qualification

All 24 teams are qualified

Welcome Argentina!

Welcome Brasil!

And welcome Chile that – together with the two more experienced teams from South America – have qualified for their first World Championship ever.

Now we know which 24 teams that will come to Sweden in January, 200 days from now.

It is Sweden, as host nation.

France, as reigning champions.

Poland, Iceland and Croatia, that qualified during EURO 2010.

Austria, Norway, Hungary, Germany, Slovakia, Serbia, Romania, Denmark and Spain from the European qualification matches.

Australia from the Oceanian qualifcation.

Japan, Korea and Bahrain from Asia.

Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt from Africa.

And, finally, the three teams from Panamerica that qualified during the weekend.

Very welcome, all nations!

(Picture: Argentina qualified this weekend)

We welcome nine more teams!

We welcome another nine teams to Sweden in January next year.

After the European qualification matches this weekend the nations in bold text have won their tickets to Men's Handball World Championship 2011.

Austria - Nehterlands 31-15, 28-34
Norway - Lithuania 27-19, 24-21
Slovenia - Hungary 27-25, 25-28
Germany - Greece 25-20, 27-20
Slovakia - Ukraine 25-30, 30-21
Serbia - Czech Republic 27-23, 22-25
Romania - Russia 28-32, 37-32
Denmark - Switzerland 32-27, 34-29
Portugal - Spain 26-27, 25-33

Now 21 of 24 teams are qualified. The three last nations will qualifiy during the Pan American qualification in Chile 22-26 June.

Picture: The Danish fans, and another eight nation's fans, are celebrating their team's ticket to Sweden 2011.

The road to Sweden

Eleven teams are qualified for Men's Handball World Championship 2011 in Sweden:

France, as reigning champions; Sweden, as host nation and Iceland, Poland and Croatia from EURO 2010 in Austria.

By February 19 three more tickets were played out. Top three teams of the Asian Championship; Korea, Bahrain and Japan qualified.

The day after, February 20, the medal winners from the African Championship: Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria got their tickets to Sweden.

The rest of the European qualification will take place in June (12/13 and 19/20), with knockout games as following:

  • Austria-Netherlands
  • Norway-Lithuania
  • Slovenia-Hungary
  • Germany-Greece
  • Slovakia-Ukraine
  • Serbia-Czech Republik
  • Romania-Russia
  • Denmark-Switzerland
  • Portugal-Spain

The winners will make it to Sweden.

At the same time the Pan-American continent will play their qualification matches.

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