2011 Women's 19 European Handball Championship

2011 Women's 19 European Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Netherlands
Dates 4–14 August
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Denmark (3rd title)
Runner-up  Netherlands
Third place  Austria
Fourth place  Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches 56
Goals scored 2893 (51.66 per match)
Attendance 23,055 (412 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Lois Abbingh (NED)
(65 goals)
Best player  Sonja Frey (AUT)
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The 2011 Women's 19 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.[2]

City Arena Capacity
Almelo IISPA Almelo 1,000[4]
Arnhem Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen 1,850[5]
Leek Sportcentrum Leek 1,300[6]
Maastricht MECC Maastricht 1,500[7]
Rotterdam Topsportcentrum Rotterdam 2,000[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 21–24 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

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Denmark
 Russia
 Norway
 France		  Hungary
 Netherlands
 Spain
 Germany		  Romania
 Croatia
 Ukraine
 Sweden		  Serbia
 Austria
 Poland
 Slovenia

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 3 2 0 1 68 66 +2 4
 Spain 3 2 0 1 66 62 +4 4
 Russia 3 1 0 2 79 72 +7 2
 Slovenia 3 1 0 2 61 74 −13 2

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

4 August 2011
18:00		 Russia  25–26  Romania IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 250
Referees: Engkebølle Stenrand, Kærlund Birch (Denmark)
Dmitrieva 8 (12–13) Buceschi 10
4× 3× Report 6× 3×
4 August 2011
20:00		 Spain  23–17  Slovenia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 250
Referees: Siewert Delle, Engberg (Sweden)
Fernandez, Falcon 6 (13–8) Barič 7
3× 2× Report 5× 3× 1×Red card
5 August 2011
18:00		 Slovenia  22–34  Russia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 250
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (France)
Hren 5 (9–17) Denikaeva 6
6× 3× Report 4× 3×
5 August 2011
20:00		 Romania  25–19  Spain IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 250
Referees: Engkebølle Stenrand, Kærlund Birch (Denmark)
Buceschi 10 (13–8) Cobo 5
6× 3× Report 5× 3×
7 August 2011
16:00		 Russia  20–24  Spain IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 400
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (France)
Dmitrieva, Garanina 7 (13–13) Segura 7
5× 3× 1×Red card Report 3× 3×
7 August 2011
18:00		 Romania  17–22  Slovenia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 300
Referees: Siewert Delle, Engberg (Sweden)
Buceschi 7 (9–10) Barič 8
7× 2× Report 6× 3×

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 100 76 +24 6
 Austria 3 2 0 1 82 80 +2 4
 Norway 3 1 0 2 71 70 +1 2
 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 61 88 −27 0

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

4 August 2011
18:00		 Norway  25–13  Ukraine Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 800
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (Hungary)
Breistøl 6 (9–9) Andriychuk, Metelska 4
4× 3× Report 5× 2×
4 August 2011
20:00		 Netherlands  35–27  Austria Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 900
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (Serbia)
Abbingh 10 (20–13) Frey 10
4× 3× Report 9× 3×
5 August 2011
18:00		 Austria  26–21  Norway Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 350
Referees: Brehmer, Skrowronek (Poland)
Frey 10 (10–14) Henriksen 6
6× 3× 1×Red card Report 3× 3× 1×Red card
5 August 2011
20:00		 Ukraine  24–34  Netherlands Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 750
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (Hungary)
Metelska 8 (8–16) Abbingh 11
4× 3× Report 6× 3×
7 August 2011
16:00		 Ukraine  24–29  Austria Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 850
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (Serbia)
Andriychuk 10 (10–17) Frey 9
4× 3× Report 5× 3×
7 August 2011
18:00		 Norway  25–31  Netherlands Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 1,385
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (Poland)
Rasmussen 9 (13–12) Abbingh 10
1× 3× Report 5× 3× 1×Red card

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 92 70 +22 6
 Croatia 3 1 1 1 78 81 −3 3
 Hungary 3 1 1 1 81 86 −5 3
 Poland 3 0 0 3 73 87 −14 0

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

4 August 2011
18:00		 Denmark  33–22  Croatia Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 150
Referees: Van Dijk, Wijtenburg (Netherlands)
Burgaard 9 (13–12) Ježić, Toto 6
3× 3× Report 8× 3× 2×Red card
4 August 2011
20:00		 Hungary  31–27  Poland Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 200
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Klivinyi 12 (18–14) Królikowska 6
3× 2× Report 2× 3×
5 August 2011
18:00		 Poland  26–28  Denmark Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 150
Referees: van Dijk, Wijtenburg (Netherlands)
Galińska 6 (13–13) Aagard, Pedersen 6
3× 3× Report 2× 2×
5 August 2011
20:00		 Croatia  28–28  Hungary Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bernet, Wick (Switzerland)
Milič 8 (11–11) Hornyák 10
6× 3× 1×Red card Report 3× 3×
7 August 2011
16:00		 Denmark  31–22  Hungary Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bernet, Wick (Switzerland)
Burgaard 8 (18–10) Klivinyi 11
1× 2× Report 3× 3×
7 August 2011
18:00		 Croatia  28–20  Poland Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 100
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Toto 10 (11–7) A. Mączka 6
4× 2× Report 5× 3×

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia 3 2 0 1 76 78 −2 4
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 80 78 +2 4
 France 3 1 0 2 83 73 +10 2
 Germany 3 1 0 2 59 69 −10 2

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

4 August 2011
18:00		 France  26–27  Sweden MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 250
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (Moldova)
Coatanea, Zaadi 6 (12–16) Adler 8
4× 3× Report 3× 3×
4 August 2011
20:00		 Germany  21–16  Serbia MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 300
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (Macedonia)
Minevskaja, Müller, Windisch 4 (13–6) Filipović, Vasić 4
3× 3× Report 3× 3×
5 August 2011
18:00		 Serbia  33–31  France MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (Cyprus)
Georgijev 8 (17–18) Coatanea 9
5× 3× 1×Red card Report 4× 3×
5 August 2011
20:00		 Sweden  27–25  Germany MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (Moldova)
Adler 9 (15–12) Minevskaja 7
3× 3× Report 4× 2×
7 August 2011
16:00		 France  26–13  Germany MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (Cyprus)
Lombardo, Zaadi 5 (12–6) Minevskaja 7
3× 3× Report 3× 3×
7 August 2011
18:00		 Sweden  26–27  Serbia MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: Ilievska, Karbeska (Macedonia)
Adler 8 (14–11) Popović 7
3× 3× Report 3× 2×

Intermediate round

Group I1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Russia 3 3 0 0 92 65 +27 6
 Norway 3 2 0 1 73 62 +11 4
 Slovenia 3 1 0 2 66 82 −16 2
 Ukraine 2 0 0 2 56 78 −22 0

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

9 August 2011
18:00		 Slovenia  23–22  Ukraine IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 100
Referees: Panayidis, Andreou (Cyprus)
Amon, Krajnc 5 (8–9) Andriychuk 7
2× 3× Report 2× 3×
9 August 2011
20:00		 Russia  28–22  Norway IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 200
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (Hungary)
Vedekhina 8 (9–10) Rasmussen 8
4× 3× Report 4× 3×
10 August 2011
18:00		 Ukraine  21–30  Russia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 150
Metelska 7 (12–18) Dmitrieva 9
4× 2× 1×Red card Report 1× 3×
10 August 2011
20:00		 Norway  26–21  Slovenia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 300
Wahlquist 10 (16–8) Barič 6
3× 3× Report 3× 2×

Group I2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 0 1 84 71 +13 4
 Germany 3 2 0 1 59 65 −6 4
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 79 82 −3 2
 Poland 3 1 0 2 76 80 −4 2

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

9 August 2011
18:00		 Poland  19–20  Germany Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 100
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (Serbia)
A. Mączka 8 (9–9) Diehl 4
3× 3× Report 7× 3×
9 August 2011
20:00		 Hungary  28–29  France Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 100
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Hornyák 10 (11–16) Lassource 8
3× 3× Report 8× 2× 1×Red card
10 August 2011
18:00		 Germany  26–20  Hungary Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 100
Minevskaja 8 (11–12) Hornyák 6
3× 3× Report 5× 3×
10 August 2011
20:00		 France  29–30  Poland Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 150
Lombardo 9 (11–21) Królikowska, M. Mączka 6
7× 3× Report 5× 3×

