World Championship play-off draw procedures released

The EHF has released the procedure for the draw for the 2015 Men's World Championship Play-off Europe matches.

Taking place during the final weekend of EHF EURO 2014 in Denmark, the draw will see eighteen teams competing for nine places at the World Championship, which will take place in Qatar from 17 January to 1 February 2015.

Five teams are already qualified for the final tournament: Spain (as defending champions), Qatar (as organiser) as well as Croatia, Denmark and France as the top ranked nations at EHF EURO 2014.

The draw will be made on Sunday, 26 January 2014 following the Closing Press Conference of EHF EURO 2014, which begins at 13:00 hrs. The draw can be followed on the liveticker at eurohandball.com.

Matches will be played 7/8 June 2014 and 14/15 June 2014.

The draw procedure can be downloaded here.