National team appearances in the European Men's Handball Championship
Appearance
This article lists the performances of each of the 27 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the European Men's Handball Championship finals.
Debut of teams
[edit]Each successive European Men's Handball Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.
Participating nations
[edit]- 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
- MR – Main round
- GS – Group stage
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- q – may still qualify for upcoming tournament
- • – Did not qualify
- •× – Disqualified
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
- – Hosts
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Participations |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 11th | • | 15th | 8th | 20th | 8th | 6 | ||
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8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | 12th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 17th | × | 7 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | 23rd | 24th | 3 | ||
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3rd | 5th | 8th | 6th | 16th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 8th | 11th | 16 | ||
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• | 6th | 10th | • | 8th | 11th | • | 13th | 8th | 14th | 15th | • | 6th | 12th | 13th | 15th | 12 | ||
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4th | 12th | • | 10th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 4th | 13th | 3rd | 2nd | Q | 16 | |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | 20th | 1 | ||
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6th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 11th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 14th | 4th | 1st | Q | 17 | |
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | 18th | 1 | ||
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9th | 8th | 3rd | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 4th | 10th | 7th | • | 1st | 9th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 15 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 23rd | 1 | ||
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7th | 10th | 6th | • | • | 9th | 13th | 8th | 14th | 8th | 8th | 12th | 14th | 9th | 15th | 5th | 14 | ||
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• | • | • | 11th | 4th | 13th | 7th | 11th | 3rd | 10th | 5th | 13th | 13th | 11th | 6th | 10th | 13 | ||
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• | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 24th | • | • | • | 1 | |
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• | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 21st | • | 2 | ||
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12th | • | • | 16th | 16th | 16th | 18th | 11th | 14th | 7 | |||||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | 10th | 12th | 3 | ||
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× | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | 10th | 11th | 11th | 15th | 22nd | 17th | 8 | ||
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• | • | • | 8th | • | • | 11th | 6th | 7th | 13th | 14th | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 5th | 9th | Q | 12 | |
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• | • | • | • | 15th | 16th | 10th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 6th | 7th | • | 21st | 12th | 16th | 11 | ||
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12th | • | • | 7th | 9th | 14th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 19th | 7th | Q | 9 | |
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11th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 3 | ||
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2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 6th | 14th | 12th | 15th | 9th | 9th | • | 22nd | 9th | × | 14 | ||
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• | 13th | 2nd | 13th | 15th | 12th | 20th | 14th | 19th | 8 | |||||||||
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• | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 16th | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | 18th | • | 4 | ||
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10th | 11th | • | 5th | 12th | 2nd | 8th | 10th | 11th | 6th | • | 14th | 8th | 4th | 16th | 6th | 14 | ||
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5th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 10th | 2nd | 9th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 13th | Q | 17 | |
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1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 7th | • | 5th | 15th | 12th | 7th | 8th | 2nd | 7th | 1st | 3rd | Q | 16 | |
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• | • | • | • | 13th | 12th | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | 21st | Q | 6 | |
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• | • | • | 12th | 11th | 15th | 12th | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | 19th | 24th | • | 7 | ||
Historical national teams | |||||||||||||||||||
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8th | 9th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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× | 3rd | 5th | 10th | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 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
[edit]Year | Host Nation | Finish |
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1994 | ![]() |
12th place |
1996 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
1998 | ![]() |
11th place |
2000 | ![]() |
6th place |
2002 | ![]() |
Champions |
2004 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2006 | ![]() |
14th place |
2008 | ![]() |
6th place |
2010 | ![]() |
9th place |
2012 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2014 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2016 | ![]() |
7th place |
2018 | ![]() |
5th place |
2020 | ![]() |
8th place |
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Third place | |
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7th place | |
2022 | ![]() |
15th place |
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18th place | |
2024 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
2026 | ![]() |
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2028 | ![]() |
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Results of defending champions
[edit]Year | Defending champions | Finish |
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1996 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
1998 | ![]() |
Fourth place |
2000 | ![]() |
Champions |
2002 | ||
2004 | 7th place | |
2006 | ![]() |
5th place |
2008 | ![]() |
Third place |
2010 | ![]() |
5th place |
2012 | ![]() |
11th place |
2014 | ![]() |
Runners-up |
2016 | ![]() |
5th place |
2018 | ![]() |
9th place |
2020 | ![]() |
Champions |
2022 | Runners-up | |
2024 | ![]() |
Third place |
2026 | ![]() |