2019 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification

The European qualification for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship, in Japan, was played over two rounds.[1]

In the first round of qualification, 16 teams who were not participating at the 2018 European Championship were split into four groups. Each winner from the four groups and the best 2nd-placed team joined the remaining 12 teams from the European Championship and Austria as the second-best third-ranked team from the 2018 European Championship qualification and played play-offs to determine the nine qualifiers.

Qualification phase 1

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Seeding

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The draw was held on 24 June 2016.[2] The winner from each group and the best second-ranked team advanced to the play-off round. Each group played their matches in a mini-tournament at a pre-selected location.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  Belarus
  Macedonia
   Switzerland
  Slovakia
  Turkey
  Faroe Islands
  Iceland
  Italy
  Kosovo
  Lithuania
  Portugal
  Ukraine
  Azerbaijan
  Finland
  Greece
  Israel

All times are local.

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovakia (H) 3 3 0 0 100 67 +33 6 Qualification phase 2
2   Ukraine 3 2 0 1 111 80 +31 4
3   Israel 3 1 0 2 73 84 −11 2
4   Kosovo 3 0 0 3 59 112 −53 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) Hosts
30 November 2018
15:30
Kosovo   25–28   Israel Mestská športová hala, Šaľa
Attendance: 150
Referees: Merisi, Rosca (ITA)
Demaj 9 (11–16) Vakrat 12
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30 November 2018
18:00
Slovakia   36–32   Ukraine Mestská športová hala, Šaľa
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Rajnohová 12 (17–13) Borshchenko, Glibko 7
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1 December 2018
15:30
Ukraine   44–19   Kosovo Mestská športová hala, Šaľa
Attendance: 150
Referees: Merisi, Rosca (ITA)
Glibko 9 (23–7) Merditaj 8
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1 December 2018
18:00
Israel   20–24   Slovakia Mestská športová hala, Šaľa
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Bertaut, Vakrat 5 (7–11) Patrnčiaková 6
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2 December 2018
15:30
Ukraine   35–25   Israel Mestská športová hala, Šaľa
Attendance: 100
Referees: Merisi, Rosca (ITA)
Glibko 10 (23–11) Aminov 8
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2 December 2018
18:00
Slovakia   40–15   Kosovo Mestská športová hala, Šaľa
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Patrnčiaková 6 (18–5) Kameri 7
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Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland (H) 3 3 0 0 65 49 +16 6 Qualification phase 2
2   Lithuania 3 1 0 2 75 71 +4 2[a]
3   Faroe Islands 3 1 0 2 63 66 −3 2[a]
4   Finland 3 1 0 2 57 74 −17 2[a]
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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Lithuania 2 Pts, +5 GD; Faore Islands 2 Pts, +1 GD; Finland 2 Pts, −6 GD
30 November 2018
16:30
Faroe Islands   19–22   Finland GoEasy Arena, Untersiggenthal
Attendance: 180
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Christophersen Jojic 6 (12–10) Aarnio 8
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30 November 2018
19:00
Switzerland   21–20   Lithuania GoEasy Arena, Untersiggenthal
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Gautschi 5 (13–12) Gedroit 6
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1 December 2018
16:30
Lithuania   21–25   Faroe Islands GoEasy Arena, Untersiggenthal
Attendance: 250
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Gedroit 5 (11–15) Christophersen Jojic 6
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1 December 2018
19:00
Finland   10–21    Switzerland GoEasy Arena, Untersiggenthal
Attendance: 975
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Kulju 4 (7–10) Frey 5
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2 December 2018
12:00
Lithuania   34–25   Finland GoEasy Arena, Untersiggenthal
Attendance: 105
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Kavaliauskaitė 11 (17–9) Hilli, Voutilainen 4
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2 December 2018
15:00
Switzerland   23–19   Faroe Islands GoEasy Arena, Untersiggenthal
Attendance: 950
Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
Gautschi 7 (11–8) Henneberg Joensen 4
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Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belarus 3 3 0 0 94 67 +27 6 Qualification phase 2
2   Greece (H) 3 2 0 1 57 62 −5 4
3   Portugal 3 1 0 2 72 67 +5 2
4   Italy 3 0 0 3 65 92 −27 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) Hosts
23 November 2018
17:00
Belarus   31–23   Portugal DAK Amyntaio, Amyntaio
Attendance: 300
Referees: Merz, Schilha (GER)
Kotsina 9 (15–14) three players 5
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23 November 2018
19:30
Italy   19–23   Greece DAK Amyntaio, Amyntaio
Attendance: 800
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
Del Balzo, Eder 4 (9–12) Tsàkalou 9
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24 November 2018
17:00
Greece   18–28   Belarus DAK Amyntaio, Amyntaio
Attendance: 900
Referees: Merz, Schilha (GER)
Vafeiadou 6 (8–14) Shamanouskaya, Vasileuskaya 5
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24 November 2018
19:30
Portugal   34–20   Italy DAK Amyntaio, Amyntaio
Attendance: 300
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
Vieira 6 (19–9) Del Balzo 6
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25 November 2018
17:00
Portugal   15–16   Greece DAK Amyntaio, Amyntaio
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Merz, Schilha (GER)
Emidio, Vieira 4 (4–5) Vafeiadou 8
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25 November 2018
19:30
Belarus   35–26   Italy DAK Amyntaio, Amyntaio
Attendance: 300
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
Yezhykava 7 (17–15) Manojlovic 7
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Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Macedonia (H) 3 3 0 0 100 66 +34 6 Qualification phase 2
2   Iceland 3 2 0 1 106 70 +36 4
3   Turkey 3 1 0 2 78 92 −14 2
4   Azerbaijan 3 0 0 3 66 122 −56 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) Hosts
30 November 2018
18:00
Macedonia   41–22   Azerbaijan Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Ristovska 11 (18–8) Tankaskaya 6
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30 November 2018
20:00
Turkey   23–36   Iceland Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Şahin 5 (14–18) Pálsdóttir 8
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1 December 2018
18:00
Iceland   21–29   Macedonia Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Pálsdóttir, Stefánsdóttir 5 (10–16) Ristovska 9
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1 December 2018
20:00
Azerbaijan   26–32   Turkey Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Gasimova, Tankaskaya 6 (13–17) Bozdoğan 5
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2 December 2018
18:00
Iceland   49–18   Azerbaijan Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 100
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Stefánsdóttir 13 (28–9) three players 4
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2 December 2018
20:00
Turkey   23–30   Macedonia Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 700
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Bozdoğan, Türkoğlu 5 (10–16) Ristovska 9
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Ranking of second-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 4   Iceland 3 2 0 1 106 70 +36 4 Qualification phase 2
2 1   Ukraine 3 2 0 1 111 80 +31 4
3 3   Greece 3 2 0 1 57 62 −5 4
4 2   Lithuania 3 1 0 2 75 71 +4 2
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2018. Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored.

