Men’s European Handball Championship 2022 Hungary and Slovakia co-host the tournament, featuring 65 matches at five venues over three weeks Aleix Gomez Abello All Star right-wing at Tokyo Olympics for Spain Spain aiming to become second team to clinch three successive titles after Sweden (1998-2002) PRELIMINARY ROUND January 13-18 Top two in each group qualify for Main Round A Debrecen Slovenia Denmark N. Macedonia Montenegro B Budapest Portugal Hungary Iceland Netherlands C Szeged Croatia Serbia France Ukraine D Bratislava Germany Austria Belarus Poland E Bratislava Spain Sweden Czech Rep. Bosnia F Kosice Norway Russia Slovakia Lithuania MAIN ROUND: Top two in each group qualify for semi-finals I Budapest Jan 20 C1 - B2 A2 - C2 A1 - B1 Jan 22 C1 - B1 A1 - C2 A2 - B2 Jan 24 A1 - B2 A2 - C1 B1 - C2 Jan 26 A1 - C1 A2 - B1 B2 - C2 II Bratislava Jan 20 F1 - E2 D2 - F2 D1 - E1 Jan 21 F1 - E1 D1 - F2 D2 - E2 Jan 23 D1 - E2 D2 - F1 E1 - F2 Jan 25 D1 - F1 D2 - E1 E2 - F2 FIFTH-PLACE PLAY-OFF Budapest Jan 28 3rd place I - 3rd place II THIRD-PLACE PLAY-OFF Budapest Jan 30 Loser SF1 - Loser SF2 SEMI-FINALS Budapest Jan 28 Winner I - Runner-up II Winner II - Runner-up I FINAL Budapest Jan 30 Winner SF1 - Winner SF2 Source: EHF Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS