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{{Short description|International handball competition in Europe for men's national teams}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox sports league
| sport             = Handball
| last_season       = 2024 European Men's Handball Championship
|current_season = 2026 European Men's Handball Championship
| logo              =
| founded           = {{start date and age|1994}}
| teams             = 24 (finals)
| continent         = Europe ([[European Handball Federation|EHF]])
| champion          = {{hb|FRA}} (4th title)
| most_champs       = {{hb|SWE}} (5 titles)
}}
{{Season sidebar
| title = Tournaments
| list  = 
* [[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]]
* [[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]]
* [[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998]]
* [[2000 European Men's Handball Championship|2000]]
* [[2002 European Men's Handball Championship|2002]]
* [[2004 European Men's Handball Championship|2004]]
* [[2006 European Men's Handball Championship|2006]]
* [[2008 European Men's Handball Championship|2008]]
* [[2010 European Men's Handball Championship|2010]]
* [[2012 European Men's Handball Championship|2012]]
* [[2014 European Men's Handball Championship|2014]]
* [[2016 European Men's Handball Championship|2016]]
* [[2018 European Men's Handball Championship|2018]]
* [[2020 European Men's Handball Championship|2020]]
* [[2022 European Men's Handball Championship|2022]]
* [[2024 European Men's Handball Championship|2024]]
* ''[[2026 European Men's Handball Championship|2026]]''
* ''[[2028 European Men's Handball Championship|2028]]''
* ''[[2030 European Men's Handball Championship|2030]]''
* ''[[2032 European Men's Handball Championship|2032]]''
}}
The '''European Men's Handball Championship''' is the official competition for senior men's national [[team handball|handball]] teams of Europe and takes place every two years since 1994, in the even-numbered year between the [[IHF World Men's Handball Championship|World Championship]]. In addition to crowning the European champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the [[Olympic Games]] and World Championship. The most successful team is [[Sweden men's national handball team|Sweden]] who have won five titles. [[Spain men's national handball team|Spain]], however, have won most medals.

==History==
In 1946, the [[Team handball|International Handball Federation]] was founded by eight European nations,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040114085133/http://www.ihf.info/CDA/history,138,0,,en.html History of Handball] from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006</ref> and though non-European nations competed at the World Championships, the medals had always been taken by European nations.<ref name=MedalTable>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060219140119/http://www.ihf.info/MEDIA/4528,0.pdf Medals Table – Ranking At Men's World Championships A 1938–1990] from ihf.info, retrieved 7 February 2006</ref> [[European Handball Federation]] is founded in 1991. At the same time (1995), the World Championship was changed from a quadrennial to a biannual event, and the European Handball Federation now began its own championship – which also acted as a regional qualifier for the World Championship.<ref name=Spiegel>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,398256,00.html Handball-Bundesliga diskutiert Reduzierung auf 16 Teams], by Erik Eggers, published by [[Der Spiegel]] online, 30 January 2006</ref>

===1990s===
{{Main|1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1998 European Men's Handball Championship}}

The first championship was held in Portugal in June 1994.<ref>{{in lang|no}} (ed) Arvid Eriksen ''Sportsboken 1994'', p. 291, Schibsted. {{ISBN|82-516-1543-7}}.</ref> The host nation had not managed to qualify for any World Championship thus far, and they finished 12th and last after losing all six games, including 21–38 to [[Romania men's national handball team|Romania]] in the 11th-place play-off. Sweden became the first European champion after defeating [[Russia men's national handball team|Russia]] by 34–21 in the final, Russia's heaviest loss in their international history.<ref name=EMGeschichte>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.handballworld.com/euro06-special/em-geschichte.htm Von Porto bis Ljubljana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328142954/http://www.handballworld.com/euro06-special/em-geschichte.htm |date=28 March 2007 }}, from Handballworld.com, retrieved 7 February 2006</ref> Both teams had gone through the tournament without loss, but Sweden's fast breaks became the key in the final; they scored 14 of their 34 goals on fast breaks. Swedish middle back [[Magnus Andersson (handballer)|Magnus Andersson]] was named the event's best player and Russian left back [[Vasily Kudinov]] was top scorer with 50 goals.<ref name="Euro1994">{{cite web |url=http://www.ehf-euro.com/EHF-EURO-1994.4241.0.html |title=EHF EURO 1994 – All Star Team announced |website=ehf-euro.com |date=12 June 1994 |access-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214016/http://www.ehf-euro.com/EHF-EURO-1994.4241.0.html |archive-date=4 October 2013 }}</ref>

