2014 European Women's Handball Championship qualification

This article describes the qualification for the 2014 European Women's Handball Championship.

Qualification system

Draw and format

The draw was held at the Veszprém Aréna in Veszprém, Hungary on 26 May 2013 at 17:00 local time.^[1] Hungary and Croatia as host nations were directly qualified.^[2] 26 teams had registered for participation and compete for 14 places at the final tournament in the qualification. The teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking.^[3]

The two top ranked teams advanced to the final tournament.

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Norway  Denmark  Montenegro  France  Sweden  Russia  Spain	Romania  Serbia  Germany  Iceland  Netherlands  Ukraine  Czech Republic	Macedonia  Turkey  Slovenia  Poland  Austria  Belarus  Slovakia	Switzerland  Portugal  Italy  Lithuania  Finland

Groups

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	6	6	0	0	204	164	+40	12	Final tournament
2	Ukraine	6	3	0	3	177	166	+11	6
3	Austria	6	3	0	3	177	186	−9	6
4	Lithuania	6	0	0	6	160	202	−42	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

24 October 2013 18:00	Ukraine	30 – 27	Lithuania	Palace of Sports Yunost, Zaporizhia Attendance: 1,400 Referees: Aghakishi, Aghakishi (AZE)
	Glibko, Managarova 10	(11–15)	Bernatavičiūtė 14
	2× 4×	Report	2× 3×

24 October 2013 21:00	Denmark	42 – 27	Austria	Roskilde Hallerne, Roskilde Attendance: 1,879 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Nørgaard 9	(20–11)	Frey 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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27 October 2013 18:00	Lithuania	31 – 38	Denmark	Cido Arena, Panevėžys Attendance: 200 Referees: Gutowska, Lesiak (POL)
	Satkauskaitė 9	(12–21)	Burgaard, Dalby 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

27 October 2013 20:25	Austria	34 – 28	Ukraine	Sport Halle Krems, Krems an der Donau Attendance: 800 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Scheffknecht 13	(18–12)	Borshchenko 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

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27 March 2014 18:30	Lithuania	28 – 31	Austria	Cido Arena, Panevėžys Attendance: 400 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Bernatavičiūtė 8	(13–13)	Scheffknecht 12
	3× 5×	Report	1× 6×

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29 March 2014 21:15	Denmark	28 – 26	Ukraine	Kolding-Hallen, Kolding Attendance: 1,454 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Jørgensen 6	(17–11)	Glibko, Managarova 5
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 5×

29 March 2014 20:25	Austria	32 – 22	Lithuania	Handballarena Rieden-Vorkloster, Bregenz Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Andorka, Hucker (HUN)
	Scheffknecht 9	(19–11)	Bernatavičiūtė 11
	2× 4×	Report	3× 6×

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4 June 2014 17:10	Ukraine	24 – 28	Denmark	Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce, Slovakia Attendance: 900 Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK)
	Nikolayenko 7	(16–16)	Nørgaard 8
	5× 2×	Report	5× 3×

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7 June 2014 17:15	Austria	29 – 33	Denmark	Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Engel 8	(14–16)	Jørgensen 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

11 June 2014 18:30	Lithuania	25 – 36	Ukraine	Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas Attendance: 1,301 Referees: Wyss, Zowa (SUI)
	Satkauskaite 5	(12–15)	Managarova 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 1×

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15 June 2014 16:00	Denmark	35 – 27	Lithuania	Roskilde Hallen, Roskilde Attendance: 1,648 Referees: Vešović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Jørgensen 7	(21–12)	Bernatavičiūtė 10
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

15 June 2014 20:20	Ukraine	33 – 24	Austria	Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce, Slovakia Attendance: 550 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Nikolayenko 12	(17–10)	Frey 9
	3× 6× 1×	Report	3× 5×

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	6	5	1	0	163	108	+55	11	Final tournament
2	Slovakia	6	3	1	2	154	139	+15	7
3	Iceland	6	3	0	3	151	136	+15	6
4	Finland	6	0	0	6	106	191	−85	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 October 2013 19:30	Iceland	34 – 18	Finland	Vodafonehöllin, Reykjavík Attendance: 550 Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
	Jónsdóttir, Sigurðardóttir 5	(18–8)	Cainberg 10
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

24 October 2013 19:15	France	25 – 18	Slovakia	Kindarena, Rouen Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Laurell, Engberg (SWE)
	Baudouin, Lacrabère 6	(13–7)	Beňušková 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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27 October 2013 17:00	Slovakia	19 – 18	Iceland	Mestská hala, Šaľa Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Szarková 5	(9–9)	Knútsdóttir 7
	3× 2×	Report	2× 5×

27 October 2013 18:30	Finland	13 – 27	France	Energia Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,529 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Cainberg, Hilli 3	(8–17)	Baudouin 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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26 March 2014 19:00	Finland	25 – 27	Slovakia	Energia Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 600 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Roos 7	(14–12)	Dubajová 7
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

26 March 2014 19:30	Iceland	21 – 27	France	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 1,323 Referees: Opava, Válek (CZE)
	Knútsdóttir 8	(11–15)	Baudouin, Dembélé 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

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29 March 2014 17:30	France	24 – 19	Iceland	Palais des Sports de Beaublanc, Limoges Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Vujačić, Kazanegra (MNE)
	Niombla 8	(10–13)	Magnúsdóttir 8
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

29 March 2014 18:00	Slovakia	38 – 17	Finland	Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Čerņavskis, Bogdanovs (LAT)
	Beňušková 7	(17–7)	Genberg, von Numers 4
	2× 3×	Report	2× 2×

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11 June 2014 18:00	Slovakia	24 – 24	France	Mestská Sportova hala, Šaľa Attendance: 2,900 Referees: Jurinović, Mrvica (CRO)
	Beňušková 5	(15–12)	Deroin, Zaadi 4
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

11 June 2014 19:00	Finland	20 – 29	Iceland	Sisu Arena, Karis Attendance: 400 Referees: Di Domenico, Fornasier (ITA)
	Lönnborg 8	(6–18)	Einarsdóttir 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

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15 June 2014 14:45	Iceland	30 – 28	Slovakia	Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík Attendance: 975 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Knútsdóttir 10	(16–12)	Szarková 10
	2× 2×	Report	2× 5×

15 June 2014 17:00	France	36 – 13	Finland	Vendéspace, Mouilleron-le-Captif Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Sa, Sa (POR)
	Gaudefroy, Lacrabère 8	(14–5)	Ax 3
	2× 3×	Report	3× 1×

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	6	5	1	0	150	134	+16	11	Final tournament
2	Poland	6	3	0	3	140	132	+8	6
3	Czech Republic	6	3	0	3	157	136	+21	6
4	Portugal	6	0	1	5	127	172	−45	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 October 2013 18:00	Montenegro	25 – 21	Poland	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 3,550 Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (SVK)
	Bulatović 11	(11–11)	Grzyb 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

23 October 2013 18:00	Czech Republic	35 – 20	Portugal	Sportovni hala Banik Most, Most Attendance: 1,070 Referees: Florescu, Duţă (ROU)
	Chrenková 6	(17–8)	Valente 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

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27 October 2013 15:00	Portugal	24 – 29	Montenegro	Multidesportos Dr. Mário Mexia, Coimbra Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Arntsen, Röen (NOR)
	Andrade 8	(8–10)	Miljanić-Petrovic, Radičević 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 2×

27 October 2013 17:40	Poland	19 – 22	Czech Republic	Globus Hall, Lublin Attendance: 4,300 Referees: Zotin, Volodkov (RUS)
	Stachowska 5	(9–9)	Luzumová 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 1×

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26 March 2014 16:20	Czech Republic	23 – 24	Montenegro	Sportovní hala Baník Most, Most Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Gatelis, Mažeika (LTU)
	Luzumová 7	(10–11)	Radičević 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 4×

26 March 2014 21:00	Portugal	17 – 24	Poland	Pavilhão Municipal da Maia, Maia Attendance: 900 Referees: Laurell, Engberg (SWE)
	Silva 6	(7–11)	Kudłacz 7
	3× 6× 1×	Report	2× 1×

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30 March 2014 16:00	Montenegro	25 – 22	Czech Republic	Sporthall Nikoljac, Bijelo Polje Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Cohen, Peretz (ISR)
	Bulatović 6	(12–11)	Luzumová 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

30 March 2014 17:30	Poland	29 – 21	Portugal	CRS Hall Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Byzdra 4	(14–8)	Ferreira 7
	3× 3× 1×	Report	3× 6× 1×

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11 June 2014 20:00	Portugal	23 – 33	Czech Republic	Pavilhao Municipal Pedro Do Sul, São Pedro do Sul Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Pandzić, Mosorinski (SRB)
	Aguiar 7	(9–14)	Luzumová 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

11 June 2014 20:20	Poland	22 – 25	Montenegro	Hala Sportowa Częstochowa, Częstochowa Attendance: 6,700 Referees: Năstase, Stancu (ROU)
	Wojtas 6	(11–10)	Bulatović 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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14 June 2014 11:25	Czech Republic	22 – 25	Poland	Městská hala míčových sportů, Brno Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (BIH)
	Kutlvašrová 7	(10–16)	Kudlacz 8
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

