2021 World Women's Handball Championship – European qualification
The European qualification for the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship, in Spain, will be played over two rounds.
In the first round of qualification, 17 teams who were not participating at the 2020 European Championship will be split into two groups of four and three groups of three teams. The top two teams of each group will advance to the second phase, where the teams will join the remaining 10 teams from the European Championship and play play-off games to determine the qualified teams.
Qualification phase 1
Seeding
The draw was held on 8 July 2020 in Vienna, Austria.[1][2] The top two teams of each group advance to the play-off round. Each group will play their matches in a mini-tournament at a pre-selected location.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Austria Belarus Slovakia Turkey North Macedonia |
 Ukraine Italy Switzerland Iceland Portugal |
 Lithuania Faroe Islands Kosovo Israel Finland |
 Greece Luxembourg |
On 13 November 2020, the EHF decided to postpone the matches, scheduled for December 2020, to March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Ukraine |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Israel |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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) Host.
| Slovakia |
v | Ukraine |
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| Israel |
v | Luxembourg |
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| Ukraine |
v | Luxembourg |
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| Slovakia |
v | Israel |
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| Ukraine |
v | Israel |
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| Luxembourg |
v | Slovakia |
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Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Macedonia (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Iceland |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Lithuania |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Greece |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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) Host.
| North Macedonia |
v | Iceland |
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| Report | ||||
| Lithuania |
v | Greece |
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| Report | ||||
| North Macedonia |
v | Lithuania |
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| Report | ||||
| Iceland |
v | Greece |
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| Report | ||||
| Iceland |
v | Lithuania |
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| Greece |
v | North Macedonia |
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| Report | ||||
Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Portugal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Finland |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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) Host.
| Finland |
v | Turkey |
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| Portugal |
v | Finland |
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| Turkey |
v | Portugal |
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Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Italy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Kosovo |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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) Host.
| Kosovo |
v | Austria |
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| Report | ||||
| Italy |
v | Kosovo |
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| Report | ||||
| Austria |
v | Italy |
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| Report | ||||
Group 5
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Faroe Islands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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) Host.
| Faroe Islands |
v | Belarus |
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| Report | ||||
| Switzerland |
v | Faroe Islands |
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| Report | ||||
| Belarus |
v | Switzerland |
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Qualification phase 2
The teams will play a home-and away series to determine the participants for the final tournament.
Seedings
| Pot 1 (10 best ranked teams from the 2020 European Championship not already qualified for World Championship) |
Pot 2 (10 teams from the qualification round) |
|---|---|
 Czech Republic Germany Hungary Montenegro Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovenia Sweden |
References
- "Road to Spain 2021 begins with qualification phase 1 draw". eurohandball.com. 7 July 2020.
- "17 teams learn first opponents on road to Spain 2021". eurohandball.com. 8 July 2020.
- "EHF postpones Women's World Championship 2021 Qualification". eurohandball.com. 13 November 2020.