European handball championship 1998 / qualification

This page describes the qualification for the 3rd Men's Handball European Championship 1998 . 28 nations were involved in the qualification, of which 10 teams qualified for the finals in Bolzano and Merano . Only Spain, as defending champions of the European Championship in 1996 and Italy, as the host of the European Championship in 1998, were directly qualified.

Legend

Column structure

Pl. = Place	S = number of games	S = number of wins	U = number of ties	N = number of losses
	TV = goal difference	TD = goal difference	P = number of points

Pre-qualification

The worst-placed 18 teams in the ranking had to compete in the pre-qualification in five groups - three groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. The group winners were allowed to start in the qualification.

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Slovakia	6th	4th	1	1	139: 123	+16	9
2.	Turkey	6th	4th	1	1	149: 137	+12	9
3.	Latvia	6th	1	3	2	148: 148	± 00	5
4th	Estonia	6th	0	1	5	129: 157	−28	1

Slovakia		26:17	24:21	19:18
Turkey	19:17		29:26	33:28
Latvia	25:25	25:25		29:23
Estonia	23:28	15:26	22:22

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/29/1997	Izmir	Turkey	-	Slovakia	19:17
01/30/1997	Tallinn	Estonia	-	Latvia	22:22
02/01/1997	Malacky	Slovakia	-	Turkey	26:17
02/02/1997	Riga	Latvia	-	Estonia	29:23
03/04/1997	Senica	Slovakia	-	Estonia	19:18
03/05/1997	Senica	Estonia	-	Slovakia	23:28
03/05/1997	Riga	Latvia	-	Turkey	25:25
03/08/1997	Izmir	Turkey	-	Latvia	29:26
04/02/1997	Riga	Latvia	-	Slovakia	25:25
04/04/1997	Izmir	Estonia	-	Turkey	15:26
04/05/1997	Stupava	Slovakia	-	Latvia	24:21
04/06/1997	Izmir	Turkey	-	Estonia	33:28

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Macedonia	4th	3	0	1	121: 104	+17	6th
2.	Belarus	4th	3	0	1	116: 099	+17	6th
3.	Luxembourg	4th	0	0	4th	091: 125	−34	0

Macedonia		33:22	36:25
Belarus	33:24		33:18
Luxembourg	24:28	24:28

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/31/1997	Luxembourg	Belarus	-	Luxembourg	33:18
02/01/1997	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Belarus	24:28
03/05/1997	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Macedonia	24:28
03/08/1997	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Luxembourg	36:25
04/02/1997	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Belarus	33:22
04/06/1997	Minsk	Belarus	-	Macedonia	33:24

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Israel	4th	3	0	1	109: 070	+39	6th
2.	Greece	4th	3	0	1	098: 096	+ 02	6th
3.	Republic of Cyprus	4th	0	0	4th	071: 112	−41	0

Israel		29:15	30: 09
Greece	28:23		30:22
Republic of Cyprus	18:27	22:25

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/29/1997	Tel-Aviv	Israel	-	Greece	29:15
02/01/1997	Veria	Greece	-	Israel	28:23
03/05/1997	Athens	Greece	-	Republic of Cyprus	30:22
03/08/1997	Paphos	Republic of Cyprus	-	Greece	22:25
04/02/1997	Nicosia	Republic of Cyprus	-	Israel	18:27
04/06/1997	Tel-Aviv	Israel	-	Republic of Cyprus	30: 09

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Poland	6th	5	0	1	162: 143	+19	10
2.	Austria	6th	3	1	2	141: 129	+12	07th
3.	Bosnia Herzegovina	6th	2	2	2	147: 144	+ 03	06th
4th	Netherlands	6th	0	1	5	130: 164	−34	01

Poland		25:22	29:27	28:21
Austria	23:21		22:22	35:25
Bosnia Herzegovina	25:27	22:21		26:20
Netherlands	25:32	14:18	25:25

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/29/1997	Kielce	Poland	-	Austria	25:22
01/30/1997	Aalsmeer	Netherlands	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	25:25
02/01/1997	Lambach	Austria	-	Poland	23:21
02/02/1997	Sarajevo	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Netherlands	26:20
03/05/1997	Tuzla	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Poland	25:27
03/06/1997	Worgl	Austria	-	Netherlands	35:25
03/08/1997	Kielce	Poland	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	29:27
03/08/1997	The hero	Netherlands	-	Austria	14:18
04/03/1997	Visoko	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Austria	22:21
04/03/1997	Aalsmeer	Netherlands	-	Poland	25:32
04/05/1997	Kielce	Poland	-	Netherlands	28:21
04/06/1997	Feldkirchen	Austria	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	22:22

