Sunday, 20 December 2020
Norway narrowly defeated defending champions France by two goals to claim the European Women s Handball Championship title for an eighth time.
The Norwegians led the contest for the majority of the match but neither side established a clear lead and with four minutes to go the contest in Herning was poised at 20 goals apiece.
The tournament s top scorer Nora Mørk scored the go-ahead goal with three and a half minutes to go before a further effort from Solberg-Isaksen extended Norway s lead and gave them a 22-20 win.
France opened a two-goal advantage twice early on but four and five goal unanswered spells from Norway helped them into an interval lead at 14-10.
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