2021 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification

The European qualification for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, in Spain, was played over two rounds.

In the first round of qualification, 17 teams who were not participating at the 2020 European Championship were split into two groups of four and three groups of three teams. The top two teams of each group advanced to the second phase, where the teams joined the remaining 10 teams from the European Championship and played play-off games to determine the qualified teams.

Qualification phase 1

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Seeding

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The draw was held on 8 July 2020 in Vienna, Austria.[1][2] The top two teams of each group advance to the play-off round. Each group will play their matches in a mini-tournament at a pre-selected location.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Austria
  Belarus
  Slovakia
  Turkey
  North Macedonia
  Ukraine
  Italy
   Switzerland
  Iceland
  Portugal
  Lithuania
  Faroe Islands
  Kosovo
  Israel
  Finland
  Greece
  Luxembourg

On 13 November 2020, the EHF decided to postpone the matches, scheduled for December 2020, to March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

All times are UTC+1.

Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovakia 3 3 0 0 105 64 +41 6 Qualification phase 2
2   Ukraine 3 2 0 1 87 76 +11 4
3   Israel 3 1 0 2 65 86 −21 2
4   Luxembourg (H) 3 0 0 3 56 87 −31 0
Source: EHF
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
19 March 2021
17:00
Slovakia   31–28   Ukraine d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
R. Bíziková, Szarková 7 (14–13) Smolinh 9
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19 March 2021
19:30
Israel   22–18   Luxembourg d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Fahner, Kubis (POL)
Vakrat 6 (11–6) J. Wirtz 5
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20 March 2021
15:30
Slovakia   37–19   Israel d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Fahner, Kubis (POL)
Lancz 10 (18–11) Vakrat 5
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20 March 2021
18:00
Ukraine   28–21   Luxembourg d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
Smolinh 8 (14–12) Welter 5
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21 March 2021
15:30
Ukraine   31–24   Israel d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Fahner, Kubis (POL)
Volovnyk 7 (16–10) Vakrat 8
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21 March 2021
18:00
Luxembourg   17–37   Slovakia d'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
Welter 4 (10–16) Patrnčiaková 7
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Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   North Macedonia (H) 3 3 0 0 75 57 +18 6 Qualification phase 2
2   Iceland 3 2 0 1 81 66 +15 4
3   Lithuania 3 1 0 2 71 90 −19 2
4   Greece 3 0 0 3 64 78 −14 0
Source: EHF
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
19 March 2021
17:45
North Macedonia   24–17   Iceland Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ciulei, Stoia (ROU)
Ristovska 11 (11–8) three players 3
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19 March 2021
19:45
Lithuania   27–26   Greece Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
Šponė 6 (12–12) Zygoura 7
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20 March 2021
17:45
North Macedonia   31–21   Lithuania Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
Ristovska 8 (15–12) Sparnauskaitė 5
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20 March 2021
19:45
Iceland   31–19   Greece Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ciulei, Stoia (ROU)
R. Jónsdóttir 7 (15–7) Chatziparasidou 4
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21 March 2021
17:45
Greece   19–20   North Macedonia Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ciulei, Stoia (ROU)
Chatziparasidou 6 (13–10) Ristovska 10
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21 March 2021
19:45
Iceland   33–23   Lithuania Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
Thompson 7 (19–9) Repečkaitė 8
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Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification phase 2
2   Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Finland[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn
Source: EHF
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. ^ Finland withdrew before the competition.[4]

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Austria (H) 2 2 0 0 63 42 +21 4 Qualification phase 2
2   Italy 2 1 0 1 46 59 −13 2
3   Kosovo 2 0 0 2 42 50 −8 0
Source: EHF
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
19 March 2021
18:10
Kosovo   20–26   Austria BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Cipov, Klus (SVK)
Gjikokaj 6 (12–11) Reichert 9
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20 March 2021
18:00
Italy   24–22   Kosovo BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Cipov, Klus (SVK)
three players 5 (11–10) Kameri 6
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21 March 2021
16:30
Austria   37–22   Italy BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Cipov, Klus (SVK)
Reichert 10 (20–8) Del Balzo, Djiogap 6
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Group 5

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 2 1 1 0 51 43 +8 3[a] Qualification phase 2
2   Belarus (H) 2 1 1 0 46 38 +8 3[a]
3   Faroe Islands 2 0 0 2 31 47 −16 0
Source: EHF
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 Belarus 25–25 Switzerland
19 March 2021
18:00
Faroe Islands   13–21   Belarus Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 350
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Henneberg Joensen 3 (7–15) Ilyina, Kulak 4
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20 March 2021
16:00
Switzerland   26–18   Faroe Islands Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 130
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Kündig 11 (14–11) Armgarðsdóttir Brimnes, Weyhe 4
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21 March 2021
16:00
Belarus   25–25    Switzerland Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 550
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Kulak 8 (15–14) Hodel 9
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Qualification phase 2

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The teams played a home-and away series to determine the participants for the final tournament. The draw took place on 22 March 2021.[5][6]

Seedings

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Pot 1
(10 best ranked teams from the 2020 European Championship not already qualified for World Championship)
Pot 2
(10 teams from the qualification round)
  Czech Republic
  Germany
  Hungary
  Montenegro
  Poland
  Romania
  Russia
  Serbia
  Slovenia
  Sweden
  Austria
  Belarus
  Iceland
  Italy
  North Macedonia
  Portugal
  Slovakia
   Switzerland
  Turkey
  Ukraine

All times are UTC+2.

Overview

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Turkey   47–80   Russia 23–35 24–45
Czech Republic   55–49    Switzerland 27–27 28–22
Slovenia   45–35   Iceland 24–14 21–21
Slovakia   44–58   Serbia 19–26 25–32
Ukraine   40–50   Sweden 14–28 26–22
Austria   58–55   Poland 29–29 29–26
Hungary   87–31   Italy 46–19 41–12
Romania   68–42   North Macedonia 33–22 35–20
Portugal   50–66   Germany 27–32 23–34
Montenegro   55–47   Belarus 29–23 26–24

Matches

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16 April 2021
16:30
Turkey   23–35   Russia Hasan Dağı Spor Salonu, Aksaray
Attendance: 220
Referees: Butskevich, Butskevich (BLR)
Aydın 5 (12–19) Dmitrieva 7
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20 April 2021
18:30
Russia   45–24   Turkey Dynamo Volleyball Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Samokhina 7 (24–13) Akgün 6
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Russia won 80–47 on aggregate.


17 April 2021
20:10
Czech Republic   27–27    Switzerland ROBE Aréna, Zubří
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
Hrbková 9 (12–14) Kündig 8
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20 April 2021
20:15
Switzerland   22–28   Czech Republic Mobiliar Arena, Gümligen
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Merz, Kuttler (GER)
Kähr 5 (11–14) Jeřábková 15
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Czech Republic won 55–49 on aggregate.


17 April 2021
17:30
Slovenia   24–14   Iceland Sportni Park Kodeljevo, Ljubljana
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Metalari, Nikolovski (MKD)
Omoregie 9 (13–7) Thompson 5
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21 April 2021
21:45
Iceland   21–21   Slovenia Íþróttamiðstöð Hauka, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Smailagic, Smailagic (SWE)
Júlíusdóttir 5 (8–9) Stanko 8
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Slovenia won 45–35 on aggregate.


17 April 2021
18:00
Slovakia   19–26   Serbia Mestská Športová Hala Šaľa, Šaľa
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
Lancz 6 (10–11) Kovačević 8
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21 April 2021
18:00
Serbia   32–25   Slovakia Sportski centar Voždovac, Belgrade
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
Cvijić, Krpež Šlezak 7 (13–12) Lancz 6
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Serbia won 58–44 on aggregate.


17 April 2021
16:00
Ukraine   14–28   Sweden Palace of Sports, Kyiv
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
Smolinh 4 (7–15) Roberts 4
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21 April 2021
18:10
Sweden   22–26   Ukraine Sparbanken Skåne Arena, Lund
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Ciulei, Stoia (ROU)
Andersson 6 (9–14) Smolinh 6
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Sweden won 50–40 on aggregate.


16 April 2021
18:10
Austria   29–29   Poland BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
Neidhart 8 (13–13) Nosek 6
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20 April 2021
18:00
Poland   26–29   Austria Mareckie Centrum Edukacyjno-Rekreacyjne, Marki
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
Kudłacz-Gloc 6 (11–15) Frey 10
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Austria won 58–55 on aggregate.


16 April 2021
16:05
Hungary   46–19   Italy Érd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Fukala, Mohyla (CZE)
Klujber 10 (23–10) Babbo, Rotondo 5
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18 April 2021
13:00
Italy   12–41   Hungary Érd Aréna, Érd
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Fukala, Mohyla (CZE)
three players 3 (5–17) Klujber, Lukács 6
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Hungary won 87–31 on aggregate.


17 April 2021
17:00
Romania   33–22   North Macedonia Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
Neagu 12 (15–11) Ristovska 8
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21 April 2021
17:00
North Macedonia   20–35   Romania Jane Sandanski Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Gjeorgjievska 6 (10–18) Moisă 8
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Romania won 68–42 on aggregate.


17 April 2021
21:30
Portugal   27–32   Germany Pavilhão Municipal do Luso, Luso
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
Lopes 6 (10–17) Stockschläder, Zapf 7
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20 April 2021
17:30
Germany   34–23   Portugal Westpress Arena, Hamm
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Lindenbaum, Laron (ISR)
Zapf 7 (15–11) Sousa 6
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Germany won 66–50 on aggregate.


16 April 2021
18:00
Montenegro   29–23   Belarus Bemax Arena, Podgorica
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
Jauković 9 (14–13) Kulak 8
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20 April 2021
17:00
Belarus   24–26   Montenegro Čyžoŭka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 600
Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
Kulak 8 (11–15) Radičević 7
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Montenegro won 55–47 on aggregate.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ "Road to Spain 2021 begins with qualification phase 1 draw". eurohandball.com. 7 July 2020.
  2. ^ "17 teams learn first opponents on road to Spain 2021". eurohandball.com. 8 July 2020.
  3. ^ "EHF postpones Women's World Championship 2021 Qualification". eurohandball.com. 13 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Turkey and Portugal reach the second qualification phase". EHF. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ "20 teams, 10 tickets: Play-offs to complete road to Spain". eurohandball.com. 12 March 2021.
  6. ^ "10 play-off ties drawn for final step towards Spain". eurohandball.com. 22 March 2021.