2022 European Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Hungary Slovakia |
Venue(s) | 5 |
Dates | 13–30 January |
Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 664 (55.33 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Kay Smits (11 goals) |
The 2022 EHF European Men's Handball Championship is the 15th edition of the tournament and the second to feature 24 national teams. It is co-hosted in two countries – Hungary and Slovakia – from 13 to 30 January 2022.
The games in Hungary will be played with full capacity, while the games in Slovakia will be capped at 25% capacity, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Bid process
Bidding timeline
The bidding timeline is as follows:[2]
- 1 May 2017: Bidding nations to provide official expression of interest in the hosting of the tournament
- 1 July 2017: Bidding manuals sent to all bidding federations
- 1 November 2017: Deadline for completed bidding and application documentation to be provided to the EHF office
- 15 December 2017: Applications to be approved at the EHF executive committee in Hamburg
- 20 June 2018: appointment of host(s) of EHF Euro 2022 at the 14th ordinary EHF Congress in Glasgow, Scotland
Bids
On 4 May 2017 it was announced that the following nations had sent in an official expression of interest:[3]
- Belgium, Spain & France
- Czech Republic, Hungary & Slovakia
- Denmark, Germany & Switzerland
- Macedonia
- 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[4]
- 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.
Country | |
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Votes | |
Hungary & Slovakia | 32 |
Belgium, Spain & France | 14 |
Denmark & Switzerland | – |
Total | 46 |
Denmark and Switzerland withdrew their bid shortly before the vote.
Venues
Following is a list of all venues and host cities which will be used.
Hungary | Slovakia | ||||
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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 | |
Slovakia (in orange) is north of Hungary (in green). |
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
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.[6]
Draw
The draw took place in Budapest on 6 May 2021.[7][8]
Seeding
The seedings were announced on 3 May 2021.[9] 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 |
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Referees
The referee pairs were selected on 10 September 2021.[10] Two more pairs were selected on 10 January 2022.[11]
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Squads
Each team consists of up to 20 players, of whom 16 may be fielded for each match.[12]
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC).[13]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 2 | Main round |
2 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 2 | |
3 | Montenegro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 2 | |
4 | North Macedonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 0 |
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: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT) |
Dolenec 5 | (13–10) | C. Kuzmanoski 8 | ||
1× 6× 1× | Report | 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 | 1× 5× |
15 January 2022 18:00 |
North Macedonia | 24–28 | Montenegro | Főnix Hall, Debrecen Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU) |
Velkovski 6 | (16–17) | Anđelić, M. Vujović 6 | ||
1× 2× | Report | 3× 5× |
15 January 2022 20:30 |
Slovenia | v | Denmark | Főnix Hall, Debrecen Referees: Marín, García (ESP) |
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17 January 2022 18:00 |
Montenegro | v | Slovenia | Főnix Hall, Debrecen |
Report | ||||
17 January 2022 20:30 |
North Macedonia | v | Denmark | Főnix Hall, Debrecen |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Iceland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 2 | Main round |
2 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 2 | |
3 | Hungary (H) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 0 | |
4 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 0 |
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× |
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× |
16 January 2022 18:00 |
Portugal | v | Hungary | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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16 January 2022 20:30 |
Iceland | v | Netherlands | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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18 January 2022 18:00 |
Iceland | v | Hungary | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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18 January 2022 20:30 |
Netherlands | v | Portugal | MVM Dome, Budapest |
Report | ||||
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 4 | Main round |
2 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 2 | |
3 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 0 | |
4 | Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 0 |
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 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: 7,783 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
Čupić 6 | (11–13) | Descat 7 | ||
2× 3× 1× | Report | 2× 1× |
15 January 2022 18:00 |
France | 36–23 | Ukraine | Pick Aréna, Szeged Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK) |
Nahi 5 | (17–11) | Horiha 7 | ||
1× 4× | Report | 2× 3× 1× |
15 January 2022 20:30 |
Croatia | v | Serbia | Pick Aréna, Szeged Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER) |
Report | ||||
17 January 2022 18:00 |
Ukraine | v | Croatia | Pick Aréna, Szeged |
Report | ||||
17 January 2022 20:30 |
France | v | Serbia | Pick Aréna, Szeged |
Report | ||||
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 2 | Main round |
2 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 2 | |
3 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 0 | |
4 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 0 |
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× |
16 January 2022 18:00 |
Germany | v | Austria | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
Report | ||||
16 January 2022 20:30 |
Belarus | v | Poland | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
Report | ||||
18 January 2022 18:00 |
Poland | v | Germany | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
Report | ||||
18 January 2022 20:30 |
Belarus | v | Austria | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
Report | ||||
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 2 | Main round |
2 | Czech Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 2 | |
3 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 2 | |
4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 0 |
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 |
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× |
15 January 2022 18:00 |
Czech Republic | 27–19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA) |
Klíma 8 | (12–9) | Hamidović 5 | ||
1× 4× | Report | 1× 5× |
15 January 2022 20:30 |
Spain | v | Sweden | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI) |
Report | ||||
17 January 2022 18:00 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | v | Spain | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
Report | ||||
17 January 2022 20:30 |
Czech Republic | v | Sweden | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
Report | ||||
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 2 | Main round |
2 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 2 | |
3 | Slovakia (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 2 | |
4 | Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 0 |
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× |
15 January 2022 18:00 |
Slovakia | 31–26 | Lithuania | Steel Aréna, Košice Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Urban 7 | (15–8) | Malašinskas 8 | ||
1× 8× 1× | Report | 4× |
15 January 2022 20:30 |
Norway | v | Russia | Steel Aréna, Košice Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE) |
Report | ||||
17 January 2022 18:00 |
Slovakia | v | Russia | Steel Aréna, Košice |
Report | ||||
17 January 2022 20:30 |
Lithuania | v | Norway | Steel Aréna, Košice |
Report | ||||
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 |
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1 | A1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semifinals |
2 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fifth place game |
4 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 January 2022 | A1 | v | B1 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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20 January 2022 | A2 | v | C2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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20 January 2022 | C1 | v | B2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
Report | ||||
22 January 2022 | A2 | v | B2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
Report | ||||
22 January 2022 | A1 | v | C2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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22 January 2022 | C1 | v | B1 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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24 January 2022 | B1 | v | C2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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24 January 2022 | A2 | v | C1 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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24 January 2022 | A1 | v | B2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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26 January 2022 | B2 | v | C2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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26 January 2022 | A2 | v | B1 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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26 January 2022 | A1 | v | C1 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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Group II
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semifinals |
2 | E1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | F1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fifth place game |
4 | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | E2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | F2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 January 2022 | D1 | v | E1 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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20 January 2022 | D2 | v | F2 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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20 January 2022 | F1 | v | E2 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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21 January 2022 | D2 | v | E2 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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21 January 2022 | D1 | v | F2 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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21 January 2022 | F1 | v | E1 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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23 January 2022 | E1 | v | F2 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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23 January 2022 | D2 | v | F1 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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23 January 2022 | D1 | v | E2 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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25 January 2022 | E2 | v | F2 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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25 January 2022 | D2 | v | E1 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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25 January 2022 | D1 | v | F1 | Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
28 January | ||||||
I1 | ||||||
30 January | ||||||
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I2 | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
30 January | ||||||
Semifinals
28 January 2022 18:00 |
I1 | v | II2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
Report | ||||
28 January 2022 20:30 |
II1 | v | I2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
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Fifth place game
28 January 2022 15:30 |
I3 | v | II3 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
Report | ||||
Third place game
30 January 2022 15:30 |
LSF1 | v | LSF2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
Report | ||||
Final
30 January 2022 18:00 |
WSF1 | v | WSF2 | MVM Dome, Budapest |
Report | ||||
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
The teams ranked fourth in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 18 to 24, while teams ranked third in each group after the completion of the preliminary round matches will be ranked 13 to 18 according to the number of points won in the preliminary round. Places seven and eight will be 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 one to six will be decided by play–off or knock–out.
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Qualified for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship |
References
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External links
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