The organising rights for qualifiers phase 1 of the Men's EHF EURO 2026 will be decided in a draw to take place on Thursday 13 October at 11:00 CEST in Vienna, Austria.
The path to the EHF EURO 2026 in Denmark, Sweden and Norway starts in January with qualifiers phase 1, featuring four teams: Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Great Britain and Malta.
Qualification phase 1 will be played in a tournament over one weekend, with each team playing three games.
The winner of the tournament will have a guaranteed place in the next phase of qualification, the promotion round, alongside up to four of the lowest-ranked fourth-ranked teams in the Men's EHF EURO 2024 qualifiers which are set to begin on Wednesday 12 October 2022.
The Men's EHF EURO 2026 will take place 9-15 January 2026 in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, and will feature a total of 24 teams.
