2006 European Women's Handball Championship

2006 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
Tournament details

Host country	Sweden
Dates	7–17 December
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (3rd title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	France
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches	47
Goals scored	2510 (53.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nadine Krause (GER) (58 goals)
Best player	Gro Hammerseng (NOR)
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The 2006 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 7–17 December. It was won by Norway after beating Russia 27–24 in the final match.

This championship was also the European qualifying event for 2008 Olympics, and Norway earned a spot at the 2008 Games for being the European champion. If Norway also becomes the 2007 World champion, the 2nd place team will qualify for the Olympics. In addition, the 1 or 2 (if Europe finishes in the top 2 continents at the world championship) best ranked teams in this championship, which are outside top 7 at the world championship, will participate at the Olympic qualifying tournament.

Venues

The European Championships will be held in the following cities:

Skövde, Skövde Arena (Preliminary Group A)
Malmö, Baltiska Hallen (Preliminary Group D)
Göteborg, Scandinavium (Preliminary Group B, Main Group 1)
Stockholm, Hovet (Preliminary Group C, Main Group 2, Final Round)

Draw

The following nations were qualified:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Hungary Austria Serbia Macedonia	Norway Germany Slovenia Poland	Russia Ukraine Croatia Sweden	Denmark Spain France Netherlands

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.
Final Round: 6 teams play in the final weekend of the championships. 3rd place teams from the Main Round play in the 5th-6th Place Play-off. Other teams play in the Semi finals. Losers of the Semi finals advance to the 3rd-4th Place Play-off, and winners advance to the Final.

Preliminary round

Group A (Skövde)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Hungary	3	3	0	107	72	+35	6
Austria	3	2	1	83	94	-11	4
Macedonia	3	1	2	72	81	-9	2
Serbia	3	0	3	77	92	-15	0


December 7, 2006
Serbia	23 – 25	Macedonia
Hungary	42 – 23	Austria
December 8, 2006
Austria	32 – 27	Serbia
Macedonia	22 – 30	Hungary
December 10, 2006
Austria	28 – 25	Macedonia
Hungary	35 – 27	Serbia

Group B (Göteborg)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Norway	3	3	0	102	63	+39	6
Germany	3	2	1	83	77	+6	4
Poland	3	1	2	75	92	-17	2
Slovenia	3	0	3	80	108	-28	0


December 7, 2006
Germany	30 – 20	Poland
Norway	43 – 20	Slovenia
December 8, 2006
Slovenia	30 – 31	Germany
Poland	21 – 32	Norway
December 10, 2006
Slovenia	30 – 34	Poland
Norway	27 – 22	Germany

Group C (Stockholm)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Russia	3	3	0	97	69	+28	6
Croatia	3	2	1	67	70	-3	4
Sweden	3	1	2	57	69	-12	2
Ukraine	3	0	3	73	86	-13	0


December 7, 2006
Russia	27 – 22	Croatia
Ukraine	18 – 22	Sweden
December 9, 2006
Croatia	24 – 23	Ukraine
Sweden	15 – 30	Russia
December 10, 2006
Russia	40 – 32	Ukraine
Croatia	21 – 20	Sweden

Group D (Malmö)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points	Tiebreaker*
Spain	3	2	1	78	67	+11	4	+1
France	3	2	1	76	74	+2	4	0
Denmark	3	2	1	77	71	+6	4	-1
Netherlands	3	0	3	65	84	-19	0


December 7, 2006
Spain	26 – 16	Netherlands
Denmark	20 – 24	France
December 9, 2006
France	24 – 28	Spain
Netherlands	23 – 30	Denmark
December 10, 2006
Denmark	27 – 24	Spain
France	28 – 26	Netherlands

* Note - the tiebreaker was the goal difference in the matches between Spain, France and Denmark

Main Round

Group I (Göteborg)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Norway	5	5	0	160	111	+50	10
Germany	5	4	1	143	116	+27	8
Hungary	5	3	2	166	134	+32	6
Poland	5	2	3	130	156	-26	4
Austria	5	1	4	121	173	-52	2
Macedonia	5	0	5	113	144	-31	0


December 12, 2006
Macedonia	33 – 35	Poland
Hungary	27 – 34	Germany
Austria	24 – 39	Norway
December 13, 2006
Hungary	37 – 21	Poland
Austria	22 – 34	Germany
Macedonia	13 – 28	Norway
December 14, 2006
Austria	24 – 33	Poland
Macedonia	20 – 23	Germany
Hungary	31 – 34	Norway

