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EHF Euro Cup

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EHF Euro Cup
SportHandball
Founded2018
No. of teams4
ContinentEurope (EHF)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Denmark (1st title)
Most titles Denmark
 Hungary
 Spain
(1 title each)

EHF Euro Cup is a European handball competition for national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation (EHF). The reigning defending champions are Denmark.[1]

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.[2]

Creation

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The EHF supported the creation of the event at an EHF meeting in February 2017.[3][4]

Qualification

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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

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Year Winners Runners-up Third Fourth
2020
Spain

Norway

Sweden

Austria
2022
Hungary

Croatia

Spain

Slovakia
2024
Denmark

Sweden

Spain

Germany
2026

Women's competition

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

References

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  1. ^ "Euro Cup: Danmark - Sverige - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk. April 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "Sweden, Austria, Norway and Spain to play premiere EHF EURO Cup". www.eurohandball.com.
  3. ^ https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/20170330-cc-minutes-feb.pdf
  4. ^ https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/20171006ehf-cc-minutes-aug.pdf