Two years later, the championship moved to Spain, with the same format. This time, no team went through the group stage without giving up points, but Russia and Sweden were to face off once again; this time in the semi-final, and Russia got revenge with a 24–21 win in front of 650 spectators.<ref>[http://home.eurohandball.com/_TE_more1.asp?ID=1961111035 EHF – Match details]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, retrieved 7 February 2006</ref> In the other semi-final, [[Spain men's national handball team|the hosts]] beat [[Serbia and Montenegro men's national handball team|Yugoslavia]] 27–23, before 7,500 spectators littered the arena in [[Sevilla]] to watch the hosts go down by one goal despite the efforts of [[Talant Dujshebaev]], a Kyrgyz-born<ref>[http://handball.enourense.net/figuras/talent.htm Talant Dujshebaev]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, from hand-ball.org, retrieved 7 February 2006</ref> back player who had played for Russia in 1994 but who now turned out for Spain.<ref name=EMGeschichte/> [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] participated for the first time and finished third.

In 1998 the Championship was held in Italy, whose appearance at the 1997 World Championship was their first at the top level of international handball.<ref name=MedalTable/> [[Spain men's national handball team|Spain]] went through the first six matches of the tournament unbeaten, while their opponents Sweden had won the first four games before becoming the first team to lose to hosts [[Italy men's national handball team|Italy]]. However, in the final, Sweden were too strong and won by 25–23 after having led by 15–9 at half-time in front of 6,100 spectators in Bolzano.

===2000s===
{{Main|2000 European Men's Handball Championship|2002 European Men's Handball Championship|2004 European Men's Handball Championship|2006 European Men's Handball Championship|2008 European Men's Handball Championship}}

Two years later, the Championship was held in the Croatian cities of [[Zagreb]] and [[Rijeka]]. By now, the Championship had been moved back to January<ref name=EM2000>[http://home.eurohandball.com/_te_en.asp?Bewerb=99&Runde=1&Ret=bew 2000 Men's European Championship – Finals]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, from EHF, retrieved 27 January 2006</ref> in the middle of the European handball season. The Championship acted as an Olympic qualifier, and hosts [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]], who had won the [[Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]], needed to finish in the top five to qualify. They lost to Spain and drew with [[France men's national handball team|France]] in the group stage, which sent them into a fifth-place play-off with neighbours [[Slovenia men's national handball team|Slovenia]]. 10,000 spectators watched as Slovenia prevailed by one goal and qualified for [[Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|the Sydney Games]]. The two teams who had won European Championships before, Sweden and Russia, qualified for the final – Sweden had won the group stage match 28–25,<ref name=EM2000/> but Russia took a six-goal lead at half-time. Sweden came back to tie the game at full-time, and two 10-minute extra periods were required before Sweden won 32–31<ref name=EMGeschichte/> after [[Magnus Wislander]] scored the deciding goal.<ref>{{in lang|sv}} [http://expressen.se/index.jsp?d=386&a=461388 Ryssland väntar i semifinalen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818055232/http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?d=386 |date=18 August 2006 }}, retrieved 27 February 2006</ref>

Three-time champions Sweden were the next to host the European Championship, in 2002. This was the first tournament with 16 teams, an expansion from 12 in the previous four instalments. The Swedes won their first seven matches, and had already qualified for the semi-finals when they lost 26–27 to [[Denmark men's national handball team|Denmark]], having led 17–11 at half time. In the other main round group, [[Iceland men's national handball team|Iceland]] became the third [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] team to qualify after defeating [[Germany men's national handball team|Germany]] in the final match, but both Denmark and Iceland were soundly beaten in the semi-finals – Denmark lost 23–28 to Germany, while Sweden defeated Iceland by 11 goals. Sweden thus qualified for their fourth final in five attempts, and in front of 14,300 spectators in [[Stockholm Globe Arena|Stockholm Globe]], they came back from a one-goal deficit when [[Staffan Olsson]] equalised with five seconds to spare. Sweden had substituted their goalkeeper, and [[Florian Kehrmann]] replied with a goal in an empty net, but it was disallowed because the referees had not started play after the Swedish goal.<ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/02020302.htm Deutschland verpaßt Europameistertitel nur knapp – Schweden am Rande der Niederlage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104201402/http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/02020302.htm |date=4 January 2006 }} from starpix.se, retrieved 27 February 2006</ref> In the extra time, Sweden held on, and could celebrate their fourth
title.<ref>[http://home.eurohandball.com/_TE_more1.asp?ID=1981214551 2002 – Men's European Championship, – Finals – Germany v Sweden]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, retrieved 27 February 2006</ref>

Sweden's row of three successive Championships was broken in [[Slovenia]] in 2004, when Germany won despite not being touted as a medal candidate by news agency [[Deutsche Presse Agentur]].<ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.stern.de/sport-motor/sportwelt/519028.html?eid=518909&&nv=ex_rt Vor der EM – Keine Panik"], by Martin Kloth, published by stern.de, retrieved 27 February 2006</ref> Germany suffered an early defeat to [[Serbia and Montenegro men's national handball team|Serbia and Montenegro]], and qualified for the main round as the third and final team from their group, having drawn with France as well. However, as the favourites beat each other in Germany's main round group, Germany qualified for the semi-finals in first place from the six-team group. In the other group, [[Croatia men's national handball team|Croatia]], who won the other group, had not lost any of their first seven games, while [[Denmark men's national handball team|Denmark]] also had four successive wins.

Croatia faced hosts [[Slovenia men's national handball team|Slovenia]] in the semi-final, and the clash of the two Balkan neighbours saw heightened security measures.<ref name=GermanyFinal2004>{{cite web| url = http://www.stern.de/sport-motor/sportwelt/519661.html?eid=518909&&nv=ex_rt| title = Deutschland ist im Finale}}</ref> 7,000 spectators in the [[Hall Tivoli]] saw that the hosts became the first team to beat Croatia in this tournament despite 12 goals from Croatian right winger [[Mirza Džomba]] who was reputed to be the best handball player in the world at the time.<ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/04013111.htm#CROSLO Slowenien erreicht nach 27:25-Sieg über Kroatien das Finale] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104065732/http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/04013111.htm#CROSLO |date=4 January 2006 }}, from thw-provinzial.de, retrieved 27 February 2006</ref> Denmark, who had reached their second successive semi-final, once again had to bow out at this stage, as they lost 20–22 to Germany in what was described as a "hard-fought victory."<ref name=GermanyFinal2004/> Germany won the final more convincingly; a 16–10 lead at half time was never squandered, as Slovenia only got within three goals in the second half, and eventually lost 25–30.<ref>{{in lang|de}}[http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/04020111.htm Europameister! Deutschland gegen Gastgeber Slowenien ganz cool zum Titel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107103433/http://www.thw-provinzial.de/thw/04020111.htm |date=7 November 2005 }}, from thw-provinzial.de, retrieved 27 February 2006</ref>

The 2006 tournament was held in Switzerland, in the cities of [[Basel]], [[Bern]], [[Lucerne]], [[St Gallen]] and [[Zürich]]. France won the tournament, going through with one solitary loss – a 26–29 defeat to Spain in the preliminary round (where France trailed by eight goals at half-time). Defending champions Germany was also in this preliminary group, and this time taking one point through from the group stage would not be enough for Germany. Despite winning all three main round games, so did France and Spain, and those two teams qualified for the semi-finals from Group I. From the other group, Croatia qualified in first place after a 34–30 victory over Serbia and Montenegro in the last match. Later that evening, Denmark beat Russia and qualified for their third successive semi-final, one point behind Croatia. However, the Group II teams were both defeated by Group I teams, causing France and Spain to meet again in the final. In the third-place play-off, Croatia surprisingly lost to Denmark, while the final saw France prevail by eight goals to win their first European Championship

