After 40 matches and nearly one week of action at the 2009 Women’s 19 European Championship in Hungary, the tournament has arrived to its final phase.
Following the last Main Round matches on Wednesday evening, the teams will continue with cross matches and with the semi-finals.
From Main Round Group I Hungary and Norway passed as the only undefeated teams at the tournament. Main Round Group II ended with a draw between Russia and the Netherlands (26:26) yesterday.
Accordingly, the Russian team secured their place in the semi-finals with a better overall goal difference than the Dutch team (+9 against +4). Germany won Group II despite the defeat from Sweden that had no consequences any more.