New schedule announced for Men's EHF EURO 2020

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European Handball Federation extends schedule for Men’s EHF EURO 2020 to 18 days; final weekend in Stockholm football arena to be played over three days

The European Handball Federation has extended the schedule of the Men’s EHF EURO 2020 from 17 to 18 days, with the tournament now set to start already on 9 January. In a historic first, the EHF has also confirmed that the matches for third and fifth places will be played on 25 January, the final weekend's Saturday.

The Men’s EHF EURO 2020, the first to be played with 24 teams, in Sweden, Austria and Norway will take place from 9 to 26 January 2020. The championship had originally been scheduled to start on 10 January 2020.

Furthermore, the EHF has confirmed that for the first time in EHF EURO history, the match for third place and the final will be played separately from each other, with the bronze medal match to be played on Saturday, 25 January 2020, and Sunday, 26 January, being exclusively reserved for the final. Additionally, in the new schedule, the 5/6 placement match will be moved from Friday, 24 January ahead of the semi-finals, to Saturday, 25 January, when it will take place ahead of the match for third place.

The heart of the final weekend will be Stockholm’s Tele2 Arena, a 20,000+ capacity stadium. EHF EURO 2020 marks the first time that the championship’s final weekend is played in a football stadium.

The impact of the new playing schedule is not limited to the final weekend though. With the first matches being played on 9 January and a subsequent re-scheduling of the preliminary round, there are no more parallel matches in two venues in one nation on the same day. The new schedule makes it possible that the fans can watch all matches within each host country in the playing halls.

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