2014 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship.

Qualification system edit

Draw and format edit

The draw was held at the Veszprém Aréna in Veszprém, Hungary on 26 May 2013 at 17:00 local time.[1] Hungary and Croatia as host nations were directly qualified.[2] 26 teams had registered for participation and compete for 14 places at the final tournament in the qualification. The teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking.[3]

The two top ranked teams advanced to the final tournament.

Seeding edit

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Norway
  Denmark
  Montenegro
  France
  Sweden
  Russia
  Spain
  Romania
  Serbia
  Germany
  Iceland
  Netherlands
  Ukraine
  Czech Republic
  Macedonia
  Turkey
  Slovenia
  Poland
  Austria
  Belarus
  Slovakia
   Switzerland
  Portugal
  Italy
  Lithuania
  Finland

Groups edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 6 6 0 0 204 164 +40 12 Final tournament
2   Ukraine 6 3 0 3 177 166 +11 6
3   Austria 6 3 0 3 177 186 −9 6
4   Lithuania 6 0 0 6 160 202 −42 0
Source: [citation needed]
24 October 2013
18:00
Ukraine   30 – 27   Lithuania Palace of Sports Yunost, Zaporizhia
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Glibko, Managarova 10 (11–15) Bernatavičiūtė 14
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24 October 2013
21:00
Denmark   42 – 27   Austria Roskilde Hallerne, Roskilde
Attendance: 1,879
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Nørgaard 9 (20–11) Frey 8
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27 October 2013
18:00
Lithuania   31 – 38   Denmark Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Attendance: 200
Referees: Gutowska, Lesiak (POL)
Satkauskaitė 9 (12–21) Burgaard, Dalby 5
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27 October 2013
20:25
Austria   34 – 28   Ukraine Sport Halle Krems, Krems an der Donau
Attendance: 800
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Scheffknecht 13 (18–12) Borshchenko 8
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27 March 2014
18:30
Lithuania   28 – 31   Austria Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Attendance: 400
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Bernatavičiūtė 8 (13–13) Scheffknecht 12
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29 March 2014
21:15
Denmark   28 – 26   Ukraine Kolding-Hallen, Kolding
Attendance: 1,454
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Jørgensen 6 (17–11) Glibko, Managarova 5
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29 March 2014
20:25
Austria   32 – 22   Lithuania Handballarena Rieden-Vorkloster, Bregenz
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Scheffknecht 9 (19–11) Bernatavičiūtė 11
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4 June 2014
17:10
Ukraine   24 – 28   Denmark Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce, Slovakia
Attendance: 900
Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK)
Nikolayenko 7 (16–16) Nørgaard 8
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7 June 2014
17:15
Austria   29 – 33   Denmark Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Engel 8 (14–16) Jørgensen 8
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11 June 2014
18:30
Lithuania   25 – 36   Ukraine Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,301
Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
Satkauskaite 5 (12–15) Managarova 8
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15 June 2014
16:00
Denmark   35 – 27   Lithuania Roskilde Hallen, Roskilde
Attendance: 1,648
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Jørgensen 7 (21–12) Bernatavičiūtė 10
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15 June 2014
20:20
Ukraine   33 – 24   Austria Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce, Slovakia
Attendance: 550
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Nikolayenko 12 (17–10) Frey 9
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Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 6 5 1 0 163 108 +55 11 Final tournament
2   Slovakia 6 3 1 2 154 139 +15 7
3   Iceland 6 3 0 3 151 136 +15 6
4   Finland 6 0 0 6 106 191 −85 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 October 2013
19:30
Iceland   34 – 18   Finland Vodafonehöllin, Reykjavík
Attendance: 550
Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
Jónsdóttir, Sigurðardóttir 5 (18–8) Cainberg 10
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24 October 2013
19:15
France   25 – 18   Slovakia Kindarena, Rouen
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Laurell, Engberg (SWE)
Baudouin, Lacrabère 6 (13–7) Beňušková 5
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27 October 2013
17:00
Slovakia   19 – 18   Iceland Mestská hala, Šaľa
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Szarková 5 (9–9) Knútsdóttir 7
