2006 European Women's Handball Championship
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2006 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2006 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Sweden from 7 to 17 December. It was won by Norway after beating Russia 27–24 in the final match.

This championship was also the European qualifying event for 2008 Olympics, and Norway earned a spot at the 2008 Games for being the European champion. If Norway also becomes the 2007 World champion, the 2nd place team will qualify for the Olympics. In addition, the 1 or 2 (if Europe finishes in the top 2 continents at the world championship) best ranked teams in this championship, which are outside top 7 at the world championship, will participate at the Olympic qualifying tournament.

The European Championships will be held in the following cities:

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

The draw was held on 6 July 2006 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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