2022 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship will be the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It will be 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
Dates13–30 January
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5
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Bid process

Bidding timeline

The bidding timeline is as follows:[1]

  • 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:[2]

  • 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[3]
  • 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[4]
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.

Budapest Debrecen Szeged
New Budapest Arena Főnix Csarnok Pick Aréna
Capacity: 20,022 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 8,143
Bratislava Košice
Ondrej Nepela Arena Steel Aréna
Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 8,350

Qualification
Main article: 2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

The qualification for the final tournament will take 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, are automatically qualified, leaving a total of 44 national teams to compete for the remaining 20 places in the final tournament.

The competition consists of three rounds: two qualification phases and a relegation round. The first qualification phase involves teams that did not participate in the second round of the 2020 qualification tournament. The two best teams advance to a relegation round, where they are 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 advance 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.

Qualified nations
CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament
 HungaryCo-host20 June 201812 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 SlovakiaCo-host20 June 20183 (2006, 2008, 2012)
 SpainFinalist of 2020 European Men's Handball Championship24 January 202014 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
 CroatiaFinalist of 2020 European Men's Handball Championship24 January 202014 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)

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 a eye, relates closely to the event’s motto "Watch Games, See More", highlighting the many opportunities for fans around the six venues.[5]

References
  1. "EHF EURO – BEYOND 2020". beyond2020.ehfoffice.at.
  2. "These nations want to bid for EHF EUROs in 2022 and 2024". Eurohandball. 4 May 2017.
  3. "Bid website". A Perfect Partnership. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  4. "Minutes to the 14th Ordinary Congress of the European Handball Federation (EHF)in Glasgow / SCO, 19 -20 June 2018" (PDF). EHF. 20 June 2018.
  5. "Men's EHF EURO 2022 logo unveiled". ehf-euro.com. EHF. 25 January 2020.
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