The 2004 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much 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 south, Croatia and ...

from 9–19 December, it was won by

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after beating

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27–25 in the final match.

Venues

The 2004 European Championship was held in the following cities: *

Debrecen Debrecen ( ; ; ; ) is Hungary's cities of Hungary, second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain Regions of Hungary, region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the large ...

(Preliminary Group A, Main Group 2) *

Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; ; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road. Hi ...

(Preliminary Group B) * Békéscsaba (Preliminary Group C) *

Győr Győr ( , ; ; names of European cities in different languages: E-H#G, names in other languages) is the main city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron County and Western Transdanubia, Western Transdanubia region, and – halfwa ...

(Preliminary Group D, Main Group 1) *

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

(Final Round)

Qualification

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year. :

² as FR Yugoslavia

Competition format

*Preliminary Round: 16 teams are divided into four groups. They play each other in a single round robin system, so each team plays three matches. A win is worth two points, while a draw is worth one point. The top three teams from each group advance to the Main Round. *Main Round: 12 teams are divided in two groups. They play against the teams they didn't play in the Preliminary Round, so each team plays 3 matches. All points from the Preliminary Round, except the points gained against the 4th place team in the preliminary group, are carried forward into the Main Round. Same round robin rules apply as in the Preliminary Round. Top 2 teams from each group advance to the semifinals, while the third placed team from each group advances to the 5th-6th Place Play-off, and the fourth placed team to the 7th-8th Place Play-off. *Final Round: 8 teams play in the final weekend of the championships. 3rd place teams from the Main Round play in the 5th-6th Place Play-off, and 4th place team to the 7th-8th Place Play-off. Other teams play in the semifinals. Losers of the semifinals advance to the 3rd-4th Place Play-off, and winners advance to the final.

Squads

Preliminary round

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

Group I

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Group II

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Final round

Bracket

Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

All-Star Team

*Goalkeeper: *Left wing: *Left back: *Pivot: *Centre back: *Right back: *Right wing: *

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: Chosen by team officials and EHF experts
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Top goalscorers

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Top goalkeepers

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EHF
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