European Handball Championship 2012 / qualification

This page describes the qualification for the men's handball European championship 2012 .

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16 national teams will take part in the 2012 European Championship. Of the 39 teams registered for the qualification, the host Serbia and the defending champion France are directly qualified. All other nations must qualify for the tournament in two group phases.

The twelve participants in the first qualifying round were drawn in three groups of four on January 31, 2010 in Vienna . The first placed qualified for the second round.

The 14 not directly qualified participants of the 2010 European Championship , the seven group winners of the qualifying round for the 2011 World Championship , the four best teams in the EHF national team ranking and the three group winners of the first qualifying round take part in the second qualifying round. The teams were divided into seven groups of four in Belgrade on April 12, 2010 , in which the teams play a return match against each group opponent. The first two in each group qualify for the EM.

In the event of a tie, the direct comparison first decides, then the goal difference and finally the higher number of goals scored.

1st qualifying round

Group A

All games took place at the Crystal Palace National Sports Center in London . Estonia advanced to the second qualifying round as group winners.

06/10/2010	Estonia	-	Bulgaria	31: 18 (16: 09)
06/10/2010	Cyprus	-	Great Britain	24: 16 ( 07: 09)
06/11/2010	Bulgaria	-	Cyprus	29:29 (14:14)

06/11/2010	Great Britain	-	Estonia	26: 35 (13:18)
06/12/2010	Estonia	-	Cyprus	34: 28 (18:13)
06/12/2010	Bulgaria	-	Great Britain	32: 33 (16:14)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Estonia	3	3	0	0	100: 072	+28	6th
2.	Cyprus	3	1	1	1	081: 079	+ 02	3
3.	United Kingdom	3	1	0	2	075: 091	−16	2
4th	Bulgaria	3	0	1	2	079: 093	−14	1

Group B

All games took place at the Tbilisi Sport Palace in Tbilisi . The group winners Latvia advanced to the second qualifying round.

06/11/2010	Latvia	-	Finland	24: 26 (11:11)
06/11/2010	Italy	-	Georgia	30: 25 (10:10)
06/12/2010	Finland	-	Italy	34: 35 (18:19)

06/12/2010	Georgia	-	Latvia	21:22 (11:11)
06/13/2010	Latvia	-	Italy	36: 32 (19:16)
06/13/2010	Finland	-	Georgia	26: 21 (12:19)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Latvia	3	2	0	1	082: 079	+ 03	4th
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	086: 080	+ 06	4th
3.	Italy	3	2	0	1	097: 095	+ 02	4th
4th	Georgia	3	0	0	3	067: 078	−11	0

Group C

All games took place at the Center National Sportif & Culturel (d'Coque) in Luxembourg . Israel moved into the second qualifying round as group winners.

06/11/2010	Israel	-	Turkey	32: 24 (14:14)
06/11/2010	Belgium	-	Luxembourg	29:25 (15:12)
06/12/2010	Luxembourg	-	Israel	24:29 (13:14)

06/12/2010	Turkey	-	Belgium	32: 28 (15:14)
06/13/2010	Turkey	-	Luxembourg	32: 26 (15:10)
06/13/2010	Israel	-	Belgium	39: 32 (21:16)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Israel	3	3	0	0	100: 080	+20	6th
2.	Turkey	3	2	0	1	088: 086	+ 02	4th
3.	Belgium	3	1	0	2	089: 096	- 07th	2
4th	Luxembourg	3	0	0	3	075: 090	−15	0

2nd qualifying round

The following 28 teams are qualified for the second qualifying round:

• The 14 not directly qualified participants of the European Championship 2010 :
  Croatia , Iceland , Poland , Denmark , Spain , Norway , the Czech Republic , Austria , Germany , Slovenia , Russia , Hungary , Sweden and the Ukraine
• The seven group winners of the qualifying round for the 2011 World Cup :
  Switzerland , Romania , Slovakia , the Netherlands , Greece , Portugal and Lithuania
• The four best teams in the EHF national team ranking:
  Macedonia , Montenegro , Belarus and Bosnia and Herzegovina
• The three group winners of the first qualifying round:
  Estonia , Latvia , Israel

The group draw took place on April 12, 2010 in Belgrade . The first two in each group will qualify for the European Championship in Serbia. The games took place on three double game days on 27./28. and 30./31. October 2010, on 9/10 and 12./13. March 2011 and on 8/9 and 11./12. June 2011.

