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
 North 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 D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia (H) 3 3 0 0 100 67 +33 6 Play-offs
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) Host.
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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  
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
  Report  

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland (H) 3 3 0 0 65 49 +16 6 Play-offs
2  Lithuania 3 1 0 2 75 71 +4 2[lower-alpha 1]
3  Faroe Islands 3 1 0 2 63 66 3 2[lower-alpha 1]
4  Finland 3 1 0 2 57 74 17 2[lower-alpha 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.
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. 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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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

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
  Report  
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
  Report  

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus 3 3 0 0 94 67 +27 6 Play-offs
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) Host.
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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Macedonia (H) 3 3 0 0 100 66 +34 6 Play-offs
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) Host.
30 November 2018
18:00
North Macedonia  41–22  Azerbaijan Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Duplii, Pobedrina (UKR)
Ristovska 11 (18–8) Tankaskaya 6
  Report  
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
  Report  

1 December 2018
18:00
Iceland  21–29  North Macedonia Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 600
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Pálsdóttir, Stefánsdóttir 5 (10–16) Ristovska 9
  Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  
2 December 2018
20:00
Turkey  23–30  North Macedonia Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 700
Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
Bozdoğan, Türkoğlu 5 (10–16) Ristovska 9
   Report  

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 4  Iceland 3 2 0 1 106 70 +36 4 Play-offs
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

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. 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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  
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
Report  

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
  Report  
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
   Report  

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
  Report
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
  Report   

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
   Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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

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

Spain won 66–58 on aggregate.

References

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