Group E

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Switzerland	6th	4th	0	2	152: 135	+17	8th
2.	Finland	6th	4th	0	2	141: 132	+ 09	8th
3.	Georgia	6th	2	1	3	132: 136	- 04th	5
4th	Belgium	6th	1	1	4th	115: 137	−22	3

Switzerland		24:23	28:22	29:23
Finland	26:25		25:20	24:19
Georgia	26:22	27:20		19:19
Belgium	15:24	17:23	22:18

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/30/1997	Helsinki	Finland	-	Georgia	25:20
01/30/1997	Lucerne	Switzerland	-	Belgium	29:23
02/01/1997	Beyne-Heusay	Belgium	-	Switzerland	15:24
02/02/1997	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Finland	27:20
03/05/1997	Ans	Belgium	-	Finland	17:23
03/06/1997	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Switzerland	26:22
03/08/1997	Helsinki	Finland	-	Belgium	24:19
03/09/1997	Tuna	Switzerland	-	Georgia	28:22
04/03/1997	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Belgium	19:19
04/04/1997	Helsinki	Finland	-	Switzerland	26:25
04/06/1997	Sursee	Switzerland	-	Finland	24:23
04/06/1997	Amay	Belgium	-	Georgia	22:18

qualification

The five group winners of the pre-qualification were added to the 15 teams qualified for the qualifying round. These determined the participants in the final round of the 1998 European Championship in five groups of four teams each. The first two of all groups were qualified.

Group 1

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Croatia	6th	4th	0	2	166: 145	+21	8th
2.	Macedonia	6th	3	0	3	181: 181	± 00	6th
3.	Romania	6th	3	0	3	151: 160	- 09	6th
4th	Portugal	6th	2	0	4th	151: 163	−12	4th

Croatia		37:27	29:21	28:25
Macedonia	31:29		35:22	33:29
Romania	22:25	32:25		30:26
Portugal	19:18	32:30	20:24

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
09/24/1997	Aljustrel	Portugal	-	Macedonia	32:30
09/25/1997	Kutina	Croatia	-	Romania	29:21
09/28/1997	Baia Mare	Romania	-	Croatia	22:25
09/28/1997	Bitola	Macedonia	-	Portugal	33:29
10/30/1997	Oradea	Romania	-	Portugal	30:26
10/30/1997	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Croatia	31:29
11/02/1997	Leiria	Portugal	-	Romania	20:24
11/02/1997	Karlovac	Croatia	-	Macedonia	37:27
11/26/1997	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Romania	35:22
11/26/1997	Braga	Portugal	-	Croatia	19:18
11/29/1997	Rijeka	Croatia	-	Portugal	28:25
11/30/1997	Oradea	Romania	-	Macedonia	32:25

Group 2

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Yugoslavia	6th	4th	2	0	167: 140	+27	10
2.	Lithuania	6th	3	1	2	156: 155	+ 01	07th
3.	Iceland	6th	2	1	3	157: 158	- 01	05
4th	Switzerland	6th	0	2	4th	146: 173	−27	02

Yugoslavia		25:25	30:26	36:22
Lithuania	23:29		32:29	31:26
Iceland	21:24	25:18		27:27
Switzerland	23:23	21:27	27:29

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
09/24/1997	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Switzerland	27:27
09/24/1997	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	-	Lithuania	25:25
09/28/1997	Kaunas	Lithuania	-	Yugoslavia	23:29
09/28/1997	Sursee	Switzerland	-	Iceland	27:29
October 29, 1997	Kaunas	Lithuania	-	Iceland	32:29
10/30/1997	Aarau	Switzerland	-	Yugoslavia	23:23
11/02/1997	Niš	Yugoslavia	-	Switzerland	36:22
11/02/1997	Hafnarfjordur	Iceland	-	Lithuania	25:18
11/27/1997	Bern	Switzerland	-	Lithuania	21:27
11/27/1997	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Yugoslavia	21:24
11/30/1997	Kaunas	Lithuania	-	Switzerland	31:26
11/30/1997	Podgorica	Yugoslavia	-	Iceland	30:26

Group 3

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	France	6th	5	1	0	158: 124	34	11
2.	Czech Republic	6th	2	2	2	141: 146	- 05th	06th
3.	Slovenia	6th	3	0	3	161: 155	+ 05	06th
4th	Israel	6th	0	1	5	133: 168	−35	01

France		28:19	26:24	30:17
Czech Republic	20:20		29:25	24:23
Slovenia	23:27	26:25		35:21
Israel	21:27	24:24	27:28

