The draw for the Women's 17, Women's 19 European Championship and for the Men's U21 World Championship Qualification was carried out in Vienna today.
Younger Age Category draws
 Together with the European Cup competitions, three different Younger Age Category qualification procedures were drawn on 14 October 2008 in the EHF Headquarters, Vienna.
WOMEN’S 17 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION
Playing dates qualification: 6 to 8 March 2009
European Championship in FYR Macedonia: 25 June – 5 July 2009
| Entries: |
32 (including MKD) |
| Qualified: |
MKD (organiser) |
| Participants: |
31 - AUT, AZE, BLR, BUL, CRO, CZE, DEN, ESP, EST, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, ISL, ITA, LAT, LTU, MNE, NED, NOR, POL, POR, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE, TUR, UKR |
| Draw: |
7 groups of 4 teams, 1 group of 3 teams - 15 teams will qualify for the final tournament in MKD |
Group 1-7: 2 teams will qualify
Group 8: 1 team will qualify
The teams which were awarded with the right to organise the 2007 Women’s 17 ECh qualification groups do not have the right to be the organiser of a 2009 Women’s 17 ECh qualification group: AUT, DEN, GER, ITA, MNE, ROU, TUR, UKR.
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Org.
right |
Row |
Group 1 |
Group 2 |
Group 3 |
Group 4 |
Group 5 |
Group 6 |
Group 7 |
Group 8 |
| 3 |
1 |
RUS |
ESP |
SVK |
SRB |
NED |
CZE |
DEN |
FRA |
| 2 |
2 |
MNE |
ROU |
AUT |
NOR |
CRO |
BUL |
SLO |
LAT |
| 1 |
3 |
SWE |
TUR |
GER |
UKR |
BLR |
HUN |
FIN |
EST |
| 4 |
4 |
ISL |
AZE |
SUI |
POL |
ITA |
POR |
LTU |
--- |
|
Organisation right |
SWE |
ESP |
SVK |
NOR |
BLR |
HUN |
FIN |
EST |
The teams were seeded according to the following pots:
(based on the ranking of the 2007 Women’s 17 ECh in SVK)
| Pot 1: |
CZE, DEN, ESP, FRA, NED, RUS, SRB, SVK (drawn to row 1, groups 1-8) |
| Pot 2: |
AUT, BUL, CRO, MNE, NOR, ROU, SLO (drawn to row 2, groups 1-7) |
| Pot 3: |
AZE, BLR, EST, FIN, GER, HUN, ISL, ITA, LAT, LTU, POL, POR, SUI, SWE, TUR, UKR |
WOMEN’S 19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION
Playing dates: 10 to 12 April 2009
European Championship in Hungary: 14 – 23 August 2009
| Entries: |
34 (including HUN, FRA, ESP) |
| Qualified: |
HUN (organiser), FRA (1st of the 2007 W17ECh), ESP (2nd of the 2007 W17ECh) |
| Participants: |
31 - AUT, AZE, BIH, BLR, BUL, CRO, CZE, DEN, FIN, GER, GRE, ISL, ITA, LAT, LUX, MDA, MKD, MNE, NED, NOR, POL, POR, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE, TUR, UKR |
| Draw: |
7 groups of 4 teams, 1 group of 3 teams - 13 teams will qualify for the final tournament in HUN |
Group 1 - 5: 2 teams will qualify
Group 6 - 8: 1 team will qualify
The teams which were awarded with the right to organise the 2007 Women’s 19 ECh qualification groups do not have the right to be the organiser of a 2009 Women’s 19 ECh qualification group: BUL, ITA, MNE, NOR, RUS.
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Org.
right |
Row |
Group 1 |
Group 2 |
Group 3 |
Group 4 |
Group 5 |
Group 6 |
Group 7 |
Group 8 |
| 3 |
1 |
SVK |
DEN |
NED |
SRB |
RUS |
CZE |
NOR |
CRO |
| 1 |
2 |
SLO |
BUL |
AUT |
MNE |
ROU |
UKR |
AZE |
SWE |
| 2 |
3 |
SUI |
LAT |
BLR |
ISL |
FIN |
GER |
ITA |
POR |
| 4 |
4 |
TUR |
POL |
GRE |
BIH |
LUX |
MDA |
MKD |
--- |
|
Organisation right |
SLO |
LAT |
AUT |
ISL |
ROU |
UKR |
AZE |
SWE |
The teams were seeded according to the following pots:
(based on the ranking of the 2007 Women’s 17 ECh in SVK)
| Pot 1: |
DEN, NED, RUS, SRB, SVK (drawn to row 1, groups 1-5) |
| Pot 2: |
CRO, CZE, NOR (drawn to row 1, groups 6-8) |
| Pot 3: |
AUT, BUL, MNE, ROU, SLO (drawn to row 2, groups 1-5) |
| Pot 4: |
AZE, BIH, BLR, FIN, GER, GRE, ISL, ITA, LAT, LUX, MDA, MKD, POL, POR, SUI, SWE, TUR, UKR |
MEN’S U21 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION EUROPE
Playing dates: 10 to 12 April 2009
World Championship in Egypt (IHF Event): 10 – 23 August 2009
| Entries: |
35 (including DEN, GER, FRA) |
| Qualified: |
DEN (1st of the 2008 M20ECh), GER (2nd of the 2008 M20ECh) and in addition FRA (3rd of the 2008 M20ECh) |
| Participants: |
32 - AUT, BEL, BLR, BUL, CRO, CYP, CZE, ESP, EST, GBR, GEO, GRE, HUN, ISL, ISR, ITA, LTU, MKD, MNE, NED, NOR, POL, POR, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE, TUR, UKR |
| Draw: |
8 groups of 4 teams - 9 teams will qualify for the final tournament in EGY |
The teams which were awarded with the right to organise the 2007 Men’s U21 WCh qualification groups do not have the right to be the organiser of a 2009 Men’s U21 WCh qualification group: BUL, ESP, EST, HUN, ITA, TUR.
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Org.
right |
Row |
Group 1 |
Group 2 |
Group 3 |
Group 4* |
Group 5 |
Group 6 |
Group 7 |
Group 8 |
| 4 |
1 |
SWE |
POR |
ESP |
HUN |
RUS |
ROU |
CZE |
SRB |
| 2 |
2 |
CRO |
TUR |
UKR |
NED |
SLO |
CYP |
MNE |
ITA |
| 1 |
3 |
NOR |
BEL |
POL |
GBR |
LTU |
EST |
ISR |
BLR |
| 3 |
4 |
AUT |
GEO |
GRE |
ISL |
SVK |
SUI |
BUL |
MKD |
|
Organisation right |
NOR |
BEL |
POL |
GBR |
LTU |
CYP |
USR |
BLR |
Group 1-3, 5-8: 1 team will qualify
*Group 4: 2 teams will qualify (decided by draw)
The teams were seeded according to the following pots:
(based on the ranking of the 2008 Men’s 20 ECh in ROU)
| Pot 1: |
SWE, ESP, ROU, POR, CZE, RUS, HUN, SRB (drawn to row 1, groups 1-8) |
| Pot 2: |
AUT, BEL, BLR, BUL, CRO, CYP, EST, GBR, GEO, GRE, ISL, ISR, ITA, LTU, MKD, MNE, NED, NOR, POL, SLO, SUI, SVK, TUR, UKR |
TEXT: EHF
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