2012 European Men's Handball Championship qualification
This article describes the qualification for the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship.
Qualification system edit
Seeding edit
The draw for the qualification round was held on 31 January 2010 at the EHF headquarters, in Vienna, Austria.[1] Serbia (host nation), and France (defending champion), were directly qualified. 39 teams (including Serbia) had registered for participation. 37 teams competed for 14 places at the final tournament in 2 distinct Qualification Phases. In each phase, the teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking list valid for the EHF EURO 2012 Qualification in Serbia.
Seeding for Qualification Phase 1 edit
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Latvia Israel Estonia | Italy 2 teams between: Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus | Finland Turkey 1 team between: Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus | Luxembourg Georgia Great Britain |
Seeding for Qualification Phase 2 edit
The seedings were completely known after the playing of the final week-end of the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.
Playing dates edit
- Qualification Phase 1:
Two options were available:
- Tournaments: 11–13 June 2010
- Home and away round robin: 14/15 April 2010, 17/18 April 2010, 9/10 June 2010, 12/13 June 2010, 16/17 June 2010, 19/20 June 2010
Tiebreakers edit
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.
- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question.
- Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question.
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question.
- If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5), 6) and 7) will apply.
- Superior goal difference from all group matches played.
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches played.
- Drawing of lots.
Qualification Phase 1 edit
The participating teams were the 12 lowest ranked according to the EHF National Team Ranking list valid for the EHF EURO 2012 Qualification in Serbia.
They were: Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Great Britain, Georgia, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg and Turkey.
The 12 teams divided into 3 groups, with the 3 winners advancing to the Qualification Phase 2.
Draw procedure edit
- Step 1: 2 teams from Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus were drawn to pot 2. The remaining team went to pot 3 (the balls were not opened).
- Step 2: 3 teams of pot 1 to row 1
- Step 3: 3 teams of pot 2 to row 2
- Step 4: 3 teams of pot 3 to row 3
- Step 5: 3 teams of pot 4 to row 4
Group 1 edit
Venue: Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Estonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 72 | +28 | 6 | Qualification Phase 2 |
2 | Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 79 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | Great Britain (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 91 | −16 | 2 | |
4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 93 | −14 | 1 |
10 June 2010 14:30 | Estonia | 31 – 18 | Bulgaria | Attendance: 200 Referees: Mäkinen, Jonsson (SWE) |
Patrail 7 | (16 – 9) | Mihailov 5 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 2× 4× |
10 June 2010 18:30 | Cyprus | 24 – 16 | Great Britain | Attendance: 300 Referees: Leyder, Jung (LUX) |
Papakyprianou 9 | (7 – 9) | Hawkins, Larsson 4 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 7× |
11 June 2010 14:30 | Bulgaria | 29 – 29 | Cyprus | Attendance: 100 Referees: Leyder, Jung (LUX) |
Borisov, Mihailov 6 | (14 – 14) | Demosthenous, Efstathiadis, Papakyprianou 5 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 5× |
11 June 2010 18:30 | Great Britain | 26 – 35 | Estonia | Attendance: 400 Referees: Mäkinen, Jonsson (SWE) |
Mohr 11 | (13 – 18) | Patrail 7 | ||
3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 2× |
12 June 2010 12:00 | Estonia | 34 – 28 | Cyprus | Attendance: 300 Referees: Mäkinen, Jonsson (SWE) |
Patrail 9 | (18 – 13) | Papakyprianou 11 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 4× 3× |
12 June 2010 15:30 | Bulgaria | 32 – 33 | Great Britain | Attendance: 600 Referees: Leyder, Jung (LUX) |
Petkov 10 | (16 – 14) | Larsson 13 | ||
3× 6× 1× | Report | 3× 2× 1× |
Group 2 edit
Venue: Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 79 | +3 | 4 | Qualification Phase 2 |
2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 80 | +6 | 4 | |
3 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 95 | +2 | 4 | |
4 | Georgia (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 78 | −11 | 0 |
