National team appearances in the European Women'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 Women's Handball Championship finals.

Debut of teams

Each successive European Women'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 in
qualification		 Number of
debutants		 Debutants in
championship		 Number of
debutants
1994
Qual.		  Austria
 Azerbaijan
 Belarus
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 France
 Georgia
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Italy
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Moldova
 Netherlands
 Norway
 Poland
 Portugal
 Romania
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Spain
  Switzerland
 Sweden
 Turkey
 Ukraine		 28  Austria
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 Germany
 Hungary
 Norway
 Romania
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Sweden
 Ukraine		 12
1996
Qual.		  Germany
 FR Yugoslavia		 2  Lithuania
 Poland		 2
1998
Qual.		  Macedonia 1  Macedonia
 Netherlands
 Spain		 3
2000
Qual.		  Greece 1  Belarus
 France
 FR Yugoslavia		 3
2002
Qual.		  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 ( Serbia and Montenegro)
 Slovenia		 1 (+1)
2004
Qual.		 0
2006
Qual.		  Finland 1 ( Serbia) (+1)
2008
Qual.		  Israel
 Montenegro		 2  Portugal 1
2010
Qual.		  Great Britain 1  Iceland
 Montenegro		 2
2012
Qual.		 0 0
2014
Qual.		 0
2016
Qual.		  Faroe Islands
 Kosovo		 2 0
2018
Qual.		 0 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
  • 13th to 16th – Thirteenth to sixteenth place
  • 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.

Nation 1994
(12)		 1996
(12)		 1998
(12)		 2000
(16)		 2002
(16)		 2004
(16)		 2006
(16)		 2008
(16)		 2010
(16)		 2012
(16)		 2014
(16)		 2016
(16)		 2018
(16)		 Participations
 Austria 9th 3rd 4th 12th 9th 10th 10th 15th • • • • • 8
 Belarus • • • 11th 16th 16th • 12th • • • • • 4
 Croatia 5th 6th • • • 13th 7th 6th 9th 13th 13th 16th Q 10
 Czech Republic 8th • • • 8th 15th • • • 12th • 10th Q 6
 Denmark 1st 1st 2nd 10th 1st 2nd 11th 11th 4th 5th 8th 4th Q 13
 France • • • 5th 3rd 11th 3rd 14th 5th 9th 5th 3rd Q 10
 Germany 2nd 4th 6th 9th 11th 5th 4th 4th 13th 7th 10th 6th Q 13
 Hungary 3rd 10th 3rd 1st 5th 3rd 5th 8th 10th 3rd 6th 12th Q 13
 Iceland • • • • • • • • 15th 15th • • • 2
 Lithuania • 12th • • • • • • • • • • • 1
 Macedonia • • 8th 8th • • 12th 7th • 16th • • • 5
 Montenegro1 • • 6th 1st 4th 13th Q 5
 Netherlands • • 10th • 14th • 15th • 8th • 7th 2nd Q 7
 Norway 3rd 2nd 1st 6th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st Q 13
 Poland • 11th 5th • • • 8th • • • 11th 15th Q 6
 Portugal • • • • • • • 16th • • • • • 1
 Romania 10th 5th 11th 4th 7th 7th • 5th 3rd 10th 9th 5th Q 12
 Russia 6th 7th 9th 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 3rd 7th 6th 14th 7th Q 13
 Serbia1 14th 13th 14th 4th 15th 9th Q 7
 Slovakia 12th • • • • • • • • • 12th • • 2
 Slovenia • • • • 10th 9th 16th • 16th • • 14th Q 6
 Spain • • 12th • 13th 8th 9th 2nd 11th 11th 2nd 11th Q 10
 Sweden 7th 8th • • 15th 14th 6th 9th 2nd 8th 3rd 8th Q 11
 Ukraine 11th 9th 7th 2nd 12th 6th 13th 10th 12th 14th 16th • • 11
Historical national teams
 Serbia and Montenegro1 12th 1
 FR Yugoslavia1 • • • 7th 6th 2
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  Germany Runners-up
1996  Denmark Champions
1998  Netherlands Group stage
2000  Romania Sixth place
2002  Denmark Champions
2004  Hungary Third place
2006  Sweden Sixth place
2008  Macedonia 7th place
2010  Denmark Fourth place
 Norway Champions
2012  Serbia Fourth place
2014  Croatia Group stage
 Hungary Sixth place
2016  Sweden Eighth place
2018  France

Results of defending champions

Year Defending champions Finish Defending runners-up Finish
1996  Denmark Champions  Germany Fourth place
1998 Runners-up  Norway Champions
2000  Norway Sixth place  Denmark Group stage
2002  Hungary Fifth place  Ukraine Main round
2004  Denmark Runners-up  Norway Champions
2006  Norway Champions  Denmark Main round
2008  Russia Third place
2010  Spain Group stage
2012 Runners-up  Sweden 8th place
2014  Montenegro Fourth place  Norway Champions
2016  Norway Champions  Spain Main round
2018  Netherlands

References

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