EHF Euro Cup

EHF Euro Cup

Sport	Handball
Founded	2018
No. of teams	4
Continent	Europe (EHF)
Most recent champion(s)	France (1st title)
Most titles	France   Denmark   Hungary   Spain (1 title each)

EHF Euro Cup is a European handball competition for national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation (EHF).

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. ^[1]

Creation

The EHF supported the creation of the event at an EHF meeting in February 2017. ^{[2] [3]}

Qualification

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

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

Women's competition

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

References

1. "Sweden, Austria, Norway and Spain to play premiere EHF EURO Cup". www.eurohandball.com.
2. https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/20170330-cc-minutes-feb.pdf
3. https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/20171006ehf-cc-minutes-aug.pdf