2008 European Men's Handball Championship qualification

Qualification matches for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules host (Norway), and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places will be determined in play-offs in June; nine teams are seeded after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages.

Summary

Below is a table containing all seven qualifying groups. Teams that have secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green. The order of teams is by play off position.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7
Belarus Slovakia	Serbia Macedonia	Romania Latvia	Montenegro Netherlands	Switzerland Lithuania	Portugal	Sweden
Cyprus Moldova	Israel Luxembourg	Bulgaria Georgia	Austria Finland	Italy Turkey	Greece Estonia	Bosnia and Herzegovina Belgium

Group stage

Final standings (as of 30 January 2007)

Group 1 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Belarus 3 3 0 0 100 74 6 Slovakia 3 2 0 1 100 74 4 Cyprus 3 1 0 2 71 86 2 Moldova 3 0 0 3 73 110 0		Group 2 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Serbia 6 4 1 1 220 164 9 Macedonia 6 4 1 1 185 179 9 Israel 6 3 0 3 172 174 6 Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 149 209 0
Group 3 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Romania 6 6 0 0 203 153 12 Latvia 6 4 0 2 187 167 8 Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 140 170 2 Georgia 6 1 0 5 140 179 2		Group 4 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Montenegro 6 5 1 0 200 178 11 Netherlands 6 3 1 2 186 186 7 Austria 6 3 0 3 183 178 6 Finland 6 0 0 6 165 199 0
Group 5 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Switzerland 6 6 0 0 186 151 12 Lithuania 6 3 0 3 186 188 6 Italy 6 2 0 4 173 187 4 Turkey 6 1 0 5 167 186 2		Group 6 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Portugal 4 3 0 1 115 94 6 Greece 4 3 0 1 107 98 6 Estonia 4 0 0 4 95 125 0
Group 7 Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Sweden 4 4 0 0 139 106 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 0 2 143 121 4 Belgium 4 0 0 4 95 125 0

Play-off

The play-off draw was made in Vienna on 26 January 2007. The matches were two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekends of June.

Team 1	Result	Team 2	1st Leg	2nd Leg
Poland	72 - 47	Netherlands	31 – 20	41 - 27
Lithuania	53 - 59	Hungary	23 – 28	30 - 31
Ukraine	48 – 63	Slovakia	29 – 28	19 - 35
Slovenia	66 – 60	Macedonia	33 – 28	33 - 32
Latvia	56 – 64	Czech Republic	30 – 31	26 - 33
Belarus	61 – 54	Switzerland	33 – 24	28 - 30
Sweden	69 – 59	Romania	36 – 25	33 - 34
Portugal	55 – 63	Montenegro	28 – 30	27 - 33
Serbia	70 – 71	Iceland	30 – 29	40 - 42