Norway was the host country for the 2008 tournament. Matches were played in [[Bergen]], [[Drammen]], [[Lillehammer]], [[Stavanger]] and [[Trondheim]]. Croatia, Norway, Hungary and France won their preliminary groups, but two of the teams failed to utilise their advantage; Norway drew with Poland and lost to Slovenia, and needed to beat Croatia in the final match of the group stage. Instead, [[Ivano Balić]] scored the 23–22 goal with twenty seconds to spare, and only a late equaliser gave Norway third place in the group.<ref>{{in lang|no}} [http://www.nrksport.no/handball/em_menn/1.4614916 Drama mot Kroatia], Webjørn Espeland, NRK, retrieved 19 July 2008</ref> Hungary, Spain and Germany had all gone through with two points from Group C, and Germany sealed their qualification with a two-goal win over Sweden in a match where a draw would have been enough for the Swedes.<ref>{{in lang|sv}} [http://www.eurosport.se/handboll/euro/2008/em-over-os-en-mojlighet_sto1456244/story.shtml Tyskland stoppade Sverige], Martin Ahlin, Eurosport, retrieved 19 July 2008</ref> In the first semifinal Croatia played France in a game dominated by strong defense by both teams, with the Croats achieving a three-goal lead twice, only to see France come back strong. Croatia goalkeeper [[Mirko Alilović]] saved a shot from [[Nikola Karabatic]] with six seconds to go as Croatia won 24–23. Denmark came back from 7–12 down to beat Germany, despite the Germans equalising within the final minute, as [[Lars Christiansen (handballer)|Lars Christiansen]] slotted home a penalty shot with three seconds remaining. Croatia started off well in the final, scoring the first four goals, but with eight saves more from Denmark's keeper, [[Kasper Hvidt]], Denmark won 24–20 and took their first major trophy.

