2000 European Women's Handball Championship

Template:Short description Template:Short description Template:Infobox tournament season The 2000 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Romania from 8 to 17 December. It was won by Hungary by beating 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

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
Template:Hbw	Host	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hbw	Defending champion	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	1 (1998)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	3 (1994, 1996, 1998)
Template:Hbw	Playoff winner	0 (Debut)

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

Preliminary round

Group A

8 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	33–33	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(17–18)
		[Report Report]

8 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	20–30	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(7–14)
		[Report Report]

8 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	21–22	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
	Pecqueux-Rolland 6	(12–15)	Buyanova 5
	4×Template:Yel 6×Template:2min	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 6×Template:2min

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9 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	22–33	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(12–15)
		[Report Report]

9 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	19–26	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(10–12)
		[Report Report]

9 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	28–19	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
	Volkova 6	(15–10)	Ofenböck 9
	3×Template:Yel 2×Template:2min	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 3×Template:2min

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10 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	25–19	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(12–12)
		[Report Report]

10 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	12–35	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(6–13)
		[Report Report]

10 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	27–20	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,100 Referees:
	Bodniyeva, Naukovich 6	(10–12)	Petrović 5
	3×Template:Yel 5×Template:2min 1×Red card	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 4×Template:2min

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12 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	24–33	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,200 Referees:
		(14–14)
		[Report Report]

12 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	32–29	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
		(14–12)
		[Report Report]

12 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	18–22	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
	Radzevičiūtė 5	(10–11)	Volkova 5
	2×Template:Yel 6×Template:2min	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 4×Template:2min

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13 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	26–19	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,100 Referees:
	Pigniczki 5	(17–12)	Volkova 6
	2×Template:Yel 3×Template:2min	[Report Report]	1×Template:Yel 4×Template:2min

13 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	34–28	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,100 Referees:
		(12–11)
		[Report Report]

13 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	26–14	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 1,800 Referees:
		(14–6)
		[Report Report]

Group B

8 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	29–28	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,600 Referees:
		(15–15)
		[Report Report]

8 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	24–24	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,400 Referees:
		(11–9)
		[Report Report]

8 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	19–20	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 800 Referees:
		(9–5)
		[Report Report]

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9 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	29–29	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 2,800 Referees:
		(15–13)
		[ Report]

9 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	19–19	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,500 Referees:
		(9–11)
		[Report Report]

9 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	26–26	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 800 Referees:
		(13–12)
		[Report Report]

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10 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	19–27	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 2,000 Referees:
		(8–10)
		[Report Report]

10 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	26–22	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 3,500 Referees:
		(14–12)
		[Report Report]

10 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	34–26	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,200 Referees:
		(20–17)
		[Report Report]

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12 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	27–27	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 2,000 Referees:
		(11–12)
		[Report Report]

12 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	21–23	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,200 Referees:
		(12–10)
		[Report Report]

12 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	29–22	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,800 Referees:
		(16–12)
		[Report Report]

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13 December 2000 17:00	Template:Hbw-rt	27–27	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 1,800 Referees:
		(11–13)
		[Report Report]

13 December 2000 19:00	Template:Hbw-rt	26–33	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,500 Referees:
		(13–18)
		[Report Report]

13 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	31–28	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 750 Referees:
		(14–11)
		[Report Report]

Final round

Eleventh place game

15 December 2000 18:30	Template:Hbw-rt	22–27	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
	Ofenböck 10	(11–16)	Kulik 6
	4×Template:Yel 2×Template:2min	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 3×Template:2min

Ninth place game

15 December 2000 18:30	Template:Hbw-rt	22–21	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 500 Referees:
	Blacha, Schmidt 5	(10–13)	Skov, Vestergaard 5
	3×Template:Yel 3×Template:2min	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 1×Template:2min

Seventh place game

15 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	39–38 (ET)	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 500 Referees:
	Medved 10	(14–16)	Boeva 10
	3×Template:Yel 4×Template:2min 1×Red card	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 6×Template:2min 1×Red card
	FT: 29–29 ET: 3–3, 7–6

Fifth place game

15 December 2000 21:00	Template:Hbw-rt	23–19	Template:Hbw	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,500 Referees:
	Pecqueux-Rolland 5	(11–11)	Breivang 6
	3×Template:Yel 6×Template:2min	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 2×Template:2min

Semifinals

16 December 2000 17:30	Template:Hbw-rt	28–24	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 5,000 Referees:
	Tsyhytsia 16	(12–12)	Volkova 8
	3×Template:Yel 6×Template:2min 1×Red card	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 6×Template:2min 1×Red card

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16 December 2000 20:00	Template:Hbw-rt	25–24	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 5,500 Referees:
	Farkas 9	(13–12)	Gogîrlă 14
	3×Template:Yel 4×Template:2min	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel 5×Template:2min 1×Red card

Third place game

17 December 2000 17:30	Template:Hbw-rt	21–16	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,000 Referees:
	Naukovich 5	(10–7)	Gogîrlă 9
	2×Template:Yel 7×Template:2min 2×Red card	[Report Report]	2×Template:Yel 4×Template:2min

Final

17 December 2000 20:00	Template:Hbw-rt	32–30 (ET)	Template:Hbw	Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 4,000 Referees:
	Farkas 14	(17–13)	Yaresko 7
	2×Template:Yel 2×Template:2min	[Report Report]	3×Template:Yel
	FT: 26–26 ET: 6–4

Final ranking and statistics

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 2000 Women's European champions 
1st title

Nikolett Brigovácz, Ágnes Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Gabriella Kindl, Erika Kirsner, Anita Kulcsár, Beatrix Kökény, Krisztina Nagy, Ildikó Pádár, Zsuzsanna Pálffy, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Judit Simics, Beáta Siti, Eszter Siti, Tímea Sugár Head coach: Lajos Mocsai.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Simona Gogîrlă	Template:Hbw	68	108	62.96
2	Ágnes Farkas	Template:Hbw	54	105	51.43
3	Steffi Ofenböck	Template:Hbw	49	119	41.18
	Olena Tsyhytsia	Template:Hb		93	52.69
5	Klara Boeva	Template:Hb	42	78	53.85
6	Steluța Luca	Template:Hbw	41	94	43.62
7	Svetlana Minevskaya	Template:Hbw	37	76	48.68
8	Mette Vestergaard	Template:Hbw	35	74	47.30
9	Bojana Petrović	Template:Hb	33	70	47.14
10	Lotte Kiærskou	Template:Hbw	32	60	53.33
	Inna Volkova	Template:Hb		57	56.14

Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Tatiana Alizar	Template:Hb	41.95	73	174
2	Valérie Nicolas	Template:Hb	40.46	70	173
3	Tetyana Vorozhtsova	Template:Hbw	36.96	68	184
4	Luminița Huțupan	Template:Hbw	35.85	76	212
5	Nataliya Rusnachenko	Template:Hbw	34.26	74	216
6	Katalin Pálinger	Template:Hb	33.82	69	204
7	Hege Johansen	Template:Hbw	32.43	36	111
8	Oksana Maslova	Template:Hb	31.78	34	107
9	Branka Jovanović	Template:Hb	31.68	32	101
10	Eike Bram	Template:Hbw	30.89	59	191

Source: EHF

All Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Template:Flagathlete
Right wing	Template:Flagathlete
Right back	Template:Flagathlete
Centre back	Template:Flagathlete
Left back	Template:Flagathlete
Left wing	Template:Flagathlete
Pivot	Template:Flagathlete
Most valuable player	Template:Flagathlete

Source: Hand mag