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 interested nations were as follows:
 * 🇫🇷 France
 * 🇳🇴 Norway
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine

In December 2013, these were announced as the bids:



France was recommended as the preferred 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.

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.

Referees
12 referee pairs were selected on 4 October 2018.

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

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.

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