==Tournaments==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width: 100%; text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2 width=6%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=16%|Host
!width=1% rowspan=22 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=22 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Third place match
!width=1% rowspan=22 bgcolor=#ffffff|
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Teams
|- bgcolor=#efefef
!width=14%|Champions
!width=9%|Score
!width=14%|Runners-up
!width=14%|Third place
!width=9%|Score
!width=14%|Fourth place
|-
|1994<br />[[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|POR}}<br>[[Portugal]]
|'''{{hb-big|SWE}}'''
|'''34–21'''
|{{hb-big|RUS}}
|{{hb-big|CRO}}
|'''24–23'''
|{{hb-big|DEN}}
|12
|-
|1996<br />[[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}}<br>[[Spain]]
|'''{{hb-big|RUS}}'''
|'''23–22'''
|{{hb-big|ESP}}
|{{hb-big|SCG|name=FR Yugoslavia}}
|'''26–25'''
|{{hb-big|SWE}}
|12
|-
|1998<br />[[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}}<br>[[Italy]]
|'''{{hb-big|SWE}}'''
|'''25–23'''
|{{hb-big|ESP}}
|{{hb-big|GER}}
|'''30–28 ([[Overtime (sports)#Handball|ET]])'''
|{{hb-big|RUS}}
|12
|-
|2000<br />[[2000 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}}<br>[[Croatia]]
|'''{{hb-big|SWE}}'''
|'''32–31 ([[Overtime (sports)#Handball|2ET]])'''
|{{hb-big|RUS}}
|{{hb-big|ESP}}
|'''24–23'''
|{{hb-big|FRA}}
|12
|-
|2002<br />[[2002 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}}<br>[[Sweden]]
|'''{{hb-big|SWE}}'''
|'''33–31 ([[Overtime (sports)#Handball|ET]])'''
|{{hb-big|GER}}
|{{hb-big|DEN}}
|'''29–22'''
|{{hb-big|ISL}}
|16
|-
|2004<br />[[2004 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|SLO}}<br>[[Slovenia]]
|'''{{hb-big|GER}}'''
|'''30–25'''
|{{hb-big|SLO}}
|{{hb-big|DEN}}
|'''31–27'''
|{{hb-big|CRO}}
|16
|-
|2006<br />[[2006 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|SUI}}<br>[[Switzerland]]
|'''{{hb-big|FRA}}'''
|'''31–23'''
|{{hb-big|ESP}}
|{{hb-big|DEN}}
|'''32–27'''
|{{hb-big|CRO}}
|16
|-
|2008<br />[[2008 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}}<br>[[Norway]]
|'''{{hb-big|DEN}}'''
|'''24–20'''
|{{hb-big|CRO}}
|{{hb-big|FRA}}
|'''36–26'''
|{{hb-big|GER}}
|16
|-
|2010<br />[[2010 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|AUT}}<br>[[Austria]]
|'''{{hb-big|FRA}}'''
|'''25–21'''
|{{hb-big|CRO}}
|{{hb-big|ISL}}
|'''29–26'''
|{{hb-big|POL}}
|16
|-
|2012<br />[[2012 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|SER}}<br>[[Serbia]]
|'''{{hb-big|DEN}}'''
|'''21–19'''
|{{hb-big|SER}}
|{{hb-big|CRO}}
|'''31–27'''
|{{hb-big|ESP}}
|16
|-
|2014<br />[[2014 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|DEN}}<br>[[Denmark]]
|'''{{hb-big|FRA}}'''
|'''41–32'''
|{{hb-big|DEN}}
|{{hb-big|ESP}}
|'''29–28'''
|{{hb-big|CRO}}
|16
|-
|2016<br />[[2016 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|POL}}<br>[[Poland]]
|'''{{hb-big|GER}}'''
|'''24–17'''
|{{hb-big|ESP}}
|{{hb-big|CRO}}
|'''31–24'''
|{{hb-big|NOR}}
|16
|-
|2018<br />[[2018 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}}<br>[[Croatia]]
|'''{{hb-big|ESP}}'''
|'''29–23'''
|{{hb-big|SWE}}
|{{hb-big|FRA}}
|'''32–29'''
|{{hb-big|DEN}}
|16
|-
|2020<br />[[2020 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|AUT}} {{flagicon|NOR}} {{flagicon|SWE}} <br>[[Austria]] / [[Norway]] / [[Sweden]]
|'''{{hb-big|ESP}}'''
|'''22–20'''
|{{hb-big|CRO}}
|{{hb-big|NOR}}
|'''28–20'''
|{{hb-big|SLO}}
|24
|-
|2022<br />[[2022 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|HUN}} {{flagicon|SVK}} <br>[[Hungary]] / [[Slovakia]]
|'''{{hb-big|SWE}}'''
|'''27–26'''
|{{hb-big|ESP}}
|{{hb-big|DEN}}
|'''35–32 ([[Overtime (sports)#Handball|ET]])'''
|{{hb-big|FRA}}
|24
|-
|2024<br />[[2024 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|GER}}<br>[[Germany]]
|'''{{hb-big|FRA}}'''
|'''33–31 ([[Overtime (sports)#Handball|ET]])'''
|{{hb-big|DEN}}
|{{hb-big|SWE}}
|'''34–31'''
|{{hb-big|GER}}
|24
|-
|2026<br />[[2026 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|DEN}} {{flagicon|NOR}} {{flagicon|SWE}} <br>[[Denmark]] / [[Norway]] / [[Sweden]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|24
|-
|2028<br />[[2028 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} {{flagicon|ESP}} {{flagicon|SUI}} <br>[[Portugal]] / [[Spain]] / [[Switzerland]]
|
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|
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|
|
|24
|-
|2030<br />[[2030 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} {{flagicon|DEN}} {{flagicon|POL}} <br>[[Czech Republic]] / [[Denmark]] / [[Poland]]
|
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|
|
|
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|24
|-
|2032<br />[[2032 European Men's Handball Championship|Details]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} {{flagicon|GER}} <br>[[France]] / [[Germany]]
|
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|
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|24
|}

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text =
 | flag_template  = hb
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_SWE = 5 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1
 | gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 0 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_ESP = 2 | silver_ESP = 5 | bronze_ESP = 2
 | gold_DEN = 2 | silver_DEN = 2 | bronze_DEN = 4
 | gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 2 | bronze_RUS = 0
 | gold_CRO = 0 | silver_CRO = 3 | bronze_CRO = 3
 | gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 1 | bronze_SRB = 0
 | gold_SVN = 0 | silver_SVN = 1 | bronze_SVN = 0
 | gold_FRY = 0 | silver_FRY = 0 | bronze_FRY = 1 | name_FRY = ''{{hb|FRY}}''
 | gold_ISL = 0 | silver_ISL = 0 | bronze_ISL = 1
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1 
}}

