National team appearances in the European Women's Handball Championship

This article lists the performances of each of the 26 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the European Women's Handball Championship finals.

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

Participating nations

 * Legend
 * – Champions
 * – Runners-up
 * – Third place
 * – 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
 * 13th to 16th – Thirteenth to sixteenth place
 * 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.