2012 European Women's Handball Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |
 Serbia
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| Dates | 4–16 December |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Montenegro (1st title)
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| Runner-up |
 Norway
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| Third place |
 Hungary
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| Fourth place |
Serbia
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 47 |
| Goals scored | 2381 (50.66 per match) |
| Attendance | 122,604 (2,609 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
Katarina Bulatović (MNE) (56 goals) |
| Best player |
Anja Edin (NOR)
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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.
Initially on its meeting on 27 September 2008 the EHF awarded the championship to the Netherlands, beating the bids of Germany and Serbia. 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.
Five venues in four cities had been selected to host the matches:
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