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2012 European Women's Handball Championship
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | EHF European Women's Handball Championship |
| year | 2012 |
| image | 2012 European Women's Handball Championship Logo.svg |
| size | 200px |
| caption | EHF Euro 2012 official logo |
| country | Serbia |
| dates | 4–16 December |
| num_teams | 16 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 5 |
| cities | 4 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 47 |
| goals | 2381 |
| attendance | |
| top_scorer | Katarina Bulatović (56 goals) |
| player | Anja Edin |
| previous | 2010 European Women's Handball Championship |
| next | 2014 European Women's Handball Championship |
The 2012 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 4 to 16 December. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in the Netherlands but on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation withdrew from the organization. Subsequently, the European Handball Federation (EHF) launched a new bidding process and eventually selected Serbia as the new host on 18 June 2012.
Montenegro captured their first title by defeating defending champion Norway 34–31 in the final.
Host selection
Initially on its meeting on 27 September 2008 the EHF awarded the championship to the Netherlands, defeating Ukraine in the second round of voting while Germany and Serbia withdrew their candidacy during the congress. This could have been the second time for Netherlands to host the tournament, however, on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation announced they are unable to organize the European Championship. A day later the EHF re-launched the host selection process; ten nations had shown interest in organizing the competition, including Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia and Sweden. Romania added their interest the day after. On 18 June 2012 the EHF granted the organizational rights to Serbia and also disposed of the fate of the Dutch national team. Since Serbia, the new host already qualified for the European Championship, the place reserved for the host nation was passed to Iceland as the best non-qualified team and the Netherlands were pulled out from the tournament.
Venues
Five venues in four cities had been selected to host the matches:
| Group stage | Group&Knockout stage | Knockout stage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Vršac** | **Niš** | |||
| Millennium Center | ||||
| Capacity: 4,000 | Čair Sports Center | |||
| Capacity: 5,000 | ||||
| [[File:Vrsac, Centar Milenjum.jpg | 180px]] | [[File:Sportska hala Čair.JPG | 180px]] | |
| **Novi Sad** | **Belgrade** | |||
| Spens Sports Center | ||||
| Capacity: 11,500 | Kombank Arena | |||
| Capacity: 23,000 | ||||
| [[File:Spens.jpg | 180px]] | [[File:Belgrade Arena north.jpg | 180px]] |
| City | Arena | Capacity | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrade | Kombank Arena | 20,000 | Group A, Main Round, Semifinals and Finals |
| Novi Sad | Spens Arena | 8,000 | Group C, Main Round |
| Vršac | Millennium Centar | 4,058 | Group D |
| Niš | Čair Sports Center | 4,000 | Group B |
Qualification
Main article: 2012 European Women's Handball Championship qualification
Qualification matches were played from September 2011 to June 2012. Following the new system introduced for the 2010 Men's Championship, all teams were included in the qualification round, except Netherlands who were hosts before the withdrawal. Teams were divided in 7 groups and the two top ranked teams from each group qualified.
Qualified teams
| Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances in tournament**[1](1)** |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Defending champion | 0019 December 2010 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship), **[1998](1998-european-women-s-handball-championship)**, [2000](2000-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), **[2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship)**, **[2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship)**, **[2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship)**, **[2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)**) | |
| 02Winner of group 6 | 0024 March 2012 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Runner-up of group 5 | 0025 March 2012 | 1994]], [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Winner of group 5 | 0025 March 2012 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Winner of group 1 | 0030 May 2012 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Runner-up of group 1 | 0030 May 2012 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-women-s-handball-championship), **[2000](2000-european-women-s-handball-championship)**, [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Winner of group 2 | 0030 May 2012 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Runner-up of group 2 | 0030 May 2012 | 2008]], [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Winner of group 4 | 0030 May 2012 | 2000]], [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Runner-up of group 6 | 002 June 2012 | 1994]]**, **[1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship)**, [1998](1998-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-women-s-handball-championship), **[2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship)''', [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Runner-up of group 7 | 002 June 2012 | 1998]], [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Winner of group 7 | 003 June 2012 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Runner-up of group 4 | 003 June 2012 | 1998]], [2000](2000-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Winner of group 3 | 003 June 2012 | 2010]]) | |
| 02Runner-up of group 3 | 003 June 2012 | 1994]], [1996](1996-european-women-s-handball-championship), [1998](1998-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2000](2000-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2002](2002-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2004](2004-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2006](2006-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2008](2008-european-women-s-handball-championship), [2010](2010-european-women-s-handball-championship)) | |
| 02Awarded final place | 0018 June 2012 | 2010]]) |
:1 Bold indicates champion for that year.
Squads
Main article: 2012 European Women's Handball Championship squads
Referees
12 referee pairs were selected:
| Referees |
|---|
| Belarus |
| Croatia |
| Czech Republic |
| Denmark |
| France |
| Hungary |
| Referees |
|---|
| Latvia |
| Poland |
| Romania |
| Serbia |
| Slovakia |
| Spain |
Seeding
The draw was scheduled to be held on 6 June 2012 at 14:00 local time in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The draw procedure was announced on 15 May. It was canceled because of the withdrawal of the Dutch Handball Federation. The draw was rescheduled to 22 June 2012 in Monaco. The pots were new assigned due to the removal of the Netherlands and the addition of Iceland.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|
Preliminary round
The draw was held on 22 June 2012. The playing schedule was released on 13 July.
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main round
Group I
Group II
Knockout stage
Bracket
|15 December||30||19 |15 December||26||27 |16 December||31|**** (ET)|34 |16 December|**** (ET)|41||38
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking and statistics
| Qualified for the [2013 World Championship](2013-world-women-s-handball-championship) |
|---|
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 |
All-Star Team
| Position | Player |
|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Katrine Lunde |
| Right wing | Jovanka Radičević |
| Right back | Katarina Bulatović |
| Centre back | Andrea Lekić |
| Left back | Sanja Damnjanović |
| Left wing | Polina Kuznetsova |
| Pivot | Heidi Løke |
| Best defense player | Anja Althaus |
| Most valuable player | Anja Edin |
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **Katarina Bulatović** | **** | **56** | **119** | **47%** |
| 2 | Anita Görbicz | **41** | 70 | 59% | |
| Milena Knežević | 87 | 47% | |||
| 4 | Jovanka Radičević | **40** | 61 | 66% | |
| 5 | Linn Jørum Sulland | **39** | 76 | 51% | |
| 6 | Ann Grete Nørgaard | **37** | 51 | 73% | |
| Zsuzsanna Tomori | 66 | 56% | |||
| 8 | Anja Edin | **34** | 61 | 56% | |
| 9 | Isabelle Gulldén | **33** | 56 | 59% | |
| Andrea Lekić | 57 | 58% | |||
| Laura Steinbach | 56 | 59% |
Source: SportResult.com
Top goalkeepers
| Rank | Name | Team | % | Saves | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | **Katja Schülke** | **** | **41%** | **45** | **111** |
| 2 | Katrine Lunde Haraldsen | **40%** | 99 | 247 | |
| 3 | Talida Tolnai | **38%** | 41 | 108 | |
| 4 | Linda Pradel | **37%** | 22 | 59 | |
| 5 | Katarina Tomašević | **36%** | 98 | 275 | |
| 6 | Cecilia Grubbström | **35%** | 61 | 174 | |
| Éva Kiss | 34 | 97 | |||
| Barbora Raníková | 77 | 221 | |||
| Paula Ungureanu | 38 | 109 | |||
| Marina Vukčević | 34 | 97 | |||
| Clara Woltering | 36 | 102 |
Source: SportResult.com
References
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- (27 September 2008). "EK handbal 2012 naar Nederland". NU.
- "Europees kampioenschap handbal voor vrouwen 2012 in Nederland".
- (2012-06-04). "EHF EURO 2012 official statement". eurohandball.com.
- (2012-06-18). "Serbia to host Women's EHF EURO 2012". eurohandball.com.
- (2012-06-05). "Ten nations show interest in hosting EHF EURO 2012". eurohandball.com.
- (2012-06-06). "Eleventh nation registers interest". eurohandball.com.
- [https://archive.ihf.info//MediaCenter/News/NewsDetails/tabid/130/Default.aspx?ID=469 Spain and Serbia to stage 2013 World Championships], by [[International Handball Federation]], 2 October 2010
- "Playing venues". European Handball Federation.
- (2012-11-17). "EHF EURO 2012 referees". ehf-euro.com.
- (2012-05-11). "EHF EURO 2012 draw date confirmed". eurohandball.com.
- (2012-05-15). "EHF EURO 2012 draw procedure released". eurohandball.com.
- [http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/3_other_ec/Draw_Procedure_2012_120511Neutral.pdf Draw Procedure]
- (2012-05-19). "EHF EURO 2012 draw on 22 June". eurohandball.com.
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- (2012-07-13). "EHF EURO 2012 playing schedule announced". eurohandball.com.
- [http://cms.eurohandball.com/PortalData/1/Resources/1_ehf_main/Playing_Schedule_SRBW_2012_FINALProp2_120713.pdf Match schedule]
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