The Qualification for the 2009 Women's 17 European Championship took place over the weekend.
The final tournament is planned to take place in Skopje and Ohrid, FYR Macedonia, from 25 June to 5 July 2009. The organising federation is qualified directly for the final tournament. 15 teams qualified via the qualification for the participation in the final tournament:
Group 1-7: 2 teams qualified out of each group - Russia, Sweden, Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Germany, Norway, Serbia, Croatia, Netherlands, Hungary, Czech Republic, Denmark, Lithuania
Group 8: 1 team qualified out of the group - France
The draw for the final tournament will be carried out on Tuesday 24 March 2009 in Vienna together with the draw of the Women's European Cup semifinals and Women's EHF EURO 2010 Qualification. The procedure for the draw will be published in due time.
For the match results and group standings, please click here: http://www.eurohandball.com/ech/17/women/2009/round/2/Qualification.
Other Younger Age Category events
The qualification for the 2009 Women's 19 European Championship Qualification will take place from 10 to 12 April 2009. The final tournament will be played in Györ, Pápa and Szombathely, Hungary (14 to 23 August 2009).
The qualification Europe for the M-U21 World Championship in Egypt (6 to 19 August 2009) will be played from 10 to 12 April 2009.
EHF NEWS 29 - CL Results summary
The final round of the Men's EHF Champions League Main Round was played over the weekend on the lagoon blue courts all over Europe.
For the results and the finalised group tables, please click here: http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2008-09/round/4/Main+Round.
The following teams have qualified for the Quarterfinals:
Group 1 1. HSV Hamburg (GER) 2. Chekhovskie Medvedi (RUS)
Group 2 1. Rhein-Neckar Löwen (GER) 2. HC Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb (CRO)
Group 3 1. MKB Veszprém (HUN) 2. SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER)
