Women’s 17 European Championship 2011 Draw

The 10th Women’s 17 European Championship will be played between 23 June and 03 July 2011 in the Czech Republic. Playing venues will be Brno with the sport hall Nová Hala Vodova and Zlín with Sportovní Hala Euronics.

The draw for the final tournament of the 10th Women’s 17 European Championship in the Czech Republic was carried out on Friday, 08 April 2011 at 18:15 hrs at the occasion of the EHF Executive Committee meeting in the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

Group A
(to be played in Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín)

1. Russia
2. Sweden
3. Germany
4. Austria

Group B
(to be played in Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín)

1. Denmark
2. Romania
3. Czech Republic
4. Portugal

Group C
(to be played in Nová Hala Vodova, Brno)

1. Norway
2. Spain
3. Netherlands
4. Poland

Group D
(to be played in Nová Hala Vodova, Brno)

1. France
2. Hungary
3. Croatia
4. Slovakia

The Women’s 17 European Championship will start on 23 June 2011, which will also be the day of the official opening ceremony. The Preliminary Round will come to a conclusion on 26 June 2011.

The two top teams from each group will qualify for the Main Round (places 1 - 8), while the teams placed third and fourth meet in the Intermediate Round (places 9 -16), which is to be played on 28 and 29 June 2011.

After the conclusion of these two rounds, cross matches, placement matches, semifinals and final will be played between 1 and 3 July 2011.

The detailed match schedule will be finalized and published in the next days.

For more information on the event please visit the official event website.

The president of the handball federation of the Czech Republic, Jaroslav Chvalny, and EHF President, Tor Lian, sign the EHF EURO contract.