EHF Women’s Champions League Qualification Tournaments 1

The Qualification Tournaments 1 of the EHF Women’s Champions League were drawn on 27 June 2011. The hosting clubs and the playing halls have now been confirmed.

The tournament of Group A will be organised by the Greek champions Ormi-Loux Patras and will be played in Bozaitika Patras’ PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, with a capacity of 4,690 spectators.

The second tournament, Group B, take place in Slovakia and be organised by Iuventa Michalovce. Chemkostav Arena in the eastern Slovakian town of Michalovce gives room to 1,800 spectators.

The teams of Group A and Group B will meet in two tournaments on 02/03/04 September 2011. The tournaments will be played in a round-robin format. After three matches per team the winners and the runners-up of the two groups go through to the next stage of the EHF Women’s Champions League. The four losers of the tournaments go to Cup Winners’ Cup, where they enter Round 2.

Group A
(played in PEAK Olympionikis D.Tofalos hall, Bozaitika Patras, GRE)

1. Ormi-Loux Patras (GRE)
2. MizuWaAi Dalfsen (NED)
3. LC Brühl Handball (SUI)
4. Gil Eanes - Lagos (POR)

Fri, 02 September 2011
Ormi-Loux Patras (GRE) vs. LC Brühl Handball (SUI)
MizuWaAi Dalfsen (NED) vs. Gil Eanes - Lagos (POR)

Sat, 03 September 2011
Gil Eanes - Lagos (POR) vs. VS Ormi-Loux Patras (GRE)
LC Brühl Handball (SUI) vs. MizuWaAi Dalfsen (NED)

Sun, 04 September 2011
Ormi-Loux Patras (GRE) vs. MizuWaAi Dalfsen (NED)
LC Brühl Handball (SUI) vs. Gil Eanes - Lagos (POR)

Group B
(played in Chemkostav Arena, Michalovce, SVK)

1. Üsküdar B.S.K. (TUR)
2. RK Zajecar (SRB)
3. Iuventa Michalovce (SVK)
4. Britterm Veseli nad Moravou (CZE)

Fri, 02 September 2011
Üsküdar B.S.K. (TUR) vs. Iuventa Michalovce (SVK)
RK Zajecar (SRB) vs. Britterm Veseli nad Moravou (CZE)

Sat, 03 September 2011
Britterm Veseli nad Moravou (CZE) vs. Üsküdar B.S.K. (TUR)
Iuventa Michalovce (SVK) vs. RK Zajecar (SRB)

Sun, 04 September 2011
Üsküdar B.S.K. (TUR) vs. RK Zajecar (SRB)
Iuventa Michalovce (SVK) vs. Britterm Veseli nad Moravou (CZE)

Further information

Please note that the playing times for all three match days are not available yet, they will be published in due time. Playing times and more information on the EHF Women’s Champions League Qualification Tournaments 1 can be found here.

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