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
[edit]The draw was held on 24 July 2012 at 11:00 at Vienna, Austria.[1][2]
Seedings
[edit]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
[edit]| 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 |
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
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Group B
[edit]| 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 |
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
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Report | 3× 6×
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Group C
[edit]| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
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Report | 2× 3×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
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Report | 3× 5×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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
[edit]| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
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Report | 3× 2×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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
[edit]Seedings
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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
[edit]| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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×
|
| 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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Women's World Championship qualification draw". eurohandball.com. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Qualification Europe Phase 1". eurohandball.com. 24 July 2012.
- ^ "2013 Women's World Championship in Serbia – Qualification Europe". eurohandball.com. 19 July 2012.
- ^ "Draw for World Championship Play-Off matches". eurohandball.com. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
- ^ "Draw for European 2013 World Championship play-offs". eurohandball.com. 16 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- Eurohandball.com Archived 5 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine