European Handball Championship 2020 / qualification

This page describes the qualification for the Men's Handball European Championship 2020 , which will take place in Norway , Austria and Sweden .

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For the first time, 24 national teams will take part in the 2020 European Championship. Of the 48 teams registered, the hosts Norway , Austria and Sweden and, for the first time, the reigning European champions Spain have qualified directly. The other 44 nations have to qualify for the tournament.

According to the 2016 EHF ranking list of the men's national teams, the penultimate nine teams first had to compete in three groups of three in the first phase of qualification. The group winners of the first round qualified for the second qualifying round.

The second and third placed in the first qualifying round and the last nine teams in the EHF rankings played in the 2017 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship in Bulgaria . The top three in this competition also qualified for the second qualifying round.

The participants of the qualification for the handball European championship 2018 as well as Israel are immediately placed for the second qualifying round. Due to an executive decision, Israel will take part directly in the second qualifying round as the best-placed team in the EHF ranking. This results in eight groups of four teams each, which compete against each other in the championship system with a return leg. The respective group winners and runners-up as well as the four best group thirds are qualified for the final round of the European Championship 2020.

1st qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round took place on June 24, 2016 in Vienna .

Group A

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
01/13/2017	Republic of Cyprus	-	Faroe Islands	20:19	Match report
01/14/2017	Greece	-	Republic of Cyprus	24:17	Match report
January 15, 2017	Faroe Islands	-	Greece	24:26	Match report

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Greece	02	02	00	00	0050:4100	+9	0004-0000
02.	Cyprus	02	01	00	01	0037:4300	−6	0002: 2000
03.	Faroe Islands	02	00	00	02	0043:4600	−3	0000: 4000

Group B

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
11/02/2016	Turkey	-	Kosovo	26:22	Match report
11/06/2016	Kosovo	-	Turkey	24:24	Match report
04/01/2017	Kosovo	-	Estonia	17:31	Match report
01/08/2017	Estonia	-	Kosovo	27:23	Match report
11/01/2017	Estonia	-	Turkey	18:28	Match report
January 15, 2017	Turkey	-	Estonia	18:20	Match report

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Estonia	04th	03	00	01	0096:8600	+10	0006: 2000
02.	Turkey	04th	02	01	01	0096:8400	+12	0005: 3000
03.	Kosovo	04th	00	01	03	0086: 1080	−22	0001: 7000

Group C

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
11/02/2016	Italy	-	Georgia	26:19	Match report
11/06/2016	Georgia	-	Italy	25:28	Match report
04/01/2017	Georgia	-	Luxembourg	24:31	Match report
07/01/2017	Luxembourg	-	Georgia	35:29	Match report
11/01/2017	Luxembourg	-	Italy	24:23	Match report
January 15, 2017	Italy	-	Luxembourg	26:24	Match report

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Italy	04th	03	00	01	0103: 9200	+11	0006: 2000
02.	Luxembourg	04th	03	00	01	0114: 1020	+12	0006: 2000
03.	Georgia	04th	00	00	04th	0097: 1200	−23	0000: 8000

IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship

The top three teams qualify for the 2nd qualifying round

Rank	team
	Faroe Islands
	Turkey
	Kosovo
4th	Cyprus
5	Bulgaria
6th	Luxembourg
7th	Georgia
8th	Moldova
9	Azerbaijan
10	United Kingdom
11	Ireland
12	Malta
13	Andorra
14th	Albania
15th	Armenia

2nd qualifying round

The draw for the 2nd qualifying round took place on April 12, 2018 in Trondheim , Norway .

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Germany	06th	06th	00	00	0190: 1190	+71	0012: 0000
02.	Poland	06th	02	01	03	0152: 1390	+13	0005: 7000
03.	Israel	06th	02	00	04th	0148: 1780	−30	0004: 8000
04th	Kosovo	06th	01	01	04th	0118: 1720	−54	0003: 9000

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
October 24, 2018	Poland	-	Kosovo	37:13	Match report
October 24, 2018	Germany	-	Israel	37:21	Match report
28.10.2018	Kosovo	-	Germany	14:30	Match report
28.10.2018	Israel	-	Poland	25:24	Match report
04/10/2019	Poland	-	Germany	18:26	Match report
04/10/2019	Kosovo	-	Israel	27:24	Match report
04/13/2019	Germany	-	Poland	29:24	Match report
April 14, 2019	Israel	-	Kosovo	30:24	Match report
06/12/2019	Israel	-	Germany	25:40	Match report
06/12/2019	Kosovo	-	Poland	23:23	Match report
June 16, 2019	Poland	-	Israel	26:23	Match report
June 16, 2019	Germany	-	Kosovo	28:17	Match report

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Croatia	06th	05	01	00	0174: 1480	+26	0011: 1000
02.	Switzerland	06th	03	00	03	0180: 1670	+13	0006: 6000
03.	Serbia	06th	02	02	02	0168: 1650	+3	0006: 6000
04th	Belgium	06th	00	01	05	0144: 1860	−42	0001:1100

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
October 24, 2018	Serbia	-	Belgium	27:27	Match report
10/25/2018	Croatia	-	Switzerland	31:28	Match report
28.10.2018	Switzerland	-	Serbia	29:24	Match report
28.10.2018	Belgium	-	Croatia	25:30	Match report
04/10/2019	Belgium	-	Switzerland	25:28	Match report
04/11/2019	Serbia	-	Croatia	25:25	Match report
April 14, 2019	Switzerland	-	Belgium	36:22	Match report
April 14, 2019	Croatia	-	Serbia	27:23	Match report
06/12/2019	Switzerland	-	Croatia	28:33	Match report
06/12/2019	Belgium	-	Serbia	26:37	Match report
June 16, 2019	Serbia	-	Switzerland	32:31	Match report
June 16, 2019	Croatia	-	Belgium	28:19	Match report

Group 3

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	North Macedonia	06th	04th	01	01	0168: 1600	+8	0009: 3000
02.	Iceland	06th	03	02	01	0185: 1510	+34	0008: 4000
03.	Turkey	06th	02	00	04th	0148: 1770	−29	0004: 8000
04th	Greece	06th	01	01	04th	0145: 1680	−23	0003: 9000

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
October 24, 2018	Iceland	-	Greece	35:21	Match report
10/25/2018	North Macedonia	-	Turkey	31:27	Match report
28.10.2018	Turkey	-	Iceland	22:33	Match report
28.10.2018	Greece	-	North Macedonia	28:26	Match report
04/10/2019	Greece	-	Turkey	22:26	Match report
04/10/2019	Iceland	-	North Macedonia	33:34	Match report
April 14, 2019	Turkey	-	Greece	26:23	Match report
April 14, 2019	North Macedonia	-	Iceland	24:24	Match report
06/12/2019	Turkey	-	North Macedonia	25:26	Match report
06/12/2019	Greece	-	Iceland	28:28	Match report
June 16, 2019	Iceland	-	Turkey	32:22	Match report
June 16, 2019	North Macedonia	-	Greece	27:23	Match report

Group 4

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Slovenia	06th	05	00	01	0171: 1430	+28	0010: 2000
02.	Latvia	06th	04th	00	02	0150: 1420	+8	0008: 4000
03.	Netherlands	06th	03	00	03	0166: 1590	+7	0006: 6000
04th	Estonia	06th	00	00	06th	0142: 1850	−43	0000:1200

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
October 24, 2018	Slovenia	-	Latvia	27:21	Match report
10/25/2018	Netherlands	-	Estonia	35:25	Match report
28.10.2018	Latvia	-	Netherlands	29:25	Match report
28.10.2018	Estonia	-	Slovenia	20:31	Match report
04/11/2019	Estonia	-	Latvia	18:24	Match report
04/11/2019	Netherlands	-	Slovenia	26:27	Match report
April 14, 2019	Latvia	-	Estonia	30:24	Match report
April 14, 2019	Slovenia	-	Netherlands	30:23	Match report
06/12/2019	Latvia	-	Slovenia	25:24	Match report
06/13/2019	Estonia	-	Netherlands	27:33	Match report
June 16, 2019	Netherlands	-	Latvia	25:21	Match report
June 16, 2019	Slovenia	-	Estonia	32:28	Match report

Group 5

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Belarus	06th	04th	00	02	0182: 1460	+36	0008: 4000
02.	Czech Republic	06th	04th	00	02	0161: 1500	+11	0008: 4000
03.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	06th	04th	00	02	0160: 1530	+7	0008: 4000
04th	Finland	06th	00	00	06th	0131: 1850	−54	0000:1200

