11.01.2010, 03:12
2011 Men's WCh Qualification Round

World Championship qualification matches are coming up on 15-17 January for 23 European national teams.

2011 Men's WCh Qualification Round

The 2011 Men's World Championship (IHF event) will take place in Sweden. European national teams will have a total of 14 places at the Final Tournament.

Qualification Round Europe

Slovakia, among others, will start the qualification this weekendOver the upcoming weekend (15-17 January 2010), the qualification matches between the 23 national teams involved will be played in 5 groups of 3 teams and 2 groups of 4 teams. The winner of each group will qualify for the play-off matches, which will be played on 12/13 June and 19/20 June 2010.

For the playing schedule of the World Championship Qualification Round Europe, please click here.

Official Squads

The participating teams submitted their Official Squad Lists (a maximum of 28 players) who may take part at the qualification round. The 16-player Delegation Lists will be announced on Thursday at the technical meetings.

Download the official squads here!

World Championship Qualification

Apart from the defending champion (France) and the organiser (Sweden), the three best ranked teams at the EHF EURO 2010 in Austria will directly qualify for the final tournament in Sweden.

The other 11 teams from the EHF EURO 2010 will have to secure their places at play-off matches.

Qualified for the
final tournament:  

FRA (defending champion), SWE (organiser), and 3 best ranked teams from EHF EURO 2010 (5 teams)

Qualified for Play-off
(from ECh AUT):                   

AUT, CRO, CZE, DEN, ESP, GER, HUN, ISL, NOR, POL, RUS, SLO, SRB, UKR (11 out of these 14)

The draw for the Play-off will take place on 31 January in Vienna.

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