Four nations intend to bid for Women's EHF EUROs in 2022 and 2024
Four nations intend to bid for Women's EHF EUROs in 2022 and 2024
Slovenia, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia and Russia have expressed the interest to host the Women's EHF EURO events in 2022 and 2024.
The former three have teamed up and sent a joint letter of intent to the European Handball Federation to host the Women's EHF EURO 2022, while Russia has expressed an interest to host the Women's EHF EURO 2024.
The deadline to submit the letter of intent for the Women's EHF EUROs in 2022 and 2024 had been brought forward to 1 September 2017 after the playing dates for the Women's EHF EURO 2022 were changed.
It will take place from 4 to 20 November 2022. The Women's EHF EURO 2024 is scheduled to take place from 29 November to 15 December.
High interest
There is a high interest among the members of the European Handball Federation to host the EHF EURO events in 2022 and 2024.
15 different nations have expressed an interest to host the flagship event for Europe's national teams with some of them expressing a joint interest together with other nations.
Men’s EHF EURO 2022 (14 to 30 January)
- Belgium, Spain & France
- Czech Republic, Hungary & Slovakia
- Denmark, Germany & Switzerland
- Russia & Belarus
- Lithuania
Women's EHF EURO 2022 (4 to 20 November)
- FYR Macedonia, Slovenia, Montenegro
Men’s EHF EURO 2024 (12 to 28 January)
- Czech Republic, Hungary & Slovakia
- Denmark & Switzerland
- Germany
- Lithuania
Women's EHF EURO 2024 (29 November to 15 December)
- Russia
Next steps
Following this expression of interest, the bid documents have been sent out to the all federations concerned. The next steps are as follows:
- By 1 November 2017 the applications must have been sent to the EHF Office
- Following a first evaluation, the EHF Executive Committee approves the applications at its meeting on 15 December 2017
- Site inspections will take place in early 2018
- In March 2018 the bids for the EHF EUROs in 2022 and 2024 will be confirmed by the EHF Executive Committee
- The awarding of the EHF EUROs 2022 and 2024 will take place at the EHF Congress in Glasgow on 18/19 June 2018
Links and downloads
The European Handball Federation recently published its ‘EHF Bid Code’, a detailed document outlining the bidding process for the EHF EURO events in 2022 and 2024.
For the first time, the ‘Bid Code’ is accompanied by a shorter, publicly available, ‘Bid Brochure’ and an official bidding website, ‘Beyond 2020’, adding transparency to the bidding process and giving current and future stakeholders, partners, sponsors, the media as well as fans an insight into one of Europe’s biggest indoor sport events.
