2024 European Men's Handball Championship bidding process

The 2024 European Men's Handball Championship bidding process entails the bids for the 2024 European Men's Handball Championship. The winners were Germany.

Bidding timeline

The bidding timeline is as follows:[1]

  • 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

Bids

On 4 May 2017, it was announced that the following countries had sent in an official expression of interest:[2]

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

Denmark and Switzerland

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Denmark arena map
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Switzerland arena map

Denmark and Switzerland decided to bid together, under the slogan Perfect Partnership.[4][5] They were originally going to bid alongside Germany for 2022, but the Germans decided to shift away from the project to focus on a solo bid for 2024.[6] Their project was designed to show small nations can host big tournaments sustainably.[7] The bid had full backing from the Danish and Swiss governments.[8] In June 2018, Denmark and Switzerland both played a friendly to further promote their bid.[9] The chairman of the Danish federation, Per Bertelsen, said the bid had a good chance of winning.[10]

The main rounds would be in Zürich and Herning, while the final weekend would be in Herning.[11]

Proposed venues
Denmark Herning Denmark Copenhagen
Jyske Bank Boxen Royal Arena
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 13,000
Denmark Aarhus Switzerland Zürich
Ceres Arena Hallenstadion
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 11,200

Germany

After stepping away from the bid with the Danes and Swiss a week before the deadline, the Germans formed a solo bid for 2024.[12][13] Great sport, great engagement” is the slogan.[14] In January 2018, EHF president, Michael Wiederer confessed that a he supported a possible European Championship in Germany.[15]

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 weekend will be held at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne.

These are the proposed venues:

Düsseldorf Cologne Berlin
Esprit Arena Lanxess Arena Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 19,603 Capacity: 14,800
Hamburg
Barclaycard Arena
Capacity: 13 300
Mannheim
SAP Arena
Capacity: 13 200
Munich Hanover
Olympiahalle TUI Arena
Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 10,000

Withdrawn bids

Hungary and Slovakia

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Hungary arena map
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Slovakia arena map

Hungary and Slovakia both submitted a joint application for the event.[16][17][18] The slogan is Watch games see more, which is meant to reference the short distances between venues. The bid had government support from both sides.

The main round would be in Bratislava and Budapest, while the final weekend would be held at the new Budapest Arena.[19][20]

They withdrew shortly before the vote because they had won the hosting rights for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship.

Proposed venues
Hungary Budapest Hungary Veszprém Slovakia Bratislava
MVM Dome Veszprém Aréna Ondrej Nepela Arena
Capacity: 20,022 Capacity: 8,469 Capacity: 10,000
Hungary Szeged Hungary Debrecen Slovakia Košice
Pick Aréna Főnix Arena Steel Aréna
Capacity: 8,143 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 7,900

Host selection

On 20 June 2018 at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress held in Glasgow, Germany was selected to host the competition.[21][22][23][24]

Voting results[25]
Country
Votes
 Germany 27
 Denmark &  Switzerland 19
 Hungary &  Slovakia -
Total 46

References

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