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{{Infobox international handball competition
| tourney_name = EHF European Women's<br>Handball Championship
| year = 2000
| other_titles = 
| image = 2000 European Women's Handball Championship Logo.png
| size = 55px
| caption = 
| country = Romania
| dates = 8–17 December
| num_teams = 12
| confederations = 1
| venues = 
| cities = 
| champion_other = {{Hbw|HUN}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{Hbw|UKR}}
| third_other = {{Hbw|RUS}}
| fourth_other = {{Hbw|ROU}}
| matches = 38
| goals = 1927
| attendance = 
| top_scorer = {{Flagathlete|[[Simona Gogîrlă]]|ROU}}<br>(68 goals)
| player = {{Flagathlete|[[Beáta Siti]]|HUN}}
| previous = 1998 European Women's Handball Championship
| next = 2002 European Women's Handball Championship
}}
The '''2000 EHF [[European Women's Handball Championship]]''' was held in [[Romania]] from 8 to 17 December. It was won by [[Hungary women's national handball team|Hungary]] by beating [[Ukraine women's national handball team|Ukraine]] 32–30 after extra time in the final match.

==Venues==
The teams of the tournament were divided into two groups. The matches of Group A took place in the city of [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]], while Group B games and the final round were played in the capital city, [[Bucharest]].

==Qualification==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country !! Qualified as !! Previous appearances in tournament
|-
| {{hbw|ROU}} || Host || 3 ([[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996]], [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hbw|NOR}} || Defending champion || 3 ([[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996]], '''[[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998]]''')
|-
|{{hbw|AUT}} || Playoff winner || 3 ([[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996]], [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
|{{hbw|BLR}} || Playoff winner || 0 (Debut)
|-
|{{hbw|DEN}} || Playoff winner || 3 ('''[[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994]]''', '''''[[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996]]''''', [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hbw|FRA}} || Playoff winner || 0 (Debut)
|-
| {{hbw|GER}} || Playoff winner || 3 (''[[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994]]'', [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996]], [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hbw|HUN}} || Playoff winner || 3 ([[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996]], [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || Playoff winner || 1 ([[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hbw|RUS}} || Playoff winner || 3 ([[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996]], [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hbw|UKR}} || Playoff winner || 3 ([[1994 European Women's Handball Championship|1994]], [[1996 European Women's Handball Championship|1996]], [[1998 European Women's Handball Championship|1998]])
|-
| {{hbw|FRY}} || Playoff winner || 0 (Debut)
|}

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

== Squads ==
{{Main|2000 European Women's Handball Championship squads}}

==Preliminary round==
===Group A===
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|update=complete
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|winpoints=2

|team_order=HUN, RUS, FRA, FRY, GER, AUT

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|win_RUS=4|draw_RUS=0|loss_RUS=1|gf_RUS=118|ga_RUS=104
|win_FRA=3|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=2|gf_FRA=127|ga_FRA=106
|win_FRY=2|draw_FRY=1|loss_FRY=2|gf_FRY=139|ga_FRY=138
|win_GER=1|draw_GER=0|loss_GER=4|gf_GER=117|ga_GER=134
|win_AUT=0|draw_AUT=0|loss_AUT=5|gf_AUT=89 |ga_AUT=152

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|name_RUS={{Hbw|RUS}}
|name_FRA={{Hbw|FRA}}
|name_FRY={{Hbw|FRY}}
|name_GER={{Hbw|GER}}
|name_AUT={{Hbw|AUT}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=5P |result4=7P |result5=9P |result6=11P

|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
|text_5P=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|text_7P=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
|text_9P=[[#Ninth place game|Ninth place game]]
|text_11P=[[#Eleventh place game|Eleventh place game]]
}}

