2000 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2000 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Romania from 8 to 17 December. It was won by Hungary by beating Ukraine 32–30 after extra time in the final match.

2000 EHF European Women's
Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Dates	8–17 December
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (1st title)
Runners-up	Ukraine
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Romania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	1,927 (50.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Simona Gogîrlă (ROU) (68 goals)
Awards
Best player	Beáta Siti (HUN)
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Venues

The teams of the tournament were divided into two groups. The matches of Group A took place in the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea, while Group B games and the final round were played in the capital city, Bucharest.

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Romania	Host	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Norway	Defending champion	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Austria	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Belarus	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Denmark	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
France	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Germany	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Hungary	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Macedonia	Playoff winner	1 (1998)
Russia	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Ukraine	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Yugoslavia	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Squads

Main article: 2000 European Women's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	4	1	0	159	115	+44	9	Semifinals
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	118	104	+14	8
3	France	5	3	0	2	127	106	+21	6	Fifth place game
4	Yugoslavia	5	2	1	2	139	138	+1	5	Seventh place game
5	Germany	5	1	0	4	117	134	−17	2	Ninth place game
6	Austria	5	0	0	5	89	152	−63	0	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

8 December 2000 17:00	Hungary	33–33	Yugoslavia	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
		(17–18)
		Report

8 December 2000 19:00	Austria	20–30	Germany	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Håkansson, Nilsson (SWE)
		(7–14)
		Report

8 December 2000 21:00	France	21–22	Russia	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Krajc, Živolić (CRO)
	Pecqueux-Rolland 6	(12–15)	Buyanova 5
	4× 6×	Report	2× 6×

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9 December 2000 17:00	Germany	22–33	Hungary	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Jaškins, Kazinieks (LAT)
		(12–15)
		Report

9 December 2000 19:00	Yugoslavia	19–26	France	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Håkansson, Nilsson (SWE)
		(10–12)
		Report

9 December 2000 21:00	Russia	28–19	Austria	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Şerbu, Dobre (ROU)
	Volkova 6	(15–10)	Ofenböck 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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10 December 2000 17:00	France	25–19	Germany	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
		(12–12)
		Report

10 December 2000 19:00	Austria	12–35	Hungary	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Krajc, Živolić (CRO)
		(6–13)
		Report

10 December 2000 21:00	Russia	27–20	Yugoslavia	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Jaškins, Kazinieks (LAT)
	Bodniyeva, Naukovich 6	(10–12)	Petrović 5
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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12 December 2000 17:00	Austria	24–33	Yugoslavia	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Jaškins, Kazinieks (LAT)
		(14–14)
		Report

12 December 2000 19:00	Hungary	32–29	France	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Şerbu, Dobre (ROU)
		(14–12)
		Report

12 December 2000 21:00	Germany	18–22	Russia	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Krajc, Živolić (CRO)
	Radzevičiūtė 5	(10–11)	Volkova 5
	2× 6×	Report	3× 4×

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13 December 2000 17:00	Hungary	26–19	Russia	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Håkansson, Nilsson (SWE)
	Pigniczki 5	(17–12)	Volkova 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

13 December 2000 19:00	Yugoslavia	34–28	Germany	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Şerbu, Dobre (ROU)
		(12–11)
		Report

13 December 2000 21:00	France	26–14	Austria	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
		(14–6)
		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	5	2	3	0	130	120	+10	7[a]	Semifinals
2	Romania (H)	5	3	1	1	128	118	+10	7[a]
3	Norway	5	2	2	1	132	126	+6	6	Fifth place game
4	Macedonia	5	1	2	2	113	123	−10	4	Seventh place game
5	Denmark	5	1	1	3	130	137	−7	3[b]	Ninth place game
6	Belarus	5	0	3	2	134	143	−9	3[b]	Eleventh place game

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Romania 21–23 Ukraine
2. Denmark 34–26 Belarus

8 December 2000 17:00	Romania	29–28	Belarus	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
		(15–15)
		Report

8 December 2000 19:00	Norway	24–24	Ukraine	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
		(11–9)
		Report

8 December 2000 21:00	Denmark	19–20	Macedonia	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 800 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
		(9–5)
		Report

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9 December 2000 17:00	Ukraine	29–29	Denmark	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
		(15–13)

9 December 2000 19:00	Macedonia	19–19	Romania	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
		(9–11)
		Report

9 December 2000 21:00	Belarus	26–26	Norway	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 800 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
		(13–12)
		Report

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10 December 2000 17:00	Macedonia	19–27	Ukraine	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
		(8–10)
		Report

10 December 2000 19:00	Romania	26–22	Norway	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
		(14–12)
		Report

10 December 2000 21:00	Denmark	34–26	Belarus	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
		(20–17)
		Report

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12 December 2000 17:00	Belarus	27–27	Macedonia	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
		(11–12)
		Report

12 December 2000 19:00	Romania	21–23	Ukraine	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,200 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
		(12–10)
		Report

12 December 2000 21:00	Norway	29–22	Denmark	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
		(16–12)
		Report

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13 December 2000 17:00	Ukraine	27–27	Belarus	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
		(11–13)
		Report

13 December 2000 19:00	Denmark	26–33	Romania	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
		(13–18)
		Report

13 December 2000 21:00	Norway	31–28	Macedonia	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 750 Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
		(14–11)
		Report

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	16 December
	Hungary	25
					17 December
	Romania	24
					Hungary (ET)	32
	16 December
					Ukraine	30
	Ukraine	28
	Russia	24
					Third place
					17 December
					Russia	21
					Romania	16

Eleventh place game

15 December 2000 18:30	Austria	22–27	Belarus	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Baum, Góralczyk (POL)
	Ofenböck 10	(11–16)	Kulik 6
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Ninth place game

15 December 2000 18:30	Germany	22–21	Denmark	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 500 Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
	Blacha, Schmidt 5	(10–13)	Skov, Vestergaard 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

Seventh place game

15 December 2000 21:00	Yugoslavia	39–38 (ET)	Macedonia	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 500 Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Medved 10	(14–16)	Boeva 10
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 3–3, 7–6

Fifth place game

15 December 2000 21:00	France	23–19	Norway	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Goulão, Macau (POR)
	Pecqueux-Rolland 5	(11–11)	Breivang 6
	3× 6×	Report	2× 2×

Semifinals

16 December 2000 17:30	Ukraine	28–24	Russia	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Repenšek, Požežnik (SLO)
	Tsyhytsia 16	(12–12)	Volkova 8
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

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16 December 2000 20:00	Hungary	25–24	Romania	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Krajc, Živolić (CRO)
	Farkas 9	(13–12)	Gogîrlă 14
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Third place game

17 December 2000 17:30	Russia	21–16	Romania	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Håkansson, Nilsson (SWE)
	Naukovich 5	(10–7)	Gogîrlă 9
	2× 7× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Final

17 December 2000 20:00	Hungary	32–30 (ET)	Ukraine	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Şerbu, Dobre (ROU)
	Farkas 14	(17–13)	Yaresko 7
	2× 2×	Report	3×
	FT: 26–26 ET: 6–4

Final ranking and statistics

Hungary  Ukraine  Russia 4  Romania 5  France 6  Norway 7  Yugoslavia 8  Macedonia 9  Germany 10  Denmark 11  Belarus 12  Austria

2000 Women's European champions  Hungary 1st title Nikolett Brigovácz, Ágnes Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Gabriella Kindl, Erika Kirsner, Anita Kulcsár, Beatrix Kökény, Krisztina Nagy, Ildikó Pádár, Zsuzsanna Pálffy, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Judit Simics, Beáta Siti, Eszter Siti, Tímea Sugár Head coach: Lajos Mocsai.

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals Shots % 1 Simona Gogîrlă  Romania 68 108 62.96 2 Ágnes Farkas  Hungary 54 105 51.43 3 Steffi Ofenböck  Austria 49 119 41.18 Olena Tsyhytsia  Ukraine 93 52.69 5 Klara Boeva  Macedonia 42 78 53.85 6 Steluța Luca  Romania 41 94 43.62 7 Svetlana Minevskaya  Belarus 37 76 48.68 8 Mette Vestergaard  Denmark 35 74 47.30 9 Bojana Petrović  Yugoslavia 33 70 47.14 10 Lotte Kiærskou  Denmark 32 60 53.33 Inna Volkova  Russia 57 56.14 Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % Saves Shots 1 Tatiana Alizar  Russia 41.95 73 174 2 Valérie Nicolas  France 40.46 70 173 3 Tetyana Vorozhtsova  Ukraine 36.96 68 184 4 Luminița Huțupan  Romania 35.85 76 212 5 Nataliya Rusnachenko  Austria 34.26 74 216 6 Katalin Pálinger  Hungary 33.82 69 204 7 Hege Johansen  Norway 32.43 36 111 8 Oksana Maslova  Macedonia 31.78 34 107 9 Branka Jovanović  Yugoslavia 31.68 32 101 10 Eike Bram  Germany 30.89 59 191 Source: EHF

All Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Luminița Huțupan (ROU)
Right wing	Agnieszka Tobiasz (GER)
Right back	Melinda Szabó (FRA)
Centre back	Beáta Siti (HUN)
Left back	Olena Tsyhytsia (UKR)
Left wing	Larisa Ferzalieva (MKD)
Pivot	Lyudmila Bodniyeva (RUS)
Most valuable player	Beáta Siti (HUN)

Source: Hand mag