This article lists the performances of each of the 26 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the European Women's Handball Championship finals.
Each successive European Women's Handball Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Nation | ![]() 1994 | ![]() 1996 | ![]() 1998 | ![]() 2000 | ![]() 2002 | ![]() 2004 | ![]() 2006 | ![]() 2008 | ![]() ![]() 2010 | ![]() 2012 | ![]() ![]() 2014 | ![]() 2016 | ![]() 2018 | ![]() 2020 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 2022 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 2024 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2026 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 2028 | ![]() 2030 | ![]() ![]() ![]() 2032 | Participations |
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![]() | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 9 | ||||
![]() | • | • | • | 11th | 16th | 16th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | 4 | ||||
![]() | 5th | 6th | • | • | • | 13th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 16th | 16th | 3rd | 10th | 19th | 13 | ||||
![]() | 8th | • | • | • | 8th | 15th | • | • | • | 12th | • | 10th | 15th | 15th | • | 15th | Q | 9 | |||
![]() | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 10th | 1st | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | Q | Q | Q | 18 | |
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | 17th | 1 | ||||
![]() | • | • | • | 5th | 3rd | 11th | 3rd | 14th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 13 | ||||
![]() | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 9th | 11th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 13th | 7th | 10th | 6th | 10th | 7th | 7th | 7th | Q | 16 | |||
![]() | 4th | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 8th | 10th | 3rd | 6th | 12th | 7th | 10th | 11th | 3rd | Q | 17 | |||
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 3 | ||||
![]() | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||
![]() | • | • | 6th | 1st | 4th | 13th | 9th | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 8 | ||||||||||
![]() | • | • | 10th | • | 14th | • | 15th | • | 8th | • | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 10 | ||||
![]() | × | × | 8th | 8th | • | • | 12th | 7th | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | 16th | 18th | 7 | ||||
![]() | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | Q | Q | 18 | ||
![]() | • | 11th | 5th | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 11th | 15th | 14th | 14th | 13th | 9th | Q | Q | 10 | ||
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 22nd | 2 | ||||
![]() | 10th | 5th | 11th | 4th | 7th | 7th | • | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 12th | 12th | 11th | Q | 16 | |||
![]() | 6th | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 14th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | × | × | 14 | ||||
![]() | 14th | 13th | 14th | 4th | 15th | 9th | 11th | 13th | 15th | 21st | 10 | ||||||||||
![]() | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | 24th | Q | 4 | |||
![]() | • | • | • | • | 10th | 9th | 16th | • | 16th | • | • | 14th | 13th | 16th | 8th | 10th | 9 | ||||
![]() | • | • | 12th | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 2nd | 11th | 12th | 9th | 9th | 13th | 13 | ||||
![]() | 7th | 8th | • | • | 15th | 14th | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 11th | 5th | 5th | Q | 15 | |||
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 12th | 2 | ||||
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | Q | 2 | |||
![]() | 11th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 12th | 6th | 13th | 10th | 12th | 14th | 16th | • | • | • | • | 23rd | 12 | ||||
Historical national teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 12th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | • | • | 7th | 6th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Total | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Year | Host nation | Finish |
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1994 | ![]() | Runners-up |
1996 | ![]() | Champions |
1998 | ![]() | Tenth place |
2000 | ![]() | Fourth place |
2002 | ![]() | Champions |
2004 | ![]() | Third place |
2006 | ![]() | Sixth place |
2008 | ![]() | Seventh place |
2010 | ![]() | Fourth place |
![]() | Champions | |
2012 | ![]() | Fourth place |
2014 | ![]() | Thirteenth place |
![]() | Sixth place | |
2016 | ![]() | Eighth place |
2018 | ![]() | Champions |
2020 | ![]() | Fourth place |
2022 | ![]() | Third place |
![]() | Sixteenth place | |
![]() | Eighth place | |
2024 | ![]() | Fourteenth place |
![]() | Third place | |
![]() | Twelfth place | |
2026 | ![]() | |
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2028 | ![]() | |
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2030 | ![]() | |
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Year | Defending champions | Finish |
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1996 | ![]() | Champions |
1998 | Runners-up | |
2000 | ![]() | Sixth place |
2002 | ![]() | Fifth place |
2004 | ![]() | Runners-up |
2006 | ![]() | Champions |
2008 | ||
2010 | ||
2012 | Runners-up | |
2014 | ![]() | Fourth place |
2016 | ![]() | Champions |
2018 | Fifth place | |
2020 | ![]() | Runners-up |
2022 | ![]() | Champions |
2024 | Champions | |
2026 |