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QUALIFICATION MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA GUIDE CONTENTS Foreword 3 GROUP 5 OVERVIEW 41 Qualification information 4 Hungary 42 GROUP 1 OVERVIEW 5 Poland 44 Norway 6 Slovakia 46 Romania 8 Finland 48 Belarus 10 GROUP 6 OVERVIEW 50 Lithuania 12 Denmark 51 GROUP 2 OVERVIEW 14 Russia 53 Serbia 15 Turkey 55 Czech Republic 17 Portugal 57 Ukraine 19 GROUP 7 OVERVIEW 59 Italy 21 France 60 GROUP 3 OVERVIEW 23 Germany 62 Spain 24 Iceland 64 Netherlands 26 Switzerland 66 Austria 28 Pure heart. All hands. 68 Bulgaria 30 EHF EURO 2016 venues 69 GROUP 4 OVERVIEW 32 Previous hosts & winners 70 Montenegro 33 Croatia 35 FYR Macedonia 37 Slovenia 39 2 FOREWORD Dear Media Representative, The 12th edition of the Women’s EHF European Handball Championship, the EURO 2016, will take place in Sweden from 4 to 18 December 2016. However, the road to the final tournament is a long one, and 32 national teams registered to take part in the qualification for the Women’s EHF EURO 2016. Based on the EHF’s national team ranking, six of these teams were placed into two groups in Qualification Phase 1 and the winners of these groups – Bulgaria and Finland respectively – progressed to Qualification Phase 2 along with the remaining 26 teams. The teams will be split into seven groups for Qualification Phase 2 playing in a round-robin system (home and away). The teams that finish in first, second and best ranked third position in their group will proceed to the final tournament in Sweden. The organising federation Sweden has already qualified directly. Handball stakeholders and fans can expect to witness a lot of exciting qualification matches with thrills and passion we have come to love from EHF EURO events over the past two decades. Once again the European Handball Federation is excited to be working with our longstanding media partner: Infront Sports & Media AG. This established cooperation dates back to the men’s inaugural event in 1994 in Portugal. It is of the utmost importance for the EHF to present handball to an ever-growing audience in the correct fashion therefore we will continue to use the harmonised advertising set-up in all hosting arenas designed for the optimal handball experience. I welcome you all to the Women’s EHF EURO 2016 Qualification Phase 2 group matches, enjoy! JEAN BRIHAULT EHF President 3 QUALIFICATION INFORMATION Besides organiser Sweden, who are directly qualified for the final tournament, 32 national teams registered to take part in the qualification for the Women’s EHF EURO 2016. Based on the EHF’s national team ranking, six of these 32 - Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Finland, Israel and Faroe Islands - had to play the first qualification phase in June 2015. They had been drawn to two groups of three, and at the end of the two qualification tournaments Bulgaria and Finland made it through to the second and final qualification phase. There they joined the 26 teams that had been already drawn to seven groups of four teams each. This second qualification phase will be played in three periods of two matches each with a home and an away match against each of the other teams in the respective group. These groups are: GROUP 1: NORWAY, ROMANIA, BELARUS LITHUANIA GROUP 2: SERBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, UKRAINE, ITALY GROUP 3: SPAIN, NETHERLANDS, AUSTRIA, BULGARIA GROUP 4: MONTENEGRO, CROATIA, FYR MACEDONIA, SLOVENIA GROUP 5: HUNGARY, POLAND, SLOVAKIA, FINLAND GROUP 6: DENMARK, RUSSIA, TURKEY, PORTUGAL GROUP 7: FRANCE, GERMANY, ICELAND, SWITZERLAND The two top ranked teams from each of the seven qualification groups will qualify for the final tournament in Sweden. The best ranked third team overall will also qualify for the final tournament in Sweden. THE BEST THIRD RANKED TEAM IS DETERMINED AS FOLLOWS: After the conclusion of the qualification, a ranking of those teams ranked third in each group (a total of seven teams) will be established. This ranking will include only the results of those four matches of the third ranked teams against the two teams ranked first and second in the group. The results of the two matches against the teams ranked fourth in the group will not be considered. The best team from this ranking of the third ranked teams will qualify for the Women’s EHF EURO 2016. 