2014 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

The draw for the qualification round was held on the 27 March 2012 at the EHF headquarters, in Vienna, Austria.^[1] Denmark as host nation and (defending champion), was directly qualified. 39 teams had registered for participation. 38 teams compete for 15 places at the final tournament in 2 distinct Qualification Phases. In each phase, the teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking.^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Ukraine  Greece  Romania  Estonia	Switzerland  Israel  Latvia  Cyprus	Finland  Turkey  Belgium  Italy	Luxembourg  Great Britain  Ireland  Malta

The games were played in a mini-tournament, hosted by one country. The group winners and the two best second-ranked teams advanced to the second phase.

Venue: University of Cyprus Athletic Center, Nicosia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	94	70	+24	6	Qualification Phase 2
2	Finland	3	1	0	2	73	69	+4	2
3	Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	70	77	−7	2
4	Cyprus (H)	3	1	0	2	63	84	−21	2

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 June 2012 17:00	Ukraine	30 – 24	Finland	Attendance: 100 Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
	Ostroushko 7	(15–13)	Karlsson 7
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 4×

8 June 2012 19:30	Cyprus	27 – 21	Luxembourg	Attendance: 250 Referees: Sirbu, Suponicov (MDA)
	Constantinou 12	(8–10)	Sarac 4
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

9 June 2012 16:00	Luxembourg	24 – 27	Ukraine	Attendance: 50 Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
	Muller 7	(7–20)	Onufryienko 5
	2× 2×	Report	3× 5×

9 June 2012 18:30	Finland	26 – 14	Cyprus	Attendance: 150 Referees: Sirbu, Suponicov (MDA)
	Rönnberg 6	(11–6)	Demosthenous 4
	3× 2×	Report	2× 6×

10 June 2012 16:00	Finland	23 – 25	Luxembourg	Attendance: 50 Referees: Sirbu, Suponicov (MDA)
	Rönnberg 7	(8–14)	Poeckes 8
	2× 1×	Report	3× 3×

10 June 2012 18:30	Ukraine	37 – 22	Cyprus	Attendance: 200 Referees: Buache, Meyer (SUI)
	Ostroushko 6	(20–10)	Nikiforou 5
	3× 6×	Report	3× 9×

Venue: Palaflorio, Bari

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	84	64	+20	5	Qualification Phase 2
2	Italy (H)	3	1	2	0	81	78	+3	4
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	88	86	+2	3
4	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	77	102	−25	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 June 2012 17:45	Switzerland	38 – 21	Great Britain	Attendance: 100 Referees: Samuelsen, Hansen (FRO)
	Goepfert 6	(16–12)	Larsson 8
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 2×

8 June 2012 20:00	Greece	31 – 31	Italy	Attendance: 250 Referees: Malasinskas, Grigalionis (LTU)
	Tzimourtos 12	(16–12)	Radovcic 12
	4× 6×	Report	3× 7×

9 June 2012 17:45	Great Britain	30 – 35	Greece	Attendance: 42 Referees: Malasinskas, Grigalionis (LTU)
	Mohr 8	(13–21)	Georgiadis 7
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

9 June 2012 20:00	Italy	21 – 21	Switzerland	Attendance: 300 Referees: Samuelsen, Hansen (FRO)
	Skatar 8	(10–10)	Hofstetter 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

10 June 2012 18:00	Greece	22 – 25	Switzerland	Attendance: 60 Referees: Samuelsen, Hansen (FRO)
	three players 5	(11–11)	Vukelic 9
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

10 June 2012 20:30	Italy	29 – 26	Great Britain	Attendance: 150 Referees: Malasinskas, Grigalionis (LTU)
	Skatar 8	(14–11)	Vincent 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

Venue: Maccabi House Arena, Rishon LeZion

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	100	55	+45	6	Qualification Phase 2
2	Israel (H)	3	2	0	1	105	64	+41	4
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	87	77	+10	2
4	Ireland	3	0	0	3	32	128	−96	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

8 June 2012 16:00	Israel	49 – 10	Ireland	Attendance: 300 Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE)
	Pomeranz 13	(25–6)	McAuley 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

8 June 2012 18:15	Romania	35 – 19	Belgium	Attendance: 100 Referees: Mishchuk, Rozhkov (UKR)
	Ghiţă 8	(14–9)	Kopljar 4
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

9 June 2012 17:30	Ireland	11 – 39	Romania	Attendance: 100 Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE)
	Meyer 4	(6–18)	Mihalcea 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

9 June 2012 20:00	Belgium	28 – 31	Israel	Attendance: 600 Referees: Mishchuk, Rozhkov (UKR)
	Cauwenberghs 6	(14–19)	Pomeranz 10
	3× 2×	Report	3× 6×

10 June 2012 15:30	Belgium	40 – 11	Ireland	Attendance: 20 Referees: Chaskis, Tsakonas (GRE)
	Danesi 8	(18–7)	Murphy 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4× 1×

10 June 2012 18:00	Romania	26 – 25	Israel	Attendance: 750 Referees: Mishchuk, Rozhkov (UKR)
	four players 4	(10–12)	Pomeranz 6
	3× 2× 1×	Report	3× 2× 1×

Venue: Edip Buran Sport Hall, Mersin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	2	1	0	96	72	+24	5	Qualification Phase 2
2	Latvia	3	1	2	0	83	57	+26	4
3	Estonia	3	1	1	1	118	85	+33	3
4	Malta	3	0	0	3	46	129	−83	0

All times are local (UTC+3).

8 June 2012 17:00	Latvia	36 – 10	Malta	Attendance: 300 Referees: Azemi, Beqiri (Kosovo)
	Blūms 6	(17–4)	Said 3
	2× 6×	Report	3× 5×

8 June 2012 19:00	Estonia	35 – 39	Turkey	Attendance: 600 Referees: Yudchyts, Kot (BLR)
	Jaanimaa 10	(14–21)	Döne 12
	3× 4×	Report	3× 7× 1×

9 June 2012 17:00	Malta	19 – 56	Estonia	Attendance: 200 Referees: Azemi, Beqiri (Kosovo)
	Magro, Naudi 5	(8–27)	Lees 13
	3× 5× 1×	Report	3× 3×

9 June 2012 19:00	Turkey	20 – 20	Latvia	Attendance: 600 Referees: Yudchyts, Kot (BLR)
	Asikoglu 6	(11–8)	Krištopāns 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 8×

10 June 2012 17:00	Estonia	27 – 27	Latvia	Attendance: 200 Referees: Yudchyts, Kot (BLR)
	Patrail 7	(12–13)	Tuminskis 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 5×

10 June 2012 19:00	Turkey	37 – 17	Malta	Attendance: 700 Referees: Azemi, Beqiri (Kosovo)
	three players 5	(19–8)	Said 5
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×