2024 European Women's Handball Championship

2024 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host countries	Austria; Hungary; Switzerland
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Dates	28 November – 15 December
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship will be held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland in November and December 2024.^[1] This will be the first tournament to feature 24 teams.

Bidding Process

The vote took place on 25 January 2020 at the EHF Extraordinary Congress in Stockholm. The solo bid of Russia was eliminated in the first round, leaving the joint bids of Austria/Hungary/Switzerland and Czech Republic/Poland/Slovakia. The final round Austria/Hungary/Switzerland was awarded the event over Czech Republic/Poland/Slovakia by 7 votes with 28–21.

Venues

Innsbruck, Austria	Innsbruck Basel Debrecen Budapest	Debrecen, Hungary
Olympiahalle Capacity: 8,000		Főnix Hall Capacity: 6,500

Basel, Switzerland		Budapest, Hungary
St. Jakobshalle Capacity: 12,400		New Budapest Arena Capacity: 20,022

Qualification

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Austria	00Co-hosts	0125 January 2020	8 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
Hungary	00Co-hosts	0125 January 2020	13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Switzerland	00Co-hosts	0125 January 2020	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

References

^ "Hungary, Switzerland and Austria awarded Women's EHF EURO 2024 at Extraordinary Congress". European Handball Federation. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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[1] "Hungary, Switzerland and Austria awarded Women's EHF EURO 2024 at Extraordinary Congress". European Handball Federation. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

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