Men's EHF EURO 2012 Qualification starts
Although there are still 449 days left to the 2012 Men's EHF European Handball Championship in Serbia, the qualification matches will start on 27/28 October 2010.
On 12 April 2010 the draw took place in Belgrade. Seven groups of four teams, this includes 25 teams plus the three group winners from Qualification Phase 1, will play qualification games with each three matches at home and away.
The qualification for the EHF EURO 2012 in Serbia will be carried out in 7 groups of 4 teams each. The teams will play a total of 6 matches with a home and an away match against each of the other teams in their group.
The teams ranked 1st and 2nd of each group will qualify for the EHF EURO 2012 in Serbia.
Download the complete list of national team players.
The first two rounds are to be played on 27/28 October 2010 and 30/31 October 2010. Find all the upcoming matches (all times are local):
2012 Men's European Championship - Qualification 2 - Group 1
Round 1
27 October 2010, 17:15, Skopje (MKD)
FYR Macedonia vs. Estonia
(shown on the following TV station: A1)
28 October 2010, 18:00, Szombathely (HUN)
Hungary vs. Bosnia Herzegovina
(shown on the following TV stations: Sport Klub, TV 1)
Round 2
31 October 2010, 17:45, Polva (EST)
Estonia vs. Hungary
(shown on the following TV station: ETV - Eesti Television)
31 October 2010, 20:00, Sarajevo (BIH)
Bosnia Herzegovina vs. FYR Macedonia
(shown on the following TV station: TV 1)
2012 Men's European Championship - Qualification 2 - Group 2
Round 1
27 October 2010, 20:30, Lalin-Pontevedra (ESP)
Spain vs. Lithuania
(shown on the following TV station: TVE Sport)
28 October 2010, 20:00, Karlovac (CRO)
Croatia vs. Romania
(shown on the following TV stations: HRT, Pro TV)
Round 2
31 October 2010, 18:00, Vilnius (LTU)
Lithuania vs. Croatia
(shown on the following TV stations: LTLT, HRT)
31 October 2010, 18:00, Oradea (ROU)
Romania vs. Spain
(shown on the following TV station: Pro TV)
2012 Men's European Championship - Qualification 2 - Group 3
Round 1
27 October 2010, 20:15, Celje (SLO)
Slovenia vs. Portugal
(shown on the following TV station: RTVSLO)
28 October 2010, 17:00, Warsaw (POL)
Poland vs. Ukraine
(shown on the following TV station: PolSat)
Round 2
31 October 2010, 17:00, Portimao (POR)
Portugal vs. Poland
(shown on the following TV stations: RTP, PolSat)
31 October 2010, 17:00, Zaporozhye (UKR)
Ukraine vs. Slovenia
(shown on the following TV stations: Unica TV, RTV SLO)
2012 Men's European Championship - Qualification 2 - Group 4
Round 1
27 October 2010, 18:00, Povazská Bystrica (SVK)
Slovakia vs. Israel
(shown on the following TV station: STV)
28 October 2010, 19:15, Kristianstad (SWE)
Sweden vs. Montenegro
(shown on the following TV station: TV 4)
Round 2
31 October 2010, 18:00, Bar (MNE)
Montenegro vs. Slovakia
(shown on the following TV stations: TV of MNE, STV)
31 October 2010, 19:30, Rishion Le Zion (ISR)
Israel vs. Sweden
(shown on the following TV station: Channel 5)
2012 Men's European Championship - Qualification 2 - Group 5
Round 1
27 October 2010, 18:15, Göppingen (GER)
Germany vs. Austria
(shown on the following TV stations: Sport 1, ORF Newsflash)
27 October 2010, 19:40, Reykjavik (ISL)
Iceland vs. Latvia
(shown on the following TV station: RUV)
Round 2
30 October 2010, 20:20, Wiener Neustadt (AUT)
Austria vs. Iceland
(shown on the following TV stations: ORF, RUV)
31 October 2010, 14:05, Dobele (LAT)
Latvia vs. Germany
(shown on the following TV station: LTV)
2012 Men's European Championship - Qualification 2 - Group 6
Round 1
27 October 2010, 19:15, Bergen (NOR)
Norway vs. Netherlands
(shown on the following TV stations: TV2, NOS)
27 October 2010, 20:10, Zlin (CZE)
Czech Republic vs. Greece
(shown on the following TV stations: CTV, ERT)
Round 2
30 October 2010, 19:00, Almere (NED)
Netherlands vs. Czech Republic
(shown on the following TV station: NOS/News)
31 October 2010, 15:00, Xanthi (GRE)
Greece vs. Norway
(shown on the following TV stations: ERT, TV2)
2012 Men's European Championship - Qualification 2 - Group 7
Round 1
27 October 2010, 19:00, Chekhov (RUS)
Russia vs. Switzerland
(shown on the following TV stations: NTV Plus/tba, SSF/tba)
27.10.2010, 20:15, Aalborg Ost (DEN)
Denmark vs. Belarus
(shown on the following TV stations: TV2, BYBTRC)
Round 2
31 October 2010, 14:00, Winterthur (SUI)
Switzerland vs. Denmark
(shown on the following TV stations: SSF, Tv2 Sporten/tba)
31 October 2010, 15:00, Brest (BLR)
Belarus vs. Russia
(shown on the following TV stations: BYBTRC, NTV Plus/tba)
Further Qualification Rounds
The playing dates for the following qualification matches are as follows:
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