Qualification matches for the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship took place in 2007. According to the EHF rules host (Norway), and the top six nations from the 2006 European Championship (France, Croatia, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Russia) were automatically qualified. The other nine places will be determined in play-offs in June; nine teams are seeded after qualifying for the 2006 Championship, while their opponents qualified through the preliminary group stages.

Summary

Below is a table containing all seven qualifying groups. Teams that have secured a place in the final tournament are highlighted in green. The order of teams is by play off position.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7
 Belarus
 Slovakia		  Serbia
 Macedonia		  Romania
 Latvia		  Montenegro
 Netherlands		   Switzerland
 Lithuania		  Portugal  Sweden
 Cyprus
 Moldova		  Israel
 Luxembourg		  Bulgaria
 Georgia		  Austria
 Finland		  Italy
 Turkey		  Greece
 Estonia		  Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Belgium

Group stage

Final standings (as of 30 January 2007)

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus 3 3 0 0 100 74 +26 6 Playoffs
2  Slovakia 3 2 0 1 100 74 +26 4
3  Cyprus 3 1 0 2 71 86 −15 2
4  Moldova 3 0 0 3 73 110 −37 0
Source: EHF

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 6 4 1 1 220 164 +56 9 Playoffs
2  Macedonia 6 4 1 1 185 179 +6 9
3  Israel 6 3 0 3 172 174 −2 6
4  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 149 209 −60 0
Source: EHF

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 6 6 0 0 203 153 +50 12 Playoffs
2  Latvia 6 4 0 2 187 167 +20 8
3  Bulgaria 6 1 0 5 140 171 −31 2
4  Georgia 6 1 0 5 140 179 −39 2
Source: EHF

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Montenegro 6 5 1 0 200 171 +29 11 Playoffs
2  Netherlands 6 3 1 2 186 186 0 7
3  Austria 6 3 0 3 183 178 +5 6
4  Finland 6 0 0 6 165 199 −34 0
Source: EHF

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 6 6 0 0 186 151 +35 12 Playoffs
2  Lithuania 6 3 0 3 186 188 −2 6
3  Italy 6 2 0 4 173 187 −14 4
4  Turkey 6 1 0 5 167 186 −19 2
Source: EHF

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 4 3 0 1 115 94 +21 6 Playoffs
2  Greece 4 3 0 1 107 98 +9 6
3  Estonia 4 0 0 4 95 125 −30 0
Source: EHF

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 4 0 0 139 106 +33 8 Playoffs
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 0 2 143 121 +22 4
3  Belgium 4 0 0 4 109 164 −55 0
Source: EHF

Play-off

The play-off draw was made in Vienna on 26 January 2007. The matches were two-legged affairs, and were played in the second and third weekends of June.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Poland  72-47  Netherlands 31–20 41–27
Lithuania  53–59  Hungary 23–28 30–31
Ukraine  48–63  Slovakia 29–28 19–35
Slovenia  66–60  Macedonia 33–28 33–32
Latvia  56–64  Czech Republic 30–31 26–33
Belarus  61–54   Switzerland 33–24 28–30
Sweden  69–59  Romania 36–25 33–34
Portugal  55–63  Montenegro 28–30 27–33
Serbia  70–71  Iceland 30–29 40–42
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