2026 European Women's Handball Championship

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2026 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Dates3–20 December
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2026 EHF European Women's Handball Championship, commonly referred to as the EHF Euro 2026, will be the 17th edition of the EHF European Women's Handball Championship and will be held in Russia in December 2026.

Bid process[]

On 20 November 2021 at the 14th EHF Extraordinary Congress it was announced that the 2026 EHF European Women's Handball Championship will take place in Russia.[1]

Russia's bid was the only one, as the EHF Executive Committee was previously notified that Norway, Denmark and Sweden had withdrawn their joint bid.

Bidding timeline[]

The bidding timeline is as follows:[2]

  • 4 June 2020: Invitation to National Federations to provide a letter of intent to the EHF for hosting the EHF EUROs 2026 & 2028
  • 1 October 2020: Deadline for submitting the letter of intent and request for the bidding documents by the interested federations
  • 1 November 2020: Dispatch of the manual for staging the EHF EUROs 2026 & 2028 together with the relevant specifications and forms by the EHF
  • 1 May 2021: Applications available at the EHF Office
  • May/June 2021: Evaluation of bids by the EHF
  • June 2021: Approval of applications by EHF EXEC
  • June–September 2021: Site inspections
  • September 2021: Further evaluation after inspections
  • September 2021: Confirmation of bids for the EHF EUROs 2026 & 2028
  • 17/18 November 2021: Allocation at the EO EHF Congress 2021

Bids[]

On 11 May 2021 it was announced that the following nations sent in an official expression of interest: [3]

Host selection[]

As only the Russian bid remained it was unanimously selected at the 14th EHF Extraordinary Congress on 20 November 2021.[5][6]

Venues[]

Moscow Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg
VTB Arena
Capacity: 12,000 		Yubileyny Sports Palace
Capacity: 6,500 		Sibur Arena
Capacity: 6,500
VTB Arena8.jpg Yubileyniy in SPB.jpg

Qualification[]

Main article:

Qualified teams[]

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 Russia 00Host 0120 November 2021 14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

References[]

  1. ^ "EHF Euro hosts for 2026 & 2028 confirmed". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Bidding Timeline". Bid Brochure EHF Euro 2026 & 2028 (PDF). European Handball Federation. 2021. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Seven nations bid for EHF Euros in 2026 and 2028". European Handball Federation. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Schweiz bündelt Kräfte mit Spanien und Portugal: Ausrichter für Handball-Europameisterschaften zeichnen sich ab". handball world (in German). 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  5. ^ "EHF EURO hosts for 2026 & 2028 confirmed". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. ^ "The 14th EHF Extraordinary Congress". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

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