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]
Almelo Arnhem Leek Maastricht Rotterdam

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×

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×	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×	Report	3× 3× 1×

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×

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×

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×	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×	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×	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×

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×	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×	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×

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 Goalkeeper:  Jovana Risović (SRB) Left Wing:  Fie Woller (DEN) Left Back:  Maria Adler (SWE) Playmaker:  Estavana Polman (NED) Pivot:  Katarina Ježić (CRO) Right Back:  Louise Burgaard (DEN) Right Wing:  Angela Malestein (NED) Other awards Top Scorer:  Lois Abbingh (NED) Best Defence Player:  Mathilde Bjerregaard (DEN) Most Valuable Player:  Sonja Frey (AUT) Source: eurohandball.com

References

External links

• Official website
• Competition schedule