2022 European Men's Handball Championship

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The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship is the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It is co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022.

2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Hungary
 Slovakia
Venue(s)5
Dates13–30 January
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored664 (55.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Kay Smits
(11 goals)
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The games in Hungary will be played with full capacity, while the games in Slovakia will be capped at 25% capacity, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Bid process

Bidding timeline

The bidding timeline is as follows:[2]

  • 1 May 2017: Bidding nations to provide official expression of interest in the hosting of the tournament
  • 1 July 2017: Bidding manuals sent to all bidding federations
  • 1 November 2017: Deadline for completed bidding and application documentation to be provided to the EHF office
  • 15 December 2017: Applications to be approved at the EHF executive committee in Hamburg
  • 20 June 2018: appointment of host(s) of EHF Euro 2022 at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress in Glasgow, Scotland

Bids

On 4 May 2017 it was announced that the following nations had sent in an official expression of interest:[3]

  • Belgium, Spain & France
  • Czech Republic, Hungary & Slovakia
  • Denmark, Germany & Switzerland
  • Macedonia
  • Russia & Belarus
  • Lithuania

However, when the deadline for submitting the final bids was over, the following applications had been received:

  • Belgium, Spain & France
  • Denmark & Switzerland[4]
  • Hungary & Slovakia

Host selection

On 20 June at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress held in Glasgow, Hungary and Slovakia were selected to host the competition.

Voting results[5]
Country
Votes
  Hungary &   Slovakia 32
  Belgium,   Spain &   France 14
  Denmark &   Switzerland
Total 46

Denmark and Switzerland withdrew their bid shortly before the vote.

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities which will be used.


  Hungary   Slovakia
Budapest Debrecen Szeged Bratislava Košice
MVM Dome Főnix Arena Pick Aréna Ondrej Nepela Arena Steel Aréna
Capacity: 20,022 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 8,143 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 7,900
         
 
 
Bratislava
 
Košice
 
Slovakia (in orange) is
north of Hungary (in green).

Qualification

The qualification for the final tournament took place between January 2019 and May 2021. The two host teams, Hungary and Slovakia, and the two best placed teams from the previous championship, Spain and Croatia, were automatically qualified, leaving a total of 40 national teams to compete for the remaining 20 places in the final tournament.

The competition consisted of three rounds: two qualification phases and a relegation round. The first qualification phase involved teams that did not participate in the second round of the 2020 qualification tournament. The two best teams advanced to a relegation round, where they were joined by the best European team from the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship and the three worst ranked fourth-placed teams from the second round of the 2020 qualification. The three winners of the two-legged relegation round matches advanced to the second and last qualifying phase, joining the remaining 21 teams that participated in the 2020 championship and the remaining eight teams that were eliminated in the second round of the 2020 qualification. Those 32 teams were divided into eight groups by four teams, with top two teams and four best ranked third-teams qualifying.

Qualified teams

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament
  Hungary Co-host 20 June 2018 12 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Slovakia Co-host 20 June 2018 3 (2006, 2008, 2012)
  Spain Finalist of 2020 European Championship 24 January 2020 14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Croatia Finalist of 2020 European Championship 24 January 2020 14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Germany Group 2 winner 10 January 2021 13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Serbia Group 1 winner 8 February 2021 6 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Sweden Group 8 winner 28 April 2021 13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Russia Group 3 winner 28 April 2021 13 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020)
  North Macedonia Group 7 runner-up 28 April 2021 6 (1998, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Denmark Group 7 winner 28 April 2021 13 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  France Group 1 runner-up 29 April 2021 14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Norway Group 6 winner 29 April 2021 9 (2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Iceland Group 4 runner-up 29 April 2021 11 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Portugal Group 4 winner 29 April 2021 6 (1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2020)
  Belarus Group 6 runner-up 29 April 2021 6 (1994, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Slovenia Group 5 winner 29 April 2021 12 (1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Netherlands Group 5 runner-up 29 April 2021 1 (2020)
  Austria Group 2 runner-up 2 May 2021 4 (2010, 2014, 2018, 2020)
  Czech Republic Group 3 runner-up 2 May 2021 10 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020)
  Montenegro Group 8 runner-up 2 May 2021 5 (2008, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina Ranking of third-placed teams 2 May 2021 1 (2020)
  Poland Ranking of third-placed teams 2 May 2021 9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020)
  Ukraine Ranking of third-placed teams 2 May 2021 6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2020)
  Lithuania Ranking of third-placed teams 2 May 2021 1 (1998)

