2028 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2028 EHF European Women's Handball Championship, commonly referred to as the EHF EURO 2028, will be the 18th edition of the EHF European Women's Handball Championship, the biennial international women's handball championship of Europe organized by EHF.

2028 EHF European Women's Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Denmark  Norway  Sweden
Dates	30 November – 17 December
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	9 (in 9 host cities)
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Bid process

Bidding timeline

The bidding timeline was as follows:^[1]

4 June 2020	Invitation to National Federations to provide a letter of intent to the EHF for hosting the EHF EUROs 2026 & 2028
1 October 2020	Deadline for submitting the letter of intent and request for the bidding documents by the interested federations
1 November 2020	Dispatch of the manual for staging the EHF EUROs 2026 & 2028 together with the relevant specifications and forms by the EHF
1 May 2021	Applications available at the EHF Office
May/June 2021	Evaluation of bids by the EHF
June 2021	Approval of applications by EHF EXEC
June–September 2021	Site inspections
September 2021	Further evaluation after inspections
September 2021	Confirmation of bids for the EHF EUROs 2026 & 2028
17/18 November 2021	Allocation at the EO EHF Congress 2021

Bids

On 11 May 2021 it was announced that the following nations sent in an official expression of interest: ^[2]

•   Denmark,   Norway &   Sweden

Host selection

As only the Scandinavian bid remained it was unanimously selected at the 14th EHF Extraordinary Congress on 20 November 2021.^[3][4]

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament^1
Denmark	Co-host	20 November 2021	15 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
Norway	Co-host	20 November 2021	16 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024)
Sweden	Co-host	20 November 2021	13 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

1. "Bidding Timeline". Bid Brochure EHF Euro 2026 & 2028 (PDF). European Handball Federation. 2021. p. 34. (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
2. "Seven nations bid for EHF Euros in 2026 and 2028". European Handball Federation. 11 May 2021. from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
3. "EHF EURO hosts for 2026 & 2028 confirmed". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2021. from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
4. "The 14th EHF Extraordinary Congress". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2021. from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

Weblinks

• Bid website of the European Handball Federation