2011 Women’s World Championship Play-Off Europe
 The final tournament of the XX Women’s Handball World championship 2011 will take place between 03 and 18 December 2011, in Brazil.
Including title defenders Russia, twelve places are reserved for European teams. The teams ranked first, second and third from the EHF EURO 2010 – Norway, Sweden and Romania – are qualified directly.
The other eight places will be given to the winners of their play-off games. These duels will be decided with a knock-out in a home and an away game.
2011, Women’s World Championship
Play-Off Europe
First leg matches
 03 June 2011, 18:00 hrs (local time), Olomouc
Czech Republic vs. Montenegro
 04 June 2011, 19:30 hrs (local time), Rotterdam
Netherlands vs. Turkey
 04 June 2011, 16:00 hrs (local time), Elche-Alicante
Spain vs. FYR Macedonia
 05 June 2011, 18:00 hrs (local time), Pau
France vs. Slovenia
 05 June 2011, 18:00 hrs (local time), Varazdin
Croatia vs. Serbia
 05 June 2011, 16:30 hrs (local time), Reykjavik
Iceland vs. Ukraine
 05 June 2011, 18:30 hrs (local time), Balingen
Germany vs. Hungary
 04 June 2011, 14:45 hrs (local time), Elblag
Poland vs. Denmark
Second leg matches
 10 June 2011, 20:15 hrs (local time), Pljevlja
Montenegro vs. Czech Republic
 11 June 2011, playing time tba, Istanbul
Turkey vs. Netherlands
 11 June 2011, 20:15 hrs (local time), Skopje
FYR Macedonia vs. Spain
 12 June 2011, 14:00 hrs (local time), Ljubljana
Slovenia vs. France
 11 June 2011, 18:00 hrs (local time), Kragujevac
Serbia vs. Croatia
 12 June 2011, 17:30 hrs (local time), Uzhgorod
Ukraine vs. Iceland
 11 June 2011, 17:30 hrs (local time), Györ
Hungary vs. Germany
 12 June 2011, 20:15 hrs (local time), Randers
Denmark vs. Poland
Find all information on the Play-Off Europe here.
Thirteen countries already qualified
From total 24 places, 13 countries already have their places secured. Besides the above mentioned Russia, Norway, Sweden and Romania the other nations already qualified are Angola, Congo and Tunisia from Africa, Korea, Japan, China and Kazakhstan from Asia, Australia from Oceania and Brazil as hosting nation.
Three countries in the Americas still try to obtain their places in the Pan American Championships, which will be held from 28 June to 02 July 2011.
Visit the Official Website.
TEXT: EHF
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