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

Seeding

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia (H)	3	3	0	100	67	+33	6	Qualification phase 2
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	111	80	+31	4
3	Israel	3	1	2	73	84	−11	2
4	Kosovo	3	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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4×

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
	1× 3×	Report	3× 1×

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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland (H)	3	3	0	65	49	+16	6	Qualification phase 2
2	Lithuania	3	1	2	75	71	+4	2^[a]
3	Faroe Islands	3	1	2	63	66	−3	2^[a]
4	Finland	3	1	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:

^ ^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
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

1 December 2018 19:00	Finland	10–21	Switzerland	GoEasy Arena, Untersiggenthal Attendance: 975 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Kulju 4	(7–10)	Frey 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belarus	3	3	0	94	67	+27	6	Qualification phase 2
2	Greece (H)	3	2	1	57	62	−5	4
3	Portugal	3	1	2	72	67	+5	2
4	Italy	3	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
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

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
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

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
	1× 1×	Report	2× 2×

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
	2× 4×	Report	3× 6×

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
	2× 2×	Report	3× 4×

25 November 2018 19:30	Belarus	35–26	Italy	DAK Amyntaio, Amyntaio Attendance: 300 Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
	Yezhykava 7	(17–15)	Manojlovic 7
	3× 1×	Report	2× 5×

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Macedonia (H)	3	3	0	100	66	+34	6	Qualification phase 2
2	Iceland	3	2	1	106	70	+36	4	Qualification phase 2
3	Turkey	3	1	2	78	92	−14	2
4	Azerbaijan	3	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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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
	1× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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
	1× 3×	Report	3× 9×

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
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6×

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
	3× 4× 1×	Report	2× 2×

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	4	Iceland	3	2	1	106	70	+36	4	Qualification phase 2
2	1	Ukraine	3	2	1	111	80	+31	4
3	3	Greece	3	2	1	57	62	−5	4
4	2	Lithuania	3	1	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

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

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

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

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
	3× 4×	Report	2× 5×

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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

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
	1× 4×	Report	2× 5×

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
	3×	Report	2× 2×

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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

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
	2× 4× 2×	Report	2× 4×

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
	2× 3×	Report	2×

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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

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
	2× 2× 1×	Report	2× 3×

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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

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
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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
	2× 5×	Report	1× 4×

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
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

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
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

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
	2× 7×	Report	2× 2×

5 June 2019 18:00	Hungary	28–19	Austria	Zalaegerszeg Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Klujber 6	(16–10)	Frey, Kovács 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

6 June 2019 19:45	Iceland	32–31	Spain	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 831 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Pálsdóttir 8	(13–15)	Etxeberria 8
	4×	Report	1× 4×

Spain won 66–58 on aggregate.

References

^ "Women's World Championship 2019 Qualification groups to be drawn at EHF Congress". eurohandball.com. 18 June 2018.
^ "Women's World Championship 2019 Qualification drawn in Glasgow". eurohandball.com. 19 June 2018.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.

External links

Official website^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[table_hth_LTU0.033752854463529-4] Lithuania 2 Pts, +5 GD; Faore Islands 2 Pts, +1 GD; Finland 2 Pts, −6 GD

[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.

[5] "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.

[6] "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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