15.04.2021, 03:00 ROUND PREVIEW: Europe’s 10 remaining places at the Women’s World Championship 2021 are on the line in the play-offs, with coverage on EHFTV |
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The last European places at the Women’s World Championship 2021 are set to be decided over the coming week, as the qualification play-offs see 20 teams vying for 10 tickets to contest the global event in Spain in December. The play-offs see a series of two-leg ties, starting on Friday, with the aggregate winners in each pair qualifying. All matches will be streamed live on EHFTV. Europe is the only continent with teams confirmed for Spain 2021 so far, with Spain automatically qualified as hosts, Netherlands as current world champions, and the four EHF EURO 2020 semi-finalists — Norway, France, Croatia and Denmark — booking their places in December.
Aiming for World Championship debut Of the 20 teams contesting the play-offs, three have never reached the World Championship before: Turkey, Portugal and Switzerland. Turkey will face a tough task against Olympic champions and World Championship 2019 bronze medallists Russia, Portugal are set to meet a Germany side reeling from a number of losses due to Covid-19 quarantine after a domestic match, and Switzerland will play Czech Republic. Portugal and Switzerland have the chance to make it a very special year for their countries, following the men’s teams’ returns to the World Championship in January after lengthy absences — Portugal following an 18-year gap and Switzerland after 26 years. Women’s World Championship 2021 play-offs, first leg: Friday 16 April Hungary vs Italy 16:00 CEST - live on EHFTV Saturday 17 April Ukraine vs Sweden 16:00 CEST - live on EHFTV Sunday 18 April Italy vs Hungary 13:00 CEST (second leg) - live on EHFTV TEXT: EHF / Courtney Gahan |
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