U-20 European Men's Handball Championship 2014 / Qualification

This article describes the qualification for the U-20 European men's handball championship 2014 in Austria.

qualification

In the qualifying round, each team in a group played once against every other team in the same group. The two best teams in groups 1 to 5 and the best team in groups 6 to 8 qualified for the 2014 European Handball Championship for male U20 youths. The draw for the eight groups took place on October 22, 2013 in Vienna. Austria as the organizer, Germany as the defending champion of the U-18 EM 2012 and Sweden as the runner-up in the U-18 EM 2012 were already qualified.

Group 1

All games took place in Spain .  

04/04/2014	Montenegro	-	Georgia	29: 09 (17: 04)
04/04/2014	Spain	-	Norway	35:27 (19:12)
04/05/2014	Spain	-	Montenegro	25:24 (13:11)

04/05/2014	Norway	-	Georgia	38:18 (16:10)
04/06/2014	Georgia	-	Spain	19:41 (10:20)
04/06/2014	Norway	-	Montenegro	37:24 (20:10)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	101: 070	+31	6th
2.	Norway	3	2	0	1	102: 077	+25	4th
3.	Montenegro	3	1	0	2	077: 071	+ 06	2
4th	Georgia	3	0	0	3	046: 108	-62	0

Group 2

All games took place in Prague Czech Republic .  

04/04/2014	Poland	-	Slovakia	31:24 (15:12)
04/04/2014	Denmark	-	Czech Republic	31:28 (17:13)
04/05/2014	Denmark	-	Poland	24:18 (12: 09)

04/05/2014	Czech Republic	-	Slovakia	22:35 (10:19)
04/06/2014	Slovakia	-	Denmark	22:31 (12:15)
04/06/2014	Czech Republic	-	Poland	21:20 ( 07:13)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Denmark	3	3	0	0	86:68	+18	6th
2.	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	81:84	- 03	2
3.	Poland	3	1	0	2	69:69	± 00	2
4th	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	71:86	-15	2

Group 3

All games took place in Birsfelden Switzerland .  

04/04/2014	Lithuania	-	Hungary	21:34 ( 07:19)
04/04/2014	Croatia	-	Switzerland	22:22 (16:13)
04/05/2014	Croatia	-	Lithuania	25:18 (15: 06)

04/05/2014	Switzerland	-	Hungary	31:25 (14:11)
04/06/2014	Hungary	-	Croatia	25:24 (17:13)
04/06/2014	Switzerland	-	Lithuania	39:15 (16: 07)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	92:62	+30	5
2.	Hungary	3	2	0	1	84:76	+ 08	4th
3.	Croatia	3	1	1	1	71:65	+ 06	3
4th	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	54:98	-44	0

Group 4

All games took place in Villeneuve D'ascq France .  

04/04/2014	Russia	-	Ukraine	34:32 (16:12)
04/04/2014	Belarus	-	France	27:32 (14:14)
04/05/2014	Belarus	-	Russia	28:28 (16: 09)

04/05/2014	France	-	Ukraine	39:18 (22: 09)
04/06/2014	Ukraine	-	Belarus	28:39 (14:17)
04/06/2014	France	-	Russia	41:25 (20: 08)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	France	3	3	0	0	112: 070	+42	6th
2.	Belarus	3	1	1	1	094: 088	+ 06	3
3.	Russia	3	1	1	1	087: 101	-14	3
4th	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	078: 112	-34	0

Group 5

All games took place in Slovenj Gradec Slovenia .  

04/04/2014	Turkey	-	Estonia	20:27 (11:12)
04/04/2014	Slovenia	-	Finland	25:20 (13:11)
04/05/2014	Slovenia	-	Turkey	30:22 (16:11)

04/05/2014	Finland	-	Estonia	23:29 ( 07:16)
04/06/2014	Estonia	-	Slovenia	14:26 ( 09:13)
04/06/2014	Finland	-	Turkey	27:26 (12:12)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	81:56	+25	6th
2.	Estonia	3	2	0	1	70:69	+ 01	4th
3.	Finland	3	1	0	2	70:80	-10	2
4th	Turkey	3	0	0	3	68:84	-16	0

Group 6

All games took place in Israel .  

04/04/2014	Israel	-	Luxembourg	46:31 (18:13)
04/04/2014	Romania	-	Faroe Islands	32:17 (17: 08)
04/05/2014	Faroe Islands	-	Israel	23:30 (11:16)

04/05/2014	Luxembourg	-	Romania	27:28 (14:15)
04/06/2014	Faroe Islands	-	Luxembourg	25:36 (14:13)
04/06/2014	Romania	-	Israel	25:28 (12:17)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Israel	3	3	0	0	104: 79	+25	6th
2.	Romania	3	2	0	1	085:72	+13	4th
3.	Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	094:99	- 05th	2
4th	Faroe Islands	3	0	0	3	065:98	-33	0

Group 7

All games took place in North Macedonia .  

04/04/2014	Macedonia	-	Italy	24:22 (14:13)
04/04/2014	Iceland	-	Greece	19:20 (14:12)
04/05/2014	Greece	-	Macedonia	22:30 (11:16)

04/05/2014	Italy	-	Iceland	21:31 (12:14)
04/06/2014	Greece	-	Italy	29:20 (12:11)
04/06/2014	Iceland	-	Macedonia	15:21 ( 08:12)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	North Macedonia	3	3	0	0	75:59	+16	6th
2.	Greece	3	2	0	1	71:69	+ 02	4th
3.	Iceland	3	1	0	2	65:62	+ 03	2
4th	Italy	3	0	0	3	63:84	-21	0

Group 8

All games took place in Serbia .  

04/04/2014	Portugal	-	Netherlands	29:27 (13:10)
04/04/2014	Serbia	-	United Kingdom	49:13 (24: 08)
04/05/2014	United Kingdom	-	Portugal	10:34 ( 03:17)

04/05/2014	Netherlands	-	Serbia	31:31 (17:15)
04/06/2014	United Kingdom	-	Netherlands	11:43 ( 05:18)
04/06/2014	Serbia	-	Portugal	26:18 (13: 08)

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Serbia	3	2	1	0	106: 062	+44	5
2.	Portugal	3	2	0	1	081: 063	+18	4th
3.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	101: 071	+30	3
4th	United Kingdom	3	0	0	3	034: 126	-92	0