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 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belarus  Croatia  Denmark  France  Germany  Hungary  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden |
12 |
| 1996 |  Czech Republic  Serbia |
2 |
| 1998 |  Italy  Lithuania  Macedonia |
3 |
| 2000 |  Iceland  Norway  Ukraine |
3 |
| 2002 |  Israel  Poland  Switzerland |
3 |
| 2004 | 0 | |
| 2006 |  Slovakia |
1 |
| 2008 | ( Montenegro) |
1 |
| 2010 |  Austria |
1 |
| 2012 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 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
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter / Withdrew from the European Championship / 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) |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 11th | 2 |
 Belarus |
8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | 12th | 3 |
| Croatia |
3rd | 5th | 8th | 6th | 12th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 11 |
| Czech Republic |
• | 6th | 10th | • | 8th | 11th | • | 13th | 8th | 14th | 15th | 8 |
| Denmark |
4th | 12th | • | 10th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 10 |
| France |
6th | 7th | 7th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 11th | 1st | 11 |
| Germany |
9th | 8th | 3rd | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 4th | 10th | 7th | • | 10 |
| Hungary |
7th | 10th | 6th | • | • | 9th | 13th | 8th | 14th | 8th | 8th | 9 |
| Iceland |
• | • | • | 11th | 4th | 13th | 7th | 11th | 3rd | 10th | 5th | 8 |
| Israel |
• | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Italy |
• | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Lithuania |
• | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Macedonia |
• | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | 10th | 3 |
| Montenegro |
Part of  Serbia and Montenegro |
12th | • | • | 16th | 2 | ||||||
| Norway |
• | • | • | 8th | • | • | 11th | 6th | 7th | 13th | 14th | 6 |
| Poland |
• | • | • | • | 15th | 16th | 10th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 6th | 7 |
| Portugal |
12th | • | • | 7th | 9th | 14th | 15th | • | • | • | • | 5 |
| Romania |
11th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Russia |
2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 6th | 14th | 12th | 15th | 9th | 11 |
| Serbia 1 2 |
• | 3rd | 5th | • | 10th | 8th | 9th | • | 13th | 2nd | 13th | 7 |
| Slovakia |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 16th | • | 16th | • | 3 |
| Slovenia |
10th | 11th | • | 5th | 12th | 2nd | 8th | 10th | 11th | 6th | • | 9 |
| Spain |
5th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 10th | 2nd | 9th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 11 |
| Sweden |
1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 7th | • | 5th | 15th | 12th | 7th | 10 |
| Switzerland |
• | • | • | • | 13th | 12th | 14th | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Ukraine |
• | • | • | 12th | 11th | 15th | 12th | • | 16th | • | • | 5 |
1: Includes 2 appearances as Serbia and Montenegro
2: includes results representing FR Yugoslavia up to 2003, and Serbia and Montenegro up to 2006
Results of host nations
| Year | Host Nation | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Portugal |
Twelfth place |
| 1996 | Spain |
Runners-up |
| 1998 | Italy |
Eleventh place |
| 2000 | Croatia |
Sixth place |
| 2002 | Sweden |
Champions |
| 2004 | Slovenia |
Runners-up |
| 2006 | Switzerland |
Fourteenth place |
| 2008 | Norway |
Sixth place |
| 2010 | Austria |
Ninth place |
| 2012 | Serbia |
Runners-up |
| 2014 | Denmark |
Runners-up |
Results of defending champions
| Year | Defending champions | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | — | — |
| 1996 | Sweden |
Fourth Place |
| 1998 | Russia |
Fourth Place |
| 2000 | Sweden |
Champions |
| 2002 | Sweden |
Champions |
| 2004 | Sweden |
Seventh Place |
| 2006 | Germany |
Fifth Place |
| 2008 | France |
Third Place |
| 2010 | Denmark |
Fifth Place |
| 2012 | France |
Eleventh Place |
| 2014 | Denmark |
Runners-up |
References
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