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
09/24/1997	Zubří	Czech Republic	-	Slovenia	29:25
09/25/1997	Antibes	France	-	Israel	30:17
09/27/1997	Ljubljana	Slovenia	-	Czech Republic	26:25
09/28/1997	Tel-Aviv	Israel	-	France	21:27
October 29, 1997	Tel-Aviv	Israel	-	Czech Republic	24:24
October 29, 1997	Celje	Slovenia	-	France	23:27
11/01/1997	Nantes	France	-	Slovenia	26:24
11/02/1997	Cheb	Czech Republic	-	Israel	24:23
11/26/1997	Tel-Aviv	Israel	-	Slovenia	27:28
11/27/1997	Dijon	France	-	Czech Republic	28:19
11/29/1997	Třeboň	Czech Republic	-	France	20:20
11/30/1997	Hrpelje	Slovenia	-	Israel	35:21

Group 4

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Germany	6th	4th	1	1	144: 123	+21	9
2.	Spain	6th	3	1	2	162: 137	+25	7th
3.	Norway	6th	2	0	4th	136: 157	−21	4th
4th	Slovakia	6th	2	0	4th	148: 173	−25	4th

Germany		23:23	24:14	30:25
Spain	25:16		30:20	33:23
Norway	18:23	28:25		31:24
Slovakia	18:28	27:26	31:25

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
09/24/1997	Lillestrøm	Norway	-	Slovakia	31:24
09/25/1997	Leganés	Spain	-	Germany	25:16
09/28/1997	Bratislava	Slovakia	-	Norway	31:25
09/28/1997	Hanover	Germany	-	Spain	23:23
October 29, 1997	Trnava	Slovakia	-	Spain	27:26
10/31/1997	Hamburg	Germany	-	Norway	24:14
11/02/1997	Oslo	Norway	-	Germany	18:23
11/02/1997	Algeciras	Spain	-	Slovakia	33:23
11/26/1997	Bratislava	Slovakia	-	Germany	18:28
11/26/1997	Gjovik	Norway	-	Spain	28:25
11/29/1997	Dessau	Germany	-	Slovakia	30:25
11/30/1997	Melilla	Spain	-	Norway	30:20

Group 5

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Hungary	6th	4th	1	1	147: 138	+ 09	9
2.	Sweden	6th	4th	0	2	156: 139	+17	8th
3.	Denmark	6th	3	1	2	133: 134	- 01	7th
4th	Poland	6th	0	0	6th	128: 153	−25	0

Hungary		28:24	22:17	30:23
Sweden	31:23		28:21	26:21
Denmark	21:21	26:21		26:23
Poland	22:23	20:26	19:22

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
09/24/1997	Vác	Hungary	-	Poland	30:23
09/24/1997	Malmo	Sweden	-	Denmark	28:21
09/27/1997	Brøndby	Denmark	-	Sweden	26:21
09/27/1997	Kielce	Poland	-	Hungary	22:23
October 29, 1997	Gdańsk	Poland	-	Sweden	20:26
October 29, 1997	Odense	Denmark	-	Hungary	21:21
11/01/1997	Karlskrona	Sweden	-	Poland	26:21
11/01/1997	Cegléd	Hungary	-	Denmark	22:17
11/26/1997	Nyíregyháza	Hungary	-	Sweden	28:24
11/26/1997	Zabrze	Poland	-	Denmark	19:22
11/30/1997	Stockholm	Sweden	-	Hungary	31:23
11/30/1997	Randers	Denmark	-	Poland	26:23

Qualified for the 1998 European Championship

• Croatia as the winner of Group 1
• Macedonia second in Group 1
• Yugoslavia as the winner of group 2
• Latvia second in Group 2
• France as winner of group 3
• Czech Republic as second in group 3
• Germany as the winner of group 4
• Spain second in group 4
• Hungary as the winner of group 5
• Sweden finished second in Group 5

Web links

• European Handball Federation (EHF): Official website
• Sports statistics by Todor Krastev: Qualification for the handball championship 1998 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Qualification (accessed on February 2, 2016)
2. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Results of the pre-qualification (PDF document, 50 KB; accessed on February 2, 2016)
3. ↑ Wissenswertes.at: Qualification1 for the 1998 European Handball Championship ( Memento from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 2, 2016)
4. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Qualification (accessed on February 2, 2016) http://statistics.eurohandball.com/reports/?b=54&r=2
5. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Results of the qualification (PDF document, 55 KB; accessed on February 2, 2016)
6. ↑ Wissenswertes.at: Qualification2 for the 1998 European Handball Championship ( Memento from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 2, 2016)