title: National team appearances in the European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament
text: # National team appearances in the European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament
  
  This article lists the performances of each of the 5 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the European Wheelchair Handball Nations' Tournament finals.
  
  ## Debut of teams
  
  Each successive European Men's Handball Championship has had at least one team appearing for the first time. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by IHF.
  
  | Year | Debutants | Number of Debutants |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2015 | Netherlands Norway Portugal Sweden | 4 |
  | 2016 | Italy | 1 |
  | 2018 | Croatia Hungary | 2 |
  | 2019 | Romania Slovenia | 2 |
  
  ## Participation details
  
  ### Legend
  
  * 1st – Champions
  * 2nd – Runners-up
  * 3rd – Third place
  * 4th – Fourth place
  * • – Did not enter
  * – Hosts
  
  For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
  
  | Team | 2015 (4) | 2016 (4) | 2018 (4) | 2019 (6) | Participations |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Croatia | • | • | 2nd | 1st | 2 |
  | Hungary | • | • | 4th | 3rd | 2 |
  | Italy | • | 4th | • | • | 1 |
  | Netherlands | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4 |
  | Norway | 3rd | • | • | • | 1 |
  | Portugal | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4 |
  | Romania | • | • | • | 5th | 1 |
  | Slovenia | • | • | • | 6th | 1 |
  | Sweden | 4th | 3rd | • | • | 2 |
  
  ## Results of host nations
  
  | Year | Host Nation | Finish |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2015 | Austria | Did not enter |
  | 2016 | Sweden | 3rd place |
  | 2018 | Portugal | Champions |
  | 2019 | Croatia | Champions |
  
  ## Results of defending champions
  
  | Year | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-ups | Finish |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2016 | Netherlands | Champions | Portugal | Runners-up |
  | 2018 | Netherlands | 3rd place | Portugal | Champions |
  | 2019 | Portugal | Runners-up | Croatia | Champions |
  