2013 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

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The European qualification for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship, in Spain, was played over two rounds. The 2013 hosts Spain, the 2011 holders France and the 3 best teams from the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship, Denmark, Serbia and Croatia were qualified automatically for the World Championship. In the first round of qualification, 21 teams who were not participating at the European Championship were split into seven groups. The group winners and the remaining 11 teams from the European Championship played a playoff afterwards to determine the other nine qualifiers.[1]

Group stage[]

The draw was held on July 3, 2011 at 12:00 at Brno, Czech Republic.[2]

Group 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 4 4 0 0 148 99 +49 8 Playoffs
2  Israel 4 2 0 2 111 117 −6 4
3  Great Britain 4 0 0 4 92 135 −43 0
Source:[citation needed]
2 November 2011
19:00 		Great Britain  26 – 29  Israel Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
Attendance: 400
Referees: Mata, Lopez (ESP)
Larsson 9 (14–16) 7
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6 November 2011
19:00 		Israel  29 – 20  Great Britain , Tel Aviv
Attendance: 750
Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE)
6 (13–13) Garnham 5
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5 January 2012
20:20 		Austria  37 – 22  Great Britain , Tulln
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
Santos 12 (19–8) Larsson 6
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8 January 2012
14:00 		Great Britain  24 – 40  Austria Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
Attendance: 550
Referees: Kouz, Zhoba (UKR)
Hare 6 (13–17) Weber 12
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11 January 2012
19:15 		Israel  31 – 40  Austria , Tel Aviv
Attendance: 800
Referees: Malasinskas, Grigalionis (LTU)
6 (17–19) Santos, Szilagyi 8
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14 January 2012
20:20 		Austria  31 – 22  Israel , Maria Enzersdorf
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Weber 8 (13–9) 8
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Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 4 4 0 0 121 95 +26 8 Playoffs
2  Ukraine 4 2 0 2 110 92 +18 4
3  Turkey 4 0 0 4 92 127 −35 0
Source:[citation needed]
2 November 2011
19:00 		Turkey  24 – 26  Ukraine Mersin
Attendance: 700
Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
Döne 12 (11–13) 7
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6 November 2011
17:00 		Ukraine  32 – 20  Turkey , Zaporozhye
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Sivak, Dvorsky (SVK)
6 (16–7) Döne 6
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4 January 2012
20:15 		Portugal  35 – 22  Turkey Lamego
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Pandžić, Mosorinski (SRB)
, Tavares 6 (16–14) Döne 9
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8 January 2012
19:00 		Turkey  26 – 34  Portugal Edip Buran Sport Hall, Mersin
Attendance: 700
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
6 (16–16) Tavares 11
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12 January 2012
18:00 		Ukraine  21 – 25  Portugal , Zaporozhye
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
three players 3 (7–12) 8
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15 January 2012
15:00 		Portugal  27 – 26  Ukraine , Espinho
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
7 (15–13) , Kozakevych 5
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Group 3[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Montenegro 4 4 0 0 135 118 +17 8 Playoffs
2  Latvia 4 2 0 2 126 120 +6 4
3  Belgium 4 0 0 4 117 140 −23 0
Source:[citation needed]
2 November 2011
20:15 		Belgium  29 – 36  Latvia , Kortrijk
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
6 (12–21) , 7
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5 November 2011
15:05 		Latvia  32 – 28  Belgium , Dobele
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Mäkinen, Jonsson (SWE)
Krištopāns, Pavlovičs 7 (18–13) 6
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4 January 2012
18:00 		Montenegro  35 – 27  Belgium , Cetinje
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Katsikis, Michailidis (GRE)
Rakčević 8 (18–13) 6
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7 January 2012
20:00 		Belgium  33 – 37  Montenegro , Tournai
Attendance: 800
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
10 (13–21) Mrvaljević 7
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11 January 2012
19:05 		Latvia  30 – 31  Montenegro , Dobele
Attendance: 900
Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
Pavlovičs 6 (14–17) Melić 9
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14 January 2012
18:00 		Montenegro  32 – 28  Latvia , Cetinje
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Melić 7 (15–14) four players 5
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Group 4[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 4 3 1 0 119 112 +7 7 Playoffs
2  Estonia 4 1 1 2 121 119 +2 3
3  Finland 4 1 0 3 104 113 −9 2
Source:[citation needed]
2 November 2011
19:00 		Finland  23 – 26  Netherlands Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Rutkovskis, Dzerve (LAT)
5 (9–16) 7
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5 November 2011
19:30 		Netherlands  29 – 26  Finland , Geleen
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Mykolaitis, Sniurevicius (LTU)
Konitz, Schagen 6 (11–14) , 7
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5 January 2012
20:00 		Estonia  31 – 27  Finland , Põlva
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Jaanimaa, Patrail 7 (17–18) , 7
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7 January 2012
13:30 		Finland  28 – 27  Estonia , Karis
Attendance: 750
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
12 (14–14) 5
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11 January 2012
19:30 		Netherlands  35 – 35  Estonia , Geleen
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Bernet, Wick (SUI)
Konitz 8 (19–20) Pinnonen 7
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14 January 2012
16:00 		Estonia  28 – 29  Netherlands , Põlva
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Kekes, Kekes (HUN)
Patrail 11 (13–14) Adams 9
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Group 5[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 4 2 2 0 111 100 +11 6 Playoffs
2   Switzerland 4 2 1 1 114 106 +8 5
3  Italy 4 0 1 3 104 123 −19 1
Source:[citation needed]
2 November 2011
18:00 		Italy  25 – 27   Switzerland , Brixen
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
6 (17–14) 9
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6 November 2011
15:30 		Switzerland   37 – 29  Italy BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
9 (19–14) 11
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5 January 2012
19:00 		Lithuania  34 – 25  Italy Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
three players 5 (15–9) 6
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7 January 2012
21:00 		Italy  25 – 25  Lithuania Cologne
Attendance: 900
Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
6 (14–11) 6
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12 January 2012
20:00 		Switzerland   26 – 28  Lithuania BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: San Jose, Murcia (ESP)
three players 5 (13–14) 10
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15 January 2012
19:00 		Lithuania  24 – 24   Switzerland Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
7 (12–15) 5
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Group 6[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 4 0 0 124 97 +27 8 Playoffs
2  Greece 4 2 0 2 112 94 +18 4
3  Cyprus 4 0 0 4 86 131 −45 0
Source:[citation needed]
2 November 2011
19:00 		Cyprus  20 – 38  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Nicosia
Attendance: 400
Referees: Andorka, Andorka (HUN)
5 (8–18) , Vrazalic 6
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5 November 2011
20:15 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  32 – 26  Cyprus , Goražde
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Kavulic, Skruzny (CZE)
7 (13–9) 8
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4 January 2012
19:00 		Greece  31 – 13  Cyprus , Thessaloniki
Attendance: 500
Referees: Cirligeanu, Florescu (ROU)
three players 5 (11–6) 4
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8 January 2012
17:00 		Cyprus  27 – 30  Greece , Nicosia
Attendance: 450
Referees: Maric, Masic (SRB)
10 (15–17) Tzimourtos 8
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11 January 2012
18:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  31 – 29  Greece , Goražde
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Pedersen, Mortensen (DEN)
Celica, 5 (15–17) Balomenos 8
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15 January 2012
18:00 		Greece  22 – 23  Bosnia and Herzegovina , Thessaloniki
Referees: Dobrovits, Tajok (HUN)
6 (8–8) Karačić 7
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Group 7[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus 4 3 0 1 120 99 +21 6 Playoffs
2  Romania 4 3 0 1 109 92 +17 6
3  Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 93 131 −38 0
Source:[citation needed]
2 November 2011
19:30 		Luxembourg  20 – 35  Romania , Schifflange
Attendance: 600
Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (SCO)
5 (8–17) Csepreghi, 6
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5 November 2011
15:30 		Romania  26 – 22  Luxembourg Sala Polivalentă, Piatra Neamț
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
9 (14–8) 7
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4 January 2012
19:00 		Belarus  37 – 19  Luxembourg , Mogilev
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev (AZE)
Shylovich 7 (19–10) 4
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7 January 2012
19:00 		Luxembourg  32 – 33  Belarus , Crauthem
Attendance: 600
Referees: Bol, van Eck (NED)
three players 6 (14–14) S. Rutenka 12
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11 January 2012
19:00 		Romania  25 – 22  Belarus Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,400
Referees: Buy, Pichon (FRA)
4 (12–14) S. Rutenka 6
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15 January 2012
14:30 		Belarus  28 – 23  Romania Palace of Sport, Minsk
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Hansen, Pettersen (NOR)
S. Rutenka 11 (15–12) Ghionea 5
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Playoff round[]

Seedings[]

Following the main round of the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was concluded, five of the sixteen participants earned an automatic spot for the World Championship, namely Spain (hosts), France (title holders), Croatia, Denmark and Serbia. The remaining eleven teams were split into two pots, with the 7 best ranked national teams in the first one, and the remaining four in the second one.

The drawing procedure was carried out on 29 January 2012 at the Belgrade Arena during the final day of the European Championship.[3] Games are scheduled to be played on 9–10 June and 16–17 June 2012.[4]

Pot 1
(7 best ranked teams from the 2012 European Championship) 		Pot 2
(4 lowest ranked teams from the 2012 European Championship) 		Pot 3
(teams from the qualification round)
  •  Czech Republic (drawn to pot 3)
  •  Norway (drawn to pot 3)
  •  Russia (drawn to pot 1)
  •  Slovakia (drawn to pot 1)
  • Two Teams were drawn to pot 1 and two teams were drawn to pot 3.
    Then the teams in pot 1 and 3 were drawn against each other.

Matches[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lithuania  39–50  Poland 17–24 22–26
Russia  54–49  Czech Republic 23–22 31–27
Slovenia  58–52  Portugal 31–26 27–26
Slovakia  49–50  Belarus 24–26 25–24
Macedonia  53–51  Austria 26–21 27–30
Hungary  54–52  Norway 27–21 27–31
Iceland  73–51  Netherlands 41–27 32–24
Germany  60–57  Bosnia and Herzegovina 36–24 24–33
Sweden  40–41  Montenegro 22–21 18–20

All times are local.

First leg[]

9 June 2012
15:00 		Russia  23 – 22  Czech Republic , Astrakhan
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (CRO)
5 (11–12) Horák 7
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9 June 2012
15:00 		Slovenia  31 – 26  Portugal Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Horacek, Novotny (CZE)
Dolenec 8 (11–10) Ferraz 5
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9 June 2012
15:15 		Germany  36 – 24  Bosnia and Herzegovina Porsche Arena, Stuttgart
Attendance: 6,200
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Gensheimer 8 (18–7) Vražalić 7
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9 June 2012
16:00 		Slovakia  24 – 26  Belarus Košice
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL)
three players 5 (10–12) Rutenka 9
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9 June 2012
16:30 		Macedonia  26 – 21  Austria Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Lazarov, Temelkov 5 (16–10) Santos 5
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10 June 2012
15:30 		Hungary  27 – 21  Norway Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Császár, Nagy 6 (12–10) Tvedten 6
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10 June 2012
16:15 		Sweden  22 – 21  Montenegro Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,700
Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
Ekberg 9 (12–10) Ševaljević 7
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10 June 2012
16:45 		Lithuania  17 – 24  Poland Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Malašinskas, 5 (9–12) Jurecki 7
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10 June 2012
18:30 		Iceland  41 – 27  Netherlands Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Stolarovs, Licis (LAT)
Guðjónsson 10 (17–14) 7
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Second leg[]

16 June 2012
16:00 		Czech Republic  27 – 31  Russia ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice
Attendance: 5,300
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Filip 7 (10–18) 9
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16 June 2012
17:00 		Portugal  26 – 27  Slovenia , Guimarães
Attendance: 3,600
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
, Rocha 5 (8–13) Gajić 12
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16 June 2012
18:30 		Montenegro  20 – 18  Sweden Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Dobrovits, Tajok (HUN)
Ševaljević 9 (11–9) Ekberg 5
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16 June 2012
19:10 		Norway  31 – 27  Hungary Oslo
Attendance: 5,550
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Kjelling, Myrhol 7 (14–13) five players 4
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16 June 2012
20:00 		Netherlands  24 – 32  Iceland , Geleen
Attendance: 500
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Schagen 6 (12–15) three players 5
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16 June 2012
20:25 		Austria  30 – 27  Macedonia Vienna
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Mazeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Schlinger 7 (13–14) Lazarov 8
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17 June 2012
13:30 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  33 – 24  Germany Olympic Hall Zetra, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Lopez, Ramirez (ESP)
Vražalić 9 (15–12) Christophersen 6
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17 June 2012
17:00 		Belarus  24 – 25  Slovakia Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 13,200
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Rutenka 8 (10–12) Antl 8
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17 June 2012
17:30 		Poland  26 – 22  Lithuania Spodek Arena, Katowice
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Kekes, Kekes (HUN)
Kuchczyński 5 (13–13) 5
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References[]

  1. ^ "2013 Men's World Championship in Spain – Qualification Europe Draw". eurohandball.com. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  2. ^ "2013 Men's World Championship in Spain – Qualification Europe Draw Results". eurohandball.com. 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
  3. ^ "2013 Men's World Championship Qualification Europe". European Handball Federation. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  4. ^ "2013 Men's World Championship Qualification". European Handball Federation. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.

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