National team appearances in the European Women's Handball Championship
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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[]
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 |
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1994 |
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29 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
12 |
1996 |
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2 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
1998 |
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1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 |
2000 |
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1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 |
2002 |
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1 | ![]() |
1 |
2004 |
0 | |||
2006 |
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1 | (![]() |
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2008 |
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2 | ![]() |
1 |
2010 Qual. |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
2 |
2012 Qual. |
0 | |||
2014 Qual. |
0 | |||
2016 Qual. |
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2 | 0 | |
2018 Qual. |
0 | |||
2020 Qual. |
0 | |||
2022 Qual. |
0 | |||
2024 |
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1 |
Participating nations[]
- 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 |
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![]() 2026 |
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Participations |
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9th | 3rd | 4th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 9 | |||
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• | • | • | 11th | 16th | 16th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | ||||
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5th | 6th | • | • | • | 13th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 16th | 16th | 3rd | 11 | ||||
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8th | • | • | • | 8th | 15th | • | • | • | 12th | • | 10th | 15th | 15th | 7 | ||||
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1st | 1st | 2nd | 10th | 1st | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 4th | Q | 15 | |||
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• | • | • | 5th | 3rd | 11th | 3rd | 14th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 11 | ||||
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2nd | 4th | 6th | 9th | 11th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 13th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 10th | 7th | 14 | ||||
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3rd | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 12th | 7th | 10th | Q | 15 | |||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 15th | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||||
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• | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||
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• | • | 8th | 8th | • | • | 12th | 7th | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | Q | 6 | |||
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• | • | 6th | 1st | 4th | 13th | 9th | 8th | Q | 7 | |||||||||
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• | • | 10th | • | 14th | • | 15th | • | 8th | • | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 8 | ||||
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3rd | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | Q | Q | 16 | ||
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• | 11th | 5th | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 11th | 15th | 14th | 14th | 7 | ||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||
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10th | 5th | 11th | 4th | 7th | 7th | • | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 12th | 13 | ||||
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6th | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 14th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | Q | 15 | |||
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14th | 13th | 14th | 4th | 15th | 9th | 11th | 13th | 8 | ||||||||||
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12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | 2 | ||||
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• | • | • | • | 10th | 9th | 16th | • | 16th | • | • | 14th | 13th | 16th | Q | 8 | |||
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• | • | 12th | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 2nd | 11th | 12th | 9th | 11 | ||||
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7th | 8th | • | • | 15th | 14th | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 11th | Q | 13 | |||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 | |||
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11th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 12th | 6th | 13th | 10th | 12th | 14th | 16th | • | • | • | 11 | ||||
Historical national teams | |||||||||||||||||||
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12th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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• | • | • | 7th | 6th | 2 | |||||||||||||
Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 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[]
Year | Host Nation | Finish |
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1994 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
1996 | ![]() |
Champions |
1998 | ![]() |
Group stage |
2000 | ![]() |
Sixth place |
2002 | ![]() |
Champions |
2004 | ![]() |
Third place |
2006 | ![]() |
Sixth place |
2008 | ![]() |
7th place |
2010 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
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Champions | |
2012 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
2014 | ![]() |
Group stage |
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Sixth place | |
2016 | ![]() |
Eighth place |
2018 | ![]() |
Champions |
2020 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
2022 | ![]() |
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2024 | ![]() |
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2026 | ![]() |
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2028 | ![]() |
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Results of defending champions[]
Year | Defending champions | Finish |
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1996 | ![]() |
Champions |
1998 | Runners-up | |
2000 | ![]() |
Sixth place |
2002 | ![]() |
Fifth place |
2004 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2006 | ![]() |
Champions |
2008 | ||
2010 | ||
2012 | Runners-up | |
2014 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
2016 | ![]() |
Champions |
2018 | Fifth place | |
2020 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2022 | ![]() |
References[]
Categories:
- European Women's Handball Championship