2022 World and European Wheelchair Handball Championship

2022 World and European Wheelchair Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18 – 20 November 2022
Teams	9 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (1st title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	India
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	492 (19.68 per match)

The 2022 World and European Wheelchair Handball Championship was a wheelchair handball tournament held in Leiria, Portugal from 18 to 20 November 2022.

The competition featured nine teams, i.e., the host, two from Asia and six from Europe. The competition was played with mixed teams, i.e., each team must have at least three female players, while at least one female player per team must be on the court at any time. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Qualification

Event	Vacancies	Qualified
IHF Executive Committee Meeting	1	Portugal
Asia	2	India   Pakistan
Europe	6	Croatia   Hungary   Netherlands   Norway   Romania   Spain

Disqualification of Pakistan

Because Pakistan entered the competition only with nine players (two women) instead of twelve players (three women) they were disqualified by the tournament management. They are allowed to play their games, but all games were counted as 0–10 losses and 0–2 points for the opponent. ^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	4	3	0	1	36	23	+13	6 [a]	Semi-finals
2	Spain	4	3	0	1	50	32	+18	6 [a]	Quarter-finals
3	Croatia	4	2	1	1	40	30	+10	5
4	Hungary	4	1	1	2	29	30	−1	3	Consolation round
5	Pakistan	4	0	0	4	0	40	−40	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. Norway 12–10 Spain

18 November 2022 9:00	Croatia	11–7	Norway	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 50 Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
	Štimac 8	(7–5)	Strand 4
	1×	Report	2×

18 November 2022 11:00	Hungary	9–15	Spain	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 100 Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Domonkos 3	(4–9)	Garcia 8
	3×	Report	2×

18 November 2022 13:00	Norway	10–0	Pakistan	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 50 Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
	Hoel & Lunde 4	(12–2)	Naveed 6
		Report
	FT: 20–11

18 November 2022 15:00	Spain	15–11	Croatia	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 100 Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
	Gonzalez 7	Report	Štimac
			5×

18 November 2022 17:00	Pakistan	0–10	Hungary	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Naveed 4	(2–10)	Tapai 4
	1×	Report	1×
	FT: 5–15

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19 November 2022 9:00	Norway	12–10	Spain	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 300 Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
	Gran 4	(8–6)	Perales 5
	1× 3×	Report	1×

19 November 2022 11:00	Hungary	8–8	Croatia	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 100 Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Jancso 3	(4–5)	Štimac 4
	1× 2×	Report	1×

19 November 2022 13:00	Pakistan	0–10	Spain	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Naveed 7	(6–8)	Garcia 11
	1×	Report
	FT: 11–23

19 November 2022 14:15	Hungary	2–7	Norway	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
	Bihari & Csala 1	(1–4)	Strand 4
		Report	1×

19 November 2022 16:00	Croatia	10–0	Pakistan	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
	Pesic 11	(9–3)	Pervaiz & Ullah 2
	1×	Report	2×
	FT: 17–5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	3	0	0	59	33	+26	6	Semi-finals
2	India	3	2	0	1	30	29	+1	4	Quarter-finals
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	30	38	−8	2
4	Romania	3	0	0	3	25	44	−19	0	Consolation round

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

18 November 2022 10:00	Portugal	20–10	Netherlands	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 200 Referees: Duspara, Rogic (CRO)
	Gomes 7	(9–3)	Van den Ende 7
		Report	4×

18 November 2022 12:00	India	9–5	Romania	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 100 Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
	Choudhari 6	(5–2)	Punga & Albu 2
	1×	Report	1×

18 November 2022 14:00	Romania	10–21	Portugal	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 250 Referees: Duspara, Rogic (CRO)
	Punga & Albu 4	(7–11)	Jeronmino 7
	2×	Report	1×

18 November 2022 16:00	Netherlands	6–8	India	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 200 Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
	Van den Ende 3	(5–4)	Choudhari 4
	2× 1×	Report

