Switzerland

After missing out on the 2022 edition, Switzerland return to the EHF EURO final tournament in 2024. In recent years, the team has been making steady progress under head Michael Suter. Switzerland did qualify in 2020 and also competed at the 2021IHF World Championship in Egypt, where they even reached the main round. In the EHF EURO Qualifiers, Switzerland defeated Lithuania and Georgia twice, while they displayed some interesting handball during their confrontations with Hungary.

A glance at their squad confirms that Switzerland belong at the EHF EURO 2024. Goalkeeper Nikola Portner and Lucas Meister won the EHF Champions League with SC Magdeburg in June 2023, and many of the nation’s brightest young talents have made the move to neighbouring Germany to make progress and gather more experience.

Talking of experience, Andy Schmid’s will be key at EHF EURO 2024 for Switzerland one last time. The centre back, who competed with HC Kriens-Luzern in the EHF European League group matches this season, will be displaying his genius for the last time with his national team, having announce his retirement at the end of the 2023/24 season. Whoever can take pick up the torch in the forthcoming years remains to be seen, but for now, Schmid will remain the undoubted leader of this team.

In a group composed of France, Germany, and North Macedonia, Switzerland might be regarded the outsiders by many, by they have proven they can be dangerous opponents for any team, let alone in the inspiring surroundings of an EHF EURO final tournament.