2023 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

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The European qualification for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship will determine nine European contestants at the final tournament, which will join six already qualified teams: Sweden and Poland, as co-hosts, Denmark, as title holder, and three best ranked teams at 2022 European Men's Handball Championship excluding Sweden, Poland and Denmark.

Format[]

Qualification campaign is organized into two phases.

In the Phase 1, 16 teams not participating at the 2022 European Championship are split into four groups of four teams; the group winners and runners-up will advance to the second phase.

The Phase 2 is divided into two parts.

The Phase 2 part 1 comprises eight teams advanced from the first phase, joined by the best ranked team according EHF Men´s National Team Ranking List. Those nine teams will face the nine lowest-ranked teams from the 2022 European Championship which haven't qualified directly for the World Championship. The winners of nine ties (home and away matches) will proceed to the second part.

The Phase 2 part 2 comprises nine winners from the first part which will face the nine highest-ranked teams from the 2022 European Championship which haven't qualified directly for the World Championship. The winners of nine ties (home and away matches) will qualify for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Qualification phase 1[]

The draw took place on 19 August 2021.[2][3] Each group can decide if they want to play home-and away matches or play the games at a single venue.

Seeding[]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Romania
 Latvia
 Belgium
 Finland 		 Italy
 Turkey
 Israel
 Estonia 		 Luxembourg
 Greece
 Cyprus
 Georgia 		 Kosovo
 Faroe Islands
 Great Britain
 Moldova

All times are UTC+1).

Group 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 6 6 0 0 170 136 +34 12 Qualification phase 2
2  Belgium 6 2 1 3 174 186 −12 5
3  Turkey 6 2 0 4 147 163 −16 4
4  Kosovo 6 1 1 4 151 157 −6 3
Source: EHF
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.
3 November 2021
16:00 		Turkey  25–23  Kosovo , Odunpazarı
Attendance: 500
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
7 (15–14) 6
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3 November 2021
20:15 		Belgium  27–29  Greece , Hasselt
Attendance: 1,501
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
7 (12–14) 10
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7 November 2021
16:00 		Greece  24–20  Turkey Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Heraklion
Attendance: 500
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
6 (10–9) 5
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7 November 2021
17:00 		Kosovo  28–28  Belgium Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Attendance: 550
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
6 (14–12) 6
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5 January 2022
17:00 		Turkey  30–25  Belgium , Kastamonu
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Barysas, Petrušis (LTU)
6 (17–14) 9
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5 January 2022
17:00 		Kosovo  20–21  Greece Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Attendance: 500
Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
7 (9–13) , Mallios 6
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8 January 2022
20.15 		Belgium  37–28  Turkey , Hasselt
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
8 (17–13) 8
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9 January 2022
14:00 		Greece  26–25  Kosovo Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Heraklion
Attendance: 50
Referees: Jerlecki, Łabuń (POL)
Mallios 5 (14–9) 6
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12 January 2022
19:15 		Kosovo  26–24  Turkey Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Attendance: 650
Referees: Yovchev, Yonchev (BUL)
9 (13–13) 6
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13 January 2022
18:15 		Greece  42–24  Belgium Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Heraklion
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
9 (21–9) 5
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15 January 2022
20:15 		Belgium  33–29  Kosovo , Hasselt
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
8 (18–12) 8
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16 January 2022
12:00 		Turkey  20–28  Greece , Aksaray
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
, 4 (11–14) 6
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Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland (H) 3 2 1 0 102 81 +21 5 Qualification phase 2
2  Estonia 3 2 0 1 95 84 +11 4
3  Georgia 3 1 1 1 88 86 +2 3
4  Great Britain 3 0 0 3 70 104 −34 0
Source: EHF
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) Host
5 November 2021
16:00 		Finland  35–30  Estonia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 550
Referees: Šniurevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
Helander 11 (17–15) 6
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5 November 2021
19:00 		Georgia  32–26  Great Britain Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 150
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Chanturia 6 (17–9) 7
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6 November 2021
15:00 		Finland  29–29  Georgia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 600
Referees: Šniurevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
, Helander 7 (15–18) 8
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6 November 2021
18:00 		Estonia  34–22  Great Britain Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 150
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
8 (20–10) Edgar 8
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7 November 2021
14:00 		Great Britain  22–38  Finland Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 600
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Edgar 8 (10–16) three players 6
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7 November 2021
17:00 		Estonia  31–27  Georgia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 200
Referees: Šniurevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
10 (15–16) , 6
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Group 3[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania (H) 3 3 0 0 76 53 +23 6 Qualification phase 2
2  Israel 3 2 0 1 82 64 +18 4
3  Moldova 3 1 0 2 64 75 −11 2
4  Cyprus[a] 3 0 0 3 0 30 −30 0 Withdrawn
Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2022. Source: EHF
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) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ Cyprus withdrew before the tournament because of several positive COVID-19 tests inside their team. All games were forfeited with a score of 10–0 for the opposing team.[4]
7 January 2022
17:00 		Romania  33–30  Israel BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
Attendance: 900
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Grigoraș 8 (18–18) 9
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8 January 2022
14:00 		Israel  42–31  Moldova BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
Attendance: 150
Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
7 (22–13) 9
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9 January 2022
17:00 		Moldova  23–33  Romania BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
Attendance: 750
Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
8 (15–18) 5
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Cancelled Cyprus  0–10[note 2]  Moldova
Cancelled Romania  10–0[note 2]  Cyprus
Cancelled Israel  10–0[note 2]  Cyprus

Group 4[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Faroe Islands (H) 3 2 0 1 79 76 +3 4[a] Qualification phase 2
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 91 78 +13 4[a]
3  Luxembourg 3 1 1 1 89 85 +4 3
4  Latvia 3 0 1 2 72 92 −20 1
Source: EHF
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) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Faroe Islands 27–26 Italy
14 January 2022
18:00 		Latvia  23–36  Italy , Tórshavn
Attendance: 75
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
Krištopāns 5 (13–21) 7
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14 January 2022
20:30 		Luxembourg  31–26  Faroe Islands , Tórshavn
Attendance: 400
Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU)
7 (11–10) 9
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15 January 2022
18:00 		Latvia  30–30  Luxembourg , Tórshavn
Attendance: 50
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
6 (18–15) 9
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15 January 2022
20:30 		Italy  26–27  Faroe Islands , Tórshavn
Attendance: 400
Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU)
6 (13–11) 7
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16 January 2022
16:30 		Italy  29–28  Luxembourg , Tórshavn
Attendance: 50
Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU)
Arcieri 10 (18–14) 7
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16 January 2022
19:00 		Faroe Islands  26–19  Latvia , Tórshavn
Attendance: 400
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
5 (17–10) Tuminskis 6
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Qualification phase 2[]

The qualification phase 2 draw took place on the final weekend of the EHF EURO 2022 in Budapest.[1][5]

Part 1[]

Eight teams advanced from the Phase 1 joined by Switzerland as the best ranked team which hasn't qualified for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship, will play against the nine lowest-ranked teams from 2022 European Men's Handball Championship. Matches will be played between 14 and 20 March 2022.[6][7]

Seeding[]

Pot 1 Pot 2
 Austria
 Belarus
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Lithuania
 North Macedonia
 Portugal
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Ukraine 		 Belgium
 Estonia
 Faroe Islands
 Finland
 Israel
 Greece
 Italy
 Romania
  Switzerland

Overview[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ukraine  0–20  Finland 0–10 0–10
Italy  2  Slovenia 16 Mar 20 Mar
Portugal  3   Switzerland 17 Mar 20 Mar
Austria  4  Estonia 17 Mar 20 Mar
Greece  5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 Mar 19 Mar
North Macedonia  6  Romania 17 Mar 19 Mar
Israel  7  Lithuania 16 Mar 20 Mar
Slovakia  8  Belgium 16 Mar 19 Mar
Faroe Islands  20–0  Belarus 10–0 10–0

All times are UTC+1.

