2011 Men's U21 World Championship Qualification Europe

The final tournament of the Men’s U21 World Championship 2011 will be played in Greece on 17 to 31 July 2011.

31 federations are playing for 8 remaining tickets to the tournament in the Qualification Europe. Three federations are already qualified: Greece (organiser), Denmark (1st of the 2010 M20 ECh) and Portugal (2nd of the 2010 M20 ECh).

Qualification

The qualification Europe matches will be played in form of eight tournaments, each in its own specific venue, from Friday, 7 January to Sunday, 9 January 2011.

The draw event on 24 September 2010 in Copenhagen (DEN) gave us 7 groups of 4 teams and 1 group of 3 teams. The eight group winners will qualify for the final tournament in Greece (IHF Event).

Qualification Groups

Group 1 – will be played in Serbia
Iceland
Serbia
FYR Macedonia
Estonia

Group 2 – will be played in Nove Veseli (CZE)
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Great Britain
Norway

Group 3 – will be played in Mersin (TUR)
Spain
Slovakia
Turkey
Netherlands

Group 4 – will be played in Sweden
Sweden
Croatia
Belarus
Austria

Group 5 – will be played in Helsinki (FIN)
France
Finland
Montenegro
Bulgaria

Group 6 – will be played in Poltava (UKR)
Germany
Israel
Ukraine
Switzerland

Group 7 – will be played in Angleur (BEL)
Romania
Poland
Belgium
Hungary

Group 8 – will be played in Ancona (ITA)
Russia
Cyprus
Italy

Find more information here.