2020 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship and inaugural EHF Euro Cup.

Qualification system

Teams competed for 20 places at the final tournament in two distinct Qualification Phases. In each phase, the teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking.

Qualification Phase 1

Seeding

The draw for the qualification round was held on 24 June 2016 in Vienna, Austria.^[1]^[2]^[3] The group winners advance to the Phase 2.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Turkey Greece Italy	Estonia Luxembourg Cyprus	Georgia Faroe Islands Kosovo

Groups

Group 1

The tournament was played in a tournament format.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	2	2	0	50	41	+9	4	Qualification Phase 2
2	Cyprus	2	1	1	37	43	−6	2
3	Faroe Islands (H)	2	0	2	43	46	−3	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

13 January 2017 20:00	Cyprus	20–19	Faroe Islands	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 450 Referees: Jaškins, Žabko (LAT)
	J. Argyrou 8	(8–9)	Nielsen, Sigurbjørnsson 5
	2× 7×	Report	2× 2×

14 January 2017 18:00	Greece	24–17	Cyprus	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 100 Referees: Jaškins, Žabko (LAT)
	Papadopoulos 6	(13–6)	J. Argyrou 4
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

15 January 2017 16:00	Faroe Islands	24–26	Greece	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 400 Referees: Jaškins, Žabko (LAT)
	Olsen 5	(11–13)	Papadopoulos 6
	2× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Estonia	4	3	0	1	96	86	+10	6	Qualification Phase 2
2	Turkey	4	2	1	1	96	84	+12	5
3	Kosovo	4	0	1	3	86	108	−22	1

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.

2 November 2016 19:00	Turkey	26–22	Kosovo	THF Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 750 Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
	Çelik 6	(13–8)	Dedaj 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

6 November 2016 19:30	Kosovo	24–24	Turkey	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Frieser, Kavulič (CZE)
	Quni 6	(11–12)	Çelik, Ersin 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

4 January 2017 19:30	Kosovo	17–31	Estonia	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
	Dedaj 5	(7–13)	Rooba 8
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

8 January 2017 19:30	Estonia	27–23	Kosovo	Põlva Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva Attendance: 784 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	Rooba 7	(14–10)	Terziqi 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

11 January 2017 19:30	Estonia	18–28	Turkey	Põlva Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva Attendance: 801 Referees: Thomassen, Schmack (BEL)
	Lees 4	(9–11)	Örnek 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 7×

15 January 2017 16:00	Turkey	18–20	Estonia	THF Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR)
	Pektaş 5	(10–8)	Voika 5
	1× 3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	4	3	1	103	92	+11	6^[a]	Qualification Phase 2
2	Luxembourg	4	3	1	114	102	+12	6^[a]
3	Georgia	4	0	4	97	120	−23	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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Italy 49–48 Luxembourg

2 November 2016 17:30	Italy	26–19	Georgia	Palasport Concetto Lo Bello, Siracusa Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Turkovic 10	(11–10)	Chanturia 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3× 1×

6 November 2016 18:00	Georgia	25–28	Italy	Olympic Handball Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Jerlecki, Labun (POL)
	Chikovani 11	(13–13)	Turkovic 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

4 January 2017 18:00	Georgia	24–31	Luxembourg	Olympic Handball Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 300 Referees: Sirbu, Suponicov (MDA)
	Chikovani 8	(12—11)	Muller 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 2×

7 January 2017 18:00	Luxembourg	35–29	Georgia	d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 800 Referees: Lillepea, Kull (EST)
	Kohl, Schröder 7	(18–13)	Chanturia 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 2×

11 January 2017 19:30	Luxembourg	24–23	Italy	d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
	Muller 6	(13–10)	Turkovic 7
	3× 7×	Report	2× 5×

15 January 2017 16:30	Italy	26–24	Luxembourg	Palasport Concetto Lo Bello, Siracusa Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Hájek, Macho (CZE)
	Turkovic 10	(12–9)	Y. Hoffmann 9
	2× 7×	Report	3× 7× 1×

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

The three best placed European teams of this tournament qualified to the Phase 2.

Rank	Team
	Faroe Islands
	Turkey
	Kosovo
4	Cyprus
5	Bulgaria
6	Luxembourg
7	Georgia
8	Moldova
9	Azerbaijan
10	Great Britain
11	Ireland
12	Malta
13	Andorra
14	Albania
15	Armenia

Note: China finished in sixth place but is not a European nation.

Qualification Phase 2

Twenty-six pre-qualified teams joined the six qualified teams from previous rounds. Those 32 teams were split into eight groups, with the winners and runner-ups qualifying for the final tournament, as well as the four best third-placed teams. The draw for the qualification round was held on 12 April 2018 in Trondheim, Norway.^[5]^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
France Croatia Germany Denmark Slovenia Belarus Hungary North Macedonia	Russia Czech Republic Poland Iceland Serbia Montenegro Netherlands Portugal	Latvia Lithuania Switzerland Slovakia Ukraine Israel Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina	Finland Belgium Estonia Greece Romania Italy Kosovo Faroe Islands

As Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands and Portugal had the same points in the national team ranking, an extra draw was held just before the actual draw in which the two first teams drawn were placed in pot 2, while the third went into pot 3. Netherlands and Portugal were drawn to be in pot 2. Furthermore, for political reasons, Serbia and Kosovo could not be drawn into the same group.^[5]

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	6	6	0	0	190	119	+71	12	Final tournament
2	Poland	6	2	1	3	152	139	+13	5	Final tournament
3	Israel	6	2	0	4	148	178	−30	4
4	Kosovo	6	1	1	4	118	172	−54	3

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.

24 October 2018 18:00	Poland	37–13	Kosovo	Hala KSZO, Ostrowiec Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Butskevich, Butskevich (BLR)
	Paczkowski 6	(15–5)	Terziqi 4
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5×

24 October 2018 19:00	Germany	37–21	Israel	Rittal Arena Wetzlar, Wetzlar Attendance: 4,347 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Gensheimer, Reichmann 7	(19–9)	Pomeranz 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

28 October 2018 18:45	Israel	25–24	Poland	Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
	Levy, Stelman 6	(12–12)	Moryto 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 4×

28 October 2018 19:30	Kosovo	14–30	Germany	Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve, Pristina Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
	Terziqi 5	(5–15)	Gensheimer, Semper 4
	2× 3×	Report	1×

10 April 2019 18:00	Poland	18–26	Germany	Gliwice Arena, Gliwice Attendance: 9,550 Referees: Brunovský, Canda (SVK)
	Jarosiewicz 5	(10–13)	Gensheimer 9
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

10 April 2019 19:15	Kosovo	27–24	Israel	Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve, Pristina Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Dedaj 10	(12–8)	Hamami 6
	3× 7×	Report	4× 4×

13 April 2019 14:00	Germany	29–24	Poland	Gerry Weber Stadion, Halle Attendance: 10,400 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Gensheimer 10	(16–16)	Daszek 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

14 April 2019 18:00	Israel	30–24	Kosovo	Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 800 Referees: Pârvu, Potîrniche (ROU)
	Pomeranz 6	(11–9)	Abdullahi, Ahmeti 4
	2× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

12 June 2019 19:45	Israel	25–40	Germany	Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 1,700 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Mosindi 6	(14–19)	Kastening 9
	2× 2×	Report	3× 6×

12 June 2019 20:00	Kosovo	23–23	Poland	Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve, Pristina Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Smailagic, Smailagic (SWE)
	Dedaj, Kabashi 5	(14–13)	Potoczny 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

16 June 2019 18:00	Germany	28–17	Kosovo	Nuremberg Arena, Nuremberg Attendance: 7,187 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
	Golla 6	(16–5)	Terziqi 8
	1× 3×	Report	2× 4× 1×

16 June 2019 18:00	Poland	26–23	Israel	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 2,560 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Moryto 8	(10–11)	Hershkowitz 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	6	5	1	0	174	148	+26	11	Final tournament
2	Switzerland	6	3	0	3	180	167	+13	6^[a]
3	Serbia	6	2	2	2	168	165	+3	6^[a]
4	Belgium	6	0	1	5	144	186	−42	1

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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Switzerland 60–56 Serbia

24 October 2018 18:00	Serbia	27–27	Belgium	Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Kukić 6	(15–14)	D.Kedziora 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 4×

25 October 2018 20:15	Croatia	31–28	Switzerland	Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek Attendance: 3,538 Referees: Nabokau, Kulik (BLR)
	Cindrić, Stepančić 6	(15–16)	Schmid 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2× 1×

28 October 2018 13:15	Switzerland	29–24	Serbia	Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,176 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
	Schmid 10	(12–11)	Ilić 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

28 October 2018 15:45	Belgium	25–30	Croatia	Sportoase Philipssite, Leuven Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Bolaers 4	(12–18)	Horvat 8
	2× 6×	Report	2× 5×

10 April 2019 20:10	Belgium	25–28	Switzerland	Sportoase Philipssite, Leuven Attendance: 2,115 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	D.Kedziora 6	(10–16)	Schmid 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

11 April 2019 18:00	Serbia	25–25	Croatia	Štark Arena, Belgrade Attendance: 7,959 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	three players 4	(13–13)	Duvnjak 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 4×

14 April 2019 14:00	Switzerland	36–22	Belgium	BBC-Arena, Schaffhausen Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Lier 9	(16–11)	B.Kedziora 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

14 April 2019 20:30	Croatia	27–23	Serbia	Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar Attendance: 6,500 Referees: Brunovský, Canda (SVK)
	Štrlek 8	(17–11)	four players 3
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

12 June 2019 18:15	Switzerland	28–33	Croatia	Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 6,135 Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Schmid 15	(13–17)	Stepančić 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

12 June 2019 20:00	Belgium	26–37	Serbia	Sportoase Philipssite, Leuven Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
	D.Kedziora 7	(10–20)	Radivojević 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4× 2×

16 June 2019 18:00	Croatia	28–19	Belgium	Žatika Sport Centre, Poreč Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Harabagiu, Stănescu (ROU)
	Mandić, Mrakovčić 5	(15–9)	B.Kedziora 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

16 June 2019 18:00	Serbia	32–31	Switzerland	SPENS, Novi Sad Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
	Radivojević 8	(19–17)	Tynowski, Schmid 6
	3× 3×	Report	1× 7×

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Macedonia	6	4	1	1	168	160	+8	9	Final tournament
2	Iceland	6	3	2	1	185	151	+34	8	Final tournament
3	Turkey	6	2	0	4	148	167	−19	4
4	Greece	6	1	1	4	145	168	−23	3

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.

24 October 2018 21:45	Iceland	35–21	Greece	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Elísson 6	(17–13)	three players 4
	5× 1×	Report	1× 9× 1×

25 October 2018 20:15	North Macedonia	31–27	Turkey	Sports Hall Mladost, Bitola Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
	Lazarov 8	(17–13)	Biçer 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

28 October 2018 14:00	Turkey	22–33	Iceland	THF Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 1,570 Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Ersin 5	(13–16)	Jónsson 9
	3× 6×	Report	2× 5×

28 October 2018 16:00	Greece	28–26	North Macedonia	Lefkovrisi Sports Center, Kozani Attendance: 605 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
	Mallios 9	(12–13)	K. Lazarov 8
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

10 April 2019 17:00	Greece	22–26	Turkey	Lefkovrisi Sports Center, Kozani Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Mylonas 7	(11–11)	Biçer 7
	1× 3×	Report	3× 5×

10 April 2019 21:45	Iceland	33–34	North Macedonia	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 1,973 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Pálmarsson 12	(17–17)	Georgievski, Manaskov 8
	2× 3× 1×	Report	2× 7×

