2008 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

Qualification matches for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules host (Norway), and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places will be determined in play-offs in June; nine teams are seeded after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages.

Summary

Below is a table containing all seven qualifying groups. Teams that have secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green. The order of teams is by play off position.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7
 Belarus
 Slovakia
 Serbia
 Macedonia
 Romania
 Latvia
 Montenegro
 Netherlands
  Switzerland
 Lithuania
 Portugal  Sweden
 Cyprus
 Moldova
 Israel
 Luxembourg
 Bulgaria
 Georgia
 Austria
 Finland
 Italy
 Turkey
 Greece
 Estonia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Belgium

Group stage

Final standings (as of 30 January 2007)

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Belarus Belarus 3 3 0 0 100 74 6
Slovakia Slovakia 3 2 0 1 100 74 4
Cyprus Cyprus 3 1 0 2 71 86 2
Moldova Moldova 3 0 0 3 73 110 0
Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Serbia Serbia 6 4 1 1 220 164 9
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 6 4 1 1 185 179 9
Israel Israel 6 3 0 3 172 174 6
Luxembourg Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 149 209 0
Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Romania Romania 6 6 0 0 203 153 12
Latvia Latvia 6 4 0 2 187 167 8
Bulgaria Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 140 170 2
Georgia (country) Georgia 6 1 0 5 140 179 2
Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Montenegro Montenegro 6 5 1 0 200 178 11
Netherlands Netherlands 6 3 1 2 186 186 7
Austria Austria 6 3 0 3 183 178 6
Finland Finland 6 0 0 6 165 199 0
Group 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Switzerland Switzerland 6 6 0 0 186 151 12
Lithuania Lithuania 6 3 0 3 186 188 6
Italy Italy 6 2 0 4 173 187 4
Turkey Turkey 6 1 0 5 167 186 2
Group 6
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Portugal Portugal 4 3 0 1 115 94 6
Greece Greece 4 3 0 1 107 98 6
Estonia Estonia 4 0 0 4 95 125 0
Group 7
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Sweden Sweden 4 4 0 0 139 106 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 0 2 143 121 4
Belgium Belgium 4 0 0 4 95 125 0

Play-off

The play-off draw was made in Vienna on 26 January 2007. The matches were two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekends of June.

Team 1 Result Team 2 1st Leg 2nd Leg
 Poland 72 - 47  Netherlands 31 – 20 41 - 27
 Lithuania 53 - 59  Hungary 23 – 28 30 - 31
 Ukraine 48 – 63  Slovakia 29 – 28 19 - 35
 Slovenia 66 – 60  Macedonia 33 – 28 33 - 32
 Latvia 56 – 64  Czech Republic 30 – 31 26 - 33
 Belarus 61 – 54   Switzerland 33 – 24 28 - 30
 Sweden 69 – 59  Romania 36 – 25 33 - 34
 Portugal 55 – 63  Montenegro 28 – 30 27 - 33
 Serbia 70 – 71  Iceland 30 – 29 40 - 42
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