11 June 2010 15:30 | Latvia | 24 – 26 | Finland | Attendance: 300 Referees: Sivak, Dvorsky (SVK) |
Jurdz 5 | (11 – 11) | Rönnberg, Viljanen 6 | ||
4× 7× | Report | 2× 6× |
11 June 2010 18:00 | Italy | 30 – 25 | Georgia | Attendance: 400 Referees: Sitsi, Heinla (EST) |
Radovic 7 | (10 – 10) | Rusia 8 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 4× 4× |
12 June 2010 15:00 | Finland | 34 – 35 | Italy | Attendance: 200 Referees: Sivak, Dvorsky (SVK) |
Tamminen 13 | (18 – 19) | Skatar 11 | ||
3× 8× 2× | Report | 3× 7× 1× |
12 June 2010 17:00 | Georgia | 21 – 22 | Latvia | Attendance: 400 Referees: Sitsi, Heinla (EST) |
Datukashvili 8 | (11 – 11) | Versakovs 9 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 6× |
13 June 2010 15:00 | Latvia | 36 – 32 | Italy | Attendance: 100 Referees: Sitsi, Heinla (EST) |
Jurdz 6 | (19–16) | Skatar, Tumbarello 7 | ||
3× 8× 1× | Report | 3× 8× 2× |
13 June 2010 17:00 | Finland | 26 – 21 | Georgia | Attendance: 400 Referees: Sivak, Dvorsky (SVK) |
Rönnberg 8 | (12–19) | Mskhvildze 8 | ||
2× 11× 2× | Report | 3× 8× 1× |
Group 3 edit
Venue: Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 80 | +20 | 6 | Qualification Phase 2 |
2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 86 | +2 | 4 | |
3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 96 | −7 | 2 | |
4 | Luxembourg (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 90 | −15 | 0 |
11 June 2010 12:30 | Israel | 32 – 24 | Turkey | Referees: Pavicevic, Vujisic (MNE) |
Pomeranz 10 | (14 – 14) | Döne, Özbahar 5 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× 1× |
11 June 2010 14:30 | Belgium | 29 – 25 | Luxembourg | Attendance: 500 Referees: Nikolovski, Kolevski (MKD) |
Verhoeven 9 | (15 – 12) | Decker 10 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
12 June 2010 19:30 | Luxembourg | 24 – 29 | Israel | Attendance: 500 Referees: Nikolovski, Kolevski (MKD) |
Sarac 7 | (13 – 14) | Pomeranz 6 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 7× |
12 June 2010 21:30 | Turkey | 32 – 28 | Belgium | Attendance: 100 Referees: Pavicevic, Vujisic (MNE) |
Döne 11 | (15–14) | Verhoeven 8 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 6× |
13 June 2010 18:00 | Turkey | 32 – 26 | Luxembourg | Attendance: 200 Referees: Nikolovski, Kolevski (MKD) |
Döne 8 | (15–10) | Poeckes 8 | ||
3× 9× | Report | 3× 1× |
Qualification Phase 2 edit
There were 28 teams participating at this phase. They were drawn into 7 groups of 4 teams with the first 2 in each group qualifying for the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship. The teams participating at this phase were:
- 14 teams qualified from 2010 European Men's Handball Championship: Croatia, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine.
- 7 group winners from the Qualification Round from the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship European qualification: Greece, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia.
- 4 additional teams according to the EHF National Team Ranking list valid for the EHF EURO 2012 Qualification in Serbia: Macedonia, Montenegro, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 3 winners of the Qualification Phase 1: Estonia, Israel, Latvia
Group 1 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hungary | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 130 | +41 | 12 | Final tournament |
2 | Macedonia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 162 | 155 | +7 | 7 | |
3 | Estonia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 176 | −22 | 4 | |
4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 134 | 159 | −25 | 1 |
27 October 2010 17:15 | Macedonia | 30 – 25 | Estonia | SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Karlubik, Struhar (SVK) |
K. Lazarov 7 | (16–10) | Pinnonen 7 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 3× 5× |
28 October 2010 18:00 | Hungary | 26 – 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Arena Savaria, Szombathely Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Horacek, Novotny (CZE) |
Ilyés, Mocsai 5 | (10–9) | Jaškić 6 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 2× |
31 October 2010 17:45 | Estonia | 19 – 31 | Hungary | Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva Attendance: 800 Referees: Kouz, Zhoba (UKR) |
Järve, Patrail 4 | (9–14) | Harsányi 8 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 7× |
31 October 2010 20:00 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 28 – 28 | Macedonia | Dvorana Mirza Delibašić, Sarajevo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU) |
Doborac, Terzic 6 | (15–13) | Aluševski 9 | ||
3× 2× 1× | Report | 3× 3× |