15 June 2014 20:00	Montenegro	22 – 22	Portugal	Sportski Centar Nikšić, Nikšić Attendance: 750 Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
	Malović 8	(13–12)	Ferreira 6
	3× 5×	Report	2× 2×

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	5	0	1	160	106	+54	10	Final tournament
2	Netherlands	6	5	0	1	170	122	+48	10
3	Turkey	6	2	0	4	110	166	−56	4
4	Italy	6	0	0	6	105	151	−46	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 October 2013 19:30	Netherlands	28 – 13	Italy	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (HUN)
	van der Heijden 6	(12–9)	Gheorghe 4
	3× 2×	Report	3× 2×

24 October 2013 20:00	Spain	28 – 11	Turkey	Palacio de los Deportes de León, León Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Vesović, Mitrović (MNE)
	Barbosa 9	(15–5)	Şahin 3
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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26 October 2013 20:00	Italy	11 – 27	Spain	Anfiteatro Giovanni Paolo II, Pescara Attendance: 900 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Fanton 4	(6–13)	Pinedo 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

27 October 2013 18:00	Turkey	17 – 32	Netherlands	THF Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 900 Referees: Bounouara, Sami (FRA)
	İskenderoğlu 5	(8–17)	van der Heijden 6
	2× 1×	Report	2× 1×

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26 March 2014 19:30	Netherlands	27 – 22	Spain	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Abbingh 7	(17–12)	Barbosa 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

27 March 2014 20:00	Italy	21 – 22	Turkey	Palazzetto dello Sport Santa Filomena, Chieti Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (SRB)
	Gheorghe 9	(11–13)	three players 4
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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29 March 2014 17:00	Turkey	23 – 21	Italy	THF Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 550 Referees: Jørum, Stenhaugmo (NOR)
	Özel 8	(10–9)	Niederwieser 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 2×

30 March 2014 13:00	Spain	29 – 22	Netherlands	Palacio de los Deportes de La Rioja, Logroño Attendance: 2,518 Referees: Marić, Mašić (SRB)
	Barbosa 8	(16–14)	Malestein 5
	2× 6×	Report	3× 5×

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11 June 2014 19:00	Turkey	16 – 27	Spain	THF Sport Hall, Ankara Attendance: 350 Referees: Santos, Fonseca (POR)
	Hosgör 4	(6–13)	Barbosa 6
	3× 4×	Report	2× 3×

12 June 2014 20:00	Italy	20 – 24	Netherlands	Pala San Giacomo, Bari Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Gheorghe 7	(10–13)	Schoenaker 5
	2× 5×	Report	3× 3×

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14 June 2014 17:30	Spain	27 – 19	Italy	Quijote Arena, Ciudad Real Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Freitas, Carvalho (POR)
	Barbosa 7	(14–10)	Gheorghe, Niederwieser 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

15 June 2014 14:00	Netherlands	37 – 21	Turkey	Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Laurell, Engberg (SWE)
	Van der Heijden 8	(18–12)	three players 3
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	6	4	2	0	173	134	+39	10	Final tournament
2	Serbia	6	3	2	1	156	140	+16	8
3	Slovenia	6	3	0	3	162	173	−11	6
4	Switzerland	6	0	0	6	131	175	−44	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 October 2013 18:00	Serbia	32 – 21	Switzerland	Sports Hall, Vrnjačka Banja Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Hatipoğlu, Şimşek (TUR)
	Lojpur 7	(15–6)	three players 4
	3× 7×	Report	3× 3×

23 October 2013 19:15	Sweden	30 – 25	Slovenia	Idrottens Hus, Helsingborg Attendance: 2,139 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Alm 8	(16–12)	Lazović-Varlec 7
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

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27 October 2013 15:30	Switzerland	22 – 30	Sweden	Saalsporthalle Zürich, Zürich Attendance: 800 Referees: Panayides, Andreou (CYP)
	Frey, Weigelt 6	(11–13)	Fogelström, Gulldén 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

27 October 2013 18:00	Slovenia	31 – 26	Serbia	Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana Attendance: 800 Referees: Gubica, Milošević (CRO)
	Mavsar 6	(16–12)	Krpež 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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27 March 2014 20:00	Serbia	25 – 25	Sweden	Jezero Hall, Kragujevac Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Stark, Ştefan (ROU)
	Damnjanović 11	(14–14)	Torstensson 7
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

27 March 2014 20:00	Switzerland	22 – 24	Slovenia	Frohberg Stäfa, Stäfa Attendance: 757 Referees: Martins, Martins (POR)
	Weigelt 9	(13–14)	Gros, Koren 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

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30 March 2014 17:30	Slovenia	30 – 29	Switzerland	Športna dvorana Kodeljevo, Ljubljana Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Gasmi, Gasmi (FRA)
	Gros 6	(15–16)	Weigelt 8
	3× 5× 2×	Report	3× 7× 1×

30 March 2014 18:15	Sweden	18 – 18	Serbia	Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad Attendance: 2,449 Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Torstensson 5	(9–10)	Lekić, Damnjanović 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

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11 June 2014 20:00	Slovenia	27 – 34	Sweden	Športna dvorana Kodeljevo, Ljubljana Attendance: 700 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Gros, Irman 5	(14–17)	Gulldén 8
	2× 3×	Report	3× 5×

12 June 2014 20:00	Switzerland	20 – 23	Serbia	Frohberg Stäfa, Stäfa Attendance: 680 Referees: Rakytina, Tkachuk (UKR)
	Dinkel 5	(12–13)	Lekić 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

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15 June 2014 13:00	Sweden	36 – 17	Switzerland	Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,506 Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
	Johansson 6	(18–6)	Weigelt 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

15 June 2014 20:00	Serbia	32 – 25	Slovenia	Čair Sports Center, Niš Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Krkačev, Kolevski (MKD)
	Lekić 9	(18–15)	Gros 6
	3×	Report	3× 3× 1×

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	4	4	0	0	120	94	+26	8	Final tournament
2	Romania	4	2	0	2	103	103	0	4
3	Belarus	4	0	0	4	101	127	−26	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 October 2013 18:00	Romania	23 – 25	Norway	Arena Antonio Alexe, Oradea Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
	Ardean-Elisei, Marin 5	(10–11)	Dyhre Breivang 6
	3× 2×	Report	3× 4×

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27 October 2013 16:15	Norway	30 – 18	Romania	Sotra Arena, Bergen Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Løke 6	(14–9)	Marin 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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26 March 2014 19:15	Norway	33 – 29	Belarus	Stavanger Idrettshall, Stavanger Attendance: 7,140 Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (LTU)
	Herrem 9	(16–13)	Stsiapanava 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

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30 March 2014 16:00	Belarus	24 – 32	Norway	Sport Complex Olympiets, Mogilev Attendance: 1,450 Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (MKD)
	Lisok 4	(12–16)	Løke 6
	2× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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11 June 2014 18:00	Belarus	28 – 30	Romania	Sport Complex Olympiets, Mogilev Attendance: 1,490 Referees: Leandersson, Lindroos (FIN)
	Ezhikova 6	(13–14)	Ardean-Elisei 9
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

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15 June 2014 18:30	Romania	32 – 20	Belarus	Lascăr Pană, Baia Mare Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Hájek, Macho (CZE)
	Nechita 8	(15–6)	Stsiapanava 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 1×

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	4	3	0	1	114	93	+21	6	Final tournament
2	Russia	4	3	0	1	123	107	+16	6
3	Macedonia	4	0	0	4	84	121	−37	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 October 2013 19:30	Germany	32 – 27	Russia	Trier Arena, Trier Attendance: 1,480 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Müller, Zapf 9	(18–11)	Davydenko 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

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27 October 2013 18:00	Russia	29 – 28	Germany	Sportcomplex Zvezdniy, Astrakhan Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Stark, Stefan (ROU)
	Makeeva 5	(13–11)	Müller 9
	3× 4×	Report	3× 2×

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26 March 2014 19:00	Russia	36 – 23	Macedonia	Palace of Sport, Rostov-on-Don Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Horváth, Márton (HUN)
	Ilina 7	(18–12)	Despodovska, Gjeorgjievska 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 2×

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29 March 2014 17:45	Macedonia	24 – 31	Russia	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Brunovský, Čanda (SVK)
	Gjeorgjievska 7	(9–18)	Chernoivanenko 6
	3× 1×	Report	3× 1×

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11 June 2014 17:45	Macedonia	21 – 23	Germany	SRC Kale, Skopje Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Leszczynski, Piechota (POL)
	Despodovska 8	(11–9)	Müller 6
	3× 2×	Report	2× 2×

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14 June 2014 12:30	Germany	31 – 16	Macedonia	GETEC Arena, Magdeburg Attendance: 7,700 Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Müller 7	(14–5)	Despodovska 9
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

References

1. "Women's EHF EURO 2014 qualification groups drawn in Veszprem". EHF. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
2. "Veszprem Arena hosts Women's EHF EURO 2014 qualification draw". EHF. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
3. "Seedings for Women's EHF EURO 2014 qualification draw released". EHF. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

External links

• Eurohandball Site Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine