2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

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The 2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification was a handball competition organized by the European Handball Federation (EHF) to determine 20 of the 24 men's national teams competing in the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship final tournament. They joined the other four teams already qualified: Hungary and Slovakia, as final tournament co-hosts, and Spain and Croatia, who finished in the top two positions in the previous championship. Those four played in the EHF Euro Cup.

This qualification competition was being disputed by a total of 40 national teams in three phases between January 2019 and May 2021.

The campaign was split into two distinct qualification phases and a relegation round.

Qualification phase 1 comprises teams which didn't participate at the 2020 EHF Euro qualification Phase 2. The two best teams advanced to the relegation round.

In the relegation round, the two teams that advanced from phase 1 were joined by the highest ranked European team at the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship and they faced the three lowest ranked fourth-placed teams from the 2020 EHF Euro qualification. Three winners of those elimination matches advanced to the qualification phase 2.

Qualification phase 2 comprised three winners from the relegation round along with 29 teams which participated at either the 2020 EHF Euro or the qualification phase 2.

Qualification Phase 1

Seeding

The draw for the qualification round 1 was held on 28 September 2018 in Vienna, Austria.[1] This qualification was played in a tournament format, with the teams able to choose whether they wanted to play on 4 to 6 January or 11 to 13 January 2019.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Cyprus
 Luxembourg
 Great Britain
 Georgia
 Azerbaijan
 Ireland
 Bulgaria
 Malta

Groups

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Luxembourg (H) 3 3 0 0 100 54 +46 6 Relegation round
2  Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 76 84 8 4
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 2 71 79 8 2
4  Ireland 3 0 0 3 72 102 30 0
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
11 January 2019
17:00
Great Britain  20–24  Bulgaria Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 250
Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
Da Silva, Negrete 6 (7–10) Balchev 5
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11 January 2019
20:00
Luxembourg  35–18  Ireland Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 550
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
four players 4 (14–7) J. Grace 7
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12 January 2019
15:00
Ireland  26–32  Great Britain Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 200
Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
Meyer 9 (14–17) Da Silva, Negrete 7
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12 January 2019
18:00
Bulgaria  17–36  Luxembourg Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
Balchev 6 (8–15) Wirtz 11
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13 January 2019
14:00
Ireland  28–35  Bulgaria Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 200
Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
J. Grace 10 (13–17) Dzhempereiev 9
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13 January 2019
17:00
Luxembourg  29–19  Great Britain Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
three players 5 (15–6) Edgar 7
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cyprus 3 3 0 0 88 61 +27 6 Relegation round
2  Georgia 3 2 0 1 102 71 +31 4
3  Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 69 79 10 2
4  Malta (H) 3 0 0 3 65 113 48 0
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
11 January 2019
17:00
Cyprus  25–17  Azerbaijan Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 80
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Argyrou 7 (13–10) Askerov, Nazaraliyev 3
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11 January 2019
19:30
Georgia  48–21  Malta Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 350
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Tskhovrebadze 11 (29–9) Di Pilato 5
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12 January 2019
16:00
Azerbaijan  25–30  Georgia Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 100
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Aydamirov 9 (15–16) Chanturia, Tskhovrebadze 6
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12 January 2019
18:30
Malta  20–38  Cyprus Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 400
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Mifsud 7 (7–17) Ioannou 7
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13 January 2019
15:00
Cyprus  25–24  Georgia Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 150
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Argyrou 9 (14–12) Tskhovrebadze 11
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13 January 2019
17:30
Azerbaijan  27–24  Malta Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 450
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Aydamirov 9 (16–11) Di Pilato 6
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IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Unlike previous editions, single participation at this tournament was not possible. Only teams participating at the qualification phase 1 and failing to advance, earned a right to play. The best ranked European team qualified for the relegation round.

RankTeam
 Georgia
2 Bulgaria
3 Great Britain
4 Azerbaijan
5 Ireland
6 Malta
  • Note: Ranking of exclusively European teams is displayed.

Relegation from the previous qualification cycle

The three lowest ranked among fourth-placed teams in the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, apart from Slovakia as co-host nation, played in the relegation round. The other four teams entered qualification phase 2.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 3  Greece 6 1 1 4 145 168 23 3 Qualification Phase 2
2 1  Kosovo 6 1 1 4 118 172 54 3
3 6  Romania 6 1 0 5 129 157 28 2
4 8  Faroe Islands 6 0 1 5 131 171 40 1
5 2  Belgium 6 0 1 5 144 186 42 1 Relegation Round
6 7  Slovakia 6 0 0 6 129 155 26 0 Final tournament (co-host)
7 4  Estonia 6 0 0 6 142 185 43 0 Relegation Round
8 5  Finland 6 0 0 6 131 185 54 0
Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Relegation round

Seeding

The draw for EHF EURO 2022 Relegation Round took place at the EHF Office on 23 July 2019.[2] Three lowest ranked sides from EHF EURO 2020 Qualification Phase 2 were seeded teams while qualification phase 1 participants were unseeded teams.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2
 Cyprus
 Georgia
 Luxembourg
 Belgium
 Estonia
 Finland

Overview

The first legs were played on 15 and 16 January and the second legs on 19 January 2020.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Georgia  45–61  Finland 24–24 21–37
Luxembourg  53–69  Estonia 33–38 20–31
Belgium  55–23  Cyprus 24–7 31–16

Matches

16 January 2020
18:00
Georgia  24–24  Finland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 850
Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
Tskhovrebadze 8 (11–10) Tamminen 6
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19 January 2020
16:00
Finland  37–21  Georgia Cocks Areena, Riihimäki
Attendance: 800
Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
Rönnberg 8 (14–12) Orjonikidze, Tskhovrebadze 7
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Finland won 61–45 on aggregate.


16 January 2020
19:30
Luxembourg  33–38  Estonia d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 500
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
Wirtz 11 (17–18) Toom 10
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19 January 2020
13:45
Estonia  31–20  Luxembourg Mesikäpa Hall, Pölva
Attendance: 600
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
four players 5 (14–13) Wirtz 6
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Estonia won 69–53 on aggregate.


15 January 2020
20:10
Belgium  24–7  Cyprus Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 1,450
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
D'Hanis 6 (13–3) And. Ioannou 3
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19 January 2020
19:00
Cyprus  16–31  Belgium Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 300
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Paraskeva 8 (8–11) Denert 7
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Belgium won 55–23 on aggregate.

Qualification Phase 2

EHF Euro Cup

The EHF Euro Cup was played between the 2022 co-hosts, Hungary and Slovakia plus the top 2 from the 2020 Handball Euro, champions, Spain and second place, Croatia. The winner was Hungary.[14]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Hungary (C) 6 5 0 1 181 151 +30 10
2  Croatia 6 4 0 2 164 162 +2 8
3  Spain 6 3 0 3 176 154 +22 6
4  Slovakia 6 0 0 6 127 181 54 0
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.
(C) Champions
4 November 2020
18:15
Hungary  32–29  Spain Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
Rosta 7 (17–13) Marchán 6
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7 November 2020
18:00
Croatia  31–27  Hungary Gradski Arena, Osijek
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Pandžić, Mošorinski (SRB)
Martinović, Štrlek 6 (17–13) Bodó 6
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5 January 2021
17:15
Croatia  31–28  Spain Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Cindrić, Mandić 5 (17–14) A. Dujshebaev 6
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10 March 2021
18:00
Slovakia  18–30  Spain Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
Recicar 4 (8–16) Solé 9
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12 March 2021
19:00
Slovakia  15–30  Hungary Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Hruščák 5 (8–17) Máthé 10
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14 March 2021
15:00
Hungary  36–26  Slovakia Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Máthé 7 (19–15) Hruščák 9
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28 April 2021
19:00
Slovakia  24–32  Croatia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Urban 6 (10–16) Mihić, Mandić 5
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28 April 2021
20:30
Spain  28–30  Hungary Pabellón Polideportivo Municipal Fernando Argüelles, Málaga
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Figueras 8 (15–14) Bánhidi 8
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29 April 2021
18:00
Croatia  26–23  Slovakia Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Lučin, Pavlovic 5 (12–13) Hruščák 7
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1 May 2021
14:10
Hungary  26–22  Croatia Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
Máthé 6 (9–10) Čupić 5
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1 May 2021
21:00
Spain  27–21  Slovakia Poliesportiu Pla de L'Arc, Llíria
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Rivera Folch, Guardiola 5 (13–10) Kalafut 7
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27 June 2021
20:00
Spain  34–22  Croatia Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra
Attendance: 500
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
three players 6 (15–13) Severec 4
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