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 24 July 2012 at 11:00 at Vienna, Austria. ^{[1] [2]}

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 3 July 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

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

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	3× 1×

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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
	2× 5×	Report	3× 6× 1×

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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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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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
	3× 1×	Report	2× 7× 1×

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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
	3× 5×	Report	2× 2×

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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	3× 5×

Group B

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 4×

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

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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
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

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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
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

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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	2× 1×

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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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6×

Group C

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

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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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	3× 7× 1×

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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
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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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×

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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	3× 1×

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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
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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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
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

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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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

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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
	3× 6×	Report	2× 10×

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

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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	3× 5×

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	3	0	1	136	109	+27	6	Playoffs
2	Portugal	4	2	0	2	118	124	−6	4
3	Azerbaijan	4	1	0	3	98	119	−21	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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
	3× 5×	Report	2× 1×

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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	3× 4×

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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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

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

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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
	3× 6×	Report	2× 2×

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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
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

Playoff round

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 14 December 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	3× 4×

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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
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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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
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

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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	3× 4×

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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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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

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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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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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
	3× 1×	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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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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
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

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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×

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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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

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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
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

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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
	2× 5×	Report	3× 6×

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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
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4× 1×

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

References

1. "Women's World Championship qualification draw". eurohandball.com. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
2. "Qualification Europe Phase 1". eurohandball.com. 24 July 2012.
3. "2013 Women's World Championship in Serbia – Qualification Europe". eurohandball.com. 19 July 2012.
4. "Draw for World Championship Play-Off matches". eurohandball.com. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
5. "Draw for European 2013 World Championship play-offs". eurohandball.com. 16 December 2012.

External links

• Eurohandball.com Archived 5 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine