2013 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification

The European qualification for the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, in Serbia, was played over two rounds. The 2013 hosts Serbia, the 2011 holders Norway were qualified automatically for the World Championship. In the first round of qualification, 16 teams who were not participating at the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship were split into four groups. The group winners and the remaining 12 teams from the European Championship played a playoff afterwards to determine the other nine qualifiers.^[1]

Group stage

The draw was held on July 24, 2012 at 11:00 at Vienna, Austria.^[1]^[2]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on July 3, 2012.^[1] After Great Britain withdrew, an update was made.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Austria Belarus Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovakia Turkey	Azerbaijan Greece Italy Lithuania Slovenia Switzerland	Finland Israel

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovakia	3	3	0	94	58	+36	6
Switzerland	3	2	1	96	76	+20	4
Greece	3	1	2	63	88	−25	2
Finland	3	0	3	68	99	−31	0

30 November 2012 15:30	Switzerland	37 – 27	Finland	City sport hall, Partizánske Attendance: 350 Referees: Gutowska, Gutowska (POL)
	Wenger 6	(17–15)	von Numers 6
	3× 3×	Report	1× 3×

30 November 2012 18:00	Slovakia	30 – 16	Greece	City sport hall, Partizánske Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
	Tothova 7	(15–8)	Chatziparasidou, Strataki 4
	5× 2×	Report	6× 3× 1×

1 December 2012 15:30	Greece	23 – 35	Switzerland	City sport hall, Partizánske Attendance: 350 Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
	Poimenidou 7	(12–11)	Mustafoska 9
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

1 December 2012 18:00	Finland	18 – 38	Slovakia	City sport hall, Partizánske Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gutowska, Gutowska (POL)
	Tallqvist, von Numers 5	(8–20)	Sukennikova 8
	1× 3×	Report	7× 2× 1×

2 December 2012 15:30	Greece	24 – 23	Finland	City sport hall, Partizánske Attendance: 350 Referees: Gutowska, Gutowska (POL)
	Vafeiadou 5	(18–11)	Lillqvist 6
	5× 3×	Report	2× 2×

2 December 2012 18:00	Slovakia	26 – 24	Switzerland	City sport hall, Partizánske Attendance: 1,238 Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
	Jakubisova 6	(14–10)	Dinkel 8
	3× 3×	Report	5× 3×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	101	61	+40	6
Slovenia	3	2	1	87	65	+22	4
Austria	3	1	2	80	78	+2	2
Israel	3	0	3	61	125	−64	0

29 November 2012 17:30	Austria	22 – 26	Slovenia	Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn Attendance: 200 Referees: Delle, Engberg (SWE)
	Frey 8	(13–12)	Lazovic-Varlec 5
	2× 3×	Report	4× 2×

29 November 2012 20:00	Netherlands	47 – 20	Israel	Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn Attendance: 500 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Polman 8	(22–10)	Dunay 7
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3× 1×

30 November 2012 17:30	Israel	22 – 40	Austria	Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn Attendance: 600 Referees: Delle, Engberg (SWE)
	Bertaut 9	(13–19)	Engel, Frey 9
	5× 2×	Report	2× 2×

30 November 2012 20:00	Slovenia	23 – 24	Netherlands	Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Mavsar 6	(10–12)	Groot 6
	5× 3×	Report	6× 3×

2 December 2012 11:00	Slovenia	38 – 19	Israel	Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn Attendance: 400 Referees: Delle, Engberg (SWE)
	Mavsar 9	(15–12)	three players 6
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

2 December 2012 13:30	Austria	18 – 30	Netherlands	Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Engel 6	(9–16)	Groot, van der Heijden 6
	2× 3×	Report	6× 3×

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	6	6	0	210	101	+109	12
Belarus	6	4	2	189	139	+50	8
Italy	6	2	4	116	187	−71	4
Lithuania	6	0	6	142	230	−88	0

3 October 2012 19:00	Belarus	42 – 22	Lithuania	Sport Complex Olympiets, Mogilev Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Yezhykova 9	(22–13)	Stellbrink 7
	5× 3×	Report	2× 3×

4 October 2012 20:00	Italy	11 – 32	Poland	Palazzetto dello sport Oderzo, Oderzo Attendance: 700 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Ganga 3	(6–15)	Wojtas 9
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

7 October 2012 16:00	Lithuania	27 – 29	Italy	Cido Arena, Panevėžys Attendance: 400 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	three players 5	(11–16)	Costa 7
	3× 3×	Report	7× 3× 1×

7 October 2012 17:10	Poland	29 – 19	Belarus	Hala MOSiR, Legionowo Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
	Kudłacz 8	(17–13)	Yezhykova 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

