2008 European Women's Handball Championship
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The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship will be held in the Republic of Macedonia from December 2 to December 14.
Venues
The European Championship will be held in the following cities:
Competition Format
- Preliminary Round: 16 teams are divided into four groups. They play each other in a single round robin system, so each team plays three matches. A win is worth two points, while a draw is worth one point. The top three teams from each group advance to the Main Round.
- Main Round: 12 teams are divided in two groups. They play against the teams they didn't play in the Preliminary Round, so each team plays 3 matches. All points from the Preliminary Round, except the points gained against the 4th place team in the preliminary group, are carried forward into the Main Round. Same round robin rules apply as in the Preliminary Round. Top 2 teams from each group advance to the Semifinals, while the third placed team from each group advances to the 5th-6th Place Play-off.
- Final Round: 6 teams play in the final weekend of the championships. 3rd place teams from the Main Round play in the 5th-6th Place Play-off. Other teams play in the Semi finals. Losers of the Semi finals advance to the 3rd-4th Place Play-off, and winners advance to the Final.
Qualification
In total, 16 national teams will participate in the final tournament.
Host Nation:
Qualified from European Championship 2006 (Ranks 1-5):
Qualified from play-offs
(Held on 31 May/1 June and 7/8 June):
Match results of play-offs.
Preliminary Round
Seeding
The draw for the preliminary round groups took place on 20 July 2008, in Ohrid
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Norway |
 Hungary |
 Spain |
 Ukraine
|
 Russia |
 Sweden |
 Austria |
 Serbia
|
 France |
 Croatia |
 Denmark |
 Belarus
|
 Germany |
 Portugal |
 Macedonia |
 Romania
|
Group A (Skopje)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 4 |
| Denmark |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 2 |
| France |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 54 | -6 | 0 |
| Hungary |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 0 |
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| December 3, 2008 18:15 |
Hungary
|
21 – 27 | Romania
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena Attendance: 1000 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
| Görbicz 5 | (Report) | Lecusanu, Manea, Neagu 5 | ||
| December 3, 2008 20:15 |
France
|
23 – 24 | Denmark
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena Attendance: 800 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
| Spincer 6 | (Report) | Aaen 7 | ||
| December 5, 2008 18:15 |
Romania
|
30 – 25 | France
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena Attendance: 700 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK) |
| Ardean-Elisei 8 | Dembele, Limal 4 | |||
| December 5, 2008 20:15 |
Denmark
|
v | Hungary
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 7, 2008 18:15 |
France
|
v | Hungary
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 7, 2008 20:15 |
Denmark
|
v | Romania
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
Group B (Ohrid)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 3 |
| Spain |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 3 |
| Ukraine |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 2 |
| Portugal |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 67 | -19 | 0 |
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| December 3, 2008 17:15 |
Portugal
|
24 – 38 | Ukraine
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena Attendance: 500 Referees: Nikolovski, Kolevski (MKD) |
| Barbosa 9 | (Report) | Nikolayenko 9 | ||
| December 3, 2008 19:15 |
Norway
|
21 – 21 | Spain
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena Attendance: 1000 Referees: Maric, Masic (SRB) |
| Riegelhuth 5 | (Report) | Gonzales 6 | ||
| December 5, 2008 17:15 |
Spain
|
29 – 24 | Portugal
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena Attendance: 500 Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |
| Saenz, Gonzales 7 | (Report) | Barbosa 11 | ||
| December 5, 2008 19:15 |
Ukraine
|
20 – 33 | Norway
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena Attendance: 1000 Referees: Bol, Van Eck (NED) |
| Pidpalova, Nikolayenko 5 | (Report) | Larsen 7 | ||
| December 7, 2008 17:15 |
Spain
|
v | Ukraine
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 7, 2008 19:15 |
Norway
|
v | Portugal
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena |
Group C (Ohrid)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 4 |
| Sweden |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 3 |
| Belarus |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 50 | -4 | 1 |
| Austria |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 55 | -23 | 0 |
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| December 2, 2008 18:15 |
Sweden
|
21 – 21 | Belarus
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena Attendance: 1000 Referees: Bol, Van Eck (NED) |
| Ahlm, Utkovic 4 | (Report) | Kurchankova 6 | ||
| December 2, 2008 20:15 |
Russia
|
31 – 22 | Austria
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena Attendance: 1000 Referees: Hlynur Leifsson, Anton Palsson (ISL) |
| Davydenko, Dmitrieva, Vetkova 5 | (Report) | Engel 8 | ||
| December 4, 2008 18:15 |
