2024 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship will be held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland in November and December 2024.[1] This will be the first tournament to feature 24 teams.

2024 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
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Tournament details
Host countries Austria
 Hungary
  Switzerland
Dates28 November – 15 December
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
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Bidding Process

The vote took place on 25 January 2020 at the EHF Extraordinary Congress in Stockholm. The solo bid of Russia was eliminated in the first round, leaving the joint bids of Austria/Hungary/Switzerland and Czech Republic/Poland/Slovakia. The final round Austria/Hungary/Switzerland was awarded the event over Czech Republic/Poland/Slovakia by 7 votes with 28–21.

Venues

Innsbruck, Austria Debrecen, Hungary
Olympiahalle
Capacity: 8,000
Főnix Hall
Capacity: 6,500
Basel, Switzerland Budapest, Hungary
St. Jakobshalle
Capacity: 12,400
New Budapest Arena
Capacity: 20,022

Qualification

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament1
 Austria00Co-hosts0125 January 20208 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)
 Hungary00Co-hosts0125 January 202013 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  Switzerland00Co-hosts0125 January 20200 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

References

  1. "Hungary, Switzerland and Austria awarded Women's EHF EURO 2024 at Extraordinary Congress". European Handball Federation. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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