==Statistics==

===Summary (1994–2024)===
Source (Table Section): <ref>https://ifosta.de/Sport/Handball/Maenner/12-InternationaleMeisterschaften/Europameisterschaften-Handball.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}</ref><ref>http://www.todor66.com/handball/Europe/index_Men.html {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}</ref>

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|- align="center" style="background:#DCDCDC" "color:black;"
! width=2%|Rank || width=15%|Team || width=5%|Part || width=7%|M || width=5%|W || width=5%|D || width=5%|L || width=5%|GF || width=5%|GA || width=5%|GD || width=7%|Points
|- align=center
| 1 || align=left|{{hb|ESP}} || 16 || 114 || 76 || 8 || 30 || 3197 || 2920 || +277 || '''160'''
|- align=center 
| 2 || align=left|{{hb|FRA}} || 16 || 113 || 73 || 10 || 30 || 3218 || 2931 || +287 || '''156'''
|- align=center
| 4 || align=left|{{hb|DEN}} || 15 || 110 || 71 || 5 || 34 || 3094 || 2820 || +274 || '''147'''
|- align=center 
| 3 || align=left|{{hb|CRO}} || 16 || 114 || 66 || 10 || 38 || 3077 || 2938 || +139 || '''142'''
|- align=center 
| 5 || align=left|{{hb|SWE}} || 15 || 105 || 67 || 6 || 32 || 2881 || 2630 || +251 || '''140'''
|- align=center 
| 6 || align=left|{{hb|GER}} || 15 || 106 || 55 || 13 || 38 || 2837 || 2673 || +164 || '''123'''
|- align=center 
| 7 || align=left|{{hb|RUS}} || 14 || 83 || 42 || 8 || 33 || 2251 || 2190 || +61 || '''92'''
|- align=center
| 9 || align=left|{{hb|NOR}} || 11 || 69 || 35 || 6 || 28 || 1986 || 1888 || +98 || '''76'''
|- align=center
| 8 || align=left|{{hb|ISL}} || 13 || 78 || 32 || 10 || 36 || 2214 || 2246 || -32 || '''74'''
|- align=center
| 10 || align=left|{{hb|SLO}} || 14 || 87 || 32 || 9 || 46 || 2339 || 2437 || -98 || '''73'''
|- align=center
| 12 || align=left|{{hb|HUN}} || 14 || 75 || 25 || 11 || 39 || 1938 || 2059 || -121 || '''61'''
|- align=center
| 11 || align=left|{{hb|SRB}} || 13 || 65 || 23 || 8 || 34 || 1684 || 1742 || -58 || '''54'''
|- align=center
| 13 || align=left|{{hb|POL}} || 11 || 59 || 22 || 5 || 32 || 1618 || 1693 || -75 || '''49'''
|- align=center
| 14 || align=left|{{hb|CZE}} || 12 || 60 || 18 || 5 || 37 || 1585 || 1693 || -108 || '''41'''
|- align=center
| 15 || align=left|{{hb|POR}} || 8 || 43 || 14 || 2 || 27 || 1155 || 1223 || -68 || '''30'''
|- align=center
| 17 || align=left|{{hb|MKD}} || 8 || 40 || 9 || 6 || 25 || 988 || 1126 || -138 || '''24'''
|- align=center
| 18 || align=left|{{hb|AUT}} || 6 || 32 || 9 || 5 || 18 || 910 || 954 || -44 || '''23'''
|- align=center
| 16 || align=left|{{hb|BLR}} || 7 || 37 || 11 || 1 || 25 || 1012 || 1129 || -117 || '''23'''
|- align=center 
| 19 || align=left|{{hb|NED}} || 3 || 17 || 6 || 2 || 9 || 504 || 531 || -27 || '''14'''
|- align=center
| 20 || align=left|{{hb|MNE}} || 7 || 28 || 5 || 1 || 22 || 706 || 837 || -131 || '''11'''
|- align=center
| 21 || align=left|{{hb|ROU}} || 3 || 15 || 4 || 0 || 11 || 369 || 415 || -46 || '''8'''
|- align=center 
| 23 || align=left|{{hb|SUI}} || 5 || 18 || 2 || 3 || 13 || 448 || 532 || -84 || '''7'''
|- align=center
| 22 || align=left|{{hb|UKR}} || 7 || 31 || 3 || 1 || 27 || 775 || 894 || -119 || '''7'''
|- align=center 
| 24 || align=left|{{hb|LTU}} || 2 || 9 || 2 || 1 || 6 || 220 || 246 || -26 || '''5'''
|- align=center 
| 25 || align=left|{{hb|ITA}} || 1 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 133 || 148 || -15 || '''4'''
|- align=center 
| 26 || align=left|{{hb|SVK}} || 4 || 12 || 1 || 1 || 10 || 303 || 390 || -87 || '''3'''
|- align=center 
| 27 || align=left|{{hb|GEO}} || 1 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 77 || 95 || -18 || '''2'''
|- align=center
| 28 || align=left|{{hb|FRO}} || 1 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 83 || 90 || -7 || '''1'''
|- align=center
| 29 || align=left|{{hb|ISR}} || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 67 || 82 || -15 || '''0'''
|- align=center
| 30 || align=left|{{hb|LAT}} || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 73 || 93 || -20 || '''0'''
|- align=center
| 31 || align=left|{{hb|GRE}} || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 72 || 100 || -28 || '''0'''
|- align=center
| 32 || align=left|{{hb|BIH}} || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 193 || 262 || -69 || '''0'''
|}

