This article describes the qualification for the

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and inaugural

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Qualification system

Teams competed for 20 places at the final tournament in two distinct Qualification Phases. In each phase, the teams were divided into several pots according to their positions in the EHF National Team Ranking.

Qualification Phase 1

Seeding

The draw for the qualification round was held on 24 June 2016 in

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. The group winners advance to the Phase 2.

Groups

Group 1

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IHF Emerging Nations Championship

The three best placed European teams of this tournament qualified to the Phase 2. *Note: China finished in sixth place but is not a European nation.

Qualification Phase 2

Twenty-six pre-qualified teams joined the six qualified teams from previous rounds. Those 32 teams were split into eight groups, with the winners and runner-ups qualifying for the final tournament, as well as the four best third-placed teams. The draw for the qualification round was held on 12 April 2018 in

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, Norway. As Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Netherlands and Portugal had the same points in the national team ranking, an extra draw was held just before the actual draw in which the two first teams drawn were placed in pot 2, while the third went into pot 3. Netherlands and Portugal were drawn to be in pot 2. Furthermore, for political reasons, Serbia and Kosovo could not be drawn into the same group.

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Ranking of third-placed teams

The four highest ranked third-placed teams from the groups directly qualify for the tournament. Matches against the fourth placed teams in each group will be discarded.

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

The three lowest ranked fourth-placed teams not selected as hosts of

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will play in its

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EHF Euro Cup

For the first time ever, the

was played. The inaugural edition was between the 2020 co-hosts,

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and

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, plus the champions of the 2018 Handball Euro,

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. The first champions were

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References

External links

Official websiteReport of the EHF Euro Cup
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