2026 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

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This article describes the qualification for the 2026 European Women's Handball Championship.

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Qualification system

Nine teams will play in phase 1 in a single round-robin system, with the group winners advance to phase 2 and joun the remaining teams.

Qualification phase 1

The groups will be played at a single venue.

Draw

The draw took place on 20 December 2024. [1]

Seeding

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 		Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 		Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta

Groups

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 00000000 Qualification phase 2
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (H)00000000
3Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 7 March 2025. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
7–9 March 2025 Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svgvFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
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7–9 March 2025 Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svgvFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
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7–9 March 2025 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svgvFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
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Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 00000000 Qualification phase 2
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (H)00000000
3Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 7 March 2025. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
7–9 March 2025 Malta  Flag of Malta.svgvFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
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7–9 March 2025 Bulgaria  Flag of Bulgaria.svgvFlag of Malta.svg  Malta
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7–9 March 2025 Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svgvFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
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Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 00000000 Qualification phase 2
2Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus (H)00000000
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 7 March 2025. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
7–9 March 2025 Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svgvFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Report
7–9 March 2025 Cyprus  Flag of Cyprus.svgvFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report
7–9 March 2025 Luxembourg  Flag of Luxembourg.svgvFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
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Qualification phase 2

The group winners of phase 1 will join the remaining teams.

Qualified teams

CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Co-hosts8 March 20248 (1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9 (1996, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 15 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 , 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3 (1994, 2014, 2024)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1 (2024)
1Bold indicates champion for that year.

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References

  1. ↑ "Path to Women's EHF EURO 2026 begins with phase 1 Qualifiers". eurohandball.com. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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