EHF Euro Cup is a European handball competition for national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation (EHF). The reigning defending champions are Denmark.[1]

EHF Euro Cup
SportHandball
Founded2018
No. of teams4
ContinentEurope (EHF)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Denmark (1st title)
Most titles Denmark
 Hungary
 Spain
(1 title each)

Teams, that already automatically qualified for the next European Men's Handball Championship, play against each other in a four team group. The tournament is played at the same time as the qualifying process for the European Championships. The inaugural edition of the men's tournament was in 2020.[2]

Creation

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The EHF supported the creation of the event at an EHF meeting in February 2017.[3][4]

Qualification

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Four teams participate in this competition. Qualification depends on how many hosts/co-host there are. For example, if there are three co-hosts, then only the European Men's Handball Championship champions will take part.

Summary

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Year Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
2020  
Spain
 
Norway
 
Sweden
 
Austria
2022  
Hungary
 
Croatia
 
Spain
 
Slovakia
2024  
Denmark
 
Sweden
 
Spain
 
Germany
2026

Women's competition

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After the introduction of the Men's event, the EHF decided to create a Women's version, starting in 2022.

References

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  1. ^ "Euro Cup: Danmark - Sverige - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk. April 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "Sweden, Austria, Norway and Spain to play premiere EHF EURO Cup". www.eurohandball.com.
  3. ^ https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/20170330-cc-minutes-feb.pdf
  4. ^ https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/20171006ehf-cc-minutes-aug.pdf