European Handball Championship 2004 / qualification

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This page describes the qualification for the 6th Men's Handball European Championship 2004 . 32 nations took part in the qualification, of which 10 teams qualified for the finals in Slovenia . In addition to Slovenia , as the organizer, the top five of the 2002 European Championships , defending champions Sweden as well as Germany , Denmark , Iceland and Russia 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

qualification

24 teams took part in the qualification. These had to compete against each other in six groups of four teams each. The group winners and runners-up were eligible to start in the play-off round, where a further eight teams set up for the play-off games were added.

Group 1

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. LatviaLatvia Lithuania 6th 4th 1 1 146: 130 +16 9
2. GreeceGreece Greece 6th 3 0 3 135: 135 ± 00 6th
3. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 6th 2 1 3 149: 151 - 02nd 5
4th ItalyItaly Italy 6th 2 0 4th 133: 147 −14 4th
  LatviaLatvia GreeceGreece SlovakiaSlovakia ItalyItaly
Lithuania   28:16 29:28 24:14
Greece 25:17   23:19 24:21
Slovakia 25:25 25:23   25:20
Italy 22:23 25:24 31:27  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
01/02/2003 Kaunas Lithuania - Greece 28:16
01/02/2003 Považská Bystrica Slovakia - Italy 25:20
05/01/2003 Teramo Italy - Slovakia 31:27
01/06/2003 Kilkis Greece - Lithuania 25:17
01/09/2003 Veria Greece - Slovakia 23:19
01/09/2003 Teramo Italy - Lithuania 22:23
01/12/2003 Kaunas Lithuania - Italy 24:14
01/12/2003 Košice Slovakia - Greece 25:23
01/15/2003 Prešov Slovakia - Lithuania 25:25
01/16/2003 Pescara Italy - Greece 25:24
01/19/2003 Kaunas Lithuania - Slovakia 29:28
01/19/2003 Athens Greece - Italy 24:21

Group 2

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. NorwayNorway Norway 6th 5 0 1 191: 138 +53 10
2. Belarus 1995Belarus Belarus 6th 4th 0 2 167: 155 +12 08th
3. RomaniaRomania Romania 6th 3 0 3 177: 175 + 02 06th
4th LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg 6th 0 0 6th 133: 200 −67 00
  NorwayNorway Belarus 1995Belarus RomaniaRomania LuxembourgLuxembourg
Norway   29:21 38:25 36:18
Belarus 23:29   29:28 36:22
Romania 31:27 24:31   35:26
Luxembourg 20:32 23:27 24:34  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
01/02/2003 Sandefjord Norway - Romania 38:25
01/04/2003 Berchem Belarus - Luxembourg 36:22
05/01/2003 Berchem Luxembourg - Belarus 23:27
05/01/2003 Râmnicu Vâlcea Romania - Norway 31:27
01/08/2003 Vâlcea Romania - Belarus 24:31
01/08/2003 Dudelange Luxembourg - Norway 20:32
01/11/2003 Førde Norway - Luxembourg 36:18
01/12/2003 Minsk Belarus - Romania 29:28
01/15/2003 Esch on the Alzette Luxembourg - Romania 24:34
01/16/2003 Minsk Belarus - Norway 23:29
01/16/2003 Esch on the Alzette Romania - Luxembourg 35:26
01/19/2003 Stavanger Norway - Belarus 29:21

Group 3

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. FinlandFinland Finland 6th 6th 0 0 165: 122 +43 12
2. IsraelIsrael Israel 6th 4th 0 2 154: 127 +27 08th
3. BelgiumBelgium Belgium 6th 1 1 4th 133: 153 −20 03
4th FaroeseFaroe Islands Faroe Islands 6th 0 1 5 110: 160 −50 01
  FinlandFinland IsraelIsrael BelgiumBelgium FaroeseFaroe Islands
Finland   23:19 32:25 28:20
Israel 23:26   27:22 31:21
Belgium 20:25 20:30   24:17
Faroe Islands 15:31 15:24 22:22  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
01/02/2003 Kauniainen Finland - Faroe Islands 28:20
03/01/2003 Merksem Israel - Belgium 27:22
05/01/2003 Merksem Belgium - Israel 20:30
05/01/2003 Tórshavn Faroe Islands - Finland 15:31
01/08/2003 Beyne-Heusay Belgium - Finland 20:25
01/10/2003 Vestmanna Faroe Islands - Israel 15:24
01/12/2003 Kauniainen Finland - Belgium 32:25
01/12/2003 Tórshavn Israel - Faroe Islands 31:21
01/15/2003 Kauniainen Israel - Finland 23:26
01/15/2003 Tórshavn Faroe Islands - Belgium 22:22
01/16/2003 Kauniainen Finland - Israel 23:19
01/18/2003 Tongeren Belgium - Faroe Islands 24:17

Group 4

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. TurkeyTurkey Turkey 6th 5 0 1 179: 144 +35 10
2. AustriaAustria Austria 6th 5 0 1 182: 136 +46 10
3. Cyprus 1960Cyprus Republic of Cyprus 6th 1 0 5 129: 159 −30 02
4th Georgia 1990Georgia Georgia 6th 1 0 5 142: 193 −51 02
  TurkeyTurkey AustriaAustria Cyprus 1960Cyprus Georgia 1990Georgia
Austria   28:24 32:24 31:19
Turkey 31:22   34:24 30:26
Georgia 19:40 28:38   26:25
Republic of Cyprus 19:29 16:22 24:21  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
01/02/2003 Antalya Turkey - Republic of Cyprus 30:26
01/04/2003 Lustenau Georgia - Austria 19:40
05/01/2003 Nicosia Republic of Cyprus - Turkey 16:22
05/01/2003 Lustenau Austria - Georgia 32:24
01/08/2003 Nicosia Republic of Cyprus - Austria 19:29
01/09/2003 Istanbul Georgia - Turkey 28:38
01/11/2003 Istanbul Turkey - Georgia 34:24
01/11/2003 Krems at the Donau Austria - Republic of Cyprus 31:19
01/14/2003 Nicosia Republic of Cyprus - Georgia 24:21
01/14/2003 Istanbul Turkey - Austria 31:22
01/15/2003 Nicosia Georgia - Republic of Cyprus 26:25
01/17/2003 Traun Austria - Turkey 28:24

