2023 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

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The European qualification for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship determined nine European contestants at the final tournament, which joined six already qualified teams: Sweden and Poland, as co-hosts, Denmark, as title holder, and three best ranked teams at 2022 European Men's Handball Championship excluding Sweden, Poland and Denmark.

Format[edit]

Qualification campaign was organized into two phases.

In the Phase 1, 16 teams not participating at the 2022 European Championship were split into four groups of four teams; the group winners and runners-up advanced to the second phase.

The Phase 2 was divided into two parts.

The Phase 2 part 1 comprised eight teams advanced from the first phase, joined by the best ranked team according EHF Men´s National Team Ranking List. Those nine teams faced the nine lowest-ranked teams from the 2022 European Championship which haven't qualified directly for the World Championship. The winners of nine ties (home and away matches) proceeded to the second part.

The Phase 2 part 2 comprised nine winners from the first part which faced the nine highest-ranked teams from the 2022 European Championship which haven't qualified directly for the World Championship. The winners of nine ties (home and away matches) qualified for the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Qualification phase 1[edit]

The draw took place on 19 August 2021.[2][3] Each group can decide if they want to play home-and away matches or play the games at a single venue.

Seeding[edit]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Romania
 Latvia
 Belgium
 Finland 		 Italy
 Turkey
 Israel
 Estonia 		 Luxembourg
 Greece
 Cyprus
 Georgia 		 Kosovo
 Faroe Islands
 Great Britain
 Moldova

All times are UTC+1.

Group 1[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 6 6 0 0 170 136 +34 12 Qualification phase 2
2  Belgium 6 2 1 3 174 186 −12 5
3  Turkey 6 2 0 4 147 163 −16 4
4  Kosovo 6 1 1 4 151 157 −6 3
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
3 November 2021
16:00 		Turkey  25–23  Kosovo Porsuk Spor Salonu, Odunpazarı
Attendance: 500
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Biçer 7 (15–14) Gjuka 6
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3 November 2021
20:15 		Belgium  27–29  Greece Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 1,501
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
Glorieux 7 (12–14) Tziras 10
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7 November 2021
16:00 		Greece  24–20  Turkey Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Heraklion
Attendance: 500
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
Mylonas 6 (10–9) Simsar 5
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7 November 2021
17:00 		Kosovo  28–28  Belgium Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Attendance: 550
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
Tahirukaj 6 (14–12) Colman 6
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5 January 2022
17:00 		Turkey  30–25  Belgium Kastamonu Atatürk Sport Hall, Kastamonu
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Barysas, Petrušis (LTU)
Biçer 6 (17–14) Serras 9
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5 January 2022
17:00 		Kosovo  20–21  Greece Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Attendance: 500
Referees: Mikelić, Parađina (CRO)
Dedaj 7 (9–13) Kalomoiros, Mallios 6
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8 January 2022
20.15 		Belgium  37–28  Turkey Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
Spooren 8 (17–13) Simsar 8
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9 January 2022
14:00 		Greece  26–25  Kosovo Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Heraklion
Attendance: 50
Referees: Jerlecki, Łabuń (POL)
Mallios 5 (14–9) Dedaj 6
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12 January 2022
19:15 		Kosovo  26–24  Turkey Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina
Attendance: 650
Referees: Yovchev, Yonchev (BUL)
Dedaj 9 (13–13) Biçer 6
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13 January 2022
18:15 		Greece  42–24  Belgium Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena, Heraklion
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Arampatzis 9 (21–9) Glorieux 5
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15 January 2022
20:15 		Belgium  33–29  Kosovo Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
Spooren 8 (18–12) Tahirukaj 8
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16 January 2022
12:00 		Turkey  20–28  Greece Hasan Dağı Spor Salonu, Aksaray
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
Hacıoğlu, Öztürk 4 (11–14) Kostakidis 6
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Group 2[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland (H) 3 2 1 0 102 81 +21 5 Qualification phase 2
2  Estonia 3 2 0 1 95 84 +11 4
3  Georgia 3 1 1 1 88 86 +2 3
4  Great Britain 3 0 0 3 70 104 −34 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
5 November 2021
16:00 		Finland  35–30  Estonia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 550
Referees: Šniurevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
Helander 11 (17–15) Toom 6
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5 November 2021
19:00 		Georgia  32–26  Great Britain Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 150
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Chanturia 6 (17–9) Klaening 7
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6 November 2021
15:00 		Finland  29–29  Georgia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 600
Referees: Šniurevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
M. Granlund, Helander 7 (15–18) Kbilashvili 8
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6 November 2021
18:00 		Estonia  34–22  Great Britain Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 150
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Varik 8 (20–10) Edgar 8
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7 November 2021
14:00 		Great Britain  22–38  Finland Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 600
Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
Edgar 8 (10–16) three players 6
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7 November 2021
17:00 		Estonia  31–27  Georgia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 200
Referees: Šniurevičius, Grigalionis (LTU)
Rooba 10 (15–16) Kbilashvili, Orjonikidze 6
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Group 3[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania (H) 3 3 0 0 76 53 +23 6 Qualification phase 2
2  Israel 3 2 0 1 82 64 +18 4
3  Moldova 3 1 0 2 64 75 −11 2
4  Cyprus[a] 3 0 0 3 0 30 −30 0 Withdrawn
Updated to match(es) played on 8 January 2022. Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Cyprus withdrew before the tournament because of several positive COVID-19 tests inside their team. All games were forfeited with a score of 10–0 for the opposing team.[4]
7 January 2022
17:00 		Romania  33–30  Israel BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
Attendance: 900
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Grigoraș 8 (18–18) Lumbroso 9
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8 January 2022
14:00 		Israel  42–31  Moldova BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
Attendance: 150
Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
Cohen 7 (22–13) Dodica 9
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9 January 2022
17:00 		Moldova  23–33  Romania BTarena, Cluj-Napoca
Attendance: 750
Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
Dodica 8 (15–18) Cumpanici 5
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Cancelled Cyprus  0–10[note 2]  Moldova
Cancelled Romania  10–0[note 2]  Cyprus
Cancelled Israel  10–0[note 2]  Cyprus

Group 4[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Faroe Islands (H) 3 2 0 1 79 76 +3 4[a] Qualification phase 2
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 91 78 +13 4[a]
3  Luxembourg 3 1 1 1 89 85 +4 3
4  Latvia 3 0 1 2 72 92 −20 1
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Faroe Islands 27–26 Italy
14 January 2022
18:00 		Latvia  23–36  Italy Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn
Attendance: 75
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Krištopāns 5 (13–21) D'Antino 7
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14 January 2022
20:30 		Luxembourg  31–26  Faroe Islands Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn
Attendance: 400
Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU)
Hoffmann 7 (11–10) Teigum 9
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15 January 2022
18:00 		Latvia  30–30  Luxembourg Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn
Attendance: 50
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Pančenko 6 (18–15) Wirtz 9
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15 January 2022
20:30 		Italy  26–27  Faroe Islands Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn
Attendance: 400
Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU)
Parisini 6 (13–11) Mikkelsen 7
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16 January 2022
16:30 		Italy  29–28  Luxembourg Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn
Attendance: 50
Referees: Ivanauskas, Jencevicius (LTU)
Arcieri 10 (18–14) Hoffmann 7
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16 January 2022
19:00 		Faroe Islands  26–19  Latvia Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn
Attendance: 400
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Mikkelsen 5 (17–10) Tuminskis 6
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Qualification phase 2[edit]

The qualification phase 2 draw took place on the final weekend of the EHF EURO 2022 in Budapest.[1][5]

Part 1[edit]

Eight teams advanced from the Phase 1 joined by Switzerland as the best ranked team which hasn't qualified for the 2022 European Men's Handball Championship, played against the nine lowest-ranked teams from 2022 European Men's Handball Championship. Matches were played between 14 and 20 March 2022.[6][7]

Seeding[edit]

Pot 1 Pot 2
 Austria
 Belarus
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Lithuania
 North Macedonia
 Portugal
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 Ukraine 		 Belgium
 Estonia
 Faroe Islands
 Finland
 Israel
 Greece
 Italy
 Romania
  Switzerland

Overview[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ukraine  0–20 w/o[A]  Finland 0–10 0–10
Italy  49–57  Slovenia 28–29 21–28
Portugal  66–54   Switzerland 33–26 33–28
Austria  62–57  Estonia 35–33 27–24
Greece  52–43  Bosnia and Herzegovina 24–17 28–26
North Macedonia  52–46  Romania 30–22 22–24
Israel  55–49  Lithuania 28–24 27–25
Slovakia  54–57  Belgium 28–26 26–31
Faroe Islands  20–0 w/o[B]  Belarus 10–0 10–0
  1. ^ Finland won on walkover as the Ukraine could not play due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
  2. ^ Faroe Islands won on walkover as the EHF suspended Belarus due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

All times are UTC+1.

Matches[edit]
Cancelled[note 3] Ukraine  0–10  Finland
Cancelled[note 3] Finland  10–0  Ukraine
16 March 2022
18:30 		Italy  28–29  Slovenia Kioene Arena, Padova
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Bolic, Hurich (AUT)
Bronzo 7 (16–14) Marguč 8
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20 March 2022
14:30 		Slovenia  28–21  Italy Golovec Hall, Celje
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
Bombač 7 (12–9) Parisini 7
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Slovenia won 57–49 on aggregate.

17 March 2022
20:00 		Portugal  33–26   Switzerland Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Iturriza 8 (15–12) Rubin 7
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20 March 2022
14:30 		Switzerland  28–33  Portugal Winterthur Central Sports Hall, Winterthur
Attendance: 1,950
Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
Rubin 6 (13–17) Branquinho, Portela 5
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Portugal won 66–54 on aggregate.

17 March 2022
19:00 		Austria  35–33  Estonia Sporthalle Rieden-Vorkloster, Bregenz
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Wagner 9 (15–16) Toom 7
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20 March 2022
18:40 		Estonia  24–27  Austria Kalev Sports Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 500
Referees: Madsen, Mortensen (DEN)
Jaanimaa, Rooba 5 (13–14) Frimmel 8
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Austria won 62–57 on aggregate.

16 March 2022
18:15 		Greece  24–17  Bosnia and Herzegovina Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall, Chalcis
Attendance: 900
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Mallios 13 (10–8) Građan, Jozinović 4
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19 March 2022
20:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  26–28  Greece KSPC Mejdan, Tuzla
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Kadrić, Ovčina 5 (10–12) Boskos 10
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Greece won 52–43 on aggregate.

17 March 2022
19:00 		North Macedonia  30–22  Romania Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Taleski 10 (16–13) Cumpãnici, Negru 5
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19 March 2022
17:00 		Romania  24–22  North Macedonia Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Humet 7 (12–12) Lazarov 6
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North Macedonia won 52–46 on aggregate.

16 March 2022
18:00 		Israel  28–24  Lithuania Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Sidi 7 (10–13) Malašinskas 11
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20 March 2022
15:00 		Lithuania  25–27  Israel Alytus Arena, Alytus
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Budzák, Záhradník (SVK)
Dumčius, Malašinskas 5 (10–13) Sidi 6
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Israel won 55–49 on aggregate.

16 March 2022
20:00 		Slovakia  28–26  Belgium Športová Hala Topoľčany, Topoľčany
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Pirvu, Potirniche (ROU)
Urban 8 (10–14) Spooren 7
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19 March 2022
20:10 		Belgium  31–26  Slovakia Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 1,650
Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (ESP)
Glorieux 6 (14–11) Slaninka, Urban 5
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Belgium won 57–54 on aggregate.

Cancelled[note 4] Faroe Islands  10–0  Belarus
Cancelled[note 4] Belarus  0–10  Faroe Islands

Part 2[edit]

The winners from Part 1 advanced and faced the nine highest-ranked teams from 2022 European Men's Handball Championship (other than the six direct qualifiers as described at the beginning of the article). Matches were played between 11 and 17 April 2022.[6][7]

Seeding[edit]

Pot 1 Pot 2
 Croatia
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Hungary
 Iceland
 Montenegro
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Serbia 		 Austria
 Belgium
 Faroe Islands
 Finland
 Greece
 Israel
 North Macedonia
 Portugal
 Slovenia

Overview[edit]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Finland  43–70  Croatia 21–34 22–36
Slovenia  51–57  Serbia 31–34 20–23
Portugal  65–61  Netherlands 30–33 35–28
Austria  56–68  Iceland 30–34 26–34
Greece  50–56  Montenegro 25–23 25–33
Czech Republic  49–51  North Macedonia 24–24 25–27
Israel  54–64  Hungary 32–33 22–31
Russia  0–20 w/o[A]  Belgium 0–10 0–10
Germany  67–53  Faroe Islands 34–26 33–27
  1. ^ Belgium won on walkover as the EHF suspended Russia due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]
Matches[edit]

All times are UTC+2.

13 April 2022
18:00 		Finland  21–34  Croatia Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Barysas, Petrušis (LTU)
Granlund 5 (9–16) Glavaš 8
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16 April 2022
18:00 		Croatia  36–22  Finland Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
Marić 7 (18–10) Syrjälä 5
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Croatia won 70–43 on aggregate.

13 April 2022
20:00 		Slovenia  31–34  Serbia Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Attendance: 3,600
Referees: Stark, Ștefan (ROU)
Bombač 8 (16–20) Đorđić 8
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16 April 2022
18:00 		Serbia  23–20  Slovenia Sport Centar Mladost, Kragujevac
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Ilić, Radivojević 4 (10–8) Bombač 6
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Serbia won 57–51 on aggregate.

14 April 2022
20:00 		Portugal  30–33  Netherlands Portimão Arena, Portimão
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Iturriza 8 (16–17) Smits 9
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17 April 2022
14:00 		Netherlands  28–35  Portugal Indoor Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven
Attendance: 2,400
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Smits 8 (15–17) M. Costa 10
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Portugal won 65–61 on aggregate.

13 April 2022
18:00 		Austria  30–34  Iceland Sporthalle Rieden-Vorkloster, Bregenz
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Zivkovic 6 (13–18) Elísson 11
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16 April 2022
18:00 		Iceland  34–26  Austria Íþróttamiðstöð Hauka, Hafnarfjörður
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Elísson 8 (19–15) Wagner 6
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Iceland won 68–56 on aggregate.

13 April 2022
18:15 		Greece  25–23  Montenegro Tasos Kampouris Kanithou Indoor Hall, Chalcis
Attendance: 1,550
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Passias 5 (15–10) M. Vujović 7
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17 April 2022
18:00 		Montenegro  33–25  Greece Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
B. Vujović 9 (16–12) Tziras 8
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Montenegro won 56–50 on aggregate.

13 April 2022
19:15 		Czech Republic  24–24  North Macedonia Datart Hala, Zlín
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Hrstka, Klíma 5 (10–13) Taleski 5
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17 April 2022
19:00 		North Macedonia  27–25  Czech Republic Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 6,963
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Kuzmanovski 9 (14–12) Hrstka, Piroch 5
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North Macedonia won 51–49 on aggregate.

13 April 2022
18:00 		Israel  32–33  Hungary Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
Cohen 9 (18–17) Rodríguez Álvarez 7
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16 April 2022
17:30 		Hungary  31–22  Israel Tatabányai Multifunkcionális Sportcsarnok, Tatabánya
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
Ancsin, Szita 6 (15–13) Lumbroso 7
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Hungary won 64–54 on aggregate.

Cancelled[note 5] Russia  0–10  Belgium
Cancelled[note 5] Belgium  10–0  Russia
13 April 2022
18:15 		Germany  34–26  Faroe Islands Wunderino Arena, Kiel
Attendance: 5,121
Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
four players 5 (17–11) Ellefsen á Skipagøtu 5
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16 April 2022
20:00 		Faroe Islands  27–33  Germany Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn
Attendance: 1,698
Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
Ellefsen á Skipagøtu 9 (16–15) Mertens 6
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Germany won 67–53 on aggregate.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ a b c The matches could not be played and were assessed by the EHF.[4]
  3. ^ a b The matches could not be played due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
  4. ^ a b Belarus was excluded after their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]
  5. ^ a b Russia was excluded after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "What's at stake at EHF EURO 2022?". eurohandball.com. 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Save the date for a trio of international draws". eurohandball.com. 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Four groups drawn to open Men's World Championship 2023 qualifying". eurohandball.com. 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Next steps towards Poland/Sweden 2023". eurohandball.com. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Pairings revealed for next stage of World Championship qualification". eurohandball.com. 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "COMPETITIONS COMMISSION MEETING". handball.no. 27 August 2021.>
  7. ^ a b "World Championship 2023 qualification progression determined". eurohandball.com. 19 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Miesten MM-karsintaottelut Ukrainaa vastaan peruutettu". finnhandball.net. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "EHF decision on current competition structures". eurohandball.com. EHF. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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