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2014 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2014 European Women's Handball Championship was the eleventh continental tournament for women's national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation. The second jointly hosted edition in the competition's history took place in Hungary and Croatia from 7 to 21 December 2014.[2]

Norway won their sixth title after beating Spain 28–25 in the final.[3] Sweden defeated Montenegro 25–23 to capture the bronze medal.[4]

Norway's victory ensured their qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, they later won the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, vacating the European champion Olympic berth which fell to Spain as the runner-up. The two next-best placed teams, Sweden and Montenegro, earned spots in the Olympic Qualification Tournaments.

Host selection

Initially there were two applicants for the tournament, Slovenia and Turkey, with none of them having the experience of organizing a continental event before. However, both candidates withdrew their offers later, thus the host nation could not be selected on the 10th Ordinary EHF Congress between 24 and 25 September 2010 as it was planned.[5]

Instead, the European Handball Federation re-launched the bidding process. As a result, six federations (Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Slovakia, Sweden and Turkey) showed intention to host the championship. Until the final deadline of 28 January 2011, EHF received three bids from four federations:[6]

After a thorough analysis, Slovakia was excluded from the race first, as they failed to ensure a minimum of four arenas that meet the strict criteria for the European Championship.[7] The EHF Executive Committee decided between the two remaining aspirants on its meeting on 9 April 2011, awarding the right to host the 11th Women's EHF European Handball Championship to Hungary and Croatia.[2]

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams

1 Bold indicates champion for that year.

Seeding

The draw was held on 19 June 2014 at 13:00 local time in Zagreb, Croatia.[8][9]

Squads

Referees

12 referee pairs were selected:[10]

Preliminary round

The playing schedule was released on 4 June 2014.[11]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Group B

Source: [citation needed]

Group C

Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Group D

Source: [citation needed]

Main round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group I

Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Group II

Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stage

Bracket

All times are local (UTC+1).

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Note: As Norway later qualified for the olympics as World Champions, the qualification slot went to the runner up instead and Montenegro qualified for the qualification tournament instead of Spain.

Awards

The all-star team and awards were announced on 21 December 2014.[1]

All-Star Team

Other awards

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: SportResult.com Archived 22 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine

Top goalkeepers

Source: SportResult.com Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

References

  1. ^ a b "EHF EURO All-star team announced". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Women's EHF Euro 2014 goes to Hungary and Croatia, 9 April 2011, accessdate, 9 April 2011". Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Norway win sixth EHF EURO gold". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Gullden leads Sweden to first EHF EURO bronze". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Men's EHF Euro 2014 goes to Denmark, 25 September 2013, accessdate, 9 April 2011". Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Women's EHF EURO 2014 bids". European Handball Federation. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Women's EHF EURO 2014 to be awarded". European Handball Federation. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  8. ^ "The eyes of European women's handball are on Zagreb". eurohandball.com. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  9. ^ "Europe's best teams gather in Hungary and Croatia". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  10. ^ "EHF nominates referees for Women's EHF EURO 2014". ehf-euro.com. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  11. ^ Match schedule

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