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. According to the competition regulations, only players born on or after 1 January 1992 are eligible to participate.
Denmark won the championship for the third time, beating first time finalists Netherlands in the decisive match 29–27.
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.
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 21–24 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).
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.
Seedings
Preliminary 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
Bracket
Cross matches
15th place final
13th place final
Placement round 9–12
Bracket
Cross matches
11th place final
9th place final
Placement round 5–8
Bracket
Cross matches
7th place final
5th place final
Final round
Bracket
Cross matches
Bronze medal match
Final
Rankings and awardees
Final ranking
All Star Team
*Goalkeeper:
*Left Wing:
*Left Back:
*Playmaker:
*Pivot:
*Right Back:
*Right Wing:
Other awards
*Top Scorer:
*Best Defence Player:
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Most Valuable Player
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Source
eurohandball.com
References
External links
* {{official website, http://eng.ekhandbal.nl/
Competition schedule
European Women's U-19 Handball Championship
2011 in handball
2011 in Dutch sport
International handball competitions hosted by the Netherlands
Women's handball in the Netherlands
19 European Handball Championship