The 2002 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark from 6–15 December. It was won by Denmark after beating Norway 25–22 in the final match. This tournament was the first to feature 16 teams instead of the 12 that had been the case since the start i 1994.

Venues

The European Championships was held in the following cities:

Qualification

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

Competition format

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Main round

Group I

Group II

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Source: EHF-Euro.com

All-Star Team

Chosen by team officials and EHF experts: EHF

Top goalscorers

Top goalkeepers

(minimum 20% of total shots received by team)