Men
Sub-zonal phase
Pool A
Pool A was contested in Mellieha, Malta. [1]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 4 September | |||||||
 | 3 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 September | |||||||
| | 3 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 4 September | 5 September | ||||||
| | 3 | | 0 | ||||
 | 0 | | 3 | ||||
- Malta is eliminated.
Pool B
Pool B was contested in Zreče, Slovenia. [2]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 4 September | |||||||
 | 3 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 September | |||||||
| | 2 | ||||||
 | 3 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 4 September | 5 September | ||||||
| | 3 | | 1 | ||||
 | 0 | | 3 | ||||
- Slovenia is eliminated.
Pool C
Pool C was contested in Las Palmas, Spain. [3]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 16 October | |||||||
 | 3 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 October | |||||||
| | 3 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 16 October | 17 October | ||||||
| | 3 | | 0 | ||||
 | 0 | | 3 | ||||
- Iceland is eliminated.
Pool D
Pool D was contested in Montpellier, France. [4]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 25 September | |||||||
 | 3 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 September | |||||||
| | 3 | ||||||
 | 2 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 25 September | 26 September | ||||||
| | 3 | | 0 | ||||
 | 1 | | 4 | ||||
- Israel is eliminated.
Pool E
Pool E was contested in Illichivsk, Ukraine. [5]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 25 September | |||||||
 | 3 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 September | |||||||
| | 1 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 25 September | 26 September | ||||||
 | 2 | | 0 | ||||
| | 3 | | 3 | ||||
- Croatia is eliminated.
Pool F
Pool F was contested in Yantarniy, Russia. [6]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 25 September | |||||||
 | 4 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 September | |||||||
| | 4 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 25 September | 26 September | ||||||
| | 3 | | 2 | ||||
 | 2 | | 3 | ||||
- Lithuania is eliminated.
Pool G
Pool G was contested in Rhodes, Greece. [7]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 25 September | |||||||
 | 3 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 September | |||||||
| | 3 | ||||||
 | 0 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 25 September | 26 September | ||||||
| | 3 | | 3 | ||||
 | 1 | | 2 | ||||
- Cyprus is eliminated.
Pool H
Pool H was contested in Alanya, Turkey. [8]
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 25 September | |||||||
 | BYE | ||||||
| - | - | ||||||
| 26 September | |||||||
| | 1 | ||||||
 | 3 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| 25 September | 26 September | ||||||
| | 3 | - | - | ||||
 | 1 | | BYE | ||||
- No team is eliminated, because there were only 3 teams. Finland withdrew which left a field of only 3 teams.
Zonal phase
The 24 qualified teams advanced to the Zonal phase and will be split into four groups of six teams. The top team in each group advance to the finals and the teams placing second through fifth advance to the semifinals.
Pool A
Pool A will be contested in Kazan, Russia. [9]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| June 2 | ||||||||||
| | ||||||||||
| June 3 | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| June 2 | ||||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| June 4 | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 2 | |||||||||
| June 2 | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | ||||||||||
| June 3 | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| June 2 | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 1 | | 1 | |||||||
| | 3 | | 3 | |||||||
| June 4 | ||||||||||
| 5th place match | ||
| June 4 | ||
| | 0 | |
| | 4 | |
- Bulgaria is eliminated, Latvia advances to the finals.
Pool B
Pool B will be contested in Tenerife, Spain. [10]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| | ||||||||||
| October 1 | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| September 30 | ||||||||||
| | 0 | |||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| October 2 | ||||||||||
| | 0 | |||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | ||||||||||
| October 1 | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| September 30 | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 3 | | 3 | |||||||
| | 0 | | 0 | |||||||
| October 2 | ||||||||||
| 5th place match | ||
| October 1 | ||
| | 3 | |
| | 1 | |
- Slovakia is eliminated, Austria advances to the finals.
Pool C
Pool C will be contested in Copenhagen, Denmark. [11]
Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark. As of July 2018, the city has a population of 777,218. It forms the core of the wider urban area of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen metropolitan area. Copenhagen is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand; another small portion of the city is located on Amager, and is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.
Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| | ||||||||||
| September 10 | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| September 9 | ||||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| September 11 | ||||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | ||||||||||
| September 10 | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
| September 9 | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 3 | | 2 | |||||||
| | 1 | | 3 | |||||||
| September 11 | ||||||||||
| 5th place match | ||
| September 11 | ||
| | 3 | |
| | 2 | |
- Romania is eliminated, Netherlands advances to the finals.
Pool D
Pool D will be contested in Illichivsk, Ukraine. [12]
Ukraine, sometimes called the Ukraine, is a country in Eastern Europe. Excluding Crimea, Ukraine has a population of about 42.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Kiev. Ukrainian is the official language and its alphabet is Cyrillic. The dominant religions in the country are Eastern Orthodoxy and Greek Catholicism. Ukraine is currently in a territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Including Crimea, Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi), making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| | ||||||||||
| June 24 | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| June 23 | ||||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 2 | |||||||||
| June 25 | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 1 | |||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | ||||||||||
| June 24 | ||||||||||
| BYE | ||||||||||
| | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| June 23 | ||||||||||
| | 3 | |||||||||
| | 3 | | 3 | |||||||
| | 1 | | 2 | |||||||
| June 25 | ||||||||||
| 5th place match | ||
| June 25 | ||
| | 3 | |
| | 1 | |
- No one is eliminated as Sweden is the highest ranked 6th place team, Germany advances to the finals.
Continental Cup semifinal
Semifinals will be contested in France and Switzerland. The 16 qualified teams that advanced to the continental cup semifinal and will be split into two groups of eight teams. The top team in each group advances to the finals.
France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland and Italy to the east, and Andorra and Spain to the south. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.3 million. France, a sovereign state, is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice.
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated in western, central and southern Europe. It consists of 26 cantons, and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities. The sovereign state is a federal republic bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva.
The following teams will compete.
Czech Republic competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics after gaining its independence from the former Czechoslovakia. The Czech Olympic Committee sent a total of 133 athletes to the Games, 68 men and 65 women, to compete in 19 sports.
Denmark competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 113 athletes, 63 men and 50 women, competed in 17 sports, although two additional athletes played as team reserves. Handball was the only team-based sport in which Denmark was represented in at these Olympic games.
Estonia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Continental Cup final
Semifinals will be contested in Turkey. The 8 qualified teams that advanced to the continental cup final as hosts, the four winners in the zonal phase, the two winners of the continental semifinal and the highest ranked non-qualified team. The winner will qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics and the second and third place teams will qualify to the final qualification tournament.
Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. East Thrace, located in Europe, is separated from Anatolia by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorous strait and the Dardanelles. Turkey is bordered by Greece and Bulgaria to its northwest; Georgia to its northeast; Armenia, the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the south. Ankara is its capital but Istanbul is the country's largest city. Approximately 70 to 80 per cent of the country's citizens identify as Turkish. Kurds are the largest minority; the size of the Kurdish population is a subject of dispute with estimates placing the figure at anywhere from 12 to 25 per cent of the population.
The 2012 Summer Olympics, formally the Games of the XXX Olympiad and commonly known as London 2012, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, United Kingdom. The first event, the group stage in women's football, began on 25 July at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, followed by the opening ceremonies on 27 July. 10,768 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.
The following teams will compete.
