2018 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship was held in France in from 29 November to 16 December 2018. It was the first time France hosts the women's tournament. The matches were played in Brest, Montbéliard, Nancy, Nantes and Paris.

France defeated Russia in the final to claim their first title.

Bidding process 
The bids were as follows:
 France
 Norway
 Ukraine
Norway and Ukraine withdrew their bids, leaving France as the sole bid. On 20 September 2014, in Dublin, Ireland, France was announced as the host. This is the first time France is hosting the Women's EHF Euro.

Venues

Qualification

Qualified teams
All 16 qualified teams took part in the previous 2016 championship.

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

Draw
The draw was held on 12 June 2018 at 12:00 at the Maison de la Radio in Paris, France.

Seedings
The pots were announced on 4 June 2018.

Squads

Referees
12 referee pairs were selected on 4 October 2018.

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round
Points obtained against qualified teams from the same group will be taken over.

Group I

Both matches were scheduled for 8 December, but moved back due to the Yellow vests movement.

Group II

Knockout stage

Bracket

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking and statistics

All Star Team
The All Star Team and awards were announced on 16 December 2018.

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

References

External links
Official website 

 
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European Championship
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International sports competitions hosted by Paris
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Sport in Metz
Sport in Nancy, France
Sport in Brest, France
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November 2018 sports events in Europe
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