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
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3 December 2014
20:15 		Slovenia  27–21   Switzerland Saalsporthalle, Zürich
Attendance: 650
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Lazović-Varlec 7 (16–10) Furrer 4
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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
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4 December 2014
20:15 		Switzerland  23–24  Belarus Saalsporthalle, Zürich
Attendance: 450
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Scherer 6 (14–12) Lobach, Yezhykava 5
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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
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6 December 2014
14:30 		Switzerland  36–22  Greece Saalsporthalle, Zürich
Attendance: 380
Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
Scherer 7 (16–11) Tsakalou 6
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hungary won 74–44 on aggregate.

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
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France won 54–41 on aggregate.

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
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Russia won 49–46 on aggregate.

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
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Romania won 56–54 on aggregate.

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
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Netherlands won 56–48 on aggregate.

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
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Spain won 45–39 on aggregate.

14 June 2015
14:30 		Iceland  19–19  Montenegro Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 600
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Thrastardottir 5 (10–11) K. Bulatović 6
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Montenegro won 47–38 on aggregate.

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
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Poland won 54–40 on aggregate.

14 June 2015
18:15 		Sweden  27–21  Croatia Hovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 6,380
Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
Ahlm 7 (14–9) Penezić 7
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Sweden won 51–44 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d "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.
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