The 2022 IBSA Goalball European Championships – Division B will begin one month from today at the Centro de Desportos e Congressos in Matosinhos, Portugal.

In the period between November 14th and the 19th, 17 national teams (men and women) will play for the promotion to Division A in the same venue where, less than a month after, will take place the 2022 IBSA Goalball World Championships.

The draw was already settled and the calendar is as follows (CET):

Men
Group A
Portugal
Bulgaria
Finland
Poland
Denmark
Group B
Greece
Spain
Great Britain
Sweden
Israel

Women
Portugal
Hungary
Finland
Greece
Italy
Ukraine
Spain

November 14th
Hall 1
Opening ceremony – 6.30pm
Men
Portugal vs Bulgaria – 8pm
Women
Portugal vs Italy – 9.15pm

November 15th
Hall 1
Men
Finland vs Poland – 10am
Greece vs Spain – 11.10am
Great Britain vs Sweden – 12.20pm
Portugal vs Finland – 1.30pm
Israel vs Spain – 2.40pm
Denmark vs Bulgaria – 3.50pm
Hall 2
Women
Hungary vs Finland – 10am
Greece vs Italy – 11.10am
Ukraine vs Spain – 12.20pm
Portugal vs Ukraine – 2.40pm
Finland vs Italy – 3.50pm
Spain vs Hungary – 5pm

November 16th
Hall 1
Men
Sweden vs Greece – 10am
Bulgaria vs Poland – 11.10am
Denmark vs Portugal – 12.20pm
Spain vs Great Britain – 1.30pm
Israel vs Greece – 2.40pm
Finland vs Denmark – 3.50pm
Hall 2
Women
Portugal vs Spain – 10am
Finland vs Greece – 11.10am
Italy vs Hungary – 12.20pm
Ukraine vs Finland – 2.40pm
Spain vs Greece – 3.50pm

November 17th
Hall 1
Men
Sweden vs Israel – 10am
Greece vs Great Britain – 11.10am
Bulgaria vs Finland – 12.20pm
Poland vs Denmark – 1.30pm
Spain vs Sweden – 2.40pm
Great Britain vs Israel – 3.50pm
Poland vs Portugal – 5pm
Hall 2
Women
Hungary vs Portugal – 10am
Spain vs Finland – 11.10am
Greece vs Ukraine – 12.20pm
Finland vs Portugal – 2.40pm
Italy vs Ukraine – 3.50pm
Hungary vs Greece – 5pm

November 18th
Hall 1
Men
Quarter-final: 1A vs 4B (1) – 10am
Quarter-final: 2B vs 3A (2) – 11.15am
Quarter-final: 1B vs 4A (3) – 12.30pm
Quarter-final: 1A vs 4B (4) – 1.45pm
Semi-final: W1 vs W2 – 4.15pm
Semi-final: W3 vs W4 – 5.30pm
Hall 2
Women
Italy vs Spain – 10am
Ukraine vs Hungary – 11.15am
Greece vs Portugal – 12.30pm
Semi-final: 2nd vs 3rd – 3pm
Semi-final: 1st vs 4th – 4.15pm

November 19th
Hall 1
Men (5th to 8th)
L1 vs L3 – 10am
L2 vs L4 – 11.15am
Bronze game – 1.45pm
FINAL – 6pm
Women
Bronze Game – 12.30pm
FINAL – 4pm
Closing ceremony – 7.30pm
Hall 2
Men
9th and 10th – 10am
5th and 6th – 1.45pm
7th and 8th – 3pm
Women
5th and 6th – 11.15am

All the matches (Hall 1 and 2) will be live streamed on the IBSA YouTube channel. Stay tuned!