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2022 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2022 European Handball Federation, 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. For the matches in Slovakia the spectator capacity was only 25% due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Hungary the capacity was 100%. Bidding process Bids On 4 May 2017 it was announced that the following nations had sent in an official expression of interest: * Belgium, Spain & France * Czech Republic, Hungary & Slovakia * Denmark, Germany & Switzerland * North Macedonia, Macedonia (potentially with ) * 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 & Slovak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ómar Ingi Magnússon
Ómar Ingi Magnússon (born 12 March 1997) is an Icelandic handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Icelandic national handball team. In both 2021 and 2022, he was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year. Club career In summer 2014 he switched over to Valur where he was supposed to be a part of the youth setup. He soon started to break through to the first team and earned a squad role, at age 17. He played there until 2016 when he transferred to the Danish club Aarhus Håndbold after an impressive season in Iceland where he was chosen young player of the year. At the beginning of the 2018/19 season in Denmark he transferred to league rivals Aalborg Håndbold, joining fellow nationals Janus Daði Smárason, Arnór Atlason and coach Aron Kristjánsson. With Aalborg he won the Danish Cup competition in 2018 and the Danish championship in 2019 and 2020. For the 2020/21 season he moved to the German Bundesliga club SC Magdeburg. With Magdeburg he won the EHF European Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian exclave, semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.89 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians who are the titular nation and form the majority of the country's population, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian. For millennia, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united for the first time by Mindaugas, who formed the Kingdom of Lithuania on 6 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pick Aréna 3
Pick may refer to: Places * Pick City, North Dakota, a town in the United States * Pick Lake (Cochrane District, Ontario), a lake in Canada * Pick Lake (Thunder Bay District), a lake in Canada * Pick Mere, a lake in Pickmere, England People with the name * Pick (surname), a list of people with this name * nickname of Percy Charles Pickard (1915–1944), British Royal Air Force pilot * Pick Temple (1911–1991), American folk singer and children's television star * Pick Withers (born 1948), drummer for the English rock band Dire Straits Arts, entertainment, and media * Plectrum or pick, a device for strumming a stringed instrument :*Guitar pick, specific to guitars and similar instruments * The Picks, a vocal quartet which backed Buddy Holly and the Crickets in 1957 * Pick (TV channel), a British television channel * "The Pick", an episode of the television show ''Seinfeld'' * Odds and evens or pick, a hand game * Pick (film), short drama film, directed by Alicia K. Harris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Főnix Aréna (Debrecen)
Főnix Arena (until 2021 Főnix Hall, ''Főnix Csarnok'') is a multi-purpose arena in Debrecen, Hungary. The arena holds 8,500 people and opened in 2002. It hosted the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The arena was named after the Phoenix, a mythical firebird which is the symbol of Debrecen. Főnix Aréna is the third largest arena in Hungary, and the largest outside Budapest. Background Főnix Hall is located in Debrecen, which is the second largest city of Hungary, in a pleasant environment: close to the Nagyerdő area, near Road 4, along the thoroughfare to Košice called Kassai út. Entering the building through the main entrance, one immediately find itself in the arena space. Along one of the longitudinal sides of the amphitheater, there are locker rooms and service facilities for the athletes, while the other side is actually a multifunctional area that can be freely divided with the help of relocatable partition walls. In the city, the demand had long been in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel Aréna
Steel Arena – Ladislav Troják Stadium in Košice ( Slovak: ''Steel aréna – Košický štadión L. Trojáka'') is the home arena of the ice hockey club HC Košice. Its capacity is 8,343. The arena opened on February 24, 2006, and was named in honor of the general sponsor of the club, U. S. Steel Košice (a member of the United States Steel Corporation) and also in honor of Ladislav Troják, a Košice-born hockey player who was the first Slovak to win the World Championship with the Czechoslovakia national team. Notable events Sport An overview of some sport events: ;2007 *2007 The nine-pin bowling World Championships ;2008 *2008 European Junior Wrestling Championships ;2009 *2009 World Championship in Bodybuilding ;2011 *2011 IIHF World Championship ;2019 *2019 IIHF World Championship * 2019 ISBHF Ball Hockey World Championship ;2021 *2021 JGP Slovakia ;2022 *2022 European Men's Handball Championship *2029 IIHF World Championship Music Transport Steel Arena is lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondrej Nepela Arena
Ondrej is a Slovak male given name, equivalent to Andrew. Notable people with the name include: * Ondrej Duda (born 1994), Slovak football player * Ondrej Otčenáš (born 1987), Slovak ice hockey player * Ondrej Nepela (1951–1989), Slovak figure skater ** Ondrej Nepela Arena * Ondrej Janík (born 1990), Slovak ice hockey player * Ondrej Zošiak (born 1990), Slovak ice hockey defenceman See also *Ondřej Ondřej () is a Czech name, Czech given name, equivalent to Andrew, Andreas etc. Notable people with the name include: Sports *Ondřej Bank (born 1980), Czech alpine skier *Ondřej Buchtela (1999–2020), Czech ice hockey player *Ondřej Čelůstk ..., the Czech version of the same name, but is pronounced with a soft "ř" {{given name Slovak masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pick Aréna
Pick Aréna is an indoor sporting arena located in Szeged, Hungary. It is primarily used as a venue for handball, with the first match taking place between SC Pick Szeged and German team THW Kiel in the EHF Champions League, which Szeged won 30–26. The arena hosted six matches as a venue for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship The 2022 European Handball Federation, 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 Janua .... See also * List of indoor arenas in Hungary References External links * Handball venues in Hungary Buildings and structures in Szeged 2021 establishments in Hungary 2021 in Hungarian sport Sports venues completed in 2021 SC Pick Szeged {{Hungary-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MVM Dome
The MVM Dome, sometimes known as the Budapest Handball Sports Hall (Hungarian: ''Budapesti Kézilabda Sportcsarnok'') and formally known as ''Budapest Multifunctional Arena'', named after MVM Group, is Europe's largest handball arena located in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Opened in December 2021, it hosted the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship. It will host the 2027 World Women's Handball Championship, and the Final Four of the Women's EHF Champions League from 2022 onwards. History In June 2018, when Hungary and Slovakia were awarded the right to host the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship, László Papp Budapest Sports Arena The László Papp Budapest Sports Arena (), also known as Budapest Sports Arena or locally just Arena, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Budapest, Hungary. It is the second biggest sports complex in the country after MVM Dome, which is also in t ... was still the chosen venue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Košice
Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital Bratislava. Being the economic and cultural centre of eastern Slovakia, Košice is the seat of the Košice Region and Košice Self-governing Region, it belongs to the :sk:Košicko-prešovská aglomerácia, Košice-Prešov agglomeration, and is home to the Constitutional Court of Slovakia, Slovak Constitutional Court, three universities, various dioceses, and many museums, galleries, and theatres. In 2013, Košice was the European Capital of Culture, together with Marseille, France. Košice is an important industrial centre of Slovakia, and the U. S. Steel Košice, s.r.o., U.S. Steel Košice steel mill is the largest employer in the city. The town has extensive railway connections and an Košice Internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, some sources estimate daily number of people moving around the city based on mobile phone SIM cards is more than 570,000. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia at the foot of the Little Carpathians, occupying both banks of the Danube and the left bank of the Morava (river), River Morava. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital to border two sovereign states. The city's history has been influenced by people of many nations and religions, including Austrians, Bulgarians, Croats, Czechs, Germans, Hungarian people, Hungarians, Jews and Slovaks. It was the coronation site and legislative center and capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1536 to 1783; elev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
