2015 World Men's Handball Championship – European qualification

The European qualification for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship, in Qatar, was disputed in two rounds among the teams that did not qualify for the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship and the 12 teams that placed outside of the European Championship's top three (excluding Spain, which were qualified automatically for the World Championship as holders).

In the first round of qualification, 20 teams not participating at the European Championship were split into five groups; the group winners advanced to the second round, joining the 12 European finalists and Germany, which was given a bye to this round. These 18 teams then were paired to play a two-legged playoff tie to determine the nine remaining World Championship qualifiers from Europe.[1][2]

Group stage

The draw was held on 27 June 2013.[3] The group winners advanced to the playoff round.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 6 4 1 1 145 132 +13 9 Playoffs
2  Georgia 6 3 0 3 149 156 −7 6
3  Finland 6 2 1 3 143 139 +4 5
4  Turkey 6 2 0 4 146 156 −10 4
Source: [citation needed]
30 October 2013
18:45 		Lithuania  23 – 17  Georgia Cido Arena, Panevėžys
Attendance: 500
Referees: Novikov, Perepilitsy (UKR)
Drabavičius 4 (12–7) Chikovani 6
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30 October 2013
19:00 		Finland  26 – 20  Turkey Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1,987
Referees: Cindrić, Gonzurek (CRO)
Mäkelä 10 (15–12) Döne 6
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3 November 2013
16:00 		Turkey  20 – 23  Lithuania THF Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 600
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
three players 4 (11–9) Švedas 6
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3 November 2013
18:00 		Georgia  26 – 19  Finland Sport Complex Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Ben-Dan, Faran (ISR)
Chanturia 6 (8–10) Sundberg, Tamminen 4
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2 January 2014
18:00 		Turkey  29 – 23  Georgia THF Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 500
Referees: Hájek, Macho (CZE)
Döne 10 (14–8) Mskhvildze 5
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2 January 2014
19:00 		Finland  20 – 20  Lithuania Energia Areena, Vantaa
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Nabokau, Kulik (BLR)
Sundberg 9 (10–10) Petreikis 7
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4 January 2014
17:00 		Lithuania  24 – 23  Finland Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Argyridis, Mouttas (CYP)
Petreikis 7 (10–13) Koljonen 6
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5 January 2014
18:00 		Georgia  33 – 26  Turkey Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Harabagiu, Stanescu (ROU)
Mskhvildze 11 (19–15) Catkin 5
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8 January 2014
18:00 		Georgia  26 – 23  Lithuania Tbilisi Sports Palace, Tbilisi
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Zendali, Riello (ITA)
Mskhvildze 7 (15–12) Petreikis 7
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8 January 2014
18:00 		Turkey  25 – 19  Finland THF Sport Hall, Ankara
Attendance: 200
Referees: Vesović, Mitrović (MNE)
Döne 9 (11–9) Rönnberg 8
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11 January 2014
17:00 		Finland  36 – 24  Georgia Sisu Arena, Karis
Attendance: 860
Referees: Thomassen, Schmack (BEL)
Tamminen 10 (16–10) Mskhvildze 9
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12 January 2014
17:00 		Lithuania  32 – 26  Turkey Siemens Arena, Vilnius
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Cvetko, Kavalar (SLO)
Babarskas, Petreikis 5 (18–13) Döne 8
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Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 6 5 0 1 181 151 +30 10 Playoffs
2  Slovakia 6 5 0 1 168 136 +32 10
3  Italy 6 2 0 4 168 176 −8 4
4  Cyprus 6 0 0 6 138 192 −54 0
Source: [citation needed]
30 October 2013
19:15 		Slovakia  35 – 14  Cyprus Sportová hala Povazska Bystrica, Považská Bystrica
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Geraets, Geraets (NED)
Antl 8 (16–5) Demosthenous, Georgiou 3
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31 October 2013
20:00 		Italy  22 – 23  Romania Anfiteatro Giovanni Paolo II, Pescara
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Mitrevski, Todorovski (MKD)
Radovcic, Skatar 6 (9–11) Asoltanei 4
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3 November 2013
17:30 		Romania  32 – 24  Slovakia Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
Mihalcea 8 (14–10) Hruščák 7
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3 November 2013
19:00 		Cyprus  29 – 36  Italy University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia
Attendance: 300
Referees: Sirbu, Suponicov (MDA)
three players 5 (15–18) Maione, Skatar 7
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2 January 2014
18:00 		Romania  36 – 19  Cyprus Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Martens, Verdonck (BEL)
Csepreghi 5 (18–10) Nikiforou 6
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2 January 2014
20:00 		Italy  26 – 34  Slovakia Palazzetto dello Sport Santa Filomena, Chieti
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Kouz, Zhoba (UKR)
Maione 7 (14–16) Straňovský 10
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4 January 2014
17:00 		Slovakia  28 – 21  Italy City sport hall, Hlohovec
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Jaskins, Zabko (LAT)
Hruščák 6 (13–10) Skatar 5
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5 January 2014
18:00 		Cyprus  30 – 31  Romania University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia
Attendance: 220
Referees: Jović, Arnautović (BIH)
Demosthenous, Georgiou 7 (16–15) Fenici, Talas 5
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8 January 2014
18:00 		Romania  34 – 29  Italy Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
Acatrinei 7 (20–13) Marrochi 6
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8 January 2014
19:00 		Cyprus  18 – 20  Slovakia University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia
Attendance: 160
Referees: Sekulić, Jovandić (SRB)
Demosthenous 6 (9–11) four players 3
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11 January 2014
17:00 		Slovakia  27 – 25  Romania Mestská Sportova hala Sala, Šaľa
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Ďuriš 8 (11–10) Șimicu 8
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12 January 2014
20:00 		Italy  34 – 28  Cyprus Palazzetto dello Sport Andria, Andria
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Hofer, Schmidhuber (AUT)
Maione, Marrochi 8 (21–10) Argyrou, Georgiou 6
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Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovenia 6 5 0 1 200 150 +50 10 Playoffs
2  Ukraine 6 4 1 1 193 184 +9 9
3   Switzerland 6 2 1 3 178 176 +2 5
4  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 144 205 −61 0
Source: [citation needed]
30 October 2013
19:30 		Luxembourg  34 – 38  Ukraine D'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Lillepea, Kull (EST)
Bock 8 (16–20) Shevelev 10
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30 October 2013
20:00 		Slovenia  33 – 30   Switzerland Red Hall, Velenje
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Gousko, Repkin (BLR)
Mačkovšek 7 (18–13) three players 5
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3 November 2013
15:30 		Switzerland  32 – 23  Luxembourg Saalsporthalle, Zürich
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Guðjónsson, Samuelsen
Schmid 10 (15–9) Muller 6
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3 November 2013
17:30 		Ukraine  32 – 28  Slovenia Palace of Sports Yunost, Zaporizhia
Attendance: 800
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Ostroushko, Onufryienko 8 (16–15) Žvižej 7
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2 January 2014
17:30 		Ukraine  34 – 34   Switzerland Palace of Sports Yunost, Zaporizhia
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Onufryienko 9 (21–16) Graubner 7
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2 January 2014
19:30 		Luxembourg  16 – 36  Slovenia Centre Sportif de Differdange, Differdange
Attendance: 600
Referees: Hermann, Madsen (DEN)
Meis, Pulli 5 (7–13) Gajić 13
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5 January 2014
15:30 		Switzerland  31 – 32  Ukraine BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1,750
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Liniger 7 (17–16) Onufryienko 10
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5 January 2014
18:30 		Slovenia  37 – 26  Luxembourg Red Hall, Velenje
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Scevola, Alperan (ITA)
Gajić, Mačkovšek 5 (19–13) Meis 8
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9 January 2014
16:45 		Ukraine  34 – 22  Luxembourg Palace of Sports Yunost, Zaporizhia
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Yudchyts, Kot (BLR)
Burka, Stetsyura 8 (15–12) Meis, Schroeder 5
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9 January 2014
20:00 		Switzerland  23 – 31  Slovenia BBC Arena, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 750
Referees: Pichon, Reveret (FRA)
Liniger 8 (12–19) Gajić 11
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12 January 2014
17:00 		Luxembourg  23 – 28   Switzerland D'Coque, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 400
Referees: Bol, van Eck (NED)
Meis 5 (14–13) Graubner 6
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12 January 2014
18:00 		Slovenia  35 – 23  Ukraine Red Hall, Velenje
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
Gajić 7 (15–10) Ostroushko 6
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Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Greece 6 3 1 2 160 158 +2 7 Playoffs
2  Netherlands 6 3 0 3 153 145 +8 6
3  Israel 6 3 0 3 166 169 −3 6
4  Belgium 6 2 1 3 158 165 −7 5
Source: [citation needed]
30 October 2013
19:30 		Netherlands  25 – 20  Greece Fitland XL, Sittard
Attendance: 1,502
Referees: Boričić, Marković (SRB)
Miedema, Sluijters 5 (12–10) three players 3
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30 October 2013
20:00 		Belgium  29 – 28  Israel Flanders Sports Arena, Ghent
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Pandžić, Šatordžija (BIH)
Cauwenberghs, Jacobs 5 (17–14) Pomeranz 6
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3 November 2013
19:45 		Israel  28 – 26  Netherlands Maccabi House Arena, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Kolevski, Krkačev (MKD)
