2016 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship.

Qualification system

38 teams have registered for participation. 38 teams compete for 15 places at the final tournament in 2 distinct Qualification Phases. In each phase, the teams are divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking.

Qualification Phase 1

The draw for the qualification round was held on the 23 June 2012 at the EHF Congress, in Monte Carlo, Monaco.[1][2] The games were played in a home and away series, with every team playing each other twice. The group winners advanced to the second phase.

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Greece
 Estonia
 Finland
 Italy
 Cyprus
 Belgium
 Luxembourg
 Great Britain
 Ireland

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 4 3 1 0 113 83 +30 7
 Luxembourg 4 1 1 2 97 91 +6 3
 Cyprus 4 1 0 3 77 113 −36 2
31 October 2012
19:00
Finland  28 – 21  Luxembourg Sisu Arena, Karis
Attendance: 903
Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
Rönnberg 10 (12–11) Müller 5
  Report  

4 November 2012
18:00
Cyprus  21 – 26  Finland University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia
Attendance: 300
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Argyrou 7 (7–13) Valo 6
  Report  

3 April 2013
19:30
Luxembourg  16 – 17  Cyprus D'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 500
Referees: Rutkovskis, Dzerve (LAT)
Sarac 5 (7–9) Argyrou 3
  Report  

6 April 2013
17:00
Luxembourg  24 – 24  Finland D'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Müller 8 (9–14) Tamminen 5
  Report  

12 June 2013
20:00
Cyprus  22 – 36  Luxembourg University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia
Attendance: 500
Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
Argyrou 9 (15–17) Poeckes 6
  Report  

15 June 2013
17:30
Finland  35 – 17  Cyprus Varuboden Areena, Kirkkonummi
Attendance: 713
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
Tamminen 10 (19–6) Constantinou, Nikiforou 4
  Report  

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece 4 4 0 0 135 86 +49 8
 Italy 4 2 0 2 136 109 +27 4
 Great Britain 4 0 0 4 83 159 −76 0
31 October 2012
17:30
Greece  43 – 14  Great Britain Stadium Georgios Galanopoulos, Loutraki
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Martens, Verdonck (BEL)
Karypidis 7 (17–8) Vincent 5
  Report   Red card

3 November 2012
20:00
Italy  25 – 31  Greece Palalavis, Lavis
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
Skatar 8 (17–14) Sanikis 8
  Report  

4 April 2013
19:00
Great Britain  23 – 47  Italy Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility, Motherwell
Attendance: 450
Referees: Sigurjónsson, Petursson (ISL)
Larsson 7 (13–24) Skatar 9
  Report  

7 April 2013
15:00
Great Britain  20 – 32  Greece Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
Attendance: 600
Referees: Jaskins, Zabko (LAT)
Larsson 10 (12–16) Papadopoulos 7
  Report  

12 June 2013
20:00
Italy  37 – 26  Great Britain Palalavis, Lavis
Attendance: 600
Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (Kosovo)
Radovcic 6 (18–13) Larsson 8
  Report  

15 June 2013
19:00
Greece  29 – 27  Italy Neapolis Arena, Larissa
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Vasilakis 8 (16–13) Maione 9
  Report  

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Estonia 4 4 0 0 152 75 +77 8
 Belgium 4 2 0 2 111 87 +24 4
 Ireland 4 0 0 4 52 153 −101 0
31 October 2012
18:30
Estonia  44 – 13  Ireland Kehra Sporthall, Kehra
Attendance: 550
Referees: Bol, van Eck (NED)
Peedomaa 7 (20–4) Meyer 4
  Report  

3 November 2012
20:30
Belgium  24 – 31  Estonia Provinciaal Sportcentrum Dommelhof, Neerpelt
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
Houbrechts, Kopljar 5 (12–17) Johannson 7
  Report  

4 April 2013
19:00
Ireland  12 – 28  Belgium University College Dublin, Dublin
Attendance: 250
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Meyer 5 (8–11) Cauwenberghs 9
  Report  

6 April 2013
14:00
Ireland  15 – 45  Estonia University College Dublin, Dublin
Attendance: 260
Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
Ferguson 4 (6–21) three players 5
  Report  

12 June 2013
20:00
Belgium  36 – 12  Ireland Hall de la C.E.T., Tournai
Attendance: 200
Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
Mathijs 8 (18–4) Meyer 4
  Report  

16 June 2013
18:00
Estonia  32 – 23  Belgium Viljandi Sporthall, Viljandi
Attendance: 800
Referees: Novikov, Perepilitsy (UKR)
Patrail 8 (14–11) Kopljar 7
  Report  

Play-off

Seeding

The draw for phase 2 was held on the 27 June 2013, in Vienna, Austria. The three lowest ranked teams of the 2014 qualification are seeded in Pot 1 while the three group winners of Phase 1 are seeded in Pot 2.[3][4]

Pot 1 Pot 2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Romania
  Switzerland
 Estonia
 Finland
 Greece

Matches

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Romania  61–62  Finland 32–30 29–32
Greece  45–55  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23–28 22–27
Estonia  58–65   Switzerland 26–34 32–31

First leg

2 April 2014
19:00
Greece  23 – 28  Bosnia and Herzegovina Mikras 3, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 600
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Papadopoulos 9 (10–13) Prce 5
  Report  

2 April 2014
19:30
Romania  32 – 30  Finland Concordia Sports Hall, Chiajna
Attendance: 850
Referees: Bol, Van Eck (NED)
Mihalcea 6 (16–14) Rönnberg 8
  Report  

2 April 2014
20:00
Estonia  26 – 34   Switzerland Kalevi Spordihall, Tallinn
Attendance: 700
Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
Jaanimaa 6 (13–18) three players 7
  Red card Report  

Second leg

4 April 2014
20:00
Switzerland   31 – 32  Estonia Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen
Attendance: 2,250
Referees: Sigurjónsson, Pétursson (ISL)
Schmid 8 (16–14) Patrail 7
  Report  

Switzerland won 65–58 on aggregate.


5 April 2014
16:05
Finland  32 – 29  Romania Sisu Arena, Karis
Attendance: 720
Referees: Hansen, Pettersen (NOR)
Tamminen 8 (15–13) Ramba 9
  Report  

Finland won 62–61 on aggregate.


5 April 2014
20:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina  27 – 22  Greece JU Sportska dvorana Cazin, Cazin
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
five players 4 (17–12) Papadopoulos, Tziras 4
  Report  

Bosnia and Herzegovina won 55–45 on aggregate.

Qualification Phase 2

The draw was held on 11 April 2014.[5][6] The teams were split into seven groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams from each group and the best third ranked team will qualify for the final tournament.

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Denmark
 Spain
 Croatia
 France
 Serbia
 Hungary
 Slovenia
 Iceland
 Germany
 Macedonia
 Russia
 Sweden
 Belarus
 Norway
 Austria
 Czech Republic
 Montenegro
 Slovakia
 Lithuania
 Portugal
 Netherlands
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Israel
 Latvia
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
 Turkey
 Finland

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 3 0 0 93 75 +18 6
 Croatia 3 2 0 1 93 73 +20 4
 Netherlands 3 1 0 2 76 88 −12 2
 Turkey 3 0 0 3 62 98 −36 0
29 October 2014
19:00
Norway  36–27  Turkey Braathallen, Kristiansund
Attendance: 2,769
Referees: Bernet, Wick (SUI)
Bjørnsen 11 (18–13) Döne 13
  Report  
30 October 2014
18:00
Croatia  35–24  Netherlands Fran Galović, Koprivnica
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Novikov, Perepilitsy (UKR)
Čupić, Slišković 6 (17–10) Schagen 6
  Report  

2 November 2014
14:00
Netherlands  22–30  Norway Topsportcentrum, Almere
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
Van Olphen 5 (9–13) Joendal, Bjørnsen 6
  Red card Report  
2 November 2014
16:00
Turkey  22–32  Croatia THF Sport Hall, Çankaya
Attendance: 800
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Döne 8 (9–16) Kopljar, Čupić 6
  Report  

29 April 2015
19:00
Turkey  23–30  Netherlands THF Sport Hall, Çankaya
Attendance: 500
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
Döne 11 (11–14) Schagen 6
  Report  
29 April 2015
19:10
Norway  27–26  Croatia DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 4,750
Referees: Marín, García (ESP)
Hansen, Sagosen 5 (17–13) Čupić 5
  Red card Report  

3 May 2015
14:00
Netherlands  v  Turkey Topsportcentrum, Almere
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Report
3 May 2015
17:15
Croatia  v  Norway Varaždin Arena, Varaždin
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Report

June 2015 Netherlands  v  Croatia
Report
June 2015 Turkey  v  Norway
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June 2015 Croatia  v  Turkey
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June 2015 Norway  v  Netherlands
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Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 92 71 +21 6
 Belarus 3 1 1 1 82 89 −7 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 1 1 74 73 +1 3
 Lithuania 3 0 0 3 72 83 −11 0
29 October 2014
16:30
Belarus  25–25  Bosnia and Herzegovina Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 5,600
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Pukhouski 6 (12–13) Vražalić 6
  Report  
30 October 2014
20:15
Denmark  31–21  Lithuania Brøndby Hall, Brøndby
Attendance: 4,016
Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
Hansen 7 (16–8) Drabavičius 5
  Report  

2 November 2014
16:00
Lithuania  28–30  Belarus Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai
Attendance: 500
Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
Malasinskas 9 (13–13) Pukhouski 8
  Report   Red card
2 November 2014
20:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina  23–25  Denmark KSPC Mejdan, Tuzla
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Toromanović 6 (11–12) Møllgaard, Hansen 5
  Report  

30 April 2015
19:00
Belarus  27–36  Denmark Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 6,500
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
S. Rutenka 10 (12–17) Mortensen 9
  Report  
30 April 2015
20:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina  26–23  Lithuania Sports Hall Cazin, Cazin
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Harabagiu, Stănescu (ROU)
Prce 9 (13–10) Petreikis 6
  Report  

2 May 2015
20:15
Denmark  v  Belarus NRGi Arena, Aarhus
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Report
3 May 2015
17:00
Lithuania  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas
Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
Report

June 2015 Lithuania  v  Denmark
Report
June 2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Belarus
Report

June 2015 Denmark  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
June 2015 Belarus  v  Lithuania
Report

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 94 70 +24 6
 Slovenia 3 2 0 1 94 81 +13 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 76 90 −14 2
 Slovakia 3 0 0 3 66 89 −23 0
29 October 2014
20:30
Slovenia  31–25  Slovakia Arena Bonifika, Koper
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Gajić 9 (15–12) Rábek 7
  Report  
30 October 2014
17:15
Sweden  33–23  Latvia Rosvalla Nyköping Eventcenter, Nyköping
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Pandzić, Satordzija (BIH)
Ekberg, Petersen 6 (18–8) Krištopāns 8
  Report   Red card

1 November 2014
17:05
Latvia  28–39  Slovenia Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Jurdžs 7 (13–21) Gajić 10
  Red card Report   Red card
1 November 2014
18:00
Slovakia  23–33  Sweden Hant Aréna, Bratislava
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
Urban 7 (15–16) Nilsson 9
  Report  

29 April 2015
19:15
Sweden  28–24  Slovenia Vida Arena, Växjö
Attendance: 4,512
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeik (LTU)
Gottfridsson 10 (18–10) Gajič 10
  Report  
29 April 2015
19:35
Latvia  25–18  Slovakia Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 900
Referees: Hansen, Pettersen (NOR)
Krištopāns 8 (11–7) Rábek 8
  Report  

2 May 2015
18:00
Slovakia  v  Latvia Sportova hala Na Zabrani, Hlohovec
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Report
3 May 2015
17:30
Slovenia  v  Sweden Zlatorog Arena, Celje
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Report

June 2015 Slovakia  v  Slovenia
Report
June 2015 Latvia  v  Sweden
Report

June 2015 Slovenia  v  Latvia
Report
June 2015 Sweden  v  Slovakia
Report

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iceland 3 2 0 1 98 66 +32 4
 Montenegro 3 2 0 1 68 68 0 4
 Serbia 3 2 0 1 73 81 −8 4
 Israel 3 0 0 3 60 84 −24 0
29 October 2014
19:30
Iceland  36–19  Israel Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 1,950
Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
Sigurðsson 9 (14–9) Pomeranz 6
  Report   Red card
29 October 2014
20:00
Serbia  25–21  Montenegro Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Djukić, Vujin 7 (10–9) Melić 6
  Report  

2 November 2014
18:00
Montenegro  25–24  Iceland Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Attendance: 2,234
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Borozan 10 (14–12) Petersson 7
  Report  
2 November 2014
19:45
Israel  22–26  Serbia Maccabi Sport Centre, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Pomeranz 9 (10–13) Stojković 6
  Report  

29 April 2015
19:30
Iceland  38–22  Serbia Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Sigurðsson 12 (16–10) Marsenić 6
  Report  
30 April 2015
19:45
Israel  19–22  Montenegro Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
Levy 6 (9–9) Lipovina 7
  Report  

3 May 2015
19:00
Serbia  v  Iceland Čair Sports Center, Niš
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Report
3 May 2015
20:00
Montenegro  v  Israel Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar
Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
Report

June 2015 Montenegro  v  Serbia
Report
June 2015 Israel  v  Iceland
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June 2015 Serbia  v  Israel
Report
June 2015 Iceland  v  Montenegro
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Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 91 73 +18 6
 Russia 2 1 0 1 57 56 +1 2
 Portugal 3 1 0 2 91 91 0 2
 Ukraine 2 0 0 2 46 65 −19 0
29 October 2014
20:30
Hungary  31–30  Portugal Generali aréna, Miskolc
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
three players 5 (19–15) Rocha 9
  Report  

2 November 2014
16:00
Portugal  29–34  Russia Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Portela 7 (12–18) Igropulo 8
  Report  
2 November 2014
18:00
Ukraine  20–33  Hungary Palace of Sports, Kiev
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Onufryienko 5 (9–15) Iváncsik 7
  Report  

30 April 2015
18:00
Ukraine  26–32  Portugal TRC-Terminal Brovary, Brovary
Attendance: 1,120
Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
Tiutiunnik 7 (12–17) Portela 10
  Report  
30 April 2015
19:00
Russia  23–27  Hungary Olimpiysky Sport Palace, Chekhov
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Shishkarev 6 (8–15) Császár 5
  Report  

2 May 2015
16:10
Hungary  v  Russia Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
Report
3 May 2015
16:05
Portugal  v  Ukraine Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia
Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
Report

June 2015 Russia  v  Ukraine
Report

June 2015 Portugal  v  Hungary
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June 2015 Ukraine  v  Russia
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June 2015 Hungary  v  Ukraine
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June 2015 Russia  v  Portugal
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Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 3 0 0 101 74 +27 6
 Macedonia 3 1 1 1 79 74 +5 3
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 82 94 −12 3
  Switzerland 3 0 0 3 70 90 −20 0
29 October 2014
17:45
Macedonia  27–20   Switzerland Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
Lazarov 13 (12–8) Schmid 5
  Report  
30 October 2014
19:30
France  41–25  Czech Republic Le Phare, Chambéry
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
Joli 7 (20–12) Linhart 8
  Report  

2 November 2014
13:30
Czech Republic  27–27  Macedonia Sportovní hala Euronics, Zlín
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
Linhart, Zdráhala 7 (18–11) Lazarov 10
  Red card Report  
2 November 2014
14:30
Switzerland   24–33  France St. Jakobshalle, Basel
Attendance: 6,700
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Sidorowiz 9 (11–15) Guigou 8
  Report  

29 April 2015
20:00
Switzerland   26–30  Czech Republic BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
Schmid 7 (12–14) Petrovský 6
  Red card Report   Red card
29 April 2015
20:15
Macedonia  25–27  France Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 6,800
Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
Lazarov 8 (13–15) Guigou 6
  Report  

2 May 2015
17:00
Czech Republic  v   Switzerland Sportovní hala TJ Lokomotiva, Plzeň
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Report
3 May 2015
17:05
France  v  Macedonia Palais des sports André-Brouat, Toulouse
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Report

10 June 2015
18:10
Czech Republic  v  France Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno
Report
10 June 2015
20:00
Switzerland   v  Macedonia Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen
Report

June 2015 France  v   Switzerland
Report
June 2015 Macedonia  v  Czech Republic
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Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 3 3 0 0 87 70 +17 6
 Spain 3 2 0 1 89 72 +17 4
 Austria 3 1 0 2 66 78 −12 2
 Finland 3 0 0 3 68 90 −22 0
29 October 2014
20:15
Germany  30–18  Finland Schwalbe Arena, Gummersbach
Attendance: 4,141
Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
Gensheimer, Weinhold 4 (19–8) A. Rönnberg 6
  Report  
29 October 2014
20:30
Spain  27–16  Austria Pavillón Municipal dos Deportes de Pontevedra, Pontevedra
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Tomás 6 (12–8) Weber 3
  Report  

1 November 2014
17:05
Finland  27–34  Spain Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
Tamminen 11 (15–17) Maqueda, Tomás 7
  Red card Report  
2 November 2014
18:00
Austria  24–28  Germany Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Weber 6 (11–12) Gensheimer 10
  Report  

29 April 2015
18:10
Germany  29–28  Spain SAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 11,895
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Gensheimer 9 (17–15) Rivera Folch 10
  Report  
29 April 2015
18:30
Finland  23–26  Austria Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Broman 7 (12–11) Božović 6
  Report  

2 May 2015
20:25
Austria  v  Finland Handballarena Rieden-Vorkloster, Bregenz
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
Report
3 May 2015
17:00
Spain  v  Germany Palacio de los Deportes de León, León
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Report

10 June 2015
20:00
Finland  v  Germany Energia Areena, Vantaa
Report
10 June 2015
20:25
Austria  v  Spain Olympiahalle, Innsbruck
Report

June 2015 Spain  v  Finland
Report
14 June 2015
15:15
Germany  v  Austria Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel
Report

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