2008 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

none Qualification matches for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules host (Norway), and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places will be determined in play-offs in June; nine teams are seeded after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages. Summary Below is a table containing all seven qualifying groups. Teams that have secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green. The order of teams is by play off position. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 BLRSVK SERMKD Macedonia ROULVA MNENED SUILTU POR SWE CYPMDA ISRLUX BULGEO AUTFIN ITATUR GREEST BIHBEL Group stage Final standings (as of 30 January 2007) Group 1 main WDL Q 2 BLR Belarus SVK Slovakia CYP Cyprus MDA Moldova 3 0 0 100 74 2 0 1 100 74 1 0 2 71 86 0 0 3 73 110 green1 Playoffs A A complete EHF Group 2 main WDL Q 2 SRB Serbia MKD North Macedonia Macedonia ISR Israel LUX Luxembourg 4 1 1 220 164 4 1 1 185 179 3 0 3 172 174 0 0 6 149 209 green1 Playoffs A A complete EHF Group 3 main WDL Q 2 ROU Romania LAT Latvia BUL Bulgaria GEO Georgia (country) 6 0 0 203 153 4 0 2 187 167 1 0 5 140 171 1 0 5 140 179 green1 Playoffs A A complete EHF Group 4 main WDL Q 2 MNE Montenegro NED Netherlands AUT Austria FIN Finland 5 1 0 200 171 3 1 2 186 186 3 0 3 183 178 0 0 6 165 199 green1 Playoffs A A complete EHF Group 5 main WDL Q 2 SUI Switzerland LTU Lithuania ITA Italy TUR Turkey 6 0 0 186 151 3 0 3 186 188 2 0 4 173 187 1 0 5 167 186 green1 Playoffs A A complete EHF Group 6 main WDL Q 2 POR Portugal GRE Greece EST Estonia 3 0 1 115 94 3 0 1 107 98 0 0 4 95 125 green1 Playoffs A complete EHF Group 7 main WDL Q 2 SWE Sweden BIH BIH BEL Belgium 4 0 0 139 106 2 0 2 143 121 0 0 4 109 164 green1 Playoffs A complete EHF Play-off The play-off draw was made in Vienna on 26 January 2007. The matches were two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekends of June. Poland 72-47 Netherlands 31–20 41–27 Lithuania 53–59 Hungary 23–28 30–31 Ukraine 48–63 Slovakia 29–28 19–35 Slovenia 66–60 North Macedonia Macedonia 33–28 33–32 Latvia 56–64 Czech Republic 30–31 26–33 Belarus 61–54 Switzerland 33–24 28–30 Sweden 69–59 Romania 36–25 33–34 Portugal 55–63 Montenegro 28–30 27–33 Serbia 70–71 Iceland 30–29 40–42 |} Europe Men's Championship qualification Europe Men's Championship qualification qualification Category:International handball competitions hosted by Austria Europe Men's Championship qualification Europe Men's Championship qualification Category:European Men's Handball Championship qualification