Matches[]

Cancelled[note 3] Ukraine  0–10  Finland
Cancelled[note 3] Finland  10–0  Ukraine
16 March 2022
18:30 		Italy  v  Slovenia Kioene Arena, Padova
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Report
20 March 2022
14:30 		Slovenia  v  Italy Golovec Hall, Celje
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Report
17 March 2022
20:00 		Portugal  v   Switzerland Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Report
20 March 2022
14:30 		Switzerland   v  Portugal Winterthur Central Sports Hall, Winterthur
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Report
17 March 2022
19:00 		Austria  v  Estonia , Bregenz
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Report
20 March 2022
18:40 		Estonia  v  Austria Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
Report
16 March 2022
18:15 		Greece  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall, Chalcis
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Report
19 March 2022
20:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Greece , Tuzla
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Report
17 March 2022
19:00 		North Macedonia  v  Romania Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Report
19 March 2022
17:00 		Romania  v  North Macedonia Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Report
16 March 2022
18:00 		Israel  v  Lithuania Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Report
20 March 2022
15:00 		Lithuania  v  Israel Alytus Arena, Alytus
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Report
16 March 2022
20:00 		Slovakia  v  Belgium , Topoľčany
Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
Report
19 March 2022
20:10 		Belgium  v  Slovakia , Hasselt
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Report
Cancelled[note 4] Faroe Islands  10–0  Belarus
Cancelled[note 4] Belarus  0–10  Faroe Islands

Part 2[]

The winners from Part 1 advance and will face the nine highest-ranked teams from 2022 European Men's Handball Championship (other than the six direct qualifiers as described at the beginning of the article). Matches will be played between 11 and 17 April 2022.[6][7]

Seeding[]

Pot 1 Pot 2
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Montenegro
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Serbia 		 Faroe Islands
 Finland

Overview[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Finland   Croatia 13 Apr 16 Apr
Winner match 2  Serbia 13 Apr 16 Apr
Winner match 3  Netherlands 13 Apr 16 Apr
Winner match 4  Iceland 13 Apr 16 Apr
Winner match 5  Montenegro 13 Apr 16 Apr
Czech Republic  Winner match 6 13 Apr 16 Apr
Winner match 7  Hungary 13 Apr 16 Apr
Russia  0–20 Winner match 8 0–10 0–10
Germany   Faroe Islands 13 Apr 16 Apr

Matches[]

13 April 2022 Finland  v  Croatia
16 April 2022 Croatia  v  Finland
13 April 2022 Winner match 2 v  Serbia
16 April 2022 Serbia  v Winner match 2
13 April 2022 Winner match 3 v  Netherlands
16 April 2022 Netherlands  v Winner match 3
13 April 2022 Winner match 4 v  Iceland
16 April 2022 Iceland  v Winner match 4
13 April 2022 Winner match 5 v  Montenegro
16 April 2022 Montenegro  v Winner match 5
13 April 2022 Czech Republic  v Winner match 6
16 April 2022 Winner match 6 v  Czech Republic
13 April 2022 Winner match 7 v  Hungary
16 April 2022 Hungary  v Winner match 7
Cancelled[note 5] Russia  0–10 Winner match 8
Cancelled[note 5] Winner match 8 10–0  Russia
13 April 2022 Germany  v  Faroe Islands
16 April 2022 Faroe Islands  v  Germany

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ a b c The matches could not be played and were assessed by the EHF.[4]
  3. ^ a b The matches could not be played due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
  4. ^ a b Belarus was excluded after their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]
  5. ^ a b Russia was excluded after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "What's at stake at EHF EURO 2022?". eurohandball.com. 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Save the date for a trio of international draws". eurohandball.com. 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Four groups drawn to open Men's World Championship 2023 qualifying". eurohandball.com. 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Next steps towards Poland/Sweden 2023". eurohandball.com. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Pairings revealed for next stage of World Championship qualification". eurohandball.com. 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "COMPETITIONS COMMISSION MEETING". handball.no. 27 August 2021.>
  7. ^ a b "World Championship 2023 qualification progression determined". eurohandball.com. 19 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Miesten MM-karsintaottelut Ukrainaa vastaan peruutettu". finnhandball.net. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b "EHF decision on current competition structures". eurohandball.com. EHF. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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