Austria
|
10 – 24 | Sweden
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena Attendance: 500 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR) |
| Engel 4 | (Report) | Ahlm 5 | ||
| December 4, 2008 20:15 |
Belarus
|
25 – 29 | Russia
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena Attendance: 700 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL) |
| Mahilina 5 | (Report) | Polenova, Poltoratskaya, Turey 4 | ||
| December 6, 2008 18:15 |
Russia
|
v | Sweden
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 6, 2008 20:15 |
Austria
|
v | Belarus
|
Biljanini Izvori Arena |
Group D (Skopje)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 4 |
| Croatia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 2 |
| Macedonia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 54 | -1 | 2 |
| Serbia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 62 | -5 | 0 |
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| December 2, 2008 17:45 |
Croatia
|
30 – 26 | Serbia
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena Attendance: 2000 Referees: Andersen, Sodahl (NOR) |
| Golubic, Penezic 7 | (Report) | Lekic 9 | ||
| December 2, 2008 20:15 |
Germany
|
25 – 22 | Macedonia
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena Attendance: 4500 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK) |
| Krause 11 | (Report) | Portjanko 8 | ||
| December 4, 2008 18:15 |
Serbia
|
31 – 32 | Germany
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena Attendance: 3500 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN) |
| Lekic 8 | (Report) | Jurack 8 | ||
| December 4, 2008 20:15 |
Macedonia
|
31 – 29 | Croatia
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena Attendance: 6000 Referees: Dobrovits, Tajok (HUN) |
| Kresoja, Portjanko 8 | (Report) | Franic 7 | ||
| December 6, 2008 18:15 |
Germany
|
v | Croatia
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 6, 2008 20:15 |
Macedonia
|
v | Serbia
|
Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
Main Round
Group I (Ohrid)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A (1st in Group A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1B (1st in Group B) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2A (2nd in Group A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2B (2nd in Group B) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3A (3rd in Group A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3B (3rd in Group B) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| December 9, 2008 16:15 |
1A | v | 2B | Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 9, 2008 18:15 |
3A | v | 3B | Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 9, 2008 20:10 |
2A | v | 1B | Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 10, 2008 16:15 |
1A | v | 3B | Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 10, 2008 18:15 |
2A | v | 2B | Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 10, 2008 20:10 |
3A | v | 1B | Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 11, 2008 16:15 |
2A | v | 3B | Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 11, 2008 18:15 |
3A | v | 2B | Biljanini Izvori Arena |
| December 11, 2008 20:10 |
1A | v | 1B | Biljanini Izvori Arena |
Group II (Skopje)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1C (1st in Group C) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1D (1st in Group D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2C (2nd in Group C) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2D (2nd in Group D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3C (3rd in Group C) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3D (3rd in Group D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| December 8, 2008 | 1C | v | 2D | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 8, 2008 | 2C | v | 1D | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 8, 2008 | 3C | v | 3D | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 10, 2008 | 1C | v | 3D | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 10, 2008 | 3C | v | 1D | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 10, 2008 | 2C | v | 2D | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 11, 2008 | 2C | v | 3D | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 11, 2008 | 3C | v | 2D | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 11, 2008 | 1C | v | 1D | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
Finals
| Semifinal | Final | |||||
| December 13, 2008 - 14:00 | ||||||
| 1.I | ||||||
| December 14, 2008 - 16:30 | ||||||
| 2.II | ||||||
| December 13, 2008 - 16:30 | ||||||
| 2.I | ||||||
| 1.II | ||||||
| Bronze Match | ||||||
| December 14, 2008 - 14:00 | ||||||
5th/6th Placement Match
| December 13, 2008 11:30 |
3.I | v | 3.II | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
Semifinals
| December 13, 2008 14:00 |
1.I | v | 2.II | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
| December 13, 2008 16:30 |
2.I | v | 1.II | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
Bronze Match
| December 14, 2008 14:00 |
Loser of SF1 | v | Loser of SF2 | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
Final
| December 14, 2008 16:30 |
Winner of SF1 | v | Winner of SF2 | Boris Trajkovski Sports Arena |
References
- European Handball Federation
- 8th Women's Handball European Championship 2008 in Macedonia
- EHF Women's EURO 2008
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