2007 World Men's Handball Championship – Qualification

none Qualification matches for the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place January 3 to June 18, 2006. 2006, mostly as continental championships. According to the IHF rules, each continent had three places (except Oceania, which had one), and the host (Germany) and holders (Spain) were automatically qualified. The other nine places are allocated to the continents according to performance in the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship. Thus: Europe had 13 places Africa 4 places Asia 3 places Americas (North and South together) 3 places Oceania 1 place Africa The 2006 African Men's Handball Championship in Tunisia resulted in four teams qualifying for the tournament.de Angola qualifiziert sich für die WM in Deutschland https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092201/http://www.handball-wm-2007.de/front_content.php?client=1&lang=1&idcat=44&idart=200&m=&s= 2007-09-29 from the tournament's official website, retrieved 19 January 2006 Angola Angola Egypt Egypt Morocco Morocco Tunisia Tunisia Americas The Pan-American qualifying events was scheduled to be held in Brazil in April 2006.Qualifying for the 2007 World ChampionshipsJune 2020 medicmedic from the International Handball Federation, retrieved 19 January 2006 However, due to players' commitments with clubs in Europe, it was agreed to postpone the qualifying until June, and the tournament was eventually held from 6 June to 10 June at Aracaju.2007 Men's World Championship: Pan-American qualification rescheduledJune 2020 medicmedic, from the International Handball Federation, retrieved 5 April 2006 Eight teams participated, and Brazil and Argentina went through the group stages unbeaten, as the only teams with positive goal difference. The two top teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals: Greenland joined Brazil from Group A after two 32–30 wins over Chile and Uruguay, while in Group B United States qualified after drawing with Mexico and beating Puerto Rico. In the semi-finals, Brazil and Argentina both won by more than ten goals, securing their place in Germany, while the third-place play-off saw Greenland prevail by one goal against United States to secure the third spot.WC Qualifying in Pan-America: Brazil ahead of Argentina and GreenlandJune 2020 medicmedic, from IHF, retrieved 18 June 2006 Brazil Brazil Argentina Argentina Greenland Greenland Asia Asia's qualifying events, the 2006 Asian Handball Championship took place in Thailand between 12 February and 21 February 2006.Asian Handball Championship - Group Stage Fixtures - goalzz.com, retrieved 27 February 2006 Kuwait and South Korea qualified after winning the semi-finals,Asian Handball Championship - Semifinals - goalzz.com, retrieved 27 February 2006 while Qatar beat Iran 21–20 in the third-place play-off to be the final team to qualifyAsian Handball Championship - Third-place play-off - goalzz.com, retrieved 27 February 2006 Kuwait Kuwait South Korea South Korea Qatar Qatar Europe Eleven places were at stake (Germany and Spain were already qualified), and the top three finishers at the 2006 European Men's Handball Championship in Switzerland in January and February 2006 qualified. As Spain qualified for the semi-final at that tournament, the other three semi-finalists – Croatia, Denmark and France – qualified. The other 11 participants at the European Championship played off with five winners in preliminary qualifying groups, which are shown below. First round Final standings (as of 20 January 2006):de Rumänien bereits sicher in den play-offs https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092114/http://www.handball-wm-2007.de/front_content.php?client=1&lang=1&idcat=44&idart=205&m=&s= 2007-09-29 from the tournament's official website, retrieved 20 January 2006 Group 1 main WDL Q 2 GRE GRE BIH BIH NED NED ITA ITA 4 0 2 164 148 4 0 2 182 169 2 0 4 159 181 2 0 4 157 181 green1 Playoffs A complete Group 2 main WDL Q 2 AUT AUT FIN FIN ISR ISR BUL BUL 5 0 1 205 161 3 0 3 173 170 3 0 3 171 173 1 0 5 153 198 green1 Playoffs A complete Group 3 main WDL Q 2 CZE CZE MKD MKD Macedonia EST EST CYP CYP 5 0 1 219 149 4 1 1 200 176 2 1 3 169 182 0 0 6 133 214 green1 Playoffs A complete Group 4 main WDL Q 2 4 ROM ROM LIT LIT LAT LAT LUX LUX 5 1 0 186 143 3 1 2 174 149 2 0 4 177 169 1 0 5 129 205 green1 Playoffs A complete Group 5 main WDL Q 2 SWE SWE BLR BLR TUR TUR BEL BEL 6 0 0 223 139 4 0 2 189 160 2 0 4 140 197 0 0 6 155 211 green1 Playoffs A complete Play-offs The play-off draw was made in Zürich on 5 February. The matches2007 Men's World Championship play-off matches https://web.archive.org/web/20070928002639/http://www.euro06.com/CMS_Files/452_item.asp?root_id=28&node_id=452&item_id=2483 2007-09-28 from euro06.com, retrieved 5 February 2006 are two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekend of June. Teams in bold below qualified for the World Championship.2007 - Men's World Championship / Play-off, from the European Handball Federation GRE 47–51 POL 27–22 20–29 POR 47–55 UKR 21–30 26–25 ROM 56–57 NOR 29–30 27–27 SCG 58–73 CZE 31–37 27–36 SVN 67–51 AUT 36–26 31–25 SVK 52–65 HUN 24–33 28–32 SWE 54–57 ISL 28–32 26–25 SUI 54–85 RUS 26–41 28–44 |} Oceania The Oceanian qualifying tournament, took place in Dural, Sydney from 22 May to 24 May 2006, immediately before the Pacific Cup AUS Australia qualified for the world championships after defeating New Zealand 41–14 and the Cook Islands 63–5.2007 Men's World Championship: Australia will represent Oceania June 2020 medicmedic, from IHF, retrieved 24 May 2006 References and notes World Men's Championship qualification World Men's Championship qualification Category:World Men's Handball Championship qualification