2026 European Women's Handball Championship

Host countries

Czech Republic

Poland

Romania

Slovakia

Turkey

Venues6 (in 6 host cities)

Dates3–20 December

Teams24 (from 1 confederation)

2026 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Mistrovství Evropy v házené žen 2026 (in Czech) Mistrzostwa Europy w Piłce Ręcznej Kobiet 2026 (in Polish) Campionatul European de Handbal Feminin din 2026 (in Romanian) Majstrovstvá Európy v hádzanej žien 2026 (in Slovak) 2026 Avrupa Kadınlar Hentbol Şampiyonası (in Turkish)
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Tournament details
Host countries	Czech Republic Poland Romania Slovakia Turkey
Venues	6 (in 6 host cities)
Dates	3–20 December
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
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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, the biennial international women's handball championship of Europe organized by EHF. The tournament will be held from 3 to 20 December 2026.

The championship was originally scheduled to be held in Russia, who were stripped of their hosting rights due to the invasion of Ukraine.^[1] On 8 March 2024, it was announced that all five applicants, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey will co-host the tournament, marking the first time the event was staged in more than three countries.^[2] The final will be held in Katowice, Poland.

24 teams will participate for the second time. Qualification took place in March 2024 to April 2025 to decide the qualifiers. The five co-hosts qualified automatically, alongside the top three from the 2024, Norway, Denmark and Hungary. Greece will make their debut.

This tournament will act as a qualifier for the 2027 World Women's Handball Championship in Hungary and 2028 edition in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Norway are the defending champions, having beaten Denmark in the 2024 final in Vienna.

First bidding process

Bids

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

Russia
Denmark, Norway & Sweden (withdrew)

On 20 October the final bids were presented. The Scandinavian bid was withdrawn, leaving Russia unopposed.^[4]^[5]

Russia

As only the Russian bid remained it was unanimously selected at the 14th EHF Extraordinary Congress on 20 November 2021.^[6]^[7]

Second bidding process

On 4 July 2023, the EHF confirmed that Russia would not host the event due to the war in Ukraine,^[8] and thus reopened the bidding process. On 25 October, the EHF announced the official bids.

The hosts were originally going to be announced on 28 January 2024 in Cologne, but the EHF decided to delay the announcement to April while also inviting every bidding nation to a meeting in mid-February.^[9]

During the meeting in mid-February, Romanian media reported that a possible five-country co-hosting plan was being negotiated by all five bidding countries and the EHF after it was reported that none of the three bids fulfilled all the requirements.^[10]

On 8 March 2024, the EHF announced all five countries, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey, as co-hosts.^[2] This marks the second time a European championship has been held in more than four countries, after UEFA Euro 2020.

Preparations

EHF

Each nation signed the contracts in Katowice, Poland in May 2024.^[11]^[12]
Throughout February and March 2025, site visits took place in every city except Brno took place. As the new arena in Brno hadn't been built yet, a separate site visit, which includes also a meeting with the architect, was held.^[13]

Czech Republic

On 24 April 2024, president of the Czech Handball Association, Ondřej Zdráhala, had affirmed that if Arena Brno wasn't built in time, the Winning Group Arena would be their backup venue.^[14]

Poland

On 2 February 2026, Polish representatives attended an EHF conference.^[15]

Romania

In July 2024, the EHF observed Romania's venues,^[16]
On 26 October 2024, the mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Emil Boc, met with Romanian Handball Federation president, Constantin Din to discuss how to promote the tournament.^[17]

Slovakia

On 4 December 2025, head of the organising committee, Ivan Sabovik stated that the budget is 1.5 million Euros.^[18] They will organise numerous activities in preparation for the tournament and want to show Slovakia and Bratislava in the best light.^[19] The president of the Slovak Handball Federation, Jaroslas Holeša, had stated that he was originally worried about the five countries hosting but the organisation of the competition has been great.^[20]

Turkey

Turkish Handball Federation president, Uğur Kılıç, signed the host contract in May 2024.^[11]

Tickets

On 3 December 2025, tickets were first released with group and venue packages being put on sale.^[21]

Venues

Six venues will be used for the tournament. Each country will use one arena with the exception being Romania who will use two in Cluj-Napoca and Oradea. While none of these arenas have hosted the championship, the Spodek in Katowice and Tipos Arena in Bratislava have experience organising the men's edition.^[22]

Overview of venues

In Czech Republic, Arena Brno is a newly built arena that will host the Czech's portion of the tournament. The venue broke ground in September 2023. This will be the first major tournament held in this arena.^[23]^[24]
In Poland, the Spodek will be the Poles' venue. Built in 1971 but renovated in 2011, the facility has hosted numerous high-profile championships: 2009 and EuroBasket 2025, 2014 and 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. Handball-wise, the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship and 2023 World Men's Handball Championship was hosted at the arena.^[25]
The BTarena in Cluj-Napoca will organise matches. The venue was built in 2014 but expanded in preparation for EuroBasket 2017. Romania's largest arena would later host the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship and 2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship. Basketball team, U-BT Cluj-Napoca, plays their home games here.^[26]
The Oradea Arena is Romania's second arena for the tournament. With 5,300 seats, it is the smallest arena for the competition. Opened in 2022, this will be the arena's first major tournament hosting.^[27]
In Slovakia, the nation's biggest arena, Tipos Arena, in the country's capital, Bratislava, will hold the games. Since its construction in 1940, the following sports have held major championships at this arena: Basketball, Figure skating, Floorball, Ice hockey, Volleyball. The 2022 European Men's Handball Championship is the only previous time a handball tournament has been in Slovakia.^[28]
In Turkey, the Antalya Sports Hall was used for matches at this tournament. This will be the first major national team tournament held in the arena in any sport, but the venue hosted the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship, alongside rounds of the Men's and FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League in 2023 and 2024.^[29]

Brno	Katowice Brno Bratislava Oradea Cluj-Napoca Antalya	Katowice
Arena Brno [cs; de]		Spodek
Capacity: 13,300		Capacity: 11,036

Bratislava		Antalya
Tipos Arena		Antalya Sports Hall
Capacity: 10,055		Capacity: 10,000

Cluj-Napoca		Oradea
BTarena		Oradea Arena
Capacity: 10,000		Capacity: 5,300
	Katowice will host preliminary round, main round and knockout stage. Cluj-Napoca will host preliminary round and main round. Brno, Bratislava, Oradea and Antalya will host preliminary round only.

Tournament venues information
Venue	Rounds	Games
Spodek	Group E, Main round II, Semifinals and Final	19
BTarena	Group B and Main round Group I	15
Oradea Arena	Group A	6
Antalya Sports Hall	Group C	6
Arena Brno	Group D	6
Tipos Arena	Group F	6

Qualification

30 teams registered for participation and competed for 16 places at the final tournament. After the preliminary round, the teams were drawn into six groups of four. The top-two placed teams in each group qualified for the final tournament, alongside the four best-ranked third-placed teams, not counting the matches against fourth-placed teams. The qualifiers draw took place on 20 March 2025 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.^[30]^[31] Qualification started in March 2024 and ended in April 2025.

Of the 24 qualified teams, 23 were present in the previous edition. Greece will make their debut, replacing Portugal, who failed to qualify after their sporadic appearance in 2024.

Austria qualified on merit for the first time since 2008.

North Macedonia made their third consecutive appearance at the Euro for the first time ever.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Appearance(s)				Previous best performance^[A]	Rank^[32]
Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Total	First	Last	Streak	Previous best performance^[A]	Rank^[32]
Czech Republic	Co-hosts	8 March 2024	9th	1994	2024	2	Eighth place (1994, 2002)	TBD
Poland			10th	1996		7	Fifth place (1998)	TBD
Romania			16th	1994		10	Third place (2010)	TBD
Slovakia			4th	1994		2	Twelfth place (1994, 2014)	TBD
Turkey			2nd	2024		2	Twentieth place (2024)	TBD
Denmark	Top three at 2024 edition	13 December 2024	17th	1994		17	Champions (1994, 1996, 2002)	TBD
Norway		13 December 2024	17th				Champions (Ten times)^[B]	TBD
Hungary		15 December 2024	17th				Champions (2000)	TBD
Sweden	Group 5 top two	7 March 2026	15th	1994		13	Runners-up (2010)	TBD
Spain	Group 6 top two	7 March 2026	15th	1998		13	Runners-up (2008, 2014)	TBD
Netherlands	Group 2 top two	8 March 2026	11th	1994		7	Runners-up (2016)	TBD
Germany	Group 3 top two		17th	1994		17	Runners-up (1994)	TBD
France	Group 1 top two		14th	2000		14	Champions (2018)	TBD
Slovenia	Group 3 top two	8 April 2026	10th	2002		6	Eighth place (2022)	TBD
Croatia	Group 1 top two	9 April 2026	14th	1994		12	Third place (2020)	TBD
Switzerland	Group 2 top two		3rd	2022		3	Twelfth place (2024)	TBD
Montenegro	Group 4 top two		9th	2010		9	Champions (2012)	TBD
Faroe Islands	Group 4 top two		2nd	2024		2	Seventeenth place (2024)	TBD
Austria	Group 6 top two	12 April 2026	10th	1994		2	Third place (1996)	TBD
Serbia	Group 5 top two		11th	2006		11	Fourth place (2012)	TBD
Greece	Four best third place teams		1st	Debut				TBD
Iceland			4th	2010	2024	2	Fiftheenth place (2010, 2012)	TBD
North Macedonia			8th	1998		3	Seventh place (2008)	TBD
Ukraine			12th	1994		2	Runners-up (2000)	TBD

