European handball championship 2008 / qualification

This page describes the qualification for the 8th Men's Handball European Championship 2008 . 32 nations were involved in the qualification, of which 9 teams qualified for the finals in Norway . In addition to the Norwegian men's national handball team , as the organizer, the six best teams in the 2006 European Championship , defending champions France as well as Spain , Denmark , Croatia , Germany 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

32 teams took part in the qualification. These had to compete in seven groups - five groups of four teams each and two groups of three teams each. The group winners and the runners-up of the groups with four teams were eligible to start in the play-off round, where a further six teams set for the play-off games were added.

Group 1

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Belarus	3	3	0	0	100: 074	+26	6th
2.	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	100: 074	+26	4th
3.	Republic of Cyprus	3	1	0	2	071: 086	-15	2
4th	Moldova	3	0	0	3	073: 110	-37	0

Belarus		29:27	31:23	40:24
Slovakia	-		31:20	42:25
Republic of Cyprus	-	-		28:24
Moldova	-	-	-

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
01/19/2007	Brest	Slovakia	-	Republic of Cyprus	31:20
		Belarus	-	Moldova	40:24
01/20/2007		Moldova	-	Slovakia	25:42
		Republic of Cyprus	-	Belarus	23:31
01/21/2007		Republic of Cyprus	-	Moldova	28:24
		Slovakia	-	Belarus	27:29

Group 2

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Serbia	6th	4th	1	1	220: 164	+56	9
2.	Macedonia	6th	4th	1	1	185: 179	+ 06	9
3.	Israel	6th	3	0	3	172: 174	- 02nd	6th
4th	Luxembourg	6th	0	0	6th	149: 209	-60	0

Serbia		42:28	37:27	40:24
Macedonia	32:32		27:26	35:25
Israel	30:29	28:30		35:26
Luxembourg	23:40	26:33	25:26

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
03/01/2007	Strumica	Macedonia	-	Luxembourg	35:25
04/01/2007	Belgrade	Serbia	-	Israel	37:27
01/06/2007	Ra'anana	Israel	-	Serbia	30:29
01/06/2007	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Macedonia	26:33
01/10/2007	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Serbia	23:40
01/10/2007	Ra'anana	Israel	-	Macedonia	28:30
13/01/2007	Kac	Serbia	-	Luxembourg	40:24
13/01/2007	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Israel	27:26
January 17, 2007	Ohrid	Macedonia	-	Serbia	32:32
January 17, 2007	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	-	Israel	25:26
01/20/2007	Niš	Serbia	-	Macedonia	42:28
01/21/2007	Ra'anana	Israel	-	Luxembourg	35:26

Group 3

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Romania	6th	6th	0	0	203: 153	+50	12
2.	Latvia	6th	4th	0	2	187: 167	+20	08th
3.	Bulgaria	6th	1	0	5	140: 171	-31	02
4th	Georgia	6th	1	0	5	140: 179	-39	02

Romania		41:31	38:24	30:24
Latvia	26:30		29:23	38:20
Bulgaria	24:30	24:31		24:21
Georgia	24:34	28:32	22:21

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
03/01/2007	Riga	Latvia	-	Georgia	38:20
04/01/2007	Constanța	Romania	-	Bulgaria	38:24
07/01/2007	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Latvia	29:32
07/01/2007	Gabrovo	Bulgaria	-	Romania	24:30
01/10/2007	Gabrovo	Bulgaria	-	Latvia	24:31
01/12/2007	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Romania	24:34
01/14/2007	Constanța	Romania	-	Georgia	30:24
01/14/2007	Riga	Latvia	-	Bulgaria	29:23
January 17, 2007	Riga	Latvia	-	Romania	26:30
01/19/2007	Tbilisi	Georgia	-	Bulgaria	22:21
01/21/2007	Constanța	Romania	-	Latvia	41:31
01/21/2007	Gabrovo	Bulgaria	-	Georgia	24:21

Group 4

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Montenegro	6th	5	1	0	200: 171	+29	11
2.	Netherlands	6th	3	1	2	186: 186	± 00	07th
3.	Austria	6th	3	0	3	183: 178	+ 05	06th
4th	Finland	6th	0	0	6th	165: 199	-34	00

Montenegro		32:27	31:24	41:27
Netherlands	33:33		27:26	33:29
Austria	34:35	37:31		33:28
Finland	26:28	29:35	26:29

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
03/01/2007	Vantaa	Finland	-	Montenegro	26:28
04/01/2007	innsbruck	Austria	-	Netherlands	37:31
01/06/2007	Budva	Montenegro	-	Finland	41:27
07/01/2007	Emmen	Netherlands	-	Austria	27:26
01/10/2007	Cetinje	Montenegro	-	Austria	31:24
01/10/2007	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Finland	33:29
13/01/2007	Vantaa	Finland	-	Netherlands	29:35
13/01/2007	Stockerau	Austria	-	Montenegro	34:35
01/16/2007	Vantaa	Finland	-	Austria	26:29
January 17, 2007	Bijelo Polje	Montenegro	-	Netherlands	32:27
01/20/2007	Traun	Austria	-	Finland	33:28
01/21/2007	Pannings	Netherlands	-	Montenegro	33:33

Group 5

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Switzerland	6th	6th	0	0	186: 151	+35	12
2.	Lithuania	6th	3	0	3	186: 188	- 02nd	06th
3.	Italy	6th	2	0	4th	173: 187	-14	04th
4th	Turkey	6th	1	0	5	167: 186	-19	02

Switzerland		33:29	27:21	32:21
Lithuania	30:35		32:28	35:28
Italy	26:34	35:29		33:32
Turkey	24:25	29:31	33:30

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
03/01/2007	Alytus	Lithuania	-	Italy	32:28
03/01/2007	Bern	Switzerland	-	Turkey	32:21
01/06/2007	Mezzocorona	Italy	-	Lithuania	35:29
07/01/2007	Adana	Turkey	-	Switzerland	24:25
01/10/2007	Adana	Turkey	-	Lithuania	29:31
01/10/2007	Brixen	Italy	-	Switzerland	26:34
13/01/2007	Aarau	Switzerland	-	Italy	27:21
01/14/2007	Varėna	Lithuania	-	Turkey	35:28
January 17, 2007	Alytus	Lithuania	-	Switzerland	30:35
January 17, 2007	Mezzocorona	Italy	-	Turkey	33:32
01/21/2007	St. Gallen	Switzerland	-	Lithuania	33:29
01/21/2007	Adana	Turkey	-	Italy	33:30

Group 6

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Portugal	4th	3	0	1	115: 094	+21	6th
2.	Greece	4th	3	0	1	107: 098	+ 09	6th
3.	Estonia	4th	0	0	4th	095: 125	-30	0

Portugal		24:20	34:23
Greece	27:26		31:23
Estonia	24:31	25:29

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
03/01/2007	Rio Maior	Portugal	-	Estonia	34:23
07/01/2007	Polva	Estonia	-	Portugal	24:31
01/10/2007	Kehra	Estonia	-	Greece	25:29
13/01/2007	Thessaloniki	Greece	-	Estonia	31:23
January 18, 2007	Thessaloniki	Greece	-	Portugal	27:26
01/21/2007	Lagos	Portugal	-	Greece	24:20

Group 7

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	TV	TD	P
1.	Sweden	4th	4th	0	0	139: 106	+33	8th
2.	Bosnia Herzegovina	4th	2	0	2	143: 121	+22	4th
3.	Belgium	4th	0	0	4th	109: 164	-55	0

Sweden		27:25	38:22
Bosnia Herzegovina	30:36		43:25
Belgium	29:38	33:45

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result
04/01/2007	Trollhättan	Sweden	-	Belgium	38:22
01/06/2007	Kortrijk	Belgium	-	Sweden	29:38
01/12/2007	Hasselt	Belgium	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	33:45
01/14/2007	Visoko	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Belgium	43:25
01/19/2007	Visoko	Bosnia Herzegovina	-	Sweden	30:36
01/21/2007	Örebro	Sweden	-	Bosnia Herzegovina	27:25

Play-off round

In addition to the group winners and runners-up in the qualification, there were six teams based on the ranking list. These were Iceland, Poland, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Hungary. These determined the remaining nine participants for the 2006 finals in the knockout system. The draw resulted in the following pairings:

Gameday	Venue	Team 1		Team 2	Result	qualified
06/16/2007	Kielce	Poland	-	Netherlands	41:27	Poland
06/09/2007	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Poland	20:31
06/10/2007	Kaunas	Latvia	-	Hungary	23:28	Hungary
06/16/2007	Tiszaújváros	Hungary	-	Latvia	31:30
06/10/2007	Zaporizhia	Ukraine	-	Slovakia	29:28	Slovakia
06/16/2007	Levice	Slovakia	-	Ukraine	35:19
06/09/2007	Maribor	Slovenia	-	Macedonia	33:28	Slovenia
06/16/2007	Skopje	Macedonia	-	Slovenia	32:33
06/10/2007	Riga	Latvia	-	Czech Republic	30:21	Czech Republic
06/16/2007	Chomutov	Czech Republic	-	Latvia	33:26
06/09/2007	Brest	Belarus	-	Switzerland	33:24	Belarus
06/17/2007	Sursee	Switzerland	-	Belarus	30:28
06/10/2007	Karlskrona	Sweden	-	Romania	36:25	Sweden
06/17/2007	Constanța	Romania	-	Sweden	34:33
06/10/2007	Lagos	Portugal	-	Montenegro	28:30	Montenegro
06/17/2007	Bijelo Polje	Montenegro	-	Portugal	33:27
06/09/2007	Niš	Serbia	-	Iceland	30:29	Iceland
06/17/2007	Reykjavík	Iceland	-	Serbia	42:42

Web links

• European Handball Federation (EHF): Official website
• Sports statistics by Todor Krastev: Qualification for the Handball European Championship 2008 (English)

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 2008 ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (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, 25 kB; accessed on February 2, 2016)
6. ↑ Wissenswertes.at: Play-Off for the European Handball Championship 2004 ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 2, 2016)