2008 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

Qualification matches for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules host (Norway), and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places will be determined in play-offs in June; nine teams are seeded after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages.

Summary

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Below is a table containing all seven qualifying groups. Teams that have secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green. The order of teams is by play off position.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7
  Belarus
  Slovakia
  Serbia
  Macedonia
  Romania
  Latvia
  Montenegro
  Netherlands
   Switzerland
  Lithuania
  Portugal   Sweden
  Cyprus
  Moldova
  Israel
  Luxembourg
  Bulgaria
  Georgia
  Austria
  Finland
  Italy
  Turkey
  Greece
  Estonia
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Belgium

Group stage

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Final standings (as of 30 January 2007)

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belarus 3 3 0 0 100 74 +26 6 Playoffs
2   Slovakia 3 2 0 1 100 74 +26 4
3   Cyprus 3 1 0 2 71 86 −15 2
4   Moldova 3 0 0 3 73 110 −37 0
Source: EHF

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 6 4 1 1 220 164 +56 9 Playoffs
2   Macedonia 6 4 1 1 185 179 +6 9
3   Israel 6 3 0 3 172 174 −2 6
4   Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 149 209 −60 0
Source: EHF

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 6 6 0 0 203 153 +50 12 Playoffs
2   Latvia 6 4 0 2 187 167 +20 8
3   Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 140 171 −31 2
4   Georgia 6 1 0 5 140 179 −39 2
Source: EHF

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Montenegro 6 5 1 0 200 171 +29 11 Playoffs
2   Netherlands 6 3 1 2 186 186 0 7
3   Austria 6 3 0 3 183 178 +5 6
4   Finland 6 0 0 6 165 199 −34 0
Source: EHF

Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 6 6 0 0 186 151 +35 12 Playoffs
2   Lithuania 6 3 0 3 186 188 −2 6
3   Italy 6 2 0 4 173 187 −14 4
4   Turkey 6 1 0 5 167 186 −19 2
Source: EHF

Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 4 3 0 1 115 94 +21 6 Playoffs
2   Greece 4 3 0 1 107 98 +9 6
3   Estonia 4 0 0 4 95 125 −30 0
Source: EHF

Group 7

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 4 4 0 0 139 106 +33 8 Playoffs
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 0 2 143 121 +22 4
3   Belgium 4 0 0 4 109 164 −55 0
Source: EHF

Play-off

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The play-off draw was made in Vienna on 26 January 2007. The matches were two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekends of June.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Poland   72-47   Netherlands 31–20 41–27
Lithuania   53–59   Hungary 23–28 30–31
Ukraine   48–63   Slovakia 29–28 19–35
Slovenia   66–60   Macedonia 33–28 33–32
Latvia   56–64   Czech Republic 30–31 26–33
Belarus   61–54    Switzerland 33–24 28–30
Sweden   69–59   Romania 36–25 33–34
Portugal   55–63   Montenegro 28–30 27–33
Serbia   70–71   Iceland 30–29 40–42