W17 EHF EURO 2025 Kicks Off in Podgorica

The wait is over — the Women’s 17 EHF EURO 2025 throws off today. Just ten days after the W19 championship concluded in the Montenegrin capital, the city once again becomes the heartbeat of European youth handball.

This year’s tournament features a record-breaking 24 teams, an expansion from the 16 that competed in 2023. The teams are split into six groups of four for the preliminary round. The top two from each group will advance to the main round, which consists of three new groups of four.

Preliminary Round:

Group A:
Denmark
Sweden
Spain
Türkiye

Group B:
Germany
Portugal
North Macedonia
Slovakia

Group C:
Netherlands
Iceland
Switzerland
Faroe Islands

Group D:
Hungary
Norway
Serbia
Slovenia

Group E:
France
Montenegro
Czechia
Lithuania

Group F:
Croatia
Romania
Austria
Poland

Source: EHF