2018 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship was held in France in from 29 November to 16 December 2018. It was the first time France hosts the women's tournament. The matches were played in Brest, Montbéliard, Nancy, Nantes and Paris.
France defeated Russia in the final to claim their first title.

Bidding process

The interested nations were as follows:France

In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:

France was recommended as the preferred bid. On 20 September 2014, in Dublin, Ireland, France was announced as the host. This is the first time France is hosting the Women's EHF Euro.

Qualification

Qualified teams

All 16 qualified teams took part in the previous 2016 championship.

Country	Qualified as	Date of qualification	Previous appearances in tournament

	winner
	winner
	winner
	winner
	runner-up
	winner
	runner-up
	winner
	runner-up
	winner
	runner-up
	runner-up
	runner-up
	runner-up

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

Draw

The draw was held on 12 June 2018 at 12:00 at the Maison de la Radio in Paris, France.

Seedings

The pots were announced on 4 June 2018.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4

Referees

12 referee pairs were selected on 4 October 2018.

Preliminary round

''All times are local.''

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

Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group will be taken over.

Group I

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Both matches were scheduled for 8 December, but moved back due to the Yellow vests movement.
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Group II

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Final ranking and statistics

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All Star Team

The All Star Team and awards were announced on 16 December 2018.

Position

Player

Goalkeeper

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Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Katarina Krpež Šlezak		50	70	71
2	Eliza Buceschi		45	67	67
3	Cristina Neagu		44	82	54
4	Anna Vyakhireva		43	66	65
5	Estelle Nze Minko		38	46	83
6	Estavana Polman		36	73	49
7	Nathalie Hagman		35	50	70
7	Jovanka Radičević		35	51	69
9	Đurđina Jauković		34	61	56
10	Stine Bredal Oftedal		33	55	60
10	Crina Pintea		33	52	63

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Silje Solberg		40	45	112
2	Laura Glauser		36	41	114
2	Amandine Leynaud		36	60	165
2	Katrine Lunde		36	57	160
5	Maja Vojnović		35	9	26
6	Blanka Bíró		33	45	136
6	Filippa Idéhn		33	61	184
6	Tess Wester		33	78	238
9	Iulia Dumanska		32	48	148
9	Anna Sedoykina		32	68	212
9	Sandra Toft		32	46	145