Men's handball world championship 2015 / qualification

The qualification for the 2015 Men's Handball World Championship took place in 2013 and 2014. There were 22 places in the final round to be awarded. Spain as world champions in 2013 and Qatar as hosts were automatically qualified .

The places for the final round were allocated as follows:

• Africa: 3 qualified participants
• America: 3 qualified participants
• Asia: host Qatar and 3 qualified participants (after withdrawing participations and replacing only 3 participants in total)
• Europe: World Champion Spain, 12 qualified participants ( a total of 15 participants due to successors and wildcard allocation )
• Oceania: 1 qualified participant (no participants after withdrawal of qualification)

Africa

Africa provided three participants who were determined at the 21st African Cup of Nations in 2014. The championship took place in January 2014 in Algeria as a tournament. The two finalists and the winner of the game for third place qualified.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Tunisia	5	5	0	0	157: 103	+54	10
2.	Egypt	5	4th	0	1	142: 105	+37	08th
3.	Cameroon	5	2	1	2	128: 144	-16	05
4th	Senegal	5	2	0	3	138: 152	-14	04th
5.	Gabon	5	1	0	4th	121: 147	-26	02
6th	Libya	5	0	1	4th	103: 138	-35	01

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Algeria	5	5	0	0	144: 093	+51	10
2.	Angola	5	3	0	2	139: 122	+17	06th
3.	Morocco	5	3	0	2	135: 129	+ 06	06th
4th	Republic of the Congo	5	2	0	3	136: 170	-34	04th
5.	Democratic Republic of Congo	5	2	0	3	143: 141	+ 02	04th
6th	Nigeria	5	0	0	5	118: 160	-42	00

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Tunisia	44
	Republic of the Congo	21st
					Tunisia	22nd
					Egypt	20th
	Egypt	24
	Morocco	15th
									Tunisia	21st
									Algeria	25th
	Algeria	44
	Senegal	29
					Algeria	27			3rd place
					Angola	23
	Angola	24							Egypt	31
	Cameroon	21st							Angola	24

Qualified teams

 Algeria , Tunisia , Egypt  

America

The three participants from America were determined at the 16th Pan American Championship in 2014 . The championship took place in June 2014 in Uruguay as a tournament. The three first placed qualified for the world championship.

Qualified teams

 Argentina , Brazil , Chile  

Asia

Asia provided four participants. The hosts Qatar qualified directly. The remaining three participants were determined at the 16th Asian Cup in 2014. The championship took place in Bahrain from January 25th to February 6th, 2014 . The first three placed were qualified for the world championship, or the fourth placed, as Qatar was among the first three. After the withdrawn participation of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, the sixth place came with Saudi Arabia as a successor. South Korea as the fifth-placed team was denied participation. Asia is now represented with only three participants.

Group A

All games took place at Khalifa Sports City's Hall, Manama Bahrain .  

01/25/2014	Uzbekistan	-	Saudi Arabia	21: 43 (14:21)
01/25/2014	Iran	-	South Korea	24: 24 (11:12)
01/25/2014	China	-	Bahrain	22: 32 (12:14)

01/27/2014	Saudi Arabia	-	Iran	22:22 (12:10)
01/27/2014	China	-	South Korea	17: 28 (9:14)
01/27/2014	Uzbekistan	-	Bahrain	22: 47 (8:23)

01/29/2014	South Korea	-	Uzbekistan	32  : 19 (15: 9)
01/29/2014	Iran	-	China	34  : 27 (16:12)
01/29/2014	Bahrain	-	Saudi Arabia	22  : 14 (12: 8)

31/01/2014	Iran	-	Uzbekistan	54  : 22 (24:12)
31/01/2014	Saudi Arabia	-	China	27:20  (14:10)
31/01/2014	South Korea	-	Bahrain	25: 26 (14:15)

02/02/2014	Uzbekistan	-	China	22: 39 (12:16)
02/02/2014	South Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	28  : 24 (11:12)
02/02/2014	Bahrain	-	Iran	30: 30 (17:14)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Bahrain	5	4th	1	0	157: 113	+ 044	9
2.	Iran	5	2	3	0	164: 125	+ 039	7th
3.	South Korea	5	3	1	1	137: 110	+ 027	7th
4th	Saudi Arabia	5	2	1	2	130: 113	+ 017	5
5.	People's Republic of China	5	1	0	4th	125: 143	- 018th	2
6th	Uzbekistan	5	0	0	5	106: 215	-109	0

Group B

All games took place at Khalifa Sports City's Hall, Manama Bahrain .  

01/26/2014	Kuwait	-	Japan	28  : 26 (14:16)
01/26/2014	United Arab Emirates	-	Qatar	14: 31 (7:17)
01/26/2014	Iraq	-	Oman	24: 33 (13:19)

01/28/2014	Japan	-	United Arab Emirates	35  : 26 (16:11)
01/28/2014	Iraq	-	Qatar	11: 40 (6:18)
01/28/2014	Kuwait	-	Oman	40  : 31 (20:14)

01/30/2014	United Arab Emirates	-	Iraq	26  : 17 (8: 4)
01/30/2014	Oman	-	Japan	23  : 22 (8:11)
01/30/2014	Qatar	-	Kuwait	31  : 23 (14:14)

02/01/2014	United Arab Emirates	-	Kuwait	23  : 22 (10:13)
02/01/2014	Japan	-	Iraq	31  : 22 (16:10)
02/01/2014	Qatar	-	Oman	29  : 13 (15: 7)

02/03/2014	Oman	-	United Arab Emirates	26: 27 (11:12)
02/03/2014	Kuwait	-	Iraq	29:28 (12:15)
02/03/2014	Qatar	-	Japan	33  : 26 (15:15)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Qatar	5	5	0	0	164: 087	+77	10
2.	United Arab Emirates	5	3	0	2	116: 131	-15	06th
3.	Kuwait	5	3	0	2	142: 139	+ 03	06th
4th	Oman	5	2	0	3	126: 142	-16	04th
5.	Japan	5	2	0	3	140: 132	+ 08	04th
6th	Iraq	5	0	0	5	102: 159	-57	00

Main round

All games took place in Hall - Um Alhssam, Manama Bahrain .  

02/04/2014	China	-	Iraq	25: 30 (11:16)
02/04/2014	Japan	-	Uzbekistan	41  : 12 (18: 7)
02/04/2014	South Korea	-	Oman	32  : 18 (12:10)
02/04/2014	Kuwait	-	Saudi Arabia	30: 36 (18:16)

Semifinals

All games took place at Khalifa Sports City's Hall, Manama Bahrain .  

02/04/2014	Qatar	-	Iran	23  : 22 (12:11)
02/04/2014	Bahrain	-	United Arab Emirates	27  : 20 (15: 8)

Placement games

All games took place at Khalifa Sports City's Hall, Manama Bahrain . 

Game for 11th place

02/05/2014

China

-

Uzbekistan

10  : 0 (- :-)

Play for 9th place

02/05/2014

Iraq

-

Japan

20: 28 (11:17)

Game for 7th place

02/05/2014

Oman

-

Kuwait

26: 35 (9:16)

Play for 5th place

02/05/2014

South Korea

-

Saudi Arabia

30  : 25 (15:15)

3rd place match

02/06/2014

Iran

-

United Arab Emirates

29  : 23 (11:10)

final

The game took place at Khalifa Sports City's Hall, Manama Bahrain .  

02/06/2014, 7:00 p.m.

Bahrain

-

Qatar

26: 27 (14:14)

Final score

Placement overview
space	nation
gold	Qatar
silver	Bahrain
bronze	Iran
4th	United Arab Emirates
5.	South Korea
6th	Saudi Arabia
7th	Kuwait
8th.	Oman
9.	Japan
10.	Iraq
11.	People's Republic of China
12.	Uzbekistan

Qualified teams

 Bahrain (withdrawn despite qualification participation), Iran , United Arab Emirates (withdrawn despite qualification participation)   

Other World Cup participants

 Qatar (hosts), Saudi Arabia (successors)  

Europe

Europe provided 14 participants in the World Cup. Spain was automatically qualified as world champion. The three best teams from the 2014 European Championship qualified directly .