Draw

The draw was originally going to take place on 16 May 2026,^[33] but was brought forward to 16 April 2026 at 18:00 CEST at the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Poland.^[34]^[35]^[36] The draw was hosted by Polish sports journalist, Piotr Sobczyński [pl].^[37] Czech player, Silvie Polášková, Polish international Katarzyna Cygan [no], Slovak national team player, Barbora Lancz and Turkish player Elif Sıla Aydın were the guests and assisted with the draw. The draw started with, in order, pots 2, 3, 1 and 4 being drawn. Each selected teams' group would then get decided by another pot.

Chosen teams

As early as February 2024, Hungary was reported to be the only team that was not a co-host to be pre-drawn into a group, being drawn into group in Oradea, likely due to its proximity to the Hungarian border.^[38] The co-hosts were all seeded into their home groups.

2026 European Women's Handball Championship – Draw

Draw Live Stream

Team	Group
Hungary	A
Romania	B
Turkey	C
Czech Republic	D
Poland	E
Slovakia	F

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 13 April 2026.^[34] The teams were seeded based on the results of the 2026 qualifiers and the final rankings of the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Norway Denmark Hungary France Sweden Netherlands	Germany Montenegro Poland (H) Romania (H) Spain Czech Republic (H)	Turkey (H) Slovakia (H) Slovenia Switzerland Austria Faroe Islands	Croatia Serbia Iceland North Macedonia Ukraine Greece

Draw results

Group A in Oradea
Pos	Team
A1	Hungary
A2	Montenegro
A3	Slovenia
A4	Iceland

Group B in Cluj-Napoca
Pos	Team
B1	Norway
B2	Romania (H)
B3	Switzerland
B4	North Macedonia

Group C in Antalya
Pos	Team
C1	Denmark
C2	Spain
C3	Turkey (H)
C4	Greece

Group D in Brno
Pos	Team
D1	Netherlands
D2	Czech Republic (H)
D3	Austria
D4	Croatia

Group E in Katowice
Pos	Team
E1	France
E2	Poland (H)
E3	Faroe Islands
E4	Ukraine

Group F in Bratislava
Pos	Team
F1	Sweden
F2	Germany
F3	Slovakia (H)
F4	Serbia

Schedule

Schedule^[39]
Round	Matchday	Date
Preliminary round	Matchday 1	3–5 December 2026
	Matchday 2	5–7 December 2026
	Matchday 3	7–9 December 2026
Main round	Matchday 4	10–11 December 2026
	Matchday 5	12–13 December 2026
	Matchday 6	14–15 December 2026
	Matchday 7	15–16 December 2026
Knockout stage	Semi-finals Fifth place	18 December 2026
Knockout stage	Final Third place	20 December 2026

Preliminary round

All times are UTC+1.^[40]

Tiebreakers

In the group stages (preliminary and main rounds), teams are ranked according to points (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams have the same number of points, the ranking will be determined as follows:

During the round matches

Superior goal difference from all group matches;
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
Alphabetical order.

After completion of the round matches

Highest number of points in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in matches between the teams directly involved;
Highest number of goals scored in matches between the teams directly involved;
Superior goal difference in all matches of the group;
Highest number of plus goals in all matches of the group;

If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by EHF through drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Hungary	Main round
2	Montenegro	Main round
3	Slovenia
4	Iceland

First match(es) will be played: 3 December 2026. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

3 December 2026 16:30	Slovenia	v	Iceland	Oradea Arena, Oradea
		Report

3 December 2026 19:00	Hungary	v	Montenegro	Oradea Arena, Oradea
		Report

5 December 2026 16:30	Montenegro	v	Iceland	Oradea Arena, Oradea
		Report

5 December 2026 19:00	Hungary	v	Slovenia	Oradea Arena, Oradea
		Report

7 December 2026 16:30	Slovenia	v	Montenegro	Oradea Arena, Oradea
		Report

7 December 2026 19:00	Iceland	v	Hungary	Oradea Arena, Oradea
		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Norway	Main round
2	Romania (H)	Main round
3	Switzerland
4	North Macedonia

First match(es) will be played: 4 December 2026. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

4 December 2026 16:30	Switzerland	v	North Macedonia	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
		Report

4 December 2026 19:00	Norway	v	Romania	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
		Report

6 December 2026 16:30	Romania	v	North Macedonia	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
		Report

6 December 2026 19:00	Norway	v	Switzerland	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
		Report

8 December 2026 16:30	Switzerland	v	Romania	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
		Report

8 December 2026 19:00	North Macedonia	v	Norway	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
		Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Denmark	Main round
2	Spain	Main round
3	Turkey (H)
4	Greece

First match(es) will be played: 3 December 2026. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

3 December 2026 14:30	Turkey	v	Greece	Antalya Sports Hall, Antalya
		Report

3 December 2026 17:00	Denmark	v	Spain	Antalya Sports Hall, Antalya
		Report

5 December 2026 14:30	Spain	v	Greece	Antalya Sports Hall, Antalya
		Report

5 December 2026 17:00	Denmark	v	Turkey	Antalya Sports Hall, Antalya
		Report

7 December 2026 14:30	Turkey	v	Spain	Antalya Sports Hall, Antalya
		Report

7 December 2026 17:00	Greece	v	Denmark	Antalya Sports Hall, Antalya
		Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Netherlands	Main round
2	Czech Republic (H)	Main round
3	Austria
4	Croatia

First match(es) will be played: 4 December 2026. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

4 December 2026 18:00	Austria	v	Croatia	Arena Brno, Brno
		Report

4 December 2026 20:30	Netherlands	v	Czech Republic	Arena Brno, Brno
		Report

6 December 2026 18:00	Czech Republic	v	Croatia	Arena Brno, Brno
		Report

6 December 2026 20:30	Netherlands	v	Austria	Arena Brno, Brno
		Report

8 December 2026 18:00	Austria	v	Czech Republic	Arena Brno, Brno
		Report

8 December 2026 20:30	Croatia	v	Netherlands	Arena Brno, Brno
		Report

Group E

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	France	Main round
2	Poland (H)	Main round
3	Faroe Islands
4	Ukraine

First match(es) will be played: 5 December 2026. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

5 December 2026 18:00	France	v	Poland	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

5 December 2026 20:30	Faroe Islands	v	Ukraine	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

7 December 2026 18:00	Poland	v	Ukraine	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

7 December 2026 20:30	France	v	Faroe Islands	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

9 December 2026 18:00	Faroe Islands	v	Poland	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

9 December 2026 20:30	Ukraine	v	France	Spodek, Katowice
		Report

Group F

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Sweden	Main round
2	Germany	Main round
3	Slovakia (H)
4	Serbia

First match(es) will be played: 4 December 2026. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

4 December 2026 18:00	Sweden	v	Germany	Tipos aréna, Bratislava
		Report

4 December 2026 20:30	Slovakia	v	Serbia	Tipos aréna, Bratislava
		Report

6 December 2026 18:00	Germany	v	Serbia	Tipos aréna, Bratislava
		Report

6 December 2026 20:30	Sweden	v	Slovakia	Tipos aréna, Bratislava
		Report

8 December 2026 18:00	Slovakia	v	Germany	Tipos aréna, Bratislava
		Report

8 December 2026 20:30	Serbia	v	Sweden	Tipos aréna, Bratislava
		Report

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advance will be transferred to the main round.

Group I

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	A1	Semifinals
2	B1	Semifinals
3	C1	Fifth place game
4	A2
5	B2
6	C2

First match(es) will be played: 10 December 2026. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

10 December 2026	C1	v	B2	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

10 December 2026	A2	v	C2	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

10 December 2026	A1	v	B1	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

12 December 2026	C1	v	B1	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

12 December 2026	A1	v	C2	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

12 December 2026	A2	v	B2	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

14 December 2026	A1	v	B2	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

14 December 2026	A2	v	C1	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

14 December 2026	B1	v	C2	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

15 December 2026	A1	v	C1	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

15 December 2026	A2	v	B1	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

15 December 2026	B2	v	C2	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca

Group II

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	D1	Semifinals
2	E1	Semifinals
3	F1	Fifth place game
4	D2
5	E2
6	F2

First match(es) will be played: 11 December 2026. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

11 December 2026	F1	v	E2	Spodek, Katowice

11 December 2026	D2	v	F2	Spodek, Katowice

11 December 2026	D1	v	E1	Spodek, Katowice

13 December 2026	F1	v	E1	Spodek, Katowice

13 December 2026	D1	v	F2	Spodek, Katowice

13 December 2026	D2	v	E2	Spodek, Katowice

15 December 2026	D1	v	E2	Spodek, Katowice

15 December 2026	D2	v	F1	Spodek, Katowice

15 December 2026	E1	v	F2	Spodek, Katowice

16 December 2026	D1	v	F1	Spodek, Katowice

16 December 2026	D2	v	E1	Spodek, Katowice

16 December 2026	E2	v	F2	Spodek, Katowice

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final

	18 December

	I1
					20 December
	II2

	18 December

	II1

	I2
					Third place

					20 December

Semifinals

18 December 2026 17:45	v	Spodek, Katowice

18 December 2026 20:30	v	Spodek, Katowice

Fifth place game

18 December 2026 15:00	I3	v	II3	Spodek, Katowice

Third place game

20 December 2026 15:15	LSF1	v	LSF2	Spodek, Katowice

Final

20 December 2026 18:00	WSF1	v	WSF2	Spodek, Katowice

Rankings

Final ranking

The teams ranked fourth in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 19 to 24, while teams ranked third in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 13 to 18 according to the number of points won in the preliminary round. Places seven or eight will be attributed to the two teams ranked fourth in the main round groups, places nine and ten to the two teams ranked fifth in the main round groups, places eleven and twelve to the two teams ranked sixth in the main round groups according to the number of points won by the respective teams after completion of the main round matches. Places one to six will be decided by play–off or knock–out.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Champions
2	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Runners-up
3	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Third place
4	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Fourth place

5	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Fifth place game
6	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Fifth place game

7	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Fourth in main round
8	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Fourth in main round

9	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Fifth in main round
10	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Fifth in main round

11	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Sixth in main round
12	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Sixth in main round

13	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Third in preliminary round
14	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

19	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Fourth in preliminary round
20	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

Qualification table

	Qualified for the 2027 World Championship

Rank	Team



4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

v t e 2026 European Women's Handball Championship
General	Squads Qualification Final
Venues	Antalya Sports Hall (Antalya) Tipos Arena (Bratislava) Arena Brno (Brno) BTarena (Cluj-Napoca) Spodek (Katowice) Oradea Arena (Oradea)
Teams	Austria Croatia Czech Republic (Co-hosts) Denmark Faroe Islands France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland (Co-hosts) Romania (Co-hosts) Serbia Slovakia (Co-hosts) Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Turkey (Co-hosts)

v t e European Women's Handball Championship
Tournaments	Germany 1994 Denmark 1996 Netherlands 1998 Romania 2000 Denmark 2002 Hungary 2004 Sweden 2006 Macedonia 2008 Denmark / Norway 2010 Serbia 2012 Hungary / Croatia 2014 Sweden 2016 France 2018 Denmark 2020 Slovenia / North Macedonia / Montenegro 2022 Austria / Hungary / Switzerland 2024 Czech Republic / Poland / Romania / Slovakia / Turkey 2026 Denmark / Norway / Sweden 2028 TBD 2030 Denmark / Germany / Poland 2032
Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Bids	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028

v t e European championships in 2026
Summer sports & indoor sports	Aquatics artistic diving open water swimming (25 m) Archery indoor outdoor 3D field Athletics cross country indoor race walking team running Australian rules Badminton individual mixed team Baseball baseball5 men women Basketball men women Beach handball Beach volleyball Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Canoe marathon slalom sprint Cycling BMX cyclo-cross mountain bike road track Equestrian dressage eventing jumping Fencing Fistball (women) Flag football Futsal Men Golf team (men) team (women) Gymnastics acrobatic aerobic artistic rhythmic trampoline & tumbling Handball men women Indoor hockey men women Judo team Karate Minifootball Modern pentathlon Orienteering foot MTB Racquetball Rink hockey Rowing Shooting 10m 25m/50m/300m/Shotgun/RT Table tennis Taekwondo Triathlon Water polo men women Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh / Skeleton Curling Figure skating Luge Speed skating long track short track
Para sports	Athletics Sitting volleyball Men Women Table tennis Taekwondo Wheelchair rugby
Cue & mind sports
Motor sports	Formula Regional Le Mans Series Motocross Rally Rallycross Speedway individual pairs team Touring car Truck racing

Bids

Second bidding process

EHF

Czech Republic

Poland

Romania

Slovakia

Turkey

Tickets

Sponsors

Official partners

Overview of venues

Qualified teams

Chosen teams

Seeding

Draw results

Schedule

Tiebreakers

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group I

Group II

Bracket

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Qualification table

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