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19 November 2022 10:00	Netherlands	14–10	Romania	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 50 Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
	Schot 6	(6–7)	Punga 5
	1×	Report	1× 2×

19 November 2022 12:00	Portugal	18–13	India	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 300 Referees: Duspara, Rogic (CRO)
	Queiros 7	(11–4)	Choudhari 9
	1×	Report	1×

Consolation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	2	2	0	0	21	10	+11	4	7th place
2	Romania	2	1	0	1	20	11	+9	2	8th place
3	Pakistan	2	0	0	2	0	20	−20	0	9th place

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 November 2022 9:00	Hungary	11–10	Romania	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 100 Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
	Csala 4	(2–7)	Punga & Albu 5
		Report	2×

20 November 2022 12:00	Hungary	10–0	Pakistan	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 50 Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
	Tapai & Lelik 3	(10–0)	Naveed 3
		Report
	FT: 15–5

20 November 2022 15:00	Romania	10–0	Pakistan	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Referees: Dospara, Rogic (CRO)
	Punga 6	(12–3)	Pervaiz 3
	1×	Report	1×
	FT: 18–7

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Norway

5

A2

Spain

18

B3

Netherlands

11

B3

Netherlands

20

B3

Netherlands

10

B1

Portugal

18

B1

Portugal

23

B2

India

13

B2

India

11

A3

Croatia

11

Fifth place

Third place

A2

Spain

14

A1

Norway

15

A3

Croatia

13

B2

India

14

Quarter-finals

19 November 2022 19:00	Spain	18–20	Netherlands	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 400 Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
	Perales 6	(3–7)	Appelman 9
		Report	1×
	FT: 17–17  Pen: 1–3

19 November 2022 20:15	India	13–11	Croatia	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 150 Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
	Shanmugam 6	(4–4)	Štimac 11
	5×	Report	1× 1×
	FT: 10–10  Pen: 3–1

Semi-finals

20 November 2022 10:00	Norway	5–11	Netherlands	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 100 Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Veda 3	(1–3)	Appelman 6
	1×	Report	1×

20 November 2022 12:00	Portugal	23–11	India	Pavilhão do Lis, Leiria Attendance: 500 Referees: Asztalos, Matic (HUN)
	Queiros 10	(10–3)	Shanmugam 4
		Report

Fifth place game

20 November 2022 13:00	Spain	14–13	Croatia	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 100 Referees: Begovic, Bubalo (AUT)
	Gomar 7	(4–6)	Štimac 6
	1×	Report	2×

Third place game

20 November 2022 16:15	Norway	15–14	India	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 500 Referees: Cacador, Santos (PRT)
	Veda 5	(2–8)	Choudhari 8
	2×	Report	1×
	FT: 11–11  Pen: 4–3

Final

20 November 2022 18:00	Netherlands	10–18	Portugal	Pavilhão Desportivo dos Pousos, Leiria Attendance: 500 Referees: Lahache, Soubrie (FRA)
	Van den Ende 6	(7–9)	Queiros 9
	3×	Report	1×

Final ranking

World Championship Rank Team   Portugal   Netherlands   Norway 4   India 5   Spain 6   Croatia 7   Hungary 8   Romania DSQ   Pakistan

European Championship Rank Team   Portugal   Netherlands   Norway 4   Spain 5   Croatia 6   Hungary 7   Romania

References

1. Harris, Joanne (31 October 2022). "Nine teams to play in first six-a-side wheelchair handball championship". European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
2. "El balonmano en silla de ruedas se expande y espera brillar en el mundial". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
3. "Sete leirienses chamados para o mundial e europeu de andebol em cadeira de rodas". Região de Leiria (in Portuguese). 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
4. "Astrid doet mee aan WK rolstoelhandbal. 'Pijn heb ik elke dag. Ook als ik sport. Maar ik krijg daar wel veel energie van'". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). 13 November 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
5. "Portugal, Spain and India record flawless start at the World & Europe Wheelchair Handball Championship (six-a-side)". International Handball Federation. 18 November 2022. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.

Website

Official website