9 March 2011 17:15 | Macedonia | 22 – 29 | Hungary | Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Buy, Pichon (FRA) |
F. Lazarov 7 | (6–16) | G. Iváncsik, T. Iváncsik 4 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
9 March 2011 17:45 | Estonia | 35 – 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva Attendance: 800 Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Patrail 10 | (16–13) | Djukić, Harmandić 5 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 2× 3× 1× |
12 March 2011 17:15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 – 23 | Estonia | Sport Centre Mladost, Visoko Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN) |
Prce 5 | (9–11) | Patrail 7 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 3× 4× |
13 March 2011 16:45 | Hungary | 29 – 26 | Macedonia | Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER) |
Harsányi, Ilyés 6 | (16–13) | F. Lazarov 7 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
8 June 2011 20:00 | Estonia | 25 – 31 | Macedonia | Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva Attendance: 600 Referees: Pedersen, Mortensen (DEN) |
Jaanimaa, Pinnonen 5 | (8–14) | K. Lazarov 10 | ||
3× 2× 1× | Report | 3× 5× |
8 June 2011 20:15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19 – 22 | Hungary | Sport Centre Mladost, Visoko Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK) |
Kelečević 6 | (9–11) | Császár 10 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 4× |
12 June 2011 12:15 | Hungary | 34 – 27 | Estonia | Gyöngyösi Sportcsarnok, Gyöngyös Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE) |
Halász 9 | (17–19) | Patrail 9 | ||
2× 5× | Report | 3× 4× |
12 June 2011 20:15 | Macedonia | 25 – 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Bashmak, Frolov (RUS) |
K. Lazarov 6 | (12–7) | Stojanovic 6 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 5× |
Group 2 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Croatia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 137 | +31 | 12 | Final tournament |
2 | Spain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 174 | 125 | +49 | 8 | |
3 | Lithuania | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 151 | −22 | 4 | |
4 | Romania | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 138 | 186 | −48 | 0 |
27 October 2010 20:30 | Spain | 33 – 17 | Lithuania | Pabellon Lalín Arena, Lalín Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Badura, Ondogrecula (SVK) |
Romero 7 | (17–5) | Grosas, Svedas 3 | ||
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28 October 2010 20:00 | Croatia | 34 – 22 | Romania | Skolska Sportska Dvorana, Karlovac Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK) |
Kopljar 7 | (16–11) | Ghionea 7 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 1× |
31 October 2010 18:00 | Lithuania | 19 – 21 | Croatia | Siemens Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR) |
Malasinskas 4 | (10–8) | Zrnić 5 | ||
2× 4× | Report | 3× 3× |
31 October 2010 18:00 | Romania | 20 – 35 | Spain | Sala Sporturilor Antonio Alexe, Oradea Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Johanssen, Kliko (SWE) |
Stamate 5 | (7–18) | Romero 5 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
10 March 2011 19:00 | Lithuania | 24 – 23 | Romania | Siemens Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kavulic, Skruzny (CZE) |
Rackauskas 5 | (13–10) | Muresan 6 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 2× 4× |
10 March 2011 20:30 | Spain | 24 – 26 | Croatia | Quijote Arena, Ciudad Real Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Methe, Methe (GER) |
Garcia Parrondo, Guardiola Villaplana 5 | (9–8) | Duvnjak 6 | ||
3× 1× | Report | 3× 1× |
13 March 2011 17:45 | Croatia | 23 – 21 | Spain | Spaladium Arena, Split Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Horacek, Novotny (CZE) |
Vuković 5 | (15–12) | Cañellas 4 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 2× |
13 March 2011 18:30 | Romania | 25 – 27 | Lithuania | the Sala Sporturilor, Constanţa Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI) |
Novanc 6 | (11–13) | Cepulis, Strazdas 5 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 2× |
8 June 2011 20:00 | Romania | 25 – 30 | Croatia | Polivalent Hall Drobeta, Drobeta-Turnu Severin Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
Florea 11 | (14–14) | Čupić 9 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× |
9 June 2011 19:00 | Lithuania | 16 – 25 | Spain | Siemens Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Nielsen, Lorentzen (DEN) |
Drevinskas 4 | (6–11) | Parrondo 5 | ||
3× 7× 1× | Report | 2× 3× |
12 June 2011 18:00 | Croatia | 34 – 26 | Lithuania | Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (TUR) |
Čupić 9 | Report | Malašinskas 7 | ||
3× 3× | 3× |
12 June 2011 18:00 | Spain | 36 – 23 | Romania | Polideportivo Municipal "Aguas Vivas", Guadalajara Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Kohout, Novak (CZE) |
García 6 | (18–11) | Stan 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
Group 3 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Poland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 147 | +25 | 9 | Final tournament |
2 | Slovenia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 194 | 179 | +15 | 8 | |
3 | Portugal | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 164 | 165 | −1 | 5 | |
4 | Ukraine | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 143 | 182 | −39 | 2 |
27 October 2010 20:15 | Slovenia | 34 – 31 | Portugal | Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS) |
Gajič, Natek 9 | (17–14) | Solha 7 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 3× 4× |
28 October 2010 17:00 | Poland | 23 – 15 | Ukraine | Hala Torwar, Warsaw Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Nikolic, Stojkovic (SRB) |
three players 3 | (11–7) | Onufryienko, Ostroushko 4 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
31 October 2010 17:00 | Portugal | 27 – 27 | Poland | Portimão Arena, Portimão Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Nielsen, Lorentzen (DEN) |
Solha 10 | (17–12) | Jurecki 5 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 3× |
31 October 2010 17:00 | Ukraine | 25 – 31 | Slovenia | Citysporthall, Zaporizhia Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN) |
Shevelev 6 | (15–17) | Gajic 11 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 5× |
9 March 2011 20:15 | Slovenia | 30 – 28 | Poland | Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
Gajič 8 | (14–14) | Tłuczyński 6 | ||
3× 7× | Report | 3× 6× |
9 March 2011 20:25 | Portugal | 28 – 16 | Ukraine | Moimenta da Beira, Moimenta da Beira Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Mazeika, Gatelis (LTU) |
Pedroso 7 | (17–6) | Shevelev 4 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 2× |
12 March 2011 14:30 | Poland | 32 – 27 | Slovenia | Centrum Rekreacyjno-Sportowe, Zielona Góra Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA) |
three players 6 | (15–14) | Natek 8 | ||
3× 6× | Report | 3× 5× |
13 March 2011 17:00 | Ukraine | 29 – 25 | Portugal | Palace of Sports Yunost, Zaporozhye Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Mäkinen, Jonsson (SWE) |
Krivchikov, Ostroushko 6 | (16–15) | Tavares 7 | ||
3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× |
8 June 2011 18:00 | Ukraine | 26 – 32 | Poland | Palace of Sports Yunost, Zaporozhye Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD) |
Burka 7 | (13–14) | Jurecki 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 2× |
8 June 2011 20:25 | Portugal | 31 – 29 | Slovenia | Nave de Espinho, Espinho Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Carneiro 8 | (14–13) | Natek 7 | ||
3× 3× | Report | 3× 2× |
12 June 2011 14:45 | Poland | 30 – 22 | Portugal | Hala Arena, Poznań Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Leifsson, Palsson (ISL) |
Tłuczyński 8 | (14–11) | four players 3 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 3× 4× |
12 June 2011 16:30 | Slovenia | 43 – 32 | Ukraine | Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Stolarovs, Licis (LAT) |
Gajič 9 | (22–16) | Mankovsky, Ostroushko 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 7× |
Group 4 edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 144 | +32 | 10 | Final tournament |
2 | Slovakia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 184 | 144 | +40 | 10 | |
3 | Montenegro | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 161 | 196 | −35 | 2 | |
4 | Israel | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 152 | 189 | −37 | 2 |
27 October 2010 18:00 | Slovakia | 38 – 24 | Israel | MŠK Považská Bystrica, Považská Bystrica Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE) |
Straňovský 7 | (20–14) | Avraham 9 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
28 October 2010 19:15 | Sweden | 30 – 27 | Montenegro | Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Kohout, Novak (CZE) |
Ekberg 8 | (15–17) | Mrvaljević 6 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 3× 4× |
31 October 2010 18:00 | Montenegro | 25 – 35 | Slovakia | Bar Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
Rakcevic, Roganovic 5 | (13–19) | Straňovský 9 | ||
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This article describes the qualification for the 2012 European Men s Handball Championship Contents 1 Qualification system 1 1 Seeding 1 1 1 Seeding for Qualification Phase 1 1 1 2 Seeding for Qualification Phase 2 1 2 Playing dates 1 3 Tiebreakers 2 Qualification Phase 1 2 1 Draw procedure 2 2 Group 1 2 3 Group 2 2 4 Group 3 3 Qualification Phase 2 3 1 Group 1 3 2 Group 2 3 3 Group 3 3 4 Group 4 3 5 Group 5 3 6 Group 6 3 7 Group 7 4 References 5 External linksQualification system editSeeding edit The draw for the qualification round was held on 31 January 2010 at the EHF headquarters in Vienna Austria 1 Serbia host nation and France defending champion were directly qualified 39 teams including Serbia had registered for participation 37 teams competed for 14 places at the final tournament in 2 distinct Qualification Phases In each phase the teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking list valid for the EHF EURO 2012 Qualification in Serbia Seeding for Qualification Phase 1 edit Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 nbsp Latvia nbsp Israel nbsp Estonia nbsp Italy 2 teams between nbsp Belgium nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Cyprus nbsp Finland nbsp Turkey1 team between nbsp Belgium nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Cyprus nbsp Luxembourg nbsp Georgia nbsp Great BritainSeeding for Qualification Phase 2 edit The seedings were completely known after the playing of the final week end of the 2010 European Men s Handball Championship Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 nbsp Croatia nbsp Denmark nbsp Poland nbsp Germany nbsp Norway nbsp Sweden nbsp Hungary nbsp Spain nbsp Iceland nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Slovenia nbsp Russia nbsp Slovakia nbsp Macedonia nbsp Austria nbsp Montenegro nbsp Belarus nbsp Ukraine nbsp Romania nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp Netherlands nbsp Portugal nbsp Switzerland nbsp Greece nbsp Lithuania nbsp Estonia nbsp Latvia nbsp IsraelPlaying dates edit Qualification Phase 1 Two options were available Tournaments 11 13 June 2010 Home and away round robin 14 15 April 2010 17 18 April 2010 9 10 June 2010 12 13 June 2010 16 17 June 2010 19 20 June 2010Tiebreakers edit If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question If after applying criteria 1 to 3 to several teams two or more teams still have an equal ranking the criteria 1 to 3 will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams If this procedure does not lead to a decision criteria 5 6 and 7 will apply Superior goal difference from all group matches played Higher number of goals scored in all group matches played Drawing of lots Qualification Phase 1 editThe participating teams were the 12 lowest ranked according to the EHF National Team Ranking list valid for the EHF EURO 2012 Qualification in Serbia They were nbsp Belgium nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Cyprus nbsp Estonia nbsp Finland nbsp Great Britain nbsp Georgia nbsp Israel nbsp Italy nbsp Latvia nbsp Luxembourg and nbsp Turkey The 12 teams divided into 3 groups with the 3 winners advancing to the Qualification Phase 2 Draw procedure edit Step 1 2 teams from nbsp Belgium nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Cyprus were drawn to pot 2 The remaining team went to pot 3 the balls were not opened Step 2 3 teams of pot 1 to row 1 Step 3 3 teams of pot 2 to row 2 Step 4 3 teams of pot 3 to row 3 Step 5 3 teams of pot 4 to row 4Group 1 edit Venue Crystal Palace National Sports Centre London Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Estonia 3 3 0 0 100 72 28 6 Qualification Phase 22 nbsp Cyprus 3 1 1 1 81 79 2 33 nbsp Great Britain H 3 1 0 2 75 91 16 24 nbsp Bulgaria 3 0 1 2 79 93 14 1Source citation needed H Hosts 10 June 2010 14 30 BST UTC 01 Estonia nbsp 31 18 nbsp Bulgaria Attendance 200 Referees Makinen Jonsson SWE Patrail 7 16 9 Mihailov 53 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 4 nbsp 10 June 2010 18 30 BST UTC 01 Cyprus nbsp 24 16 nbsp Great Britain Attendance 300 Referees Leyder Jung LUX Papakyprianou 9 7 9 Hawkins Larsson 43 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 7 nbsp 11 June 2010 14 30 BST UTC 01 Bulgaria nbsp 29 29 nbsp Cyprus Attendance 100 Referees Leyder Jung LUX Borisov Mihailov 6 14 14 Demosthenous Efstathiadis Papakyprianou 53 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 11 June 2010 18 30 BST UTC 01 Great Britain nbsp 26 35 nbsp Estonia Attendance 400 Referees Makinen Jonsson SWE Mohr 11 13 18 Patrail 73 nbsp 6 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 12 June 2010 12 00 BST UTC 01 Estonia nbsp 34 28 nbsp Cyprus Attendance 300 Referees Makinen Jonsson SWE Patrail 9 18 13 Papakyprianou 112 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 3 nbsp 12 June 2010 15 30 BST UTC 01 Bulgaria nbsp 32 33 nbsp Great Britain Attendance 600 Referees Leyder Jung LUX Petkov 10 16 14 Larsson 133 nbsp 6 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 1 nbsp Group 2 edit Venue Tbilisi Sports Palace Tbilisi Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Latvia 3 2 0 1 82 79 3 4 Qualification Phase 22 nbsp Finland 3 2 0 1 86 80 6 43 nbsp Italy 3 2 0 1 97 95 2 44 nbsp Georgia H 3 0 0 3 67 78 11 0Source citation needed H Hosts 11 June 2010 15 30 UTC 04 Latvia nbsp 24 26 nbsp Finland Attendance 300 Referees Sivak Dvorsky SVK Jurdz 5 11 11 Ronnberg Viljanen 64 nbsp 7 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 6 nbsp 11 June 2010 18 00 UTC 04 Italy nbsp 30 25 nbsp Georgia Attendance 400 Referees Sitsi Heinla EST Radovic 7 10 10 Rusia 83 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 4 nbsp 4 nbsp 12 June 2010 15 00 UTC 04 Finland nbsp 34 35 nbsp Italy Attendance 200 Referees Sivak Dvorsky SVK Tamminen 13 18 19 Skatar 113 nbsp 8 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 7 nbsp 1 nbsp 12 June 2010 17 00 UTC 04 Georgia nbsp 21 22 nbsp Latvia Attendance 400 Referees Sitsi Heinla EST Datukashvili 8 11 11 Versakovs 93 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp 13 June 2010 15 00 UTC 04 Latvia nbsp 36 32 nbsp Italy Attendance 100 Referees Sitsi Heinla EST Jurdz 6 19 16 Skatar Tumbarello 73 nbsp 8 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 8 nbsp 2 nbsp 13 June 2010 17 00 UTC 04 Finland nbsp 26 21 nbsp Georgia Attendance 400 Referees Sivak Dvorsky SVK Ronnberg 8 12 19 Mskhvildze 82 nbsp 11 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 8 nbsp 1 nbsp Group 3 edit Venue Centre National Sportif d Coque Luxembourg Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Israel 3 3 0 0 100 80 20 6 Qualification Phase 22 nbsp Turkey 3 2 0 1 88 86 2 43 nbsp Belgium 3 1 0 2 89 96 7 24 nbsp Luxembourg H 3 0 0 3 75 90 15 0Source citation needed H Hosts 11 June 2010 12 30 CEST UTC 02 Israel nbsp 32 24 nbsp Turkey Referees Pavicevic Vujisic MNE Pomeranz 10 14 14 Done Ozbahar 53 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 1 nbsp 11 June 2010 14 30 CEST UTC 02 Belgium nbsp 29 25 nbsp Luxembourg Attendance 500 Referees Nikolovski Kolevski MKD Verhoeven 9 15 12 Decker 103 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 12 June 2010 19 30 CEST UTC 02 Luxembourg nbsp 24 29 nbsp Israel Attendance 500 Referees Nikolovski Kolevski MKD Sarac 7 13 14 Pomeranz 63 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 7 nbsp 12 June 2010 21 30 CEST UTC 02 Turkey nbsp 32 28 nbsp Belgium Attendance 100 Referees Pavicevic Vujisic MNE Done 11 15 14 Verhoeven 83 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp 13 June 2010 18 00 CEST UTC 02 Turkey nbsp 32 26 nbsp Luxembourg Attendance 200 Referees Nikolovski Kolevski MKD Done 8 15 10 Poeckes 83 nbsp 9 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 1 nbsp 13 June 2010 20 00 CEST UTC 02 Israel nbsp 39 32 nbsp Belgium Attendance 100 Referees Pavicevic Vujisic MNE Halifi 16 21 16 Mathijs Querimi Van Wesemael 53 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp Qualification Phase 2 editThere were 28 teams participating at this phase They were drawn into 7 groups of 4 teams with the first 2 in each group qualifying for the 2012 European Men s Handball Championship The teams participating at this phase were 14 teams qualified from 2010 European Men s Handball Championship nbsp Croatia nbsp Austria nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Denmark nbsp Spain nbsp Germany nbsp Hungary nbsp Iceland nbsp Norway nbsp Poland nbsp Slovenia nbsp Russia nbsp Sweden nbsp Ukraine 7 group winners from the Qualification Round from the 2011 World Men s Handball Championship European qualification nbsp Greece nbsp Lithuania nbsp Netherlands nbsp Portugal nbsp Romania nbsp Switzerland nbsp Slovakia 4 additional teams according to the EHF National Team Ranking list valid for the EHF EURO 2012 Qualification in Serbia nbsp Macedonia nbsp Montenegro nbsp Belarus nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 winners of the Qualification Phase 1 nbsp Estonia nbsp Israel nbsp LatviaGroup 1 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Hungary 6 6 0 0 171 130 41 12 Final tournament2 nbsp Macedonia 6 3 1 2 162 155 7 73 nbsp Estonia 6 2 0 4 154 176 22 44 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 0 1 5 134 159 25 1Source citation needed 27 October 2010 17 15 Macedonia