4 QUALIFICATION GROUP 1 NORWAY ROMANIA BELARUS LITHUANIA DATE TIME FIXTURE 07.10.2015 19:00 Norway vs Belarus 08.10.2015 19:00 Romania vs Lithuania 11.10.2015 13:00 Lithuania vs Norway 11.10.2015 15:00 Belarus vs Romania Romania vs Norway Lithuania vs Belarus Norway vs Romania Belarus vs Lithuania Belarus vs Norway Lithuania vs Romania Norway vs Lithuania Romania vs Belarus 5 NORWAY ACHIEVEMENTS EHF EURO 1998, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014 1996, 2002, 2012 1994 OLYMPIC GAMES 2008, 2012 1988, 1992 2000 TEAM PROFILE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Norway have been a leading force in Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth-Koren (maternity) 1999, 2011 women’s handball for the last decade, and Caroline Breivang (retired). Goalkeeper 1997, 2001, 2007 despite not lifting trophies at the Women’s Katrine Lunde, however, is back in the EHF EURO 2012 and the 2013 World side after giving birth. Left wing Camilla 1986, 1993, 2009 Championship. In Budapest the team of Herrem, right back Nora Mörk and line MEDIA CONTACT Thorir Hergeirsson struck back, and won player Heidi Löke will be the driving force their sixth EHF EURO title by beating for the team. As European champions, HALVOR LEA Spain in 2014. The 2008 and 2012 Olympic Norway have already qualified for the +47 419 00 021 and 2011 World Champions can count on 2016 Olympic Games. In qualification for [email protected] their experience - though both five-time the EHF EURO 2014 they won all four www.handball.no EHF EURO champions are out of action: matches against Romania and Belarus. EHF EURO QUALIFICATION RECORD YEAR STAGE MP W D L GOALS DIFF. PTS. RANK 1994 Qualif. 6 5 0 1 147:98 +49 10:2 1st Group 5 1994 EHF EURO 7 4 0 3 134:130 +4 8:6 3rd Place 1996 Qualif. 6 5 0 1 134:121 +13 10:2 1st Group 1 1996 EHF EURO 7 4 2 1 179:151 +28 10:4 Runners-up 1998 Qualif. 6 5 0 1 144:116 +28 10:2 1st Group 3 1998 EHF EURO 7 7 0 0 189:132 +57 14:0 Winners 2000 EHF EURO 6 2 2 2 151:149 +2 6:6 6th Place 2002 Play-off 2 2 0 0 70:35 +35 4:0 Won vs. LTU 2002 EHF EURO 8 6 1 1 203:169 +34 13:3 Runners-up 2004 EHF EURO 8 8 0 0 259:191 +68 16:0 Winners 2006 EHF EURO 8 8 0 0 258:179 +79 16:0 Winners 2008 EHF EURO 8 7 1 0 248:169 +79 15:1 Winners 2010 EHF EURO 8 7 0 1 239:146 +93 14:2 Winners 2012 EHF EURO 8 6 0 2 219:194 +25 12:4 Runner-up 2014 Qualif. 4 4 0 0 120:94 +26 8:0 1st Group 6 2014 EHF EURO 8 7 0 1 225:192 +33 14:2 Winners ------------------------------------- Total Qualif. 24 21 0 3 615:464 +151 42:6 Total EHF EURO 83 66 6 11 2304:1802 +502 138:28 6 NORWAY NATIONAL TEAM STATISTICS EHF EURO QUALIFICATION TEAM RECORDS Biggest win: 34:13 (15:6) vs. Latvia @ Trondheim NOR, 06.06.1993 13:34 (07:16) vs. Latvia @ Bauska LAT, 05.08.1993 Biggest defeat: 29:18 (14:6) vs. Lithuania @ Kaunas LTU, 04.02.1996 Longest winning run: 9 matches (15.03.1998 – 30.03.2014) Longest unbeaten run: 9 matches (15.03.1998 – 30.03.2014) Longest losing run: 1 match (08.08.1993) 1 match (04.02.1996) 1 match (12.03.1998) Longest run without win: 1 match (08.08.1993) 1 match (04.02.1996) 1 match (12.03.1998) Current run: W9 (15.03.1998 – 30.03.2014) Most goals: 38 vs. Lithuania 38:18W @ Orkanger NOR, 31.05.2002 Most goals opponent: 29 vs. Lithuania 29:18L @ Kaunas LTU, 04.02.1996 29 vs. Belarus 33:29W @ Stavanger NOR, 26.03.2014 Most goals both teams: 62 vs. Belarus 33:29W @ Stavanger NOR, 26.03.2014 Fewest goals: 17 vs. France 14:17W @ Lille FRA, 19.10.1993 Fewest goals opponent: 13 vs. Latvia 34:13W @ Trondheim NOR, 06.06.1993 13 vs. Latvia 13:34W @ Bauska LAT, 05.08.1993 Fewest goals both teams: 31 vs. France 14:17W @ Lille FRA, 19.10.1993 HEAD-TO-HEAD ENCOUNTERS* NOR VS BLR 02.12.1997 Saarbrücken GER NOR-BLR WCh – Group B 34:21 (14:12) 29.11.1999 Oslo NOR NOR-BLR WCh – Group A 29:13 (13:9) 09.12.2000 Bucureşti ROU BLR-NOR ECh – Group B 26:26 (13:12) 26.03.2014 Stavanger NOR NOR-BLR ECh-Qual. – Group 6 33:29 (16:13) 30.03.2014 Mogilev BLR BLR-NOR ECh-Qual. – Group 6 24:32 (12:16) NOR VS LTU 03.07.1993 Kragerø NOR NOR-LTU ECh-Qual. – Group 5 18:17 (8:10) 08.08.1993 Vilnius LTU LTU-NOR ECh-Qual. – Group 5 22:21 (11:11) 01.02.1996 Stavanger NOR NOR-LTU ECh-Qual. – Group 1 32:16 (14:11) 04.02.1996 Kaunas LTU LTU-NOR ECh-Qual. – Group 1 29:18 (14:6) 06.12.1996 Vejle DEN NOR-LTU ECh – Group B 36:18 (17:9) 12.02.1998 Trondheim NOR NOR-LTU ECh-Qual.