The 2000 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Romania from 8 to 17 December. It was won by Hungary by beating Ukraine 32–30 after extra time in the final match.

Venues

The teams of the tournament were divided into two groups. The matches of Group A took place in the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea, while Group B games and the final round were played in the capital city, Bucharest.

Qualification

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

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Bracket

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final ranking and statistics

Nikolett Brigovácz, Ágnes Farkas, Anikó Kántor, Gabriella Kindl, Erika Kirsner, Anita Kulcsár, Beatrix Kökény, Krisztina Nagy, Ildikó Pádár, Zsuzsanna Pálffy, Katalin Pálinger, Krisztina Pigniczki, Judit Simics, Beáta Siti, Eszter Siti, Tímea Sugár Head coach: Lajos Mocsai.

Top goalscorers

Source: EHF

Top goalkeepers

Source: EHF

All Star Team

Source: Hand mag