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
- 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
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 |