Note: Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Marketing

The official logo and slogan was unveiled on 25 January 2020 at the EHF Extraordinary Congress In Stockholm. The logo includes the national colours of both host nations – red, green, white and blue, forming the handball and an eye, relates closely to the event's motto "Watch Games, See More", highlighting the many opportunities for fans around the six venues.[6]

Draw

The draw took place in Budapest on 6 May 2021.[7][8]

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 3 May 2021.[9] The organizing countries had the right to allocate one team to each of the groups they were hosting due to potential spectators' interest. Hungary (assigned to group B) selected Croatia (assigned to group C) and Slovenia (assigned to group A), while Slovakia (assigned to group F) selected Germany (assigned to group D) and the Czech Republic (assigned to group E).

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 10 September 2021.[10] Two more pairs were selected on 10 January 2022.[11]

Squads

Each team consists of up to 20 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.[12]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC).[13]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 1 1 0 0 30 21 +9 2 Main round
2   Slovenia 1 1 0 0 27 25 +2 2
3   Montenegro 2 1 0 1 49 54 −5 2
4   North Macedonia 2 0 0 2 49 55 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2022. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
13 January 2022
18:00
Slovenia   27–25   North Macedonia Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,034
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Dolenec 5 (13–10) C. Kuzmanoski 8
  6×  1×  Report  2× 
13 January 2022
20:30
Denmark   30–21   Montenegro Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Attendance: 2,142
Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
M. Hansen 10 (18–10) B. Vujović 7
 4×  Report   5× 

15 January 2022
18:00
North Macedonia   24–28   Montenegro Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Velkovski 6 (16–17) Anđelić, M. Vujović 6
  2×  Report   5× 
15 January 2022
20:30
Slovenia   v   Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Report

17 January 2022
18:00
Montenegro   v   Slovenia Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Report
17 January 2022
20:30
North Macedonia   v   Denmark Főnix Hall, Debrecen
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iceland 1 1 0 0 28 24 +4 2 Main round
2   Netherlands 1 1 0 0 31 28 +3 2
3   Hungary (H) 1 0 0 1 28 31 −3 0
4   Portugal 1 0 0 1 24 28 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2022. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
13 January 2022
20:30
Hungary   28–31   Netherlands MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 20,022
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Lékai 8 (10–13) Smits 11
  5×  Report   5×  1× 

14 January 2022
20:30
Portugal   24–28   Iceland MVM Dome, Budapest
Attendance: 6,205
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Iturriza, Silva 4 (10–14) Guðjónsson 5
  4×  Report   4× 

16 January 2022
18:00
Portugal   v   Hungary MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
16 January 2022
20:30
Iceland   v   Netherlands MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

18 January 2022
18:00
Iceland   v   Hungary MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
18 January 2022
20:30
Netherlands   v   Portugal MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 2 2 0 0 63 45 +18 4 Main round
2   Serbia 1 1 0 0 31 23 +8 2
3   Croatia 1 0 0 1 22 27 −5 0
4   Ukraine 2 0 0 2 46 67 −21 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2022. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
13 January 2022
18:00
Serbia   31–23   Ukraine Pick Aréna, Szeged
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Kukić 7 (17–11) Horiha 6
  3×  Report   6× 
13 January 2022
20:30
Croatia   22–27   France Pick Aréna, Szeged
Attendance: 7,783
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Čupić 6 (11–13) Descat 7
  3×  1×  Report   1× 

15 January 2022
18:00
France   36–23   Ukraine Pick Aréna, Szeged
Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
Nahi 5 (17–11) Horiha 7
  4×  Report   3×  1× 
15 January 2022
20:30
Croatia   v   Serbia Pick Aréna, Szeged
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Report

17 January 2022
18:00
Ukraine   v   Croatia Pick Aréna, Szeged
Report
17 January 2022
20:30
France   v   Serbia Pick Aréna, Szeged
Report

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Poland 1 1 0 0 36 31 +5 2 Main round
2   Germany 1 1 0 0 33 29 +4 2
3   Belarus 1 0 0 1 29 33 −4 0
4   Austria 1 0 0 1 31 36 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2022. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
14 January 2022
18:00
Germany   33–29   Belarus Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,271
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Häfner, Schiller 8 (17–18) Kulesh, Vailupau 7
  5×  1×  Report   5×  1× 
14 January 2022
20:30
Austria   31–36   Poland Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,530
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Frimmel 8 (14–17) Moryto 9
 5×  Report  2×  1× 