21 November 2012 20:30	Poland	48 – 18	Lithuania	Miejska Hala Sportowa, Elbląg Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Koniuszaniec, Kulwińska 7	(21–11)	Palionyte, Satkauskaite 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

22 November 2012 20:00	Italy	16 – 30	Belarus	Palasport, Rovereto Attendance: 500 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Ganga 5	(9–11)	Stsiapanava, Yezhykova 6
	3×	Report	1× 3×

24 November 2012 16:00	Lithuania	19 – 32	Poland	Cido Arena, Panevėžys Attendance: 150 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Butenaite, Satkauskaite 4	(10–17)	Koniuszaniec 7
	4× 2×	Report	3× 3×

25 November 2012 14:00	Belarus	29 – 16	Italy	Sport Complex Olympiets, Mogilev Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Crnojević, Radič (CRO)
	Yezhykova 7	(14–7)	Fanton 6
	6× 3×	Report	3× 3×

28 November 2012 18:00	Poland	39 – 12	Italy	Sport Complex Kwidzyn, Kwidzyn Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Skruzny, Kavulic (CZE)
	Kulwinska 8	(18–7)	Rotondo 4
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

28 November 2012 20:00	Lithuania	26 – 47	Belarus	Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas Attendance: 300 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Satkauskaite 6	(12–22)	Kurchankova, Sukhamirava 6
	6× 3×	Report	10× 2×

1 December 2012 20:30	Italy	32 – 30	Lithuania	Palasport, Rovereto Attendance: 200 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (Kosovo)
	Fanton 7	(16–17)	Butenaite 10
	5× 3×	Report	3× 4×

2 December 2012 15:00	Belarus	22 – 30	Poland	Sport Complex Olympiets, Mogilev Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Drazdova, Yezhykova 5	(11–13)	four players 4
	2× 2×	Report	5× 3×

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Turkey	4	3	1	136	109	+27	6
Portugal	4	2	2	118	124	−6	4
Azerbaijan	4	1	3	98	119	−21	2

3 October 2012 18:00	Turkey	35 – 19	Azerbaijan	THF Sport Hall, Çankaya Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Sagdic, Yörükler 5	(16–7)	Lukyanenko 6
	5× 3×	Report	1× 2×

6 October 2012 17:00	Portugal	38 – 36	Turkey	Pavilhao de Desportos de Anadia, Anadia Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Andrade Lopes 9	(20–17)	four players 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

21 November 2012 17:00	Azerbaijan	27 – 23	Portugal	ABU Arena, Baku Attendance: 400 Referees: Vujačić, Kazanegra (MNE)
	Tankaskaya 9	(17–13)	Andrade Lopes 8
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

24 November 2012 17:00	Azerbaijan	26 – 30	Turkey	ABU Arena, Baku Attendance: 500 Referees: Markovska, Vutov (BUL)
	Peche 5	(12–13)	Özel 8
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

28 November 2012 20:00	Portugal	31 – 26	Azerbaijan	Pavilhao Municipal da Torre da Marinha, Seixal Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Cabrejas, Sánchez (ESP)
	Seabra 7	(15–11)	Peche 9
	6× 3×	Report	2× 2×

1 December 2012 11:00	Turkey	35 – 26	Portugal	THF Sport Hall, Çankaya Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
	Özel 8	(21–12)	Ferreira Lopes, Seabra 4
	4× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Playoff round

Seedings

The seedings were announced on December 14, 2012.^[4] The draw took place on 16 December 2012 at 13:00 local time at Belgrade, Serbia.^[5]

Pot 1 (8 best ranked teams from the 2012 European Championship)	Pot 2 (4 lowest ranked teams from the 2012 European Championship + teams from the qualification round)
Czech Republic Denmark Spain France Germany Romania Russia Sweden	Croatia Iceland Macedonia Ukraine Netherlands Poland Slovakia Turkey

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	50–73	Denmark	24–42	26–31
Iceland	38–55	Czech Republic	17–29	21–26
Macedonia	37–54	Spain	21–27	16–27
Netherlands	59–48	Russia	26–27	33–21
Slovakia	43–53	Romania	21–23	22–30
Germany	49–38	Ukraine	24–16	25–22
Sweden	54–58	Poland	23–26	31–32
France	48–44	Croatia	18–18	30–26

First leg

1 June 2013 16:00	Slovakia	21 – 23	Romania	City sport hall, Partizánske Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Tóthová 9	(11–12)	Ţăcălie 7
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

1 June 2013 19:30	France	18 – 18	Croatia	L'Axone, Montbéliard Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Pineau, Baudouin 4	(5–10)	Elez 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

1 June 2013 20:15	Macedonia	21 – 27	Spain	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
	Gjeorgjievska 6	(11–14)	Barbosa 7
	3× 2×	Report	1× 3×

2 June 2013 14:00	Netherlands	26 – 27	Russia	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
	Abbingh 11	(16–10)	Stepanova 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

2 June 2013 15:00	Germany	24 – 16	Ukraine	EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 2,600 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Nadgornaja 6	(13–7)	Managarova 6
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

2 June 2013 16:00	Iceland	17 – 29	Czech Republic	Vodafonehöllin, Hlíðarendi Attendance: 523 Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
	Bragadóttir 8	(6–15)	Hrbková 8
	2× 3×	Report	5× 3×

2 June 2013 18:15	Sweden	23 – 26	Poland	Idrottshuset, Örebro Attendance: 1,782 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Ahlm, Gulldén 6	(13–16)	Kudłacz 8
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

2 June 2013 19:00	Turkey	24 – 42	Denmark	THF Sport Hall, Çankaya Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	İskenderoğlu 9	(13–18)	Grigel 7
	1× 3×	Report	3×

Second leg

7 June 2013 19:00	Spain	27 – 16	Macedonia	Polideportivo Municipal Los Pajaritos, Soria Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Stenrand, Birch (DEN)
	López 5	(16–8)	Crvenkoska 7
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

8 June 2013 17:00	Poland	32 – 31	Sweden	Miejska Hala Sportowa, Elbląg Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Wojtas 9	(17–15)	Gulldén 11
	6× 3×	Report	3× 3×

8 June 2013 18:00	Czech Republic	26 – 21	Iceland	Sportovni hala Banik Most, Most Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Radič, Crnojević (CRO)
	Luzumová 6	(15–9)	Bragadóttir 4
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

8 June 2013 18:00	Romania	30 – 22	Slovakia	Antonio Alexa, Oradea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Ţăcălie 11	(18–14)	Tóthová 8
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

8 June 2013 20:15	Denmark	31 – 26	Turkey	Atletion, Aarhus Attendance: 2,452 Referees: Mazeika, Gatelis (LTU)
	Kristiansen, Thorsgaard 5	(13–15)	Yılmaz 8
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

9 June 2013 17:00	Russia	21 – 33	Netherlands	Palace of Sport "Sport-Don", Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Sen 6	(10–11)	Abbingh 7
	5× 2×	Report	6× 3×

9 June 2013 18:30	Croatia	26 – 30	France	Sporthall Umag, Umag Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	three players 4	(12–13)	Lacrabère, Pineau 5
	1× 3×	Report	4× 3× 1×

9 June 2013 19:00	Ukraine	22 – 25	Germany	Palace of Sports, Kiev Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Borshchenko 8	(10–11)	Geschke 4
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

References

1 2 3 "Women’s World Championship qualification draw". eurohandball.com. 2012-07-03. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
↑ "Qualification Europe Phase 1". eurohandball.com. 2012-07-24.
↑ "2013 Women’s World Championship in Serbia – Qualification Europe". eurohandball.com. 2012-07-19.
↑ "Draw for World Championship Play-Off matches". eurohandball.com. 2012-12-14.
↑ "Draw for European 2013 World Championship play-offs". eurohandball.com. 2012-12-16.

External links

Eurohandball.com

2013 World Women's Handball Championship qualification

Africa	2012 African Women's Handball Championship

Asia	2012 Asian Women's Handball Championship

America	2013 Pan American Women's Handball Championship

Europe	2012 European Women's Handball Championship European qualification

Oceania	2013 Women's Oceania Handball Championship

World Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Germany 1938 Sweden 1954 East Germany 1958 West Germany 1961 Czechoslovakia 1964 Sweden 1967 France 1970 East Germany 1974 Denmark 1978 West Germany 1982 Switzerland 1986 Czechoslovakia 1990 Sweden 1993 Iceland 1995 Japan 1997 Egypt 1999 France 2001 Portugal 2003 Tunisia 2005 Germany 2007 Croatia 2009 Sweden 2011 Spain 2013 Qatar 2015 France 2017 Denmark/Germany 2019 Egypt 2021 Poland/Sweden 2023

Squads	1938 1954 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Yugoslavia 1957 Romania 1962 West Germany 1965 Netherlands 1971 Yugoslavia 1973 Soviet Union 1975 Czechoslovakia 1978 Hungary 1982 Netherlands 1986 South Korea 1990 Norway 1993 Austria/Hungary 1995 Germany 1997 Denmark/Norway 1999 Italy 2001 Croatia 2003 Russia 2005 France 2007 China 2009 Brazil 2011 Serbia 2013 Denmark 2015 Germany 2017 Japan 2019 2021 2023

Squads	1957 1962 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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