2013 Women’s World Championship in Serbia – Qualification Europe

On Tuesday 24 July 2012 at 11:00hrs (local time) the Qualification Europe for the 2013 Women’s World Championship in Serbia will be drawn at the EHF Headquarters, Vienna (AUT). The draw decides the fixtures for Qualification Phase 1. It will take place at the same time as the draw of the European Cups.

Due to the withdrawal of Great Britain, the draw procedure has been updated.

10 of the 24 teams at the Final Tournament in Serbia will come from Europe. Defending champion, Norway, and the organiser, Serbia, are already qualified for the event.

In Qualification Phase 1, there will be three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The qualification phase 1 will be played over three weeks in home and away matches starting in October 2012 with round 1 and 2. If all teams of the group agree, the matches can be played in a format of a tournament.

The winner of each group qualifies for Qualification Phase 2, the play-off matches, which will be played on 1/2 and 8/9 June 2013.

The winners of the play-off matches qualify for the Final Tournament of the 2013 Women’s World Championship in Serbia from 7 to 22 December 2013.

Pots for Qualification Phase 1

Pot 1
Austria
Belarus
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Slovakia
Turkey

Pot 2
Azerbaijan
Greece
Italy

Lithuania
Slovenia
Switzerland

Pot 3
Finland
Israel

More information about the draw and the qualification procedure can be found here.