It starts on January 15, 2026 Handball-European Championships in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. 24 teams are fighting for a place in the European Championship final, which will take place on February 1st in Herning, Denmark.
In ours Game plan for Handball-EM 2026 you will find all games and dates. You can also find tables and live tickers for the games in our data center.
The groups of the 2026 European Handball Championship
The preliminary round of the European Handball Championship consists of six groups with four teams each. The top two groups qualify for the main round.
- Group A in Herning: DeutschlandSpain, Austria, Serbia
- Group B in Herning: Denmark, Portugal, North Macedonia, Romania
- Group C in Oslo: France, Norway, Czech Republic, Ukraine
- Group D in Oslo: Slovenia, Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Switzerland
- Group E in Malmö: Sweden, Croatia, Netherlands, Georgia
- Group F in Kristianstad: Hungary, Iceland, Poland, Italy
Germany at the 2026 European Handball Championship
The German national team got into a tough group in the draw for the European Championships. With Spain, a two-time European champion is waiting for the DHB team, Serbia and Austria are also two unpleasant calibers in the group. Germany plays all games in Herning; Should the team qualify for the main round, they will also play all games there.
- January 15, 2026, 8:30 p.m.: Deutschland – Austria
- January 17, 2026, 8:30 p.m.: Serbia – Deutschland
- January 19, 2026, 8:30 p.m.: Deutschland – Spain
:German handball players lose against Iceland
At the international match in Munich, the DHB team lost 29:31 to Iceland. Three days after the big win in the first game, it becomes clear what the team still has to work on before the European Championships.
Schedule of the 2026 European Handball Championships
Venues of the European Handball Championships
The 2026 European Handball Championship will take place in Denmark, Sweden and Norway. For Denmark it is the second European Handball Championship, Sweden and Norway are holding the tournament for the third time. The venues at a glance:
- Herning (Denmark): Jyske Bank Boxes, maximum 15,000 places
- Malmö (Sweden): Malmö Arena, 13,000 seats (for handball)
- Oslo (Norway): Unity Arena, 15,000 seats (for sporting events)
- Kristianstad (Sweden): Kristianstad Arena, 4700 seats
The European Handball Championship on TV
ARD and ZDF show the German national team’s games alternately live on TV and in the live stream. The public broadcasters will also broadcast 30 additional games in live streams on sportstudio.de and in their media libraries.
The Sport Streaming Service Dyn has secured the rights for the entire European Championship; all European Championship games will be broadcast on the platform.
The European handball champions at a glance
Sweden is the record European champion with five titles, followed by France, who won the European Championship four times. Germany is in fifth place behind Spain and Denmark in the medal table with two wins, two silvers and one bronze.
- 1994: Sweden
- 1996: Russia
- 1998: Sweden
- 2000: Sweden
- 2002: Sweden
- 2004: Deutschland
- 2006: France
- 2008: Denmark
- 2010: France
- 2012: Denmark
- 2014: France
- 2016: Deutschland
- 2018: Spain
- 2020: Spain
- 2022: Sweden
- 2024: France
