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 competed for 15 places at the final tournament in 2 distinct Qualification Phases. In each phase, the teams were 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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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
	5× 3×	Report	5× 3×

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
	1× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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
	3× 3×	Report	5× 3×

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
	5× 3×	Report	6× 3×

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	4	4	0	135	86	+49	8
Italy	4	2	2	136	109	+27	4
Great Britain	4	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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3× 1×

3 November 2012 20:00	Italy	25 – 31	Greece	Palalavis, Lavis Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
	Skatar 8	(17–14)	Sanikis 8
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

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
	1× 3×	Report	6× 2×

12 June 2013 20:00	Italy	37 – 26	Great Britain	Palalavis, Lavis Attendance: 600 Referees: Vitaku, Vitaku (Kosovo)
	Radovcic 6	(18–13)	Larsson 8
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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
	4× 3×	Report	4× 3×

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Estonia	4	4	0	152	75	+77	8
Belgium	4	2	2	111	87	+24	4
Ireland	4	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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

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
	3× 3×	Report	1× 2×

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
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

16 June 2013 18:00	Estonia	32 – 23	Belgium	Viljandi Sporthall, Viljandi Attendance: 800 Referees: Novikov, Perepilitsy (UKR)
	Patrail 8	(14–11)	Kopljar 7
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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
	3× 3×	Report	4× 2×

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
	3× 3×	Report	5× 3×

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
	9× 3× 1×	Report	6× 2×

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
	5× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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
	5× 3×	Report	6× 3×

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
	2× 5×	Report	3× 3×

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 qualified 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	6	5	1	191	148	+43	10
Norway	6	5	1	182	152	+30	10
Netherlands	6	2	4	155	174	−19	4
Turkey	6	0	6	141	195	−54	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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

2 November 2014 14:00	Netherlands	22–30	Norway	Topsportcentrum, Almere Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
	Van Olphen 5	(9–13)	Jøndal, Bjørnsen 6
	5× 3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

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
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	4× 3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

3 May 2015 14:00	Netherlands	31–21	Turkey	Topsportcentrum, Almere Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Boomhouwer, Haenen 6	(13–9)	Döne 5
	6× 3×	Report	4× 3×

3 May 2015 17:15	Croatia	31–25	Norway	Varaždin Arena, Varaždin Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Duvnjak, Horvat 7	(16–17)	three players 4
	5× 3×	Report	7× 3× 1×

10 June 2015 19:00	Turkey	22–26	Norway	THF Sport Hall, Çankaya Attendance: 500 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Çalışkan 8	(10–12)	Kristensen 8
	4× 3×	Report	3× 2×

10 June 2015 20:00	Netherlands	24–27	Croatia	Fitland XL, Sittard Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Dobrovits, Tájok (HUN)
	Verjans 6	(12–14)	Horvat 7
	4× 3×	Report	1× 1×

14 June 2015 17:17	Croatia	40–26	Turkey	Školska sportska dvorana Umag, Umag Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
	Mihić, Stepančić 6	(21–13)	Çalışkan, Döne 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

14 June 2015 18:15	Norway	38–24	Netherlands	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim Attendance: 3,151 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Tønnesen 11	(19–11)	Haenen 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	6	6	0	0	181	144	+37	12
Belarus	6	2	2	2	158	167	−9	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	1	2	3	136	140	−4	4
Lithuania	6	1	0	5	140	164	−24	2

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
	3× 3×	Report	6× 3×

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
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

2 November 2014 16:00	Lithuania	28–30	Belarus	Šiauliai Arena, Šiauliai Attendance: 500 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Malasinskas 9	(13–13)	Pukhouski 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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
	3× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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
	5× 3×	Report	6× 1×

2 May 2015 20:15	Denmark	32–23	Belarus	NRGi Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 4,959 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Hansen, Mortensen 7	(18–11)	D. Rutenka, S. Rutenka 5
	5× 3×	Report	5× 3×

3 May 2015 17:00	Lithuania	19–15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Strazdas, Plėta 4	(10–7)	Prce 5
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

10 June 2015 19:00	Lithuania	25–31	Denmark	Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Truchanovičius 6	(13–18)	Nøddesbo 6
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

11 June 2015 20:15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22–22	Belarus	Arena Zenica, Zenica Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Dejan Malinović 6	(14–12)	Pukhouski 6
	5× 3×	Report	3× 3×

14 June 2015 16:00	Belarus	31–24	Lithuania	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,310 Referees: Pandzić, Mosorinski (SRB)
	Pukhouski 8	(15–10)	Petreikis, Truchanovičius 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