Main round

Group M1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 103 80 +23 6
 Austria 3 2 0 1 78 80 −2 4
 Romania 3 1 0 2 74 82 −8 2
 Spain 3 0 0 3 68 81 −13 0

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

9 August 2011
18:00		 Spain  23–27  Austria Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 750
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (Macedonia)
Gonzalez 6 (12–12) Frey 10
1× 3× Report 4× 3×
9 August 2011
20:00		 Romania  27–39  Netherlands Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Engkebølle Stenrand, Kærlund Birch (Denmark)
Apipiei 9 (16–19) Abbingh 9
4× 3× Report 3× 3×
10 August 2011
18:00		 Austria  24–22  Romania Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 750
Frey 8 (10–14) Buceschi 8
5× 3× Report 7× 3×
10 August 2011
20:00		 Netherlands  29–26  Spain Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 1,300
Abbingh 9 (15–15) Sempere Herrera 8
4× 3× Report 3× 2×

Group M2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 90 73 +17 6
 Serbia 3 2 0 1 82 80 +2 4
 Sweden 3 1 0 2 81 73 +8 2
 Croatia 3 0 0 3 65 92 −27 0

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

9 August 2011
18:00		 Croatia  20–30  Sweden MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: van Dijk, Wijtenburg (Netherlands)
Milič 6 (9–12) Adler, Larsson, Wall 5
5× 3× Report 5× 3×
9 August 2011
20:00		 Denmark  31–26  Serbia MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 375
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (Moldova)
Woller 10 (18–13) Georgijev 8
2× 2× Report 1× 3×
10 August 2011
18:00		 Sweden  25–26  Denmark MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 350
Adler 8 (13–12) Strangholt 7
5× 3× 1×Red card Report 3× 2×
10 August 2011
20:00		 Serbia  29–23  Croatia MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 350
Georgijev, I. Popović 6 (14–16) Toto 6
7× 2× 1×Red card Report 3× 3×

Placement round 13–16

Bracket

Cross matches 13th place final
12 August – 12:30 (Arnhem)
  Slovenia  25  
  Poland  26  
 
13 August – 15:00 (Arnhem)
      Poland  27
    Hungary  23
15th place final
12 August – 15:00 (Arnhem) 13 August – 12:30 (Arnhem)
  Hungary  28   Slovenia  25
  Ukraine  22     Ukraine  20

Cross matches

12 August 2011
12:30		 Slovenia  25–26  Poland Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 50
Referees: van Dijk, Wijtenburg (Netherlands)
Krajnc 7 (13–9) Królikowska 6
2× 2× Report 4× 3×
12 August 2011
15:00		 Hungary  28–22  Ukraine Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 55
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (Cyprus)
Klivinyi 8 (15–14) Metelska 5
4× 3× Report 8× 3× 1×Red card

15th place final

13 August 2011
12:30		 Slovenia  25–20  Ukraine Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 50
Referees: Ilieva, Karbeska (Macedonia)
Krajnc 8 (10–6) Myhovich 5
3× 1× Report 2× 2×

13th place final

13 August 2011
15:00		 Poland  27–23  Hungary Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 89
Referees: Bernet, Wick (Switzerland)
Mączka 11 (14–10) Such 6
1× 3× Report 2× 3×

Placement round 9–12

Bracket

Cross matches 9th place final
12 August – 17:30 (Arnhem)
  Russia  38  
  Germany  26  
 
13 August – 20:00 (Arnhem)
      Russia  29
    France  23
11th place final
12 August – 20:00 (Arnhem) 13 August – 17:30 (Arnhem)
  France  20   Germany  32
  Norway  19     Norway  20

Cross matches

12 August 2011
17:30		 Russia  38–26  Germany Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 220
Referees: Konjičanin, Konjičanin (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Garanina 8 (19–10) Haupt 6
5× 3× Report 5× 3×
12 August 2011
20:00		 France  20–19  Norway Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 130
Referees: Bernet, Wick (Switzerland)
Coatanea 5 (10–14) Merg, Rasmussen, Wahlquist 4
3× 3× Report 1× 3×

