The Men’s and Women’s European Championships have been carried out a total of 15 times (incl. 2008 Men’s European Handball Championship), in host countries all over Europe. Sixteen of the best national teams in the world take part in each of these events and they continue to reach new heights.

Recently published figures show a continuous upwards spiral, with a cumulative audience in the 2008 men’s event of over 1 billion views and more than 1000 hours of programming.

While preparations are moving fast for the 2010 event in Austria, the next hopeful candidates are waiting in the wings. The EHF EURO EVENTs are handball’s greatest event – the organisation of an event of this dimension demands the highest standards, a professional event management strategy, specialists form all fields and a state-of-the-art working foundation and infrastructure. This poses an unique challenge to each and every host, to put their special touch and bring their unique charm to an EHF EURO EVENT.

Back in October of 2008, seven bid packages arrived at the EHF Headquarters for consideration. Since then the technical specialists have been busy analysing the bids and carrying-out inspections. The final decision will be made by the EHF Congress on September 27 in Vienna/AUT. Each and every full EHF Member Federation has an opportunity to cast their vote.

The countries which have presented a bid are listed below. Each candidate has the chance to present their bid on their own web platform. Take a look!
 

17 – 29 January 2012

France:  7 venue application: Toulouse, Nantes, Lyon, Montpellier, Pau, Chambery,  Paris
Germany: 5 venue application: Dortmund, Cologne, Hamburg, Mannheim, Kiel
Serbia: 4 venue application: Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis, Vrsac

4 – 16 December 2012

Germany:  5 venue application: Dortmund, Trier, Oldenburg, Leipzig, Stuttgart
Netherlands:  4 venue application: Rotterdam, Almere, Apeldoorn, Eindhoven
Serbia:  4 venue application. Belgrade, Novi Sad, Nis, Vrsac
Ukraine:  4 venue application: Kyiy, Kharbiv, Lviv, Zaporizhya

* all bid platforms are external sites and do not represent the EHF or its philosophy. The EHF holds no responsibility for the content of these external sites.