After qualifications and elimination at the play-offs, the German team was awarded a wildcard for the World Cup by the IHF on July 8, 2014, after the qualifications in Oceania were not recognized on the grounds that there is currently no continental federation recognized by the IHF . The German team was awarded the wildcard as the best previously unqualified team in the 2013 World Cup.

Qualification groups

The teams not represented at the European Championship (except Germany ) competed in a qualifying round from October 30, 2013 to January 12, 2014 in group matches. The five group winners, the twelve teams that did not qualify for the European Championship and Germany as the second-best third-place team in the EHF-EURO qualification then played the nine other European teams in a play-off round.

Group 1

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	Lithuania	6th	4th	1	1	145	132	+12	09: 03
2.	Georgia	6th	3	0	3	149	156	- 07th	06: 06
3.	Finland	6th	2	1	3	143	139	+ 04	05: 07
4th	Turkey	6th	2	0	4th	146	157	-11	04: 08

October 30, 2013, Wed 6:45 p.m. in Cido Arena, Panevezys	500 spectators Match report	Lithuania Valdas Drabavicius (4 goals)	23: 17 (12: 07)	Georgia Irakli Chikovani (6 goals)
October 30, 2013, Wed 7:00 p.m. in Vantaa Energia areena, Vantaa	1,987 spectators Match report	Finland Teemu Tamminen (10 goals)	26:20 (15: 12)	Turkey Ramazan Donuts (6 gates)
November 3, 2013, Sun 6 p.m. in THF Complex, Cankaya / Ankara	600 spectators Match report	Turkey Ömer Ozan Arifoglu , Ramazan Döne , Tolga Özbahar (4 goals each)	20:23 (11: 9)	Lithuania Robertas Švedas (6 goals)
November 3, 2013, Sun 6 p.m. in Tbilisi Sport Palace, Tbilisi	3,000 spectators Match report	Georgia Revaz Chanturia (6 goals)	26: 19 (8:10)	Finland Richard Sundberg , Teemu Tamminen (4 goals each)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 7:00 p.m. in Vantaa Energia aarena, Vantaa	1,300 spectators Match report	Finland Richard Sundberg (9 goals)	20:20 (10:10)	Lithuania Benas Petreikis (7 goals)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 6 p.m. in THF Complex, Cankaya / Ankara	500 spectators Match report	Turkey Ramazan Donuts (10 gates)	29:23 (14: 8)	Georgia Rati Mskhvildze (6 goals)
January 4, 2014, Sa 5:00 p.m. in Siemens Arena, Vilnius	1,900 spectators Match report	Lithuania Benas Petreikis (7 goals)	24:23 (10: 13)	Finland Miro Koljonen (6 goals)
January 5, 2014, Sun 6 p.m. in Tbilisi Sport Palace, Tbilisi	2,500 spectators Match report	Georgia Rati Mskhvildze (11 goals)	33: 26 (19:15)	Turkey Tügberk Catkin (5 goals)
January 8, 2014, Wed 6 p.m. in Tbilisi Sport Palace, Tbilisi	2,700 spectators Match report	Georgia Rati Mskhvildze (7 goals)	26:23 (15: 12)	Lithuania Benas Petreikis (7 goals)
January 8, 2014, Wed 6 p.m. in THF Complex, Cankaya / Ankara	200 spectators Match report	Turkey Ramazan Donuts (9 gates)	25:19 (11: 9)	Finland Andreas Rönnberg (8 goals)
11 January 2014, Sa 5:00 p.m. in Sisu Arena, Karjaa	860 spectators Match report	Finland Teemu Tamminen (10 goals)	36:24 (16:10)	Georgia Rati Mskhvildze (9 goals)
January 12, 2014, Sun 5 p.m. in Siemens Arena, Vilnius	1,500 spectators Match report	Lithuania Povilas Babarskas , Benas Petreikis (5 goals each)	32: 26 (18: 13)	Turkey Ramazan Donuts (8 gates)

Group 2

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	Romania	6th	5	0	1	181	151	+30	10: 02
2.	Slovakia	6th	5	0	1	168	136	+32	10: 02
3.	Italy	6th	2	0	4th	168	176	- 08	04: 08
4th	Cyprus	6th	0	0	6th	138	192	-54	00: 12