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27 October 2013
18:30
Finland   13 – 27   France Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1,529
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Cainberg, Hilli 3 (8–17) Baudouin 5
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26 March 2014
19:00
Finland   25 – 27   Slovakia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 600
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Roos 7 (14–12) Dubajová 7
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26 March 2014
19:30
Iceland   21 – 27   France Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,323
Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
Knútsdóttir 8 (11–15) Baudouin, Dembélé 5
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29 March 2014
17:30
France   24 – 19   Iceland Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Vujačić, Kazanegra (MNE)
Niombla 8 (10–13) Magnúsdóttir 8
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29 March 2014
18:00
Slovakia   38 – 17   Finland Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
Beňušková 7 (17–7) Genberg, von Numers 4
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11 June 2014
18:00
Slovakia   24 – 24   France Mestská Sportova hala, Šaľa
Attendance: 2,900
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Beňušková 5 (15–12) Deroin, Zaadi 4
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11 June 2014
19:00
Finland   20 – 29   Iceland Sisu Arena, Karis
Attendance: 400
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Lönnborg 8 (6–18) Einarsdóttir 6
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15 June 2014
14:45
Iceland   30 – 28   Slovakia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 975
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Knútsdóttir 10 (16–12) Szarková 10
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15 June 2014
17:00
France   36 – 13   Finland Vendéspace, Mouilleron-le-Captif
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Sa, Sa (POR)
Gaudefroy, Lacrabère 8 (14–5) Ax 3
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Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Montenegro 6 5 1 0 150 134 +16 11 Final tournament
2   Poland 6 3 0 3 140 132 +8 6
3   Czech Republic 6 3 0 3 157 136 +21 6
4   Portugal 6 0 1 5 127 172 −45 1
Source: [citation needed]
23 October 2013
18:00
Montenegro   25 – 21   Poland Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,550
Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK)
Bulatović 11 (11–11) Grzyb 6
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23 October 2013
18:00
Czech Republic   35 – 20   Portugal Sportovni hala Banik Most, Most
Attendance: 1,070
Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
Chrenková 6 (17–8) Valente 4
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27 October 2013
15:00
Portugal   24 – 29   Montenegro Multidesportos Dr. Mário Mexia, Coimbra
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Arntsen, Röen (NOR)
Andrade 8 (8–10) Miljanić-Petrovic, Radičević 7
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27 October 2013
17:40
Poland   19 – 22   Czech Republic Globus Hall, Lublin
Attendance: 4,300
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Stachowska 5 (9–9) Luzumová 9
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26 March 2014
16:20
Czech Republic   23 – 24   Montenegro Sportovní hala Baník Most, Most
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Luzumová 7 (10–11) Radičević 6
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26 March 2014
21:00
Portugal   17 – 24   Poland Pavilhão Municipal da Maia, Maia
Attendance: 900
Referees: Laurell, Engberg (SWE)
Silva 6 (7–11) Kudłacz 7
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30 March 2014
16:00
Montenegro   25 – 22   Czech Republic Sporthall Nikoljac, Bijelo Polje
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Bulatović 6 (12–11) Luzumová 9
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30 March 2014
17:30
Poland   29 – 21   Portugal CRS Hall Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Byzdra 4 (14–8) Ferreira 7
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11 June 2014
20:00
Portugal   23 – 33   Czech Republic Pavilhao Municipal Pedro Do Sul, São Pedro do Sul
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Pandzić, Mosorinski (SRB)
Aguiar 7 (9–14) Luzumová 6
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11 June 2014
20:20
Poland   22 – 25   Montenegro Hala Sportowa Częstochowa, Częstochowa
Attendance: 6,700
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Wojtas 6 (11–10) Bulatović 8
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14 June 2014
11:25
Czech Republic   22 – 25   Poland Městská hala míčových sportů, Brno
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Kutlvašrová 7 (10–16) Kudlacz 8
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15 June 2014
