Qualification groups for 2013 Women's 17 EURO

Eight qualification groups for the 2013 Women's 17 European Championship in Poland with four teams each were drawn on Tuesday, 23 October, at the European Handball Federation in Vienna, Austria.

The draw was made by EHF President Jean Brihault and EHF Secretary General Michael Wiederer (pictured).

The organisation rights for the respective qualification tournaments were also drawn on Tuesday.

The draw was made with first right to row one, second right to row three, third to row two and fourth to row four.

However, because Romania, Denmark and France already organised three of the 2011 Women's 17 European Championship qualification groups, the first right to organise Group 2 went to Turkey, Group 4 to Montenegro, Group 8 to France.

The first organisation right for Group 1 went to Sweden, Group 3 to Russia, Group 5 to the Netherlands, Group 6 to Hungary and Group 7 to Norway.

Poland as the organiser have already qualified. Two teams each will qualify from Group 1 and 7, one team will qualify from Group 8.

The 2013 Women's 17 European Championship in Poland takes place from 15 to 25 August 2013.

The playing dates for the qualification tournaments are 22 to 24 March 2013.

The complete results of the draw are as follows:

Group 1: Sweden, Spain, Bulgaria, Italy

Group 2: Romania, Czech Republic, Turkey, Azerbaijan

Group 3: Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Switzerland

Group 4: Denmark, Austria, Montenegro, Estonia

Group 5: Netherlands, Germany, Iceland, Latvia

Group 6: Hungary, Portugal, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia

Group 7: Norway, Slovakia, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group 8: France, Belarus, Serbia, Finland