Preliminary round matches was played from the 19 to 23 October and matches in the main Qualifying round was played from the 14 to 18 December.
Contents
Group A
The qualification was held in Tbilisi, Georgia
Moldova went through by coefficient
Group B
The qualification was held in Sofia, Bulgaria
Group C
The qualification was held in Jelgava, Latvia
Group D
The qualification was held in Kiili, Estonia
Group E
The qualification was held in Veles, Macedonia
Qualifying round
The main round was played from 14 to 18 December 2011.
Group 1
The qualification was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Group 2
The qualification was held in Caltanissetta, Italy.
Group 3
The qualification was held in Laško, Slovenia.
Group 4
The qualification was held in Coimbra, Portugal.
Group 5
The qualification was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Group 6
The qualification was held in Brno, Czech Republic.
Group 7
The qualification was held in Gyöngyös, Hungary.
Play-offs
The top two in each progress to the two-legged play-offs, which will decide Europe's qualifiers.
1st leg
From 25 March to 28 March 2012
2nd leg
From 8 to 11 April 2012
Ukraine won 5–4 on aggregate.
Serbia won 6–2 on aggregate.
Russia won 5–4 on aggregate.
Spain won 12–0 on aggregate.
Portugal won 11–2 on aggregate.
Czech Republic won 4–3 on aggregate.
Italy won 7–0 on aggregate.
Qualified teams
- Serbia
- Ukraine
- Russia
- Spain
- Portugal
- Czech Republic
- Italy