The 2018

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

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in from 29 November to 16 December 2018. It was the first time France hosts the women's tournament. The matches were played in

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, Nancy,

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and

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. France defeated Russia in the final to claim their first title.

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

All 16 qualified teams took part in the previous 2016 championship. Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

Draw

The draw was held on 12 June 2018 at 12:00 at the

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Seedings

The pots were announced on 4 June 2018.

Squads

Referees

12 referee pairs were selected on 4 October 2018.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Main round

Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group will be taken over.

Group I

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Group II

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Fifth place game

Semifinals

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Third place game

Final

Final ranking and statistics

All Star Team

The All Star Team and awards were announced on 16 December 2018.

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

References

External links

Official website
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