2016 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.

Qualification system edit

38 teams have registered for participation. 38 teams competed for 15 places at the final tournament in 2 distinct Qualification Phases. In each phase, the teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking.

Qualification Phase 1 edit

The draw for the qualification round was held on the 23 June 2012 at the EHF Congress, in Monte Carlo, Monaco.[1][2] The games were played in a home and away series, with every team playing each other twice. The group winners advanced to the second phase.

Seeding edit

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  Greece
  Estonia
  Finland
  Italy
  Cyprus
  Belgium
  Luxembourg
  Great Britain
  Ireland

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Finland 4 3 1 0 113 83 +30 7 Playoffs
2   Luxembourg 4 1 1 2 97 91 +6 3
3   Cyprus 4 1 0 3 77 113 −36 2
Source: [citation needed]
31 October 2012
19:00
Finland   28 – 21   Luxembourg Sisu Arena, Karis
Attendance: 903
Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
Rönnberg 10 (12–11) Muller 5
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4 November 2012
18:00
Cyprus   21 – 26   Finland University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia
Attendance: 300
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Argyrou 7 (7–13) Valo 6
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3 April 2013
19:30
Luxembourg   16 – 17   Cyprus D'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 500
Referees: Rutkovskis, Dzerve (LAT)
Sarac 5 (7–9) Argyrou 3
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6 April 2013
17:00
Luxembourg   24 – 24   Finland D'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Muller 8 (9–14) Tamminen 5
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12 June 2013
20:00
Cyprus   22 – 36   Luxembourg University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia
Attendance: 500
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Argyrou 9 (15–17) Poeckes 6
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15 June 2013
17:30
Finland   35 – 17   Cyprus Varuboden Areena, Kirkkonummi
Attendance: 713
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Tamminen 10 (19–6) Constantinou, Nikiforou 4
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Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Greece 4 4 0 0 135 86 +49 8 Playoffs
2   Italy 4 2 0 2 136 109 +27 4
3   Great Britain 4 0 0 4 83 159 −76 0
Source: [citation needed]
31 October 2012
17:30
Greece   43 – 14   Great Britain Stadium Georgios Galanopoulos, Loutraki
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Martens, Verdonck (BEL)
Karypidis 7 (17–8) Vincent 5
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3 November 2012
20:00
Italy   25 – 31   Greece Palalavis, Lavis
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
Skatar 8 (17–14) Sanikis 8
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4 April 2013
19:00
Great Britain   23 – 47   Italy Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Motherwell
Attendance: 450
Referees: Sigurjónsson, Petursson (ISL)
Larsson 7 (13–24) Skatar 9
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7 April 2013
15:00
Great Britain   20 – 32   Greece Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
Attendance: 600
Referees: Jaskins, Zabko (LAT)
Larsson 10 (12–16) Papadopoulos 7
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12 June 2013
20:00
Italy   37 – 26   Great Britain Palalavis, Lavis
Attendance: 600
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (Kosovo)
Radovcic 6 (18–13) Larsson 8
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15 June 2013
19:00
Greece   29 – 27   Italy Neapolis Arena, Larissa
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Vasilakis 8 (16–13) Maione 9
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Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Estonia 4 4 0 0 152 75 +77 8 Playoffs
2   Belgium 4 2 0 2 111 87 +24 4
3   Ireland 4 0 0 4 52 153 −101 0
Source: [citation needed]
31 October 2012
18:30
Estonia   44 – 13   Ireland Kehra Sporthall, Kehra
Attendance: 550
Referees: Bol, van Eck (NED)
Peedomaa 7 (20–4) Meyer 4
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3 November 2012
20:30
Belgium   24 – 31   Estonia Provinciaal Sportcentrum Dommelhof, Neerpelt
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
Houbrechts, Kopljar 5 (12–17) Johannson 7
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4 April 2013
19:00
Ireland   12 – 28   Belgium University College Dublin, Dublin
Attendance: 250
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Meyer 5 (8–11) Cauwenberghs 9
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6 April 2013
14:00
Ireland   15 – 45   Estonia University College Dublin, Dublin
Attendance: 260
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Ferguson 4 (6–21) three players 5
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12 June 2013
20:00
Belgium   36 – 12   Ireland Hall de la C.E.T., Tournai
Attendance: 200
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Mathijs 8 (18–4) Meyer 4
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16 June 2013
18:00
Estonia   32 – 23   Belgium Viljandi Sporthall, Viljandi
Attendance: 800
Referees: Novikov, Perepilitsy (UKR)
Patrail 8 (14–11) Kopljar 7
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Play-off edit

Seeding edit

The draw for phase 2 was held on the 27 June 2013, in Vienna, Austria. The three lowest ranked teams of the 2014 qualification are seeded in Pot 1 while the three group winners of Phase 1 are seeded in Pot 2.[3][4]

Pot 1 Pot 2
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Romania
   Switzerland
  Estonia
  Finland
  Greece

Matches edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Romania   61–62   Finland 32–30 29–32
Greece   45–55   Bosnia and Herzegovina 23–28 22–27
Estonia   58–65    Switzerland 26–34 32–31

First leg edit

2 April 2014
19:00
Greece   23 – 28   Bosnia and Herzegovina Mikras 3, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 600
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Papadopoulos 9 (10–13) Prce 5
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2 April 2014
19:30
Romania   32 – 30   Finland Concordia Sports Hall, Chiajna
Attendance: 850
Referees: Bol, Van Eck (NED)
Mihalcea 6 (16–14) Rönnberg 8
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2 April 2014
20:00
Estonia   26 – 34    Switzerland Kalevi Spordihall, Tallinn
Attendance: 700
Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
Jaanimaa 6 (13–18) three players 7
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Second leg edit

4 April 2014
20:00
Switzerland   31 – 32   Estonia Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen
Attendance: 2,250
Referees: Sigurjónsson, Pétursson (ISL)
Schmid 8 (16–14) Patrail 7
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Switzerland won 65–58 on aggregate.


5 April 2014
16:05
Finland   32 – 29   Romania Sisu Arena, Karis
Attendance: 720
Referees: Hansen, Pettersen (NOR)
Tamminen 8 (15–13) Ramba 9
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Finland won 62–61 on aggregate.


5 April 2014
20:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina   27 – 22   Greece JU Sportska dvorana Cazin, Cazin
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
five players 4 (17–12) Papadopoulos, Tziras 4
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Bosnia and Herzegovina won 55–45 on aggregate.

Qualification Phase 2 edit

The draw was held on 11 April 2014.[5][6] The teams were split into seven groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams from each group and the best third ranked team qualified for the final tournament.

Seeding edit

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Denmark
  Spain
  Croatia
  France
  Serbia
  Hungary
  Slovenia
  Iceland
  Germany
  Macedonia
  Russia
  Sweden
  Belarus
  Norway
  Austria
  Czech Republic
  Montenegro
  Slovakia
  Lithuania
  Portugal
  Netherlands
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Israel
  Latvia
   Switzerland
  Ukraine
  Turkey
  Finland

Group 1 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 6 5 0 1 191 148 +43 10 Final tournament
2   Norway 6 5 0 1 182 152 +30 10
3   Netherlands 6 2 0 4 155 174 −19 4
4   Turkey 6 0 0 6 141 195 −54 0
Source: [citation needed]
29 October 2014
19:00
Norway   36–27   Turkey Braathallen, Kristiansund
Attendance: 2,769
Referees: Bernet, Wick (SUI)
Bjørnsen 11 (18–13) Döne 13
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30 October 2014
18:00
Croatia   35–24   Netherlands Fran Galović, Koprivnica
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Novikov, Perepilitsy (UKR)
Čupić, Slišković 6 (17–10) Schagen 6
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2 November 2014
14:00
Netherlands   22–30   Norway Topsportcentrum, Almere
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
Van Olphen 5 (9–13) Jøndal, Bjørnsen 6
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2 November 2014
16:00
Turkey   22–32   Croatia THF Sport Hall, Çankaya
Attendance: 800
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Döne 8 (9–16) Kopljar, Čupić 6
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29 April 2015
19:00
Turkey   23–30   Netherlands THF Sport Hall, Çankaya
Attendance: 500
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Döne 11 (11–14) Schagen 6
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29 April 2015
19:10
Norway   27–26   Croatia DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 4,750
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Hansen, Sagosen 5 (17–13) Čupić 5
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3 May 2015
14:00
Netherlands   31–21   Turkey Topsportcentrum, Almere
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Boomhouwer, Haenen 6 (13–9) Döne 5
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3 May 2015
17:15
Croatia   31–25   Norway Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Duvnjak, Horvat 7 (16–17) three players 4
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10 June 2015
19:00
Turkey   22–26   Norway THF Sport Hall, Çankaya
Attendance: 500
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Çalışkan 8 (10–12) Kristensen 8
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10 June 2015
20:00
Netherlands   24–27   Croatia Fitland XL, Sittard
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Dobrovits, Tájok (HUN)
Verjans 6 (12–14) Horvat 7
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14 June 2015
17:17
Croatia   40–26   Turkey Školska sportska dvorana Umag, Umag
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
Mihić, Stepančić 6 (21–13) Çalışkan, Döne 5
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14 June 2015
18:15
Norway   38–24   Netherlands Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Attendance: 3,151
Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
Tønnesen 11 (19–11) Haenen 7
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Group 2 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 6 6 0 0 181 144 +37 12 Final tournament
2   Belarus 6 2 2 2 158 167 −9 6
3   Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 1 2 3 136 140 −4 4
4   Lithuania 6 1 0 5 140 164 −24 2
Source: [citation needed]
29 October 2014
16:30
Belarus   25–25   Bosnia and Herzegovina Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 5,600
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Pukhouski 6 (12–13) Vražalić 6
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30 October 2014
20:15
Denmark   31–21   Lithuania Brøndby Hall, Brøndby
Attendance: 4,016
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Hansen 7 (16–8) Drabavičius 5
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2 November 2014
16:00
Lithuania   28–30   Belarus Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 500
Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
Malasinskas 9 (13–13) Pukhouski 8
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2 November 2014
20:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina   23–25   Denmark KSPC Mejdan, Tuzla
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Toromanović 6 (11–12) Møllgaard, Hansen 5
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30 April 2015
19:00
Belarus   27–36   Denmark Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
S. Rutenka 10 (12–17) Mortensen 9
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30 April 2015
20:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina   26–23   Lithuania Sports Hall Cazin, Cazin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Harabagiu, Stănescu (ROU)
Prce 9 (13–10) Petreikis 6
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2 May 2015
20:15
Denmark   32–23   Belarus NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 4,959
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Hansen, Mortensen 7 (18–11) D. Rutenka, S. Rutenka 5
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3 May 2015
17:00
Lithuania   19–15   Bosnia and Herzegovina Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Strazdas, Plėta 4 (10–7) Prce 5
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10 June 2015
19:00
Lithuania   25–31   Denmark Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Truchanovičius 6 (13–18) Nøddesbo 6
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11 June 2015
20:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina   22–22   Belarus Arena Zenica, Zenica
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Dejan Malinović 6 (14–12) Pukhouski 6
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14 June 2015
16:00
Belarus   31–24   Lithuania Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk
Attendance: 3,310
Referees: Pandzić, Mosorinski (SRB)
Pukhouski 8 (15–10) Petreikis, Truchanovičius 6
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14 June 2015
20:15
Denmark   26–25   Bosnia and Herzegovina Brøndby Hall, Brøndby
Attendance: 4,467
Referees: Hansen, Pettersen (NOR)
Schmidt 6 (13–14) Prce 9
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Group 3 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 6 5 1 0 182 134 +48 11 Final tournament
2   Slovenia 6 4 1 1 185 149 +36 9
3   Latvia 6 2 0 4 133 182 −49 4
4   Slovakia 6 0 0 6 130 165 −35 0
Source: [citation needed]
29 October 2014
20:30
Slovenia   31–25   Slovakia Arena Bonifika, Koper
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Gajić 9 (15–12) Rábek 7
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30 October 2014
17:15
Sweden   33–23   Latvia Rosvalla Nyköping Eventcenter, Nyköping
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Pandzić, Satordzija (BIH)
Ekberg, Petersen 6 (18–8) Krištopāns 8
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1 November 2014
17:05
Latvia   28–39   Slovenia Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Jurdžs 7 (13–21) Gajić 10
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1 November 2014
18:00
Slovakia   23–33   Sweden Hant Aréna, Bratislava
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Urban 7 (15–16) Nilsson 9
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29 April 2015
19:15
Sweden   28–24   Slovenia Vida Arena, Växjö
Attendance: 4,512
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Gottfridsson 10 (18–10) Gajič 10
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29 April 2015
19:35
Latvia   25–18   Slovakia Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 900
Referees: Hansen, Pettersen (NOR)
Krištopāns 8 (11–7) Rábek 8
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2 May 2015
18:00
Slovakia   22–23   Latvia Sportova hala Na Zabrani, Hlohovec
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Hruščák 9 (16–10) Pavlovičs 9
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3 May 2015
17:30
Slovenia   28–28   Sweden Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Gajič 13 (13–16) Olsson 5
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10 June 2015
17:00
Slovakia   20–26   Slovenia Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov
Attendance: 1,450
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Rábek 7 (10–13) Natek, Šoštarič 4
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10 June 2015
19:35
Latvia   14–33   Sweden Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 600
Referees: Katsikis, Michailidis (GRE)
Pavlovičs 3 (8–16) Zachrisson 5
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13 June 2015
18:30
Slovenia   37–20   Latvia Red Hall, Velenje
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Marguč, Šoštarič 5 (18–11) Jurdžs 10
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14 June 2015
16:15
Sweden   27–22   Slovakia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
Ekberg 10 (16–10) Stranovský 6
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Group 4 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iceland 6 4 1 1 191 137 +54 9 Final tournament
2   Serbia 6 3 2 1 153 152 +1 8
3   Montenegro 6 3 1 2 146 152 −6 7
4   Israel 6 0 0 6 134 183 −49 0
Source: [citation needed]
29 October 2014
19:30
Iceland   36–19   Israel Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,950
Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
Sigurðsson 9 (14–9) Pomeranz 6
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29 October 2014
20:00
Serbia   25–21   Montenegro Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Djukić, Vujin 7 (10–9) Melić 6
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2 November 2014
18:00
Montenegro   25–24   Iceland Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 2,234
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Borozan 10 (14–12) Petersson 7
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2 November 2014
19:45
Israel   22–26   Serbia Maccabi House Arena, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Pomeranz 9 (10–13) Stojković 6
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29 April 2015
19:30
Iceland   38–22   Serbia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Sigurðsson 12 (16–10) Marsenić 6
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30 April 2015
19:45
Israel   19–22   Montenegro Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
Levy 6 (9–9) Lipovina 7
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3 May 2015
19:00
Serbia   25–25   Iceland Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 5,600
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Ilić 6 (13–11) Svavarsson 5
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3 May 2015
20:00
Montenegro   33–27   Israel Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Melić, Ševaljević 6 (16–13) Appo 7
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10 June 2015
19:45
Israel   24–34   Iceland Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Levy, Gal 5 (12–17) Sigurmannsson 6
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10 June 2015
20:00
Montenegro   23–23   Serbia Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
four players 4 (11–14) Ilić 5
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14 June 2015
17:00
Iceland   34–22   Montenegro Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,050
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Sigurðsson 10 (19–11) Ševaljević, Borozan 6
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14 June 2015
18:30
Serbia   32–23   Israel Kraljevo Sports Hall, Kraljevo
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
Zelenović 6 (19–12) Davda, Friedmann 5
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Group 5 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 6 6 0 0 178 151 +27 12 Final tournament
2   Russia 6 4 0 2 174 168 +6 8
3   Portugal 6 2 0 4 183 176 +7 4
4   Ukraine 6 0 0 6 148 188 −40 0
Source: [citation needed]
29 October 2014
20:30
Hungary   31–30   Portugal Generali aréna, Miskolc
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
three players 5 (19–15) Rocha 9
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2 November 2014
16:00
Portugal   29–34   Russia Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Portela 7 (12–18) Igropulo 8
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2 November 2014
18:00
Ukraine   20–33   Hungary Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Onufryienko 5 (9–15) Iváncsik 7
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30 April 2015
18:00
Ukraine   26–32   Portugal TRC-Terminal Brovary, Brovary
Attendance: 1,120
Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
Tiutiunnik 7 (12–17) Portela 10
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30 April 2015
19:00
Russia   23–27   Hungary Olimpiysky Sport Palace, Chekhov
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Shishkarev 6 (8–15) Császár 5
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2 May 2015
16:10
Hungary   29–25   Russia Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 3,215
Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
Bodó, Császár 6 (15–11) Shishkarev, Zhitnikov 4
  2×  Report   5×  1× 
3 May 2015
16:05
Portugal   34–24   Ukraine Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
Antunes 10 (19–12) Chychykalo 8
  6×  1×  Report   4× 

10 June 2015
18:00
Russia   27–22   Ukraine Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk
Attendance: 3,300
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Dibirov 6 (15–10) Karamyshev 5
  3×  Report   3× 

10 June 2015
20:15
Portugal   25–26   Hungary Pavilhão Municipal, Santo Tirso
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Duarte 10 (15–12) Bodó 5
  5×  Report   4× 
11 June 2015
19:00
Ukraine   28–30   Russia Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Chychykalo 7 (14–16) Dereven, Dibirov 6
  3×  Report   5× 

13 June 2015
16:00
Hungary   32–28   Ukraine Audi Aréna, Győr
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Skruzny, Kavulic (CZE)
Bodó 9 (15–14) Chychykalo 8
  3×  Report   5× 
14 June 2015
16:00
Russia   35–33   Portugal CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Dibirov 11 (15–16) Portela 8
  8×  Report   7×  1× 

Group 6 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France 6 6 0 0 201 145 +56 12 Final tournament
2   Macedonia 6 3 1 2 161 154 +7 7
3   Czech Republic 6 2 1 3 163 185 −22 5
4    Switzerland 6 0 0 6 135 176 −41 0
Source: [citation needed]
29 October 2014
17:45
Macedonia   27–20    Switzerland Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Lazarov 13 (12–8) Schmid 5
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30 October 2014
19:30
France   41–25   Czech Republic Le Phare, Chambéry
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Joli 7 (20–12) Linhart 8
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2 November 2014
13:30
Czech Republic   27–27   Macedonia Sportovní hala Euronics, Zlín
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
Linhart, Zdráhala 7 (18–11) Lazarov 10
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2 November 2014
14:30
Switzerland   24–33   France St. Jakobshalle, Basel
Attendance: 6,700
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Sidorowiz 9 (11–15) Guigou 8
  5×  Report   1× 

29 April 2015
20:00
Switzerland   26–30   Czech Republic BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Schmid 7 (12–14) Petrovský 6
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29 April 2015
20:15
Macedonia   25–27   France Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 6,800
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Lazarov 8 (13–15) Guigou 6
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2 May 2015
17:00
Czech Republic   29–25    Switzerland Sportovní hala TJ Lokomotiva, Plzeň
Attendance: 795
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Zdráhala 9 (15–13) Raemy 5
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3 May 2015
17:05
France   35–24   Macedonia Palais des sports André-Brouat, Toulouse
Attendance: 4,226
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Karabatić 6 (17–10) Lazarov 9
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10 June 2015
18:10
Czech Republic   24–34   France Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Zdráhala 9 (10–16) Mahé 7
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10 June 2015
20:00
Switzerland   17–26   Macedonia Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen
Attendance: 2,337
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Schmid, Küttel 4 (8–15) Lazarov 5
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13 June 2015
15:15
France   31–23    Switzerland Maison des Sports, Clermont-Ferrand
Attendance: 4,700
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Guigou, N'Guessan 6 (19–9) Graubner 8
  1×  Report   4× 
14 June 2015
17:45
Macedonia   32–28   Czech Republic Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 6,963
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Lazarov 11 (15–12) Zdráhala 6
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Group 7 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 6 5 0 1 184 132 +52 10 Final tournament
2   Germany 6 5 0 1 172 145 +27 10
3   Austria 6 2 0 4 148 161 −13 4
4   Finland 6 0 0 6 126 192 −66 0
Source: [citation needed]
29 October 2014
20:15
Germany   30–18   Finland Schwalbe Arena, Gummersbach
Attendance: 4,141
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Gensheimer, Weinhold 4 (19–8) A. Rönnberg 6
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29 October 2014
20:30
Spain   27–16   Austria Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Tomás 6 (12–8) Weber 3
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1 November 2014
17:05
Finland   27–34   Spain Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
Tamminen 11 (15–17) Maqueda, Tomás 7
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2 November 2014
18:00
Austria   24–28   Germany Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Weber 6 (11–12) Gensheimer 10
  5×  Report   3× 

29 April 2015
18:10
Germany   29–28   Spain SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 11,895
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Gensheimer 9 (17–15) Rivera Folch 10
  3×  Report   4× 
29 April 2015
18:30
Finland   23–26   Austria Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Broman 7 (12–11) Božović 6
  2×  Report   4× 

2 May 2015
20:25
Austria   29–22   Finland Handballarena Rieden-Vorkloster, Bregenz
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Weber 6 (14–14) Sundberg 6
  4×  Report   3× 
3 May 2015
17:00
Spain   26–20   Germany Palacio de los Deportes de León, León
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Rivera Folch 6 (11–8) Gensheimer 5
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10 June 2015
19:00
Finland   20–34   Germany Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
Rönnberg 7 (8–16) Gensheimer 6
  3×  Report   3× 
10 June 2015
20:25
Austria   24–30   Spain Olympiahalle, Innsbruck
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Santos 6 (12–16) Rivera Folch 5
  3×  Report   2× 

13 June 2015
18:30
Spain   39–16   Finland Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja, Logroño
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
four players 4 (21–9) Broman, Sundberg 3
  1×  Report   3× 
14 June 2015
15:15
Germany   31–29   Austria Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 8,074
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Wiede 8 (14–13) Santos 8
  3×  Report   2× 

References edit

  1. ^ "EHF EURO 2016 qualification draw". EHF. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Nine nations draw for EHF EURO 2016". eurohandball.com. 2012-06-23.
  3. ^ "Draw procedure for EHF EURO 2016 play-off qualification matches released". EHF. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  4. ^ "EHF EURO 2016 qualification play-offs drawn in Vienna". EHF. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Draw procedures for EHF EURO events in Poland released". eurohandball.com. 2014-04-07.
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