14 April 2019 16:00	Turkey	26–23	Greece	Porsuk Spor Salonu, Eskişehir Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Biçer 6	(12–9)	Tziras 12
	3× 5×	Report	1× 3×

14 April 2019 20:00	North Macedonia	24–24	Iceland	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 6,963 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
	Lazarov 8	(10–11)	Magnússon 8
	2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

12 June 2019 19:00	Turkey	25–26	North Macedonia	Porsuk Spor Salonu, Eskişehir Attendance: 1,850 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Pehlivan 10	(13–11)	K. Lazarov 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

12 June 2019 20:00	Greece	28–28	Iceland	Lefkovrisi Sports Center, Kozani Attendance: 600 Referees: Pandžić, Šatordžija (BIH)
	Tziras 9	(12–15)	Gunnarsson 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

16 June 2019 16:00	Iceland	32–22	Turkey	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	Elísson 11	(12–9)	Öztürk, Pehlivan 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

16 June 2019 18:00	North Macedonia	27–23	Greece	Park Sports Hall, Strumica Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Lazarov 6	(13–11)	Tziras 6
	1× 5×	Report	3× 3×

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	6	5	1	171	143	+28	10	Final tournament
2	Latvia	6	4	2	150	143	+7	8
3	Netherlands	6	3	3	167	159	+8	6
4	Estonia	6	0	6	142	185	−43	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.

24 October 2018 20:15	Slovenia	27–21	Latvia	Ljudski vrt Sports Hall, Maribor Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Janc, Šoštarič 5	(14–7)	Veršakovs 6
	6× 1×	Report	1× 4× 2×

25 October 2018 19:30	Netherlands	35–25	Estonia	Fitland XL, Sittard Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Mata, López (ESP)
	Adams 6	(17–10)	Toom 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

28 October 2018 14:10	Latvia	29–25	Netherlands	Vidzemes Olympic Centre, Valmiera Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Veršakovs 11	(17–11)	Schagen 5
	1× 4×	Report	3× 3×

28 October 2018 18:30	Estonia	20–31	Slovenia	Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 920 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	four players 3	(11–16)	Cingesar 7
	2× 6×	Report	3× 3×

11 April 2019 18:30	Estonia	18–24	Latvia	Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 600 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Jaanimaa, Toom 4	(11–10)	Strazdins 5
	1× 5×	Report	3× 6×

11 April 2019 19:30	Netherlands	26–27	Slovenia	Topsportcentrum, Almere Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (HUN)
	Boomhouwer 8	(12–11)	Janc 9
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5×

14 April 2019 14:10	Latvia	30–24	Estonia	Vidzemes Olympic Centre, Valmiera Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Politers 5	(17–12)	Sillaste, Timmo 4
	1× 5×	Report	3× 2×

14 April 2019 17:00	Slovenia	30–23	Netherlands	Dvorana Zlatorog, Celje Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Zarabec 5	(16–11)	three players 4
	1× 5×	Report	3× 5×

12 June 2019 19:40	Latvia	25–24	Slovenia	Vidzemes Olympic Centre, Valmiera Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Krištopāns 13	(14–10)	Dolenec 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 1×

13 June 2019 18:30	Estonia	27–33	Netherlands	Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 400 Referees: Lindenbaum, Laron (ISR)
	three players 6	(13–16)	four players 4
	2× 4×	Report	2× 6×

16 June 2019 18:00	Slovenia	32–28	Estonia	Arena Bonifika, Koper Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE)
	Marguč 7	(19–11)	Toom 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

16 June 2019 18:00	Netherlands	25–21	Latvia	Topsportcentrum, Almere Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Schagen, Steins 4	(13–11)	Veršakovs 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	6	4	2	161	150	+11	8^[a]	Final tournament
2	Belarus	6	4	2	182	146	+36	8^[a]
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	4	2	160	153	+7	8^[a]
4	Finland	6	0	6	131	185	−54	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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Czech Republic 4 Pts, +5 GD; Belarus 4 Pts, +4 GD; Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 Pts, −9 GD

24 October 2018 18:00	Czech Republic	31–27	Finland	Městská sportovní hala, Plzeň Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Babák 7	(15–12)	Tamminen 10
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

25 October 2018 18:00	Belarus	29–30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sport Palace Uruchje, Minsk Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Vailupau 6	(16–12)	Nuić 7
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

27 October 2018 16:00	Finland	20–27	Belarus	Energia Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Canbro, Kliko (SWE)
	Tamminen 5	(8–15)	Shynkel 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

27 October 2018 20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20–25	Czech Republic	KSPC Mejdan, Tuzla Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Sondors, Līcis (LAT)
	Panić 5	(10–12)	Hrstka 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

10 April 2019 18:10	Czech Republic	30–31	Belarus	Městská sportovní hala, Plzeň Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Babák 8	(12–14)	three players 5
	1× 4× 1×	Report	2× 7× 1×

11 April 2019 17:30	Finland	26–30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Energia Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Katsikis, Michailidis (GRE)
	three players 5	(13–15)	Prce 10
	3× 2×	Report	1× 1×

14 April 2019 16:00	Belarus	24–26	Czech Republic	Sport Palace Uruchje, Minsk Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Baranau 5	(12–13)	Kašpárek 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

14 April 2019 17:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31–19	Finland	KSPC Mejdan, Tuzla Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeni (TUR)
	Hamidović, Malinović 5	(16–10)	Tamminen 4
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

12 June 2019 18:05	Finland	24–26	Czech Republic	Energia Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 600 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Granlund 6	(12–17)	Babák 6
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

12 June 2019 20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	25–31	Belarus	KSPC Mejdan, Tuzla Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Terzić 6	(12–17)	Kulesh, Shylovich 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

16 June 2019 18:00	Czech Republic	23–24	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ostravar Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 5,521 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
	Petrovský 7	(10–11)	Prce 9
	1× 6× 1×	Report	2× 4×

16 June 2019 19:00	Belarus	40–15	Finland	Sportshall Victoria, Brest Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	five players 5	(20–8)	Sundberg 4
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	6	5	0	1	204	147	+57	10	Final tournament
2	Portugal	6	4	1	1	154	143	+11	9	Final tournament
3	Lithuania	6	1	1	4	142	182	−40	3
4	Romania	6	1	0	5	129	157	−28	2

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.

24 October 2018 21:00	Portugal	21–13	Romania	Pavilhão Municipal, Santo Tirso Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Moreira, Rocha 3	(10–7)	Rotaru 5
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

25 October 2018 20:30	France	42–27	Lithuania	Arena du Pays d'Aix, Aix-en-Provence Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Caucheteux 9	(21–10)	Dumčius 7
	1× 2×	Report	3× 4×

28 October 2018 15:30	Lithuania	23–24	Portugal	Švyturys Arena, Klaipėda Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Malašinskas 9	(10–12)	Duarte 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

28 October 2018 17:00	Romania	21–31	France	BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Humet 5	(9–12)	Caucheteux, Remili 6
	2× 6×	Report	1× 6×

11 April 2019 17:00	Romania	28–23	Lithuania	Targoviste Sports Hall, Târgoviște Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Grigoraș 8	(16–13)	three players 3
	2× 4×	Report	2× 5×

11 April 2019 21:00	Portugal	33–27	France	Multusios de Guimarães, Guimarães Attendance: 3,842 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Areia 6	(17–13)	Remili 7
	3× 5×	Report	1× 3×

14 April 2019 15:30	Lithuania	24–23	Romania	Švyturys Arena, Klaipėda Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	P. Babarskas 5	(12–11)	Grigoraș 6
	4× 2×	Report	2× 4×

14 April 2019 17:30	France	33–24	Portugal	Rhénus Sport, Strasbourg Attendance: 6,660 Referees: Mata, López (ESP)
	Remili 7	(16–15)	Duarte 4
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5× 1×

13 June 2019 17:00	Romania	19–24	Portugal	Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest Attendance: 800 Referees: Opava, Valek (CZE)
	Șimicu 6	(12–11)	Portela 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 6×

13 June 2019 18:00	Lithuania	17–37	France	Švyturys Arena, Klaipėda Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
	G. Babarskas, Dumčius 5	(9–19)	Remili 8
	3× 6×	Report	2× 5×

16 June 2019 17:00	Portugal	28–28	Lithuania	Centro de Desportos e Congresso de Matosinhos, Matosinhos Attendance: 3,525 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	seven players 3	(16–13)	Dumčius 9
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

16 June 2019 18:00	France	34–25	Romania	Palais des Sports de Beaulieu, Nantes Attendance: 5,422 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
	Porte, Remili 6	(19–14)	Buzle, Mănescu 5
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	6	5	1	0	161	135	+26	11	Final tournament
2	Russia	6	4	1	1	158	132	+26	9	Final tournament
3	Italy	6	2	0	4	146	172	−26	4
4	Slovakia	6	0	0	6	129	155	−26	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.

24 October 2018 18:30	Hungary	30–22	Slovakia	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Mažeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Bánhidi 6	(16–9)	Straňovský 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 3×

24 October 2018 19:30	Russia	34–20	Italy	Alexander Gomelsky Universal Sports Hall CSKA, Moscow Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Hájek, Macho (CZE)
	Kiselev, Kuretkov 5	(18–7)	Parisini 5
	3× 2×	Report	1× 2×

27 October 2018 18:00	Slovakia	21–22	Russia	Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Rábek 6	(12–10)	Shishkaryov 13
	3× 7×	Report	3× 5×

27 October 2018 19:00	Italy	22–30	Hungary	Kioene Arena, Padua Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Harabagiu, Stănescu (ROU)
	Parisini 5	(10–15)	Balogh, Hornyák 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

10 April 2019 18:45	Italy	26–23	Slovakia	Palasport Cattani, Faenza Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Canbro, Kliko (SWE)
	Sonnerer 7	(12–9)	J. Mikita 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

11 April 2019 17:30	Russia	19–25	Hungary	Sportcomplex Zvezdniy, Astrakhan Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Dibirov 5	(10–15)	Balogh, Bánhidi 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

14 April 2019 16:00	Hungary	23–23	Russia	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Lékai 6	(11–15)	Dibirov, Kalarash 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

14 April 2019 17:00	Slovakia	23–26	Italy	Sporting Hall MSK, Považská Bystrica Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Pandžić, Šatordžija (BIH)
	J. Mikita 7	(11–12)	Bulzamini, Parisini 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

12 June 2019 18:00	Slovakia	20–21	Hungary	Mestská športová hala, Šaľa Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
	Machác, Prokop 4	(8–9)	Ancsin, Máthé 4
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

13 June 2019 18:45	Italy	23–30	Russia	Pala Yamamay, Busto Arsizio Attendance: 3,250 Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
	Parisini 6	(10–14)	Kiselev 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3×

16 June 2019 18:00	Hungary	32–29	Italy	Messzi István Sportcsarnok, Kecskemét Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
	three players 5	(16–14)	Bulzamini, Sonnerer 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 1×

16 June 2019 19:00	Russia	30–20	Slovakia	Sibur Arena, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
	Soroka 5	(17–8)	Briatka 6
	2× 2×	Report	4× 2×

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	6	5	0	1	197	153	+44	10	Final tournament
2	Montenegro	6	3	1	2	157	163	−6	7
3	Ukraine	6	3	0	3	161	159	+2	6
4	Faroe Islands	6	0	1	5	131	171	−40	1

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.

24 October 2018 17:30	Montenegro	24–24	Faroe Islands	Verde Complex, Podgorica Attendance: 800 Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
	Božović 5	(10–15)	Gunnarsson, Hansen 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

24 October 2018 21:00	Denmark	30–24	Ukraine	Ceres Park & Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,677 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Markussen 5	(12–12)	Onufriyenko 5
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

27 October 2018 16:10	Faroe Islands	17–35	Denmark	Skjern Bank Arena, Skjern Attendance: 2,178 Referees: Smailagic, Smailagic (SWE)
	Selvig 4	(8–17)	M. Hansen 9
	3× 2×	Report	1× 1×

28 October 2018 17:30	Ukraine	29–24	Montenegro	Sport Manezh of Sumy State University, Sumy Attendance: 1,430 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Ostroushko 7	(15–12)	Vujović 7
	1× 8×	Report	2× 6×

10 April 2019 18:00	Ukraine	30–19	Faroe Islands	Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Onufriyenko 6	(17–12)	Gunnarsson, Selvig 5
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

10 April 2019 21:00	Montenegro	32–31	Denmark	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 4,365 Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Lasica 7	(16–17)	M. Hansen 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 2×

13 April 2019 17:45	Faroe Islands	26–27	Ukraine	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 8,835 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Johansen 7	(14–15)	Ostroushko 9
	2× 2×	Report	3× 1×

13 April 2019 20:15	Denmark	37–26	Montenegro	Royal Arena, Copenhagen Attendance: 11,835 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
	Svan, Zachariassen 8	(14–11)	Lipovina, Vujović 6
	3× 2×	Report	1× 7×

12 June 2019 19:00	Ukraine	30–33	Denmark	Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 3,800 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Zhukov 6	(15–14)	M. Hansen, Schmidt 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

13 June 2019 19:30	Faroe Islands	21–24	Montenegro	Farum Arena, Farum Attendance: 950 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Gunnarsson 6	(9–11)	Vujović 11
	3× 8× 1×	Report	2× 4× 1×

16 June 2019 18:00	Denmark	31–24	Faroe Islands	Jutlander Bank Arena, Aalborg Attendance: 4,591 Referees: Šniūrevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
	Andersson, Holm 7	(17–13)	Johansen 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

16 June 2019 18:00	Montenegro	27–21	Ukraine	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (HUN)
	Čavor 5	(15–7)	Akimenko 6
	3× 3×	Report	1× 6×

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four highest ranked third-placed teams from the groups directly qualify for the tournament. Matches against the fourth placed teams in each group will be discarded.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	0	2	99	108	−9	4	Final tournament
2	2	Serbia	4	1	1	2	104	112	−8	3
3	4	Netherlands	4	1	0	3	99	107	−8	2
4	8	Ukraine	4	1	0	3	104	114	−10	2
5	1	Israel	4	1	0	3	94	127	−33	2
6	6	Lithuania	4	0	1	3	95	131	−36	1
7	3	Turkey	4	0	0	4	96	122	−26	0
8	7	Italy	4	0	0	4	94	126	−32	0

Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

The three lowest ranked fourth-placed teams not selected as hosts of 2022 European Men's Handball Championship will play in its Relegation round.

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	3	Greece	6	1	1	4	145	168	−23	3	Qualification Phase 2
2	1	Kosovo	6	1	1	4	118	172	−54	3
3	6	Romania	6	1	0	5	129	157	−28	2
4	8	Faroe Islands	6	0	1	5	131	171	−40	1
5	2	Belgium	6	0	1	5	144	186	−42	1	Relegation Round
6	7	Slovakia	6	0	0	6	129	155	−26	0	Final tournament (co-host)
7	4	Estonia	6	0	0	6	142	185	−43	0	Relegation Round
8	5	Finland	6	0	0	6	131	185	−54	0	Relegation Round

Source: Eurohandball
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

EHF Euro Cup

For the first time ever, the EHF Euro Cup was played. The inaugural edition was between the 2020 co-hosts, Sweden, Austria and Norway, plus the champions of the 2018 Handball Euro, Spain. The first champions were Spain.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain (C)	6	5	1	186	170	+16	10
2	Norway	6	4	2	202	173	+29	8
3	Sweden	6	2	4	173	193	−20	4
4	Austria	6	1	5	182	207	−25	2

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.
(C) Champions

24 October 2018 18:15	Norway	43–31	Austria	Stjordalshallen, Stjordal Attendance: 3,075 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
	Sagosen 12	(18–10)	Hermann, Božović 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

24 October 2018 19:15	Sweden	28–29	Spain	Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 5,554 Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
	Wanne 6	(12–15)	Solé 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 6×

28 October 2018 16:30	Austria	31–34	Sweden	Raiffeisen Sportpark, Graz Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Bozovic 8	(16–16)	Tollbring 7
	3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

28 October 2018 19:30	Spain	30–27	Norway	Polideportivo Huerta del Rey, Valladolid Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Biró, Kiss (HUN)
	A. Dujshebaev 6	(18–10)	Tangen 8
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

11 April 2019 18:20	Norway	35–26	Sweden	Sör Arena, Arendal Attendance: 2,356 Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
	Jøndal 11	(15–16)	Gottfridsson 5
	1× 1×	Report	2× 1×

11 April 2019 20:25	Austria	29–28	Spain	Eishalle Messestadion, Dornbirn Attendance: 3,600 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Weber 10	(14–11)	Figueras, Solé 5
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

13 April 2019 15:30	Sweden	27–33	Norway	Partille Arena, Partille Attendance: 2,904 Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Chrintz 6	(11–21)	Gulliksen 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

14 April 2019 18:00	Spain	35–31	Austria	Pabellón Javier Imbroda Ortiz, Melilla Attendance: 1,712 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Balaguer 8	(18–15)	Pratschner 8
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

12 June 2019 21:00	Spain	33–25	Sweden	Mediterranean Sports Palace, Almería Attendance: 4,100 Referees: Mertinian, Syrepisios (GRE)
	Entrerríos, Figueras 6	(19–12)	Pettersson 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

13 June 2019 18:25	Austria	28–34	Norway	Sportpark Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Wagner 6	(16–18)	Jøndal 6
	2×	Report	1× 3×

15 June 2019 19:15	Norway	30–31	Spain	Bodo Spektrum, Bodo Attendance: 2,163 Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
	Myrhol 10	(15–15)	Maqueda 7
	2× 2×	Report	1× 1×

16 June 2019 17:00	Sweden	33–32	Austria	Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 5,321 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Gottfridsson, Wanne 6	(18–15)	Bilyk 10
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

References

^ "24 teams, two draws, one day". eurohandball.com. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
^ Draw procedure
^ "The road to the Men's EHF EURO 2020 has begun". eurohandball.com. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016.
^ "Faroe Islands receive first right to organise qualification tournament en route to Men's EHF EURO 2020". eurohandball.com. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "What you need to know about the Men's EHF EURO 2020 Qualifiers Draw". eurohandball.com. 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
^ "Qualifiers drawn in Trondheim for Men's EHF EURO 2020". eurohandball.com. 12 April 2018.
^ "Spain win EHF EURO Cup after narrow win against Norway".

External links

[table_hth_ITA0.25772844686067-5] Italy 49–48 Luxembourg

[table_hth_SUI0.27755756689122-8] Switzerland 60–56 Serbia

[table_hth_CZE0.83284073175529-9] Czech Republic 4 Pts, +5 GD; Belarus 4 Pts, +4 GD; Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 Pts, −9 GD

[1] "24 teams, two draws, one day". eurohandball.com. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[2] Draw procedure

[3] "The road to the Men's EHF EURO 2020 has begun". eurohandball.com. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016.

[4] "Faroe Islands receive first right to organise qualification tournament en route to Men's EHF EURO 2020". eurohandball.com. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016.

[draw-6] "What you need to know about the Men's EHF EURO 2020 Qualifiers Draw". eurohandball.com. 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

[7] "Qualifiers drawn in Trondheim for Men's EHF EURO 2020". eurohandball.com. 12 April 2018.

[10] "Spain win EHF EURO Cup after narrow win against Norway".

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