Qualification phase 2

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The draw was held on 15 December 2018 at Paris.[4][5] The teams played a home-and away series to determine the participants for the final tournament.

Seedings

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Pot 1
(9 best ranked teams from the 2018 European Championship not already qualified for World Championship)
Pot 2
(3 lowest ranked teams from the 2018 European Championship + Austria + teams from the qualification round)
  Denmark
  Germany
  Hungary
  Montenegro
  Norway
  Serbia
  Slovenia
  Spain
  Sweden
  Austria
  Belarus
  Croatia
  Czech Republic
  Iceland
  North Macedonia
  Poland
  Slovakia
   Switzerland

Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Croatia   45–49   Germany 24–24 21–25
Denmark   61–36    Switzerland 35–22 26–14
Sweden   78–42   Slovakia 33–18 45–24
Belarus   49–65   Norway 21–34 28–31
Serbia   60–49   Poland 33–19 27–30
Czech Republic   49–49 (a)   Montenegro 26–24 23–25
North Macedonia   57–71   Slovenia 30–33 27–38
Austria   42–69   Hungary 23–41 19–28
Spain   66–58   Iceland 35–26 31–32

All times are local.

Matches

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2 June 2019
16:00
Croatia   24–24   Germany Sports Hall Fran Galović, Koprivnica
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
Blažević, Turk 5 (11–10) Naidzinavicius 6
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5 June 2019
18:45
Germany   25–21   Croatia Westpress Arena, Hamm
Attendance: 2,167
Referees: Canbro, Kliko (SWE)
Stolle 6 (14–9) Blažević 7
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Germany won 49–45 on aggregate.


1 June 2019
16:10
Denmark   35–22    Switzerland Roskilde Hallen, Roskilde
Attendance: 2,088
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Hansen 8 (18–10) Gautschi 7
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5 June 2019
18:15
Switzerland   14–26   Denmark Axa-Arena, Winterthur
Attendance: 1,165
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
Kündig 5 (5–12) K. Jørgensen 6
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Denmark won 61–36 on aggregate.


1 June 2019
17:00
Sweden   33–18   Slovakia Brinova Arena Karlskrona, Karlskrona
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Pandzic, Mosorinski (SRB)
Hagman 7 (18–10) Bíziková 7
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6 June 2019
18:00
Slovakia   24–45   Sweden Mestská športová hala Šaľa, Šaľa
Attendance: 800
Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
Bíziková 9 (10–25) Mässing 9
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Sweden won 78–42 on aggregate.


31 May 2019
19:15
Belarus   21–34   Norway Universal Sports Complex Victoria, Brest
Attendance: 1,560
Referees: Prastalo, Balvan (BIH)
Shamanouskaya 6 (10–17) Løke 6
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5 June 2019
19:00
Norway   31–28   Belarus Sotra Arena, Bergen
Attendance: 3,809
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Brattset 7 (21–11) Ilyina, Shamanouskaya 6
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Norway won 65–49 on aggregate.


31 May 2019
20:15
Serbia   33–19   Poland Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Alpaizde, Berezkina (RUS)
three players 6 (17–11) Achruk 8
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6 June 2019
18:00
Poland   30–27   Serbia Hala RCS, Lubin
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
Achruk 7 (12–14) Krpež Slezak 8
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Serbia won 60–49 on aggregate.


31 May 2019
20:10
Czech Republic   26–24   Montenegro Sportovní hala Banik Most, Most
Attendance: 860
Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK)
Hrbková 7 (15–13) Radičević 6
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5 June 2019
20:15
Montenegro   25–23   Czech Republic Sportski Centar Nikšić, Nikšić
Attendance: 4,078
Referees: Erdogan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Jauković 9 (12–11) Jeřábková 5
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49–49 on aggregate. Montenegro won by away goals.


2 June 2019
20:30
North Macedonia   30–33   Slovenia Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Frieser, Kavulic (CZE)
Gjeorgjievska 9 (14–15) Gros, Stanko 6
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6 June 2019
20:15
Slovenia   38–27   North Macedonia Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 1,706
Referees: Brunovsky, Canda (SVK)
Mavsar 8 (20–14) Livrinikj 6
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Slovenia won 71–57 on aggregate.


2 June 2019
18:00
Austria   23–41   Hungary Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz, Graz
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Nabokau, Kulik (BLR)
Frey 9 (9–20) Tóth 9
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5 June 2019
18:00
Hungary   28–19   Austria Zalaegerszeg
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Klujber 6 (16–10) Frey, Kovács 5
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Hungary won 69–42 on aggregate.


31 May 2019
21:00
Spain   35–26   Iceland Polideportivo Fernando Arguelles, Antequera
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Antic, Jakovljevic (SRB)
Pena 12 (21–7) Stefánsdóttir 6
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6 June 2019
19:45
Iceland   32–31   Spain Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 831
Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
Pálsdóttir 8 (13–15) Etxeberria 8
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Spain won 66–58 on aggregate.

References

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  1. ^ "Women's World Championship 2019 Qualification groups to be drawn at EHF Congress". eurohandball.com. 18 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Women's World Championship 2019 Qualification drawn in Glasgow". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Home rights drawn for Women's World Championship 2019 qualification tournaments". eurohandball.com. 17 July 2018. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Pots for Women's World Championship 2019 Play-off draw confirmed". EHF. 14 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Play-off draw pits record Euro champions Norway against Belarus". EHF. 15 December 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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