2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

The 2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification was a handball competition organized by the European Handball Federation (EHF) to determine 20 of the 24 men's national teams competing in the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship final tournament. They joined the other four teams already qualified: Hungary and Slovakia, as final tournament co-hosts, and Spain and Croatia, who finished in the top two positions in the previous championship. Those four played in the EHF Euro Cup.

This qualification competition was being disputed by a total of 40 national teams in three phases between January 2019 and May 2021.

Qualification system

The campaign was split into two distinct qualification phases and a relegation round.

Qualification phase 1 comprises teams which didn't participate at the 2020 EHF Euro qualification Phase 2. The two best teams advanced to the relegation round.

In the relegation round, the two teams that advanced from phase 1 were joined by the highest ranked European team at the 2019 IHF Emerging Nations Championship and they faced the three lowest ranked fourth-placed teams from the 2020 EHF Euro qualification. Three winners of those elimination matches advanced to the qualification phase 2.

Qualification phase 2 comprised three winners from the relegation round along with 29 teams which participated at either the 2020 EHF Euro or the qualification phase 2.

Qualification Phase 1

Seeding

The draw for the qualification round 1 was held on 28 September 2018 in Vienna, Austria.^[1] This qualification was played in a tournament format, with the teams able to choose whether they wanted to play on 4 to 6 January or 11 to 13 January 2019.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Cyprus Luxembourg	Great Britain Georgia	Azerbaijan Ireland	Bulgaria Malta

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Luxembourg (H)	3	3	0	100	54	+46	6	Relegation round
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	76	84	−8	4
3	Great Britain	3	1	2	71	79	−8	2
4	Ireland	3	0	3	72	102	−30	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

11 January 2019 17:00	Great Britain	20–24	Bulgaria	Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 250 Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
	Da Silva, Negrete 6	(7–10)	Balchev 5
	1× 3× 1×	Report	3× 7×

11 January 2019 20:00	Luxembourg	35–18	Ireland	Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 550 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	four players 4	(14–7)	J. Grace 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

12 January 2019 15:00	Ireland	26–32	Great Britain	Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 200 Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
	Meyer 9	(14–17)	Da Silva, Negrete 7
	2× 6×	Report	1× 5×

12 January 2019 18:00	Bulgaria	17–36	Luxembourg	Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Balchev 6	(8–15)	Wirtz 11
	1× 7×	Report	2× 8×

13 January 2019 14:00	Ireland	28–35	Bulgaria	Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 200 Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
	J. Grace 10	(13–17)	Dzhempereiev 9
	1× 6×	Report	6×

13 January 2019 17:00	Luxembourg	29–19	Great Britain	Centre National Sportif d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	three players 5	(15–6)	Edgar 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 4× 1×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cyprus	3	3	0	88	61	+27	6	Relegation round
2	Georgia	3	2	1	102	71	+31	4
3	Azerbaijan	3	1	2	69	79	−10	2
4	Malta (H)	3	0	3	65	113	−48	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

11 January 2019 17:00	Cyprus	25–17	Azerbaijan	Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua Attendance: 80 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Argyrou 7	(13–10)	Askerov, Nazaraliyev 3
	3× 6×	Report	1× 2×

11 January 2019 19:30	Georgia	48–21	Malta	Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua Attendance: 350 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Tskhovrebadze 11	(29–9)	Di Pilato 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

12 January 2019 16:00	Azerbaijan	25–30	Georgia	Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua Attendance: 100 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Aydamirov 9	(15–16)	Chanturia, Tskhovrebadze 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5× 1×

12 January 2019 18:30	Malta	20–38	Cyprus	Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua Attendance: 400 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Mifsud 7	(7–17)	Ioannou 7
	2× 5×	Report	3× 4×

13 January 2019 15:00	Cyprus	25–24	Georgia	Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua Attendance: 150 Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	Argyrou 9	(14–12)	Tskhovrebadze 11
	1× 6×	Report	3× 3×

13 January 2019 17:30	Azerbaijan	27–24	Malta	Cottonera Sports Complex, Cospicua Attendance: 450 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Aydamirov 9	(16–11)	Di Pilato 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

IHF Emerging Nations Championship

Unlike previous editions, single participation at this tournament was not possible. Only teams participating at the qualification phase 1 and failing to advance, earned a right to play. The best ranked European team qualified for the relegation round.

Rank	Team
	Georgia
2	Bulgaria
3	Great Britain
4	Azerbaijan
5	Ireland
6	Malta

Note: Ranking of exclusively European teams is displayed.

Relegation from the previous qualification cycle

The three lowest ranked among fourth-placed teams in the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship qualification, apart from Slovakia as co-host nation, played in the relegation round. The other four teams entered qualification phase 2.

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.

Relegation round

Seeding

The draw for EHF EURO 2022 Relegation Round took place at the EHF Office on 23 July 2019.^[2] Three lowest ranked sides from EHF EURO 2020 Qualification Phase 2 were seeded teams while qualification phase 1 participants were unseeded teams.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2
Cyprus Georgia Luxembourg	Belgium Estonia Finland

Overview

The first legs were played on 15 and 16 January and the second legs on 19 January 2020.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Georgia	45–61	Finland	24–24	21–37
Luxembourg	53–69	Estonia	33–38	20–31
Belgium	55–23	Cyprus	24–7	31–16

Matches

16 January 2020 18:00	Georgia	24–24	Finland	Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi Attendance: 850 Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
	Tskhovrebadze 8	(11–10)	Tamminen 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 6×

19 January 2020 16:00	Finland	37–21	Georgia	Cocks Areena, Riihimäki Attendance: 800 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
	Rönnberg 8	(14–12)	Orjonikidze, Tskhovrebadze 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	2× 5×

Finland won 61–45 on aggregate.

16 January 2020 19:30	Luxembourg	33–38	Estonia	d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 500 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Wirtz 11	(17–18)	Toom 10
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

19 January 2020 13:45	Estonia	31–20	Luxembourg	Mesikäpa Hall, Pölva Attendance: 600 Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
	four players 5	(14–13)	Wirtz 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

Estonia won 69–53 on aggregate.

15 January 2020 20:10	Belgium	24–7	Cyprus	Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	D'Hanis 6	(13–3)	And. Ioannou 3
	2× 6×	Report	1× 2×

19 January 2020 19:00	Cyprus	16–31	Belgium	Eleftheria Stadium, Nicosia Attendance: 300 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Paraskeva 8	(8–11)	Denert 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5× 1×

Belgium won 55–23 on aggregate.

Qualification Phase 2

In this round, pre-qualified teams from the EHF EURO 2020 qualification and final tournaments joined the three winners from the relegation round. The 32 teams were split into eight groups of four, with the winners and runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with the four best third-placed teams.^[4]

The draw was initially scheduled to take place at the EHF Executive Committee meeting in Bratislava on 23 April 2020.^[5] On 13 March 2020, the EHF announced that the draw would be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic across Europe,^[6] with the new date set for 16 June 2020.^[7]^[8]

Seeding

On 2 June 2020, the EHF revealed the seeding pots and the draw procedure. The 32 teams qualified for this stage were seeded in four pots, according to the EHF men's national team ranking. The draw allocated successively the eight teams from Pot 3, followed by the eight teams from Pot 2, Pot 1 and finally Pot 4. For political reasons, Kosovo (Pot 4) was drawn to a group not containing Serbia (Pot 2).^[9]

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

All times are local.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	6	5	1	0	131	96	+35	11	Final tournament
2	France	6	4	1	1	156	114	+42	9	Final tournament
3	Greece	6	2	0	4	127	144	−17	4
4	Belgium^[a]	6	0	0	6	0	60	−60	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:

^ Belgium withdrew on 8 February 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and all their games will registered with 0:10 loss.^[10]

5 January 2021 17:00	Serbia	27–24	France	Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
	Kukić 6	(14–11)	Mahé 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

9 January 2021 19:00	France	26–26	Serbia	Palais des Sports Robert Oubron, Créteil Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Fabregas 5	(12–15)	Marsenić 8
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5×

13 January 2021^{[note 2]} 17:00	Serbia	31–21	Greece	Crystal Hall, Zrenjanin Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Pirvu, Potîrniche (ROU)
	Radivojević 8	(15–12)	Mylonas 6
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

27 April 2021^{[note 2]} 20:00	Greece	31–40	France	Korydallos Sports Hall, Piraeus Attendance: 70 Referees: Kaluđerović, Vujačić (MNE)
	Iliopoulos 7	(16–22)	Fabregas, Mahé 6
	2× 9×	Report	2× 2× 1×

29 April 2021 15:00	Greece	25–27	Serbia	Korydallos Sports Hall, Piraeus Attendance: 80 Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
	Arampatzis 6	(14–12)	Marsenić 5
	1× 6× 1×	Report	2× 6× 1×

2 May 2021 18:00	France	46–30	Greece	Palais des Sports Robert Oubron, Créteil Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Descat 8	(23–13)	Boskos 7
	2× 5×	Report	1× 4×

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	6	6	0	191	135	+56	12	Final tournament
2	Austria	6	3	3	157	175	−18	6
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	2	4	137	142	−5	4
4	Estonia	6	1	5	141	174	−33	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.

4 November 2020 20:25	Austria	31–28	Estonia	Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz, Graz Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Wagner 7	(16–16)	Toom 10
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

5 November 2020 16:15	Germany	25–21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	ISS Dome, Düsseldorf Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
	Pekeler 5	(9–13)	Prce 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

8 November 2020 16:15	Estonia	23–35	Germany	Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Barysas, Petrušis (LTU)
	Toom, Varik 4	(12–13)	Kühn 9
	2× 4×	Report

6 January 2021 13:45	Austria	27–36	Germany	Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz, Graz Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	Frimmel, Zivkovic 7	(16–22)	Schiller 11
	2× 6×	Report	1× 4×

6 January 2021 19:30	Estonia	24–21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	Lees, Toom 8	(11–14)	Ovčina 5
	2× 2×	Report	1× 3×

10 January 2021 18:10	Germany	34–20	Austria	Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
	Metzner 5	(19–5)	Hutecek 7
	2× 5×	Report	1× 4× 1×

10 January 2021 20:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21–19	Estonia	Kulturno-sportski centar Bugojno, Bugojno Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Backović, Palačković (SVK)
	Panić 5	(12–9)	Less, Toom 4
	1× 2×	Report	1× 5× 1×

14 March 2021^{[note 2]} 17:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27–21	Austria	Kulturno-sportski centar Bugojno, Bugojno Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Perić 5	(11–10)	Weber 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

29 April 2021 16:10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24–26	Germany	Kulturno-sportski centar Bugojno, Bugojno Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Perić 6	(15–15)	Schiller 10
	2× 4×	Report	2× 4×

29 April 2021 19:30	Estonia	27–31	Austria	Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Canbro, Kliko (SWE)
	Toom 9	(13–18)	Weber 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

2 May 2021 18:00	Germany	35–20	Estonia	Porsche-Arena, Stuttgart Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Capoccia, Jucker (SUI)
	Schiller 6	(17–10)	Lees, Toom 5
	1×	Report	1× 3×

2 May 2021 18:00	Austria	27–23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz, Graz Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Weber 6	(15–11)	Haseljić 6
	1× 6× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	6	4	2	0	171	156	+15	10	Final tournament
2	Czech Republic	6	3	1	2	163	150	+13	7
3	Ukraine	6	2	1	3	154	158	−4	5
4	Faroe Islands	6	1	0	5	140	164	−24	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.

5 November 2020 18:00	Ukraine	27–27	Russia	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk, Belarus Attendance: 387 Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
	Zhukov 7	(13–16)	Fokin 7
	2× 6×	Report	3× 4×

7 November 2020 15:00	Russia	30–28	Ukraine	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk, Belarus Attendance: 373 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Soroka 8	(15–14)	Kravchenko, Zhukov 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 4×

10 March 2021 17:30	Ukraine	25–21	Faroe Islands	Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Akimenko 7	(15–13)	Gunnarsson Djurhuus 4
	4×	Report	1× 2×

10 March 2021 19:30	Russia	28–27	Czech Republic	Universal Sport Hall Igrovoy, Moscow Attendance: 350 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Kosorotov 6	(14–13)	Číp 7
	1× 5×	Report	3× 1×

12 March 2021^{[note 3]} 20:15	Czech Republic	28–20	Faroe Islands	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
	Užek 6	(14–8)	Johansen 4
	1× 3×	Report	5×

14 March 2021 18:00	Faroe Islands	25–26	Ukraine	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 600 Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Ellefsen á Skipagøtu 7	(11–16)	Akimenko 8
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

14 March 2021 20:15	Czech Republic	27–27	Russia	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Hrstka 5	(16–14)	Kiselev 6
	1× 10× 1×	Report	2× 4×

28 April 2021 18:00	Ukraine	26–28	Czech Republic	Citysporthall, Zaporizhia Attendance: 50 Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
	Horiha 5	(12–16)	Bečvář 6
	1× 6×	Report	1× 5×

28 April 2021 19:30	Russia	31–24	Faroe Islands	Dynamo Sports Palace, Moscow Attendance: 510 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Kiselev 7	(16–10)	Jojic 8
	5×	Report	1× 7×

30 April 2021^{[note 3]} 19:45	Faroe Islands	27–26	Czech Republic	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 895 Referees: Brimvik, Nolsoe (FRO)
	Olsen, Skipagøtu 5	(11–12)	Klíma 9
	3× 2×	Report	2× 6×

2 May 2021 17:00	Faroe Islands	23–28	Russia	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Skipagøtu 6	(11–12)	Kosorotov 8
	5×	Report	1× 4×

2 May 2021 18:00	Czech Republic	27–22	Ukraine	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Klíma 8	(14–11)	four players 4
	7×	Report	1× 3×

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	6	5	1	185	158	+27	10	Final tournament
2	Iceland	6	4	2	188	147	+41	8
3	Lithuania	6	2	4	159	189	−30	4
4	Israel	6	1	5	162	200	−38	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.

4 November 2020 19:30	Portugal	31–22	Israel	Centro de Desportos e Congressos, Matosinhos Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Carmaux, Mursch (FRA)
	four players 4	(14–12)	Pomeranz 9
	5× 1×	Report	5×

4 November 2020 19:45	Iceland	36–20	Lithuania	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Styrmisson 8	(19–10)	Malašinskas, Simėnas 5
	1× 3×	Report	4× 1×

8 November 2020 16:00	Lithuania	26–34	Portugal	Siemens Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	Urbonas 5	(14–18)	Portela 5
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

6 January 2021 19:30	Portugal	26–24	Iceland	Centro de Desportos e Congressos, Matosinhos Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
	Portela 7	(14–11)	Elísson, Jónsson 6
	1× 4× 1×	Report	3× 2× 1×

10 January 2021 16:00	Iceland	32–23	Portugal	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Līcis, Sondors (LAT)
	Elísson 9	(12–13)	Areia Rodrigues 4
	2× 6× 1×	Report	4×

14 March 2021 16:00	Lithuania	31–28	Israel	Avia Solutions Group Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
	Drabavičius, Plėta 6	(11–10)	Sidi 12
	8×	Report	3× 6× 1×

26 April 2021^{[note 2]} 21:00	Israel	34–28	Lithuania	Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 700 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Sidi 11	(15–11)	Urbonas 8
	3× 7× 1×	Report	4× 2×

27 April 2021^{[note 2]} 20:30	Israel	20–30	Iceland	Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 500 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	three players 3	(9–17)	three players 5
	2× 1×	Report	2× 5×

29 April 2021 19:00	Lithuania	29–27	Iceland	Avia Solutions Group Arena, Vilnius Attendance: 150 Referees: Nabokau, Kulik (BLR)
	Malašinskas 12	(13–9)	Pálmarsson 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

29 April 2021 20:00	Israel	29–41	Portugal	Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 600 Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
	Sidi 6	(13–22)	Branquinho 9
	3×	Report	1×

2 May 2021^{[note 2]} 16:00	Iceland	39–29	Israel	Íþróttamiðstöð Hauka, Hafnarfjörður Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Cipov, Klus (SVK)
	Guðjónsson 7	(21–14)	Cohen, Pomeranz 6
	2× 5×	Report	2× 6×

2 May 2021 17:00	Portugal	30–25	Lithuania	Centro de Desportos e Congressos, Matosinhos Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Rosendo, Rodríguez (ESP)
	Areia 7	(11–12)	Stankevičius 6
	5×	Report	2×

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	6	4	1	1	188	152	+36	9^[a]	Final tournament
2	Netherlands	6	4	1	1	168	167	+1	9^[a]
3	Poland	6	3	0	3	176	165	+11	6
4	Turkey	6	0	0	6	144	192	−48	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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Slovenia 61–50 Netherlands

4 November 2020 20:00	Netherlands	27–26	Turkey	Topsportcentrum, Almere Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Kliko, Canbro (SWE)
	K. Smits 9	(10–14)	Çelebi 6
	2× 5× 1×	Report	4×

6 January 2021 18:15	Netherlands	23–34	Slovenia	Topsportcentrum, Almere Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	K. Smits 8	(15–14)	Dolenec, Janc 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5×

6 January 2021 19:00	Turkey	24–29	Poland	Porsuk Spor Salonu, Eskişehir Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Stark, Ștefan (ROU)
	Pehlivan 9	(12–15)	T. Gębala, Moryto 6
	1× 5×	Report	6×

9 January 2021 20:00	Poland	35–24	Turkey	Orlen Arena, Płock Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Moryto 7	(16–12)	Pehlivan 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 7× 1×

10 January 2021 20:00	Slovenia	27–27	Netherlands	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Gajić 7	(15–13)	K. Smits 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

9 March 2021^{[note 2]} 20:10	Slovenia	32–29	Poland	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Marguč 8	(15–14)	Sićko 8
	2× 4× 1×	Report	1× 5× 1×

14 March 2021^{[note 2]} 18:15	Poland	26–27	Netherlands	Hala Orbita, Wrocław Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
	Daszek 6	(11–11)	K. Smits 10
	1× 4×	Report	2× 3×

27 April 2021^{[note 2]} 19:00	Turkey	22–30	Slovenia	Porsuk Spor Salonu, Eskişehir Attendance: 70 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Biçer 7	(11–16)	Dolenec 12
	3× 3× 1×	Report	1× 5×

29 April 2021 19:00	Turkey	24–32	Netherlands	Porsuk Spor Salonu, Eskişehir Attendance: 50 Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
	Biçer 5	(12–15)	Smit 6
	2× 1×	Report	2× 3×

29 April 2021 20:00	Poland	27–26	Slovenia	Stegu Arena, Opole Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Moryto 7	(12–10)	Novak 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 1×

2 May 2021 18:00	Slovenia	39–24	Turkey	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
	Mačkovšek, Marguč 6	(19–11)	three players 4
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

2 May 2021 18:00	Netherlands	32–30	Poland	Topsportcentrum, Almere Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
	K. Smits 8	(17–16)	three players 6
	3× 5×	Report	1× 5×

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	6	5	1	192	132	+60	10^[a]	Final tournament
2	Belarus	6	5	1	190	168	+22	10^[a]	Final tournament
3	Italy	6	1	5	160	193	−33	2^[b]
4	Latvia	6	1	5	141	190	−49	2^[b]

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:

^ ^a ^b Norway 52–52 Belarus
^ ^a ^b Italy 57–48 Latvia

8 November 2020 18:00	Italy	24–39	Norway	Palasport Giovanni Paolo II, Pescara Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Arcieri 4	(7–17)	Gulliksen, Jøndal 7
	1× 1×	Report	2× 1×

5 January 2021 17:30	Belarus	33–25	Norway	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Leszczyński, Piechota (POL)
	Kulesh 6	(17–10)	Barthold 7

[table_note_BEL0.49224213068012-11] Belgium withdrew on 8 February 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and all their games will registered with 0:10 loss.^[10]

[table_hth_SVN0.10302704577475-17] Slovenia 61–50 Netherlands

[table_hth_NOR0.060899806702929-18] Norway 52–52 Belarus

[table_hth_ITA0.060899806702929-19] Italy 57–48 Latvia

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