2011 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship Explained

Tourney Name:Women's U-19 European Handball Championship
Year:2011
Country:Netherlands
Dates:4–14 August
Num Teams:16
Confederations:1
Venues:5
Cities:5
Count:3
Matches:56
Goals:2893
Top Scorer:
(65 goals)
Updated:15 August 2011
Previous:2009 Women's 19 European Handball Championship
Next:2013 Women's 19 European Handball Championship

The 2011 Women's U-19's European Handball Championship is the eighth edition of the continental handball event for this age group, and the fourth under its new name, that is being held between 4 and 14 August in the Netherlands. Norway entered the championship as title holders, after beaten 2009 hosts Hungary 29–27 in the previous tournament's final.[1] According to the competition regulations, only players born on or after 1 January 1992 are eligible to participate.[2]

Denmark won the championship for the third time, beating first time finalists Netherlands in the decisive match 29–27.[3]

Venues

Five cities have been selected to stage the championship. In Almelo, Maastricht and Leek will only be held preliminary and main round matches. In Arnhem, where hosts Netherlands play their preliminary group, will also be held main round clashes and the placement matches 9–16. Rotterdam will be involved only in the final weekend to arrange the placement matches 5–8 as well as the semifinals, the bronze match and the final.

CityArenaCapacity
AlmeloIISPA Almelo1,000[4]
ArnhemSportcentrum Valkenhuizen1,850[5]
LeekSportcentrum Leek1,300[6]
MaastrichtMECC Maastricht1,500[7]
RotterdamTopsportcentrum Rotterdam2,000[8]

Qualification

A total of 29 national teams registered for the tournament, from which the four best placed teams of the 2009 Women's 17 European Handball Championship, namely Denmark, France, Norway and Russia automatically qualified for the championship, joined by organizer country Netherlands. The remaining twenty-four teams competed between 21 and 24 April 2011 in six groups of four for the eleven spots left. Groups 1 to 5 offered two places each, while from the sixth group only the winner advanced to the European Championship. After the mini-tournaments were concluded, the following teams qualified for the continental event: Spain, Serbia (Group 1); Germany, Austria (Group 2); Hungary, Sweden (Group 3); Croatia, Poland (Group 4); Ukraine, Slovenia (Group 5) and Romania (Group 6).[9]

Draw

The draw for the groups of the final tournament took place in Leek, Netherlands, on 27 April 2011. In the process first the teams from pot 4, pot 3 and pot 1 were drawn, respectively, following that host nation Netherlands had the right to choose the group where they would like to be classified. The remaining three teams were distributed in the regular way.[10]

Seedings

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Preliminary round

    Team advanced to the Main round
    Team relegated to the Intermediate round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Intermediate round

Group I1

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Group I2

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Main round

Group M1

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Group M2

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Placement round 13–16

13th place final

Placement round 9–12

9th place final

Placement round 5–8

5th place final

Final round

Final

Rankings and awardees

Final ranking

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All Star Team

Other awards

Source: eurohandball.com

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norway win W19 ECh in Hungary. 24 August 2009. 4 August 2011.
  2. Web site: 2011 Women's 19 European Championship. European Handball Federation. 2 August 2011. 4 August 2011.
  3. Web site: Denmark triumph at Women's 19 EURO. European Handball Federation. 14 August 2011. 15 August 2011. 17 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110917080201/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/14116. dead.
  4. Web site: Playing venues – Almelo. ekhandball.nl. 4 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111028062652/http://eng.ekhandbal.nl/playing-venues/almelo.html. 28 October 2011. dead.
  5. Web site: Playing venues – Arnhem. ekhandball.nl. 4 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111028063031/http://eng.ekhandbal.nl/playing-venues/arnhem.html. 28 October 2011. dead.
  6. Web site: Playing venues – Leek. ekhandball.nl. 4 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111028063036/http://eng.ekhandbal.nl/playing-venues/leek.html. 28 October 2011. dead.
  7. Web site: Playing venues – Maastricht. ekhandball.nl. 4 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111028063827/http://eng.ekhandbal.nl/playing-venues/maastricht.html. 28 October 2011. dead.
  8. Web site: Playing venues – Rotterdam. ekhandball.nl. 4 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111028062838/http://eng.ekhandbal.nl/playing-venues/rotterdam.html. 28 October 2011. dead.
  9. Web site: 2011 Women's 19 European Championship Qualification. European Handball Federation. 24 April 2011. 4 August 2011. 30 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110430113521/http://www.eurohandball.com/article/013867/2011+Women%E2%80%99s+19+European+Championship+Qualification. dead.
  10. Web site: 2011 Women's 19 European Championship Draw. European Handball Federation. 27 April 2011. 4 August 2011.