2024 European Men's Handball Championship

The bidding timeline is as follows:[2]

• 1 May 2017: Bidding nations to provide official expression of interest in the hosting of the tournament
• 1 July 2017: Bidding manuals sent to all bidding federations
• 1 November 2017: Deadline for completed bidding and application documentation to be provided to the EHF office
• 15 December 2017: Applications to be approved at the EHF executive committee in Hamburg
• 20 June 2018: Appointment of host(s) of EHF Euro 2024 at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress in Glasgow, Scotland

On 4 May 2017 it was announced that the following nations had sent in an official expression of interest:[3]

•  Czech Republic,  Hungary &  Slovakia
•  Denmark &   Switzerland
•  Germany
•  North Macedonia
•  Lithuania

However, when the deadline for submitting the final bids was over, the following applications had been received:

•  Denmark &   Switzerland[4]
•  Hungary &  Slovakia
•  Germany

On 20 June at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress held in Glasgow, Germany was selected to host the competition.

Voting results[5]

Country
	Votes
Germany	27
Denmark &   Switzerland	19
Hungary &  Slovakia	-
Total	46

As Hungary and Slovakia were selected as the 2022 hosts their 2024 bid was withdrawn.

Following is a list of all venues and host cities which is in the main proposal for the bid. The opening game will be held in Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf and is aiming to break the world record for number of spectators during a handball game and the final will be held in Lanxess Arena in Cologne.

Düsseldorf	Cologne	Berlin
Esprit Arena	Lanxess Arena	Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 19,603	Capacity: 14,800
Hamburg	Hamburg Berlin Munich Cologne Hanover Mannheim Düsseldorf
Barclaycard Arena
Capacity: 13 300
Mannheim
SAP Arena
Capacity: 13 200
Munich	Hanover
Olympiahalle	TUI Arena
Capacity: 12,500	Capacity: 10,000

In edition to the main proposed venues a couple of alternative venues have been presented, their selection is depending on if they will be ready in time (Munich and Frankfurt) or if the Olympiahalle is to be run-down or demolished (Stuttgart).

Munich	Stuttgart	Frankfurt	Leipzig
SAP Garden	Porsche-Arena	New Frankfurt Arena	New Leipzig Arena
Capacity: 10,000-12,000	Capacity: 6,500	Capacity: 10,000-14,000	Capacity: 10,500
Considered instead of Olympiahalle	Considered instead of Olympiahalle	Considered instead of SAP Arena

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Germany	Host	20 June 2018	14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.