20:00
Montenegro   22 – 22   Portugal Sportski Centar Nikšić, Nikšić
Attendance: 750
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
Malović 8 (13–12) Ferreira 6
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Group 4 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 6 5 0 1 160 106 +54 10 Final tournament
2   Netherlands 6 5 0 1 170 122 +48 10
3   Turkey 6 2 0 4 110 166 −56 4
4   Italy 6 0 0 6 105 151 −46 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 October 2013
19:30
Netherlands   28 – 13   Italy Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
van der Heijden 6 (12–9) Gheorghe 4
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24 October 2013
20:00
Spain   28 – 11   Turkey Palacio de los Deportes de León, León
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Vesović, Mitrović (MNE)
Barbosa 9 (15–5) Şahin 3
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26 October 2013
20:00
Italy   11 – 27   Spain Anfiteatro Giovanni Paolo II, Pescara
Attendance: 900
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Fanton 4 (6–13) Pinedo 7
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27 October 2013
18:00
Turkey   17 – 32   Netherlands THF Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 900
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
İskenderoğlu 5 (8–17) van der Heijden 6
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26 March 2014
19:30
Netherlands   27 – 22   Spain Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Abbingh 7 (17–12) Barbosa 8
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27 March 2014
20:00
Italy   21 – 22   Turkey Palazzetto dello Sport Santa Filomena, Chieti
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Gheorghe 9 (11–13) three players 4
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29 March 2014
17:00
Turkey   23 – 21   Italy THF Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 550
Referees: Jørum, Stenhaugmo (NOR)
Özel 8 (10–9) Niederwieser 6
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30 March 2014
13:00
Spain   29 – 22   Netherlands Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja, Logroño
Attendance: 2,518
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Barbosa 8 (16–14) Malestein 5
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11 June 2014
19:00
Turkey   16 – 27   Spain THF Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 350
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Hosgör 4 (6–13) Barbosa 6
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12 June 2014
20:00
Italy   20 – 24   Netherlands Pala San Giacomo, Bari
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Gheorghe 7 (10–13) Schoenaker 5
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14 June 2014
17:30
Spain   27 – 19   Italy Quijote Arena, Ciudad Real
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Barbosa 7 (14–10) Gheorghe, Niederwieser 7
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15 June 2014
14:00
Netherlands   37 – 21   Turkey Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Laurell, Engberg (SWE)
Van der Heijden 8 (18–12) three players 3
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Group 5 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 6 4 2 0 173 134 +39 10 Final tournament
2   Serbia 6 3 2 1 156 140 +16 8
3   Slovenia 6 3 0 3 162 173 −11 6
4    Switzerland 6 0 0 6 131 175 −44 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 October 2013
18:00
Serbia   32 – 21    Switzerland Sports Hall, Vrnjačka Banja
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Lojpur 7 (15–6) three players 4
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23 October 2013
19:15
Sweden   30 – 25   Slovenia Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg
Attendance: 2,139
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Alm 8 (16–12) Lazović-Varlec 7
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27 October 2013
15:30
Switzerland   22 – 30   Sweden Saalsporthalle Zürich, Zürich
Attendance: 800
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Frey, Weigelt 6 (11–13) Fogelström, Gulldén 6
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27 October 2013
18:00
Slovenia   31 – 26   Serbia Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
Attendance: 800
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Mavsar 6 (16–12) Krpež 5
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27 March 2014
20:00
Serbia   25 – 25   Sweden Jezero Hall, Kragujevac
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
Damnjanović 11 (14–14) Torstensson 7
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27 March 2014
20:00
Switzerland   22 – 24   Slovenia Frohberg Stäfa, Stäfa
Attendance: 757
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
Weigelt 9 (13–14) Gros, Koren 5
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30 March 2014
17:30
Slovenia   30 – 29    Switzerland Športna dvorana Kodeljevo, Ljubljana
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Gros 6 (15–16) Weigelt 8
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30 March 2014
18:15
Sweden   18 – 18   Serbia Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 2,449
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Torstensson 5 (9–10) Lekić, Damnjanović 6
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11 June 2014
20:00
Slovenia   27 – 34   Sweden Športna dvorana Kodeljevo, Ljubljana
Attendance: 700
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Gros, Irman 5 (14–17) Gulldén 8
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12 June 2014
20:00
Switzerland   20 – 23   Serbia Frohberg Stäfa, Stäfa
Attendance: 680
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Dinkel 5 (12–13) Lekić 5
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15 June 2014
13:00
Sweden   36 – 17    Switzerland Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 3,506
Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
Johansson 6 (18–6) Weigelt 6
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15 June 2014
20:00
Serbia   32 – 25   Slovenia Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Krkačev, Kolevski (MKD)
Lekić 9 (18–15) Gros 6
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Group 6 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 4 4 0 0 120 94 +26 8 Final tournament
2   Romania 4 2 0 2 103 103 0 4
3   Belarus 4 0 0 4 101 127 −26 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 October 2013
18:00
Romania   23 – 25   Norway Arena Antonio Alexe, Oradea
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Ardean-Elisei, Marin 5 (10–11) Dyhre Breivang 6
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27 October 2013
16:15
Norway   30 – 18   Romania Sotra Arena, Bergen
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Løke 6 (14–9) Marin 6
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26 March 2014
19:15
Norway   33 – 29   Belarus Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger
Attendance: 7,140
Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
Herrem 9 (16–13) Stsiapanava 7
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30 March 2014
16:00
Belarus   24 – 32   Norway Sport Complex Olympiets, Mogilev
Attendance: 1,450
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Lisok 4 (12–16) Løke 6
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11 June 2014
18:00
Belarus   28 – 30   Romania Sport Complex Olympiets, Mogilev
Attendance: 1,490
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Ezhikova 6 (13–14) Ardean-Elisei 9
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15 June 2014
18:30
Romania   32 – 20   Belarus Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Hájek, Macho (CZE)
Nechita 8 (15–6) Stsiapanava 5
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Group 7 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 4 3 0 1 114 93 +21 6 Final tournament
2   Russia 4 3 0 1 123 107 +16 6
3   Macedonia 4 0 0 4 84 121 −37 0
Source: [citation needed]
23 October 2013
19:30
Germany   32 – 27   Russia Trier Arena, Trier
Attendance: 1,480
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Müller, Zapf 9 (18–11) Davydenko 5
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27 October 2013
18:00
Russia   29 – 28   Germany Sportcomplex Zvezdniy, Astrakhan
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Makeeva 5 (13–11) Müller 9
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26 March 2014
19:00
Russia   36 – 23   Macedonia Palace of Sport, Rostov-on-Don
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Ilina 7 (18–12) Despodovska, Gjeorgjievska 6
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29 March 2014
17:45
Macedonia   24 – 31   Russia SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Gjeorgjievska 7 (9–18) Chernoivanenko 6
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11 June 2014
17:45
Macedonia   21 – 23   Germany SRC Kale, Skopje
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
Despodovska 8 (11–9) Müller 6
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14 June 2014
12:30
Germany   31 – 16   Macedonia GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 7,700
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Müller 7 (14–5) Despodovska 9
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References edit

  1. ^ "Women's EHF EURO 2014 qualification groups drawn in Veszprem". EHF. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Veszprem Arena hosts Women's EHF EURO 2014 qualification draw". EHF. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Seedings for Women's EHF EURO 2014 qualification draw released". EHF. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

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