European Handball Championship 2002 / qualification

This page describes the qualification for the 5th European Handball Championship 2002 for men . 36 nations were involved in the qualification, of which 11 teams qualified for the finals in Sweden . Only the Swedish men's national handball team was directly qualified as defending champions of the EM 2000 .

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

qualification

20 teams took part in the qualification. These had to compete against each other in five groups of four teams each. The group winners and runners-up were eligible to start in the play-off round, where a further twelve teams were added.

Group 1

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Belarus	6th	4th	0	2	175: 136	+39	8th
2.	Italy	6th	3	1	2	130: 136	- 06	7th
3.	Austria	6th	2	1	3	151: 173	−22	5
4th	Estonia	6th	2	0	4th	145: 156	−11	4th

Belarus		27:11	35:20	29:21
Italy	30:24		25:22	26:18
Austria	19:15	23:23		30:23
Estonia	23:31	22:15	38:25

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/04/2001	Minsk	Belarus	-	Estonia	29:21
01/04/2001	Feldkirchen	Austria	-	Italy	23:23
01/06/2001	Trieste	Italy	-	Austria	25:22
07/01/2001	Tallinn	Estonia	-	Belarus	23:31
01/11/2001	Tallinn	Estonia	-	Austria	38:25
01/11/2001	Trieste	Italy	-	Belarus	30:24
13/01/2001	Worgl	Austria	-	Estonia	30:23
01/14/2001	Minsk	Belarus	-	Italy	27:11
01/16/2001	Minsk	Belarus	-	Austria	35:20
01/18/2001	Tallinn	Estonia	-	Italy	22:15
01/19/2001	Traun	Austria	-	Belarus	31:29
01/20/2001	Trieste	Italy	-	Estonia	26:18

Group 2

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Slovakia	6th	4th	1	1	162: 128	+34	9
2.	Finland	6th	4th	1	1	161: 144	+17	9
3.	Bulgaria	6th	2	1	3	143: 156	−13	5
4th	Belgium	6th	0	1	5	119: 157	−38	1

Slovakia		25:18	31:17	26:17
Finland	27:27		30:22	30:19
Bulgaria	28:22	30:32		23:23
Belgium	21:31	21:24	18:23

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/03/2001	Michalovce	Slovakia	-	Belgium	26:17
01/03/2001	Varna	Bulgaria	-	Finland	30:32
01/06/2001	Neerpelt	Belgium	-	Slovakia	21:31
07/01/2001	Helsinki	Finland	-	Bulgaria	30:22
01/10/2001	Helsinki	Finland	-	Slovakia	27:27
01/11/2001	Tongeren	Belgium	-	Bulgaria	18:23
13/01/2001	Košice	Slovakia	-	Finland	25:18
01/14/2001	Varna	Bulgaria	-	Belgium	23:23
01/17/2001	Varna	Bulgaria	-	Slovakia	28:22
01/18/2001	Helsinki	Finland	-	Belgium	30:19
01/20/2001	Bardejov	Slovakia	-	Bulgaria	31:17
01/20/2001	Ans	Belgium	-	Finland	21:24

Group 3

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Turkey	6th	5	0	1	161: 137	+24	10
2.	Bosnia Herzegovina	6th	4th	0	2	150: 138	+12	08th
3.	Greece	6th	3	0	3	148: 151	- 03	06th
4th	Georgia	6th	0	0	6th	124: 157	−33	00

Turkey		21:16	26:24	28:16
Bosnia Herzegovina	30:28		29:19	28:17
Greece	27:32	29:21		25:20
Georgia	24:26	24:26	23:24

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/04/2001	Ankara	Turkey	-	Georgia	28:16
01/04/2001	Athens	Greece	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	29:21
07/01/2001	Ankara	Georgia	-	Turkey	24:26
07/01/2001	Sarajevo	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Greece	29:19
01/10/2001	Konjic	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Turkey	30:28
01/11/2001	Corfu	Georgia	-	Greece	23:24
13/01/2001	Ioannina	Greece	-	Georgia	25:20
01/14/2001	Ankara	Turkey	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	21:16
01/17/2001	Samos	Greece	-	Turkey	27:32
01/19/2001	Visoko	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Georgia	28:17
01/20/2001	Kuşadası	Turkey	-	Greece	26:24
01/21/2001	Sarajevo	Georgia	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	24:26

Group 4

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Latvia	6th	5	0	1	150: 115	+35	10
2.	Switzerland	6th	5	0	1	157: 138	+19	10
3.	Romania	6th	2	0	4th	145: 139	+ 06	04th
4th	Faroe Islands	6th	0	0	6th	119: 179	−60	00

Lithuania		26:16	24:15	29:21
Switzerland	26:23		26:23	35:18
Romania	20:23	24:27		36:23
Faroe Islands	17:25	24:27	16:27

