Yesterday in Vienna were drawn the qualifying groups for the European Championship for Women that will take place in Denmark and Norway(from 7th to 19th december) next year. We can say that most of the Balkan teams can consider themself to be lucky. Serbia got into Group 5 along with Spain, Turkey and Greece. Croatia and Macedonia will again face each, and for opponents in Group 7, they also got Holland and Lithuania. Slovenia will have a bit higher task in Group 4 with Germany, Belarus and Italy, while Montenegro as the most unwished team from the last pot will surely have their say in Group 6, in which also are Russia, Slovakia and Poland.Yesterday in Vienna were drawn the qualifying groups for the European Championship for Women that will take place in Denmark and Norway(from 7th to 19th december) next year. We can say that most of the Balkan teams can consider themself to be lucky. Serbia got into Group 5 along with Spain, Turkey and Greece. Croatia and Macedonia will again face each, and for opponents in Group 7, they also got Holland and Lithuania. Slovenia will have a bit higher task in Group 4 with Germany, Belarus and Italy, while Montenegro as the most unwished team from the last pot will surely have their say in Group 6, in which also are Russia, Slovakia and Poland.
All the groups:
Group 1: Romania, Ukraine, Portugal and Switzerland
Group 2: Hungary, Sweden, Czech Republic and Azerbaijan
Group 3: France, Austria, Iceland and the winner of the game between Great Britain – Finland
Group 4: Germany, Belarus, Slovenia and Italy
Group 5: Spain, Serbia, Turkey and Greece
Group 6: Russia, Poland, Slovakia and Montenegro
Group 7: Croatia, Macedonia, Holland and Lithuania
On the European Championship besides Denmark and Norway (as hosts), will also participate the top two teams from each of these groups.
The beginning of the qualifications is scheduled from early October, and will end in late May.
The National Federations will arrange the dates and hours of their games, and the dates proposed from EHF are:
14 – 18 October 2009 (first and second round);
31 march – 4 april 2010 (third and fourth round);
26-30 may (fifth and sixth round).
