2015 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification

The European qualification for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship, in Denmark was played over two rounds. The 2015 hosts Denmark were qualified automatically for the World Championship.

In the first round of qualification, 14 teams who were not participating at the 2014 European Championship were split into four groups. The group winners and the remaining 14 teams from the European Championship played a playoff afterwards to determine the other nine qualifiers. ^[1]

Qualification phase 1

Seedings

The draw was made on 22 July at 11:00. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The group winners advanced to the playoff round.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Austria   Belarus   Czech Republic   Iceland   Macedonia   Slovenia   Turkey	Italy   Lithuania   Portugal    Switzerland	Azerbaijan   Greece   Israel

Group 1

The mini-tournament was hosted in Switzerland. ^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	101	77	+24	6	Qualification phase 2
2	Belarus	3	2	0	1	86	83	+3	4
3	Switzerland (H)	3	1	0	2	80	73	+7	2
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	70	104	−34	0

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

3 December 2014 17:45	Belarus	29–25	Greece	Saalsporthalle, Zürich Attendance: 250 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Mihdaliova, Yezhykava 5	(15–12)	Tsakalou 6
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

3 December 2014 20:15	Slovenia	27–21	Switzerland	Saalsporthalle, Zürich Attendance: 650 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Lazović-Varlec 7	(16–10)	Furrer 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

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4 December 2014 17:45	Greece	23–39	Slovenia	Saalsporthalle, Zürich Attendance: 150 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Logdanidou, Tsakalou 5	(9–16)	Hrnčič, Irman 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 1×

4 December 2014 20:15	Switzerland	23–24	Belarus	Saalsporthalle, Zürich Attendance: 450 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Scherer 6	(14–12)	Lobach, Yezhykava 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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6 December 2014 12:00	Slovenia	35–33	Belarus	Saalsporthalle, Zürich Attendance: 217 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Gros 9	(17–18)	Mihdaliova 8
	3× 2× 1×	Report	3× 5× 1×

6 December 2014 14:30	Switzerland	36–22	Greece	Saalsporthalle, Zürich Attendance: 380 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Scherer 7	(16–11)	Tsakalou 6
	3× 7×	Report	2× 6×

Group 2

The mini-tournament was hosted in Austria. ^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	3	3	0	0	102	60	+42	6	Qualification phase 2
2	Turkey	3	2	0	1	96	82	+14	4
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	88	74	+14	2
4	Israel	3	0	0	3	55	125	−70	0

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

4 December 2014 18:00	Turkey	28–27	Portugal	Sportzentrum Alte Au, Stockerau Attendance: 300 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	İskit 8	(14–14)	Rodrigues, Soares 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4× 1×

4 December 2014 20:15	Austria	41–15	Israel	Sportzentrum Alte Au, Stockerau Attendance: 350 Referees: Praštalo, Todorović (BIH)
	Engel, Grausenburger 6	(21–7)	Vikrat 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

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5 December 2014 18:00	Portugal	21–29	Austria	Sportzentrum Alte Au, Stockerau Attendance: 550 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Rodrigues 6	(9–16)	Scheffknecht 9
	2× 5×	Report	3× 5×

5 December 2014 20:15	Israel	23–44	Turkey	Sportzentrum Alte Au, Stockerau Attendance: 250 Referees: Praštalo, Todorović (BIH)
	Bertaut 8	(10–18)	Topaloğlu 8
	3× 7×	Report	3× 3×

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6 December 2014 14:20	Portugal	40–17	Israel	Sportzentrum Alte Au, Stockerau Attendance: 100 Referees: Praštalo, Todorović (BIH)
	Rodrigues 13	(20–8)	Vikrat 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

6 December 2014 18:25	Turkey	24–32	Austria	Sportzentrum Alte Au, Stockerau Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	İskenderoğlu 4	(11–15)	Magelinskas 10
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

Group 3

The teams opted to play the group in a home and away series. ^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	4	4	0	0	114	83	+31	8	Qualification phase 2
2	Italy	4	2	0	2	88	95	−7	4
3	Macedonia	4	0	0	4	87	111	−24	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

9 October 2014 17:45	Macedonia	20–23	Italy	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Gjeorgjievska 5	(14–11)	Gheorghe 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

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12 October 2014 18:30	Italy	27–22	Macedonia	Palazzetto dello Sport, Follonica Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Gheorghe 10	(11–9)	Gjeorgjievska, Mečevska 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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27 November 2014 17:30	Italy	17–26	Iceland	Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti Attendance: 2, 000 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Fanton 5	(8–13)	Knútsdóttir 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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30 November 2014 16:00	Iceland	27–21	Italy	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 750 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Knútsdóttir 11	(13–7)	Gheorghe 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

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3 December 2014 19:30	Iceland	33–23	Macedonia	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 550 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Knútsdóttir 14	(17–12)	Mečevska 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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6 December 2014 17:45	Macedonia	22–28	Iceland	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 300 Referees: Pech, Vagvölgyi (HUN)
	Despodovska 6	(11–12)	Pálsdóttir 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Group 4

The mini-tournament was hosted in the Czech Republic. ^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic (H)	2	2	0	0	71	53	+18	4	Qualification phase 2
2	Lithuania	2	1	0	1	62	62	0	2
3	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2	55	73	−18	0

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

28 November 2014 18:00	Azerbaijan	26–38	Czech Republic	SK UP Olomouc, Olomouc Attendance: 600 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Tankaskaya 8	(16–15)	Hrbková 7
	2× 6× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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29 November 2014 17:00	Lithuania	35–29	Azerbaijan	SK UP Olomouc, Olomouc Attendance: 150 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Šatkauskaitė 9	(23–15)	Peche 9
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 5×

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30 November 2014 11:00	Czech Republic	33–27	Lithuania	SK UP Olomouc, Olomouc Attendance: 700 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Hrbková, Kutlvašrová 6	(21–12)	Bernatavičiūtė 7
	2× 6×	Report	2× 3×

Qualification phase 2

The teams played a home-and away series to determine the final tournament participants. The draw was made on 21 December 2014. ^{[5] [6]}

Seedings

Pot 1 (9 best ranked teams from the 2014 European Championship)	Pot 2 (5 lowest ranked teams from the 2014 European Championship + teams from the qualification round)
France   Germany   Hungary   Montenegro   Netherlands   Poland   Romania   Spain   Sweden	Austria   Croatia   Czech Republic   Iceland   Russia   Serbia   Slovakia   Slovenia   Ukraine

Matches

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
France	54–41	Slovenia	27–20	27–21
Germany	46–49	Russia	20–22	26–27
Serbia	54–56	Romania	26–32	28–24
Netherlands	56–48	Czech Republic	33–23	23–25
Ukraine	40–54	Poland	18–24	22–30
Montenegro	47–38	Iceland	28–19	19–19
Austria	44–74	Hungary	20–33	24–41
Spain	45–39	Slovakia	25–19	20–20
Croatia	44–51	Sweden	23–24	21–27

First leg

5 June 2015 20:25	Austria	20–33	Hungary	Sportzentrum Alte Au, Stockerau Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Logvin, Magelinskas 5	(11–19)	Erdősi, Szucsánszki 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

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6 June 2015 16:00	Netherlands	33–23	Czech Republic	Sporthal Valkenhuizen, Arnhem Attendance: 2,876 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Abbingh, Groot 7	(15–16)	Luzumová 8
	3× 8×	Report	3× 6×

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6 June 2015 18:00	Serbia	26–32	Romania	Kraljevo Sports Hall, Kraljevo Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Radojević, Živković 5	(13–17)	Neagu 11
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

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6 June 2015 19:00	Ukraine	18–24	Poland	Karpaty Arena Uzhhorod, Uzhhorod Attendance: 800 Referees: Vujačić, Kazanegra (MNE)
	Gorilskaya 6	(8–14)	Pielesz 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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7 June 2015 14:00	Spain	25–19	Slovakia	Centro Insular de Deportes, Las Palmas Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	three players 6	(13–11)	Jakubisová 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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7 June 2015 15:00	Germany	20–22	Russia	Anhalt-Arena, Dessau Attendance: 3,007 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Wohlbold 5	(8–10)	Kochetova 11
	2× 7× 1×	Report	3× 7×

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7 June 2015 17:00	France	27–20	Slovenia	Brest Arena, Brest Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
	Lacrabère 6	(15–11)	Mavsar 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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7 June 2015 17:15	Croatia	23–24	Sweden	Sport Hall Fran Galović, Koprivnica Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bonifert, Oláh (HUN)
	Penezić, Sokač 6	(11–8)	Alm 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 6×

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7 June 2015 20:30	Montenegro	28–19	Iceland	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Bulatović, Knežević 9	(12–12)	Pekarskyte 5
	2× 1×	Report	2× 1×

Second leg

13 June 2015 13:30	Hungary	41–24	Austria	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	three players 5	(17–10)	Engel 8
	3×	Report	2× 3×

Hungary won 74–44 on aggregate.

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13 June 2015 16:00	Slovenia	21–27	France	Rdeča dvorana, Velenje Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Gros 7	(10–14)	Lacrabère 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

France won 54–41 on aggregate.

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13 June 2015 17:00	Russia	27–26	Germany	Sportcomplex Zvezdniy, Astrakhan Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Marić, Marić (SRB)
	Kochetova 7	(13–10)	Hubinger 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Russia won 49–46 on aggregate.

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13 June 2015 17:00	Romania	24–28	Serbia	Polyvalent Hall, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 7,300 Referees: Poulsen, Mortensen (DEN)
	Neagu 7	(12–11)	three players 6
	2× 7× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Romania won 56–54 on aggregate.

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13 June 2015 19:10	Czech Republic	25–23	Netherlands	Sportovní hala Baník Most, Most Attendance: 800 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Luzumová 5	(11–10)	Abbingh 6
	3×	Report	3× 3×

Netherlands won 56–48 on aggregate.

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14 June 2015 14:15	Slovakia	20–20	Spain	Mestská športová hala, Šaľa Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	three players 4	(9–12)	Pena 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Spain won 45–39 on aggregate.

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14 June 2015 14:30	Iceland	19–19	Montenegro	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 600 Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
	Thrastardottir 5	(10–11)	K. Bulatović 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

Montenegro won 47–38 on aggregate.

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14 June 2015 15:00	Poland	30–22	Ukraine	Azoty Arena, Szczecin Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Stasiak 5	(17–9)	Nikolayenko 7
	2× 5×	Report	3× 7×

Poland won 54–40 on aggregate.

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14 June 2015 18:15	Sweden	27–21	Croatia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 6,380 Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
	Ahlm 7	(14–9)	Penezić 7
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

Sweden won 51–44 on aggregate.

References

1. "World Championship draw procedure released". eurohandball.com. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
2. Draw procedure
3. "European road to Women's World Championship 2015 has begun". eurohandball.com. 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
4. "Hosts confirmed for Women's World Championship 2015 qualification tournaments". eurohandball.com. 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
5. "World Championship 2015 Play-offs drawn on 21 December". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 20 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
6. "Tough games ahead for Germany, Slovakia and Serbia". huncro2014.ehf-euro.com. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2014-12-21.

External links

• Eurohandball.com Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine