14.10.2008, 12:10
Younger Age Category draws

The draw for the Women's 17, Women's 19 European Championship and for the Men's U21 World Championship Qualification was carried out in Vienna today.


Younger Age Category draws

Former national player, Bea Siti, assisting the drawTogether with the European Cup competitions, three different Younger Age Category qualification procedures were drawn on 14 October 2008 in the EHF Headquarters, Vienna.

 

WOMEN’S 17 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION
Playing dates qualification:  6 to 8 March 2009 
European Championship in FYR Macedonia: 25 June – 5 July 2009

Entries:    32 (including MKD) 
Qualified: 

MKD (organiser) 

Participants:    

31 - AUT, AZE, BLR, BUL, CRO, CZE, DEN, ESP, EST, FIN, FRA, GER, HUN, ISL, ITA, LAT, LTU, MNE, NED, NOR, POL, POR, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE, TUR, UKR

Draw:

7 groups of 4 teams, 1 group of 3 teams - 15 teams will qualify for the final tournament in MKD

Group 1-7:  2 teams will qualify
Group 8:  1 team will qualify

The teams which were awarded with the right to organise the 2007 Women’s 17 ECh qualification groups do not have the right to be the organiser of a 2009 Women’s 17 ECh qualification group: AUT, DEN, GER, ITA, MNE, ROU, TUR, UKR.

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Row

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

3

1

RUS ESP SVK SRB NED CZE DEN FRA
2

2

MNE ROU AUT NOR CRO BUL SLO LAT
1

3

SWE TUR GER UKR BLR HUN FIN EST
4

4

ISL AZE SUI POL ITA POR LTU ---
 

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SWE ESP SVK NOR BLR HUN FIN EST

The teams were seeded according to the following pots:
(based on the ranking of the 2007 Women’s 17 ECh in SVK)

Pot 1:      CZE, DEN, ESP, FRA, NED, RUS, SRB, SVK (drawn to row 1, groups 1-8) 
Pot 2:  AUT, BUL, CRO, MNE, NOR, ROU, SLO (drawn to row 2, groups 1-7) 
Pot 3: AZE, BLR, EST, FIN, GER, HUN, ISL, ITA, LAT, LTU, POL, POR, SUI, SWE, TUR, UKR

 

WOMEN’S 19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION
Playing dates: 10 to 12 April 2009
European Championship in Hungary: 14 – 23 August 2009

Entries:  34 (including HUN, FRA, ESP)
Qualified:    HUN (organiser), FRA (1st of the 2007 W17ECh), ESP (2nd of the 2007 W17ECh) 
Participants:   31 - AUT, AZE, BIH, BLR, BUL, CRO, CZE, DEN, FIN, GER, GRE, ISL, ITA, LAT, LUX, MDA, MKD, MNE, NED, NOR, POL, POR, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE, TUR, UKR
Draw:  7 groups of 4 teams, 1 group of 3 teams - 13 teams will qualify for the final tournament in HUN 

Group 1 - 5: 2 teams will qualify
Group 6 - 8: 1 team will qualify

The teams which were awarded with the right to organise the 2007 Women’s 19 ECh qualification groups do not have the right to be the organiser of a 2009 Women’s 19 ECh qualification group: BUL, ITA, MNE, NOR, RUS.

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Row

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

3

1

SVK DEN NED SRB RUS CZE NOR CRO
1

2

SLO BUL AUT MNE ROU UKR AZE SWE
2

3

SUI LAT BLR ISL FIN GER ITA POR
4

4

TUR POL GRE BIH LUX MDA MKD ---
 

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SLO LAT AUT ISL ROU UKR AZE SWE

The teams were seeded according to the following pots:
(based on the ranking of the 2007 Women’s 17 ECh in SVK)

Pot 1:   DEN, NED, RUS, SRB, SVK (drawn to row 1, groups 1-5) 
Pot 2:  CRO, CZE, NOR (drawn to row 1, groups 6-8) 
Pot 3:  AUT, BUL, MNE, ROU, SLO (drawn to row 2, groups 1-5) 
Pot 4:  AZE, BIH, BLR, FIN, GER, GRE, ISL, ITA, LAT, LUX, MDA, MKD, POL, POR, SUI, SWE, TUR, UKR 

 

MEN’S U21 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFICATION EUROPE
Playing dates: 10 to 12 April 2009
World Championship in Egypt (IHF Event): 10 – 23 August 2009

Entries:  35 (including DEN, GER, FRA) 
Qualified: 

DEN (1st of the 2008 M20ECh), GER (2nd of the 2008 M20ECh) and in addition FRA (3rd of the 2008 M20ECh)

Participants:  32 -  AUT, BEL, BLR, BUL, CRO, CYP, CZE, ESP, EST, GBR, GEO, GRE, HUN, ISL, ISR, ITA, LTU, MKD, MNE, NED, NOR, POL, POR, ROU, RUS, SLO, SRB, SUI, SVK, SWE, TUR, UKR
Draw:  8 groups of 4 teams - 9 teams will qualify for the final tournament in EGY 

The teams which were awarded with the right to organise the 2007 Men’s U21 WCh qualification groups do not have the right to be the organiser of a 2009 Men’s U21 WCh qualification group: BUL, ESP, EST, HUN, ITA, TUR.

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Row

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4*

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

4

1

SWE POR ESP HUN RUS ROU CZE SRB
2

2

CRO TUR UKR NED SLO CYP MNE ITA
1

3

NOR BEL POL GBR LTU EST ISR BLR
3

4

AUT GEO GRE ISL SVK SUI BUL MKD

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NOR BEL POL GBR LTU CYP USR BLR

Group 1-3, 5-8: 1 team will qualify
*Group 4: 2 teams will qualify (decided by draw)

The teams were seeded according to the following pots:
(based on the ranking of the 2008 Men’s 20 ECh in ROU)

Pot 1:  SWE, ESP, ROU, POR, CZE, RUS, HUN, SRB (drawn to row 1, groups 1-8) 
Pot 2: 

AUT, BEL, BLR, BUL, CRO, CYP, EST, GBR, GEO, GRE, ISL, ISR, ITA, LTU, MKD, MNE, NED, NOR, POL, SLO, SUI, SVK, TUR, UKR

TEXT: EHF


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