October 30, 2013, Wed 7:15 p.m. in Sportová hala, Povazska Bystrica	1,400 spectators Match report	Slovakia Radoslav Antl (8 goals)	35:14 (16: 05)	Cyprus Vassilis Demosthenous , Andreas Georgiou (3 goals each)
October 31, 2013, Thursday 8:00 p.m. in Giovanni Paolo II, Pescara	1,700 spectators Match report	Italy Demis Radovcic , Michele Skatar (6 goals each)	22:23 ( 09: 11)	Romania Mihai Alexandru Asoltanei (4 goals)
November 3, 2013, Sun 6 p.m. in Dinamo Bucuresti, Bucuresti	1,800 spectators Match report	Romania Andrei Mihalcea (8 goals)	32:24 (14:10)	Slovakia Oliver Rabek (7 goals)
November 3, 2013, Sun 7:00 p.m. in University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia	300 spectators Match report	Cyprus Constantinos Constantinou , Andreas Georgiou , Julios Argyrou (5 goals each)	29:36 (15:18)	Italy Michele Skatar , Pasquale Maione (7 goals each)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 8:00 p.m. in Palazzetto dello Sport Santa Filomena, Chieti	1,500 spectators Match report	Italy Pasquale Maione (7 goals)	26:34 (14:16)	Slovakia Martin Stranovsky (10 goals)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 6 p.m. in Dinamo Bucuresti, Bucuresti	1,000 spectators Match report	Romania Iuliu Alexandru Csepreghi (5 goals)	36:19 (18:10)	Cyprus Yiannos Nikiforou (6 goals)
January 4, 2014, Sa 5:00 p.m. in City sport hall, Hlohovec	1,900 spectators Match report	Slovakia Patrik Hruščák (6 goals)	28:21 (13:10)	Italy Michele Skatar (5 goals)
January 5, 2014, Sun 6 p.m. in University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia	220 spectators Match report	Cyprus Vassilis Demosthenous , Andreas Georgiou (7 goals each)	30:31 (16:15)	Romania Cristian Stelian Fenici , Elemer Huba Talas (5 goals each)
January 8, 2014, Wed 7:00 p.m. in University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia	160 spectators Match report	Cyprus Vassilis Demosthenous (6 goals)	18:20 (9: 11)	Slovakia Radoslav Antl , Ladislav Tarhai , Tomas Urban , Miroslav Volentics (3 goals each)
January 8, 2014, Wed 6 p.m. in Dinamo Bucuresti, Bucuresti	1,500 spectators Match report	Romania Florin Acatrinei (7 goals)	34:29 (20: 13)	Italy Pablo Marrochi (6 goals)
11 January 2014, Sa 5:00 p.m. in Mestská Sportova hala, Sala	3,000 spectators Match report	Slovakia Lubomir Duris (8 goals)	27:25 (11:10)	Romania Alexandru Viorel Șimicu (8 goals)
January 12, 2014, Sun 7 p.m. in Palazzetto dello Sport, Andria	2,500 spectators Match report	Italy Pasquale Maione , Pablo Marrochi (8 goals each)	34:28 (21:10)	Cyprus Julios Argyrou , Andreas Georgiou (6 goals each)

Group 3

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	Slovenia	6th	5	0	1	200	150	+50	10: 02
2.	Ukraine	6th	4th	1	1	193	184	+ 09	09: 03
3.	Switzerland	6th	2	1	3	178	176	+ 02	05: 07
4th	Luxembourg	6th	0	0	6th	144	205	−61	00: 12

October 30, 2013, Wed 8:00 p.m. in Rdeca Dvorana, Velenje	1,500 spectators Match report	Slovenia Borut Mačkovšek (7 goals)	33:30 (18: 13)	Switzerland Manuel Liniger , Alen Milosevic , Andy Schmid (5 goals each)
October 30, 2013, Wed 7:30 p.m. in Center sportif National d'COQUE, Luxembourg	1,000 spectators Match report	Luxembourg Christian Bock (8 goals)	34: 38 (16:20)	Ukraine Olexandr Scheweljow (10 goals)
November 3, 2013, Sun 5:30 p.m. in Palace of Sports "ZAS", Zaporozhye	800 spectators Match report	Ukraine Serhij Onufrijenko , Wladyslaw Ostrouschko (8 goals each)	32:28 (16:15)	Slovenia Luka Žvižej (7 goals)
November 3, 2013, Sun 3:30 p.m. in Saalsporthalle Zürich, Zürich	1,300 spectators Match report	Switzerland Andy Schmid (10 goals)	32:23 (15: 09)	Luxembourg Martin Muller (6 goals)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 7:30 p.m. in Center Sportif De Differdange, Differdange	600 spectators Match report	Luxembourg Tom Meis , Sacha Pulli (5 goals each)	16:36 ( 07: 13)	Slovenia Dragan Gajič (13 goals)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 5:30 p.m. in Palace of Sports "ZAS", Zaporozhye	1,000 spectators Match report	Ukraine Serhiy Onufrijenko (9 goals)	34:34 (21:16)	Switzerland David Graubner (7 goals)
January 5, 2014, Sun 6:30 p.m. in Rdeca Dvorana, Velenje	1,000 spectators Match report	Slovenia Dragan Gajič , Borut Mačkovšek (5 goals each)	37: 26 (19: 13)	Luxembourg Tom Meis (8 goals)
January 5, 2014, Sun 3:30 p.m. in BBC Arena, Schaffhausen	1,750 spectators Match report	Switzerland Manuel Liniger (7 goals)	31:32 (17:16)	Ukraine Serhiy Onufrijenko (10 goals)
January 9, 2014, Thursday 8:00 p.m. in BBC Arena, Schaffhausen	750 spectators Match report	Switzerland Manuel Liniger (8 goals)	23:31 (12: 19)	Slovenia Dragan Gajič (11 goals)
January 9, 2014, Thursday 4:45 p.m. in Palace of Sports "ZAS", Zaporohye	1,500 spectators Match report	Ukraine Serhij Burka , Mykola Stezjura (8 goals each)	34:22 (15: 12)	Luxembourg Tom Meis , Eric Schroeder (5 goals each)
January 12, 2014, Sun 6 p.m. in Rdeca Dvorana, Velenje	2,000 spectators Match report	Slovenia Dragan Gajič (7 goals)	35:23 (15:10)	Ukraine Wladyslaw Ostrouschko (6 goals)
January 12, 2014, Sun 5 p.m. in Center sportif National d'COQUE, Luxembourg	400 spectators Match report	Luxembourg Tom Meis (5 goals)	23:28 (14: 13)	Switzerland David Graubner (6 goals)

Group 4

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	Greece	6th	3	1	2	160	158	+ 02	07: 05
2.	Netherlands	6th	3	0	3	153	145	+ 08	06: 06
3.	Israel	6th	3	0	3	166	169	- 03	06: 06
4th	Belgium	6th	2	1	3	158	165	- 07th	05: 07

