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

Seeding

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

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

Tiebreakers

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

Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question.
Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question.
Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question.
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.
Superior goal difference from all group matches played.
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches played.
Drawing of lots.

Qualification round

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	106	56	50	6	Playoffs
2	Cyprus (H)	3	2	1	81	93	−12	4
3	Belarus	3	1	2	92	89	3	2
4	Faroe Islands	3	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
	3× 1×	(Report)	2× 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
	3× 4×	(Report)	3× 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× 3×	(Report)	3× 2×

January 16, 2010 17:30	Switzerland	36–16	Cyprus	Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia Attendance: 800
	Schmid 9	(17–8)	Markides 7
	3× 4×	(Report)	3× 4×

January 17, 2010 11:30	Belarus	23–26	Switzerland	Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia Attendance: 200
	Gromyko, Usik 5	(13–9)	Kurth 10
	3× 7× 1×	(Report)	3× 5×

January 17, 2010 14:00	Cyprus	34–27	Faroe Islands	Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia Attendance: 500
	Efstathiadis 9	(14–15)	Hanusarson 9
	3× 5×	(Report)	3× 5×

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	97	76	21	6	Playoffs
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	1	100	76	24	4
3	Finland (H)	3	1	2	86	83	3	2
4	Great Britain	3	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× 3×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 4×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 2×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 6×	(Report)	2× 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
	3× 2×	(Report)	3× 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
	2× 7×	(Report)	3× 3×

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia (H)	2	2	0	77	44	33	4	Playoffs
2	Israel	2	1	1	62	50	12	2
3	Bulgaria	2	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× 3×	(Report)	3× 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× 3×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 7× 1×	(Report)	3× 5×

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	2	2	0	51	38	13	4	Playoffs
2	Estonia	2	1	1	51	42	9	2
3	Belgium	2	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
	2× 3×	(Report)	2× 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
	3× 6×	(Report)	3× 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× 2×	(Report)	3× 5× 1×

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	2	2	0	63	48	15	4	Playoffs
2	Montenegro	2	1	1	54	55	−1	2
3	Italy (H)	2	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
	3× 6×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 8×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 5×	(Report)	3× 3×

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	2	2	0	64	51	13	4	Playoffs
2	Luxembourg	2	1	1	55	64	−9	2
3	Latvia	2	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
	3× 5× 1×	(Report)	3× 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× 3×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 10×	(Report)	3× 3×

Group 7

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
	3× 5×	Report	3× 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× 3×	Report	3× 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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6×

Play-off round

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

11 teams from the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship. These won't be the top 3 from the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship, nor Sweden and France.
7 group winners from the Qualification Round: Switzerland, Romania, Netherlands, Slovakia, Greece, Portugal, Lithuania.

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

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

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

June 12, 2010 20:20	Austria	31–15	Netherlands	Dornbirn Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Szilágyi 7	(15–10)	Konitz 7
	3× 5×	(Report)	2× 7× 1×

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
	3× 2×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 5× 1×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 2×	(Report)	3× 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
	2× 4×	(Report)	1× 6× 2×

June 12, 2010 20:00	Serbia	27–23	Czech Republic	Hala Čair, Niš Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Šešum 8	(16–9)	Filip, Jícha 4
	3× 5×	(Report)	3× 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
	3× 4×	(Report)	3× 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
	3×	(Report)	3× 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
	2× 5×	(Report)	3× 4×

Second leg

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× 3×	(Report)	3× 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
	2× 5× 1×	(Report)	2× 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

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

[ehf-draw-1] "World Championship 2011 Qualification Round Draw". EHF. Retrieved 4 August 2009.

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