2022 European Men's Handball Championship

The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It was co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022. It was won by Sweden; the first time in 20 years they won the title.

2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship

2022-es férfi kézilabda-Európa-bajnokság (in Hungarian) Majstrovstvá Európy v hádzanej mužov 2022 (in Slovak)
Tournament details
Host countries	Hungary Slovakia
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	13–30 January
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (5th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Goals scored	3,633 (55.89 per match)
Attendance	312,892 (4,814 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ómar Ingi Magnússon (59 goals)
Awards
Best player	Jim Gottfridsson
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For the matches in Slovakia the spectator capacity was only 25% due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Hungary the capacity was 100%.^[1]

Bidding process

Main article: 2022 European Men's Handball Championship bidding process

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 (potentially with  Slovenia)^[3]
• 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 (withdrew shortly before the vote)
• 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

Venues

Following is a list of all venues and host cities which were 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
Budapest Debrecen Szeged Bratislava Košice		Slovakia (in orange) is north of Hungary (in green).	Bratislava Košice

Qualification

Main article: 2022 European Men's Handball Championship 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	Winner of 2020 European Championship	24 January 2020	14 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
Croatia	Runner-up 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	Top 4 ranked of third-placed teams	2 May 2021	1 (2020)
Poland	Top 4 ranked of third-placed teams	2 May 2021	9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020)
Ukraine	Top 4 ranked of third-placed teams	2 May 2021	6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2020)
Lithuania	Top 4 ranked 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.^[5]

Draw

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

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 3 May 2021.^[8] 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
Spain  Croatia (assigned to C)  Norway  Slovenia (assigned to A)  Germany (assigned to D)  Portugal	Sweden  Hungary (assigned to B)  Russia  Denmark  Serbia  Austria	Slovakia (assigned to F)  Belarus  Iceland  Czech Republic (assigned to E)  France  North Macedonia	Netherlands  Montenegro  Ukraine  Poland  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Lithuania

Referees

The referee pairs were selected on 10 September 2021.^[9] Two more pairs were selected on 10 January 2022.^[10]

Referees
Austria	Radojko Brkić Andrei Jusufhodžić
Croatia	Matija Gubica Boris Milošević
Czech Republic	Václav Horáček Jiří Novotný
Denmark	Mads Hansen Jesper Madsen
France	Charlotte Bonaventura Julie Bonaventura
Germany	Robert Schulze Tobias Tönnies
Hungary	Ádám Bíró Olivér Kiss
Iceland	Jónas Elíasson Anton Pálsson
Lithuania	Vaidas Mažeika Mindaugas Gatelis
Montenegro	Ivan Pavićević Miloš Ražnatović

Referees
North Macedonia	Slave Nikolov Gjorgji Nachevski
Norway	Lars Jørum Håvard Kleven
Portugal	Duarte Santos Ricardo Fonseca
Romania	Bogdan Stark Romeo Ştefan
Serbia	Nenad Nikolić Dušan Stojković
Slovakia	Boris Mandák Mário Rudinský
Slovenia	Bojan Lah David Sok
Spain	Andreu Marín Ignacio García
Sweden	Mirza Kurtagic Mattias Wetterwik
Switzerland	Arthur Brunner Morad Salah

Squads

Main article: 2022 European Men's Handball Championship squads

Each team consists of up to 20 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.^[11]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC).^[12]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	95	65	+30	6	Main round
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	82	86	−4	4
3	Slovenia	3	1	0	2	82	92	−10	2
4	North Macedonia	3	0	0	3	70	86	−16	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.

13 January 2022 18:00	Slovenia	27–25	North Macedonia	Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 2,034 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
	Dolenec 5	(13–10)	C. Kuzmanoski 8
	1× 6× 1×	Report	1× 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	2× 5×

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15 January 2022 18:00	North Macedonia	24–28	Montenegro	Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 2,625 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Velkovski 6	(16–17)	Anđelić, M. Vujović 6
	1× 2×	Report	3× 5×

15 January 2022 20:30	Slovenia	23–34	Denmark	Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 3,812 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Mačkovšek 6	(14–16)	M. Hansen 8
	5×	Report	1× 4×

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17 January 2022 18:00	Montenegro	33–32	Slovenia	Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 1,203 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	B. Vujović 9	(16–19)	Dolenec, Kodrin 6
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 5×

17 January 2022 20:30	North Macedonia	21–31	Denmark	Főnix Hall, Debrecen Attendance: 1,561 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Peševski 6	(11–15)	Kirkeløkke 9
	3×	Report	1× 2×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	3	3	0	0	88	82	+6	6	Main round
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	91	88	+3	4
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	0	2	89	92	−3	2
4	Portugal	3	0	0	3	85	91	−6	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

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
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5× 1×

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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
	2× 4×	Report	1× 4×

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16 January 2022 18:00	Portugal	30–31	Hungary	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 20,022 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 5	(15–14)	Máthé 8
	1× 6× 1×	Report	6×

16 January 2022 20:30	Iceland	29–28	Netherlands	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 14,587 Referees: Brkić, Jusufhodžić (AUT)
	Guðjónsson 8	(15–13)	Smits 13
	1× 7×	Report	6×

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18 January 2022 18:00	Iceland	31–30	Hungary	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 20,022 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Elísson 9	(17–17)	Bánhidi 6
	6× 1×	Report	2× 6× 1×

18 January 2022 20:30	Netherlands	32–31	Portugal	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 11,287 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Smits 8	(17–13)	Iturriza 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 7×

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	92	70	+22	6	Main round
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	83	72	+11	4
3	Serbia	3	1	0	2	76	75	+1	2
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	71	105	−34	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.

13 January 2022 18:00	Serbia	31–23	Ukraine	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 4,658 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Kukić 7	(17–11)	Horiha 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 6×

13 January 2022 20:30	Croatia	22–27	France	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 5,422 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Čupić 6	(11–13)	Descat 7
	2× 3× 1×	Report	1× 1×

David Mandić received a blue card in the 47th minute for a punch against the head of Kentin Mahé. He received a one game suspension from the EHF and he missed the next game against Serbia.^[13]

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15 January 2022 18:00	France	36–23	Ukraine	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,143 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Nahi 5	(17–11)	Horiha 7
	1× 4×	Report	3× 2× 1×

15 January 2022 20:30	Croatia	23–20	Serbia	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 8,143 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Čupić, Martinović 6	(11–9)	Radivojević 5
	1× 6×	Report	1× 4×

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17 January 2022 18:00	Ukraine	25–38	Croatia	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 4,038 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Artemenko 5	(13–18)	Martinović, Šipić 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5×

17 January 2022 20:30	France	29–25	Serbia	Pick Aréna, Szeged Attendance: 4,038 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Mahé 6	(16–7)	Radivojević 7
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	97	81	+16	6	Main round
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	88	81	+7	4
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	78	88	−10	2
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	86	99	−13	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.

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
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 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×

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16 January 2022 18:00	Germany	34–29	Austria	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,485 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Kastening 9	(15–16)	Frimmel 9
	4×	Report	4×

16 January 2022 20:30	Belarus	20–29	Poland	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Vailupau 5	(11–14)	Krajewski 7
	4× 1×	Report	1× 1×

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18 January 2022 18:00	Poland	23–30	Germany	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,076 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Moryto 7	(12–15)	Steinert 9
	1× 5×	Report	1× 6×

18 January 2022 20:30	Belarus	29–26	Austria	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 835 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Vailupau 8	(16–16)	Bozovic 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	88	78	+10	6	Main round
2	Sweden	3	1	1	1	85	77	+8	3[a]
3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	80	74	+6	3[a]
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	0	3	61	85	−24	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.
Notes:

1. Czech Republic 27–27 Sweden

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
	1× 2×	Report	2× 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	1× 4×

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15 January 2022 18:00	Czech Republic	27–19	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,994 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Klíma 8	(12–9)	Hamidović 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

15 January 2022 20:30	Spain	32–28	Sweden	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 2,159 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Fernández 8	(17–14)	Wanne 8
	4×	Report	1× 3×

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17 January 2022 18:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24–28	Spain	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,162 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Karačić 6	(14–12)	Casado 7
	6×	Report	2× 2×

17 January 2022 20:30	Czech Republic	27–27	Sweden	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,368 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Babák, Piroch 5	(11–12)	Sandell, Wanne 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	88	76	+12	6	Main round
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	92	77	+15	4
3	Slovakia (H)	3	1	0	2	83	97	−14	2
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	82	95	−13	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

13 January 2022 18:00	Russia	29–27	Lithuania	Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 902 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	Kosorotov 9	(14–9)	Malašinskas 5
	1× 6×	Report	1× 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
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

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15 January 2022 18:00	Slovakia	31–26	Lithuania	Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 1,504 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Urban 7	(15–8)	Malašinskas 8
	1× 8× 1×	Report	4×

15 January 2022 20:30	Norway	22–23	Russia	Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 1,967 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Barthold 7	(12–14)	Zhitnikov 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 4×

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17 January 2022 18:00	Slovakia	27–36	Russia	Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 1,290 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Prokop 8	(9–19)	Kosorotov 7
	4×	Report

17 January 2022 20:30	Lithuania	29–35	Norway	Steel Aréna, Košice Attendance: 1,705 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Malašinskas 8	(16–16)	Barthold, Sagosen 7
	5×	Report	2×

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	France	5	4	0	1	148	131	+17	8[a]	Semifinals
2	Denmark	5	4	0	1	149	123	+26	8[a]
3	Iceland	5	3	0	2	138	124	+14	6	Fifth place game
4	Croatia	5	1	1	3	124	136	−12	3[b]
5	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	137	156	−19	3[b]
6	Montenegro	5	1	0	4	134	160	−26	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 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.
Notes:

1. Denmark 29–30 France
2. Netherlands 28–28 Croatia, goal difference: Croatia −12 and Netherlands −19

20 January 2022 15:30	Montenegro	32–26	Croatia	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 5,037 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	B. Vujović, M. Vujović 7	(15–9)	Čupić 7
	6×	Report	3×

20 January 2022 18:00	France	34–24	Netherlands	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 5,055 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Minne 8	(15–12)	Baijens, Smits 4
	1× 6×	Report	1× 4×

20 January 2022 20:30	Denmark	28–24	Iceland	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 5,060 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Gidsel 9	(17–14)	Magnússon 8
	1× 4×	Report	1× 6×

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22 January 2022 15:30	Montenegro	30–34	Netherlands	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 11,360 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Čepić, B. Vujović 6	(16–18)	Smits 9
	3×	Report	5×

22 January 2022 18:00	France	21–29	Iceland	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 11,394 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	three players 5	(10–17)	Magnússon 10
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

22 January 2022 20:30	Denmark	27–25	Croatia	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 11,412 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	M. Hansen 8	(12–11)	Marić 8
	1×	Report	2× 4×

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24 January 2022 15:30	Iceland	22–23	Croatia	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 4,522 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Thorkelsson 6	(12–10)	Lučin 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

24 January 2022 18:00	Denmark	35–23	Netherlands	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 4,557 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Gidsel 9	(21–12)	Baijens 6
	1× 1×	Report	3×

24 January 2022 20:30	Montenegro	27–36	France	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 4,582 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	M. Vujović 7	(12–16)	Mem 7
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

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26 January 2022 15:30	Montenegro	24–34	Iceland	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	M. Vujović 11	(8–17)	Magnússon 11
	4×	Report	1× 2×

26 January 2022 18:00	Netherlands	28–28	Croatia	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 5,275 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Steins 6	(15–13)	Martinović 12
	3×	Report	1× 3× 1×

26 January 2022 20:30	Denmark	29–30	France	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 5,315 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Kirkeløkke 10	(17–12)	Descat, Mem 8
	3×	Report	4× 1×

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	138	130	+8	8[a]	Semifinals
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	134	117	+17	8[a]
3	Norway	5	3	0	2	142	124	+18	6	Fifth place game
4	Germany	5	2	0	3	127	134	−7	4
5	Russia	5	1	1	3	129	136	−7	3
6	Poland	5	0	1	4	128	157	−29	1

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.
Notes:

1. Spain 32–28 Sweden

20 January 2022 15:30	Russia	23–29	Sweden	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,667 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Ermakov 5	(13–16)	Wanne 9
	1× 3×	Report	1×

20 January 2022 18:00	Germany	23–29	Spain	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,683 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Golla, Zieker 4	(12–14)	Maqueda 6
	1×	Report

20 January 2022 20:30	Poland	31–42	Norway	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,682 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Moryto 10	(15–21)	Barthold 10
	1× 3×	Report	1× 6×

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21 January 2022 15:30	Russia	25–26	Spain	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 2,021 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Santalov 6	(11–12)	Casado 7
	1×	Report

21 January 2022 18:00	Poland	18–28	Sweden	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 2,021 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Krajewski, Moryto 5	(6–14)	three players 4
	3×	Report	1× 2×

21 January 2022 20:30	Germany	23–28	Norway	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 2,021 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Golla 4	(12–14)	Toft 7
	1× 2×	Report	3×

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23 January 2022 15:30	Poland	29–29	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,984 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Sićko 8	(13–12)	Kosorotov 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 5× 1×

23 January 2022 18:00	Germany	21–25	Sweden	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,992 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Köster 4	(10–12)	Wanne 6
	2×	Report	2×

23 January 2022 20:30	Spain	23–27	Norway	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,992 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Maqueda 6	(11–14)	Barthold 6
	2×	Report	6× 1×

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25 January 2022 15:30	Poland	27–28	Spain	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,432 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Moryto 6	(13–14)	three players 4
	2× 1×	Report	1×

25 January 2022 18:00	Germany	30–29	Russia	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,443 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	three players 5	(16–12)	Kosorotov 8
	1× 2×	Report	3×

25 January 2022 20:30	Sweden	24–23	Norway	Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,448 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Chrintz 6	(9–14)	Reinkind 6
	3×	Report	4×

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 January
	France	33
					30 January
	Sweden	34
					Sweden	27
	28 January
					Spain	26
	Spain	29
	Denmark	25
					Third place
					30 January
					France	32
					Denmark (ET)	35

Fifth place game

28 January 2022 15:30	Iceland	33–34 (ET)	Norway	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 7,165 Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	Magnússon 10	(12–16)	Sagosen 8
	2× 4×	Report	4× 1×
	FT: 27–27 ET: 6–7

Semifinals

28 January 2022 18:15	Spain	29–25	Denmark	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 7,286 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Gómez 11	(13–14)	M. Hansen 8
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

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28 January 2022 20:45	France	33–34	Sweden	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 7,306 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Descat, Minne 8	(14–17)	Gottfridsson 9
	1× 3× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Third place game

30 January 2022 15:30	France	32–35 (ET)	Denmark	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 10,021 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Mahé 8	(14–13)	Holm 10
	1× 4×	Report	2×
	FT: 29–29 ET: 3–6

Final

30 January 2022 18:15	Sweden	27–26	Spain	MVM Dome, Budapest Attendance: 14,238 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Bergendahl, Ekberg 5	(12–13)	Figueras, Gómez 6
	2× 3×	Report	4×

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The teams ranked fourth in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches are ranked 19 to 24, while teams ranked third in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches are ranked 13 to 18 according to the number of points won in the preliminary round. Places seven and eight are 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 five and six will be decided by a play-off, and the top four places by knock-out.

Rank[14]	Team	Qualification
		WC	EC
	Sweden	Q	Q
	Spain	Q
	Denmark	Q
4	France	Q
5	Norway
6	Iceland	q2
7	Germany		Q
8	Croatia
9	Russia
10	Netherlands
11	Montenegro
12	Poland	Q
13	Czech Republic	q2
14	Serbia
15	Hungary
16	Slovenia	q1
17	Belarus
18	Slovakia
19	Portugal
20	Austria
21	Lithuania
22	North Macedonia
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina
24	Ukraine

Entry stages

Q	Qualified directly to a main tournament
q2	Enters part 2 of qualification phase 2 (applied only for 2023 World Championship)
q1	Enters part 1 of qualification phase 2 (applied only for 2023 World Championship)

Method of qualification

	Qualified for the phase indicated based on this tournament
	Qualified for the tournament as a host nation
	Qualified for the World Championship as defending title holder
	Qualified for the 2023 World Championship as co-Host

All-Star team

The all-star team and MVP were announced on 30 January 2022.^[15]

Position	Player
Most valuable player	Jim Gottfridsson
Best defender	Oscar Bergendahl
Goalkeeper	Viktor Gísli Hallgrímsson
Right wing	Aleix Gómez
Right back	Mathias Gidsel
Centre back	Luc Steins
Left back	Mikkel Hansen
Left wing	Miloš Vujović
Pivot	Johannes Golla

Statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Name Goals Shots % 1 Ómar Ingi Magnússon 59 80 74 2 Mikkel Hansen 48 69 70 3 Arkadiusz Moryto 47 62 76 4 Kay Smits 45 62 73 Hampus Wanne 56 80 6 Hugo Descat 44 58 76 7 Sander Sagosen 43 71 61 8 Sebastian Barthold 42 54 78 9 Aleix Gómez 41 54 76 Miloš Vujović 57 72 Source:[16]

Top goalkeepers Rank Name % Saves Shots 1 Kevin Møller 40 42 104 2 Milan Bomastar 39 9 23 3 Vladimir Cupara 34 24 70 Viktor Kireyev 73 216 Tomáš Mrkva 36 106 6 Niklas Landin Jacobsen 33 76 232 Nikola Mitrevski 16 48 8 Torbjørn Bergerud 32 36 111 Vincent Gérard 79 248 Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas 60 186 Ilya Usik 16 50 Source:[16]