Women's EHF EURO 2014 qualification draw will be streamed live
26 national handball federations will have their eyes set on Veszprem Arena, as the venue on Sunday, 26 May 2013 at 16:00 hrs. hosts the Women’s EHF EURO 2014 qualification draw.
There will be a live stream available from the event on www.ehf-euro.com/CROHUN2014, the tournament's official website. Handball fans can follow the draw and watch interviews with players and coaches that will be conducted afterwards.
The draw will take place on the fringes of the Hungarian women’s national cup final tournament which throws off over the same weekend also at Veszprem Arena.
Apart from the organising nations, Hungary and Croatia, which are directly qualified, 26 national teams have registered to take part in the Women’s EHF EURO 2014 which will start on 7 December 2014.
These 26 teams are: Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Serbia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.
At the draw the 26 teams will be drawn into five groups of four teams each and two groups of three teams each.
Qualification will be played in three periods of two matches each with each team having a home and an away match against each of the other teams in its group.
The two top ranked squads of each group will qualify for the final tournament.
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