03.04.2014, 09:53
Qualification for Men's 20 EHF EURO 2014 throws off

PREVIEW: Over the coming weekend 32 teams vie for 13 open spots at the final tournament in Austria. Live streaming and live ticker available

Qualification for Men's 20 EHF EURO throws off

32 teams from across will take to the court from Friday to Sunday, vying for qualification for the Men's 20 EHF EURO which is played from 24 July to 3 August in Austria.

At the draw back in October 2013 the teams competing were drawn into eight groups of four teams each.

From Groups 1 to 5 the top two ranked teams will qualify, while only the first ranked team qualifies from Groups 6 to 8.

Austria as hosts as well as Germany and Sweden as the teams ranked first and second at the Men's 18 EHF EURO 2012 are already qualified.

The eight qualification tournaments will be played in a round robin-format. All matches can be followed via the EHF live ticker.

Furthermore there are hosts that offer live streaming of the qualifiers, such as the Spanish Handball Federation.

Following the qualification phase the draw for the final tournament will take place on 24 April 2014 in Linz.

TEXT: EHF / ts