Handball World Championship 2017 / Qualification
This page describes the qualification for the 2017 Women's Handball World Championship in Germany .
Africa
Africa provides three participants who were determined at the 2016 African Cup of Nations. The championship took place from November 28th to December 7th, 2016 in Luanda as a tournament.
Qualified for the 2017 World Cup are:
- Angola (African Champion 2016)
- Tunisia (2nd of the African Cup of Nations 2016)
- Cameroon (3rd of the African Championship 2016)
America
America provides three participants who were determined at the 2017 Pan American Championship . The tournament took place from June 18 to 25, 2017 in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires .
Qualified for the 2017 World Cup are:
- Brazil (Pan American Champion 2017)
- Argentina (2nd of the Pan American Championship 2017)
- Paraguay (3rd of the Pan American Championship 2017)
Asia
Asia provides three participants who were determined at the 2017 Asian Cup . The championship took place from March 13-22, 2017 in Suwon , South Korea .
Qualified for the 2017 World Cup are:
- South Korea (Asian champion 2017)
- Japan (2nd of the Asian Championship 2017)
- People's Republic of China (3rd of the 2017 Asian Cup)
Europe
Qualifying round
The first qualifying round was held in 4 groups, the two best in the group and only the first in group 4 qualified for the play-off games.
Group 1
The games were played in Šaľa , Slovakia .
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 79:50 | +29 | 6-0 |
2. | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74:61 | +13 | 4: 2 |
3. | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63:83 | −20 | 2: 4 |
4th | Greece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63:85 | −22 | 0: 6 |
Group 2
The games were played in Minsk , Belarus .
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Belarus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103: 63 | +40 | 6-0 |
2. | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88:78 | +10 | 4: 2 |
3. | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 87:85 | +2 | 2: 4 |
4th | Kosovo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51: 103 | −52 | 0: 6 |
Group 3
The games were played in Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands .
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 81:67 | +14 | 4: 2 |
2. | Macedonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67:67 | ± 0 | 4: 2 |
3. | Iceland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72:67 | +5 | 4: 2 |
4th | Faroe Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55:74 | −19 | 0: 6 |
Group 4
The games were played in Syracuse , Italy .
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51:46 | +5 | 3: 1 |
2. | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55:43 | +12 | 2: 2 |
3. | Israel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44:61 | −17 | 1: 3 |
Play-off games
The teams play one home and one away game. The draw for the games took place on December 17, 2016.
draw
Pot 1 (The nine best of the 2016 European Handball Championship ) |
Pot 2 (the last two of the 2016 European handball championship and the top seven from the qualification) |
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Hungary Montenegro Romania Russia Sweden Serbia Slovenia Spain Czech Republic
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Italy Croatia Macedonia Austria Poland Slovakia Turkey Ukraine Belarus
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