This article describes the qualification process for the EHF EURO 2024 and EHF Euro Cup. In total 32 teams competed for 20 places at the final tournament, while 4 teams contested the EHF Euro Cup.
Prior to the qualifiers, four teams were automatically qualified:[1]
Originally, the qualification process was about to start with Phase 1 in March 2021.[2] The two best-placed teams from that phase would qualify for the relegation round along with the winner of the 2021 edition of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship. However, after postponing the Qualification Phase 1 and cancellation of the IHF Emerging Nations Championship, both caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, those two tournaments were merged into 2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy. The three best-ranked teams from that tournament qualified for the relegation round.
Relegation Round involved eight teams:
The four winners advanced to the qualifiers – the latest stage of this qualification campaign.
Qualifiers involved 32 teams:
Since only four teams would have participated in this round, no draw was needed.[3] This phase was planned to be played in a tournament format.[4] On 15 February 2021 the EHF announced that the tournament was postponed to 30 April to 2 May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
On 26 March 2021, the Qualification Phase 1 was cancelled and replaced with the IHF/EHF Trophy.[6]
See main article: 2021 Men's IHF/EHF Trophy. After the 2021 IHF Emerging Nations Championship was cancelled, the EHF announced in March 2021, that the IHF/EHF Trophy would take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 14 to 19 June 2021. The three best teams qualified for the relegation round.[7]
The four worst-ranked fourth placed teams from the previous cycle join in this round.[8] The draw took place on 19 August 2021, when the teams were paired in four two-legged ties.[9] [10]
The seeding was announced on 18 August 2021.[11] Teams relegated from the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification were placed into the seeding pot 2.
All matches were played in January 2022.
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All times are local.
Turkey won 64–54 on aggregate.----Finland won 52–45 on aggregate.----Latvia won 72–55 on aggregate.----Belgium won 59–53 on aggregate.
Qualifiers were played between October 2022 and April 2023. Like in previous cycles, 32 teams were divided into eight groups of four, with the winners and runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with the four best third-placed teams which were determined taking into account only results against top two teams in each group.[1] [12] The draw took place on 31 March 2022.[13]
| Qualification method | Team(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Relegation round winners | (replacement)3 (replacement)3 |
1 Belarus was excluded due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[14]
2 Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
3 Georgia and Luxembourg, as two teams with the best records among the relegation round losers, replaced Belarus and Russia.
The seeding was announced on 22 March 2022.[15]
Matchdays 1,2,5 and 6 are UTC+2, matchdays 3 and 4 are UTC+1.
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The results against the fourth-placed team are omitted.
The EHF Euro Cup was played between the 2024 hosts, Germany, plus the top 3 from 2022 Handball Euro, champions Sweden, second place, Spain and third place, Denmark. The champions were Denmark.[16]
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Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.