14 June 2015 20:15	Denmark	26–25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby Attendance: 4,467 Referees: Hansen, Pettersen (NOR)
	Schmidt 6	(13–14)	Prce 9
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	6	5	1	0	182	134	+48	11
Slovenia	6	4	1	1	185	149	+36	9
Latvia	6	2	0	4	133	182	−49	4
Slovakia	6	0	0	6	130	165	−35	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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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
	5× 3×	Report	4× 3× 1×

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
	5× 3× 1×	Report	2× 3× 1×

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
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

29 April 2015 19:15	Sweden	28–24	Slovenia	Vida Arena, Växjö Attendance: 4,512 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Gottfridsson 10	(18–10)	Gajič 10
	6× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	6× 3×	Report	5× 3×

2 May 2015 18:00	Slovakia	22–23	Latvia	Sportova hala Na Zabrani, Hlohovec Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
	Hruščák 9	(16–10)	Pavlovičs 9
	7× 3×	Report	6× 2×

3 May 2015 17:30	Slovenia	28–28	Sweden	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
	Gajič 13	(13–16)	Olsson 5
	2× 3×	Report	3×

10 June 2015 17:00	Slovakia	20–26	Slovenia	Tatran Handball Arena, Prešov Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
	Rábek 7	(10–13)	Natek, Šoštarič 4
	3× 2×	Report	4× 3×

10 June 2015 19:35	Latvia	14–33	Sweden	Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele Attendance: 600 Referees: Katsikis, Michailidis (GRE)
	Pavlovičs 3	(8–16)	Zachrisson 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 1×

13 June 2015 18:30	Slovenia	37–20	Latvia	Red Hall, Velenje Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Tzaferopoulos, Bethmann (GRE)
	Marguč, Šoštarič 5	(18–11)	Jurdžs 10
	6× 3×	Report	3× 2×

14 June 2015 16:15	Sweden	27–22	Slovakia	Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
	Ekberg 10	(16–10)	Stranovský 6
	5× 3×	Report	5× 2×

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iceland	6	4	1	1	191	137	+54	9
Serbia	6	3	2	1	153	152	+1	8
Montenegro	6	3	1	2	146	152	−6	7
Israel	6	0	0	6	134	183	−49	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
	2× 3×	Report	5× 1× 1×

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
	7× 3×	Report	5× 2×

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
	1× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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
	4× 3×	Report	2× 3×

29 April 2015 19:30	Iceland	38–22	Serbia	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Sigurðsson 12	(16–10)	Marsenić 6
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

3 May 2015 19:00	Serbia	25–25	Iceland	Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 5,600 Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
	Ilić 6	(13–11)	Svavarsson 5
	2× 2×	Report	4× 2× 1×

3 May 2015 20:00	Montenegro	33–27	Israel	Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Melić, Ševaljević 6	(16–13)	Appo 7
	3× 3×	Report	1× 3×

10 June 2015 19:45	Israel	24–34	Iceland	Drive in Arena, Tel Aviv Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Levy, Gal 5	(12–17)	Sigurmannsson 6
	4× 3×	Report	7× 3×

10 June 2015 20:00	Montenegro	23–23	Serbia	Sportska Dvorana Topolica, Bar Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Togstad, Kristiansen (NOR)
	four players 4	(11–14)	Ilić 5
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

14 June 2015 17:00	Iceland	34–22	Montenegro	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 2,050 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Sigurðsson 10	(19–11)	Ševaljević, Borozan 6
	5× 3×	Report	6× 2×

14 June 2015 18:30	Serbia	32–23	Israel	Kraljevo Sports Hall, Kraljevo Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
	Zelenović 6	(19–12)	Davda, Friedmann 5
	3× 3×	Report	1× 3×

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	6	6	0	178	151	+27	12
Russia	6	4	2	174	168	+6	8
Portugal	6	2	4	183	176	+7	4
Ukraine	6	0	6	148	188	−40	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
	1× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3×

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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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
	6× 3×	Report	6× 3×

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
	4× 2×	Report	3× 2×

2 May 2015 16:10	Hungary	29–25	Russia	Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém Attendance: 3,215 Referees: Fleisch, Rieber (GER)
	Bodó, Császár 6	(15–11)	Shishkarev, Zhitnikov 4
	2× 3×	Report	5× 2× 1×

3 May 2015 16:05	Portugal	34–24	Ukraine	Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal, Vila Nova de Gaia Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
	Antunes 10	(19–12)	Chychykalo 8
	6× 3× 1×	Report	4× 2×

10 June 2015 18:00	Russia	27–22	Ukraine	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Dibirov 6	(15–10)	Karamyshev 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

10 June 2015 20:15	Portugal	25–26	Hungary	Pavilhão Municipal, Santo Tirso Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
	Duarte 10	(15–12)	Bodó 5
	5× 3×	Report	4× 2×

11 June 2015 19:00	Ukraine	28–30	Russia	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Chychykalo 7	(14–16)	Dereven, Dibirov 6
	3× 3×	Report	5× 3×

13 June 2015 16:00	Hungary	32–28	Ukraine	Audi Arena, Győr Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Skruzny, Kavulic (CZE)
	Bodó 9	(15–14)	Chychykalo 8
	3× 1×	Report	5× 3×

14 June 2015 16:00	Russia	35–33	Portugal	CSKA Universal Sports Hall, Moscow Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Dibirov 11	(15–16)	Portela 8
	8× 3×	Report	7× 3× 1×

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	6	6	0	0	201	145	+56	12
Macedonia	6	3	1	2	161	154	+7	7
Czech Republic	6	2	1	3	163	185	−22	5
Switzerland	6	0	0	6	135	176	−41	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
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

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
	3× 2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

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
	5× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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
	4× 3× 1×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

2 May 2015 17:00	Czech Republic	29–25	Switzerland	Sportovní hala TJ Lokomotiva, Plzeň Attendance: 795 Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
	Zdráhala 9	(15–13)	Raemy 5
	3× 3×	Report	5× 3×

3 May 2015 17:05	France	35–24	Macedonia	Palais des sports André-Brouat, Toulouse Attendance: 4,226 Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
	Karabatić 6	(17–10)	Lazarov 9
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

10 June 2015 18:10	Czech Republic	24–34	France	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Zdráhala 9	(10–16)	Mahé 7
	4× 3×	Report	3× 2×

10 June 2015 20:00	Switzerland	17–26	Macedonia	Kreuzbleichhalle, St. Gallen Attendance: 2,337 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Schmid, Küttel 4	(8–15)	Lazarov 5
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

13 June 2015 15:15	France	31–23	Switzerland	Maison des Sports, Clermont-Ferrand Attendance: 4,700 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Guigou, N'Guessan 6	(19–9)	Graubner 8
	1× 3×	Report	4× 3×

14 June 2015 17:45	Macedonia	32–28	Czech Republic	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 6,963 Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
	Lazarov 11	(15–12)	Zdráhala 6
	4× 3×	Report	5× 3×

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	6	5	1	184	132	+52	10
Germany	6	5	1	172	145	+27	10
Austria	6	2	4	148	161	−13	4
Finland	6	0	6	126	192	−66	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
	4× 2×	Report	2× 3×

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
	4× 3×	Report	6× 3×

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
	4× 3× 1×	Report	2× 1×

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
	5× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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
	3× 3×	Report	4× 3×

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
	2× 3×	Report	4× 3×

2 May 2015 20:25	Austria	29–22	Finland	Handballarena Rieden-Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	Weber 6	(14–14)	Sundberg 6
	4× 3×	Report	3× 2×

3 May 2015 17:00	Spain	26–20	Germany	Palacio de los Deportes de León, León Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Rivera Folch 6	(11–8)	Gensheimer 5
	4× 3×	Report	5× 2×

10 June 2015 19:00	Finland	20–34	Germany	Energia Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
	Rönnberg 7	(8–16)	Gensheimer 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

10 June 2015 20:25	Austria	24–30	Spain	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Santos 6	(12–16)	Rivera Folch 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

13 June 2015 18:30	Spain	39–16	Finland	Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja, Logroño Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	four players 4	(21–9)	Broman, Sundberg 3
	1× 3×	Report	3× 3×

14 June 2015 15:15	Germany	31–29	Austria	Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel Attendance: 8,074 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Wiede 8	(14–13)	Santos 8
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

References

↑ "EHF EURO 2016 qualification draw". EHF. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
↑ "Nine nations draw for EHF EURO 2016". eurohandball.com. 2012-06-23.
↑ "Draw procedure for EHF EURO 2016 play-off qualification matches released". EHF. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
↑ "EHF EURO 2016 qualification play-offs drawn in Vienna". EHF. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
↑ "Draw procedures for EHF EURO events in Poland released". eurohandball.com. 2014-04-07.
↑ "EHF EURO 2016 qualification groups drawn in Warsaw". eurohandball.com. 2014-04-11.

External links

Eurohandball Site

European Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Portugal 1994 Spain 1996 Italy 1998 Croatia 2000 Sweden 2002 Slovenia 2004 Switzerland 2006 Norway 2008 Austria 2010 Serbia 2012 Denmark 2014 Poland 2016 Croatia 2018 Austria / Norway / Sweden 2020
Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's

Tournaments	Germany 1994 Denmark 1996 Netherlands 1998 Romania 2000 Denmark 2002 Hungary 2004 Sweden 2006 Macedonia 2008 Denmark / Norway 2010 Serbia 2012 Hungary / Croatia 2014 Sweden 2016 France 2018 Denmark / Norway 2020
Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

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