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|date= 8 December 2000
|time= 17:00
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|HT= 17–18
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|refnat= POL
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|date= 8 December 2000
|time= 19:00
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|score= 20–30
|HT= 7–14
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|refnat= SWE
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|date= 8 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|FRA}}
|score= 21–22
|HT= 12–15
|team2= {{hbw|RUS}}
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|goals1= [[Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland|Pecqueux-Rolland]] 6
|goals2= [[Olga Buyanova (handballer)|Buyanova]] 5
|twomin1= 6
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|yellow2= 2
|red2=
|stadium= [[Traian Sports Hall]], [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
|attendance= 2,500
|referee= Krajc, Živolić
|refnat= CRO
}}
----
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|date= 9 December 2000
|time= 17:00
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|score= 22–33
|HT= 12–15
|team2= {{hbw|HUN}}
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|refnat= LAT
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|date= 9 December 2000
|time= 19:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|FRY}}
|score= 19–26
|HT= 10–12
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|refnat= SWE
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|date= 9 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|RUS}}
|score= 28–19
|HT= 15–10
|team2= {{hbw|AUT}}
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|goals1= [[Inna Volkova|Volkova]] 6
|goals2= [[Steffi Ofenböck|Ofenböck]] 9
|twomin1= 2
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|stadium= [[Traian Sports Hall]], [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
|attendance= 2,500
|referee= Şerbu, Dobre
|refnat= ROU
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date= 10 December 2000
|time= 17:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|FRA}}
|score= 25–19
|HT= 12–12
|team2= {{hbw|GER}}
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|refnat= POL
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{{handballbox
|date= 10 December 2000
|time= 19:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|AUT}}
|score= 12–35
|HT= 6–13
|team2= {{hbw|HUN}}
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|date= 10 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|RUS}}
|score= 27–20
|HT= 10–12
|team2= {{hbw|FRY}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/17-rus-yug.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Lyudmila Bodniyeva|Bodniyeva]], [[Marina Naukovich|Naukovich]] 6
|goals2= [[Bojana Petrović|Petrović]] 5
|twomin1= 5
|yellow1= 3
|red1= 1
|twomin2= 4
|yellow2= 3
|red2=
|stadium= [[Traian Sports Hall]], [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
|attendance= 2,100
|referee= Jaškins, Kazinieks
|refnat= LAT
}}
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|date= 12 December 2000
|time= 17:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|AUT}}
|score= 24–33
|HT= 14–14
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|attendance= 2,200
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|refnat= LAT
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{{handballbox
|date= 12 December 2000
|time= 19:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|HUN}}
|score= 32–29
|HT= 14–12
|team2= {{hbw|FRA}}
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|attendance= 2,500
|referee= Şerbu, Dobre
|refnat= ROU
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{{handballbox
|date= 12 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|GER}}
|score= 18–22
|HT= 10–11
|team2= {{hbw|RUS}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/23-ger-rus.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Ingrida Radzevičiūtė|Radzevičiūtė]] 5
|goals2= [[Inna Volkova|Volkova]] 5
|twomin1= 6
|yellow1= 2
|red1=
|twomin2= 4
|yellow2= 3
|red2=
|stadium= [[Traian Sports Hall]], [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
|attendance= 2,500
|referee= Krajc, Živolić
|refnat= CRO
}}
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{{handballbox
|date= 13 December 2000
|time= 17:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|HUN}}
|score= 26–19
|HT= 17–12
|team2= {{hbw|RUS}}
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|goals1= [[Krisztina Pigniczki|Pigniczki]] 5
|goals2= [[Inna Volkova|Volkova]] 6
|twomin1= 3
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|red1=
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|yellow2= 1
|red2=
|stadium= [[Traian Sports Hall]], [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
|attendance= 2,100
|referee= Håkansson, Nilsson
|refnat= SWE
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{{handballbox
|date= 13 December 2000
|time= 19:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|FRY}}
|score= 34–28
|HT= 12–11
|team2= {{hbw|GER}}
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{{handballbox
|date= 13 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|FRA}}
|score= 26–14
|HT= 14–6
|team2= {{hbw|AUT}}
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|stadium= [[Traian Sports Hall]], [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
|attendance= 1,800
|referee= Baum, Góralczyk
|refnat= POL
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete
|source=[http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/1/Results.pdf EHF]
|winpoints=2

|team_order=UKR, ROU, NOR, MKD, DEN, BLR

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|win_BLR=0|draw_BLR=3|loss_BLR=2|gf_BLR=134|ga_BLR=143

|hth_UKR=Romania 21–23 Ukraine
|hth_ROU=UKR
|hth_DEN=Denmark 34–26 Belarus
|hth_BLR=DEN

|name_UKR={{hbw|UKR}}
|name_ROU={{hbw|ROU}}
|name_NOR={{hbw|NOR}}
|name_MKD={{hbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|name_DEN={{hbw|DEN}}
|name_BLR={{hbw|BLR}}

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=5P |result4=7P |result5=9P |result6=11P

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|text_5P=[[#Fifth place game|Fifth place game]]
|text_7P=[[#Seventh place game|Seventh place game]]
|text_9P=[[#Ninth place game|Ninth place game]]
|text_11P=[[#Eleventh place game|Eleventh place game]]
}}

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|date= 8 December 2000
|time= 17:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|ROU}}
|score= 29–28
|HT= 15–15
|team2= {{hbw|BLR}}
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|refnat= FRY
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{{handballbox
|date= 8 December 2000
|time= 19:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|NOR}}
|score= 24–24
|HT= 11–9
|team2= {{hbw|UKR}}
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|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 1,400
|referee= Repenšek, Požežnik
|refnat= SLO
}}
{{handballbox
|date= 8 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|DEN}}
|score= 19–20
|HT= 9–5
|team2= {{hbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
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|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 800
|referee= Goulão, Macau
|refnat= POR
}}
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{{handballbox
|date= 9 December 2000
|time= 17:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|UKR}}
|score= 29–29
|HT= 15–13
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|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 2,800
|referee= Methe, Methe
|refnat= GER
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{{handballbox
|date= 9 December 2000
|time= 19:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|score= 19–19
|HT= 9–11
|team2= {{hbw|ROU}}
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|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 4,500
|referee= Bord, Buy
|refnat= FRA
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|date= 9 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|BLR}}
|score= 26–26
|HT= 13–12
|team2= {{hbw|NOR}}
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|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 800
|referee= Goulão, Macau
|refnat= POR
}}
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{{handballbox
|date= 10 December 2000
|time= 17:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|score= 19–27
|HT= 8–10
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|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 2,000
|referee= Marić, Gardinovački
|refnat= FRY
}}
{{handballbox
|date= 10 December 2000
|time= 19:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|ROU}}
|score= 26–22
|HT= 14–12
|team2= {{hbw|NOR}}
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|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 3,500
|referee= Methe, Methe
|refnat= GER
}}
{{handballbox
|date= 10 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|DEN}}
|score= 34–26
|HT= 20–17
|team2= {{hbw|BLR}}
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|twomin1= 
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|red2=
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 1,200
|referee= Bord, Buy
|refnat= FRA
}}
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{{handballbox
|date= 12 December 2000
|time= 17:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|BLR}}
|score= 27–27
|HT= 11–12
|team2= {{hbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
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|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 2,000
|referee= Repenšek, Požežnik
|refnat= SLO
}}
{{handballbox
|date= 12 December 2000
|time= 19:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|ROU}}
|score= 21–23
|HT= 12–10
|team2= {{hbw|UKR}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/20-rom-ukr.pdf Report]
|goals1= 
|goals2= 
|twomin1=
|yellow1= 
|red1=
|twomin2= 
|yellow2= 
|red2=
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 4,200
|referee= Goulão, Macau
|refnat= POR
}}
{{handballbox
|date= 12 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|NOR}}
|score= 29–22
|HT= 16–12
|team2= {{hbw|DEN}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/22-nor-den.pdf Report]
|goals1= 
|goals2= 
|twomin1= 
|yellow1= 
|red1=
|twomin2= 
|yellow2= 
|red2=
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 1,800
|referee= Marić, Gardinovački
|refnat= FRY
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date= 13 December 2000
|time= 17:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|UKR}}
|score= 27–27
|HT= 11–13
|team2= {{hbw|BLR}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/26-ukr-blr.pdf Report]
|goals1= 
|goals2= 
|twomin1= 
|yellow1= 
|red1=
|twomin2= 
|yellow2= 
|red2=
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 1,800
|referee= Bord, Buy
|refnat= FRA
}}
{{handballbox
|date= 13 December 2000
|time= 19:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|DEN}}
|score= 26–33
|HT= 13–18
|team2= {{hbw|ROU}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/30-den-rom.pdf Report]
|goals1= 
|goals2= 
|twomin1=
|yellow1= 
|red1=
|twomin2= 
|yellow2= 
|red2=
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 4,500
|referee= Repenšek, Požežnik
|refnat= SLO
}}
{{handballbox
|date= 13 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|NOR}}
|score= 31–28
|HT= 14–11
|team2= {{hbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/28-nor-mkd.pdf Report]
|goals1= 
|goals2= 
|twomin1=
|yellow1= 
|red1=
|twomin2= 
|yellow2= 
|red2=
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 750
|referee= Methe, Methe
|refnat= GER
}}

==Final round==
===Bracket===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=yes
|RD1=Semifinals
|RD2=Final
|Consol=Third place
<!-- Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
|16 December|{{hbw|HUN}}|25|{{hbw|ROU}}|24
|16 December|{{hbw|UKR}}|28|{{hbw|RUS}}|24
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|17 December|{{hbw|HUN}} ([[Overtime (sports)#Handball|ET]])|32|{{hbw|UKR}}|30
<!-- third place -->
|17 December|{{hbw|RUS}}|21|{{hbw|ROU}}|16
}}

===Eleventh place game===
{{handballbox
|date= 15 December 2000
|time= 18:30
|team1= {{hbw-rt|AUT}}
|score= 22–27
|HT= 11–16
|team2= {{hbw|BLR}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/31-aut-blr.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Steffi Ofenböck|Ofenböck]] 10
|goals2= [[Alena Kulik|Kulik]] 6
|twomin1= 2
|yellow1= 4
|red1=
|twomin2= 3
|yellow2= 3
|red2= 
|stadium= [[Traian Sports Hall]], [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
|attendance= 2,500
|referee= Baum, Góralczyk
|refnat= POL
}}

===Ninth place game===
{{handballbox
|date= 15 December 2000
|time= 18:30
|team1= {{hbw-rt|GER}}
|score= 22–21
|HT= 10–13
|team2= {{hbw|DEN}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/32-ger-den.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Kathrin Blacha|Blacha]], [[Heike Schmidt (handballer)|Schmidt]] 5
|goals2= [[Rikke Skov|Skov]], [[Mette Vestergaard|Vestergaard]] 5
|twomin1= 3
|yellow1= 3
|red1=
|twomin2= 1
|yellow2= 3
|red2= 
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 500
|referee= Marić, Gardinovački
|refnat= FRY
}}

===Seventh place game===
{{handballbox
|date= 15 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|FRY}}
|score= 39–38
|HT= 14–16
|FT= 29–29
|OT1= 3–3
|OT2= 7–6
|team2= {{hbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/33-yug-mkd.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Tatjana Medved|Medved]] 10
|goals2= [[Klara Boeva|Boeva]] 10
|twomin1= 4
|yellow1= 3
|red1= 1
|twomin2= 6
|yellow2= 3
|red2= 1
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 500
|referee= Bord, Buy
|refnat= FRA
}}

===Fifth place game===
{{handballbox
|date= 15 December 2000
|time= 21:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|FRA}}
|score= 23–19
|HT= 11–11
|team2= {{hbw|NOR}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/34-fra-nor.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland|Pecqueux-Rolland]] 5
|goals2= [[Karoline Dyhre Breivang|Breivang]] 6
|twomin1= 6
|yellow1= 3
|red1=
|twomin2= 2
|yellow2= 2
|red2= 
|stadium= [[Traian Sports Hall]], [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]]
|attendance= 2,500
|referee= Goulão, Macau
|refnat= POR
}}

===Semifinals===
{{handballbox
|date= 16 December 2000
|time= 17:30
|team1= {{hbw-rt|UKR}}
|score= 28–24
|HT= 12–12
|team2= {{hbw|RUS}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/36-ukr-rus.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Olena Tsyhytsia|Tsyhytsia]] 16
|goals2= [[Inna Volkova|Volkova]] 8
|twomin1= 6
|yellow1= 3
|red1= 1
|twomin2= 6
|yellow2= 3
|red2= 1
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 5,000
|referee= Repenšek, Požežnik
|refnat= SLO
}}
----
{{handballbox
|date= 16 December 2000
|time= 20:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|HUN}}
|score= 25–24
|HT= 13–12
|team2= {{hbw|ROU}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/35-hun-rom.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Ágnes Farkas|Farkas]] 9
|goals2= [[Simona Gogîrlă|Gogîrlă]] 14
|twomin1= 4
|yellow1= 3
|red1=
|twomin2= 5
|yellow2= 3
|red2=1
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 5,500
|referee= Krajc, Živolić
|refnat= CRO
}}

