2008 European Men's Handball Championship - Qualification Round

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Qualification matches for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules host (Norway), and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places will be determined in play-offs in June; nine teams are seeded after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages.

[edit] Group stage

Final standings (as of 30 January 2007)

Group 1 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Belarus 3 3 0 0 100 74 6 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 100 74 4 Cyprus 3 1 0 2 71 86 2 Moldova 3 0 0 3 73 110 0		Group 2 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Serbia 6 4 1 1 220 164 9 Macedonia 6 4 1 1 185 179 9 Israel 6 3 0 3 172 174 6 Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 149 209 0
Group 3 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Romania 6 6 0 0 203 153 12 Latvia 6 4 0 2 187 167 8 Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 140 170 2 Georgia 6 1 0 5 140 179 2		Group 4 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Montenegro 6 5 1 0 200 178 11 Netherlands 6 3 1 2 186 186 7 Austria 6 3 0 3 183 178 6 Finland 6 0 0 6 165 199 0
Group 5 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Switzerland 6 6 0 0 186 151 12 Lithuania 6 3 0 3 186 188 6 Italy 6 2 0 4 173 187 4 Turkey 6 1 0 5 167 186 2		Group 6 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Portugal 4 3 0 1 115 94 6 Greece 4 3 0 1 107 98 6 Estonia 4 0 0 4 95 125 0
Group 7 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Sweden 4 4 0 0 139 106 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 0 2 143 121 4 Belgium 4 0 0 4 95 125 0

[edit] Play-off

The play-off draw was made in Vienna on 26 January 2007. The matches were two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekend of June.

Team 1		Result	Team 2		1st leg	2nd leg
Poland		72 – 47		Netherlands	31 – 20	41 – 27
Lithuania		53 – 59		Hungary	23 – 28	30 – 31
Ukraine		48 – 63		Slovakia	29 – 28	19 – 35
Slovenia		66 – 60		Macedonia	33 – 28	33 – 32
Latvia		56 – 64		Czech Republic	30 – 31	26 – 33
Belarus		61 – 54		Switzerland	33 – 24	28 – 30
Sweden		69 – 59		Romania	36 – 25	33 – 34
Portugal		55 – 63		Montenegro	28 – 30	27 – 33
Serbia		70 – 71		Iceland	30 – 29	40 – 42