16 January 2022
18:00
Germany   v   Austria Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
16 January 2022
20:30
Belarus   v   Poland Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report

18 January 2022
18:00
Poland   v   Germany Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
18 January 2022
20:30
Belarus   v   Austria Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 1 1 0 0 30 18 +12 2 Main round
2   Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 53 47 +6 2
3   Spain 1 1 0 0 28 26 +2 2
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 37 57 −20 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2022. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
13 January 2022
18:00
Spain   28–26   Czech Republic Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,173
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Gurbindo 6 (14–11) Hrstka 6
  2×  Report   7× 
13 January 2022
20:30
Sweden   30–18   Bosnia and Herzegovina Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,268
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Wanne 6 (17–11) S. Burić 4
 1×  Report   4× 

15 January 2022
18:00
Czech Republic   27–19   Bosnia and Herzegovina Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Klíma 8 (12–9) Hamidović 5
  4×  Report   5× 
15 January 2022
20:30
Spain   v   Sweden Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Report

17 January 2022
18:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina   v   Spain Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
17 January 2022
20:30
Czech Republic   v   Sweden Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 1 1 0 0 35 25 +10 2 Main round
2   Russia 1 1 0 0 29 27 +2 2
3   Slovakia (H) 2 1 0 1 56 61 −5 2
4   Lithuania 2 0 0 2 53 60 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2022. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
13 January 2022
18:00
Russia   29–27   Lithuania Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 902
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Kosorotov 9 (14–9) Malašinskas 5
  6×  Report   3× 
13 January 2022
20:30
Norway   35–25   Slovakia Steel Aréna, Košice
Attendance: 1,568
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Toft 5 (15–11) Urban 6
  5×  Report   2× 

15 January 2022
18:00
Slovakia   31–26   Lithuania Steel Aréna, Košice
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Urban 7 (15–8) Malašinskas 8
  8×  1×  Report  4× 
15 January 2022
20:30
Norway   v   Russia Steel Aréna, Košice
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Report

17 January 2022
18:00
Slovakia   v   Russia Steel Aréna, Košice
Report
17 January 2022
20:30
Lithuania   v   Norway Steel Aréna, Košice
Report

Main round

Points and goals gained in the preliminary group against teams that advance will be transferred to the main round.

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fifth place game
4 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 January 2022. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
20 January 2022 A1 v B1 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
20 January 2022 A2 v C2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
20 January 2022 C1 v B2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

22 January 2022 A2 v B2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
22 January 2022 A1 v C2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
22 January 2022 C1 v B1 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

24 January 2022 B1 v C2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
24 January 2022 A2 v C1 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
24 January 2022 A1 v B2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

26 January 2022 B2 v C2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
26 January 2022 A2 v B1 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report
26 January 2022 A1 v C1 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

Group II

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2 E1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 F1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fifth place game
4 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 E2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 F2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 January 2022. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
20 January 2022 D1 v E1 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
20 January 2022 D2 v F2 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
20 January 2022 F1 v E2 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report

21 January 2022 D2 v E2 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
21 January 2022 D1 v F2 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
21 January 2022 F1 v E1 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report

23 January 2022 E1 v F2 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
23 January 2022 D2 v F1 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
23 January 2022 D1 v E2 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report

25 January 2022 E2 v F2 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
25 January 2022 D2 v E1 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report
25 January 2022 D1 v F1 Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 January
 
 
I1
 
30 January
 
II2
 
 
 
28 January
 
 
 
II1
 
 
I2
 
Third place
 
 
30 January
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals

28 January 2022
18:00
I1 v II2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

28 January 2022
20:30
II1 v I2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

Fifth place game

28 January 2022
15:30
I3 v II3 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

Third place game

30 January 2022
15:30
LSF1 v LSF2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

Final

30 January 2022
18:00
WSF1 v WSF2 MVM Dome, Budapest
Report

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The teams ranked fourth in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 18 to 24, while teams ranked third in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 13 to 18 according to the number of points won in the preliminary round. Places seven and eight will be attributed to the two teams ranked fourth in the groups, places nine and ten to the two teams ranked fifth in the groups and places eleven and twelve to the two teams ranked sixth in the group according to the number of points won by the respective teams after completion of the main round matches. Places one to six will be decided by play–off or knock–out.

Rank Team
 
 
 
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Qualified for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship

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