===Total hosts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Hosts!!Nations (Year(s)
|-
|align=center| 3 || {{flag|Denmark}} (2014, ''2026'', ''2030'')<br />{{flag|Norway}} (2008, 2020, ''2026'')<br />{{flag|Sweden}} (2002, 2020, ''2026'')
|-
|align=center| 2 || {{flag|Austria}} (2010, 2020)<br />{{flag|Croatia}} (2000, 2018)<br />{{flag|Germany}} (2024, 2032)<br />{{flag|Poland}} (2016, 2030)<br />{{flag|Portugal}} (1994, ''2028'')<br />{{flag|Spain}} (1996, ''2028'')<br />{{flag|Switzerland}} (2006, ''2028'')
|-
|align=center| 1 || {{flag|Czech Republic}} (2030)<br />{{flag|France}} (2032)<br />{{flag|Hungary}} (2022)<br />{{flag|Italy}} (1998)<br /> {{flag|Serbia}} (2012)<br />{{flag|Slovakia}} (2022)<br />{{flag|Slovenia}} (2004)
|}

===Top scorers by tournament===
The record-holder for scored goals in a single Euro Championship is [[Sander Sagosen]]. He scored 65 goals for [[Norway]] at the [[2020 European Men's Handball Championship]] that took place in [[Austria]], Sweden and Norway.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Player
!Goals
|-
|[[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]]
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vasily Kudinov]]
|align=center|50
|-
|[[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Knorr]]
|align=center|41
|-
|[[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jan Filip (handballer)|Jan Filip]]
|align=center|48
|-
|[[2000 European Men's Handball Championship|2000]]
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleg Velyky]]
|align=center|46
|-
|[[2002 European Men's Handball Championship|2002]]
|{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Ólafur Stefánsson]]
|align=center|58
|-
|[[2004 European Men's Handball Championship|2004]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mirza Džomba]]
|align=center|46
|-
|[[2006 European Men's Handball Championship|2006]]
|{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Siarhei Rutenka]]
|align=center|51
|-
|[[2008 European Men's Handball Championship|2008]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivano Balić]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Lars Christiansen (handballer)|Lars Christiansen]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nikola Karabatić]]
|align=center|44
|-
|[[2010 European Men's Handball Championship|2010]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Filip Jícha]]
|align=center|53
|-
|[[2012 European Men's Handball Championship|2012]]
|{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Kiril Lazarov]]
|align=center|61
|-
|[[2014 European Men's Handball Championship|2014]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Joan Cañellas]]
|align=center|50
|-
|[[2016 European Men's Handball Championship|2016]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Valero Rivera Folch|Valero Rivera]]
|align=center|48
|-
|[[2018 European Men's Handball Championship|2018]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Ondřej Zdráhala]]
|align=center|55
|-
|[[2020 European Men's Handball Championship|2020]]
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Sander Sagosen]]
|align=center|65
|-
|[[2022 European Men's Handball Championship|2022]]
|{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Ómar Ingi Magnússon]]
|align=center|59
|-
|[[2024 European Men's Handball Championship|2024]]
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Martim Costa]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mathias Gidsel]]
|align=center|54
|}