Group II (Stockholm)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points	Tiebreaker*
Russia	5	5	0	145	112	+33	10
France	5	3	2	122	117	+5	6
Sweden	5	2	3	109	120	-11	4	+4
Croatia	5	2	3	117	120	-3	4	-1
Spain	5	2	3	124	133	-9	4	-3
Denmark	5	1	4	118	133	-15	2


December 12, 2006
Croatia	27 – 29	Spain
Russia	25 – 24	France
Sweden	27 – 22	Denmark
December 13, 2006
Croatia	21 – 22	France
Sweden	24 – 19	Spain
Russia	32 – 27	Denmark
December 14, 2006
Sweden	23 – 28	France
Croatia	26 – 22	Denmark
Russia	31 – 24	Spain

* Note - the tiebreaker was the goal difference in the matches between Sweden, Croatia and Spain

Final Round (Stockholm)

1st-4th Place

Semi Final			Final

December 16, 2006
Norway	28
France	24

			December 17, 2006
			Norway	27
			Russia	24


			3rd/4th Place
December 16, 2006		December 17, 2006
Germany	29	France	29
Russia	33		Germany	25

5th/6th Place

December 16, 2006


Hungary	32 – 25	Sweden

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

	Norway
	Russia
	France
4	Germany
5	Hungary
6	Sweden
7	Croatia
8	Poland
9	Spain
10	Austria
11	Denmark
12	Macedonia
13	Ukraine
14	Serbia
15	Netherlands
16	Slovenia

2006 Women's European Champions

Norway
Third Title

Team Roster

Marit Malm Frafjord, Terese Pedersen, Gro Hammerseng, Kristine Lunde,
Marianne Rokne, Katrine Lunde, Else-Marthe Sørlie, Gøril Snorroeggen,
Anette Hovind Johansen, Karoline Dyhre Breivang, Kari Aalvik Grimsbø,
Ragnhild Aamodt, Anne Kjersti Suvdal, Kari Mette Johansen,
Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth, Katja Nyberg and Tonje Nøstvold
Head Coach: Marit Breivik

All-Star Team

Goalkeeper: Inna Suslina (RUS)
Left wing: Kari Mette Johansen (NOR)
Left back: Nadine Krause (GER)
Pivot: Liudmila Bodnieva (RUS)
Centre back: Gro Hammerseng (NOR) (MVP)
Right back: Ibolya Mehlmann (HUN)
Right wing: Annika Wiel Freden (SWE)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Nadine Krause	Germany	58
2	Karolina Kudłacz	Poland	48
3	Tanja Logvin	Austria	45
4	Kari Mette Johansen	Norway	41
	Gro Hammerseng	Norway
	Grit Jurack	Germany
7	Marina Naukovic	Macedonia	40
8	Ibolya Mehlmann	Hungary	37
9	Angélique Spincer	France	35
10	Yelena Polenova	Russia	34
10	Susana Fraile Celaya	Spain	34

References

European Handball Federation

International handball

World Championships (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth beach) Olympic Games Youth Olympics World Games (beach) Super Globe National teams Player of the Year

Africa	African Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth) All-Africa Games

Americas	Pan American Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth beach) Pan American Games Central American Games Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games Caribbean Championship Central American Championship North American and Caribbean Championship South American Championship Bolivarian Games

Asia	Asian Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth men's beach women's beach) Asian Games South Asian Games West Asian Games Asian Youth Games GCC Championship (men women) South Asian Championship Southeast Asian Championship GCC Games GCC Women's Games

Europe	European Championship (men women men's junior women's junior men's youth women's youth beach) EYOF

Oceania	Nations Cup (men women) Challenge Trophy (men's junior women's junior) Youth Championship (men) Pacific Cup (men women)

Intercontinental	CPLP Games IHF Emerging Nations Championships European Open Indian Ocean Island Games Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Championship Pan Arab Games Summer Universiade World University Championship

International Handball Federation (IHF) Achievements by nation

European Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Portugal 1994 Spain 1996 Italy 1998 Croatia 2000 Sweden 2002 Slovenia 2004 Switzerland 2006 Norway 2008 Austria 2010 Serbia 2012 Denmark 2014 Poland 2016 Croatia 2018 Austria/Norway/Sweden 2020

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's

Tournaments	Germany 1994 Denmark 1996 Netherlands 1998 Romania 2000 Denmark 2002 Hungary 2004 Sweden 2006 Macedonia 2008 Denmark/Norway 2010 Serbia 2012 Hungary/Croatia 2014 Sweden 2016 France 2018 Denmark/Norway 2020

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Team appearances (men's)
Team appearances (women's)

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