National team appearances in the European Women's Handball Championship

This article lists the performances of each of the 26 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the European Women's Handball Championship finals.

Debut of teams

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Each successive European Women's Handball Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.

Year Debutants in
qualification
Number of
debutants
Debutants in
championship
Number of
debutants
1994
Qual.
  Austria
  Azerbaijan
  Belarus
  Bulgaria
  Croatia
  Czech Republic
  Denmark
  France
  Georgia
  Hungary
  Iceland
  Italy
  Latvia
  Lithuania
  Luxembourg
  Moldova
  Netherlands
  Norway
  Poland
  Portugal
  Romania
  Russia
  Slovakia
  Slovenia
  Spain
   Switzerland
  Sweden
  Turkey
  Ukraine
29   Austria
  Croatia
  Czech Republic
  Denmark
  Germany
  Hungary
  Norway
  Romania
  Russia
  Slovakia
  Sweden
  Ukraine
12
1996
Qual.
  Germany
  FR Yugoslavia
2   Lithuania
  Poland
2
1998
Qual.
  North Macedonia 1   North Macedonia
  Netherlands
  Spain
3
2000
Qual.
  Greece 1   Belarus
  France
  FR Yugoslavia
3
2002
Qual.
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1   Slovenia 1
2004
Qual.
0
2006
Qual.
  Finland
(  Serbia)
1 (+1) (  Serbia) (+1)
2008
Qual.
  Israel
  Montenegro
2   Portugal 1
2010
Qual.
  Great Britain 1   Iceland
  Montenegro
2
2012
Qual.
0
2014
Qual.
0
2016
Qual.
  Faroe Islands
  Kosovo
2 0
2018
Qual.
0
2020
Qual.
0
2022
Qual.
  Cyprus 1    Switzerland 1
2024
Qual.
  Faroe Islands
  Turkey
2
2026
Qual.
0

Participating nations

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • 5th – Fifth place
  • 6th – Sixth place
  • 7th – Seventh place
  • 8th – Eighth place
  • 9th – Ninth place
  • 10th – Tenth place
  • 11th – Eleventh place
  • 12th – Twelfth place
  • 13th to 16th – Thirteenth to sixteenth place
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  • q – may still qualify for upcoming tournament
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  •×  – Disqualified
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
  •    – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Nation  
1994
 
1996
 
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
 
2010
 
2012
 
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
 
2020
 
 
 
2022
 
 
 
2024
 
 
 
 
 
2026
 
 
 
2028
Participations
  Austria 9th 3rd 4th 12th 9th 10th 10th 15th Q 9
  Belarus 11th 16th 16th 12th × × 4
  Croatia 5th 6th 13th 7th 6th 9th 13th 13th 16th 16th 3rd 10th Q 13
  Czech Republic 8th 8th 15th 12th 10th 15th 15th Q Q 9
  Denmark 1st 1st 2nd 10th 1st 2nd 11th 11th 4th 5th 8th 4th 8th 4th 2nd Q Q 17
  Faroe Islands × × × × × × × × × × × Q 1
  France 5th 3rd 11th 3rd 14th 5th 9th 5th 3rd 1st 2nd 4th Q 13
  Germany 2nd 4th 6th 9th 11th 5th 4th 4th 13th 7th 10th 6th 10th 7th 7th Q 16
  Hungary 4th 10th 3rd 1st 5th 3rd 5th 8th 10th 3rd 6th 12th 7th 10th 11th Q 16
  Iceland 15th 15th Q 3
  Lithuania 12th 1
  Montenegro1 6th 1st 4th 13th 9th 8th 3rd Q 8
  Netherlands 10th 14th 15th 8th 7th 2nd 3rd 6th 6th Q 10
  North Macedonia × × 8th 8th 12th 7th 16th 16th Q 7
  Norway 3rd 2nd 1st 6th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 5th 1st 1st Q Q 17
  Poland 11th 5th 8th 11th 15th 14th 14th 13th Q Q 10
  Portugal 16th Q 2
  Romania 10th 5th 11th 4th 7th 7th 5th 3rd 10th 9th 5th 4th 12th 12th Q Q 16
  Russia 6th 7th 9th 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 3rd 7th 6th 14th 7th 2nd 5th × × 14
  Serbia1 14th 13th 14th 4th 15th 9th 11th 13th 15th Q 10
  Slovakia 12th 12th Q Q 4
  Slovenia 10th 9th 16th 16th 14th 13th 16th 8th Q 9
  Spain 12th 13th 8th 9th 2nd 11th 11th 2nd 11th 12th 9th 9th Q 13
  Sweden 7th 8th 15th 14th 6th 9th 2nd 8th 3rd 8th 6th 11th 5th Q Q 15
   Switzerland 14th Q 2
  Turkey Q Q 2
  Ukraine 11th 9th 7th 2nd 12th 6th 13th 10th 12th 14th 16th Q 12
Historical national teams
  Serbia and Montenegro1 12th 1
  FR Yugoslavia1 × 7th 6th 2
Total 12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 24 24 24
1 FR Yugoslavia competed as such until 2003 when the FRY was reconstituted as a State Union Serbia and Montenegro. Since the dissolution of the union in 2006, national teams exist for both countries.


Results of host nations

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Year Host nation Finish
1994   Germany Runners-up
1996   Denmark Champions
1998   Netherlands Group stage
2000   Romania Sixth place
2002   Denmark Champions
2004   Hungary Third place
2006   Sweden Sixth place
2008   North Macedonia Seventh place
2010   Denmark Fourth place
  Norway Champions
2012   Serbia Fourth place
2014   Croatia Group stage
  Hungary Sixth place
2016   Sweden Eighth place
2018   France Champions
2020   Denmark Fourth place
2022   Montenegro Third place
  North Macedonia Sixteenth place
  Slovenia Eighth place
2024   Austria
  Hungary
   Switzerland
2026   Czech Republic
  Poland
  Romania
  Slovakia
  Turkey
2028   Norway
  Denmark
  Sweden

Results of defending champions

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Year Defending champions Finish
1996   Denmark Champions
1998 Runners-up
2000   Norway Sixth place
2002   Hungary Fifth place
2004   Denmark Runners-up
2006   Norway Champions
2008
2010
2012 Runners-up
2014   Montenegro Fourth place
2016   Norway Champions
2018 Fifth place
2020   France Runners-up
2022   Norway Champions
2024

References

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