October 30, 2013, Wed 7:30 p.m. in Fitland XL, Sittard	1,502 spectators Match report	Netherlands Patrick Miedema , Iso Sluijters (5 goals each)	25:20 (12:10)	Greece Alexandros Alvanos , Vyron Papadopoulos , Efstathios Zampounis (3 goals each)
October 30, 2013, Wed 8:00 p.m. in HET Tolhuis, Gent	1,800 spectators Match report	Belgium Thomas Cauwenberghs, Kevin Jacobs (5 goals each)	29:28 (17: 14)	Israel Chen Pomeranz (6 goals)
November 3, 2013, Sun 7:45 p.m. in Beit Maccabi Sport Center, Rishon Lezion	1,000 spectators Match report	Israel Chen Pomeranz (12 goals)	28:26 (15: 12)	Netherlands Bobby Schagen (9 goals)
November 3, 2013, Sun 5 p.m. in Liossion Indor Arena, Athens	1,000 spectators Match report	Greece Vyron Papadopoulos (6 goals)	31:25 (16: 13)	Belgium Thomas Cauwenberghs, Ivan Kopljar ​​(6 goals each)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 8:10 pm in Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt	1,700 spectators Match report	Belgium Thomas Bolaers (8 goals)	28:22 (12: 9)	Netherlands Bobby Schagen (9 goals)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 7:45 p.m. in Beit Maccabi Sport Center, Rishon Lezion	1,100 spectators Match report	Israel Chen Pomeranz (8 goals)	31:24 (16: 13)	Greece Dimitros Tziras (7 goals)
January 5, 2014, Sun 2 p.m. in Fitland XL, Sittard	2,000 spectators Match report	Netherlands Nicky Verjans (8 goals)	27:21 (14:10)	Belgium Damien Kedziora (6 goals)
January 5, 2014, Sun 5 p.m. in Mikras 3 (House of Handball), Thessaloniki	1,000 spectators Match report	Greece Vyron Papadopoulos (9 goals)	31:28 (16:15)	Israel Chen Pomeranz (9 goals)
January 8, 2014, Wed 7:00 p.m. in Mikras 3 (House of Handball), Thessaloniki	960 spectators Match report	Greece Alexandros Alvanos (7 goals)	24:19 (11: 7)	Netherlands Jorn Smits , Nicky Verjans (6 goals each)
January 8, 2014, Wed 7:45 p.m. in Beit Maccabi Sport Center, Rishon Lezion	1,140 spectators Match report	Israel Chen Pomeranz (11 goals)	27:25 (12: 11)	Belgium Damien Kedziora (10 goals)
January 12, 2014, Sun 2 p.m. in Fitland XL, Sittard	1,100 spectators Match report	Netherlands Leon Van Schie (8 goals)	34:24 (14: 11)	Israel Chen Pomeranz (10 goals)
11 January 2014, Sat 8:30 p.m. in Hall omnisport La Preale, Herstal	1,200 spectators Match report	Belgium Nathan Bolaers , Thomas Cauwenberghs (6 goals each)	30:30 (14: 13)	Greece Vyron Papadopoulos (9 goals)

Group 5

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	T	GT	Diff	Pt
1.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6th	5	0	1	164	155	+ 09	10: 02
2.	Portugal	6th	4th	0	2	168	154	+14	08: 04
3.	Latvia	6th	2	0	4th	165	159	+ 06	04: 08
4th	Estonia	6th	1	0	5	153	182	-29	02:10

October 30, 2013, Wed 9:00 p.m. in Paviihao Gimnodesportivo, Nazare	2,000 spectators Match report	Portugal Carlos Carneiro , José Costa , Gilberto Duarte , João Ferraz (4 goals each)	26:29 (9: 13)	Latvia Aivis Jurdžs (9 goals)
October 31, 2013, Thursday 8:00 p.m. in Tallinn	1,308 spectators Match report	Estonia Dener Jaanimaa (7 goals)	26:29 (13:18)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedran Delic , Nikola Prce (6 goals each)
November 3, 2013, Sun 5 p.m. in Ramiz Salcin Mojmilo, Sarajevo	1,000 spectators Match report	Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola Prce (9 goals)	31:29 (13: 14)	Portugal Claudio Pedroso (5 goals)
November 3, 2013, Sun 3:05 p.m. in Sports Center Dobele, Dobele	1,150 spectators Match report	Latvia Dainis Kristopans (8 goals)	35:25 (18: 13)	Estonia Mikk Pinnonen (8 goals)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 8:00 p.m. in Mesikäpa Hall, Polva	800 spectators Match report	Estonia Uku-Tanel Laast	17:25 (10: 9)	Portugal Pedro André Caseiro Portela , Rui Sousa Martins da Silva (4 goals each)
January 2, 2014, Thursday 5:00 p.m. in City Hall Vitez, Vitez	2,000 spectators Match report	Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Ovcina (6 goals)	27: 26 (17: 11)	Latvia Janis Pavlovics (9 goals)
January 5, 2014, Sun 3 p.m. in São João da Madeira	3,500 spectators Match report	Portugal João Ferraz , Rui Sousa Martins da Silva , Fabio Ramos Magalhaes (4 goals each)	35: 27 (20: 11)	Estonia Mait Patrail (7 goals)
January 5, 2014, Sun 3:05 p.m. in Sports Center Dobele, Dobele	1,200 spectators Match report	Latvia Dainis Kristopans (7 goals)	21:23 (10: 13)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Ovcina , Nikola Prce , Kosta Savic (4 goals each)
January 8, 2014, Wed 7:05 p.m. in Sports Center Dobele, Dobele	1,000 spectators Match report	Latvia Elvijs Borodovskis , Dainis Kristopans (6 goals each)	24:26 (13: 8)	Portugal Pedro André Caseiro Portela (5 goals)
January 8, 2014, Wed 5 p.m. in City Hall Vitez, Vitez	2,000 spectators Match report	Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Ovcina (6 goals)	28:26 (15: 9)	Estonia Mait Patrail (8 goals)
January 12, 2014, Sun 3 p.m. in Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Mafra	2,000 spectators Match report	Portugal Gilberto Duarte (7 goals)	27: 26 (14: 13)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Muhamed Toromanović (5 goals)
11 January 2014, Sa 4 p.m. in Mesikäpa Hall, Polva	400 spectators Match report	Estonia Dener Jaanimaa (9 goals)	32:30 (13: 14)	Latvia Aivis Jurdžs (9 goals)

