National team appearances in the European Men's Handball Championship

Debut of teams

Each successive European Men's Handball Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.

Participation details

Legend

1st – Champions

2nd – Runners-up

3rd – Third place

4th – Fourth place

5th – Fifth place

6th – Sixth place

7th – Seventh place

8th – Eighth place

9th – Ninth place

10th – Tenth place

11th – Eleventh place

12th – Twelfth place

MR – Main round

GS – Group stage

Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

q – may still qualify for upcoming tournament

 •  – Did not qualify

 •×  – Disqualified

 ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned

   – Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

¹ FR Yugoslavia competed as such until 2003 when the FRY was reconstituted as a State Union Serbia and Montenegro. Since the dissolution of the union in 2006, national teams exist for both countries.