Programme:

Congratulations Denmark - European Champions 02

Gold match between
Denmark - Norway: 25 - 22 (13 - 11)
Line Daugaard 7, Rikke Hørlykke 5, Fruelund 4, Karen Brødsgaard 2, Touray 3, Mette Vestergaard 2, Kristine Andersen 1, Ditte Andersen 1

The dream finals between the old rivals. Denmark has won 3 out of 4 finals during the past 6 years.The two best teams with the best keepers and the best defenses meet (and the most enthusiastic supporters as well)

Denmark - Russia: 22-18 (8-11)
Kristine Andersen 7 (6), Fruelund 6, Daugaard 4, Heidi Johansen 2, Vestergaard 1, Trine Jensen 1

Denmark - Yugoslavia: 28-25 (14-11)
Kristine Andersen 6 (4), Vestergaard 5, Fruelund 4, Johansen 3, Hørlykke 2, Touray 3, Daugaard 2, Trine Jensen 1, Ditte Andersen 1, Roslyng 1

Denmark -Austria: 26-20 (13-13)
Mette Vestergaard 6, Kristine Andersen 5(4), Daugaard 4, Hørlykke 2, Fruelund 2, Trine Jensen 2, Touray 2, Camilla Thomsen 1, Roslyng 1, Ditte Andersen 1

Denmark - Rumania: 25-23 (14-9)
Kristine Andersen 10 (2), Line Daugaard 3, Trine Jensen 2, Fruelund 2, Rikke Hørlykke 2, Karen Brødsgaard 2, Touray 4

Denmark - Nederlands: 27-23 (15-10)
Daugaard 5, Roslyng 4, Fruelund 3, Mølgaard 3, Touray 3, Brødsgaard 2, Kristine Andersen 2, Trine Jensen 2, Camilla Thomsen 1, Ditte Andersen 1

Denmark - France: 20-17 (11-7)
Mette Vestergaard 4 (3), Camilla Thomsen 3, Rikke Hørlykke 3, Line Daugaard 3, Kristine Andersen 3 (1), Winnie Mølgaard 2 (1), Ditte Andersen 1, Trine Jensen 1

Denmark- Ukraine: 27-23 (14-12)
Kristine Andersen 8, Mette Vestergaard 5, Touray 6, Karen Broedsgaard 3, Katrine Fruelund 3, Trine Jensen 2, Line Daugaard 1.

Group 1
Denmark 126-108: 10 point
France 121-124: 6
Yugoslavia 155-129: 6
Rumania 120-124: 4
Austria 126-126: 4
Ukraine 104-141: 0

Group 2
Norway 135-103: 10 point
Russia 138-116: 8
Hungary 146-142: 6
Czechia. 120-129: 4
Slovenia 124-143: 2
Germany 111-141: 0

Especially goakeeper Karin Mortensen and player Kristine Andersen have been outshining the others during this championship. It also has great significance that Lene Rantala has made a quick come-back, as her long experience can contribute both to the stability of the team and the performance of her fellow goalkeepers Mortensen and Nørgaard. Team list.

For photos of Kristine, see also the series from the pre-olympics in Sydney 2000.

Denmark - France: 20-17

14.30: Bel-Czechia: 19-25
16.30: Slov-Hungary: 28-31
16.30: Germany-Norway: 18-26
16.30: Swe-Rum: 25-30
18.30: Spain-Russia: 24-24
18.30: Austria-Yug: 23-30
20.30: Ned-Ukraine: 26-28

Denmark - Nederlands: 27-23

14.30: Bel-Slov: 23-27
16.30: Hun-Czechia: 33-26
16.30: Rum-Yug: 25-32
18.30: Ukraine-France: 21-24
18.30: Germany-Spain: 31-26
18.30: Aus-Sweden: 33-26
20.30: Rus-Norway: 18-24

18.30: Denmark - Rumania: 25-23

16.30: Yugoslavia-France: 27-29
16.30: Norway-Czechia: 27-20
18.30: Russia-Hungary: 39-29
20.30: Austria-Ukraine: 32-19
20.30: Germany-Slovenia: 26-30

20.15: Denmark - Austria:26-20 (13-13)

Yugoslavia – Ukraine: 39-24
Norway – Slovenia: 34-24
Germany – Hungary: 25-30
Rumania – France: 26-29
Russia – Czechia: 29-19

Denmark – Yugoslavia : 28-25

Rumania – Ukraine: 19-17
Russia – Slovenia: 27-22
Austria – France: 30-22
Germany – Czechia: 20-30
Norway – Hungary: 24-23

13. Dec.

Norway - France: 21 - 16
Denmark - Russia: 22-18

5th: Yugoslavia - Hungary: 39-43

Bronze match:
Russia - France: 22-27

Finals:
Denmark - Norway: 25-22 (13-11)

Gold: Denmark
Silverv: Norway
Bronze: France
4. Russia
5. Hungary

These five teams have qualified for the World Championship ini 2003.

The next European Championship will be hosted by Hungary.

Groups

Results 1. round:
Group B: Won by Denmark with 4 points, France 2, Ukraine 0 p.

Group A is won by Yugoslavia, then comes Rumania with 2 p and Austria with 0 p.

Group D is won by Hungary and Czechia with 4 p, Slovenia comes third.

Group C is won by Norway as expected, Russia and Germany also remain in the championship.

See also my news page for details and the links page plus the page about the players.

Talk handball in the new forum and chat.

My World Championship 2001 theme page.

The Olympic 2000 theme page. Read also about the entertaining experiences of an Australian guy, who went to a couple of handball matches and got converted!

The embarrassing European Championship 2000.

Who were the Danish participants on the Olympic gold team from Atlanta 96?

Links

The official EC site

Eurohandball

TV2

See also the links page.

Group A is played in Helsinge-Hallen

Group B in Århus Arena

Group C in Farum Arena

Group D in Århus Arena

Group 1 is played in Århus (Yugoslavia, Denmark, France, Rumania, Ukraine and Austria)

Group 2 is played in Farum. (Germany, Slovenia, Russia, Hungary, Norway, Czechia)

Semifinals and finals in Århus

There are still tickets available.

Controversial team list

When the team was announced for the European Championship not everyone were pleased.

For example Mette Melgaard and Rikke Poulsen Schmidt were not to be found on the list. Instead Lene Rantala made a surprising comeback, returning just for this one time as a goalie.

Slagelse was furious when their two players, usually on the national team, were not found good enough for the championship and blamed Pytlick in a press release..

A new goalkeeper is Louise Bager Nørgaard. Also Camilla Thomsen will be unfamiliar to most. She is from FCK and 28 years old. Camilla was taking part in a training tournament in Norway as replacement for Brødsgaard. She did it so well, that she was sure to stay on the national team and even push aside some more experienced players in the struggle for a place on the EC team. Actually, Camilla has never even been on the youth national team. Read the news section and team list.

Problems have occured because the green-yellow floor, which IHF has used in other countries, was not certified by the authorities in Denmark - the material is highly inflamable. The Danish authorites reluctantly accepted it only this Wednesday and as a compromise, a group of firemen are guarding the court.

Still it looks inappropriate in other ways as it gets slippery when the hall gets warm. The Scandinavian players have earlier complained to the IHF about the floor (used in the previous 6 EC) and many complain now. EHF now promises, this will be the last championship using this strange "lego" textured floor.

Originally the floor was introduced with the Easteuropean halls in mind, as they did not have courts marked up only for handball. But as all the three arenas in DK are built primarily for handball, the wooden floors are perfect and need no coating. But the EHF stubbornly still wants the coating kept for now.

Court diagram - and the position of the players.

The Rules - a short explanation.