The 2024
EHF European Men's Handball Championship
The European Men's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe and takes place every two years since 1994, in the even-numbered year between the World Championship. In addition to crowning ...
will be the 16th edition of the tournament and the third to feature 24 national teams. It will be hosted in Germany from 10 to 28 January 2024.
Bid process
Bidding timeline
The bidding timeline is as follows:
* 1 May 2017: Bidding nations to provide official expression of interest in the hosting of the tournament
* 1 July 2017: Bidding manuals sent to all bidding federations
* 1 November 2017: Deadline for completed bidding and application documentation to be provided to the EHF office
* 15 December 2017: Applications to be approved at the EHF executive committee in Hamburg
* 20 June 2018: Appointment of host(s) of EHF Euro 2024 at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress in Glasgow, Scotland
Bids
On 4 May 2017, it was announced that the following countries had sent in an official expression of interest:
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However, when the deadline for submitting the final bids expired, the following applications had been received:
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Host selection
On 20 June 2018 at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress held in Glasgow, Germany was selected to host the competition.
As Hungary and Slovakia were selected as the 2022 hosts their 2024 bid was withdrawn.
Venues
On 10 June 2021, the host cities were announced that will be played in six cities. The opening game will be held in
Merkur Spiel-Arena
Merkur Spielarena (stylized as MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA), previously known as the Esprit Arena (until 2 August 2018), the LTU Arena (until June 2009), and as the Düsseldorf Arena (during the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest), is a multi-functional footba ...
in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
and is aiming to break the world record for the largest attendance at an indoor handball game and the final will be held in
Lanxess Arena
Lanxess Arena (originally Kölnarena, German for ''Cologne Arena'') is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie. The arena opened in 1998 and can accommodate 20,000 p ...
in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
. On 14 September 2022, it was announced that the classic venue
Olympiahalle
Olympiahalle is a multi-purpose arena located in Am Riesenfeld in Munich, Germany, part of Olympiapark. The arena is used for concerts, sporting events, exhibitions or trade fairs. The seating capacity for the arena varies from 12,150 up to 14,0 ...
in Munich (previously hosted
Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport at the Olympics, returning to the Olympic program after a 36-year absence. The competition was for men only and it was contested by sixteen teams.
The teams were split ...
main round and medal games and also the group stage games in the
2019 World Men's Handball Championship) would replace the delay-ridden
SAP Garden. Due to material and labour shortages, the venue will not be completed in time for the tournament in January 2024, therefore being dropped by the organisers. Both
Olympiahalle
Olympiahalle is a multi-purpose arena located in Am Riesenfeld in Munich, Germany, part of Olympiapark. The arena is used for concerts, sporting events, exhibitions or trade fairs. The seating capacity for the arena varies from 12,150 up to 14,0 ...
and the future SAP Garden are located close to each other in the
Olympiapark
The Olympiapark (English: Olympic Park) in Munich, Germany, is an Olympic Park which was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Located in the Oberwiesenfeld neighborhood of Munich, the Park continues to serve as a venue for cultural, social, ...
.
Qualification
The qualification for the final tournament will take place between November 2021 and April 2023. Germany as the host team, and the three best placed not already qualified teams from
the previous championship, will be automatically qualified, leaving a total of 36 national teams to compete for the remaining 20 places in the final tournament.
The competition consists of two rounds: a relegation round and qualifiers. In the relegation round, the three best placed teams from the
2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy joined by
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
as best ranked team according EHF which haven't participated in the second round of
the previous qualifiers, will face the four worst ranked fourth-placed teams from the second round of the 2022 qualification. The four winners of the two-legged relegation round matches advance to the qualifiers, joining the remaining twenty teams that participated in the 2022 championship and the remaining eight teams that were eliminated in the second round of the 2022 qualification. Those 32 teams will be divided into eight groups by four teams, with top two teams and four best ranked third-teams qualifying.
Qualified nations
Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.
Marketing
The official logo and slogan was unveiled on 6 January 2022. The basis for the logo design is the place where everything is decided in handball and where emotions arise: the lines of the court. Those were transformed into the compact shape of a ball that conveys the dynamics of the sport. The logo was designed by and in collaboration with Berlin-based agency Styleheads. The heart of the communication is the claim "HERE TO PLAY!" This is activated in several variants in order to convey the different facets of the Men's EHF EURO 2024 and the individual locations. The following variations of the claim will be used:
*HERE TO PLAY
*HERE TO DREAM
*HERE TO BE LOUD
*HERE TO CELEBRATE
*HERE TO RELAX
*HERE TO CONNECT
*HERE TO ENJOY
*HERE TO WATCH
*HERE TO EXPLORE.
Draw
The draw will take place on 10 May 2023 in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
, Germany.
Preliminary round
The schedule was released on 1 March 2023.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Main round
Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advance will be transferred to the main round.
Group I
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Group II
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
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Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
The teams ranked fourth in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 18 to 24, while teams ranked third in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 13 to 18 according to the number of points won in the preliminary round. Places seven or eight will be attributed to the two teams ranked fourth in the groups, places nine and ten to the two teams ranked fifth in the groups, places eleven and twelve to the two teams ranked sixth in the group according to the number of points won by the respective teams after completion of the main round matches. Places one to six will be decided by play–off or knock–out.
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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