2020 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2020 European Women's Handball Championship was held from 3 to 20 December 2020. The games were played in Herning and Kolding, Denmark.
Originally, this tournament would be held with 2 host countries: Norway and Denmark. However, lacking some time for the beginning, Norway renounced the right to seat, respecting the local legislation about the COVID-19 pandemic.
The tournament was also one of the qualification events for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship. It was also played behind closed doors due to the pandemic.
Norway won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating France in the final. Croatia won the third place game to capture their first ever medal.

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Bidding process

The bids were as follows:

In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:

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The joint bid of Denmark and Norway was recommended as the preferred bid.
Shortly after, Denmark and Norway decided to merge their bids. They were announced as the hosts in Dublin on 20 September 2014.

Venues

On 9 September 2020, the Norwegian Handball Federation announced, that all games scheduled to take place in Norway, would be played in Trondheim, while on 6 November, the Danish Handball Federation announced, that all games scheduled to take place in Denmark, would be played in Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning. On 16 November, Norway withdrew altogether for health reasons. Danish Sydbank Arena then announced a wish to co-host the tournament together with Herning and this was approved of by the Danish government on 23 November 2020.

Qualification

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualification was cancelled and the 2018 final ranking decided the participants.

Draw

The draw was held on 18 June 2020 in Vienna, Austria.

Seedings

The pots were announced on 7 May 2020.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4

Squads

Each squad consisted of 16 players, with a maximum of six players who could be replaced during the tournament. However, in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential risk of several players from the same team testing positive, there was no limit to the number of replacements for players testing positive.

Referees

10 referee pairs were selected on 9 October 2020. Two new pairs were added ahead of the main round.

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 gained in the preliminary round against team that also advanced, were carried over.

Group I

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Group II

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Final ranking and awards

Final ranking

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2020 Women's European Champions

Norway
Eighth title
Team roster: Emily Stang Sando, Henny Reistad, Emilie Hegh Arntzen, Veronica Kristiansen, Marit Malm Frafjord, Heidi Løke, Stine Skogrand, Nora Mørk, Stine Bredal Oftedal, Malin Aune, Silje Solberg, Kari Brattset Dale, Katrine Lunde, Marit Røsberg Jacobsen, Camilla Herrem, Sanna Solberg-Isaksen, Kristine Breistøl, Marta Tomac, Rikke Granlund.
Head coach: Thorir Hergeirsson.

All Star Team

The All Star Team and awards were announced on 20 December 2020.

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Sandra Toft
Left wing	Camilla Herrem
Left back	Vladlena Bobrovnikova
Centre back	Stine Bredal Oftedal
Right back	Nora Mørk
Right wing	Jovanka Radičević
Pivot	Ana Debelić
Best defense player	Line Haugsted
Most valuable player	Estelle Nze Minko

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Nora Mørk	52	70	74
2	Jovanka Radičević	39	58	67
3	Lois Abbingh	35	67	52
3	Ćamila Mičijević	35	67	52
5	Mia Rej	33	49	67
5	Camilla Herrem	33	47	70
7	Carmen Martín	32	45	71
8	Alexandra Lacrabère	31	45	69
8	Stine Bredal Oftedal	31	59	53
10	Katrin Klujber	30	52	58

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	%	Saves	Shots
1	Silje Solberg	41	36	88
2	Cléopatre Darleux	38	41	107
2	Branka Zec	38	13	34
2	Katrine Lunde	38	45	119
5	Petra Kudláčková	36	42	116
5	Tea Pijević	36	79	221
7	Sandra Toft	35	75	214
7	Althea Reinhardt	35	24	69
9	Denisa Dedu	34	30	87
10	Iulia Dumanska	32	34	105
10	Amandine Leynaud	32	50	157