2019 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

The European qualification for the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship, in Denmark and Germany, was contested in two rounds among the teams that did not qualify for the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship and the 12 teams that did play this tournament but was not already qualified and failed to qualify through it.

In the first round of qualification, 23 teams not participating at the European Championship were split into six groups; the group winners advanced to the second round, joining the 12 European finalists not already qualified for the 2019 World Championships (Denmark and Germany has qualified as hosts, France has qualified as defending champions and Spain has qualified as the European Champion). These 18 teams then were paired to play a two-legged playoff tie to determine the nine remaining World Championship qualifiers from Europe.[1]

Qualification stage 1

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All times are local.

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 6 6 0 0 190 132 +58 12 Qualification stage 2
2   Slovakia 6 3 0 3 162 149 +13 6
3   Finland 6 1 1 4 139 170 −31 3[a]
4   Luxembourg 6 1 1 4 131 171 −40 3[a]
Source: Eurohandball
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Finland 53–48 Luxembourg
25 October 2017
19:00
Luxembourg   23–23   Finland d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 550
Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
Wirtz 8 (14–10) Rönnberg 5
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26 October 2017
19:30
Russia   32–22   Slovakia Sibur Arena, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Dibirov 7 (20–11) Krok 5
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28 October 2017
17:00
Finland   22–35   Russia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1,160
Referees: Harabagiu, Stănescu (ROU)
Tamminen 6 (10–16) Kovalyov, Santalov 6
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29 October 2017
15:00
Slovakia   36–19   Luxembourg MŠK Sports Hall, Považská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
Michalka 5 (19–6) four players 3
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3 January 2018
19:00
Luxembourg   19–27   Russia d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 850
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
Bardina 5 (8–12) Dibirov 8
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4 January 2018
18:30
Finland   22–27   Slovakia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
Granlund, Rönnberg 6 (9–13) Volentics 11
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6 January 2018
16:00
Russia   28–17   Luxembourg Olympus Arena, Krasnodar
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
Santalov, Shishkaryov 4 (15–10) three players 3
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7 January 2018
15:00
Slovakia   24–16   Finland MŠK Sports Hall, Považská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev (AZE)
Antl 6 (12–8) Granlund 6
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11 January 2018
18:30
Slovakia   26–32   Russia MŠK Sports Hall, Považská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Mikita, Volentics 6 (11–15) three players 5
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11 January 2018
18:30
Finland   30–25   Luxembourg Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 800
Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
Rönnberg 12 (13–13) Hoffmann 8
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13 January 2018
16:00
Russia   36–26   Finland Basket-Hall Kazan, Kazan
Attendance: 4,900
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Kiselev 7 (16–11) Rönnberg 9
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14 January 2018
18:00
Luxembourg   28–27   Slovakia d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 850
Referees: Katsikis, Michailidis (GRE)
Hoffmann 6 (12–11) Volentics 8
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Group 2

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The group was played in a tournament format.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lithuania (H) 3 3 0 0 89 67 +22 6 Qualification stage 2
2   Latvia 3 2 0 1 80 78 +2 4
3   Georgia 3 0 1 2 64 71 −7 1[a]
4   Israel 3 0 1 2 71 88 −17 1[a]
Source: Eurohandball
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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Israel 23–23 Georgia
12 January 2018
16:30
Latvia   24–21   Georgia Švyturio Arena, Klaipėda
Attendance: 300
Referees: Kaluđerović, Vujačić (MNE)
Jurdžs 5 (11–12) Tskhovrebadze 7
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12 January 2018
19:00
Lithuania   36–20   Israel Švyturio Arena, Klaipėda
Attendance: 800
Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Malašinskas 9 (17–7) Gera, Levy 5
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13 January 2018
15:30
Israel   28–29   Latvia Švyturio Arena, Klaipėda
Attendance: 350
Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
three players 6 (15–15) Jurdžs 9
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13 January 2018
18:00
Georgia   20–24   Lithuania Švyturio Arena, Klaipėda
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Kaluđerović, Vujačić (MNE)
Chikovani 6 (11–12) Dumčius, Palevičius 4
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14 January 2018
14:30
Israel   23–23   Georgia Švyturio Arena, Klaipėda
Attendance: 200
Referees: Kaluđerović, Vujačić (MNE)
three players 4 (12–12) Orjonikidze 7
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14 January 2018
17:00
Lithuania   29–27   Latvia Švyturio Arena, Klaipėda
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Malašinskas 10 (15–15) Jurdžs 10
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Group 3

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The group was played in a tournament format.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 3 2 1 0 88 70 +18 5 Qualification stage 2
2   Italy (H) 3 2 0 1 82 80 +2 4
3   Ukraine 3 1 1 1 84 77 +7 3
4   Faroe Islands 3 0 0 3 60 87 −27 0
Source: Eurohandball
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) Hosts
11 January 2018
16:30
Ukraine   30–22   Faroe Islands PalaResia, Bolzano
Attendance: 300
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Kozakevych 7 (17–13) Krogh 7
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11 January 2018
19:00
Romania   34–24   Italy PalaResia, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,550
Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
Șimicu 9 (18–13) Moretti 8
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12 January 2018
16:30
Faroe Islands   20–28   Romania PalaResia, Bolzano
Attendance: 300
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
four players 3 (10–15) Csepreghi 8
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12 January 2018
19:00
Italy   29–28   Ukraine PalaResia, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,630
Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
Skatar 11 (16–14) Denysov, Onufryienko 7
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13 January 2018
18:15
Romania   26–26   Ukraine PalaResia, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,690
Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
Grigoraș 10 (11–14) four players 4
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13 January 2018
20:45
Italy   29–18   Faroe Islands PalaResia, Bolzano
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Turković 7 (13–10) Krogh 4
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Group 4

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The group was played in a tournament format.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal (H) 3 2 1 0 110 65 +45 5[a] Qualification stage 2
2   Poland 3 2 1 0 103 59 +44 5[a]
3   Cyprus 3 1 0 2 53 115 −62 2
4   Kosovo 3 0 0 3 63 90 −27 0
Source: Eurohandball
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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Portugal 27–27 Poland
12 January 2018
17:15
Poland   30–19   Kosovo Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim
Attendance: 600
Referees: Frieser, Kavulič (CZE)
Moryto 10 (13–12) Abdullahi 6
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12 January 2018
19:30
Portugal   47–16   Cyprus Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Mata, López (ESP)
Duarte 7 (22–7) Argyrou 6
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13 January 2018
18:00
Kosovo   22–36   Portugal Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Mata, López (ESP)
Terziqi 5 (11–17) Portela, Soares Martins 5
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13 January 2018
20:30
Cyprus   13–46   Poland Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim
Attendance: 500
Referees: Frieser, Kavulič (CZE)
Argyrou, Prountzos 4 (8–23) Daszek 8
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14 January 2018
15:30
Cyprus   24–22   Kosovo Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim
Attendance: 500
Referees: Frieser, Kavulič (CZE)
Argyrou 12 (14–14) Ahmeti, Hoxha 4
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14 January 2018
18:00
Portugal   27–27   Poland Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Mata, López (ESP)
Duarte, Portela 6 (15–13) Gębala 6
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Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 6 5 0 1 169 147 +22 10 Qualification stage 2
2   Belgium 6 3 1 2 168 159 +9 7[a]
3   Turkey 6 3 1 2 146 149 −3 7[a]
4   Greece 6 0 0 6 137 165 −28 0
Source: Eurohandball
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Belgium 54–48 Turkey
25 October 2017
18:00
Turkey   27–27   Belgium Porsuk Spor Salonu, Eskişehir
Attendance: 2,350
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Çelebi 7 (12–18) D. Kedziora 13
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25 October 2017
19:30
Netherlands   29–20   Greece Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Kjær, Pedersen (DEN)
Schagen 12 (15–12) Papadopoulos 8
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29 October 2017
16:20