Play-off games

The following 18 participants took part in the play-offs:

Seeded teams
Place 5th – 13th of the European Championship 2014 :

 Iceland , Hungary , North Macedonia , Austria , Poland , Sweden , Russia , Belarus , Serbia        

Unsettled teams
placed 14th-16th of the European Championship 2014 : Norway , Czech Republic , Montenegro   

By the decision of the executive of the EHF due to the ranking position directly in the play-offs: Germany 

Qualifying group winners: Lithuania , Romania , Slovenia , Greece , Bosnia and Herzegovina     

The draw took place on January 26th, 2014 at Jyske Bank Kasten in Herning . The games were on 7./8. June (first leg) and on 14./15. June (second leg) played.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hungary	51:54	Slovenia	25:22	26:32
Romania	45:52	Sweden	24:25	21:27
Poland	54:52	Germany	25:24	29:28
Greece	48:62	Macedonia	25:27	23:35
Serbia	44:48	Czech Republic	23:15	21:33
Russia	63:44	Lithuania	30:22	33:22
Bosnia Herzegovina	62:61	Iceland	33:32	29:29
Austria	56:54	Norway	28:26	28:28
Montenegro	52:57	Belarus	28:27	24:30

Qualified teams

 Spain , Denmark , France , Croatia , Poland , Czech Republic , Austria , Russia , Slovenia , Sweden , North Macedonia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Belarus            

Other World Cup participants

 Germany (wildcard), Iceland (successor)  

Oceania

In April 2014, two games were played in New Zealand, with which the oceanic World Cup participants should be determined. As it announced on its website in July 2014, the International Handball Federation had already declared in advance that these games could not be recognized as World Cup qualifications. She also justified that this fact was only made public afterwards.

	total		First leg	Return leg
New Zealand	36: 54	Australia	18:22	18:32

On July 8th, the world association IHF announced that Australia could not take part in the World Cup. The reason given was the lack of a continental federation recognized by the IHF.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.cahbonline.info Preliminary round ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2014 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 14, 2014  
2. ↑ www.cahbonline.info Final round ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2014 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 14, 2014  
3. ↑ www.asia16.com Results accessed on February 14, 2014
4. ↑ Match report of the final
5. ↑ ^{a b} Germany takes part in the 2015 World Cup as a successor . Website of the German Handball Federation. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
6. ↑ www.eurohandball.com Play-Off Europe accessed on February 14, 2014
7. ↑ Tim Oliver Kalle: World Cup play-offs: Germany plays against Poland. In: DHB.de . German Handball Federation, January 26, 2014.
8. ↑ www.handballaustralia.org Australia wins OCHF Championship (English) from May 3, 2014, accessed on May 12, 2014
9. ↑ Announcement on the IHF homepage of July 16, 2014 (English), accessed on July 21, 2014

Web links

• Before the 2015 World Cup: Continental associations are looking for their participants. In: handball-world.com , August 4, 2013
• "WM 2015 qualification " bundesligainfo.de ", 23 January 2014
• "16th Asian Cup Official Homepage, January 30, 2014