2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

The 2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification is a handball competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) to determine 20 of the 24 men's national teams competing in the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship final tournament. They will join the other four teams already qualified: Hungary and Slovakia, as final tournament co-hosts, and Spain and Croatia, who finished in the top two positions in the previous championship.

This qualification competition is being disputed by a total of 44 national teams in three phases between January 2019 and May 2021.

Qualification system

The campaign is split into two distinct qualification phases and a relegation round.

Qualification phase 1 comprises teams which didn't participate at the 2020 EHF Euro qualification Phase 2. The two best teams advance to the relegation round.

In the relegation round, the two teams that advance from phase 1 are joined by the highest ranked European team at the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship and they will face the three lowest ranked fourth-placed teams from the 2020 EHF Euro qualification. Three winners of those elimination matches advance to the qualification phase 2.

Qualification phase 2 comprises three winners from the relegation round along with 29 teams which participated at either the 2020 EHF Euro or the qualification phase 2.

Qualification Phase 1

Seeding

The draw for the qualification round 1 was held on 28 September 2018 in Vienna, Austria.[1] This qualification was played in a tournament format, with the teams able to choose whether they wanted to play on 4 to 6 January or 11 to 13 January 2019.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Cyprus
 Luxembourg
 Great Britain
 Georgia
 Azerbaijan
 Ireland
 Bulgaria
 Malta

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Luxembourg (H) 3 3 0 0 100 54 +46 6 Relegation round
2  Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 76 84 8 4
3  Great Britain 3 1 0 2 71 79 8 2
4  Ireland 3 0 0 3 72 102 30 0
Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host.
11 January 2019
17:00
Great Britain  20–24  Bulgaria Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 250
Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
Da Silva, Negrete 6 (7–10) Balchev 5
   Report  
11 January 2019
20:00
Luxembourg  35–18  Ireland Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 550
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
four players 4 (14–7) J. Grace 7
  Report  

12 January 2019
15:00
Ireland  26–32  Great Britain Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 200
Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
Meyer 9 (14–17) Da Silva, Negrete 7
  Report  
12 January 2019
18:00
Bulgaria  17–36  Luxembourg Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
Balchev 6 (8–15) Wirtz 11
  Report  

13 January 2019
14:00
Ireland  28–35  Bulgaria Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 200
Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
J. Grace 10 (13–17) Dzhempereiev 9
  Report  
13 January 2019
17:00
Luxembourg  29–19  Great Britain Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
three players 5 (15–6) Edgar 7
  Report   

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cyprus 3 3 0 0 88 61 +27 6 Relegation round
2  Georgia 3 2 0 1 102 71 +31 4
3  Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 69 79 10 2
4  Malta (H) 3 0 0 3 65 113 48 0
Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host.
11 January 2019
17:00
Cyprus  25–17  Azerbaijan Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 80
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Argyrou 7 (13–10) Askerov, Nazaraliyev 3
  Report  
11 January 2019
19:30
Georgia  48–21  Malta Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 350
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Tskhovrebadze 11 (29–9) Di Pilato 5
  Report  

12 January 2019
16:00
Azerbaijan  25–30  Georgia Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 100
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Aydamirov 9 (15–16) Chanturia, Tskhovrebadze 6
  Report   
12 January 2019
18:30
Malta  20–38  Cyprus Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 400
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Mifsud 7 (7–17) Ioannou 7
  Report  

13 January 2019
15:00
Cyprus  25–24  Georgia Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 150
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Argyrou 9 (14–12) Tskhovrebadze 11
  Report  
13 January 2019
17:30
Azerbaijan  27–24  Malta Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua
Attendance: 450
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Aydamirov 9 (16–11) Di Pilato 6
  Report  

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Unlike previous editions, single participation at this tournament was not possible. Only teams participating at the qualification phase 1, failed to advance, earned a right to play. The best ranked European team qualified for the relegation round.

RankTeam
 Georgia
2 Bulgaria
3 Great Britain
4 Azerbaijan
5 Ireland
6 Malta
  • Note: Ranking of exclusively European teams is displayed.

Relegation from the previous qualification cycle

The three lowest ranked among fourth-placed teams in the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, apart from Slovakia as co-host nation, will play in the relegation round. Other four teams will enter qualification phase 2.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 3  Greece 6 1 1 4 145 168 23 3 Qualification Phase 2
2 1  Kosovo 6 1 1 4 118 172 54 3
3 6  Romania 6 1 0 5 129 157 28 2
4 8  Faroe Islands 6 0 1 5 131 171 40 1
5 2  Belgium 6 0 1 5 144 186 42 1 Relegation Round
6 7  Slovakia 6 0 0 6 129 155 26 0 Final tournament (co-host)
7 4  Estonia 6 0 0 6 142 185 43 0 Relegation Round
8 5  Finland 6 0 0 6 131 185 54 0
Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Relegation round

Seeding

The draw for EHF EURO 2022 Relegation Round took place at the EHF Office on 23 July 2019.[2] Three lowest ranked sides from EHF EURO 2020 Qualification Phase 2 were seeded teams while qualification phase 1 participants were unseeded teams.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2
 Cyprus
 Georgia
 Luxembourg
 Belgium
 Estonia
 Finland

Overview

The first legs were played on 15 and 16 January and the second legs on 19 January 2020.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Georgia  45–61  Finland 24–24 21–37
Luxembourg  53–69  Estonia 33–38 20–31
Belgium  55–23  Cyprus 24–7 31–16

Matches

16 January 2020
18:00
Georgia  24–24  Finland Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 850
Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
Tskhovrebadze 8 (11–10) Tamminen 6
  Report  
19 January 2020
16:00
Finland  37–21  Georgia Cocks Areena, Riihimäki
Attendance: 800
Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
Rönnberg 8 (14–12) Orjonikidze, Tskhovrebadze 7
   Report  

Finland won 61–45 on aggregate.


16 January 2020
19:30
Luxembourg  33–38  Estonia d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 500
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
Wirtz 11 (17–18) Toom 10
  Report  
19 January 2020
13:45
Estonia  31–20  Luxembourg Mesikäpa Hall, Pölva
Attendance: 600
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
four players 5 (14–13) Wirtz 6
  Report  

Estonia won 69–53 on aggregate.


15 January 2020
20:10
Belgium  24–7  Cyprus Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 1,450
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
D'Hanis 6 (13–3) And. Ioannou 3
  Report  
19 January 2020
19:00
Cyprus  16–31  Belgium Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia
Attendance: 300
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Paraskeva 8 (8–11) Denert 7
  Report   

Belgium won 55–23 on aggregate.

Qualification Phase 2

In this round, pre-qualified teams from the EHF EURO 2020 qualification and final tournaments joined the three winners from the relegation round. The 32 teams were split into eight groups of four, with the winners and runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with the four best third-placed teams.[4]

The draw was initially scheduled to take place at the EHF Executive Committee meeting in Bratislava on 23 April 2020.[5] On 13 March 2020, the EHF announced that the draw would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic across Europe,[6] with the new date set for 16 June 2020.[7][8]

Seeding

On 2 June 2020, the EHF revealed the seeding pots and the draw procedure. The 32 teams qualified for this stage were seeded in four pots, according to the EHF men's national team ranking. The draw allocated successively the eight teams from Pot 3, followed by the eight teams from Pot 2, Pot 1 and finally Pot 4. For political reasons, Kosovo (Pot 4) was drawn to a group not containing Serbia (Pot 2).[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Norway
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Germany
 France
 Slovenia
 Czech Republic
 Iceland
 Austria
 Belarus
 Portugal
 North Macedonia
 Serbia
 Russia
 Montenegro
 Netherlands
  Switzerland
 Lithuania
 Romania
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Ukraine
 Latvia
 Poland
 Belgium
 Finland
 Italy
 Turkey
 Israel
 Estonia
 Greece
 Kosovo
 Faroe Islands

All times are local.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 2 1 0 84 71 +13 5 Final tournament
2  France 2 0 1 1 50 53 3 1
3  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament if among four best third-placed teams
4  Greece 1 0 0 1 21 31 10 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2021. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
5 January 2021
17:00
Serbia  27–24  France Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Kukić 6 (14–11) Mahé 6
  Report  

9 January 2021
19:00
France  26–26  Serbia Palais des Sports Robert Oubron, Créteil
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Accoto, Accoto (POR)
Fabregas 5 (12–15) Marsenić 8
  Report  

13 January 2021[note 2]
17:00
Serbia  31–21  Greece Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Pirvu, Potîrniche (ROU)
Radivojević 8 (15–12) Mylonas 6
  Report  

27 April 2021[note 2] Greece  v  France
Report

28–29 April 2021 Belgium  v  France
Report
28–29 April 2021 Greece  v  Serbia
Report

2 May 2021
16:00
France  v  Greece
Report
2 May 2021
16:00
Serbia  v  Belgium
Report

TBD[note 2] Belgium  v  Serbia
Report
TBD[note 2] France  v  Belgium
Report

TBD[note 3] Greece  v  Belgium
Report
TBD[note 3] Belgium  v  Greece
Report

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (Q) 4 4 0 0 130 91 +39 8 Final tournament
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 0 2 63 68 5 2
3  Estonia 4 1 0 3 94 108 14 2 Final tournament if among four best third-placed teams
4  Austria 3 1 0 2 78 98 20 2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2021. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
4 November 2020
20:25
Austria  31–28  Estonia Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz, Graz
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Wagner 7 (16–16) Toom 10
  Report  
5 November 2020
16:15
Germany  25–21  Bosnia and Herzegovina ISS Dome, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
Pekeler 5 (9–13) Prce 8
  Report  

8 November 2020
15:15
Estonia  23–35  Germany Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Petrušis, Barysas (LTU)
Toom, Varik 4 (12–13) Kühn 9
  Report

6 January 2021
13:45
Austria  27–36  Germany Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz, Graz
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Horváth, Balázs (HUN)
Frimmel, Zivkovic 7 (16–22) Schiller 11
  Report  
6 January 2021
18:30
Estonia  24–21  Bosnia and Herzegovina Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
Lees, Toom 8 (11–14) Ovčina 5
  Report  

10 January 2021
18:10
Germany  34–20  Austria Lanxess Arena, Cologne
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Metzner 5 (19–5) Hutecek 7
  Report   
10 January 2021
20:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina  21–19  Estonia Kulturno-sportski centar Bugojno, Bugojno
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SVK)
Panić 5 (12–9) Less, Toom 4
  Report   

28–29 April 2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Germany
Report
28–29 April 2021 Estonia  v  Austria
Report

2 May 2021
16:00
Germany  v  Estonia Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart
Report
2 May 2021
16:00
Austria  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz, Graz
Report

TBD[note 2] Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Austria
Report

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 2 1 1 0 57 55 +2 3 Final tournament
2  Ukraine 2 0 1 1 55 57 2 1
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament if among four best third-placed teams
4  Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2020. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
5 November 2020
16:00
Ukraine  27–27  Russia Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk, Belarus
Attendance: 387
Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Zhukov 7 (13–16) Fokin 7
  Report  

7 November 2020
13:00
Russia  30–28  Ukraine Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk, Belarus
Attendance: 373
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Soroka 8 (15–14) Kravchenko, Zhukov 6
  Report  

11 March 2021 Russia  v  Czech Republic Universal Sport Hall Igrovoy, Moscow
Report
10–11 March 2021 Ukraine  v  Faroe Islands
Report

13–14 March 2021 Czech Republic  v  Russia
Report
13–14 March 2021 Faroe Islands  v  Ukraine
Report

28–29 April 2021 Ukraine  v  Czech Republic
Report
28–29 April 2021 Russia  v  Faroe Islands
Report

2 May 2021
16:00
Czech Republic  v  Ukraine
Report
2 May 2021
16:00
Faroe Islands  v  Russia
Report

TBD[note 4] Faroe Islands  v  Czech Republic
Report

TBD[note 4] Czech Republic  v  Faroe Islands
Report

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 4 3 0 1 114 104 +10 6 Final tournament
2  Iceland 3 2 0 1 92 69 +23 4
3  Israel 1 0 0 1 22 31 9 0 Final tournament if among four best third-placed teams
4  Lithuania 2 0 0 2 46 70 24 0
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2021. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
4 November 2020
20:30
Portugal  31–22  Israel Centro de Desportos e Congressos, Matosinhos
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
four players 4 (14–12) Pomeranz 9
   Report  
4 November 2020
20:45
Iceland  36–20  Lithuania Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
Styrmisson 8 (19–10) Malašinskas, Simėnas 5
  Report   

8 November 2020
15:00
Lithuania  26–34  Portugal Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
Urbonas 5 (14–18) Portela 5
  Report  

6 January 2021
20:30
Portugal  26–24  Iceland Centro de Desportos e Congressos, Matosinhos
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
Portela 7 (14–11) Elísson, Jónsson 6
   Report   

10 January 2021
17:00
Iceland  32–23  Portugal Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
Elísson 9 (12–13) Areia Rodrigues 4
   Report  

9 March 2021 Israel  v  Lithuania
Report

11 March 2021 Israel  v  Iceland
Report

14 March 2021 Lithuania  v  Israel
Report

29 April 2021 Lithuania  v  Iceland Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Report
28–29 April 2021 Israel  v  Portugal Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv
Report

2 May 2021
17:00
Portugal  v  Lithuania Centro de Desportos e Congressos, Matosinhos
Report
2 May 2021[note 5]
18:00
Iceland  v  Israel
Report

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 2 2 0 0 64 48 +16 4 Final tournament
2  Slovenia 2 1 1 0 61 50 +11 3[lower-alpha 1]
3  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 77 87 10 3[lower-alpha 1] Final tournament if among four best third-placed teams
4  Turkey 3 0 0 3 74 91 17 0
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2021. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:
  1. Slovenia 27–27 Netherlands
4 November 2020
20:00
Netherlands  27–26  Turkey Topsportcentrum, Almere
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Kliko, Canbro (SWE)
Smits 9 (10–14) Çelebi 6
   Report  

6 January 2021
17:00
Turkey  24–29  Poland Porsuk Spor Salonu, Eskişehir
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Stark, Ștefan (ROU)
Pehlivan 9 (12–15) T. Gębala, Moryto 6
  Report  
6 January 2021
18:15
Netherlands  23–34  Slovenia Topsportcentrum, Almere
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL)
K. Smits 8 (15–14) Dolenec, Janc 7
  Report  

9 January 2021
20:00
Poland  35–24  Turkey Orlen Arena, Płock
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Moryto 7 (16–12) Pehlivan 5
  Report   
10 January 2021
20:00
Slovenia  27–27  Netherlands Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
Gajić 7 (15–13) Smits 9
  Report  

14 March 2021 [note 2]
18:15
Poland  v  Netherlands Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Bielsko-Biała
Report

27 April 2021[note 2] Turkey  v  Slovenia
Report

29 April 2021 Poland  v  Slovenia
Report
29 April 2021 Turkey  v  Netherlands
Report

2 May 2021
16:00
Slovenia  v  Turkey
Report
2 May 2021
16:00
Netherlands  v  Poland Topsportcentrum, Almere
Report

TBD[note 2] Slovenia  v  Poland
Report

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 2 0 1 91 76 +15 4 Final tournament
2  Belarus 2 1 0 1 52 52 0 2
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 81 87 6 2 Final tournament if among four best third-placed teams
4  Latvia 2 1 0 1 48 57 9 2
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2021. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
8 November 2020
18:00
Italy  24–39  Norway Palasport Giovanni Paolo II, Pescara
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Arcieri 4 (7–17) Gulliksen, Jøndal 7
  Report  

5 January 2021
15:30
Belarus  33–25  Norway Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
Kulesh 6 (17–10) Barthold 7
  Report  
7 January 2021
20:30
Italy  28–17  Latvia Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Bortoli, Parsini 6 (13–8) Kušners 5
  Report  

8 January 2021
18:15
Norway  27–19  Belarus Nadderud Arena, Bekkestua
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Mortensen, Kirkholm (DEN)
Barthold 9 (11–10) Pukhouski 9
  Report   
10 January 2021
14:10
Latvia  31–29  Italy Vidzeme Olympic Center, Valmiera
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Grigalionis, Šniurevičius (LTU)
Dude 8 (17–14) Bulzamini 9
  Report  

10 March 2021[note 2]
16:00
Belarus  v  Italy Sport Palace Uruchje, Minsk
Report

13 March 2021[note 2]
14:10
Latvia  v  Belarus Vidzemes Olympic Centre, Valmiera
Report

29 April 2021
18:40
Latvia  v  Norway Vidzemes Olympic Centre, Valmiera
Report
29 April 2021 Italy  v  Belarus Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti
Report

2 May 2021
15:00
Belarus  v  Latvia
Report
2 May 2021
16:00
Norway  v  Italy
Report

TBD[note 2] Norway  v  Latvia
Report

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 2 2 0 0 71 48 +23 4 Final tournament
2  North Macedonia 2 2 0 0 58 47 +11 4
3   Switzerland 2 0 0 2 49 56 7 0 Final tournament if among four best third-placed teams
4  Finland 2 0 0 2 46 73 27 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2020. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
4 November 2020
20:00
North Macedonia  33–24  Finland Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Pavliukov, Ershov (RUS)
Lazarov 11 (16–10) M. Granlund 10
  Report  
5 November 2020[note 6]
20:00
Denmark  31–26   Switzerland Ceres Park & Arena, Aarhus
Attendance: 344
Referees: Stark, Ștefan (ROU)
Lauge 9 (14–8) Schmid 10
  Report  

7 November 2020
16:00
Finland  22–40  Denmark Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Smailagic, Smailagic (SWE)
M. Granlund 7 (11–19) Hansen 11
  Report  
7 November 2020
18:30
Switzerland   23–25  North Macedonia BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 50
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Schmid 6 (10–10) Lazarov 6
  Report  

10 March 2021
20:00
North Macedonia  v  Denmark Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Report
11 March 2021
18:00
Finland  v   Switzerland Energia Areena, Vantaa
Report

14 March 2021
14:00
Switzerland   v  Finland BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Report
14 March 2021
16:00
Denmark  v  North Macedonia Jutlander Bank Arena, Aalborg
Report

28 April 2021
18:00
Finland  v  North Macedonia Cocks Areena, Riihimäki
Report
28 April 2021
18:30
Switzerland   v  Denmark
Report

2 May 2021
16:00
Denmark  v  Finland Ceres Park & Arena, Aarhus
Report
2 May 2021
16:00
North Macedonia  v   Switzerland
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Group 8

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 2 2 0 0 63 46 +17 4 Final tournament
2  Romania 2 1 0 1 66 60 +6 2
3  Montenegro 2 1 0 1 59 61 2 2 Final tournament if among four best third-placed teams
4  Kosovo 2 0 0 2 41 62 21 0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2020. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
4 November 2020
20:30
Montenegro  32–25  Kosovo Bemax Arena, Podgorica
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Yovchev, Yonchev (BUL)
Grbović 9 (16–14) Terziqi 6
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5 November 2020
18:10
Sweden  33–30  Romania Partille Arena, Partille
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Wanne 9 (20–12) Dumitru 6
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8 November 2020
17:00
Kosovo  16–30  Sweden Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Nachevski, Bozhinovski (MKD)
Gjuka, Jupa 4 (10–15) Pellas 9
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8 November 2020
17:25
Romania  36–27  Montenegro Lascăr Pană Sports Hall, Baia Mare
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
Bujor 8 (16–13) Vujović 6
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9 March 2021[note 4] Sweden  v  Montenegro
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10 March 2021
19:30
Kosovo  v  Romania Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
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14 March 2021
17:00
Romania  v  Kosovo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
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28–29 April 2021 Romania  v  Sweden
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28–29 April 2021 Kosovo  v  Montenegro
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2 May 2021
16:00
Sweden  v  Kosovo
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2 May 2021
16:00
Montenegro  v  Romania
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TBD[note 4] Montenegro  v  Sweden
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Ranking of third-placed teams

The four highest ranked third-placed teams from the groups directly qualify for the tournament. Matches against the fourth-placed teams in each group will be discarded.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 2  Estonia 3 1 0 2 66 77 11 2 Final tournament
2 5  Netherlands 2 0 1 1 50 61 11 1
3 1  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 7   Switzerland 2 0 0 2 49 56 7 0
6 8  Montenegro 1 0 0 1 27 36 9 0
7 4  Israel 1 0 0 1 22 31 9 0
8 6  Italy 1 0 0 1 24 39 15 0
Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2021. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Notes

  1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. The matches, originally scheduled for the November 2020 window, were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
  3. The matches, originally scheduled for the January 2021 window, were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]
  4. The matches, originally scheduled for the January 2021 window, were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
  5. The match, scheduled for November 2020, was postponed.[11]
  6. The match, originally scheduled for 4 November 2020, was postponed due to an additional COVID-19 testing by the Swiss team, which were all negative.[13]

References

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  2. "15 nations discover EHF EURO and World championship qualification fate". eurohandball.com. 23 July 2019.
  3. "Next stop on the road to Hungary/Slovakia". eurohandball.com. 22 July 2019.
  4. "European Handball Federation – Qualifiers draw complete for Men's EHF EURO 2022". eurohandball.com.
  5. "EHF Executive Committee meets at EHF EURO 2020 in Stockholm". men2020.ehf-euro.com. 24 January 2020.
  6. "Information on EHF Secretaries General Conference". eurohandball.com. 13 March 2020.
  7. "EHF Executive Committee gathers via video conference". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. "Qualifiers draw complete for Men's EHF EURO 2022". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  9. "European Handball Federation – Draw procedure for EHF EURO 2022 Qualification released". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  10. "EHF EURO 2022 Qualifiers and EHF EURO Cup schedule updates". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. EHF. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  11. "Playing dates for EHF EURO 2022 Qualifiers updated". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. EHF. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  12. "EHF EURO 2022 Qualifiers and EHF EURO Cup schedule updates". ehfeuro.eurohandball.com. EHF. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  13. "Herrelandsholdets EM-kvalifikationskamp mod Schweiz spilles torsdag". dhf.dk. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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