Group 5

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 6th 5 0 1 183: 150 +33 10
2. North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Macedonia 6th 4th 0 2 202: 179 +23 08th
3. LatviaLatvia Latvia 6th 3 0 3 164: 178 −14 06th
4th BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 6th 0 0 6th 149: 191 −42 00
  SwitzerlandSwitzerland North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia LatviaLatvia BulgariaBulgaria
Switzerland   34:30 30:23 37:24
Macedonia 24:31   41:30 34:23
Latvia 25:21 31:38   25:23
Bulgaria 24:30 30:35 25:30  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
03/01/2003 Schaffhausen Switzerland - Latvia 30:23
03/01/2003 Strumica Macedonia - Bulgaria 34:23
05/01/2003 Gabrovo Bulgaria - Macedonia 30:35
05/01/2003 Riga Latvia - Switzerland 25:21
01/08/2003 Gabrovo Bulgaria - Switzerland 24:30
01/09/2003 Riga Latvia - Macedonia 31:38
01/12/2003 Volketswil Switzerland - Bulgaria 37:24
01/12/2003 Veles Macedonia - Latvia 41:30
01/15/2003 Gabrovo Bulgaria - Latvia 25:30
01/15/2003 Kavadarci Macedonia - Switzerland 24:31
01/18/2003 Riga Latvia - Bulgaria 25:23
01/19/2003 train Switzerland - Macedonia 34:30

Group 6

Pl. team Sp S. U N TV TD P
1. UkraineUkraine Ukraine 6th 5 0 1 139: 104 +35 10
2. Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia Herzegovina 6th 4th 1 1 126: 114 +12 09
3. EstoniaEstonia Estonia 6th 1 1 4th 124: 147 −23 03
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 6th 1 0 5 129: 153 −24 02
  UkraineUkraine Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina EstoniaEstonia NetherlandsNetherlands
Ukraine   19:15 22:17 23:15
Bosnia Herzegovina 17:16   25:19 23:23
Netherlands 23:32 20:22   27:22
Estonia 17:27 17:24 30:23  
Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result
01/02/2003 Yuschne Ukraine - Netherlands 27:17
03/01/2003 Gračanica Bosnia Herzegovina - Estonia 23:23
05/01/2003 Jellies Netherlands - Ukraine 23:27
05/01/2003 Tallinn Estonia - Bosnia Herzegovina 17:24
01/08/2003 Tallinn Estonia - Ukraine 17:27
01/09/2003 Emmen Netherlands - Bosnia Herzegovina 20:22
01/12/2003 Visoko Bosnia Herzegovina - Netherlands 25:19
01/12/2003 Yuschne Ukraine - Estonia 23:15
01/15/2003 Sarajevo Bosnia Herzegovina - Ukraine 17:16
01/16/2003 Tallinn Estonia - Netherlands 30:23
01/19/2003 Emmen Netherlands - Estonia 27:22
01/19/2003 Zaporizhia Ukraine - Bosnia Herzegovina 19:15

Play-off round

In addition to the group winners and runners-up in the qualification, eight teams based on the ranking were added. These were the Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland, Serbia-Montenegro, Spain, Hungary, France and Portugal. These determined the ten remaining participants for the 2004 finals in the knockout system. The draw resulted in the following pairings:

Gameday Venue Team 1 Team 2 Result qualified
06/14/2003 Tuzla Bosnia Herzegovina - Czech Republic 18:24 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
06/22/2003 Frýdek-Místek Czech Republic - Bosnia Herzegovina 32:22
06/14/2003 Antalya Israel - Ukraine 17:26 UkraineUkraine Ukraine
06/22/2003 Zaporizhia Ukraine - Israel 22:22
06/14/2003 Minsk Belarus - Croatia 32:32 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
06/21/2003 Zagreb Croatia - Belarus 30:20
06/13/2003 Krems at the Donau Austria - Poland 30:24 PolandPoland Poland
06/20/2003 Radome Poland - Austria 36:19
06/15/2003 Helsinki Finland - Serbia-Montenegro 29:31 Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Serbia-Montenegro
06/21/2003 Pljevlja Serbia-Montenegro - Finland 36:28
06/14/2003 Guadalajara (Spain) Latvia - Spain 27:38 SpainSpain Spain
06/15/2003 Alcobendas Spain - Latvia 30:27
06/14/2003 Bitola Macedonia - Hungary 33:31 HungaryHungary Hungary
06/20/2003 Veszprém Hungary - Macedonia 33:29
06/15/2003 Kilkis Greece - France 17:27 FranceFrance France
06/18/2003 Marseille France - Greece 26:19
06/14/2003 Izmir Turkey - Switzerland 25:26 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
06/21/2003 Zurich Switzerland - Turkey 27:27
06/14/2003 Stavanger Norway - Portugal 23:19 PortugalPortugal Portugal
06/21/2003 Caminha Portugal - Norway 31:25

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Qualification (accessed on February 2, 2016)
  2. ↑ European Handball Federation (EHF): Results of the qualification (PDF document, 61 kB; accessed on February 2, 2016)
  3. ↑ Wissenswertes.at: Qualification for the European Handball Championship 2004 ( 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 2004 ( Memento from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 2, 2016)