2026 European Women's Handball Championship

The 2026 EHF European Women's Handball Championship, commonly referred to as the EHF Euro 2026, will be the 17th edition of the EHF European Women's Handball Championship and will be held in Russia in December 2026.

2026 EHF European Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Dates3–20 December
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Next →

Bid process

On 20 November 2021 at the 14th EHF Extraordinary Congress it was announced that the 2026 EHF European Women's Handball Championship will take place in Russia.[1]

Russia's bid was the only one, as the EHF Executive Committee was previously notified that Norway, Denmark and Sweden had withdrawn their joint bid.

Bidding timeline

The bidding timeline is as follows:[2]

  • 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: [3]

Host selection

As only the Russian bid remained it was unanimously selected at the 14th EHF Extraordinary Congress on 20 November 2021.[5][6]

Venues
Moscow Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg
VTB Arena
Capacity: 12,000		 Yubileyny Sports Palace
Capacity: 6,500		 Sibur Arena
Capacity: 6,500

Qualification

Qualified teams
CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament1
 Russia00Host0120 November 202114 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

References
  1. "EHF Euro hosts for 2026 & 2028 confirmed". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. "Bidding Timeline". Bid Brochure EHF Euro 2026 & 2028 (PDF). European Handball Federation. 2021. p. 34. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. "Seven nations bid for EHF Euros in 2026 and 2028". European Handball Federation. 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. "Schweiz bündelt Kräfte mit Spanien und Portugal: Ausrichter für Handball-Europameisterschaften zeichnen sich ab". handball world (in German). 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  5. "EHF EURO hosts for 2026 & 2028 confirmed". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. "The 14th EHF Extraordinary Congress". European Handball Federation. 20 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.