2023 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification

The European qualification for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship, in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, was played over two rounds.

In the first round of qualification, 18 teams who were not participating at the 2022 European Championship played a knockout round with the winners advancing to the second phase, where the teams were joined by the remaining ten teams from the European Championship and play play-off games to determine the qualified teams.

Qualification phase 1

Seeding

The draw was held on 29 June 2022 in Vienna, Austria. ^{[1] [2]} The winner of each tie advanced to the play-off round.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Austria   Slovakia   Iceland   Turkey   Ukraine   Faroe Islands   Portugal   Greece   Italy	Kosovo   Israel   Finland   Luxembourg   Azerbaijan   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Bulgaria   Great Britain   Latvia

Overview

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Azerbaijan	31–68	Portugal	19–32	12–36
Faroe Islands	53–55	Kosovo	24–27	29–28
Slovakia	89–38	Latvia	46–21	43–17
Iceland	67–50	Israel	34–26	33–24
Greece	44–43	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23–21	21–22
Ukraine	66–24	Luxembourg	36–13	30–11
Bulgaria	48–59	Italy	19–26	29–33
Austria	72–50	Finland	37–22	35–28
Great Britain	30–83	Turkey	14–39	16–44

Matches

3 November 2022 20:30	Azerbaijan	19–32	Portugal	Pavilhão Municipal de Paredes, Paredes, Portugal Attendance: 850 Referees: Bočáková, Jánošíková (SVK)
	Bayramova 5	(5–16)	Pereira da Silva, Unjanque 5
	1× 3×	Report	3× 5×

5 November 2022 22:00	Portugal	36–12	Azerbaijan	Pavilhão Municipal de Paredes, Paredes Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Bočáková, Jánošíková (SVK)
	Pereira da Silva, Unjanque 6	(17–5)	Hasyanova, Mikhalkovich 3
	1× 4×	Report	4×

Portugal won 68–31 on aggregate

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3 November 2022 19:30	Faroe Islands	24–27	Kosovo	Istog City Sports Hall, Istog, Kosovo Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Geirsdóttir Eystberg 9	(13–14)	Demaj 9
	7×	Report	1× 5× 1×

5 November 2022 19:30	Kosovo	28–29	Faroe Islands	Istog City Sports Hall, Istog Attendance: 2,250 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Demaj 11	(16–16)	Geirsdóttir Eystberg, Mittún 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 3×

Kosovo won 55–53 on aggregate.

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2 November 2022 19:00	Slovakia	46–21	Latvia	Mestská Sportova hala Sala, Šaľa Attendance: 1,499 Referees: Jakovljević, Kovačević (SRB)
	Lancz 6	(23–13)	Millere 8
	1× 3×	Report	2×

6 November 2022 14:10	Latvia	17–43	Slovakia	Valmieris Olympic Centre, Valmiera Attendance: 100 Referees: Merisi, Pepe (ITA)
	Millere 5	(11–16)	Lancz 10
	1× 4×	Report	1× 4×

Slovakia won 89–38 on aggregate.

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5 November 2022 16:00	Iceland	34–26	Israel	Ithrottamidstod Hauka Asvellir, Hafnarfjörður Attendance: 800 Referees: Borge, Nygren (NOR)
	Erlingsdóttir 11	(18–15)	Shaul 11
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

6 November 2022 16:00	Israel	24–33	Iceland	Ithrottamidstod Hauka Asvellir, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Attendance: 700 Referees: Borge, Nygren (NOR)
	Shaul 6	(11–14)	Jacobsen 7
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

Iceland won 67–50 on aggregate.

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3 November 2022 20:00	Greece	23–21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sports Hall Cazin, Cazin, Bosnia and Herzegovina Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Mania 7	(8–9)	Kolašinac 7
	2× 8×	Report	1× 5×

5 November 2022 17:00	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22–21	Greece	Sports Hall Cazin, Cazin Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Gudelj 7	(14–9)	Kerlidi, Zygoura 4
	1× 5×	Report	2× 5×

Greece won 44–43 on aggregate.

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1 November 2022 19:00	Ukraine	36–13	Luxembourg	d'Coque, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Attendance: 352 Referees: Klompers, Stobbe (NED)
	Levchenko 8	(18–6)	Welter 5
	3×	Report	3×

2 November 2022 19:00	Luxembourg	11–30	Ukraine	d'Coque, Luxembourg City Attendance: 276 Referees: Klompers, Stobbe (NED)
	Kozar 3	(5–16)	Konovalova 6
	2×	Report

Ukraine won 66–24 on aggregate.

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2 November 2022 17:00	Bulgaria	19–26	Italy	Palace of Culture and Sports, Varna Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Gencheva 6	(12–9)	Babbo 5
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

6 November 2022 18:30	Italy	33–29	Bulgaria	Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Manojlovic 8	(18–13)	Tomova 9
		Report	5×

Italy won 59–48 on aggregate.

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3 November 2022 20:25	Austria	37–22	Finland	BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf Attendance: 800 Referees: Capoccia, Jucker (SUI)
	Neidhart 9	(18–11)	Holopainen 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

6 November 2022 14:00	Finland	28–35	Austria	Energia Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 500 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Hilli 8	(13–16)	Pandza 6
	6×	Report	1× 4×

Austria won 72–50 on aggregate.

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5 November 2022 18:00	Great Britain	14–39	Turkey	THF Spor Complex, Çankaya, Turkey Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Murariu, Paraschiv (ROU)
	Thornewell 4	(7–23)	Sarikaya 7
	1× 4×	Report	1× 2×

6 November 2022 18:00	Turkey	44–16	Great Britain	THF Spor Complex, Çankaya Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Murariu, Paraschiv (ROU)
	Sarikaya 7	(21–7)	Gowland 5
	1× 4×	Report	3×

Turkey won 83–30 on aggregate.

Qualification phase 2

The draw took place on 19 November 2022. Serbia and Kosovo were not allowed to be drawn against each other. ^{[3] [4]} The nine winners of phase 1, the Czech Republic and ten teams from the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship played in this round. The games were played on 7 and 8 April and 11 and 12 April 2023.

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2
Croatia   Spain   Germany   Hungary   North Macedonia   Poland   Romania   Slovenia   Serbia    Switzerland	Czech Republic   Austria   Slovakia   Iceland   Turkey   Ukraine   Portugal   Greece   Italy   Kosovo

Overview

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	49–65	Serbia	24–33	25–32
Romania	63–44	Portugal	35–20	28–24
Iceland	49–59	Hungary	21–25	28–34
Poland	68–42	Kosovo	36–22	32–20
Italy	46–64	Slovenia	25–31	21–33
Germany	75–33	Greece	39–13	36–20
Switzerland	58–68	Czech Republic	31–32	27–36
Austria	52–54	Spain	28–28	24–26
North Macedonia	44–55	Ukraine	22–24	22–31
Slovakia	41–56	Croatia	23–25	18–31

Matches

7 April 2023 16:00	Turkey	24–33	Serbia	Giresun Batlama, Giresun Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
	Çalışkan 8	(10–15)	Radosavljević 9
	1× 3×	Report	2× 5×

12 April 2023 18:00	Serbia	32–25	Turkey	Sportski centar Voždovac, Belgrade Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Yovchev, Yonchev (BUL)
	Stoiljković 7	(16–15)	Karaçam 10
	1× 1×	Report	1× 3×

Serbia won 65–49 on aggregate.

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8 April 2023 16:00	Romania	35–20	Portugal	Pitești Arena, Pitești Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Merisi, Pepe (ITA)
	Grozav 7	(19–12)	Andreia Da Silva Lima 5
	5×	Report	5× 1×

12 April 2023 21:15	Portugal	24–28	Romania	Pavilhão Municipal de Paredes, Paredes Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Fahner, Kubis (POL)
	Marqués Santiago 6	(8–13)	Ostase 5
	4×	Report	2×

Romania won 63–44 on aggregate.

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8 April 2023 18:00	Iceland	21–25	Hungary	Ithrottamidstod Hauka Asvellir, Hafnarfjörður Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Björnsdóttir 5	(10–14)	Klujber 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 5×

12 April 2023 18:15	Hungary	34–28	Iceland	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Vámos 8	(17–14)	Sturludóttir 8
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 4×

Hungary won 59–49 on aggregate.

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6 April 2023 17:45	Poland	36–22	Kosovo	Dębowiec Sports Arena, Bielsko-Biała Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Radčenko, Pērsis (LAT)
	Kobylińska, Rosiak 6	(17–6)	Demaj, Hajdari 5
	5×	Report	6×

12 April 2023 20:15	Kosovo	20–32	Poland	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Peretz, Schwartz (ISR)
	Demaj 7	(12–17)	Kobylińska, Nocuń 7
	1× 6×	Report	1× 6×

Poland won 68–42 on aggregate.

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8 April 2023 18:30	Italy	25–31	Slovenia	Pala Santa Filomena, Chieti Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Dalla Costa, Ghilardi 6	(11–17)	Stanko 7
	1× 5×	Report	1× 6×

12 April 2023 17:30	Slovenia	33–21	Italy	Športna dvorana Kodeljevo, Ljubljana Attendance: 800 Referees: Altmár, Horváth (HUN)
	Varagić 8	(18–13)	Eghianruwa 8
	1×	Report	1× 1×

Slovenia won 64–46 on aggregate.

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9 April 2023 17:15	Germany	39–13	Greece	Westpress Arena, Hamm Attendance: 2,110 Referees: Pagh, Thygesen (DEN)
	Maidhof 7	(22–6)	Chatziparasidou 3
	1× 2×	Report	2×

12 April 2023 17:00	Greece	20–36	Germany	Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall, Chalcis Attendance: 50 Referees: Bošnjak, Marić (BIH)
	Chatziparasidou 6	(11–20)	Smits 6
	5×	Report	1× 7×

Germany won 75–33 on aggregate.

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8 April 2023 15:00	Switzerland	31–32	Czech Republic	St. Jakobshalle, Basel Attendance: 3,129 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Bucher 8	(12–14)	Jeřábková, Malá 9
	2× 3×	Report	3×

11 April 2023 19:30	Czech Republic	36–27	Switzerland	Městská hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 1,515 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Jeřábková 9	(17–10)	Kündig 7
	1× 1×	Report	1×

Czech Republic won 68–58 on aggregate.

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8 April 2023 18:00	Austria	28–28	Spain	BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf Attendance: 900 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Kovács 7	(14–18)	Cabral, Gassama 5
	4×	Report	1× 4× 1×

12 April 2023 20:30	Spain	26–24	Austria	Polideportivo Fernando Argüelles, Antequera Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Mikelić, Paradina (CRO)
	Gutiérrez Bermejo 6	(11–12)	Pandza 5
	2× 3×	Report	1× 3×

Spain won 54–52 on aggregate.

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8 April 2023 19:00	North Macedonia	22–24	Ukraine	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Cipov, Klus (SVK)
	Ristovska 8	(8–14)	three players 5
	1× 6× 1×	Report	1× 6×

11 April 2023 17:00	Ukraine	31–22	North Macedonia	Városi Sportcsarnok Kisvárda, Kisvárda, Hungary [note 1] Attendance: 700 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Glibko 7	(14–12)	Gichevska 10
	1× 5× 1×	Report	1× 5×

Ukraine won 55–44 on aggregate.

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7 April 2023 19:00	Slovakia	23–25	Croatia	Mestská Sportova hala Sala, Šaľa Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Lancz 7	(8–11)	Birtić, Burić 5
	8× 1×	Report	1× 6×

12 April 2023 18:00	Croatia	31–18	Slovakia	Sporthall Vijuš, Slavonski Brod Attendance: 2,250 Referees: Lovin, Stancu (ROU)
	Milosavljević 8	(17–10)	Lancz 6
	3× 7× 1×	Report	2× 4×

Croatia won 56–41 on aggregate.

Notes

1. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian team played its home match at neutral venue.

References

1. "Road to 2023 Women's World Championship begins with qualification draw". eurohandball.com. 26 June 2022.
2. "Nine pairings set to open qualification route to 2023 worlds". eurohandball.com. 29 June 2022.
3. "20 teams await play-off draw for 2023 World Championship". eurohandball.com. 17 November 2022.
4. "Play-off draw sets out road to 2023 World Championship". eurohandball.com. 19 November 2022.

External links

• Official website