# 1994 European Women's Handball Championship

The 1994 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was the inaugural European Women's Championship. It was held in Germany from 17–25 September. It was won by Denmark after beating Germany 27–23 in the final match. This was the first time Denmark won a major international tournament.

## Venues

The European Championships were held in the following cities:
* Waiblingen
* Bonn
* Oldenburg
* Magdeburg

## Teams

| Group A | Group B |
| Austria | Czech Republic |
| Croatia | Germany |
| Denmark | Hungary |
| Norway | Romania |
| Sweden | Russia |
| Ukraine | Slovakia |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 100 | +30 | 10 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 89 | +3 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 92 | −4 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 110 | 125 | −15 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 98 | −4 | 2 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 106 | −10 | 2 | Eleventh place game |
| September 17, 1994 | Norway | 25 – 23 | Sweden |
| September 17, 1994 | | (12–11) | |
| September 17, 1994 | Denmark | 26 – 20 | Croatia |
| September 17, 1994 | | (13–8) | |
| September 17, 1994 | Austria | 24 – 16 | Ukraine |
| September 17, 1994 | | (16–10) | |
| September 18, 1994 | Croatia | 14 – 13 | Austria |
| September 18, 1994 | | (8–8) | |
| September 18, 1994 | Sweden | 20 – 32 | Denmark |
| September 18, 1994 | | (8–17) | |
| September 18, 1994 | Ukraine | 16 – 19 | Norway |
| September 18, 1994 | | (7–8) | |
| September 19, 1994 | Sweden | 24 – 23 | Ukraine |
| September 19, 1994 | | (18–14) | |
| September 19, 1994 | Norway | 15 – 16 | Croatia |
| September 19, 1994 | | (10–10) | |
| September 19, 1994 | Denmark | 28 – 21 | Austria |
| September 19, 1994 | | (15–12) | |
| September 21, 1994 | Croatia | 20 – 17 | Sweden |
| September 21, 1994 | | (9–9) | |
| September 21, 1994 | Austria | 11 – 14 | Norway |
| September 21, 1994 | | (6–8) | |
| September 21, 1994 | Denmark | 21 – 20 | Ukraine |
| September 21, 1994 | | (9–14) | |
| September 22, 1994 | Ukraine | 21 – 18 | Croatia |
| September 22, 1994 | | (9–10) | |
| September 22, 1994 | Austria | 25 – 26 | Sweden |
| September 22, 1994 | | (14–15) | |
| September 22, 1994 | Norway | 19 – 23 | Denmark |
| September 22, 1994 | | (8–10) | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 98 | +9 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 107 | +9 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 89 | +28 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 98 | 0 | 4 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 98 | −10 | 4 | Ninth place game |
| 6 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 82 | 118 | −36 | 1 | Eleventh place game |
| September 17, 1994 | Germany | 23 – 21 | Russia |
| September 17, 1994 | | (10–8) | |
| September 17, 1994 | Romania | 22 – 16 | Slovakia |
| September 17, 1994 | | (13–8) | |
| September 17, 1994 | Hungary | 25 – 19 | Czech Republic |
| September 17, 1994 | | (13–9) | |
| September 18, 1994 | Czech Republic | 21 – 22 | Germany |
| September 18, 1994 | | (11–12) | |
| September 18, 1994 | Russia | 21 – 14 | Romania |
| September 18, 1994 | | (12–7) | |
| September 18, 1994 | Slovakia | 23 – 23 | Hungary |
| September 18, 1994 | | (17–9) | |
| September 19, 1994 | Romania | 16 – 24 | Hungary |
| September 19, 1994 | | (6–13) | |
| September 19, 1994 | Germany | 20 – 13 | Slovakia |
| September 19, 1994 | | (10–8) | |
| September 19, 1994 | Russia | 17 – 19 | Czech Republic |
| September 19, 1994 | | (8–8) | |
| September 21, 1994 | Slovakia | 14 – 31 | Russia |
| September 21, 1994 | | (8–16) | |
| September 21, 1994 | Romania | 18 – 17 | Czech Republic |
| September 21, 1994 | | (10–8) | |
| September 21, 1994 | Hungary | 25 – 22 | Germany |
| September 21, 1994 | | (12–8) | |
| September 22, 1994 | Czech Republic | 22 – 16 | Slovakia |
| September 22, 1994 | | (11–6) | |
| September 22, 1994 | Hungary | 19 – 27 | Russia |
| September 22, 1994 | | (11–14) | |
| September 22, 1994 | Germany | 20 – 18 | Romania |
| September 22, 1994 | | (13–9) | |

## Eleventh place game

| September 24, 1994 11:00 | Ukraine | 30 – 29 (ET) | Slovakia | Oberhausen Attendance: 350 Referees: Helmut Wille, Horst Vorderleitner (AUS) |
| September 24, 1994 11:00 | Derepasko, Sakada 6 | (12–11) | Salatová 11 | Oberhausen Attendance: 350 Referees: Helmut Wille, Horst Vorderleitner (AUS) |
| September 24, 1994 11:00 | 2× 2× 0× | Report | 2× 3× 1× | Oberhausen Attendance: 350 Referees: Helmut Wille, Horst Vorderleitner (AUS) |
| Oberhausen Attendance: 350 Referees: Helmut Wille, Horst Vorderleitner (AUS) |||

## Ninth place game

| September 24, 1994 12:30 | Austria | 26 – 24 | Romania | Oberhausen Attendance: 500 Referees: Stefan Arnaldsson, Rögnvald Erlingson (ISL) |
| September 24, 1994 12:30 | Bozovic 8 | (14–8) | Luca 10 | Oberhausen Attendance: 500 Referees: Stefan Arnaldsson, Rögnvald Erlingson (ISL) |
| September 24, 1994 12:30 | 2× 5× 0× | report | 2× 4× 0× | Oberhausen Attendance: 500 Referees: Stefan Arnaldsson, Rögnvald Erlingson (ISL) |

## Seventh place game

| September 24, 1994 15:00 | Sweden | 24 – 20 | Czech Republic | Oberhausen Attendance: 500 Referees: Francois Garcia, Jean-Pierre Moreno (FRA) |
| September 24, 1994 15:00 | Aasa 6 | (12–10) | Ludmilova 8 | Oberhausen Attendance: 500 Referees: Francois Garcia, Jean-Pierre Moreno (FRA) |
| September 24, 1994 15:00 | 3× 2× 0× | report | 2× 3× 0× | Oberhausen Attendance: 500 Referees: Francois Garcia, Jean-Pierre Moreno (FRA) |

## Fifth place game

| September 24, 1994 16:30 | Croatia | 27 – 26 | Russia | Oberhausen Attendance: 700 Referees: Manfred Gremmel, Wolfgang Gremmel (GER) |
| September 24, 1994 16:30 | Petlika 12 | (12–12) | Verakso 9 | Oberhausen Attendance: 700 Referees: Manfred Gremmel, Wolfgang Gremmel (GER) |
| September 24, 1994 16:30 | 3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 1× 0× | Oberhausen Attendance: 700 Referees: Manfred Gremmel, Wolfgang Gremmel (GER) |

## Final round

| Semi-Final | Semi-Final | Final | Final |
| September 24, 1994 | September 24, 1994 |
| Denmark | 29 |
| Denmark | 29 | September 25, 1994 | September 25, 1994 |
| Hungary | 28 | September 25, 1994 | September 25, 1994 |
| Hungary | 28 | Denmark | 27 |
| September 24, 1994 | September 24, 1994 | | Denmark | 27 |
| September 24, 1994 | September 24, 1994 | Germany | 23 |
| Germany | 22 | Germany | 23 |
| Norway | 18 | | |
| Norway | 18 | 3rd/4th Place | 3rd/4th Place |
| | | September 25, 1994 | September 25, 1994 |
| | | Hungary | 19 |
| | | Norway | 24 |

### Semifinals

| September 24, 1994 15:00 | Denmark | 29 – 28 (ET) | Hungary | Berlin Attendance: 3700 Referees: Ion Serbu, Viorel Dobre (ROM) |
| September 24, 1994 15:00 | C. Andersen, A. Andersen 7 | (13–15) | Kocsis 9 | Berlin Attendance: 3700 Referees: Ion Serbu, Viorel Dobre (ROM) |
| September 24, 1994 15:00 | 2× 1× 0× | Report | 1× 6× 0× | Berlin Attendance: 3700 Referees: Ion Serbu, Viorel Dobre (ROM) |
| Berlin Attendance: 3700 Referees: Ion Serbu, Viorel Dobre (ROM) |||
| September 24, 1994 17:00 | Germany | 22 – 18 | Norway | Berlin Attendance: 4000 Referees: Lyuben Kostov, Rumen Ivanchev (BUL) |
| September 24, 1994 17:00 | Erler 8 | (12–9) | Larsen, Sagstuen 6 | Berlin Attendance: 4000 Referees: Lyuben Kostov, Rumen Ivanchev (BUL) |
| September 24, 1994 17:00 | 2× 4× 0× | Report | 2× 2× 0× | Berlin Attendance: 4000 Referees: Lyuben Kostov, Rumen Ivanchev (BUL) |

### Bronze medal match

| September 25, 1994 15:00 | Hungary | 19 – 24 | Norway | Berlin Attendance: 4000 Referees: Per Elbrønd, Kjeld Løvqvist (DEN) |
| September 25, 1994 15:00 | Farkas 9 | (6–10) | Steen 10 | Berlin Attendance: 4000 Referees: Per Elbrønd, Kjeld Løvqvist (DEN) |
| September 25, 1994 15:00 | 2× 4× 0× | Report | 2× 6× 0× | Berlin Attendance: 4000 Referees: Per Elbrønd, Kjeld Løvqvist (DEN) |

### Gold medal match

| September 25, 1994 17:00 | Denmark | 27 – 23 | Germany | Berlin Attendance: 4000 Referees: Peter Brussel, Anton van Dongen (NED) |
| September 25, 1994 17:00 | Andersen 7 | (14–13) | Zienkiewics 6 | Berlin Attendance: 4000 Referees: Peter Brussel, Anton van Dongen (NED) |
| September 25, 1994 17:00 | 2× 5× 1× | Report | 3× 3× 0× | Berlin Attendance: 4000 Referees: Peter Brussel, Anton van Dongen (NED) |

## Final ranking

| | Denmark |
| | Germany |
| | Norway |
| 4 | Hungary |
| 5 | Croatia |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Sweden |
| 8 | Czech Republic |
| 9 | Austria |
| 10 | Romania |
| 11 | Ukraine |
| 12 | Slovakia |
* 1994 Women's European champions
* Denmark 1st title
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