en 2023 World Men%27s Handball Championship %E2%80%93 European qualification

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

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

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

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

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	Qualification phase 2
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, Eskişehir Attendance: 500 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Biçer 7	(15–14)	Gjuka 6
	4×	Report	1× 4×

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
	5×	Report	1× 6×

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
	1× 4×	Report	2× 4×

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
	1× 4×	Report	1× 9×

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
	2× 6× 1×	Report	5×

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
	5×	Report	1× 7×

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
	2× 2×	Report	6×

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
	1× 6×	Report	5×

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
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

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
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

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
	3×	Report	1× 4× 1×

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
	1× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

Group 2

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	Qualification phase 2
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
	5× 1×	Report	5×

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
	1× 5×	Report	1× 2×

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
	4×	Report	1× 8× 1×

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
	1× 5×	Report	6×

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
	4×	Report	2× 5×

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
	8×	Report	1× 7×

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania (H)	3	3	0	76	53	+23	6	Qualification phase 2
2	Israel	3	2	1	82	64	+18	4	Qualification phase 2
3	Moldova	3	1	2	64	75	−11	2
4	Cyprus^[a]	3	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:

^ 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
	3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

8 January 2022 14:00	Israel	42–31	Moldova	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 150 Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
	Cohen 7	(22–13)	Dodica 9
	3×	Report	2×

9 January 2022 17:00	Moldova	23–33	Romania	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 750 Referees: Novikov, Rozhkov (UKR)
	Dodica 8	(15–18)	Cumpanici 5
	3×	Report	1× 4×

Cancelled	Cyprus	0–10^{[note 2]}	Moldova

Cancelled	Romania	10–0^{[note 2]}	Cyprus

Cancelled	Israel	10–0^{[note 2]}	Cyprus

Group 4

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]	Qualification phase 2
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:

^ ^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
	1× 8×	Report	6×

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
	1× 7× 2×	Report	3×

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
	4×	Report	8× 1×

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
	2× 3×	Report	1× 5×

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
	1× 3×	Report	1× 7× 1×

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
	1× 4×	Report	1× 6×

Qualification phase 2

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

Part 1

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

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

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

^ Finland won on walkover as Ukraine could not play due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[8]
^ 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

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
	1×	Report	1× 4×

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
	1× 4×	Report

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
	2× 1×	Report	1× 2×

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
	3× 5×	Report	4×

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
	3×	Report	4×

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
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4×

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
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 5×

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
	3×	Report	5×

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
	4×	Report	2× 4× 1×

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
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

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
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

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
	6×	Report	2× 3×

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
	1× 3×	Report	1× 2×

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
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2×

Belgium won 57–54 on aggregate.

Cancelled^{[note 4]}	Faroe Islands	10–0	Belarus

Cancelled^{[note 4]}	Belarus	0–10	Faroe Islands

Part 2

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

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

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

^ Belgium won on walkover as the EHF suspended Russia due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9]

Matches

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
	1× 4×	Report	1×

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
	1× 2×	Report	3×

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
	2× 3×	Report	1× 6× 1×

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
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×

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
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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
	1× 5×	Report	1× 4×

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
	2× 3×	Report	1× 5×

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
	1× 3×	Report	2×

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
	1× 7× 1×	Report	1× 7×

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
	1× 5×	Report	2× 4×

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
	1× 4×	Report	2× 5×

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
	1× 5×	Report	1× 3×

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
	4×	Report	1× 6×

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
	1× 2×	Report	1× 2× 1×

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
	2× 7×	Report	7×

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
	2× 4×	Report	1× 3×

Germany won 67–53 on aggregate.

Notes

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

References

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^ "Save the date for a trio of international draws". eurohandball.com. 11 August 2021.
^ "Four groups drawn to open Men's World Championship 2023 qualifying". eurohandball.com. 19 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Next steps towards Poland/Sweden 2023". eurohandball.com. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
^ "Pairings revealed for next stage of World Championship qualification". eurohandball.com. 29 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "COMPETITIONS COMMISSION MEETING". handball.no. 27 August 2021.>
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[table_note_CYP0.1461584391753-6] 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]

[table_hth_FRO0.27617751587004-8] Faroe Islands 27–26 Italy

[13] Finland won on walkover as Ukraine could not play due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[8]

[15] Faroe Islands won on walkover as the EHF suspended Belarus due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9]

[18] Belgium won on walkover as the EHF suspended Russia due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9]

[Behind_closed_doors-4] The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Assessed-7] The matches could not be played and were assessed by the EHF.^[4]

[Ukraine-16] The matches could not be played due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[8]

[Belarus-17] Belarus was excluded after their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9]

[Russia-19] Russia was excluded after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9]

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2023 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

Format

Qualification phase 1

Seeding

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Qualification phase 2

Part 1

Seeding

Overview

Matches

Part 2

Seeding

Overview

Matches

Notes

References

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