schefvert Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (''úlfr'', see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The fe ...

Group D

Head coach:

Zdravko Zovko Zdravko Zovko (born 28 May 1955) is a retired Croatian handball player. Career Zovko spent his entire playing career in RK Medveščak from Zagreb and in Syracuse, Sicily, for C.C. Ortigia. He won three Yugoslav Cups with the club and during hi ...

Head coach:

Armin Emrich Armin Emrich (born 16 June 1951) is a former German team handball player, and former head coach for the German women's national handball team. As coach he led the German team to bronze medal in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship The 2 ...

Head coach:

Vladimir Gligorov Vladimir Gligorov ( Serbian and Macedonian: Владимир Глигоров; 24 September 1945 – 27 October 2022) was a Serbian economist of Macedonian descent. He was a founder of the Democratic Party in Serbia in December 1989. He was the ...

Head coach: Časlav Dinčić

Notes and references

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* ; Cumulatives statistics {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 European Women's Handball Championship Squads 2008 European Women's Handball Championship European Women's Handball Championship squads