2012 European Men's Handball Championship qualification
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Seeding
The draw for the qualification round was held on the 31st of January 2010 at the EHF headquarters, in ViennaVienna
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, Austria
Austria
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. Serbia
Serbia national handball team
The Serbia national handball team represents Serbia in international handball competitions. It has won two bronze medals at the World Men's Handball Championship, in 1999 and 2001 and one bronze medal at the European Men's Handball Championship in 1996.For the results before 1991 when Serbia was...
(host nation), and France
France national handball team
France national handball team is the handball team, supervised by the French Handball Federation, that represents France in the international matches....
(defending champion
2010 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2010 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Austria from 19–31 January, in the cities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Wiener Neustadt.-Venues:...
), were directly qualified.
39 teams (including Serbia
Serbia national handball team
The Serbia national handball team represents Serbia in international handball competitions. It has won two bronze medals at the World Men's Handball Championship, in 1999 and 2001 and one bronze medal at the European Men's Handball Championship in 1996.For the results before 1991 when Serbia was...
) had registered for participation. 37 teams competed for 14 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 list valid for the EHF EURO 2012 Qualification in Serbia.
Seeding for Qualification Phase 1
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Seeding for Qualification Phase 2
The seedings were completely known after the playing of the final week-end of the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship2010 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2010 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Austria from 19–31 January, in the cities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Wiener Neustadt.-Venues:...
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Playing dates
- Qualification Phase 1:
Two options were available:
- Tournaments: 11–13 June 2010
- Home and away round robin: 14/15 April 2010, 17/18 April 2010, 9/10 June 2010, 12/13 June 2010, 16/17 June 2010, 19/20 June 2010
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings.- Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question.
- Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question.
- Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question.
- If, after applying criteria 1) to 3) to several teams, two or more teams still have an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 3) will be reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5), 6) and 7) will apply.
- Superior goal difference from all group matches played.
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches played.
- Drawing of lots.
Qualification Phase 1
The participating teams were the 12 lowest ranked according to the EHF National Team Ranking list valid for the EHF EURO 2012 Qualification in Serbia.They were: , , , , , , , , , , and .
The 12 teams divided into 3 groups, with the 3 winners advancing to the Qualification Phase 2.
Draw procedure
- Step 1: 2 teams from , , were drawn to pot 2. The remaining team went to pot 3 (the balls were not opened).
- Step 2: 3 teams of pot 1 to row 1
- Step 3: 3 teams of pot 2 to row 2
- Step 4: 3 teams of pot 3 to row 3
- Step 5: 3 teams of pot 4 to row 4
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Qualification Phase 2
There were 28 teams participating at this phase. They were drawn into 7 groups of 4 teams with the first 2 in each group qualifying for the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship2012 European Men's Handball Championship
The 2012 EHF European Men's Handball Championship will be held in Serbia from 15–29 January, in the cities of Belgrade, Niš and Novi Sad and Vršac...
. The teams participating at this phase were:
- 14 teams qualified from 2010 European Men's Handball Championship2010 European Men's Handball ChampionshipThe 2010 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was held in Austria from 19–31 January, in the cities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Linz and Wiener Neustadt.-Venues:...
: , , , , , , , , , , , , , . - 7 group winners from the Qualification Round from the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship European qualification2011 World Men's Handball Championship European qualificationThis page describes the European zone qualifying procedure for the 2011 World Men's Handball Championship.- Seeding :The draw for the qualification round was held on the 6th of August 2009 at the EHF headquarters, in Vienna. Sweden , and France , are directly qualified...
: , , , , , , . - 4 additional teams according to the EHF National Team Ranking list valid for the EHF EURO 2012 Qualification in Serbia: , , , .
- 3 winners of the Qualification Phase 1: , ,
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
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