Pomeranz 12 (15–12) Schagen 9
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3 November 2013
20:00 		Greece  31 – 25  Belgium Liossion Indor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Mishchuk, Rozhkov (UKR)
Papadopoulos 6 (16–13) Cauwenberghs, Kopljar 6
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2 January 2014
19:45 		Israel  31 – 24  Greece Maccabi House Arena, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
Pomeranz 7 (16–13) Tziras 7
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2 January 2014
20:10 		Belgium  28 – 22  Netherlands Sporthal Alverberg, Hasselt
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Frieser, Frieser (CZE)
Bolaers 8 (12–9) Schagen 9
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5 January 2014
14:00 		Netherlands  27 – 21  Belgium Fitland XL, Sittard
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Baranowski, Lemanowicz (POL)
Verjans 8 (14–10) Kedziora 6
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5 January 2014
17:00 		Greece  31 – 28  Israel Mikras 3, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
Papadopoulos 9 (16–15) Pomeranz 9
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8 January 2014
19:00 		Greece  24 – 19  Netherlands Mikras 3, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 960
Referees: Pavel, State (ROU)
Alvanos 7 (11–7) Smits, Verjans 6
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8 January 2014
19:45 		Israel  27 – 25  Belgium Maccabi House Arena, Rishon LeZion
Attendance: 1,140
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Pomeranz 11 (12–11) Kedziora 10
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11 January 2014
20:30 		Belgium  30 – 30  Greece Hall omnisport La Preale, Herstal
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
Cauwenberghs, Bolaers 6 (14–13) Papadopoulos 9
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12 January 2014
14:00 		Netherlands  34 – 24  Israel Fitland XL, Sittard
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Johansson, Kliko (SWE)
Van Schie 8 (14–11) Pomeranz 10
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Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 5 0 1 164 155 +9 10 Playoffs
2  Portugal 6 4 0 2 168 154 +14 8
3  Latvia 6 2 0 4 165 159 +6 4
4  Estonia 6 1 0 5 153 182 −29 2
Source: [citation needed]
30 October 2013
21:00 		Portugal  26 – 29  Latvia Pavilhão Gimnodesportivo da Nazare, Nazaré
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Kékes, Kékes (HUN)
four players 4 (9–13) Jurdzs 9
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31 October 2013
19:00 		Estonia  26 – 29  Bosnia and Herzegovina Kalevi Spordihall, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,308
Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
Jaanimaa 7 (13–18) Delić, Prce 6
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3 November 2013
15:05 		Latvia  35 – 25  Estonia Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Kiyashko, Kiselev (RUS)
Krištopāns 8 (18–13) Pinnonen 8
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3 November 2013
17:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  31 – 29  Portugal Olimpijska dvorana Ramiz Salčin Mojmilo, Sarajevo
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
Prce 9 (13–14) Pedroso 5
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2 January 2014
17:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  27 – 26  Latvia City Hall Vitez, Vitez
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Baďura, Ondogrecula (SVK)
Ovčina 6 (17–11) Pavlovičs 9
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2 January 2014
20:00 		Estonia  17 – 25  Portugal Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva
Attendance: 800
Referees: Baumgart, Wild (GER)
Laast 7 (10–9) Caseiro, Martins da Silva 4
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5 January 2014
15:00 		Portugal  35 – 27  Estonia Pavilhao Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Cabrejas, Sánchez (ESP)
three players 4 (20–11) Patrail 7
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5 January 2014
15:05 		Latvia  21 – 23  Bosnia and Herzegovina Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Mata, Lopéz (ESP)
Krištopans 7 (10–13) three players 4
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8 January 2014
17:00 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  28 – 26  Estonia City Hall Vitez, Vitez
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Herczeg, Südi (HUN)
Ovčina 6 (15–9) Patrail 8
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8 January 2014
19:05 		Latvia  24 – 26  Portugal Sports Centre Dobele, Dobele
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Sager, Styger (SUI)
Borodovskis, Krištopāns 6 (13–8) Caseiro 5
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11 January 2014
16:00 		Estonia  32 – 30  Latvia Mesikäpa Hall, Põlva
Attendance: 400
Referees: Samuelsen, Gudjonsson
Jaanimaa 9 (13–14) Jurdzs 9
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12 January 2014
15:00 		Portugal  27 – 26  Bosnia and Herzegovina Pavilhao Desportivo Municipal de Mafra, Mafra
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Erdoğan, Özdeniz (TUR)
Duarte 7 (14–13) Toromanović 5
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Play-off round

The draw was held on 26 January 2014 at 13:00 in Herning, Denmark.[4] The draw saw 18 teams competing for nine places at the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship. The teams were placed in two pots and drawn together to form nine play-off pairs. After a two-legged tie the winner of each pair qualified to the final tournament. All seeded teams (Iceland, Poland, Sweden, Hungary, Russia, Macedonia, Austria, Belarus, Serbia) and three unseeded (e.g. Norway, Czech Republic and Montenegro) had qualified for the play-off round as 12 of the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship which are not qualified directly to the final tournament.[5]

Matches

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hungary  51–54  Slovenia 25–22 26–32
Romania  45–52  Sweden 24–25 21–27
Poland  54–52  Germany 25–24 29–28
Greece  48–62  Macedonia 25–27 23–35
Serbia  44–48  Czech Republic 23–15 21–33
Russia  63–44  Lithuania 30–22 33–22
Bosnia and Herzegovina  62–61  Iceland 33–32 29–29
Austria  56–54  Norway 28–26 28–28
Montenegro  52–57  Belarus 28–27 24–30

First leg

7 June 2014
16:45 		Poland  25–24  Germany Ergo Arena, Gdańsk
Attendance: 10,731
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Jurkiewicz 7 (9–12) Kraus 5
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7 June 2014
18:00 		Romania  24–25  Sweden Dinamo Polyvalent Hall, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
Ghionea 8 (9–8) Petersen 6
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7 June 2014
18:00 		Russia  30–22  Lithuania SC V.P. Suchareva, Perm
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Pavićević, Ražnatović (MNE)
Kovalev, Shelmenko 6 (14–11) Malašinskas 6
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7 June 2014
19:00 		Greece  25–27  Macedonia Liossion Indor Arena, Athens
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Marango 4 (12–13) K. Lazarov 7
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7 June 2014
19:45 		Austria  28–26  Norway Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
Santos 7 (15–16) Bjørnsen 8
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7 June 2014
20:15 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  33–32  Iceland Dvorana Mirza Delibašić, Sarajevo
Attendance: 3,250
Referees: Dinu, Din (ROU)
Prce 10 (14–17) Petersson 7
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7 June 2014
21:00 		Serbia  23–15  Czech Republic Čair Sports Center, Niš
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
Ilić 7 (13–6) Strzinek 6
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8 June 2014
14:30 		Hungary  25–22  Slovenia Veszprém Aréna, Veszprém
Attendance: 5,019
Referees: Stoļarovs, Līcis (LAT)
Harsányi 9 (16–15) Gajić 9
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8 June 2014
20:00 		Montenegro  28–27  Belarus Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
Melić 6 (10–14) Rutenka 9
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Second leg

14 June 2014
13:50 		Czech Republic  33–21  Serbia Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno
Attendance: 2,700
Referees: Dentz, Reibel (FRA)
Jurka, Motl 9 (18–8) Nikčević, Rnić 4
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Czech Republic won 48–44 on aggregate.

14 June 2014
15:00 		Norway  28–28  Austria Sotra Arena, Sotra
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Hansen 8 (13–17) Bozovic, Žiūra 6
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Austria won 56–54 on aggregate.

14 June 2014
15:15 		Germany  28–29  Poland GETEC Arena, Magdeburg
Attendance: 6,579
Referees: Elíasson, Pálsson (ISL)
Gensheimer, Glandorf 7 (14–10) Bielecki 7
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Poland won 54–52 on aggregate.

14 June 2014
16:00 		Lithuania  22–33  Russia Zalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 2,105
Referees: Caçador, Nicolau (POR)
Babarskas 8 (13–13) Evdokimov, Atman 5
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Russia won 63–44 on aggregate.

15 June 2014
15:15 		Sweden  27–21  Romania Scandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 5,500
Referees: Lorente, Serradilla (ESP)
Ekberg 8 (15–7) Ghionea 7
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Sweden won 52–45 on aggregate.

15 June 2014
17:00 		Slovenia  32–26  Hungary Red Hall, Velenje
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
Gajić 9 (13–16) Nagy 6
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Slovenia won 54–51 on aggregate.

15 June 2014
17:30 		Iceland  29–29  Bosnia and Herzegovina Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík
Attendance: 2,800
Referees: Dobrovits, Tájok (HUN)
Sigurðsson 8 (10–15) Prce 7
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Bosnia and Herzegovina won 62–61 on aggregate.

15 June 2014
18:00 		Belarus  30–24  Montenegro Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 7,281
Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
Pukhouski, Rutenka 7 (16–9) Melić 7
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Belarus won 57–52 on aggregate.

15 June 2014
20:00 		Macedonia  35–23  Greece Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
Attendance: 6,963
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Lazarov 10 (19–9) Tsatso 5
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Macedonia won 62–48 on aggregate.

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