2018 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

The qualification for the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship:

Qualification system

France as host nation was directly qualified. 32 teams had registered for participation and compete for 15 places at the final tournament in two distinct Qualification Phases. The group winners of phase 1 advanced to phase 2. The 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four teams.

Qualification Phase 1

The groups were played in a tournament format from 9 to 11 June 2017. The group winners advanced to the second phase.

The draw was held on 20 March 2017.^[1]

All times are local.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Faroe Islands	2	2	0	45	41	+4	4	Qualification phase 2
2	Greece (H)	2	1	1	53	45	+8	2
3	Finland	2	0	2	37	49	−12	0

Source: Eurohandball
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

9 June 2017 19:00	Greece	29–20	Finland	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 700 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Tsakalou 7	(16–11)	four players 3
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

10 June 2017 19:00	Faroe Islands	25–24	Greece	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 800 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Armgarðardóttir 9	(15–10)	Tsakalou 9
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

11 June 2017 15:00	Finland	17–20	Faroe Islands	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 300 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	Hilli, Näräkkä 4	(5–8)	Armgarðardóttir 6
	3× 1×	Report	2× 3×

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kosovo (H)	2	2	0	62	44	+18	4	Qualification phase 2
2	Israel	2	1	1	56	59	−3	2
3	Georgia	2	0	2	46	61	−15	0

Source: Eurohandball
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

9 June 2017 18:00	Georgia	27–31	Israel	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 150 Referees: Markovska, Vutov (BUL)
	Kunelashvili 7	(10–14)	Ben Itzhak 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

10 June 2017 18:00	Kosovo	30–19	Georgia	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 650 Referees: Markovska, Vutov (BUL)
	Demaj 11	(16–7)	three players 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4× 1×

11 June 2017 18:00	Israel	25–32	Kosovo	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 700 Referees: Markovska, Vutov (BUL)
	Vakrat 6	(12–12)	Demaj 16
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5×

Qualification Phase 2

The groups were played in a home and away round-robin format from September 2017 to June 2018. The top two teams qualified for the main tournament as well as the best-ranked third placed team, where the results against the last-placed team were revoked.

The draw was held on 21 April 2017.^[2]^[3]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Norway Netherlands Romania Denmark Sweden Spain Montenegro	Russia Germany Poland Hungary Serbia Czech Republic Croatia	Slovakia Slovenia Ukraine Austria Belarus Turkey Macedonia	Italy Iceland Lithuania Portugal Switzerland Faroe Islands Kosovo

All times are local.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	6	6	0	196	125	+71	12	Final tournament
2	Croatia	6	3	3	167	160	+7	6	Final tournament
3	Switzerland	6	2	4	117	171	−54	4
4	Ukraine	6	1	5	130	154	−24	2

Source: Eurohandball
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.

27 September 2017 18:00	Croatia	32–28	Switzerland	Športska dvorana Sutinska vrela, Zagreb Attendance: 250 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Vidak 7	(19–12)	Scherer 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

27 September 2017 18:15	Norway	35–22	Ukraine	Stjørdalshallen, Stjørdal Attendance: 2,878 Referees: Šniurevičius, Grigalionis (LIT)
	Brattset, Røsberg Jacobsen 8	(19–13)	Borshchenko 5
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

1 October 2017 17:00	Switzerland	12–29	Norway	Stadhalle Kleinholz, Olten Attendance: 1,675 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SER)
	five players 2	(5–12)	V. Kristiansen 5
	3× 1×	Report	2×

1 October 2017 19:00	Ukraine	26–22	Croatia	Sport Manezh of Sumy State University, Sumy Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Volovnyk 8	(16–11)	Mičijević 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

21 March 2018 18:00	Croatia	25–32	Norway	Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 600 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Peraica 8	(10–18)	Kristiansen 9
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

21 March 2018 20:00	Switzerland	21–15	Ukraine	GoEasy Arena, Würenlingen Attendance: 1,175 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Weigelt 6	(9–7)	Snopova 5
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5×

25 March 2018 18:15	Norway	33–27	Croatia	Nadderud Arena, Bekkestua Attendance: 1,921 Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
	Kurtović 7	(13–12)	Posavec 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 9×

25 March 2018 19:00	Ukraine	21–22	Switzerland	Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,950 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	Borshchenko 10	(9–9)	three players 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

30 May 2018 19:00	Ukraine	21–26	Norway	Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Glibko 7	(8–10)	V. Kristiansen, Røsberg Jacobsen 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

30 May 2018 20:00	Switzerland	16–33	Croatia	Sursee Stadthalle, Sursee Attendance: 1,725 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Weigelt 5	(8–13)	Mičijević 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 6× 1×

2 June 2018 18:00	Croatia	28–25	Ukraine	Borovo Sports Hall, Vukovar Attendance: 900 Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
	Peraica 7	(15–12)	Glibko 8
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

2 June 2018 19:15	Norway	41–18	Switzerland	Boligmappa Arena Larvik, Larvik Attendance: 2,325 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Solberg 9	(16–6)	Weigelt 4
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	6	6	0	161	128	+33	12	Final tournament
2	Poland	6	4	2	171	138	+33	8	Final tournament
3	Slovakia	6	2	4	129	143	−14	4
4	Italy	6	0	6	113	165	−52	0

Source: Eurohandball
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.

27 September 2017 18:00	Poland	40–13	Italy	Hala RCS, Lubin Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Frieser, Kavulič (CZE)
	Lisewska 7	(16–8)	Rotondo 6
	1× 1×	Report	3× 3×

28 September 2017 17:00	Montenegro	24–23	Slovakia	Topolica Sport Hall, Bar Attendance: 2,100 Referees: Pandžić, Šatordžija (BIH)
	Jauković 8	(14–12)	Rajnohová 4
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

1 October 2017 16:00	Slovakia	20–29	Poland	City Sport Hall Nitra, Nitra Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Jakubisová 5	(9–13)	Kudłacz-Gloc 7
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

1 October 2017 16:30	Italy	16–23	Montenegro	Palasport San Filippo, Brescia Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Smailagic, Smailagic (SWE)
	Landri 5	(5–12)	Ujkić 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

21 March 2018 17:45	Poland	20–26	Montenegro	Gdynia Sports Arena, Gdynia Attendance: 2,050 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Kudłacz-Gloc, Lisewska 5	(9–14)	Raičević 8
	3×	Report	2× 4×

21 March 2018 18:15	Italy	20–21	Slovakia	PalaGolfo, Follonica Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Cabrejas, Sánchez (ESP)
	Niederwieser 5	(8–6)	Holešová, Szarková 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

24 March 2018 15:00	Slovakia	20–17	Italy	Mestská športová hala Šaľa, Šaľa Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Barysas, Petrušis (LTU)
	Holešová 7	(8–11)	four players 3
	2× 5×	Report	2× 8×

24 March 2018 18:00	Montenegro	33–23	Poland	ADA Sport Centre, Pljevlja Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Horváth, Marton (HUN)
	Radičević 11	(14–13)	Grzyb, Lisewska 6
	3× 5×	Report	1× 3×

31 May 2018 19:00	Slovakia	24–27	Montenegro	Chemkostav Aréna, Michalovce Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Szarková 6	(10–11)	Raičević 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

31 May 2018 20:30	Italy	25–33	Poland	Palazzetto dello Sport Corrado Roma, Pescara Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
	Niederwieser 7	(8–16)	Kudłacz-Gloc 9
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

2 June 2018 18:00	Montenegro	28–22	Italy	Verde Complex Sala, Podgorica Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Ujkić 5	(16–8)	Del Balzo, Landri 4
	1× 2×	Report	3× 2×

3 June 2018 18:30	Poland	26–21	Slovakia	Hala Widowiskowo Sportowa, Koszalin Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Drabik 6	(12–7)	Rajnohová 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 5×

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	6	5	1	197	148	+49	10^[a]	Final tournament
2	Sweden	6	5	1	189	134	+55	10^[a]	Final tournament
3	Macedonia	6	2	4	153	177	−24	4
4	Faroe Islands	6	0	6	104	184	−80	0

Source: Eurohandball
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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Serbia 60–54 Sweden

28 September 2017 18:00	Serbia	36–20	Faroe Islands	Sportska hala „Dragutin Tomašević“, Petrovac Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
	Krpež Slezak 7	(16–9)	Armgarðardóttir 5
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

28 September 2017 18:30	Sweden	38–26	Macedonia	Sparbanken Skåne Arena, Lund Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LIT)
	Hagman 8	(18–13)	Gjeorgjievska 9
	2× 2×	Report	2× 3× 1×

1 October 2017 17:00	Faroe Islands	15–33	Sweden	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 411 Referees: Christidi, Papamattheou (GRE)
	Armgarðardóttir 4	(10–19)	Gulldén 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

