National team appearances in the European Men's Handball Championship

This article lists the performances of each of the 26 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the European Men's Handball Championship finals.

Debut of teams

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.

Year Debutants
Qualification
First debut at
Championship
Number of
Debutants
Debutants
Championship
Number of
Debutants
1994
Qual.
 Austria
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Estonia
 Finland
 France
 Georgia
 Germany
 Greece
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Israel
 Italy
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Moldova
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Poland
 Romania
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Turkey
 Ukraine
34  Belarus
 Croatia
 Denmark
 France
 Germany
 Hungary
 Portugal
 Romania
 Russia
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Sweden
4
1996
Qual.
 Azerbaijan
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Macedonia
 Portugal
 FR Yugoslavia
5  Czech Republic
 FR Yugoslavia
2
1998
Qual.
 Italy
 Lithuania
 Macedonia
3
2000
Qual.
 Iceland
 Norway
 Ukraine
3
2002
Qual.
 Faroe Islands 1  Israel
 Poland
  Switzerland
3
2004
Qual.
0
2006
Qual.
 Slovakia 1
2008
Qual.
 Montenegro
( Serbia)
1 (+1)  Montenegro 1
2010
Qual.
 Austria
( Serbia)
1 (+1)
2012
Qual.
 Great Britain 1 0
2014
Qual.
 Ireland
 Malta
2 0
2016
Qual.
0

Participation details

Legend

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 1994
(12)
1996
(12)
1998
(12)
2000
(12)
2002
(16)
2004
(16)
2006
(16)
2008
(16)
2010
(16)
2012
(16)
2014
(16)
2016
(16)
Attempts
 Austria 9th 11th 12 → 2
 Belarus 8th 15th 12th 10th 12 → 4
 Croatia 3rd 5th 8th 6th 16th 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 12 → 12
 Czech Republic 6th 10th 8th 11th 13th 8th 14th 15th 12 → 8
 Denmark 4th 12th 10th 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 5th 1st 2nd 6th 12 → 11
 France 6th 7th 7th 4th 6th 6th 1st 3rd 1st 11th 1st 5th 12 → 12
 Germany 9th 8th 3rd 9th 2nd 1st 5th 4th 10th 7th 1st 12 → 11
 Hungary 7th 10th 6th 9th 13th 8th 14th 8th 8th 12th 12 → 10
 Iceland 11th 4th 13th 7th 11th 3rd 10th 5th 13th 12 → 9
 Israel 14th 12 → 1
 Italy 11th 12 → 1
 Lithuania 9th 12 → 1
 Macedonia x 12th 5th 10th 11th 11 → 4
 Montenegro Part of  Serbia and Montenegro 12th 16th 16th 5 → 3
 Norway 8th 11th 6th 7th 13th 14th 4th 12 → 7
 Poland 15th 16th 10th 7th 4th 9th 6th 7th 12 → 8
 Portugal 12th 7th 9th 14th 15th 12 → 5
 Romania 11th 9th 12 → 2
 Russia 2nd 1st 4th 2nd 5th 5th 6th 14th 12th 15th 9th 9th 12 → 12
 Serbia 1 Part of  Serbia and Montenegro 13th 2nd 13th 15th 5 → 4
 Slovakia 16th 16th 16th 12 → 3
 Slovenia 10th 11th 5th 12th 2nd 8th 10th 11th 6th 14th 12 → 10
 Spain 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd 7th 10th 2nd 9th 6th 4th 3rd 2nd 12 → 12
 Sweden 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 7th 5th 15th 12th 7th 8th 12 → 11
  Switzerland 13th 12th 14th 12 → 3
 Ukraine 12th 11th 15th 12th 16th 12 → 5
 Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro1
x 3rd 5th 10th 8th 9th 6 → 5
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
1994  Portugal 12th place
1996  Spain Runners-up
1998  Italy 11th place
2000  Croatia 6th place
2002  Sweden Champions
2004  Slovenia Runners-up
2006   Switzerland Group Stage
2008  Norway 6th place
2010  Austria Main Round
2012  Serbia Runners-up
2014  Denmark Runners-up
2016  Poland 7th place

Results of defending champions

Year Defending champions Finish Defending runners-ups Finish
1996  Sweden Fourth place  Russia Champions
1998  Russia Fourth place  Spain Runners-up
2000  Sweden Champions  Spain Third place
2002  Sweden Champions  Russia 5th place
2004  Sweden 7th place  Germany Champions
2006  Germany 5th place  Slovenia Main Round
2008  France Third place  Spain Main Round
2010  Denmark 5th place  Croatia Runners-up
2012  France 11th place  Croatia Third place
2014  Denmark Runners-up  Serbia Group Stage
2016  France 5th place  Denmark 6th place

References

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