Preliminary round

Group A, Ranking and schedule

	Team	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
1	ESP	6	6	0	0	179	93	+86	27.5
2	EGY	6	5	0	1	163	99	+64	24
3	MKD	6	4	0	2	150	127	+23	18.5
4	ROU	6	3	0	3	130	114	+16	17
5	MNE	6	2	0	4	121	141	-20	10.5
6	GRE	6	1	0	5	114	161	-47	7
7	KOS	6	0	0	6	76	198	-122	0.5

Group B, Ranking and schedule

	Team	Played	Won	Tied	Lost	For	Against	Diff.	Points
1	SRB	6	6	0	0	163	112	+51	26.5
2	SVK	6	4	0	2	137	122	+15	20.5
3	CRO	6	4	0	2	129	133	-4	15.5
4	TUR	6	3	0	3	133	139	-6	14.5
5	TUN	6	2	0	4	134	145	-11	12
6	ITA	6	2	0	4	127	126	+1	11.5
7	BUL	6	0	0	6	102	148	-46	4.5