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

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The draw was held on 24 July 2012 at 11:00 at Vienna, Austria.[1][2]

Seedings

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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

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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
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group B

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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
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
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
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29 November 2012
20:00
Netherlands   47–20   Israel Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn
Attendance: 500
Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
Polman 8 (22–10) Dunay 7
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Group C

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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22 November 2012
20:00
Italy   16–30   Belarus Palasport, Rovereto
Attendance: 500
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
Ganga 5 (9–11) Stsiapanava, Yezhykova 6
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1 December 2012
20:30
Italy   32–30   Lithuania Palasport, Rovereto
Attendance: 200
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (Kosovo)
Fanton 7 (16–17) Butenaite 10
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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
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Group D

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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
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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
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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
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24 November 2012
17:00
Azerbaijan   26–30   Turkey ABU Arena, Baku
Attendance: 500
Referees: Markovska, Vutov (BUL)
Peche 5 (12–13) Özel 8
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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
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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
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Playoff round

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Seedings

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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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2 June 2013
16:00
Iceland   17–29   Czech Republic Vodafonehöllin, Hlíðarendi
Attendance: 523
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Bragadóttir 8 (6–15) Hrbková 8
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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
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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
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Second leg

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Qualification Europe Phase 1". eurohandball.com. 24 July 2012.
  3. ^ "2013 Women's World Championship in Serbia – Qualification Europe". eurohandball.com. 19 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Draw for World Championship Play-Off matches". eurohandball.com. 14 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Draw for European 2013 World Championship play-offs". eurohandball.com. 16 December 2012.
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