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
October 24, 2018	Czech Republic	-	Finland	31:27	Match report
10/25/2018	Belarus	-	Bosnia	29:30	Match report
October 27, 2018	Finland	-	Belarus	20:27	Match report
October 27, 2018	Bosnia	-	Czech Republic	20:25	Match report
04/10/2019	Czech Republic	-	Belarus	30:31	Match report
04/11/2019	Finland	-	Bosnia	26:30	Match report
April 14, 2019	Bosnia	-	Finland	31:19	Match report
April 14, 2019	Belarus	-	Czech Republic	24:26	Match report
06/12/2019	Finland	-	Czech Republic	24:26	Match report
06/12/2019	Bosnia	-	Belarus	25:31	Match report
June 16, 2019	Czech Republic	-	Bosnia	23:24	Match report
June 16, 2019	Belarus	-	Finland	40:15	Match report

Group 6

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	France	06th	05	00	01	0204: 1470	+57	0010: 2000
02.	Portugal	06th	04th	01	01	0154: 1430	+11	0009: 3000
03.	Lithuania	06th	01	01	04th	0142: 1820	−40	0003: 9000
04th	Romania	06th	01	00	05	0129: 1570	−28	0002:1000

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
October 24, 2018	Portugal	-	Romania	21:13	Match report
10/25/2018	France	-	Lithuania	42:27	Match report
28.10.2018	Lithuania	-	Portugal	23:24	Match report
28.10.2018	Romania	-	France	21:31	Match report
04/11/2019	Romania	-	Lithuania	28:23	Match report
04/11/2019	Portugal	-	France	33:27	Match report
April 14, 2019	Lithuania	-	Romania	24:23	Match report
April 14, 2019	France	-	Portugal	33:24	Match report
06/13/2019	Romania	-	Portugal	19:24	Match report
06/13/2019	Lithuania	-	France	17:37	Match report
June 16, 2019	Portugal	-	Lithuania	28:28	Match report
June 16, 2019	France	-	Romania	34:25	Match report

Group 7

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Hungary	06th	05	01	00	0161: 1350	+26	0011: 1000
02.	Russia	06th	04th	01	01	0158: 1320	+26	0009: 3000
03.	Italy	06th	02	00	04th	0146: 1720	−26	0004: 8000
04th	Slovakia	06th	00	00	06th	0129: 1550	−26	0000:1200

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
October 24, 2018	Hungary	-	Slovakia	30:22	Match report
October 24, 2018	Russia	-	Italy	34:20	Match report
October 27, 2018	Slovakia	-	Russia	21:22	Match report
October 27, 2018	Italy	-	Hungary	22:30	Match report
04/10/2019	Italy	-	Slovakia	26:23	Match report
04/11/2019	Russia	-	Hungary	19:25	Match report
April 14, 2019	Hungary	-	Russia	23:23	Match report
April 14, 2019	Slovakia	-	Italy	23:26	Match report
06/12/2019	Slovakia	-	Hungary	20:21	Match report
06/13/2019	Italy	-	Russia	23:30	Match report
June 16, 2019	Hungary	-	Italy	32:29	Match report
June 16, 2019	Russia	-	Slovakia	30:20	Match report

Group 8

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Denmark	06th	05	00	01	0197: 1530	+44	0010: 2000
02.	Montenegro	06th	03	01	02	0157: 1630	−6	0007: 5000
03.	Ukraine	06th	03	00	03	0161: 1590	+2	0006: 6000
04th	Faroe Islands	06th	00	01	05	0131: 1710	−40	0001:1100

Play date	Home team		Away team	Result	Match report
October 24, 2018	Montenegro	-	Faroe Islands	24:24	Match report
October 24, 2018	Denmark	-	Ukraine	30:24	Match report
October 27, 2018	Faroe Islands	-	Denmark	17:35	Match report
28.10.2018	Ukraine	-	Montenegro	29:24	Match report
04/10/2019	Ukraine	-	Faroe Islands	30:19	Match report
04/10/2019	Montenegro	-	Denmark	32:31	Match report
04/13/2019	Faroe Islands	-	Ukraine	26:27	Match report
04/13/2019	Denmark	-	Montenegro	37:26	Match report
06/12/2019	Ukraine	-	Denmark	30:33	Match report
06/13/2019	Faroe Islands	-	Montenegro	21:24	Match report
June 16, 2019	Montenegro	-	Ukraine	27:21	Match report
June 16, 2019	Denmark	-	Faroe Islands	31:24	Match report

Web links

• European Handball Federation (EHF): Information on the European Handball Championship 2020 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EHF National Team Ranking 2016. EHF, accessed on January 15, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 2nd IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship. IHF, March 31, 2017, accessed January 15, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Procedure for the draw of the Qualification Phase 1. EHF, accessed on January 15, 2019 .