===MVPs by tournament===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Player
|-
|[[1994 European Men's Handball Championship|1994]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Andersson (handballer)|Magnus Andersson]]
|-
|[[1996 European Men's Handball Championship|1996]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Talant Dujshebaev]]
|-
|[[1998 European Men's Handball Championship|1998]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Daniel Stephan]]
|-
|[[2000 European Men's Handball Championship|2000]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jackson Richardson]]
|-
|[[2002 European Men's Handball Championship|2002]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Wislander]]
|-
|[[2004 European Men's Handball Championship|2004]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivano Balić]]
|-
|[[2006 European Men's Handball Championship|2006]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivano Balić]]
|-
|[[2008 European Men's Handball Championship|2008]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nikola Karabatić]]
|-
|[[2010 European Men's Handball Championship|2010]]
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Filip Jícha]]
|-
|[[2012 European Men's Handball Championship|2012]]
|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Momir Ilić]]
|-
|[[2014 European Men's Handball Championship|2014]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nikola Karabatić]]
|-
|[[2016 European Men's Handball Championship|2016]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Raúl Entrerríos]]
|-
|[[2018 European Men's Handball Championship|2018]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jim Gottfridsson]]
|-
|[[2020 European Men's Handball Championship|2020]]
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Domagoj Duvnjak]]
|-
|[[2022 European Men's Handball Championship|2022]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jim Gottfridsson]]
|-
|[[2024 European Men's Handball Championship|2024]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nedim Remili]]
|}

==Participating nations==
{{main|National team appearances in the European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{:National team appearances in the European Men's Handball Championship}}

==Most successful players==
The table shows the most successful players at the European Championships. Players marked with an
asterisk (*) have the additional distinction of having been elected championship MVP.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width=80% style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background-color:#EDEDED;"
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:1em" | Rank
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Player
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Country
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | From
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | To
! style="background:    gold; width:8%" | Gold
! style="background:  silver; width:8%" | Silver
! style="background: #CC9966; width:8%" | Bronze
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:8%" |Total
|-
|-align="center"
| 1 || align="left" | [[Nikola Karabatić]] ** || align="left" | {{FRA}} || 2006 || 2024 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 4 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 2 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6
|-
|rowspan="6"| 2 || align="left" | [[Magnus Andersson (handballer)|Magnus Andersson]] * || align="left" | {{SWE}} || 1994 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 4 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Martin Frändesjö]] || align="left" | {{SWE}} || 1994 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 4 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Ola Lindgren]] || align="left" | {{SWE}} || 1994 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 4 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Stefan Lövgren]] || align="left" | {{SWE}} || 1994 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 4 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Staffan Olsson]] || align="left" | {{SWE}} || 1994 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 4 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Magnus Wislander]] * || align="left" | {{SWE}} || 1994 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 4 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|-align="center"
| 8 || align="left" | [[Luc Abalo]] || align="left" | {{FRA}} || 2006 || 2018 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 3 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 2 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 5
|-align="center"
|rowspan="4"| 9 || align="left" | [[Jérôme Fernandez]] || align="left" | {{FRA}} || 2006 || 2014 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 3 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Michaël Guigou]] || align="left" | {{FRA}} || 2006 || 2018 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 3 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Daniel Narcisse]] || align="left" | {{FRA}} || 2006 || 2014 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 3 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Thierry Omeyer]] || align="left" | {{FRA}} || 2006 || 2014 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 3 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 4
|}

==See also==
* [[EHF Euro Cup]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.eurohandball.com/ Official homepage] of the [[European Handball Federation]]

{{European Men's Handball Championship winners}}
{{European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{European Championships}}
{{International Handball}}
{{International Handball (Men)}}

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[[Category:European championships in handball|*]]
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