1 October 2017 19:00	Macedonia	27–33	Serbia	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 700 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Gakidova, Keramichieva 6	(15–14)	Krpež Slezak 9
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

21 March 2018 18:00	Serbia	30–23	Sweden	Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Krpež Slezak 8	(9–15)	Hagman 5
	3× 1×	Report	2×

21 March 2018 19:00	Faroe Islands	15–22	Macedonia	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 415 Referees: Hájek, Macho (CZE)
	Samuelsen 5	(7–7)	Ristovska 8
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

24 March 2018 16:00	Sweden	31–30	Serbia	Arena Skövde, Skövde Attendance: 2,310 Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
	Hagman 8	(16–13)	Krpež Slezak 11
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

25 March 2018 19:00	Macedonia	28–24	Faroe Islands	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 700 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Sazdovska 7	(14–8)	three players 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 7×

30 May 2018 19:00	Macedonia	20–32	Sweden	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 600 Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
	Janeska, Ristovska 5	(7–16)	Roberts 7
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

30 May 2018 19:00	Faroe Islands	17–33	Serbia	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 250 Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
	Hansen 4	(11–17)	Krpež Slezak, Pop-Lazić 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

2 June 2018 16:00	Sweden	32–13	Faroe Islands	Idrottshuset, Örebro Attendance: 1,574 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	three players 4	(17–4)	Eystberg 6
	2× 2×	Report	1× 6×

3 June 2018 18:00	Serbia	35–30	Macedonia	Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Krpež Slezak, Obradović 6	(16–13)	Gjeorgjievska 9
	1× 2×	Report	1× 3×

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	6	5	1	179	149	+30	10	Final tournament
2	Russia	6	4	2	168	152	+16	8	Final tournament
3	Austria	6	3	3	163	169	−6	6
4	Portugal	6	0	6	147	187	−40	0

Source: Eurohandball
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.

27 September 2017 19:00	Romania	36–25	Austria	Traian Sports Hall, Râmnicu Vâlcea Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Álvarez, Bustamante (SPA)
	four players 5	(18–11)	Frey 8
	2× 5×	Report	2× 3×

28 September 2017 19:30	Russia	32–25	Portugal	Krylatskoye Sports Palace, Moscow Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Praštalo, Todorović (BIH)
	Kochetova, Makeyeva 6	(13–14)	Correia, Soares 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

30 September 2017 18:00	Austria	27–25	Russia	BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf Attendance: 950 Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Frey 7	(13–16)	Kochetova 5
	3× 5×	Report	2× 1×

1 October 2017 15:00	Portugal	16–32	Romania	Pavilhão Gimnodesportivo Municipal de Luso, Luso Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SER)
	Lopes, Soares 4	(5–16)	Udriștioiu 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	2× 3×

21 March 2018 19:30	Russia	30–25	Romania	Lada Arena, Tolyatti Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE)
	Dmitrieva 10	(17–15)	Neagu 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

22 March 2018 20:30	Portugal	30–32	Austria	Municipal Hall Tondela, Tondela Attendance: 950 Referees: Mitrović, Vešović (MNE)
	Rodrigues 10	(11–17)	Scheffknecht 9
	2× 4×	Report	3× 5×

24 March 2018 20:25	Austria	29–24	Portugal	Handball-Arena Rieden/Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Scheffknecht 6	(16–11)	Soares 7
	3× 8×	Report	3× 5×

25 March 2018 18:30	Romania	26–25	Russia	BTarena, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Buceschi 6	(15–12)	Kuznetsova, Vedekhina 5
	1× 2×	Report	2× 2×

31 May 2018 17:00	Portugal	24–30	Russia	Pavilhão Multiusos de Sines, Sines Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
	Ferreira, Soares 5	(14–15)	Vyakhireva 11
	3× 2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

31 May 2018 20:25	Austria	25–28	Romania	Olympiahalle, Innsbruck Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
	Scheffknecht 9	(11–13)	Buceschi 8
	2× 5×	Report	3× 4× 1×

3 June 2018 15:00	Russia	26–25	Austria	Sportcomplex "Zvezdniy", Astrakhan Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SER)
	Vyakhireva 12	(16–13)	Kovács 10
	3× 1×	Report	3× 5×

3 June 2018 18:30	Romania	32–28	Portugal	Sala Sporturilor Romeo Iamandi, Buzău Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Duplii, Kaverina (UKR)
	Buceschi 10	(19–13)	Soares 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	6	6	0	0	153	117	+36	12	Final tournament
2	Czech Republic	6	2	2	2	155	152	+3	6
3	Slovenia	6	1	3	2	161	159	+2	5
4	Iceland	6	0	1	5	126	167	−41	1

Source: Eurohandball
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.

27 September 2017 20:10	Czech Republic	30–23	Iceland	Sportovní hala Euronics Zlín, Zlín Attendance: 900 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Hrbková 10	(15–11)	Haraldsdóttir 6
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

27 September 2017 21:00	Denmark	28–22	Slovenia	Farum Arena, Farum Attendance: 2,225 Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
	Heindahl 8	(12–11)	Stanko 6
	2× 3×	Report	3×

1 October 2017 15:00	Iceland	14–29	Denmark	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 653 Referees: Merz, Schilha (GER)
	Pálsdóttir, Thompson 3	(4–13)	Tranborg 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

1 October 2017 18:00	Slovenia	28–28	Czech Republic	Zlatorog Arena, Celje Attendance: 500 Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE)
	Stanko 11	(15–14)	Luzumová 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

21 March 2018 17:00	Czech Republic	21–26	Denmark	Sportovní hala města Plzně, Plzeň Attendance: 850 Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (MDA)
	three players 5	(14–15)	S. Jørgensen 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 6× 1×

21 March 2018 19:30	Iceland	30–30	Slovenia	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 750 Referees: Vranes, Wenninger (AUT)
	Örvarsdottir 10	(16–17)	Gros 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 3×

24 March 2018 16:10	Denmark	21–20	Czech Republic	Ceres Arena, Aarhus Attendance: 3,872 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SER)
	S. Jørgensen 4	(13–9)	Luzumová 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

25 March 2018 17:00	Slovenia	28–18	Iceland	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Scevola, Alperan (ITA)
	Gros 7	(15–10)	Haraldsdóttir 4
	3× 5×	Report	3× 4×

30 May 2018 18:00	Slovenia	23–29	Denmark	Golovec Hall, Celje Attendance: 1,550 Referees: Mandák, Rudinský (SVK)
	Gros 12	(12–14)	Hansen, Woller 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 6×

30 May 2018 19:30	Iceland	24–26	Czech Republic	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 550 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Knútsdóttir 7	(9–14)	Luzumová 8
	3× 3×	Report	2× 1×

2 June 2018 16:10	Denmark	24–17	Iceland	Forum Horsens Arena, Horsens Attendance: 2,089 Referees: Bennani, Bennani (SWE)
	three players 4	(12–6)	Pálsdóttir 4
	3× 6×	Report	3× 1×

3 June 2018 19:00	Czech Republic	30–30	Slovenia	Sportovni hala Banik Most, Most Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Luzumová 9	(17–12)	three players 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	5	0	1	161	123	+38	10	Final tournament
2	Germany	6	4	1	1	177	121	+56	9	Final tournament
3	Turkey	6	1	1	4	118	173	−55	3
4	Lithuania	6	0	2	4	117	156	−39	2

Source: Eurohandball
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.

27 September 2017 20:00	Spain	35–16	Turkey	Pabellón Polideportivo Javier Imbroda Ortiz, Melilla Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
	Martín 12	(18–7)	Adıyaman 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

27 September 2017 20:00	Germany	26–26	Lithuania	Große EWE Arena, Oldenburg Attendance: 2,154 Referees: Sigurjónsson, Pétursson (ISL)
	Bölk 6	(11–14)	Gedroit 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

1 October 2017 17:00	Turkey	16–30	Germany	Amasya Spor Salonu, Amasya Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Vujačić, Kažanegra (MNE)
	İskit 6	(11–14)	Huber 6
	3× 6×	Report	3× 4×

1 October 2017 19:00	Lithuania	17–24	Spain	Alytus Arena, Alytus Attendance: 650 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Ivanauskaitė 9	(9–9)	Cabral 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

21 March 2018 19:00	Germany	33–24	Spain	Scharrena Stuttgart, Stuttgart Attendance: 1,735 Referees: Florescu, Stoia (ROU)
	Smits 5	(16–13)	Cabral 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

22 March 2018 19:00	Lithuania	22–22	Turkey	Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
	Ivanauskaitė 6	(9–12)	Özel 7
	3× 3×	Report	2× 5×

24 March 2018 20:00	Spain	27–23	Germany	Polideportivo Municipal José Antonio Gasca, San Sebastián Attendance: 2,448 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Cabral 7	(12–9)	Schulze 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

25 March 2018 17:30	Turkey	30–24	Lithuania	Hasan Dağı Spor Salonu, Aksaray Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Manea, Iliescu (ROU)
	İskit 9	(15–10)	Gedroit, Ivanauskaitė 8
	3× 8× 1×	Report	2× 3×

30 May 2018 17:00	Turkey	17–22	Spain	Amasya Spor Salonu, Amasya Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	İskit 8	(9–9)	González 7
	2× 2×	Report	3× 2×

31 May 2018 19:00	Lithuania	11–25	Germany	Alytus Arena, Alytus Attendance: 350 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Šidlauskytė 3	(6–10)	Loerper 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 6×

2 June 2018 16:00	Germany	40–17	Turkey	Schwalbe-Arena, Gummersbach Attendance: 1,424 Referees: Lidacka, Lesiak (POL)
	Stolle 6	(20–10)	İskit 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

2 June 2018 18:00	Spain	29–17	Lithuania	Quijote Arena, Ciudad Real Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Etxeberria 5	(15–7)	Kniubaitė 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	6	5	1	170	108	+62	10^[a]	Final tournament
2	Netherlands	6	5	1	185	118	+67	10^[a]	Final tournament
3	Belarus	6	2	4	161	157	+4	4
4	Kosovo	6	0	6	95	228	−133	0

Source: Eurohandball
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.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Hungary 41–41 Netherlands. Hungary scored more away goals.

27 September 2017 18:00	Hungary	37–12	Kosovo	Elek Gyula Aréna, Budapest Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	Bódi, Görbicz 6	(18–5)	Aliu, Rexhepi 4
	2× 1×	Report	2× 2×

27 September 2017 19:30	Netherlands	33–21	Belarus	Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Christiansen, Hansen (DEN)
	Abbingh 6	(16–10)	Nestsiaruk, Shamanouskaya 5
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

1 October 2017 14:30	Belarus	18–25	Hungary	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Vasileuskaya 10	(8–12)	Görbicz 6
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

1 October 2017 20:00	Kosovo	12–40	Netherlands	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 400 Referees: Sager, Styger (SUI)
	Demaj 5	(4–19)	Abbingh 8
	2× 4×	Report	3×

21 March 2018 18:00	Kosovo	22–31	Belarus	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Demaj 9	(8–16)	three players 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

22 March 2018 18:00	Hungary	18–19	Netherlands	Audi Aréna, Győr Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Brkic, Jusufhodzic (AUT)
	Hornyák 4	(11–10)	Bont, Broch 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

25 March 2018 15:00	Belarus	41–18	Kosovo	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 1,550 Referees: Jaškins, Žabko (LAT)
	Kotsina 10	(21–9)	Demaj 7
	2×	Report	2× 3×

25 March 2018 16:00	Netherlands	22–23	Hungary	Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 6,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Abbingh 8	(12–12)	Kovacsics 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

30 May 2018 18:00	Kosovo	15–37	Hungary	Bill Clinton Arena, Ferizaj Attendance: 500 Referees: Hájek, Macho (CZE)
	Gjikokaj 5	(3–16)	Hornyák, Schatzl 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 1×

31 May 2018 19:00	Belarus	28–29	Netherlands	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Mazgo 9	(13–16)	Groot 10
	2×	Report	1× 1×

2 June 2018 15:00	Netherlands	42–16	Kosovo	Topsportcentrum, Almere Attendance: 2,400 Referees: Kijauskaitė, Žalienė (LTU)
	Nieuwenweg 8	(21–10)	Merditaj 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

2 June 2018 16:30	Hungary	30–22	Belarus	Messzi István Sportcsarnok, Kecskemét Attendance: 1,866 Referees: Arntsen, Røen (NOR)
	Hornyák 7	(12–13)	Vasileuskaya 5
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

Ranking of third-placed teams

To determine the best third-placed teams from the qualifying group stage which qualified directly for the final tournament, only the results against the first, and second-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team were not included. As a result, four matches played by each third-placed team counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	5	Slovenia	4	0	2	2	103	115	−12	2	Final tournament
2	4	Austria	4	1	0	3	102	115	−13	2
3	2	Slovakia	4	0	0	4	88	106	−18	0
4	7	Belarus	4	0	0	4	89	108	−19	0
5	3	Macedonia	4	0	0	4	103	138	−35	0
6	1	Switzerland	4	0	0	4	74	135	−61	0
7	6	Turkey	4	0	0	4	66	127	−61	0