EHF Euro Cup

{{Short description|European handball competition}}

{{Sources exist|date=January 2024}}

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| sport = Handball

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| founded = 2018

| teams = 4

| continent = Europe (EHF)

| champion = {{hb|FRA}} (1st title)

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{{hb|DEN}}
{{hb|HUN}}
{{hb|ESP}}
(1 title each)

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EHF Euro Cup is a European handball competition for national teams, organized by the European Handball Federation (EHF).

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/news/en/sweden-austria-norway-and-spain-to-play-premiere-ehf-euro-cup/|title=Sweden, Austria, Norway and Spain to play premiere EHF EURO Cup|website=www.eurohandball.com}}

Creation

The EHF supported the creation of the event at an EHF meeting in February 2017.https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/20170330-cc-minutes-feb.pdfhttps://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ehf-competitions-commission/20171006ehf-cc-minutes-aug.pdf

Qualification

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

|{{hb-big|ESP}}

|{{hb-big|NOR}}

|{{hb-big|SWE}}

|{{hb-big|AUT}}

2022

|{{hb-big|HUN}}

|{{hb-big|CRO}}

|{{hb-big|ESP}}

|{{hb-big|SVK}}

2024

|{{hb-big|DEN}}

|{{hb-big|SWE}}

|{{hb-big|ESP}}

|{{hb-big|GER}}

2026

|{{hb-big|FRA}}

|{{hb-big|DEN}}

|{{hb-big|SWE}}

|{{hb-big|NOR}}

Women's competition

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

References