Current season, competition or edition: 2024 European Women's Handball Championship | |
| Sport | Handball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994; 31 years ago (1994) |
| No. of teams | 16 (finals) |
| Continent | Europe (EHF) |
| Most recent champion |  Norway (10th title) |
| Most titles | Norway (10 titles) |
TheEuropean Women's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior women's nationalhandball teams ofEurope, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for theOlympic Games andWorld Championship. As of December 2024, the only teams that have ever won the championship areNorway (ten times),Denmark (three times),Hungary,Montenegro andFrance (each once).
In year 1946, theInternational Handball Federation was founded by eight European nations,[1] and though non-European nations competed at the World Championships, the medals had always been taken by European nations.[2]European Handball Federation is founded in 1991. At the same time (1995), the World Championship was changed from a quadrennial to a biannual event, and the European Handball Federation now began its own championship – which also acted as a regional qualifier for the World Championship.[3] The tournament will be expanded to 24 teams in2024 to take place inAustria,Hungary andSwitzerland.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 10 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 |  Denmark | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |  France | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Hungary | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 |  Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Russia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  Spain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Sweden | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 16 | 123 | 103 | 6 | 14 | 3532 | 2725 | +807 | 212 |
| 2 | Denmark | 16 | 115 | 76 | 4 | 35 | 3020 | 2787 | +233 | 156 |
| 3 | Hungary | 16 | 109 | 59 | 5 | 45 | 2908 | 2816 | +92 | 123 |
| 4 | France | 13 | 92 | 59 | 3 | 30 | 2331 | 2118 | +213 | 121 |
| 5 | Germany | 16 | 102 | 53 | 5 | 44 | 2596 | 2557 | +39 | 111 |
| 6 | Russia | 14 | 94 | 49 | 11 | 34 | 2480 | 2284 | +196 | 109 |
| 7 | Romania | 15 | 100 | 49 | 4 | 47 | 2519 | 2530 | -11 | 102 |
| 8 | Sweden | 14 | 87 | 39 | 7 | 41 | 2238 | 2229 | +9 | 85 |
| 9 | Montenegro | 8 | 53 | 31 | 1 | 21 | 1345 | 1334 | +11 | 63 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 10 | 62 | 28 | 2 | 32 | 1639 | 1624 | +15 | 58 |
| 11 | Spain | 13 | 77 | 24 | 10 | 43 | 1896 | 1973 | -77 | 58 |
| 12 | Croatia | 13 | 63 | 26 | 2 | 34 | 1505 | 1632 | -127 | 54 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 12 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 40 | 1489 | 1627 | -138 | 40 |
| 14 |  Serbia | 13 | 60 | 17 | 3 | 40 | 1604 | 1731 | -127 | 37 |
| 15 | Austria | 9 | 50 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 1202 | 1327 | -125 | 38 |
| 16 |  Poland | 9 | 43 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 1017 | 1161 | -144 | 27 |
| 17 |  Slovenia | 9 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 1010 | 1165 | -155 | 24 |
| 18 |  North Macedonia | 7 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 756 | 934 | -178 | 17 |
| 19 |  Czech Republic | 8 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 863 | 951 | -88 | 16 |
| 20 |  Belarus | 4 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 460 | 509 | -49 | 9 |
| 21 |  Switzerland | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 264 | 326 | -62 | 5 |
| 22 |  Slovakia | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 303 | 427 | -124 | 3 |
| 23 |  Iceland | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 196 | 250 | -54 | 2 |
| 24 |  Faroe Islands | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 78 | -12 | 1 |
| 25 |  Turkey | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 102 | -34 | 1 |
| 26 |  Portugal | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 128 | 181 | -53 | 0 |
| 27 |  Lithuania | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 124 | 183 | -59 | 0 |
| Rank | Nation | Hosts | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 6 | 1996, 2002, 2010, 2020, (2028), (2032) |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2004, 2014, 2024 |
| Sweden | 2006, 2016, (2028) | ||
| 4 | Germany | 2 | 1994, (2032) |
| North Macedonia | 2008, 2022 | ||
| Poland | (2026), (2032) | ||
| Romania | 2000, (2026) | ||
| Norway | 2010, (2028) | ||
| 9 | Austria | 1 | 2024 |
| Croatia | 2014 | ||
| Czech Republic | (2026) | ||
| France | 2018 | ||
| Montenegro | 2022 | ||
| Netherlands | 1998 | ||
| Serbia | 2012 | ||
| Slovakia | (2026) | ||
| Slovenia | 2022 | ||
| Switzerland | 2024 | ||
| Turkey | (2026) |
The record-holder for scored goals in a single Euro Championship isBojana Radulović, where she scored 72 goalsHungary at the2004 European Women's Handball Championship in Hungary.
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Nation | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | 2028 |  2030 | 2032 | Participations |
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| Austria | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 9 | ||||
| Belarus | • | • | • | 11th | 16th | 16th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | 4 | ||||
| Croatia | 5th | 6th | • | • | • | 13th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 16th | 16th | 3rd | 10th | 19th | 13 | ||||
| Czech Republic | 8th | • | • | • | 8th | 15th | • | • | • | 12th | • | 10th | 15th | 15th | • | 15th | Q | 9 | |||
| Denmark | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 10th | 1st | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | Q | Q | Q | 18 | |
| Faroe Islands | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 17th | 1 | ||||
| France | • | • | • | 5th | 3rd | 11th | 3rd | 14th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 13 | ||||
| Germany | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 9th | 11th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 13th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 10th | 7th | 7th | 7th | Q | 16 | |||
| Hungary | 4th | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 12th | 7th | 10th | 11th | 3rd | Q | 17 | |||
| Iceland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 3 | ||||
| Lithuania | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||
| Montenegro1 | • | • | 6th | 1st | 4th | 13th | 9th | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 8 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | • | • | 10th | • | 14th | • | 15th | • | 8th | • | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 10 | ||||
| North Macedonia | × | × | 8th | 8th | • | • | 12th | 7th | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | 16th | 18th | 7 | ||||
| Norway | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | Q | Q | 18 | ||
| Poland | • | 11th | 5th | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 11th | 15th | 14th | 14th | 13th | 9th | Q | Q | 10 | ||
| Portugal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 2 | ||||
| Romania | 10th | 5th | 11th | 4th | 7th | 7th | • | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 12th | 12th | 11th | Q | 16 | |||
| Russia | 6th | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 14th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | × | × | 14 | ||||
| Serbia1 | 14th | 13th | 14th | 4th | 15th | 9th | 11th | 13th | 15th | 21st | 10 | ||||||||||
| Slovakia | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 24th | Q | 4 | |||
| Slovenia | • | • | • | • | 10th | 9th | 16th | • | 16th | • | • | 14th | 13th | 16th | 8th | 10th | 9 | ||||
| Spain | • | • | 12th | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 2nd | 11th | 12th | 9th | 9th | 13th | 13 | ||||
| Sweden | 7th | 8th | • | • | 15th | 14th | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 11th | 5th | 5th | Q | 15 | |||
| Switzerland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 12th | 2 | ||||
| Turkey | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | Q | 2 | |||
| Ukraine | 11th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 12th | 6th | 13th | 10th | 12th | 14th | 16th | • | • | • | • | 23rd | 12 | ||||
| Historical national teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Serbia and Montenegro1 | 12th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| FR Yugoslavia1 | × | • | • | 7th | 6th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | |
Boldface denotes active handball players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
| Rank | Player | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katrine Lunde | Norway | 2002 | 2024 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
| 2 | Camilla Herrem | Norway | 2008 | 2024 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
| 3 | Karoline Dyhre Breivang | Norway | 2004 | 2014 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
| Marit Malm Frafjord | Norway | 2006 | 2020 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
| Stine Oftedal Dahmke | Norway | 2010 | 2022 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
| Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren | Norway | 2004 | 2014 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
| Silje Solberg-Østhassel | Norway | 2012 | 2024 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
| Tonje Larsen | Norway | 1994 | 2010 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | Kari Aalvik Grimsbø | Norway | 2006 | 2016 | 5 | – | – | 5 |
| Nora Mørk | Norway | 2010 | 2022 | 5 | – | – | 5 | |
| Heidi Løke | Norway | 2008 | 2020 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
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