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 Montenegro^1	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

References