2024 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship will be held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland from 28 November to 15 December 2024.[1] This will be the first tournament to feature 24 teams.

2024 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Official logo
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

The final weekend was scheduled to be held at the MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary, but later it was replaced with the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria.[2]

Austria Innsbruck, Austria
Hungary Debrecen, Hungary
Olympiahalle
Capacity: 8,000		Főnix Hall
Capacity: 6,500
Switzerland Basel, SwitzerlandAustria Vienna, Austria
St. Jakobshalle
Capacity: 12,400		Wiener Stadthalle
Capacity: 12,000

Qualification
Main article: 2024 European Women's Handball Championship 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 202015 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
 Switzerland00Co-hosts0125 January 20201 (2022)
 Norway2022 champions20 November 202215 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Marketing

The official logo was unveiled on 19 November 2022 at the closing press conference of the 2022 edition in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[3]

References
  1. "Hungary, Switzerland and Austria awarded Women's EHF EURO 2024 at Extraordinary Congress". European Handball Federation. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  2. New organisational structure for women's EHF EURO 2024 EHF 16 March 2023
  3. "Three countries, four cities, one special taste in 2024". Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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