2024 European Women's Handball Championship

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2024 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host countries Austria
 Hungary
  Switzerland
Dates28 November – 15 December
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)(in 4 host cities)
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The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship will be held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland in November and December 2024.[1] This will be the first tournament to feature 24 teams.

Bidding process[]

The vote took place on 25 January 2020 at the EHF Extraordinary Congress in Stockholm. The solo bid of Russia was eliminated in the first round, leaving the joint bids of Austria/Hungary/Switzerland and Czech Republic/Poland/Slovakia. The final round Austria/Hungary/Switzerland was awarded the event over Czech Republic/Poland/Slovakia by 7 votes with 28–21.

Venues[]

Austria Innsbruck, Austria Hungary Debrecen, Hungary
Olympiahalle
Capacity: 8,000
Főnix Hall
Capacity: 6,500
Olympiahalle Innsbruck 2018-09-08.jpg
Switzerland Basel, Switzerland Hungary Budapest, Hungary
St. Jakobshalle
Capacity: 12,400
MVM Dome
Capacity: 20,022
St Jakobshalle Basel.JPG Budapesti Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok 2021.12.18.jpg

Qualification[]

Qualified teams[]

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 Austria 00Co-hosts 0125 January 2020 8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Hungary 00Co-hosts 0125 January 2020 14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Switzerland 00Co-hosts 0125 January 2020 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

References[]

  1. ^ "Hungary, Switzerland and Austria awarded Women's EHF EURO 2024 at Extraordinary Congress". European Handball Federation. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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