===Third place game===
{{handballbox
|bg= #DDAA77
|date= 17 December 2000
|time= 17:30
|team1= {{hbw-rt|RUS}}
|score= 21–16
|HT= 10–7
|team2= {{hbw|ROU}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/37-rus-rom.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Marina Naukovich|Naukovich]] 5
|goals2= [[Simona Gogîrlă|Gogîrlă]] 9
|twomin1= 7
|yellow1= 2
|red1= 2
|twomin2= 4
|yellow2= 2
|red2=
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 4,000
|referee= Håkansson, Nilsson
|refnat= SWE
}}

===Final===
{{handballbox
|bg= gold
|date= 17 December 2000
|time= 20:00
|team1= {{hbw-rt|HUN}}
|score= 32–30
|HT= 17–13
|FT= 26–26
|OT1= 6–4
|team2= {{hbw|UKR}}
|report= [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/3/38-hun-ukr.pdf Report]
|goals1= [[Ágnes Farkas|Farkas]] 14
|goals2= [[Tetyana Yaresko|Yaresko]] 7
|twomin1= 2
|yellow1= 2
|red1=
|twomin2= 
|yellow2= 3
|red2=
|stadium= [[Polyvalent Hall (Bucharest)|Polyvalent Hall]], [[Bucharest]]
|attendance= 4,000
|referee= Şerbu, Dobre
|refnat= ROU
}}

==Final ranking and statistics==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
|align=center|{{gold1}}|| {{Hbw|HUN}}
|- 
|align=center|{{silver2}}|| {{Hbw|UKR}}
|- 
|align=center|{{bronze3}}|| {{Hbw|RUS}}
|-
|align=center|4|| {{Hbw|ROM}}
|-
|align=center|5|| {{Hbw|FRA}}
|-
|align=center|6|| {{Hbw|NOR}}
|-
|align=center|7|| {{Hbw|FR Yugoslavia}}
|-
|align=center|8|| {{Hbw|MKD|name=Macedonia}}
|-
|align=center|9|| {{Hbw|GER}}
|-
|align=center|10|| {{Hbw|DEN}}
|-
|align=center|11|| {{Hbw|BLR}}
|-
|align=center|12|| {{Hbw|AUT}}
|-
|}
{{col-2}}
{{winners|hbw|2000 Women's European champions|HUN|1st}}
{{center|[[Nikolett Brigovácz]], [[Ágnes Farkas]], [[Anikó Kántor]], [[Gabriella Kindl]], [[Erika Kirsner]], [[Anita Kulcsár]], [[Beatrix Kökény]], [[Krisztina Nagy (handball)|Krisztina Nagy]], [[Ildikó Pádár]], [[Zsuzsanna Pálffy]], [[Katalin Pálinger]], [[Krisztina Pigniczki]], [[Judit Simics]], [[Beáta Siti]], [[Eszter Siti]], [[Tímea Sugár]] '''Head coach''': [[Lajos Mocsai]].}}
{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Top goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank
! Name
! Team
! Goals
! Shots
! %
|-
| 1 || align=left|[[Simona Gogîrlă]] || align=left|{{hbw|ROU}} || 68 || 108 || 62.96
|-
| 2 || align=left|[[Ágnes Farkas]] || align=left|{{hbw|HUN}} || 54 || 105 || 51.43
|-
| rowspan=2|3 || align=left|[[Steffi Ofenböck]] || align=left|{{hbw|AUT}} || rowspan=2|49 || 119 || 41.18
|-
| align=left|[[Olena Tsyhytsia]] || align=left|{{hb|UKR}} || 93 || 52.69
|-
| 5 || align=left|[[Klara Boeva]] || align=left|{{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || 42 || 78 || 53.85
|-
| 6 || align=left|[[Steluța Luca]] || align=left|{{hbw|ROU}} ||41 || 94 || 43.62
|-
| 7 || align=left|[[Svetlana Minevskaya]] || align=left|{{hbw|BLR}} || 37 || 76 ||48.68
|-
| 8 || align=left|[[Mette Vestergaard]] || align=left|{{hbw|DEN}} || 35 || 74 || 47.30
|-
| 9 || align=left|[[Bojana Popović|Bojana Petrović]] || align=left|{{hb|FRY}} || 33 || 70 || 47.14
|-
| rowspan=2|10 || align=left|[[Lotte Kiærskou]] || align=left|{{hbw|DEN}} || rowspan=2|32 || 60 || 53.33
|-
| align=left|[[Inna Volkova]] || align=left|{{hb|RUS}} || 57 || 56.14
|}
<small>Source: [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/4/overallplayerstat.pdf EHF]</small>
{{col-2}}
===Top goalkeepers===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank
!Name
!Team
!%
!Saves
!Shots
|-
| 1 || align=left|[[Tatiana Alizar]] || align=left|{{hb|RUS}} || 41.95 || 73 || 174
|-
| 2 || align=left|[[Valérie Nicolas]] || align=left|{{hb|FRA}} || 40.46 || 70 || 173
|-
| 3 || align=left|[[Tetyana Vorozhtsova]] || align=left|{{hbw|UKR}} || 36.96 || 68 || 184
|-
| 4 || align=left|[[Luminița Dinu|Luminița Huțupan]] || align=left|{{hbw|ROU}} || 35.85 || 76 || 212
|-
| 5 || align=left|[[Nataliya Rusnachenko]] || align=left|{{hbw|AUT}} || 34.26 || 74 || 216
|-
| 6 || align=left|[[Katalin Pálinger]] || align=left|{{hb|HUN}} || 33.82 || 69 || 204
|-
| 7 || align=left|[[Hege Anett Pettersson|Hege Johansen]] || align=left|{{hbw|NOR}} || 32.43 || 36 || 111
|-
| 8 || align=left|[[Oksana Maslova]] || align=left|{{hb|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || 31.78 || 34 || 107
|-
| 9 || align=left| [[Branka Jovanović]] || align=left|{{hb|FRY}} || 31.68 || 32 || 101
|-
| 10 || align=left|[[Eike Bram]] || align=left|{{hbw|GER}} || 30.89 || 59 || 191
|}
<small>Source: [http://home.eurohandball.com/ehf_files/specificHBI/ECh_Analyses/2000/rom/3/4/overallplayerstat.pdf EHF]</small>
{{col-end}}

===All Star Team===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Player
|-
| Goalkeeper || {{flagathlete|[[Luminița Dinu|Luminița Huțupan]]|ROU}}
|-
| Right wing || {{flagathlete|[[:de:Agnieszka Tobiasz|Agnieszka Tobiasz]]|GER}}
|-
| Right back || {{flagathlete|[[Melinda Jacques|Melinda Szabó]]|FRA}}
|-
| Centre back || {{flagathlete|[[Beáta Siti]]|HUN}}
|-
| Left back || {{flagathlete|[[Olena Tsyhytsia]]|UKR}}
|-
| Left wing || {{flagathlete|[[Larisa Kiselyova|Larisa Ferzalieva]]|MKD}}
|-
| Pivot || {{flagathlete|[[Lyudmila Bodniyeva]]|RUS}}
|-
| [[Most valuable player]] || {{flagathlete|[[Beáta Siti]]|HUN}}
|}
<small>Source: [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k96644135/f37.item Hand mag]</small>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{International Handball}}
{{European Handball Championship}}

[[Category:European Women's Handball Championship|2000]]
[[Category:2000 in Romanian women's sport|Handball]]
[[Category:International handball competitions hosted by Romania|2000]]
[[Category:Women's handball in Romania]]
[[Category:2000 in women's handball|European Women's Handball Championship]]
[[Category:December 2000 sports events in Europe]]
[[Category:2000 European Women's Handball Championship| ]]
[[Category:Women's sport in Bucharest]]