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2013 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

2013 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

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The European qualification for the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship, in Spain, was played over two rounds. The 2013 hosts Spain, the 2011 holders France and the 3 best teams from the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship, Denmark, Serbia and Croatia were qualified automatically for the World Championship. In the first round of qualification, 21 teams who were not participating at the European Championship were split into seven groups. The group winners and the remaining 11 teams from the European Championship played a playoff afterwards to determine the other nine qualifiers.[1]

Group stage

The draw was held on July 3, 2011 at 12:00 at Brno, Czech Republic.[2]

Group 1

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2 November 2011
19:00		 Great Britain  26 – 29  Israel Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
Attendance: 400
Referees: Mata, Lopez (ESP)
Larsson 9 (14–16) Pomeranz 7
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6 November 2011
19:00		 Israel  29 – 20  Great Britain Maccabi handball House, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 750
Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE)
Tal 6 (13–13) Garnham 5
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5 January 2012
20:20		 Austria  37 – 22  Great Britain Sporthalle Tulln, Tulln
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
Santos 12 (19–8) Larsson 6
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8 January 2012
14:00		 Great Britain  24 – 40  Austria Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
Attendance: 550
Referees: Kouz, Zhoba (UKR)
Hare 6 (13–17) Weber 12
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11 January 2012
19:15		 Israel  31 – 40  Austria Maccabi handball House, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 800
Referees: Malasinskas, Grigalionis (LTU)
Neeman 6 (17–19) Santos, Szilagyi 8
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14 January 2012
20:20		 Austria  31 – 22  Israel BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Weber 8 (13–9) Halifi 8
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Group 2

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2 November 2011
19:00		 Turkey  24 – 26  Ukraine Mersin
Attendance: 700
Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
Döne 12 (11–13) Burka 7
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6 November 2011
17:00		 Ukraine  32 – 20  Turkey Palace of Sports Yunost, Zaporozhye
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Sivak, Dvorsky (SVK)
Onufryienko 6 (16–7) Döne 6
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4 January 2012
20:15		 Portugal  35 – 22  Turkey Lamego
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Pandžić, Mosorinski (SRB)
Ramos Magalhaes, Tavares 6 (16–14) Döne 9
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8 January 2012
19:00		 Turkey  26 – 34  Portugal Edip Buran Sport Hall, Mersin
Attendance: 700
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Özbahar 6 (16–16) Tavares 11
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12 January 2012
18:00		 Ukraine  21 – 25  Portugal Citysporthall, Zaporozhye
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
three players 3 (7–12) Ramos Magalhaes 8
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15 January 2012
15:00		 Portugal  27 – 26  Ukraine Nave Polivalenta de Espinho, Espinho
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Pedroso 7 (15–13) Burka, Kozakevych 5
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Group 3

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2 November 2011
20:15		 Belgium  29 – 36  Latvia Lange Munte, Kortrijk
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Cauwenberghs 6 (12–21) Jurdzs, Lilienfelds 7
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5 November 2011
15:05		 Latvia  32 – 28  Belgium Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Mäkinen, Jonsson (SWE)
Krištopāns, Pavlovičs 7 (18–13) Cauwenberghs 6
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4 January 2012
18:00		 Montenegro  35 – 27  Belgium Sala RK Lovćen, Cetinje
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Katsikis, Michailidis (GRE)
Rakčević 8 (18–13) Houbrechts 6
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7 January 2012
20:00		 Belgium  33 – 37  Montenegro Hall de la C.E.T., Tournai
Attendance: 800
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Cauwenberghs 10 (13–21) Mrvaljević 7
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11 January 2012
19:05		 Latvia  30 – 31  Montenegro Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 900
Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
Pavlovičs 6 (14–17) Melić 9
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14 January 2012
18:00		 Montenegro  32 – 28  Latvia Sala RK Lovćen, Cetinje
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Melić 7 (15–14) four players 5
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Group 4

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2 November 2011
19:00		 Finland  23 – 26  Netherlands Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Rutkovskis, Dzerve (LAT)
Karlsson 5 (9–16) Miedema 7
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5 November 2011
19:30		 Netherlands  29 – 26  Finland Sportcentrum Glanerbrook, Geleen
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Mykolaitis, Sniurevicius (LTU)
Konitz, Schagen 6 (11–14) Karlsson, Rönnberg 7
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5 January 2012
20:00		 Estonia  31 – 27  Finland Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Schaller, Wutzler (GER)
Jaanimaa, Patrail 7 (17–18) Karlsson, Skogberg 7
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7 January 2012
13:30		 Finland  28 – 27  Estonia Sisu Arena, Karis
Attendance: 750
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Karlsson 12 (14–14) Mägi 5
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11 January 2012
19:30		 Netherlands  35 – 35  Estonia Sportcentrum Glanerbrook, Geleen
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Bernet, Wick (SUI)
Konitz 8 (19–20) Pinnonen 7
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14 January 2012
16:00		 Estonia  28 – 29  Netherlands Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Kekes, Kekes (HUN)
Patrail 11 (13–14) Adams 9
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Group 5

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2 November 2011
18:00		 Italy  25 – 27   Switzerland Sporthalle Sportzone Süd, Brixen
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Carrara 6 (17–14) Liniger 9
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6 November 2011
15:30		 Switzerland  37 – 29  Italy BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Schmid 9 (19–14) Maione 11
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5 January 2012
19:00		 Lithuania  34 – 25  Italy Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
three players 5 (15–9) Gaeta 6
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7 January 2012
21:00		 Italy  25 – 25  Lithuania Cologne
Attendance: 900
Referees: Cacador, Nicolau (POR)
Carrara 6 (14–11) Novickis 6
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12 January 2012
20:00		 Switzerland  26 – 28  Lithuania BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: San Jose, Murcia (ESP)
three players 5 (13–14) Atajevas 10
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15 January 2012
19:00		 Lithuania  24 – 24   Switzerland Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
Račkauskas 7 (12–15) Vukelič 5
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Group 6

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2 November 2011
19:00		 Cyprus  20 – 38  Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus College Athletic Centre, Nicosia
Attendance: 400
Referees: Andorka, Andorka (HUN)
Efstathiadis 5 (8–18) Stojanovic, Vrazalic 6
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5 November 2011
20:15		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  32 – 26  Cyprus Gradska dvorana, Goražde
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Kavulic, Skruzny (CZE)
Stojanovic 7 (13–9) Papakyprianou 8
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4 January 2012
19:00		 Greece  31 – 13  Cyprus Mikras 3, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 500
Referees: Cirligeanu, Florescu (ROU)
three players 5 (11–6) Argyrou 4
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8 January 2012
17:00		 Cyprus  27 – 30  Greece University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia
Attendance: 450
Referees: Maric, Masic (SRB)
Papakyprianou 10 (15–17) Tzimourtos 8
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11 January 2012
18:00		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  31 – 29  Greece Gradska dvorana, Goražde
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Pedersen, Mortensen (DEN)
Celica, Stojanović 5 (15–17) Balomenos 8
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15 January 2012
18:00		 Greece  22 – 23  Bosnia and Herzegovina Mikras 3, Thessaloniki
Referees: Dobrovits, Tajok (HUN)
Alvanos 6 (8–8) Karačić 7
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Group 7

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2 November 2011
19:30		 Luxembourg  20 – 35  Romania Centre Sportif Schifflange, Schifflange
Attendance: 600
Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (SCO)
Decker 5 (8–17) Csepreghi, Sabou 6
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5 November 2011
15:30		 Romania  26 – 22  Luxembourg Sala Polivalentă, Piatra Neamț
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
Florea 9 (14–8) Scholten 7
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4 January 2012
19:00		 Belarus  37 – 19  Luxembourg Sport Complex Olympiets, Mogilev
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Aliyev, Aghakishiyev (AZE)
Shylovich 7 (19–10) Decker 4
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7 January 2012
19:00		 Luxembourg  32 – 33  Belarus Hall Omnisport Crauthem, Crauthem
Attendance: 600
Referees: Bol, van Eck (NED)
three players 6 (14–14) S. Rutenka 12
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11 January 2012
19:00		 Romania  25 – 22  Belarus Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,400
Referees: Buy, Pichon (FRA)
Csepreghi 4 (12–14) S. Rutenka 6
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15 January 2012
14:30		 Belarus  28 – 23  Romania Palace of Sport, Minsk
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Hansen, Pettersen (NOR)
S. Rutenka 11 (15–12) Ghionea 5
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Playoff round

Seedings

Following the main round of the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship was concluded, five of the sixteen participants earned an automatic spot for the World Championship, namely Spain (hosts), France (title holders), Croatia, Denmark and Serbia. The remaining eleven teams were split into two pots, with the 7 best ranked national teams in the first one, and the remaining four in the second one.

The drawing procedure was carried out on 29 January 2012 at the Belgrade Arena during the final day of the European Championship.[3] Games are scheduled to be played on 9–10 June and 16–17 June 2012.[4]

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Matches

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All times are local.

First leg

9 June 2012
15:00		 Russia  23 – 22  Czech Republic Sportcomplex Zvezdniy, Astrakhan
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Gubica, Milosevic (CRO)
Gorbok 5 (11–12) Horák 7
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9 June 2012
15:00		 Slovenia  31 – 26  Portugal Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Horacek, Novotny (CZE)
Dolenec 8 (11–10) Ferraz 5
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9 June 2012
15:15		 Germany  36 – 24  Bosnia and Herzegovina Porsche Arena, Stuttgart
Attendance: 6,200
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Gensheimer 8 (18–7) Vražalić 7
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9 June 2012
16:00		 Slovakia  24 – 26  Belarus Košice
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL)
three players 5 (10–12) Rutenka 9
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9 June 2012
16:30		 Macedonia  26 – 21  Austria Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Lazarov, Temelkov 5 (16–10) Santos 5
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10 June 2012
15:30		 Hungary  27 – 21  Norway Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Császár, Nagy 6 (12–10) Tvedten 6
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10 June 2012
16:15		 Sweden  22 – 21  Montenegro Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,700
Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
Ekberg 9 (12–10) Ševaljević 7
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10 June 2012
16:45		 Lithuania  17 – 24  Poland Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Malašinskas, Strazdas 5 (9–12) Jurecki 7
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10 June 2012
18:30		 Iceland  41 – 27  Netherlands Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Stolarovs, Licis (LAT)
Guðjónsson 10 (17–14) Adams 7
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Second leg

16 June 2012
16:00		 Czech Republic  27 – 31  Russia ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice
Attendance: 5,300
Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
Filip 7 (10–18) Gorbok 9
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16 June 2012
17:00		 Portugal  26 – 27  Slovenia Multusios de Guimarães, Guimarães
Attendance: 3,600
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Duante, Rocha 5 (8–13) Gajić 12
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16 June 2012
18:30		 Montenegro  20 – 18  Sweden Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,200
Referees: Dobrovits, Tajok (HUN)
Ivanović 9 (11–9) Ekberg 5
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16 June 2012
19:10		 Norway  31 – 27  Hungary Oslo
Attendance: 5,550
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Kjelling, Myrhol 7 (14–13) five players 4
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16 June 2012
20:00		 Netherlands  24 – 32  Iceland Sportcentrum Glanerbrook, Geleen
Attendance: 500
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Schagen 6 (12–15) three players 5
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16 June 2012
20:25		 Austria  30 – 27  Macedonia Vienna
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Mazeika, Gatelis (LTU)
Schlinger 7 (13–14) Lazarov 8
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17 June 2012
13:30		 Bosnia and Herzegovina  33 – 24  Germany Olympic Hall Zetra, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Lopez, Ramirez (ESP)
Vražalić 9 (15–12) Christophersen 6
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17 June 2012
17:00		 Belarus  24 – 25  Slovakia Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 13,200
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Rutenka 8 (10–12) Antl 8
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17 June 2012
17:30		 Poland  26 – 22  Lithuania Spodek Arena, Katowice
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Kekes, Kekes (HUN)
Kuchczyński 5 (13–13) Atajevas 5
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