Handball European Championship 2000 / qualification

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This page describes the qualification for the 4th Men's Handball European Championship 2000 . 34 nations were involved in the qualification, of which 10 teams qualified for the finals in Zagreb and Rijeka . Only Sweden, as the defending champions of the European Championship in 1998 and Croatia, as the host of the European Championship in 2000, were directly qualified.

Legend

Column structure
Pl. = Place Sp = 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

Of the 34 registered teams, 26 nations had to contest the pre-qualification. These had to compete against each other in seven groups - five groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. The group winners and the four best runners-up in the groups of four were eligible to start in the play-off round, where six finalists from the 1998 European Championship were added. This left the Czech Republic, which was a finalist at the last two European Championships, by the wayside.

Group 1

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. PolandPoland Poland 6th 5 0 1 165: 133 +32 10
2. ItalyItaly Italy 6th 5 0 1 159: 133 +26 10
3. IsraelIsrael Israel 6th 1 0 5 137: 152 -15 02
4th LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 6th 1 0 5 123: 166 -43 02
  PolandPoland ItalyItaly IsraelIsrael LuxembourgLuxembourg
Poland   26:21 25:19 30:22
Italy 28:25   26:20 30:15
Israel 24:27 26:28   27:22
Luxembourg 19:32 21:26 24:21  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
05/12/1999 Aosta Italy - Luxembourg 30:15
05/13/1999 Piotrków Trybunalski Poland - Israel 25:19
05/15/1999 Dudelange Luxembourg - Italy 21:26
05/16/1999 Tel Aviv Israel - Poland 24:27
05/19/1999 Tel Aviv Israel - Italy 26:28
05/19/1999 Petange Luxembourg - Poland 19:32
05/22/1999 Głogów Poland - Luxembourg 30:22
05/22/1999 Fondi Italy - Israel 26:20
05/26/1999 Luxembourg Luxembourg - Israel 24:21
05/26/1999 Fondi Italy - Poland 28:25
05/29/1999 Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki Poland - Italy 26:21
05/30/1999 Tel Aviv Israel - Luxembourg 27:22

Group 2

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 6th 6th 0 0 195: 144 +51 12
2. AustriaAustria Austria 6th 3 1 2 153: 142 +11 07th
3. EstoniaEstonia Estonia 6th 1 1 4th 121: 164 -43 03
4th FinlandFinland Finland 6th 1 0 5 142: 161 -19 02
  SloveniaSlovenia AustriaAustria EstoniaEstonia FinlandFinland
Slovenia   28:20 34:20 32:25
Austria 29:33   29:22 30:19
Estonia 18:33 21:21   16:27
Finland 32:35 19:24 20:24  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
05/12/1999 Helsinki Finland - Estonia 20:24
05/13/1999 Twill Slovenia - Austria 28:20
05/15/1999 Tallinn Estonia - Finland 16:27
05/15/1999 black Austria - Slovenia 29:33
05/19/1999 Tallinn Estonia - Slovenia 18:33
05/19/1999 Gussing Austria - Finland 30:19
05/22/1999 Twill Slovenia - Estonia 34:20
05/22/1999 Helsinki Finland - Austria 19:24
05/26/1999 Tallinn Estonia - Austria 21:21
05/26/1999 Helsinki Finland - Slovenia 32:35
05/29/1999 Twill Slovenia - Finland 32:25
05/29/1999 Traun Austria - Estonia 29:22

Group 3

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. UkraineUkraine Ukraine 6th 5 0 1 170: 101 +69 10
2. TurkeyTurkey Turkey 6th 4th 0 2 122: 108 +14 08th
3. BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 6th 1 1 4th 106: 150 -44 03
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 6th 1 1 4th 93: 132 -39 03
  UkraineUkraine TurkeyTurkey BulgariaBulgaria NetherlandsNetherlands
Ukraine   29:24 26:13 33:13
Turkey 23:20   30:18 -: 10
Bulgaria 3:30 p.m. 14:24   28:22
Netherlands 13:32 17:21 18:18  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
- - - not carried out Turkey - Netherlands 00:10
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05/14/1999 Zaporizhia Ukraine - Bulgaria 26:13
05/16/1999 Doetinchem Netherlands - Turkey 17:21
05/18/1999 Sofia Bulgaria - Ukraine 3:30 p.m.
05/20/1999 Emmen Netherlands - Ukraine 13:32
05/21/1999 Gabrovo Bulgaria - Turkey 14:24
05/23/1999 Diyarbakır Turkey - Bulgaria 30:18
05/23/1999 Zaporizhia Ukraine - Netherlands 33:13
05/26/1999 Zaporizhia Ukraine - Turkey 29:24
05/27/1999 Sofia Bulgaria - Netherlands 28:22
05/30/1999 Aalsmeer Netherlands - Bulgaria 18:18
05/30/1999 Diyarbakır Turkey - Ukraine 23:20

Group 4

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. IcelandIceland Iceland 4th 3 0 1 128: 76 +52 6th
2. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 4th 3 0 1 113: 85 +28 6th
3. Cyprus 1960Cyprus Republic of Cyprus 4th 0 0 4th 57: 137 -80 0
  IcelandIceland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Cyprus 1960Cyprus
Iceland   32:23 42:11
Switzerland 29:20   32:18
Republic of Cyprus 13:34 15:29  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
05/15/1999 Hafnarfjordur Iceland - Republic of Cyprus 42:11
05/16/1999 Hafnarfjordur Republic of Cyprus - Iceland 13:34
05/20/1999 Baar (Switzerland) Republic of Cyprus - Switzerland 15:29
05/23/1999 Wettingen Switzerland - Republic of Cyprus 32:18
05/27/1999 Aarau Switzerland - Iceland 29:20
05/30/1999 Hafnarfjordur Iceland - Switzerland 32:23

Group 5

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. RomaniaRomania Romania 4th 4th 0 0 94:74 +20 8th
2. Lithuania 1989Lithuania Lithuania 4th 2 0 2 92:79 +13 4th
3. BelgiumBelgium Belgium 4th 0 0 4th 71: 104 -33 0
  RomaniaRomania Lithuania 1989Lithuania BelgiumBelgium
Romania   25:21 27:16
Lithuania 17:19   26:17
Belgium 20:23 18:28  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
05/12/1999 Baia Mare Romania - Belgium 27:16
05/15/1999 Hasselt Belgium - Romania 20:23
05/19/1999 Hasselt Belgium - Lithuania 18:28
05/23/1999 Kaunas Lithuania - Belgium 26:17
05/26/1999 Kaunas Lithuania - Romania 17:19
05/30/1999 Oradea Romania - Lithuania 25:21

Group 6

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. PortugalPortugal Portugal 6th 4th 0 2 133: 120 +13 8th
2. Georgia 1990Georgia Georgia 6th 4th 0 2 132: 128 + 04 8th
3. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 6th 2 0 4th 133: 138 - 05th 4th
4th LatviaLatvia Latvia 6th 2 0 4th 119: 131 -12 4th
  PortugalPortugal Georgia 1990Georgia SlovakiaSlovakia LatviaLatvia
Portugal   17:14 26:23 26:18
Georgia 21:20   29:26 27:23
Slovakia 22:23 24:22   20:17
Latvia 22:21 18:19 21:18  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
05/12/1999 Košice Slovakia - Latvia 20:17
05/12/1999 Serpa Portugal - Georgia 17:14
05/15/1999 Riga Latvia - Slovakia 21:18
05/16/1999 Tbilisi Georgia - Portugal 21:20
05/19/1999 Riga Latvia - Portugal 22:21
05/20/1999 Tbilisi Georgia - Slovakia 29:26
05/22/1999 Košice Slovakia - Georgia 24:22
05/23/1999 Póvoa de Varzim Portugal - Latvia 26:18
05/26/1999 Riga Latvia - Georgia 18:19
05/27/1999 Košice Slovakia - Portugal 22:23
05/30/1999 Porto de Mós Portugal - Slovakia 26:23
05/30/1999 Tbilisi Georgia - Latvia 27:23

Group 7

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus 6th 6th 0 0 174: 128 +46 12
2. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 6th 3 0 3 159: 148 +11 06th
3. GreeceGreece Greece 6th 2 0 4th 113: 133 -20 04th
4th Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia Herzegovina 6th 1 0 5 124: 161 -37 02
  Belarus 1995Belarus Czech RepublicCzech Republic GreeceGreece Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina
Belarus   28:23 32:13 32:21
Czech Republic 25:27   27:18 32:26
Greece 23:24 20:25   10 :: 0
Bosnia Herzegovina 23:31 29:27 25:29  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
05/12/1999 Brno Czech Republic - Greece 27:18
05/13/1999 Minsk Belarus - Bosnia Herzegovina 32:21
05/15/1999 Athens Greece - Czech Republic 20:25
05/16/1999 Tuzla Bosnia Herzegovina - Belarus 23:31
05/19/1999 Visoko Bosnia Herzegovina - Czech Republic 29:27
05/19/1999 Athens Greece - Belarus 23:24
05/22/1999 Frýdek-Místek Czech Republic - Bosnia Herzegovina 32:26
05/22/1999 Minsk Belarus - Greece 32:13
05/26/1999 Visoko Bosnia Herzegovina - Greece 25:29
05/27/1999 Minsk Belarus - Czech Republic 28:23
05/29/1999 Karviná Czech Republic - Belarus 25:27
05/29/1999 Athens Greece - Bosnia Herzegovina 10: 00
certified as a criminal offense

Play-off round

For the play-off round, the teams placed second to seventh at the 1998 European Championship were seeded. These were Spain, Germany, Russia, Yugoslavia, Hungary and France. Then there were the group winners of the pre-qualification and the runners-up of the groups of four in the pre-qualification. The draw resulted in the following pairings:

Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result qualified
09/11/1999 Tbilisi Georgia - Denmark 25:32 DenmarkDenmark Denmark
09/18/1999 Silkeborg Denmark - Georgia 31:22
09/11/1999 Maria Enzersdorf Austria - Spain 22:28 SpainSpain Spain
09/19/1999 Moose Spain - Austria 29:22
09/12/1999 Izmir Turkey - Russia 24:29 RussiaRussia Russia
09/19/1999 Moscow Russia - Turkey 33:23
09/11/1999 Trieste Italy - Norway 17:26 NorwayNorway Norway
09/19/1999 Stavanger Norway - Italy 27:21
09/12/1999 Hafnarfjordur Iceland - Macedonia 32:23 IcelandIceland Iceland
09/19/1999 Skopje Macedonia - Iceland 32:29
09/12/1999 Zaporizhia Ukraine - Belarus 29:21 UkraineUkraine Ukraine
09/19/1999 Minsk Belarus - Ukraine 23:23
09/11/1999 Viseu Portugal - Yugoslavia 30:28 PortugalPortugal Portugal
09/18/1999 Podgorica Yugoslavia - Portugal 23:22
09/12/1999 Twill Slovenia - Hungary 32:29 SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia
09/19/1999 Veszprém Hungary - Slovenia 23:27
09/11/1999 Głogów Poland - Germany 16:26 GermanyGermany Germany
09/19/1999 Riesa Germany - Poland 30:25
09/12/1999 Oradea Romania - France 15:22 FranceFrance France
09/19/1999 Dijon France - Romania 19:18

The winners of these duels were eligible to compete in the finals of the 2000 European Championship.

Web links

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, 67 kB; accessed on February 2, 2016)
  3. ↑ Wissenswertes.at: Qualification for the European Handball Championship 2000 ( Memento from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 2, 2016)
  4. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Play-Off (accessed on February 2, 2016)
  5. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Results Play-Off (PDF document, 26 kB; accessed on February 2, 2016)
  6. ↑ Wissenswertes.at: Play-Off for the Handball EM 2000 ( Memento from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 2, 2016)