# 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 Luxembourg Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Sweden Turkey Ukraine | 29 | 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. | North Macedonia | 1 | North Macedonia Netherlands Spain | 3 |
| 2000 Qual. | Greece | 1 | Belarus France FR Yugoslavia | 3 |
| 2002 Qual. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | Slovenia | 1 |
| 2004 Qual. | | | | 0 |
| 2006 Qual. | Finland ( Serbia) | 1 (+1) | ( Serbia) | (+1) |
| 2008 Qual. | Israel Montenegro | 2 | Portugal | 1 |
| 2010 Qual. | Great Britain | 1 | Iceland Montenegro | 2 |
| 2012 Qual. | | | | 0 |
| 2014 Qual. | | | | 0 |
| 2016 Qual. | Faroe Islands Kosovo | 2 | | 0 |
| 2018 Qual. | | | | 0 |
| 2020 Qual. | | | | 0 |
| 2022 Qual. | Cyprus | 1 | Switzerland | 1 |
| 2024 Qual. | | | Faroe Islands Turkey | 2 |
| 2026 Qual. | Belgium Estonia Malta | | | 0 |

## Participating nations
### 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 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | 2028 | 2030 | 2032 | Participations |
| 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 | 17 |
| 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 | | | | | 16 |
| Iceland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | | | | | 3 |
| Lithuania | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | | | | 1 |
| Montenegro | | | | | | | • | • | 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 | | | 17 |
| 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 |
| Serbia | | | | | | | 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 Montenegro | | | | | | 12th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| FR Yugoslavia | × | • | • | 7th | 6th | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | |
    $^1$ 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 | Tenth place |
| 2000 | Romania | Fourth place |
| 2002 | Denmark | Champions |
| 2004 | Hungary | Third place |
| 2006 | Sweden | Sixth place |
| 2008 | North Macedonia | Seventh place |
| 2010 | Denmark | Fourth place |
| 2010 | Norway | Champions |
| 2012 | Serbia | Fourth place |
| 2014 | Croatia | Thirteenth place |
| 2014 | Hungary | Sixth place |
| 2016 | Sweden | Eighth place |
| 2018 | France | Champions |
| 2020 | Denmark | Fourth place |
| 2022 | Montenegro | Third place |
| 2022 | North Macedonia | Sixteenth place |
| 2022 | Slovenia | Eighth place |
| 2024 | Austria | Fourteenth place |
| 2024 | Hungary | Third place |
| 2024 | Switzerland | Twelfth place |
| 2026 | Czech Republic | |
| 2026 | Poland | |
| 2026 | Romania | |
| 2026 | Slovakia | |
| 2026 | Turkey | |
| 2028 | Denmark | |
| 2028 | Norway | |
| 2028 | Sweden | |
| 2030 | TBD | |
| 2032 | Denmark | |
| 2032 | Germany | |
| 2032 | Poland | |

## Results of defending champions

| Year | Defending champions | Finish |
| 1996 | Denmark | Champions |
| 1998 | Denmark | Runners-up |
| 2000 | Norway | Sixth place |
| 2002 | Hungary | Fifth place |
| 2004 | Denmark | Runners-up |
| 2006 | Norway | Champions |
| 2008 | Norway | Champions |
| 2010 | Norway | Champions |
| 2012 | Norway | Runners-up |
| 2014 | Montenegro | Fourth place |
| 2016 | Norway | Champions |
| 2018 | Norway | Fifth place |
| 2020 | France | Runners-up |
| 2022 | Norway | Champions |
| 2024 | Norway | Champions |
| 2026 | Norway | |