nbsp 30 25 nbsp Estonia SRC Kale Skopje Attendance 1 500 Referees Karlubik Struhar SVK K Lazarov 7 16 10 Pinnonen 73 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 28 October 2010 18 00 Hungary nbsp 26 17 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Arena Savaria Szombathely Attendance 2 000 Referees Horacek Novotny CZE Ilyes Mocsai 5 10 9 Jaskic 63 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 31 October 2010 17 45 Estonia nbsp 19 31 nbsp Hungary Mesikapa Hall Polva Attendance 800 Referees Kouz Zhoba UKR Jarve Patrail 4 9 14 Harsanyi 83 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 7 nbsp 31 October 2010 20 00 Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp 28 28 nbsp Macedonia Dvorana Mirza Delibasic Sarajevo Attendance 3 000 Referees Dinu Din ROU Doborac Terzic 6 15 13 Alusevski 93 nbsp 2 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 9 March 2011 17 15 Macedonia nbsp 22 29 nbsp Hungary Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Skopje Attendance 4 500 Referees Buy Pichon FRA F Lazarov 7 6 16 G Ivancsik T Ivancsik 43 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 9 March 2011 17 45 Estonia nbsp 35 30 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Mesikapa Hall Polva Attendance 800 Referees Togstad Kristiansen NOR Patrail 10 16 13 Djukic Harmandic 53 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 3 nbsp 1 nbsp 12 March 2011 17 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp 21 23 nbsp Estonia Sport Centre Mladost Visoko Attendance 1 500 Referees Stenrand Birch DEN Prce 5 9 11 Patrail 72 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 13 March 2011 16 45 Hungary nbsp 29 26 nbsp Macedonia Veszprem Arena Veszprem Attendance 4 500 Referees Fleisch Rieber GER Harsanyi Ilyes 6 16 13 F Lazarov 73 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 8 June 2011 20 00 Estonia nbsp 25 31 nbsp Macedonia Mesikapa Hall Polva Attendance 600 Referees Pedersen Mortensen DEN Jaanimaa Pinnonen 5 8 14 K Lazarov 103 nbsp 2 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 8 June 2011 20 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp 19 22 nbsp Hungary Sport Centre Mladost Visoko Attendance 1 500 Referees Brunovsky Canda SVK Kelecevic 6 9 11 Csaszar 103 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 4 nbsp 12 June 2011 12 15 Hungary nbsp 34 27 nbsp Estonia Gyongyosi Sportcsarnok Gyongyos Attendance 1 600 Referees Chaskis Tsakonas GRE Halasz 9 17 19 Patrail 92 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 12 June 2011 20 15 Macedonia nbsp 25 19 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Skopje Attendance 9 000 Referees Bashmak Frolov RUS K Lazarov 6 12 7 Stojanovic 62 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp Group 2 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Croatia 6 6 0 0 168 137 31 12 Final tournament2 nbsp Spain 6 4 0 2 174 125 49 83 nbsp Lithuania 6 2 0 4 129 151 22 44 nbsp Romania 6 0 0 6 138 186 48 0Source citation needed 27 October 2010 20 30 Spain nbsp 33 17 nbsp Lithuania Pabellon Lalin Arena Lalin Attendance 2 500 Referees Badura Ondogrecula SVK Romero 7 17 5 Grosas Svedas 32 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 28 October 2010 20 00 Croatia nbsp 34 22 nbsp Romania Skolska Sportska Dvorana Karlovac Attendance 2 800 Referees Brunovsky Canda SVK Kopljar 7 16 11 Ghionea 73 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 1 nbsp 31 October 2010 18 00 Lithuania nbsp 19 21 nbsp Croatia Siemens Arena Vilnius Attendance 1 600 Referees Abrahamsen Kristiansen NOR Malasinskas 4 10 8 Zrnic 52 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 31 October 2010 18 00 Romania nbsp 20 35 nbsp Spain Sala Sporturilor Antonio Alexe Oradea Attendance 2 000 Referees Johanssen Kliko SWE Stamate 5 7 18 Romero 53 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 10 March 2011 19 00 Lithuania nbsp 24 23 nbsp Romania Siemens Arena Vilnius Attendance 2 000 Referees Kavulic Skruzny CZE Rackauskas 5 13 10 Muresan 63 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 4 nbsp 10 March 2011 20 30 Spain nbsp 24 26 nbsp Croatia Quijote Arena Ciudad Real Attendance 5 100 Referees Methe Methe GER Garcia Parrondo Guardiola Villaplana 5 9 8 Duvnjak 63 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 1 nbsp 13 March 2011 17 45 Croatia nbsp 23 21 nbsp Spain Spaladium Arena Split Attendance 12 000 Referees Horacek Novotny CZE Vukovic 5 15 12 Canellas 43 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 13 March 2011 18 30 Romania nbsp 25 27 nbsp Lithuania the Sala Sporturilor Constanţa Attendance 1 100 Referees Buache Meyer SUI Novanc 6 11 13 Cepulis Strazdas 53 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 8 June 2011 20 00 Romania nbsp 25 30 nbsp Croatia Polivalent Hall Drobeta Drobeta Turnu Severin Attendance 1 700 Referees Zotin Volodkov RUS Florea 11 14 14 Cupic 93 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 9 June 2011 19 00 Lithuania nbsp 16 25 nbsp Spain Siemens Arena Vilnius Attendance 2 000 Referees Nielsen Lorentzen DEN Drevinskas 4 6 11 Parrondo 53 nbsp 7 nbsp 1 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 3 nbsp 12 June 2011 18 00 Croatia nbsp 34 26 nbsp Lithuania Zatika Sport Centre Porec Attendance 2 300 Referees Erdogan Ozdeniz TUR Cupic 9 Report Malasinskas 73 nbsp 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 12 June 2011 18 00 Spain nbsp 36 23 nbsp Romania Polideportivo Municipal Aguas Vivas Guadalajara Attendance 1 700 Referees Kohout Novak CZE Garcia 6 18 11 Stan 73 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp Group 3 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Poland 6 4 1 1 172 147 25 9 Final tournament2 nbsp Slovenia 6 4 0 2 194 179 15 83 nbsp Portugal 6 2 1 3 164 165 1 54 nbsp Ukraine 6 1 0 5 143 182 39 2Source citation needed 27 October 2010 20 15 Slovenia nbsp 34 31 nbsp Portugal Zlatorog Arena Celje Attendance 1 200 Referees Zotin Volodkov RUS Gajic Natek 9 17 14 Solha 73 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 28 October 2010 17 00 Poland nbsp 23 15 nbsp Ukraine Hala Torwar Warsaw Attendance 4 800 Referees Nikolic Stojkovic SRB three players 3 11 7 Onufryienko Ostroushko 43 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 31 October 2010 17 00 Portugal nbsp 27 27 nbsp Poland Portimao Arena Portimao Attendance 1 500 Referees Nielsen Lorentzen DEN Solha 10 17 12 Jurecki 52 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 31 October 2010 17 00 Ukraine nbsp 25 31 nbsp Slovenia Citysporthall Zaporizhia Attendance 2 000 Referees Herczeg Sudi HUN Shevelev 6 15 17 Gajic 113 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 9 March 2011 20 15 Slovenia nbsp 30 28 nbsp Poland Arena Stozice Ljubljana Attendance 12 500 Referees Gjeding Hansen DEN Gajic 8 14 14 Tluczynski 63 nbsp 7 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 6 nbsp 9 March 2011 20 25 Portugal nbsp 28 16 nbsp Ukraine Moimenta da Beira Moimenta da Beira Attendance 1 200 Referees Mazeika Gatelis LTU Pedroso 7 17 6 Shevelev 43 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 2 nbsp 12 March 2011 14 30 Poland nbsp 32 27 nbsp Slovenia Centrum Rekreacyjno Sportowe Zielona Gora Attendance 5 100 Referees Dentz Reibel FRA three players 6 15 14 Natek 83 nbsp 6 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 5 nbsp 13 March 2011 17 00 Ukraine nbsp 29 25 nbsp Portugal Palace of Sports Yunost Zaporozhye Attendance 2 000 Referees Makinen Jonsson SWE Krivchikov Ostroushko 6 16 15 Tavares 73 nbsp 2 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 3 nbsp 8 June 2011 18 00 Ukraine nbsp 26 32 nbsp Poland Palace of Sports Yunost Zaporozhye Attendance 1 200 Referees Nikolov Nachevski MKD Burka 7 13 14 Jurecki 63 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 8 June 2011 20 25 Portugal nbsp 31 29 nbsp Slovenia Nave de Espinho Espinho Attendance 2 500 Referees Geipel Helbig GER Carneiro 8 14 13 Natek 73 nbsp 3 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 2 nbsp 12 June 2011 14 45 Poland nbsp 30 22 nbsp Portugal Hala Arena Poznan Attendance 4 500 Referees Leifsson Palsson ISL Tluczynski 8 14 11 four players 33 nbsp 5 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 12 June 2011 16 30 Slovenia nbsp 43 32 nbsp Ukraine Arena Stozice Ljubljana Attendance 5 000 Referees Stolarovs Licis LAT Gajic 9 22 16 Mankovsky Ostroushko 63 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 2 nbsp 7 nbsp Group 4 edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Sweden 6 5 0 1 176 144 32 10 Final tournament2 nbsp Slovakia 6 5 0 1 184 144 40 103 nbsp Montenegro 6 1 0 5 161 196 35 24 nbsp Israel 6 1 0 5 152 189 37 2Source citation needed 27 October 2010 18 00 Slovakia nbsp 38 24 nbsp Israel MSK Povazska Bystrica Povazska Bystrica Attendance 1 400 Referees Chaskis Tsakonas GRE Stranovsky 7 20 14 Avraham 93 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 28 October 2010 19 15 Sweden nbsp 30 27 nbsp Montenegro Kristianstad Arena Kristianstad Attendance 4 500 Referees Kohout Novak CZE Ekberg 8 15 17 Mrvaljevic 63 nbsp 4 nbsp Report 3 nbsp 4 nbsp 31 October 2010 18 00 Montenegro nbsp 25 35 nbsp Slovakia Bar Attendance 1 700 Referees Geipel Helbig GER Rakcevic Roganovic 5 13 19 Stranovsky 9 td, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |