2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

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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

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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

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Seeding

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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

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Group A

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

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

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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

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

Relegation round

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Seeding

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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

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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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Belgium won 55–23 on aggregate.

Qualification Phase 2

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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

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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

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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
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:
  1. ^ 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group 2

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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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28 April 2021
18:00
Ukraine  26–28  Czech Republic Citysporthall, Zaporizhia
Attendance: 50
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Horiha 5 (12–16) Bečvář 6
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 6 5 0 1 185 158 +27 10 Final tournament
2  Iceland 6 4 0 2 188 147 +41 8
3  Lithuania 6 2 0 4 159 189 −30 4
4  Israel 6 1 0 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group 5

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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:
  1. ^ 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group 6

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 6 5 0 1 192 132 +60 10[a] Final tournament
2  Belarus 6 5 0 1 190 168 +22 10[a]
3  Italy 6 1 0 5 160 193 −33 2[b]
4  Latvia 6 1 0 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:
  1. ^ a b Norway 52–52 Belarus
  2. ^ 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
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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