2011 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

This page describes the European zone qualifying procedure for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship.

Qualification system

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Seeding

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The draw for the qualification round was held on 6 August 2009 at the EHF headquarters, in Vienna.[1] Sweden (host nation), and France (defending champion), are directly qualified. The top 3 participants at the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship, excluding Sweden and France will also qualify for the final tournament, while the other 11 participants are guaranteed a place in the play-off Round. The remaining 23 teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, and were successfully drawn so that each qualification group contained one team from pots 1 to 3. Groups 1 and 2 will also comprise one team from pot 4.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Belarus
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Macedonia
  Montenegro
  Netherlands
  Portugal
  Slovakia
  Estonia
  Greece
  Israel
  Latvia
  Lithuania
  Romania
   Switzerland
  Belgium
  Bulgaria
  Cyprus
  Finland
  Italy
  Luxembourg
  Turkey
  Faroe Islands
  Great Britain

Playing dates

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  • Qualification Round: 15, 16 and 17 January 2010
  • Play-off Round: 12/13 and 19/20 June 2010

Tiebreakers

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If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question.
  2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question.
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question.
  4. If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5), 6) and 7) will apply.
  5. Superior goal difference from all group matches played.
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches played.
  7. Drawing of lots.

Qualification round

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Each group will take place on the court of the third seeded team. In case the third seeded team can't organize the qualification tournament, the first seed will take its place. The winner of each group qualifies for the play-off matches, which will be played on 12/13 June and 19/20 June 2010.

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 3 3 0 0 106 56 +50 6 Playoffs
2   Cyprus (H) 3 2 0 1 81 93 −12 4
3   Belarus 3 1 0 2 92 89 +3 2
4   Faroe Islands 3 0 0 3 76 117 −41 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
January 15, 2010
17:00
Switzerland   44–17   Faroe Islands Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia
Attendance: 100
Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (CRO)
Schmid 8 (21–7) Dal-Christiansen 6
  1×  (Report)   6×  1× 

January 15, 2010
19:30
Belarus   30–31   Cyprus Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia
Attendance: 600
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
Gromyko 9 (14–16) Papakyprianou 8
  4×  (Report)   6× 

January 16, 2010
15:00
Faroe Islands   32–39   Belarus Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia
Attendance: 100
Hanusarson 10 (15–22) Kamyshyk, Pukhouski 9
  3×  (Report)   2× 

January 16, 2010
17:30
Switzerland   36–16   Cyprus Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia
Attendance: 800
Schmid 9 (17–8) Markides 7
  4×  (Report)   4× 

January 17, 2010
11:30
Belarus   23–26    Switzerland Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia
Attendance: 200
Gromyko, Usik 5 (13–9) Kurth 10
  7×  1×  (Report)   5× 

January 17, 2010
14:00
Cyprus   34–27   Faroe Islands Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia
Attendance: 500
Efstathiadis 9 (14–15) Hanusarson 9
  5×  (Report)   5× 

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 3 3 0 0 97 76 +21 6 Playoffs
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 0 1 100 76 +24 4
3   Finland (H) 3 1 0 2 86 83 +3 2
4   Great Britain 3 0 0 3 67 115 −48 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
January 15, 2010
17:30
Romania   36–27   Great Britain Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 200
Referees: Martin Franco, Monroy Rodriguez (ESP)
Stamate A. 6 (23–11) Prieto 6
  3×  (Report)   4× 

January 15, 2010
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina   30–28   Finland Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 700
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Terzić 7 (17–13) Karlsson 8
  4×  (Report)   2× 

January 16, 2010
17:30
Great Britain   19–44   Bosnia and Herzegovina Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 400
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Larsson 6 (12–17) Toromanović 9
  2×  (Report)   1× 

January 16, 2010
20:00
Romania   32–23   Finland Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Martin Franco, Monroy Rodriguez (ESP)
Csepreghi 6 (15–11) Grönberg, Kangas, Rönnberg, Skogberg 4
  6×  (Report)   4× 

January 17, 2010
14:30
Finland   35–21   Great Britain Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 700
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Skogberg 11 (17–13) Larsson 12
  2×  (Report)   6× 

January 17, 2010
17:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina   26–29   Romania Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 450
Referees: Martin Franco, Monroy Rodriguez (ESP)
Prce 6 (13–15) Sabou 5
  7×  (Report)   3× 

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovakia (H) 2 2 0 0 77 44 +33 4 Playoffs
2   Israel 2 1 0 1 62 50 +12 2
3   Bulgaria 2 0 0 2 44 89 −45 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
January 15, 2010
17:00
Slovakia   49–22   Bulgaria Športová Hala, Hlohovec
Attendance: 1000
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Antl 8 (24–8) Ruskov 5
  3×  (Report)   3× 

January 16, 2010
17:00
Israel   40–22   Bulgaria Športová Hala, Hlohovec
Attendance: 200
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Pomeranz 8 (22–6) Borisov 5
  3×  (Report)   4×  1× 

January 17, 2010
11:00
Slovakia   28–22   Israel Športová Hala, Hlohovec
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Antl, Valo 7 (17–10) Smoler 6
  7×  1×  (Report)   5× 

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands (H) 2 2 0 0 51 38 +13 4 Playoffs
2   Estonia 2 1 0 1 51 42 +9 2
3   Belgium 2 0 0 2 37 59 −22 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
January 15, 2010
20:00
Estonia   30–20   Belgium Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 1200
Referees: Mäkinen, Jonsson (SWE)
Patrail, Jaanimaa 7 (16–7) Dewitt 5
  3×  (Report)   5× 

January 16, 2010
17:00
Netherlands   22–21   Estonia Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 800
Referees: Mäkinen, Jonsson (SWE)
Konitz 5 (11–9) Patrail 5
  6×  (Report)   3× 

January 17, 2010
15:00
Netherlands   29–17   Belgium Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 1800
Referees: Mäkinen, Jonsson (SWE)
Konitz 8 (12–10) Kopljar I. 5
  2×  (Report)   5×  1× 

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Greece 2 2 0 0 63 48 +15 4 Playoffs
2   Montenegro 2 1 0 1 54 55 −1 2
3   Italy (H) 2 0 0 2 48 62 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
January 15, 2010
20:00
Greece   34–22   Italy Pala D'Angelo, Alcamo
Attendance: 1200
Referees: Nielsen, Lorentzen (DEN)
Sanikis, Tzimourtos 8 (17–12) Costanzo 4
  6×  (Report)   3× 

January 16, 2010
18:45
Montenegro   26–29   Greece Pala D'Angelo, Alcamo
Attendance: 500
Referees: Nielsen, Lorentzen (DEN)
Osmajic 6 (10–12) Vasilakis 9
  8×  (Report)   3× 

January 17, 2010
20:00
Montenegro   28–26   Italy Pala D'Angelo, Alcamo
Attendance: 1300
Referees: Nielsen, Lorentzen (DEN)
Markovic 6 (15–11) Maione 7
  5×  (Report)   3× 

Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 2 2 0 0 64 51 +13 4 Playoffs
2   Luxembourg 2 1 0 1 55 64 −9 2
3   Latvia 2 0 0 2 61 65 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
January 15, 2010
19:00
Latvia   31–34   Luxembourg Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg
Attendance: 600
Referees: Kostov I., Kostov M. (BUL)
Straume 8 (17–15) Müller 12
  5×  1×  (Report)   5×  1× 

January 16, 2010
15:30
Portugal   31–30   Latvia Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg
Attendance: 300
Referees: Kostov I., Kostov M. (BUL)
Carneiro, Solha 8 (14–14) Veršakovs 7
  3×  (Report)   4× 

January 17, 2010
19:00
Portugal   33–21   Luxembourg Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg
Attendance: 1300
Referees: Kostov I., Kostov M. (BUL)
Carneiro 7 (18–13) Poeckes 6
  10×  (Report)   3× 

Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lithuania 2 1 1 0 61 48 +13 3 Playoffs
2   Macedonia 2 1 1 0 59 50 +9 3
3   Turkey (H) 2 0 0 2 50 72 −22 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
January 15, 2010
16:00
Macedonia   24–24   Lithuania Yüreğir Serinevler Spor Salonu, Adana
Attendance: 600
Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
Lazarov K. 11 (15–10) Novickis 7
  5×  Report   4× 

January 16, 2010
16:00
Macedonia   35–26   Turkey Yüreğir Serinevler Spor Salonu, Adana
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
Mojsovski 11 (15–13) Döne 9
  3×  Report   10×  1× 

January 17, 2010
16:00
Lithuania   37–24   Turkey Yüreğir Serinevler Spor Salonu, Adana
Attendance: 500
Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
Novickis 8 (19–13) Özbahar 6
  4×  Report   6× 

Play-off round

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Will take place on the 12/13 June and 19/20 June 2010. It will comprise 18 teams overall:

The draw for the play-off Round will take place on 31 January 2010, in Vienna. Seeding will be based on teams appearance and record on 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.

Draw Procedure

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  • Step 1: 1 ball of pot 2 is drawn to pot 1 and two balls of pot 2 are drawn to pot 3 (the balls will not be opened).
  • Step 2: One team of pot 1 is drawn against one team of pot 3 (9 times). For each pairing the home and away right will be drawn.

Play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Austria   59–49   Netherlands 31–15 28–34
Norway   51–40   Lithuania 27–19 24–21
Slovenia   52–53   Hungary 27–25 25–28
Germany   52–40   Greece 25–20 27–20
Slovakia   55–51   Ukraine 25–30 30–21
Serbia   49–48   Czech Republic 27–23 22–25
Romania   65–64   Russia 28–32 37–32
Denmark   66–56    Switzerland 32–27 34–29
Portugal   51–60   Spain 26–27 25–33

First leg

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June 12, 2010
20:20
Austria   31–15   Netherlands Dornbirn
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Szilágyi 7 (15–10) Konitz 7
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June 12, 2010
19:10
Norway   27–19   Lithuania Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger
Attendance: 5 200
Referees: Cirligeanu, Bejinariu (ROU)
Mamelund 10 (13–9) Novickis 8
  2×  (Report)   6×  1× 

June 13, 2010
18:00
Slovenia   27–25   Hungary Ljubljana
Attendance: 1 500
Referees: Stolarovs, Licis (LAT)
Vran 6 (12–12) Iváncsik 10
  5×  1×  (Report)   4× 

June 12, 2010
18:00
Germany   25–20   Greece Dortmund
Attendance: 6 500
Referees: Raluy Lopez, Sabroso Ramirez (ESP)
Gensheimer 8 (14–9) Karipidis 6
  2×  (Report)   3× 

June 12, 2010
18:00
Slovakia   25–30   Ukraine Športová Hala, Hlohovec
Referees: Leifsson, Pálsson (ISL)
Straňovský, Valo 4 (16–16) Burka, Ostroushko 8
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June 12, 2010
20:00
Serbia   27–23   Czech Republic Hala Čair, Niš
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Šešum 8 (16–9) Filip, Jícha 4
  5×  (Report)   3× 

June 13, 2010
19:00
Romania   28–32   Russia Sala Polivalentă I.K. Ghermănescu, București
Attendance: 3 000
Referees: Horacek, Novotny (CZE)
Csepreghi, Ghionea 5 (10–12) Aslanyan 7
  4×  (Report)   3× 

June 13, 2010
20:15
Denmark   32–27    Switzerland Brøndby Hallen, Brøndby
Attendance: 4 600
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Hansen 8 (17–11) Graubner, Liniger, Ursic 5
  (Report)   3× 

June 13, 2010
18:00
Portugal   26–27   Spain Pavilhão EDP – S. L. Benfica, Lisbon
Attendance: 1 300
Referees: Andersen, Sodal (NOR)
Pedroso 6 (14–14) Garcia Lorenzana 7
  5×  (Report)   4× 

Second leg

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June 20, 2010
14:00
Netherlands   34–28   Austria Ben Kwijt Arena, Emmen
Attendance: 800
Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB)
Schmetz 6 (17–14) Szilagyi 6
  3×  (Report)   6× 

June 20, 2010
19:00
Lithuania   21–24   Norway Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 2300
Referees: Reisinger, Kaschütz (AUT)
Rackauskas 6 (9 – 10) Tvedten 8
  5×  1×  (Report)   3× 

June 20, 2010
18:00
Hungary   28–25   Slovenia Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5000
Referees: Methe, Methe (GER)
(13–14)
(Report)

June 20, 2010
19:00
Greece   20–27   Germany PAOK Sports Arena, Pylaia
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
(10–10)
(Report)

June 20, 2010
17:00
Ukraine   21–30   Slovakia Yunost Palace of Sports, Zaporizhia
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
(12–14)
(Report)

June 19, 2010 Czech Republic   25–22   Serbia Sportovní Hala TJ Lokomotiva, Plzeň
Attendance: 1600
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
(10–11)
(Report)

June 19, 2010
17:00
Russia   32–37   Romania Olimpiyskiy-Chekhov, Chekhov
Attendance: 2500
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
(13–16)
(Report)

June 20, 2010
16:45
Switzerland   29–34   Denmark Athletik Zentrum St. Gallen, St. Gallen
Attendance: 3200
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
(10–15)
(Report)

June 18, 2010
20:30
Spain   33–25   Portugal Guadalajara
Attendance: 4700
Referees: Kekes, Kekes (HUN)
(15–11)
(Report)

References

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  1. ^ "World Championship 2011 Qualification Round Draw". EHF. Retrieved 4 August 2009.