2023 European Championship

The 2023 European Championship will be the 37th European Championship. It will be held in five Czech Republic cities from September 24 to October 1, 2023 - Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Trebic and Blansko. Returning were fourteen of the sixteen teams from the 2021 European Championship, with two spots changing hands.  Slovakia failed to requalify in the 2023 European Championship Qualifiers while  Russia was banned due to their military assault of Ukraine. Replacing them were two newcomers who won spots in the qualifiers -  Hungary and  Switzerland.