W19 ECh: Main Round

The first phase of the Women’s 19 European Championship has come to an end in three Hungarian cities, Győr, Pápa and Szombathely.

The Preliminary Round concluded on Sunday evening with all teams completing their first three matches. The first and the second placed teams of the groups will go on to the Main Round and fight for the trophy. The rest of the teams will continue in the Intermediate Round playing for the positions 9 to 16.

The teams carry points from the Preliminary Round to the next phase and the two games coming up in the Main Round and Intermediate Round will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Main Round – for places 1-8

Intermediate Round – for places 9-16

For a detailed summary of the results, group standings and for the schedule of the upcoming games, please visit the subpage of Eurohandball.com.

For more information, detailed match statistics, photo galleries, tickets, you can also visit the official website of the event, www.u19euro2009.com.

Monday, 17 August, will be a rest day the national teams that they will use for travelling to the venues. Also don’t forget that games from the Main Round and Finals will be broadcast on TV in Hungary, Romania, Poland and Serbia.