Europe's youngest enter Under-18 qualification
While 16 senior national teams fight for the European handball crown in Denmark at the EHF EURO 2014, 34 of Europe's national under-18 squads make their first steps on the big stage as they enter the qualification for the Men's 18 EHF EURO 2014 in Poland.
They have been drawn into nine groups of either four or three and will vie from 10 to 12 January for the 15 spots available at the final tournament.
All matches can be followed with the EHF live ticker.
The top two ranked teams qualify from Groups 1 to 6, only the first ranked team qualifies from Groups 7 to 9.
The groups are as follows
Group 1: Germany, Finland, Portugal, Hungary
Group 2: Sweden, Iceland, Greece, Moldova
Group 3: Denmark, France, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Group 4: Spain, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Lithuania
Group 5: Austria, Switzerland, Israel, Russia
Group 6: Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Netherlands
Group 7: Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Estonia
Group 8: Romania, Turkey, Armenia
Group 9: Belarus, Italy, Latvia
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