Belgium   25–26   Netherlands Sportoase Leuven, Leuven
Attendance: 2,050
Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
Cauwenberghs 6 (12–14) Schagen 7
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29 October 2017
19:00
Greece   19–25   Turkey Kassimatis Olympic Indoor Hall, Marousi
Attendance: 870
Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
Mallios 8 (8–14) Döne 7
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4 January 2018
18:00
Turkey   30–27   Netherlands Hasan Dağı Spor Salonu, Aksaray
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Döne 11 (14–16) Schagen, Steins 5
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4 January 2018
20:00
Belgium   33–28   Greece Sportoase Leuven, Leuven
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
Kedziora 8 (20–16) Mallios 5
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7 January 2018
13:00
Netherlands   26–19   Turkey Fitland XL, Sittard
Attendance: 1,025
Referees: Kiyashko, Kiselev (RUS)
Smits 6 (12–12) Biçer, Pehlivan 4
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7 January 2018
17:00
Greece   24–26   Belgium Mikra 3, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 800
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
Mallios 8 (14–9) Kedziora 5
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10 January 2018
20:00
Belgium   27–21   Turkey Sportoase Leuven, Leuven
Attendance: 960
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Cauwenberghs, Kedziora 8 (12–12) Çelebi 4
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11 January 2018
19:00
Greece   23–28   Netherlands Mikra 3, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 500
Referees: Nabokau, Kulik (BLR)
Tziras 11 (14–15) Schagen 6
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14 January 2018
13:00
Netherlands   33–30   Belgium Fitland XL, Sittard
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Hájek, Macho (CZE)
Schagen 6 (17–14) Cauwenberghs 9
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14 January 2018
15:00
Turkey   24–23   Greece Hasan Dağı Spor Salonu, Aksaray
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Döne 6 (13–12) Kostakidis 7
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Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 4 3 0 1 96 67 +29 6 Qualification stage 2
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 0 2 80 84 −4 4
3   Estonia 4 1 0 3 96 121 −25 2
Source: Eurohandball
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.
25 October 2017
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina   31–24   Estonia Mirza Delibašić Hall, Sarajevo
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Vranješ 8 (18–10) Johannson 5
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28 October 2017
19:30
Estonia   29–25   Bosnia and Herzegovina Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 600
Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
Rooba 8 (17–11) Karačić, Vranješ 5
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3 January 2018
19:30
Estonia   22–26    Switzerland Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
Jaanimaa 5 (11–14) three players 5
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7 January 2018
16:45
Switzerland   39–21   Estonia Eulachhalle, Winterthur
Attendance: 2,078
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Gerbl 7 (19–10) Voika 5
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10 January 2018
18:30
Switzerland   21–24   Bosnia and Herzegovina Sporthalle Kreuzbleiche, St. Gallen
Attendance: 2,561
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Meister 6 (12–12) Vegar 6
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13 January 2018
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina   0–10 (awarded)    Switzerland KSPC Mejdan, Tuzla
Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
Report
  • Bosnia Herzegovina won the game 21–15, but an ineligible player took part in the match. Switzerland launched a protest after the game.[3] The EHF accepted the protest and the result of the match was awarded 10–0 in favour of Switzerland.[4]

Qualification stage 2

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The draw took place on 27 January at 16:00 in Zagreb, Croatia.[5][6] All stage 1 winners and three worst placed teams from European Championship were unseeded at the draw.

Draw

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Pot 1 (seeded) Pot 2 (unseeded)
Notes
  1. Winners of the Qualification stage 1

Overview

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The first legs were played on 8 to 10 June and the second legs on 12 to 14 June 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Serbia   53–46   Portugal 28–21 25–25
Lithuania   58–61   Iceland 27–27 31–34
Czech Republic   48–55   Russia 27–26 21–29
Slovenia   50–51   Hungary 24–29 26–22
Belarus   54–59   Austria 28–28 26–31
Macedonia   57–50   Romania 32–24 25–26
Netherlands   45–50   Sweden 25–24 20–26
Norway   62–59    Switzerland 32–26 30–33
Croatia   63–51   Montenegro 32–19 31–32

Matches

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10 June 2018
18:00
Serbia   28–21   Portugal Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
N.Ilić 6 (14–10) Portela 5
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14 June 2018
21:00
Portugal   25–25   Serbia Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim, Póvoa de Varzim
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Portela 5 (13–10) Radivojević 6
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Serbia won 53–46 on aggregate.


8 June 2018
19:00
Lithuania   27–27   Iceland Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Malašinskas 7 (10–13) Gunnarsson 7
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13 June 2018
19:00
Iceland   34–31   Lithuania Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
Sigurðsson 10 (18–16) Malašinskas 8
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Iceland won 61–58 on aggregate.


8 June 2018
20:00
Czech Republic   27–26   Russia Městská sportovní hala, Plzeň
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Babák, Hrstka 6 (12–17) Shishkaryov 5
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12 June 2018
16:00
Russia   29–21   Czech Republic SC V.P. Sukhareva, Perm
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Pavićević, Raznatović (MNE)
Zhitnikov 8 (14–11) Jurka 7
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Russia won 55–48 on aggregate.


9 June 2018
20:00
Slovenia   24–29   Hungary Športna Dvorana Bonifika, Koper
Attendance: 3,050
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Kavtičnik 7 (14–13) three players 6
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13 June 2018
18:00
Hungary   22–26   Slovenia Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,019
Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
Lékai 7 (12–12) Mačkovšek 6
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Hungary won 51–50 on aggregate.


 
Belarus on the attack in their return leg in Vienna
10 June 2018
17:00
Belarus   28–28   Austria Sports Palace Uruchje, Minsk
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Pukhouski 7 (15–15) Bilyk 7
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13 June 2018
18:10
Austria   31–26   Belarus Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
Hermann 6 (13–16) Pukhouski 5
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Austria won 59–54 on aggregate.


10 June 2018
20:30
Macedonia   32–24   Romania Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 6,200
Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
K.Lazarov 8 (15–10) Racoțea 6
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13 June 2018
18:30
Romania   26–25   Macedonia Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Grigoraș 8 (12–11) Manaskov 8
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Macedonia won 57–50 on aggregate.


9 June 2018
16:00
Netherlands   25–24   Sweden Maaspoort Sports & Events, 's-Hertogenbosch
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
Sluijters 5 (13–12) Lagergren 6
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13 June 2018
15:00
Sweden   26–20   Netherlands Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
Attendance: 4,360
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Tollbring, Zachrisson 7 (14–7) Smits 8
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Sweden won 50–45 on aggregate.


9 June 2018
19:15
Norway   32–26    Switzerland DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Sagosen 10 (19–11) Gerbl, Schmid 6
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12 June 2018
18:15
Switzerland   33–30   Norway Bossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 3,450
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Schmid 12 (15–16) Sagosen 11
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Norway won 62–59 on aggregate.


9 June 2018
20:00
Croatia   32–19   Montenegro Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Horvat, Štrlek 6 (17–10) Grbović 4
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14 June 2018
20:00
Montenegro   32–31   Croatia Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
Vujović 9 (18–14) Horvat 7
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Croatia won 63–51 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ "European qualification for 2019 World Championship begins". IHF. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Draw to decide hosting rights for World Championship Qualification". eurohandball.com. 8 August 2017. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Court of Handball opens case following Swiss protest". eurohandball.com. 24 January 2018.
  4. ^ "EHF Court of handball upholds Swiss protest". eurohandball.com. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ "World Championship play-off pairs drawn on Saturday". ehf-euro.com. 26 January 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ^ "A Balkan derby for the EHF EURO hosts on their way to the World Championship". eurohandball.com. 27 January 2018.
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