Group 1

10/27/2010	Macedonia	-	Estonia	30: 25 (16:10)
10/28/2010	Hungary	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26: 17 (10: 09)
10/31/2010	Estonia	-	Hungary	019:31 ( 9:14)
10/31/2010	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Macedonia	28: 28 (15:13)
03/09/2011	Macedonia	-	Hungary	022:29 ( 6:16)
03/09/2011	Estonia	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35: 30 (16:13)

03/12/2011	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Estonia	021:23 ( 9:11)
03/13/2011	Hungary	-	Macedonia	29: 26 (16:13)
06/08/2011	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	Hungary	019:22 ( 9:11)
06/08/2011	Estonia	-	Macedonia	25: 31 ( 08:14)
06/12/2011	Hungary	-	Estonia	34: 27 (17:19)
06/12/2011	Macedonia	-	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25: 19 (12: 07)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Hungary	6th	6th	0	0	171: 130	+41	12
2.	North Macedonia	6th	3	1	2	162: 155	+ 07	07th
3.	Estonia	6th	2	0	4th	154: 177	−23	04th
4th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6th	0	1	5	134: 159	−25	01

Group 2

10/27/2010	Spain	-	Lithuania	33: 17 (17: 05)
10/28/2010	Croatia	-	Romania	34: 22 (16: 09)
10/31/2010	Lithuania	-	Croatia	19: 21 (10: 08)
10/31/2010	Romania	-	Spain	020:35 ( 7:18)
03/10/2011	Lithuania	-	Romania	24: 23 (13:10)
03/10/2011	Spain	-	Croatia	24: 26 ( 09: 08)

03/13/2011	Croatia	-	Spain	23:21 (15:12)
03/13/2011	Romania	-	Lithuania	25: 27 (11:13)
06/08/2011	Romania	-	Croatia	25: 30 (14:14)
06/09/2011	Lithuania	-	Spain	016:25 ( 6:11)
06/12/2011	Croatia	-	Lithuania	34: 26 (19:13)
06/12/2011	Spain	-	Romania	36: 23 (18:11)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Croatia	6th	6th	0	0	168: 137	+31	12
2.	Spain	6th	4th	0	2	174: 125	+49	08th
3.	Lithuania	6th	2	0	4th	129: 161	−32	04th
4th	Romania	6th	0	0	6th	138: 186	−48	00

Group 3

10/27/2010	Slovenia	-	Portugal	34: 31 (17:14)
10/28/2010	Poland	-	Ukraine	23:15 (11: 07)
10/31/2010	Portugal	-	Poland	27:27 (17:12)
10/31/2010	Ukraine	-	Slovenia	25: 31 (15:17)
03/09/2011	Slovenia	-	Poland	30: 28 (14:14)
03/09/2011	Portugal	-	Ukraine	28: 16 (17: 06)

03/12/2011	Poland	-	Slovenia	32: 27 (15:14)
03/13/2011	Ukraine	-	Portugal	29:25 (16:15)
06/08/2011	Ukraine	-	Poland	26: 32 (13:14)
06/08/2011	Portugal	-	Slovenia	31: 29 (14:13)
06/12/2011	Poland	-	Portugal	30: 22 (14:11)
06/12/2011	Slovenia	-	Ukraine	43: 32 (22:16)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Poland	6th	4th	1	1	172: 147	+25	9
2.	Slovenia	6th	4th	0	2	194: 179	+15	8th
3.	Portugal	6th	2	1	3	164: 165	- 01	5
4th	Ukraine	6th	1	0	5	143: 182	−39	2

Group 4

10/27/2010	Slovakia	-	Israel	38: 24 (20:14)
10/28/2010	Sweden	-	Montenegro	30: 27 (15:17)
10/31/2010	Israel	-	Sweden	28:32 (13:15)
10/31/2010	Montenegro	-	Slovakia	25: 35 (13:19)
03/09/2011	Slovakia	-	Sweden	23: 21 (13:11)
03/09/2011	Israel	-	Montenegro	29: 24 (15:13)

03/13/2011	Sweden	-	Slovakia	26: 21 (12: 09)
03/13/2011	Montenegro	-	Israel	36: 27 (21:12)
06/08/2011	Montenegro	-	Sweden	28: 39 (17:19)
06/09/2011	Israel	-	Slovakia	27:31 (12:16)
06/12/2011	Sweden	-	Israel	28: 17 (14:11)
06/12/2011	Slovakia	-	Montenegro	36: 21 (18:10)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Sweden	6th	5	0	1	176: 144	+32	10
2.	Slovakia	6th	5	0	1	184: 144	+40	10
3.	Montenegro	6th	1	0	5	161: 196	−35	02
4th	Israel	6th	1	0	5	152: 189	−37	02

Group 5

10/27/2010	Germany	-	Austria	26: 26 ( 08:14)
10/27/2010	Iceland	-	Latvia	28: 26 (14:13)
10/30/2010	Austria	-	Iceland	28: 23 (12:11)
10/31/2010	Latvia	-	Germany	018:36 ( 8:17)
03/09/2011	Iceland	-	Germany	36: 31 (21:14)
03/09/2011	Latvia	-	Austria	25: 28 (13:14)

03/12/2011	Austria	-	Latvia	34: 24 (18:10)
03/13/2011	Germany	-	Iceland	39: 28 (20:13)
06/08/2011	Latvia	-	Iceland	25: 29 (11:17)
06/08/2011	Austria	-	Germany	020:28 ( 8:15)
06/12/2011	Germany	-	Latvia	32: 22 (17:11)
06/12/2011	Iceland	-	Austria	44: 29 (22:14)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Germany	6th	4th	1	1	192: 150	+42	9
2.	Iceland	6th	4th	0	2	188: 178	+10	8th
3.	Austria	6th	3	1	2	165: 170	- 05th	7th
4th	Latvia	6th	0	0	6th	140: 187	−47	0

Group 6

10/27/2010	Norway	-	Netherlands	35: 30 (17:15)
10/27/2010	Czech Republic	-	Greece	32: 20 (14: 08)
10/30/2010	Netherlands	-	Czech Republic	25:33 (14:18)
10/31/2010	Greece	-	Norway	25:32 (10:17)
03/09/2011	Czech Republic	-	Norway	29: 26 (11:13)
03/09/2011	Greece	-	Netherlands	30: 23 (14:12)

03/12/2011	Netherlands	-	Greece	30: 30 (15:15)
03/13/2011	Norway	-	Czech Republic	24:22 (15:13)
06/08/2011	Netherlands	-	Norway	21:36 (10:19)
06/08/2011	Greece	-	Czech Republic	26: 24 (11:10)
06/11/2011	Norway	-	Greece	31:25 (17:12)
06/11/2011	Czech Republic	-	Netherlands	38: 26 (22:13)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Norway	6th	5	0	1	184: 152	+32	10
2.	Czech Republic	6th	4th	0	2	178: 147	+31	08th
3.	Greece	6th	2	1	3	156: 172	−16	05
4th	Netherlands	6th	0	1	5	155: 202	−47	01

Group 7

10/27/2010	Russia	-	Switzerland	36: 34 (15:14)
10/27/2010	Denmark	-	Belarus	41: 33 (20:13)
10/31/2010	Switzerland	-	Denmark	25: 36 (14:19)
10/31/2010	Belarus	-	Russia	32: 39 (18:19)
03/09/2011	Russia	-	Denmark	31: 27 (16:13)
03/09/2011	Switzerland	-	Belarus	31: 34 (16:16)

03/12/2011	Denmark	-	Russia	36: 29 (18:14)
03/13/2011	Belarus	-	Switzerland	26: 24 (12:14)
06/08/2011	Belarus	-	Denmark	29: 33 (14:13)
06/08/2011	Switzerland	-	Russia	29: 32 (16:16)
06/12/2011	Denmark	-	Switzerland	34: 29 (20:12)
06/12/2011	Russia	-	Belarus	35: 27 (20:14)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Denmark	6th	5	0	1	207: 176	+31	10
2.	Russia	6th	5	0	1	202: 185	+17	10
3.	Belarus	6th	2	0	4th	181: 203	−22	04th
4th	Switzerland	6th	0	0	6th	172: 198	−26	00

Web links

• Qualification on the homepage of the EHF EURO 2012
• Qualification on eurohandball.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} EHF: Qualification mode [1] (English)
2. ↑ EHF: Draw for the second qualifying round [2] (English)
3. ↑ EHF: EHF national team ranking list [3] (English)