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1998 European Women's Handball Championship

3rd edition of the European Women's Handball Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	EHF European Women's
Handball Championship
year	1998
image	1998 European Women's Handball Championship Logo.png
size	123px
country	Netherlands
dates	11–20 December
num_teams	12
confederations	1
venues	2
cities	2
champion_other
count	1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	38
goals	1858
top_scorer	AUT Ausra Fridrikas (68 goals)
player	NOR Trine Haltvik
previous	1996 European Women's Handball Championship
next	2000 European Women's Handball Championship

Handball Championship The 1998 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was the third edition of the European Women's Championship. It was held in the Netherlands from 11 to 20 December. It was won by Norway after beating Denmark 24–16 in the final match. This was the first time Norway won the title, after Denmark had won the first two titles.

Venues

The tournament was held in the following cities:

Amsterdam
's-Hertogenbosch

Qualification

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament
	Host	0 (Debut)
	Defending champion	2 ([1994](1994-european-women-s-handball-championship), *[1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship)*)
	Winner of group 1	2 ([1994](1994-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship))
	Runner-up of group 1	2 ([1994](1994-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship))
	Winner of group 2	2 ([1994](1994-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship))
	Runner-up of group 2	2 ([1994](1994-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship))
	Winner of group 3	2 ([1994](1994-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship))
	Runner-up of group 3	0 (Debut)
	Winner of group 4	1 ([1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship))
	Runner-up of group 4	2 ([1994](1994-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship))
	Winner of group 5	2 ([1994](1994-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship))
	Runner-up of group 5	0 (Debut)

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

Squads

Main article: 1998 European Women's Handball Championship squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Bracket

|19 December||28||14 |19 December||24||35 |20 December||24||16 |20 December||30||24

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Source: EuroHandball.com.

All Star Team

Position	Player
Goalkeeper	Cecilie Leganger
Right wing	Janne Kolling
Right back	Kjersti Grini
Centre back	Camilla Andersen
Left back	Ausra Fridrikas
Left wing	Sabina Soja
Pivot	Tonje Kjærgaard

Source:

References

"Women's EHF Euro 1998". [[European Handball Federation]].
"1998 Women's European Championship – Finals". [[European Handball Federation]].
(1998). "Norges lag". [[Dagbladet]].

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