2020 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.

The qualification was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

31 teams registered for participation and competed for 14 places at the final tournament in two distinct Qualification Phases. The group winner of phase 1 advanced to phase 2. The 28 teams were divided into seven groups of four teams.

Qualification Phase 1

The group was played in a tournament format from 31 May to 2 June 2019. The group winner advanced to the second phase.^[1]

All times are local.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	3	3	0	0	86	49	+37	6	Qualification phase 2
2	Israel	3	1	1	1	80	78	+2	3
3	Luxembourg	3	1	0	2	65	84	−19	2
4	Finland	3	0	1	2	64	84	−20	1

Source: Eurohandball
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) Hosts

Results

31 May 2019 16:00	Finland	24–27	Luxembourg	Filippio Sports Hall, Veria Attendance: 200 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Hilli 7	(13–18)	Welter 8
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

31 May 2019 18:30	Israel	21–28	Greece	Filippio Sports Hall, Veria Attendance: 500 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Vakrat 6	(12–11)	Tsàkalou 8
	1× 6×	Report	2× 2×

1 June 2019 16:00	Luxembourg	24–33	Israel	Filippio Sports Hall, Veria Attendance: 200 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Wirtz 10	(9–17)	Vakrat 10
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

1 June 2019 18:00	Greece	31–14	Finland	Filippio Sports Hall, Veria Attendance: 750 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Tsàkalou 6	(17–6)	Kulju 3
	5×	Report	1× 3×

2 June 2019 15:00	Israel	26–26	Finland	Filippio Sports Hall, Veria Attendance: 150 Referees: Mitrović, Kažanegra (MNE)
	Vakrat 12	(17–10)	Lindholm 7
	1× 4×	Report	2× 3×

2 June 2019 17:30	Greece	27–14	Luxembourg	Filippio Sports Hall, Veria Attendance: 600 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Mournou, Tsàkalou 5	(14–5)	Wirtz 5
	5× 1×	Report	2× 5×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	75	42	+33	4
2	Spain	2	2	0	61	40	+21	4
3	Austria	2	0	2	46	60	−14	0
4	Greece	2	0	2	36	76	−40	0

26 September 2019 19:30	Netherlands	32–24	Austria	Indoor-Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Stokes, Bartlett (GBR)
	Dulfer, van Wetering 6	(13–13)	Frey 8
	2× 2×	Report	1× 5×

26 September 2019 20:30	Spain	33–18	Greece	Palacio de los Juegos del Mediterráneo, Almería Attendance: 3,310 Referees: Rauchs, Linster (LUX)
	Cabral 6	(15–9)	Mastaka 5
	2× 3×	Report	2×

29 September 2019 17:00	Greece	18–43	Netherlands	Municipal Sports Center Lefkovrisi, Kozani Attendance: 700 Referees: Simone, Monitillo (ITA)
	Tsàkalou 9	(13–21)	three players 5
	1× 3×	Report	2× 2×

29 September 2019 20:25	Austria	22–28	Spain	BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf Attendance: 800 Referees: Lončar, Lončar (CRO)
	Frey, Kovacs 7	(8–14)	Rodríguez 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×

2020 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

Qualification Phase 1

Standings

Results

Qualification Phase 2

Seeding

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

References

External links

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hungary	2	2	0	63	29	+34	4
2	Montenegro	2	2	0	73	41	+32	4
3	Lithuania	2	0	2	43	65	−22	0
4	Italy	2	0	2	27	71	−44	0

25 September 2019 18:00	Montenegro	41–17	Italy	Sportski Centar Ada, Pljevlja Attendance: 2,360 Referees: Mertinian, Syrepisios (GRE)
	Radičević 9	(20–9)	Manojlovic 5
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

25 September 2019 19:00	Hungary	33–19	Lithuania	Érd Aréna, Érd Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Harabagiu, Stănescu (ROU)
	Klujber 9	(16–12)	Kavaliauskaitė 9
	3× 6×	Report	3× 5×

29 September 2019 16:00	Lithuania	24–32	Montenegro	Švyturys Arena, Klaipėda Attendance: 500 Referees: Pétursson, Prastarson (ISL)
	Kavaliauskaitė 11	(14–20)	Jauković 9
	2× 4×	Report	3× 6× 1×

29 September 2019 17:00	Italy	10–30	Hungary	Palagetur, Lignano Sabbiadoro Attendance: 800 Referees: Beulakker, Gilis (BEL)
	Bassanese 3	(4–16)	Klujber 8
	1× 5×	Report	1× 1×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Germany	2	2	0	74	45	+29	4
2	Slovenia	2	2	0	63	52	+11	4
3	Belarus	2	0	2	59	71	−12	0
4	Kosovo	2	0	2	38	66	−28	0

25 September 2019 18:45	Germany	40–30	Belarus	HUK-Coburg arena, Coburg Attendance: 1,837 Referees: Sá, Sá (POR)
	Bölk, Naidzinavicius 6	(20–14)	Kotsina 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 3×

26 September 2019 18:00	Slovenia	32–23	Kosovo	Sportna Dvorana Ljudski Vrt Lukna, Maribor Attendance: 600 Referees: Duplii, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Pišek, Vučko 6	(16–10)	Arifi 8
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

29 September 2019 15:30	Belarus	29–31	Slovenia	Minsk Sports Palace, Minsk Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Ivanović, Vujisić (MNE)
	Yezhykava 7	(13–18)	Gros 11
	2× 3×	Report	2× 3×

29 September 2019 20:00	Kosovo	15–34	Germany	Palace of Youth and Sports, Pristina Attendance: 755 Referees: Jovchev, Yonchev (BUL)
	Demaj 10	(8–14)	Minevskaja 7
	1× 5×	Report	3× 3×

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	2	2	0	69	41	+28	4
2	Serbia	2	2	0	62	49	+13	4
3	Slovakia	2	0	2	41	61	−20	0
4	Switzerland	2	0	2	49	70	−21	0

25 September 2019 18:00	Serbia	35–23	Switzerland	Kraljevo Sports Hall, Kraljevo Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Backović, Palačković (SLO)
	Pop-Lazić 7	(17–11)	Frey, Hodel 5
	1× 3×	Report	3× 4×

25 September 2019 19:30	Russia	34–15	Slovakia	Rostov-on-Don Palace of Sports, Rostov-Don Attendance: 2,956 Referees: Praštalo, Balvan (BIH)
	Vyakhireva 8	(17–10)	M. Rajnohová 5
	2× 1×	Report	2× 1×

29 September 2019 17:00	Switzerland	26–35	Russia	Mobiliar Arena, Muri bei Bern Attendance: 934 Referees: Bozhinovski, Nachevski (MKD)
	Kündig 7	(13–15)	Vyakhireva 7
	1× 8× 1×	Report	2× 6×

29 September 2019 17:00	Slovakia	26–27	Serbia	Športová hala na Zábraní, Hlohovec Attendance: 1,184 Referees: Doychinov, Goretsov (BUL)
	Bíziková 11	(11–10)	Pop-Lazić, Stoiljković 7
	2× 5×	Report	2× 2×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	2	2	0	73	45	+28	4
2	Czech Republic	2	2	0	68	49	+19	4
3	North Macedonia	2	0	2	55	72	−17	0
4	Portugal	2	0	2	39	69	−30	0

25 September 2019 20:15	Czech Republic	31–20	Portugal	Sportovní hala UP, Olomouc Attendance: 700 Referees: Loshak, Shajbakov (UKR)
	three players 5	(13–11)	Ferreira, Resende 4
	2× 3×	Report	2× 5×

26 September 2019 19:00	Sweden	35–26	North Macedonia	Rosvalla Nyköping Eventcenter, Nyköping Attendance: 1,815 Referees: Kull, Tint (EST)
	Petrén 7	(20–13)	Ristovska 5
	2× 2×	Report	1× 2×

28 September 2019 16:30	Portugal	19–38	Sweden	Câmara Municipal de Tondela, Tondela Attendance: 900 Referees: Fremstad, Pedersen (NOR)
	Ferreira, Resende 4	(7–15)	Hagman, Lundström 5
	1× 3×	Report	1× 6×

28 September 2019 18:00	North Macedonia	29–37	Czech Republic	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje Attendance: 500 Referees: Bytyqi, Kasapi (KOS)
	Livrinikj 12	(14–14)	Korešová 11
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Croatia	2	2	0	59	29	+30	4
2	France	2	2	0	61	34	+27	4
3	Iceland	2	0	2	25	52	−27	0
4	Turkey	2	0	2	38	68	−30	0

25 September 2019 18:00	Croatia	29–8	Iceland	Gradski vrt Hall, Osijek Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Chrzan, Janas (POL)
	Ježić, Zadravec 6	(14–3)	Knútsdóttir 5
	2×	Report	4×

25 September 2019 20:00	France	38–17	Turkey	Coliséum, Amiens Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Weijmans, Wolbertus (NED)
	Bouquet 6	(15–9)	Karaçam, Yılmaz 3
	2× 2×	Report	1× 4×

29 September 2019 16:00	Iceland	17–23	France	Íþróttamiðstöð Hauka, Hafnarfjörður Attendance: 901 Referees: Nygaard, Pedersen (DEN)
	Knútsdóttir 6	(10–13)	Niombla 5
	1×	Report	2×

29 September 2019 18:00	Turkey	21–30	Croatia	Porsuk Spor Salonu, Odunpazarı Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Xhema, Jahja (KOS)
	Toprak 4	(8–16)	Blažević 8
	2× 7×	Report	1× 5×

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Poland	2	2	0	55	42	+13	4
2	Romania	2	2	0	52	44	+8	4
3	Ukraine	2	0	2	50	54	−4	0
4	Faroe Islands	2	0	2	36	53	−17	0

25 September 2019 18:30	Romania	27–24	Ukraine	Sala Sporturilor „Dumitru Popescu Colibași”, Brașov Attendance: 2,700 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Laslo 8	(15–12)	Perederiy 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

25 September 2019 20:30	Poland	28–16	Faroe Islands	Kompleks Widowisko-Sportowy KCSiR, Kwidzyn Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Butskevich, Butskevich (BLR)
	Kobylińska 7	(12–8)	Weyhe 4
	3× 1×	Report	1× 3×

28 September 2019 19:00	Ukraine	26–27	Poland	Palace of Sports, Kyiv Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Pandžić, Mošorinski (SER)
	Savchyn 9	(14–14)	Kudłacz-Gloc 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

29 September 2019 17:00	Faroe Islands	20–25	Romania	Høllin á Hálsi, Tórshavn Attendance: 635 Referees: Smailagic, Smailagic (SWE)
	Hansen, Weyhe 5	(12–11)	Buceschi 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 4×