Women’s 17 European Championship 2011

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.

Over the weekend 25-27 March 2011 the qualification matches for the tournament were played at eight locations across Europe. 31 teams competed for 15 remaining spots to join the already qualified host nation Czech Republic in the final tournament.

Find all details of the qualification here.

After the end of qualification, the draw for the final tournament 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.

Final Tournament Groups

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

• Russia
• Sweden
• Germany
• Austria

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

• Denmark
• Romania
• Czech Republic
• Portugal

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

• Norway
• Spain
• Netherlands
• Poland

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

• France
• Hungary
• Croatia
• Slovakia

Final Tournament Schedule

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, semi-finals and final will be played between 01 and 03 July 2011.

World Championship Qualification

Eight teams from the Women’s 17 European Championship 2011 in the Czech Republic will qualify for the Women’s U18 World Championship 2012 that is planned between 16 and 26 August 2012 in Montenegro (date to be confirmed by the IHF). Those will be the seven top ranked teams and the team of Montenegro – who are automatically qualified as hosts.

Free Live Streaming

The Women’s 17 European Championship 2011 will provide handball fans with free live streaming of the whole tournament. The matches can be viewed on the official website.

Further Information

For all information on the event please visit the official event website.
http://www.euro2011.cz/en/index.aspx

Denmark were the winners at the 2009 W17 European Championships in Serbia.