2016 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2016 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. It was the second time that Sweden hosts the tournament, after it also hosted the 2006 European Women's Handball Championship.

2016 EHF European Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venues	5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	4–18 December
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Norway (7th title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	France
Fourth place	Denmark
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
Goals scored	2,309 (49.13 per match)
Attendance	148,800 (3,166 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nora Mørk (53 goals)
Awards
Best player	Nycke Groot[1]
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Sweden was awarded the championship on the EHF Congress in Monaco on 23 June 2012.^[2]

Norway won their seventh title after a 30–29 victory over the Netherlands.^[3] France captured the bronze medal, after a 25–22 victory over Denmark.^[4]

Bidding process

There were two bids:

• Sweden
• Turkey (withdrew)

Turkey withdrew their bid, leaving Sweden as the sole bid. they were given the hosting rights on the 23 June 2012.^[2]

Venues

Stockholm	Gothenburg	Malmö	Kristianstad	Helsingborg
Hovet Capacity: 8,094	Scandinavium Capacity: 12,312	Malmö Isstadion Capacity: 5,339	Kristianstad Arena Capacity: 4,700	Helsingborg Arena Capacity: 4,700
Group A	Group I Knockout stage	Group C	Group B	Group D Group II

Qualification

Main article: 2016 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Sweden	Host	23 June 2012	9 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Russia	Group 6 winner	12 March 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
France	Group 7 winner	12 March 2016	8 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Hungary	Group 5 winner	1 June 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Norway	Group 1 winner	1 June 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Romania	Group 1 runner-up	1 June 2016	10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Serbia	Group 2 winner	1 June 2016	4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Czech Republic	Group 2 runner-up	1 June 2016	4 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012)
Netherlands	Group 3 winner	1 June 2016	5 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Spain	Group 3 runner-up	1 June 2016	8 (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Poland	Group 5 runner-up	1 June 2016	4 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014)
Germany	Group 7 runner-up	1 June 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Montenegro	Group 4 winner	2 June 2016	3 (2010, 2012, 2014)
Denmark	Group 6 runner-up	2 June 2016	11 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Croatia	Group 4 runner-up	2 June 2016	8 (1994, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Slovenia	Best third-ranked team	5 June 2016	4 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)

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

Draw

The draw was held on 10 June 2016 at 13:00 local time at the Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden.^[5][6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Norway  Netherlands  Sweden  Montenegro	France  Hungary  Russia  Serbia	Spain  Denmark  Romania  Germany	Poland  Croatia  Czech Republic  Slovenia

Squads

Main article: 2016 European Women's Handball Championship squads

Referees

14 referee pairs were selected on 17 June 2016, of which 12 will be refereeing the tournament.^[7][8] Of these, 7 pairs are women and 5 are men.^[9]

Referees  Croatia Dalibor Jurinović Marko Mrvica  Denmark Karina Christiansen Line Hansen  Hungary Péter Horváth Balázs Márton  Lithuania Viktorija Kijauskaite Aušra Žaliene  Norway Kjersti Arntsen Guro Røen  Poland Joanna Brehmer Agnieszka Skowronek

Referees  Romania Diana-Carmen Florescu Anamaria Stoia  Russia Victoria Alpaidze Tatyana Berezkina  Serbia Vanja Antić Jelena Jakovljević  Slovakia Peter Brunovský Vladimír Čanda  Spain Andreu Marín Ignacio García  Sweden Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 16 June 2016.^[10][11]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	91	87	+4	5	Main round
2	Sweden (H)	3	1	1	1	78	74	+4	3
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	72	68	+4	2[a]
4	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	77	89	−12	2[a]

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. Spain 30–18 Slovenia

4 December 2016 15:15	Serbia	36–34	Slovenia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Radosavljević 8	(17–16)	Mavsar 9
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

4 December 2016 18:00	Sweden	25–19	Spain	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 7,900 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Alm, Hagman 5	(14–10)	Martín 7
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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6 December 2016 18:30	Spain	23–25	Serbia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Martín 6	(8–11)	Krpež Slezak 6
	4× 4×	Report	2× 3×

6 December 2016 20.45	Slovenia	25–23	Sweden	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Mavsar 6	(13–13)	Gulldén 10
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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8 December 2016 18:30	Spain	30–18	Slovenia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Pena 6	(14–5)	Mavsar 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

8 December 2016 20:45	Sweden	30–30	Serbia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Sand 8	(15–18)	three players 5
	2× 5×	Report	2× 4×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	0	1	73	71	+2	4[a]	Main round
2	France	3	2	0	1	70	60	+10	4[a]
3	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	75	68	+7	4[a]
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	65	84	−19	0

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.
Notes:

1. Germany 2 Pts, +1 GD, 50 GF; France 2 Pts, +1 GD, 39 GF; Netherlands 2 Pts, −2 GD

4 December 2016 18:30	Netherlands	27–30	Germany	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,026 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Abbingh, Groot 5	(14–13)	Huber 7
	3× 2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

4 December 2016 20:45	France	31–22	Poland	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 1,750 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	three players 5	(15–9)	Grzyb 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

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6 December 2016 18:30	Poland	21–30	Netherlands	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,105 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Wojtas 5	(11–14)	Abbingh, Goos 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

6 December 2016 20:45	Germany	20–22	France	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 1,805 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Huber 6	(11–11)	Nze Minko 5
	4× 2×	Report	2×

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8 December 2016 18:30	Germany	23–22	Poland	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 1,875 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Huber 7	(12–10)	Achruk 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

8 December 2016 20:45	Netherlands	18–17	France	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 1,730 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Visser 5	(7–12)	Nze Minko 5
	1× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	78	69	+9	6	Main round
2	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	83	83	0	2[a]
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	62	64	−2	2[a]
4	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	63	70	−7	2[a]

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.
Notes:

1. Czech Republic 2 Pts, +4 GD; Hungary 2 Pts, +2 GD; Montenegro 2 Pts, −6 GD

5 December 2016 18:30	Hungary	22–27	Czech Republic	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 753 Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
	Kovács 7	(10–13)	Hrbková, Malá 5
	2× 5×	Report	3× 3×

5 December 2016 20:45	Montenegro	21–22	Denmark	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,674 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Knežević 7	(11–14)	Jørgensen 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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7 December 2016 18:30	Czech Republic	27–28	Montenegro	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 654 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Hrbková 6	(12–13)	Jauković, Mehmedović 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 7×

7 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	23–19	Hungary	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,946 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Jørgensen 5	(12–10)	Görbicz 6
	3× 5×	Report	4× 3×

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9 December 2016 18:30	Montenegro	14–21	Hungary	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 1,279 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	four players 2	(6–11)	Görbicz 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

9 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	33–29	Czech Republic	Malmö Isstadion, Malmö Attendance: 3,124 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Jørgensen 9	(13–17)	Růčková 7
	3× 7×	Report	4× 5×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	80	58	+22	6	Main round
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	74	66	+8	4
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	70	71	−1	2
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	68	97	−29	0

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.

5 December 2016 18:30	Russia	32–26	Croatia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,571 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Bobrovnikova, Zhilinskayte 6	(16–13)	Penezić 8
	2× 6×	Report	4× 9×

5 December 2016 20:45	Norway	23–21	Romania	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,278 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Mørk 7	(13–11)	Neagu 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

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7 December 2016 18:30	Romania	22–17	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,279 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Buceschi, Neagu 7	(11–9)	Postnova 4
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

7 December 2016 20:45	Croatia	16–34	Norway	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,375 Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
	Penezić 4	(9–15)	Frafjord 6
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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9 December 2016 18:30	Romania	31–26	Croatia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,435 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Neagu 10	(15–13)	Penezić 8
	4× 7×	Report	2× 5×

9 December 2016 20:45	Norway	23–21	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,493 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Kristiansen, Mørk 5	(11–11)	three players 3
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Main round

Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group were carried over.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	142	128	+14	8[a]	Semifinals
2	France	5	4	0	1	111	100	+11	8[a]
3	Germany	5	3	1	1	124	110	+14	7	Fifth place game
4	Sweden (H)	5	1	1	3	126	131	−5	3[b]
5	Serbia	5	1	1	3	122	142	−20	3[b]
6	Spain	5	0	1	4	108	122	−14	1

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. Netherlands 18–17 France
2. Sweden 30–30 Serbia

10 December 2016 16:15	Serbia	19–26	Germany	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 4,212 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Georgijev 7	(10–14)	Huber, Hubinger 4
	3× 6×	Report	2× 9×

10 December 2016 18:30	Sweden	30–33	Netherlands	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 6,102 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Gulldén 8	(13–14)	Groot 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 6× 1×

10 December 2016 20:45	Spain	22–23	France	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,702 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Pena 5	(14–10)	Pineau 9
	4× 6×	Report	2× 2×

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12 December 2016 16:15	Spain	20–20	Germany	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,697 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Pena 7	(12–9)	Hubinger 5
	3× 2×	Report	4× 3×

12 December 2016 18:30	Serbia	27–35	Netherlands	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,663 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Stoiljković 8	(12–17)	Abbingh, Broch 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

12 December 2016 20:45	Sweden	19–21	France	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,279 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Roberts 5	(10–12)	Nze Minko 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4× 1×

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14 December 2016 16:15	Spain	24–29	Netherlands	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,896 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Martín 6	(13–15)	Polman 10
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

14 December 2016 18:30	Sweden	22–28	Germany	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 5,031 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Hagman, Alm 4	(9–12)	Bölk 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

14 December 2016 20:45	Serbia	21–28	France	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,243 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Stoiljković 6	(12–15)	Ayglon, Nze Minko 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	127	109	+18	10	Semifinals
2	Denmark	5	3	1	1	123	113	+10	7
3	Romania	5	3	0	2	119	110	+9	6	Fifth place game
4	Russia	5	1	2	2	116	121	−5	4
5	Czech Republic	5	1	0	4	132	146	−14	2
6	Hungary	5	0	1	4	111	129	−18	1

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.

11 December 2016 16:15	Czech Republic	24–26	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,021 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Růčková 5	(12–14)	Sen 4
	2×	Report	3× 1×

11 December 2016 18:30	Hungary	21–29	Romania	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,236 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	four players 3	(9–15)	Neagu 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

11 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	20–22	Norway	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,553 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	three players 4	(9–14)	Mørk 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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13 December 2016 16:15	Czech Republic	28–30	Romania	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 773 Referees: Kijauskaite, Žaliene (LTU)
	Luzumová 7	(14–17)	Neagu 10
	4× 5×	Report	3× 4×

13 December 2016 18:30	Hungary	23–24	Norway	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,402 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Görbicz, Kovács 5	(9–11)	Mørk 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

13 December 2016 20:45	Denmark	26–26	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,672 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Jørgensen 7	(13–11)	Sudakova 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

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14 December 2016 16:15	Hungary	26–26	Russia	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 732 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kovács 6	(14–13)	Dmitrieva 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 5× 1×

14 December 2016 18:30	Denmark	21–17	Romania	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 1,582 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Hansen 9	(12–10)	Buceschi 4
	3× 7× 1×	Report	3× 3×

14 December 2016 20:45	Czech Republic	24–35	Norway	Helsingborg Arena, Helsingborg Attendance: 853 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Hrbková 7	(17–18)	Mørk 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 1×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	16 December
	Netherlands	26
					18 December
	Denmark	22
					Netherlands	29
	16 December
					Norway	30
	France	16
	Norway	20
					Third place
					18 December
					Denmark	22
					France	25

Semifinals

16 December 2016 18:15	Netherlands	26–22	Denmark	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,853 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Polman 7	(13–13)	Jørgensen 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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16 December 2016 20:45	France	16–20	Norway	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 9,908 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Lacrabère 6	(9–11)	Mørk 7
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Fifth place game

16 December 2016 15:45	Germany	22–23	Romania	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,210 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Huber 5	(11–11)	Zamfir 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Third place game

18 December 2016 15:30	Denmark	22–25	France	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 8,391 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Jørgensen 6	(9–14)	Nze Minko 5
	2× 4× 1×	Report	2× 3×

Final

18 December 2016 18:00	Netherlands	29–30	Norway	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 11,037 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Snelder 6	(15–15)	Mørk 12
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Final ranking and statistics

Qualified for the 2017 World Championship

Rank Team  Norway  Netherlands  France 4  Denmark 5  Romania 6  Germany 7  Russia 8  Sweden 9  Serbia 10  Czech Republic 11  Spain 12  Hungary 13  Montenegro 14  Slovenia 15  Poland 16  Croatia

All Star Team The All Star Team and awards were announced on 18 December 2016.[1] Position Player Goalkeeper  Sandra Toft Galsgaard (DEN) Left wing  Camilla Herrem (NOR) Left back  Cristina Neagu (ROU) Centre back  Nycke Groot (NED) Right back  Nora Mørk (NOR) Right wing  Carmen Martín (ESP) Pivot  Yvette Broch (NED) Best defense player  Béatrice Edwige (FRA) Most valuable player  Nycke Groot (NED)

Top goalscorers Rank Name Team Goals[12] Shots % 1 Nora Mørk  Norway 53 95 56 2 Stine Jørgensen  Denmark 47 81 58 3 Cristina Neagu  Romania 46 89 52 4 Estavana Polman  Netherlands 39 68 57 5 Svenja Huber  Germany 35 58 60 Nycke Groot  Netherlands 53 66 Estelle Nze Minko  France 59 59 8 Isabelle Gulldén  Sweden 31 58 53 Alexandra Lacrabère  France 59 53 10 Michaela Hrbková  Czech Republic 30 56 54

Top goalkeepers Rank Name Team % Saves[13] Shots 1 Victoriya Kalinina  Russia 41 39 96 Silje Solberg  Norway 68 164 3 Amandine Leynaud  France 40 41 102 4 Laura Glauser  France 39 66 169 Silvia Navarro  Spain 64 164 6 Denisa Dedu  Romania 38 56 146 7 Sandra Toft Galsgaard  Denmark 35 85 244 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø  Norway 39 113 Clara Woltering  Germany 76 217 10 Johanna Bundsen  Sweden 34 47 138 Tess Wester  Netherlands 95 281