- 2007 World Men's Handball Championship - qualification
Qualification matches for the
2007 World Men's Handball Championship took place in 2006, mostly as continental championships. According to the IHF rules, each continent had three places (except Oceania, which had one), and the host (Germany) and holders (Spain) were automatically qualified. The other nine places are allocated to the continents according to performance in the2005 World Men's Handball Championship . Thus:*
Europe had 13 places
*Africa 4 places
*Asia 3 places
*Americas (North and South together) 3 places
*Oceania 1 placeAfrica
The
2006 African Men's Handball Championship inTunisia resulted in four teams qualifying for the tournament [de icon [http://www.handball-wm-2007.de/front_content.php?client=1&lang=1&idcat=44&idart=200&m=&s= Angola qualifiziert sich für die WM in Deutschland] from the tournament's official website, retrieved19 January 2006 ] .* Angola
* Egypt
* Morocco
* TunisiaAmericas
The Pan-American qualifying events was scheduled to be held in Brazil in April 2006 [http://www.ihf.info/CDA/news_details,3522,0,newsid-16839,en.html Qualifying for the 2007 World Championships] from the International Handball Federation, retrieved
19 January 2006 ] . However, due to players' commitments with clubs in Europe, it was agreed to postpone the qualifying until June, and the tournament was eventually held from6 June to10 June atAracaju [ [http://www.ihf.info/CDA/news_details,3522,0,newsid-16915,en.html 2007 Men's World Championship: Pan-American qualification rescheduled] , from the International Handball Federation, retrieved5 April 2006 ] .Eight teams participated, and Brazil and Argentina went through the group stages unbeaten, as the only teams with positive
goal difference . The two top teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals: Greenland joined Brazil from Group A after two 32–30 wins over Chile and Uruguay, while in Group B United States qualified after drawing with Mexico and beating Puerto Rico.In the semi-finals, Brazil and Argentina both won by more than ten goals, securing their place in Germany, while the third-place play-off saw Greenland prevail by one goal against United States to secure the third spot. [ [http://www.ihf.info/CDA/news_details,3522,0,newsid-17240,en.html WC Qualifying in Pan-America: Brazil ahead of Argentina and Greenland] , from IHF, retrieved
18 June 2006 ] .* Brazil
* Argentina
* GreenlandAsia
Asia's qualifying events, the
2006 Asian Handball Championship took place in Thailand between12 February and21 February 2006 [ [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=1770&stage=1&sch=true Asian Handball Championship - Group Stage Fixtures - goalzz.com] , retrieved27 February 2006 ] . Kuwait and South Korea qualified after winning the semi-finals [ [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=1770&stage=2 Asian Handball Championship - Semifinals - goalzz.com] , retrieved27 February 2006 ] , while Qatar beat Iran 21–20 in the third place play-off to be the final team to qualify [ [http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=1770&stage=5 Asian Handball Championship - Third Place Play-off - goalzz.com] , retrieved27 February 2006 ]* Kuwait
* South Korea
* QatarEurope
Eleven places were at stake (Germany and Spain were already qualified), and the top three finishers at the
2006 European Men's Handball Championship inSwitzerland in January and February 2006 qualified. As Spain qualified for the semi-final at that tournament, the other three semi-finalists – Croatia, Denmark and France – qualified. The other 11 participants at the European Championship played off with five winners in preliminary qualifying groups, which are shown below.Final standings (as of
20 January 2006 ) [de icon [http://www.handball-wm-2007.de/front_content.php?client=1&lang=1&idcat=44&idart=205&m=&s= Rumänien bereits sicher in den Play-offs] from the tournament's official website, retrieved20 January 2006 ] :- valign="top"
The play-off draw was made in
Zürich on5 February . The matches [ [http://www.euro06.com/CMS_Files/452_item.asp?root_id=28&node_id=452&item_id=2483 2007 Men's World Championship play-off matches] from euro06.com, retrieved5 February 2006 ] are two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekend of June. Teams in bold below qualified for the World Championship. [ [http://home.eurohandball.com/_te_ko.asp?Bewerb=227&Runde=2&Ret=bew 2007 - Men's World Championship / Play Off] , from the European Handball Federation]Oceania
The Oceanian qualifying tournament, took place in
Dural ,Sydney from22 May to24 May 2006 , immediately before thePacific Cup flagicon|AUS Australia qualified for the world championships after defeating New Zealand 41–14 and the Cook Islands 63–5 [ [http://www.ihf.info/CDA/news_details,3522,0,newsid-16991,en.html 2007 Men´s World Championship: Australia will represent Oceania ] , from IHF, retrieved
24 May 2006 ] .References and notes
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