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/04/2001	Stäfa	Switzerland	-	Latvia	26:23
01/05/2001	Tórshavn	Romania	-	Faroe Islands	36:23
07/01/2001	Kaunas	Latvia	-	Switzerland	26:16
07/01/2001	Vestmanna	Faroe Islands	-	Romania	16:27
01/10/2001	Kaunas	Latvia	-	Romania	24:15
01/12/2001	Tórshavn	Iceland	-	Switzerland	24:27
13/01/2001	Scale	Switzerland	-	Faroe Islands	35:18
01/14/2001	Oradea	Romania	-	Latvia	20:23
01/17/2001	Oradea	Romania	-	Switzerland	24:27
01/20/2001	Vestmanna	Faroe Islands	-	Latvia	17:25
01/21/2001	Tórshavn	Latvia	-	Faroe Islands	29:21
01/21/2001	Aarau	Switzerland	-	Romania	26:23

Group 5

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Israel	6th	5	1	0	166: 133	+33	11
2.	Netherlands	6th	4th	1	1	160: 127	+33	09
3.	Luxembourg	6th	1	0	5	125: 152	−27	02
4th	Republic of Cyprus	6th	1	0	5	125: 164	−39	02

Israel		25:23	27:20	30:17
Netherlands	26:26		26:17	34:21
Luxembourg	23:29	20:25		22:21
Republic of Cyprus	24:29	18:26	24:23

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
January 11, 2000	Aalsmeer	Netherlands	-	Republic of Cyprus	34:21
01/03/2001	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	Republic of Cyprus	30:17
01/04/2001	Aalsmeer	Netherlands	-	Luxembourg	26:17
01/06/2001	Berchem	Luxembourg	-	Netherlands	20:25
07/01/2001	Athienou	Republic of Cyprus	-	Israel	24:29
01/10/2001	Differdange	Luxembourg	-	Israel	23:29
13/01/2001	Aalsmeer	Netherlands	-	Israel	26:26
13/01/2001	Schifflange	Luxembourg	-	Republic of Cyprus	22:21
01/18/2001	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	Luxembourg	27:20
01/18/2001	Paphos	Republic of Cyprus	-	Netherlands	18:26
01/20/2001	Paphos	Republic of Cyprus	-	Luxembourg	24:23
01/21/2001	Nes Ziona	Israel	-	Netherlands	25:23

Play-off round

In addition to the group winners and runners-up in the qualification, there were the finalists Russia, Spain, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Portugal, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Ukraine of the European Championship 2000 as well as the seeded teams from Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary which determined the eleven participants for the final round in the knockout system. The draw resulted in the following pairings:

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result	qualified
06/02/2001	Ankara	Turkey	-	Croatia	26:32	Croatia
06/09/2001	Čakovec	Croatia	-	Turkey	39:30
06/03/2001	Minsk	Belarus	-	Iceland	23:30	Iceland
06/10/2001	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Belarus	26:27
06/03/2001	Kaunas	Latvia	-	Ukraine	21:20	Ukraine
06/10/2001	Zaporizhia	Ukraine	-	Latvia	26:15
06/02/2001	Aarau	Switzerland	-	Hungary	22:21	Switzerland due to the away goals rule
06/10/2001	Nyíregyháza	Hungary	-	Switzerland	25:24
06/03/2001	Michalovce	Slovakia	-	Germany	20:25	Germany
06/09/2001	Dortmund	Germany	-	Slovakia	27:25
06/02/2001	Conversano	Italy	-	Yugoslavia	18:26	Yugoslavia
06/09/2001	Vršac	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	43:21
06/03/2001	Radome	Poland	-	Norway	27:23	Poland
06/09/2001	Stord	Norway	-	Poland	29:29
06/03/2001	Sarajevo	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Denmark	19:18	Denmark
06/09/2001	Farum	Denmark	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	28:14
06/03/2001	Tel Aviv	Israel	-	Macedonia	29:19	Israel
06/10/2001	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Israel	29:23
06/02/2001	Aalsmeer	Netherlands	-	Portugal	23:31	Portugal
06/09/2001	Viseu	Portugal	-	Netherlands	23:22
06/03/2001	Espoo	Finland	-	Czech Republic	22:18	Czech Republic
06/10/2001	Karviná	Czech Republic	-	Finland	29:21

Web links

• European Handball Federation (EHF): Official website
• Sports statistics by Todor Krastev: Qualification for the Handball European Championship 2002 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Qualification (accessed on February 2, 2016)
2. ↑ Results of the pre-qualification (PDF document, 54 kB; accessed on February 2, 2016)
3. ↑ Wissenswertes.at: Qualification for the European Handball Championship 2002 ( 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): Play-off results (PDF document, 27 kB; accessed on February 2, 2016)
6. ↑ Wissenswertes.at: Play-Off for the European Handball Championship 2002 ( Memento from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 2, 2016)