EHF Euro Cup
{{Short description|European handball competition}}
{{Sources exist|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox sports league
| sport = Handball
| logo =
| founded = 2018
| teams = 4
| continent = Europe (EHF)
| champion = {{hb|FRA}} (1st title)
| most_champs = {{hb|FRA}}
{{hb|DEN}}
{{hb|HUN}}
{{hb|ESP}}
(1 title each)
}}
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 |
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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.