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Norway (NOR)

Ask handball fans around the world who their top three gold favourites for the Women’s EHF EURO 2024 are, and Norway will be missing from hardly any list. The defending champions have a dazzling track record in the competition and could now win their record-extending 10th title. Norway have won four of the last five EHF EURO trophies — a series only interrupted by a rare early exit from the title race in 2018, when they finished fifth. They won their third Olympic gold medal in 2024, while only a final defeat against France at the IHF World Championship a year ago denied them the chance to get hold of all three major titles in women’s national team handball again.

Norway’s hunger, though, never seems satisfied. And if they need any additional motivation this time around, they can easily find it in the departure of their long-term head coach Thorir Hergeirsson, who steps down from his role after the EHF EURO, ending a 15-year, highly successful tenure with the team. Anything less than another gold medal as a farewell gift to the coach would not satisfy the title holders.

While Norway will face a significant change after the EHF EURO, they have also had to make adaptions in the build-up to the tournament due to the absence of several key players. Centre back Stine Oftedal retired after winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics, and right back Nora Mørk, the EHF EURO 2022 top scorer, will miss the championship due to pregnancy. But Norway’s squad is deep enough with excellent back-up options for all court positions, which has been one of their core strengths throughout the years. However, do not expect any changes between the posts, as 44-year-old goalkeeper Katrine Lunde — already the all-time record holder with six titles — is still going strong and eyeing her seventh EHF EURO crown.

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Norway (NOR)

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