1996 European Women's Handball Championship

The 1996 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was the second edition of the European Championship.^[1] It was held in Denmark from 6–15 December. Denmark won their second title in a row after beating Norway 25–23 in the final.^[1]

1996 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Denmark
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	6–15 December
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Denmark (2nd title)
Runners-up	Norway
Third place	Austria
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Kjersti Grini (48 goals)
Awards
Best player	Anja Andersen
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Venues

The European Championship was held in the following cities:

• Brøndby
• Vejle
• Fredericia
• Herning

Teams

Group A	Group B
Austria	Germany
Croatia	Lithuania
Denmark	Norway
Hungary	Romania
Poland	Russia
Sweden	Ukraine

Squads

Main article: 1996 European Women's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	5	5	0	0	148	101	+47	10	Semifinals
2	Austria	5	4	0	1	125	105	+20	8
3	Croatia	5	3	0	2	121	120	+1	6	Fifth place game
4	Sweden	5	2	0	3	114	139	−25	4	Seventh place game
5	Hungary	5	1	0	4	109	127	−18	2	Ninth place game
6	Poland	5	0	0	5	107	132	−25	0	Eleventh place game

Source:
(H) Hosts

December 6, 1996	Hungary	21 – 19	Poland
		(10–10)

December 6, 1996	Denmark	30 – 13	Sweden
		(13–6)

December 6, 1996	Croatia	21 – 25	Austria
		(9–12)

December 7, 1996	Sweden	31 – 26	Hungary
		(13–13)

December 7, 1996	Poland	21 – 25	Croatia
		(11–11)

December 7, 1996	Austria	16 – 29	Denmark
		(6–14)

December 8, 1996	Sweden	18 – 31	Austria
		(9–13)

December 8, 1996	Hungary	19 – 24	Croatia
		(11–13)

December 8, 1996	Denmark	33 – 22	Poland
		(14–9)

December 10, 1996	Poland	23 – 24	Sweden
		(7–16)

December 10, 1996	Croatia	22 – 27	Denmark
		(10–14)

December 10, 1996	Hungary	15 – 24	Austria
		(7–11)

December 11, 1996	Croatia	29 – 28	Sweden
		(15–14)

December 11, 1996	Denmark	29 – 28	Hungary
		(14–14)

December 11, 1996	Austria	29 – 22	Poland
		(15–10)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	3	2	0	134	106	+28	8	Semifinals
2	Germany	5	4	0	1	124	111	+13	8
3	Romania	5	3	1	1	132	122	+10	7	Fifth place game
4	Russia	5	2	1	2	132	119	+13	5	Seventh place game
5	Ukraine	5	1	0	4	114	122	−8	2	Ninth place game
6	Lithuania	5	0	0	5	97	153	−56	0	Eleventh place game

Source:

December 6, 1996	Norway	36 – 18	Lithuania
		(17–9)

December 6, 1996	Russia	30 – 23	Ukraine
		(14–13)

December 6, 1996	Germany	22 – 21	Romania
		(12–11)

December 7, 1996	Ukraine	19 – 23	Norway
		(11–14)

December 7, 1996	Lithuania	17 – 27	Germany
		(7–13)

December 7, 1996	Romania	29 – 26	Russia
		(15–14)

December 8, 1996	Russia	22 – 22	Norway
		(12–9)

December 8, 1996	Germany	25 – 23	Ukraine
		(13–10)

December 8, 1996	Romania	32 – 26	Lithuania
		(16–12)

December 10, 1996	Ukraine	22 – 24	Romania
		(13–13)

December 10, 1996	Russia	31 – 16	Lithuania
		(14–8)

December 10, 1996	Norway	27 – 21	Germany
		(11–7)

December 11, 1996	Norway	26 – 26	Romania
		(12–16)

December 11, 1996	Lithuania	20 – 27	Ukraine
		(12–16)

December 11, 1996	Germany	29 – 23	Russia
		(14–11)

classification matches

Eleventh place game

December 13, 1996 17:00	Poland	30 – 27 (ET)	Lithuania	Herning Attendance: 1000 Referees: Wassili Fegir, Dmitri Stegura (UKR)
	Pawelska 16	(11–11)	Pavoliene 15
	3× 8× 1×	Report	2× 9× 1×
	FT: 23–23 ET: 30–27

Ninth place game

December 13, 1996 16:00	Hungary	22 – 27	Ukraine	Fredericia Attendance: 50 Referees: Giampiero Masi, Piero Di Piero (ITA)
	Mátéfi 8	(14–14)	Martynienko 6
	3× 4× 0×	Report	3× 2× 0×

Seventh place game

December 13, 1996 18:00	Sweden	28 – 32	Russia	Fredericia Attendance: 108 Referees: Stevan Popov, Zivan Stakic (SRB)
	Rosenberg Olsson 8	(15–18)	Malakhova 8
	3× 2× 0×	Report	6× 0× 0×

Fifth place game

December 13, 1996 20:00	Croatia	17 – 23	Romania	Fredericia Attendance: 50 Referees: Per Elbrønd, Kjeld Løvqvist (DEN)
	Nemaskalo 4	(10–9)	Cozma 6
	3× 5× 0×	Report	3× 6× 0×

Final round

	Semi-Final				Final
	December 13, 1996
	Denmark	24
					December 15, 1996
	Germany	22
					Denmark	25
	December 13, 1996
					Norway	23
	Norway	22
	Austria	20
					3rd/4th Place
					December 15, 1996
					Germany	23
					Austria	30

Semifinals

December 13, 1996 19:00	Denmark	24 – 22	Germany	Herning Attendance: 4500 Referees: Grigorij Guterman, Feliksas Gedvilas (LTU)
	Andersen 6	(13–10)	Jurack 6
	3× 2× 0×	Report	3× 2× 0×
	FT: 24-22

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December 13, 1996 21:00	Norway	22 – 20	Austria	Herning Attendance: 4500 Referees: Jeno Klucso, Tivadar Lekrinszki (HUN)
	Grini 9	(11–11)	Fridrikas, Teodorovic 5
	3× 3× 0×	Report	2× 2× 0×

Bronze medal match

December 15, 1996 14:00	Austria	30 – 23	Germany	Herning Attendance: 4500 Referees: Francois Garcia, Jean-Pierre Morena (FRA)
		(18–8)
		Report

Gold medal match

December 15, 1996 16:00	Denmark	25 – 23	Norway	Herning Attendance: 4500 Referees: Stefan Arnaldsson, Rögnvald Erlingsson (ISL)
		(10–10)
		Report

Final ranking

Denmark  Norway  Austria 4  Germany 5  Romania 6  Croatia 7  Russia 8  Sweden 9  Ukraine 10  Hungary 11  Poland 12  Lithuania Source: [2]

1996 Women's European champions  Denmark 2nd title Anja Andersen, Camilla Andersen, Kristine Andersen, Heidi Astrup, Tina Bøttzau, Marianne Florman, Anja Hansen, Anette Hoffmann, Tonje Kjærgaard, Janne Kolling, Susanne Lauritsen, Gitte Madsen, Lene Rantala, Gitte Sunesen, Anne Dorthe Tanderup, Mette Vestergaard, Head coach: Ulrik Wilbek.