11th place final

13 August 2011
17:30		 Germany  32–20  Norway Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 125
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (Hungary)
Minevskaja 11 (16–9) Bjørnsen, Wisløff 4
1× 3× Report 2× 3×

9th place final

13 August 2011
20:00		 Russia  29–23  France Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 126
Referees: van Dijk, Wijtenburg (Netherlands)
Dmitrieva 6 (14–10) Francois 7
6× 2× Report 6× 3×

Placement round 5–8

Bracket

Cross matches 5th place final
12 August – 12:30 (Rotterdam)
  Romania  30  
  Croatia  29  
 
13 August – 17:30 (Rotterdam)
      Romania  20
    Sweden  30
7th place final
12 August – 15:00 (Rotterdam) 13 August – 15:00 (Rotterdam)
  Sweden  32   Croatia  28
  Spain  25     Spain  26

Cross matches

12 August 2011
12:30		 Romania  30–29  Croatia Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 400
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (Poland)
Buceschi 9 (14–14) Čović, Toto 8
3× 3× Report 5× 2×
12 August 2011
15:00		 Sweden  32–25  Spain Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 400
Referees: Engkebølle Stenrand, Kærlund Birch (Denmark)
Adler 7 (18–13) Falcon 5
5× 3× Report 4× 3×

7th place final

13 August 2011
15:00		 Croatia  28–26  Spain Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 200
Referees: Siewert Delle, Engberg (Sweden)
Milič 13 (12–13) Falcon 7
3× 3× Report 3× 2×

5th place final

13 August 2011
17:30		 Romania  20–30  Sweden Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 150
Referees: Antić, Jakovljević (Serbia)
Buceschi 6 (11–15) Adler 8
6× 3× Report 4× 3×

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals Final
12 August – 17:30 (Rotterdam)
  Denmark  29  
  Austria  17  
 
14 August – 17:30 (Rotterdam)
      Netherlands  27
    Denmark  29
Bronze medal match
12 August – 20:00 (Rotterdam) 14 August – 15:00 (Rotterdam)
  Netherlands  42   Serbia  28
  Serbia  33     Austria  34

Cross matches

12 August 2011
17:30		 Denmark  29–17  Austria Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 700
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (Moldova)
Burgaard, Woller 6 (16–7) Frey 6
 2× Report 2× 3×
12 August 2011
20:00		 Netherlands  42–33  Serbia Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 950
Referees: Bonouara, Sami (France)
Malestein 9 (18–17) Georgijev, Vasić 6
2× 3× Report 4× 3×

Bronze medal match

14 August 2011
15:00		 Serbia  28–34  Austria Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Engkebølle Stenrand, Kærlund Birch (Denmark)
Filipović 10 (13–15) Frey 10
3× 3× Report 3× 3×

Final

14 August 2011
17:30		 Netherlands  27–29  Denmark Topsportcentrum Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (Poland)
Abbingh 9 (13–17) Woller 7
4× 3× Report 2× 2×

Rankings and awardees

Final ranking

 Denmark
 Netherlands
 Austria
4 Serbia
5 Sweden
6 Romania
7 Croatia
8 Spain
9 Russia
10 France
11 Germany
12 Norway
13 Poland
14 Hungary
15 Slovenia
16 Ukraine
2011 Women's 19 European Champions


Denmark

All Star Team

Other awards

  • Top Scorer:  Lois Abbingh (NED)
  • Best Defence Player:  Mathilde Bjerregaard (DEN)
  • Most Valuable Player:  Sonja Frey (AUT)

Source: eurohandball.com

References

  1. ↑ "Norway win W19 ECh in Hungary". 24 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2011 Women's 19 European Championship". European Handball Federation. 2 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Denmark triumph at Women's 19 EURO". European Handball Federation. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Playing venues – Almelo". ekhandball.nl. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "Playing venues – Arnhem". ekhandball.nl. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Playing venues – Leek". ekhandball.nl. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Playing venues – Maastricht". ekhandball.nl. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Playing venues – Rotterdam". ekhandball.nl. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "2011 Women's 19 European Championship Qualification". European Handball Federation. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "2011 Women's 19 European Championship Draw". European Handball Federation. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.

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