2011 Women's U-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]

2011 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Dates4–14 August
Teams16 (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
Matches56
Goals scored2893 (51.66 per match)
Attendance23,055 (412 per match)
Top scorer(s) Lois Abbingh (NED)
(65 goals)
Best player Sonja Frey (AUT)
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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
Source:

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
  Report  
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
  Report   
5 August 2011
18:00
Slovenia  22–34  Russia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 250
Referees: Bounouara, Sami (France)
Hren 5 (9–17) Denikaeva 6
  Report  
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
  Report  
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
   Report  
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
  Report  

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
Source:

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

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
Source:

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
  Report   
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
  Report  
5 August 2011
18:00
Poland  26–28  Denmark Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 150
Referees: van Dijk, Wijtenburg (Netherlands)
Galińska 6 (13–13) Aagaard, Pedersen 6
  Report  
5 August 2011
20:00
Croatia  28–28  Hungary Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bernet, Wick (Switzerland)
Milič 8 (11–11) Hornyák 10
   Report  
7 August 2011
16:00
Denmark  31–22  Hungary Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bernet, Wick (Switzerland)
Burgaard 8 (18–10) Klivinyi 11
  Report  
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
  Report  

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
Source:

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
  Report  
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
  Report  
5 August 2011
18:00
Serbia  33–31  France MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (Cyprus)
Georgijev 8 (17–18) Coatanea 9
   Report  
5 August 2011
20:00
Sweden  27–25  Germany MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (Moldova)
Adler 9 (15–12) Minevskaja 7
  Report  
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
  Report  
7 August 2011
18:00
Sweden  26–27  Serbia MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: Ilievska, Karbeska (Macedonia)
Adler 8 (14–11) Popović 7
  Report  

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
Source:

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
  Report  
9 August 2011
20:00
Russia  28–22  Norway IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 200
Referees: Pech, Vágvölgyi (Hungary)
Vedekhina 8 (9–10) Rasmussen 8
  Report  
10 August 2011
18:00
Ukraine  21–30  Russia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 150
Metelska 7 (12–18) Dmitrieva 9
   Report  
10 August 2011
20:00
Norway  26–21  Slovenia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 300
Wahlquist 10 (16–8) Barič 6
  Report  

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
Source:

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
  Report  
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
  Report   
10 August 2011
18:00
Germany  26–20  Hungary Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 100
Minevskaja 8 (11–12) Hornyák 6
  Report  
10 August 2011
20:00
France  29–30  Poland Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 150
Lombardo 9 (11–21) Królikowska, M. Mączka 6
  Report  

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
Source:

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
  Report  
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
  Report  
10 August 2011
18:00
Austria  24–22  Romania Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 750
Frey 8 (10–14) Buceschi 8
  Report  
10 August 2011
20:00
Netherlands  29–26  Spain Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 1,300
Abbingh 9 (15–15) Sempere Herrera 8
  Report  

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
Source:

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
  Report  
9 August 2011
20:00
Denmark  31–26  Serbia MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 375
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (Moldova)
Woller 10 (18–13) Georgijev 8
  Report  
10 August 2011
18:00
Sweden  25–26  Denmark MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 350
Adler 8 (13–12) Strangholt 7
   Report  
10 August 2011
20:00
Serbia  29–23  Croatia MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 350
Georgijev, I. Popović 6 (14–16) Toto 6
   Report  

Placement round 13–16

Bracket

 
Cross matches13th place final
 
      
 
12 August – 12:30 (Arnhem)
 
 
 Slovenia25
 
13 August – 15:00 (Arnhem)
 
 Poland26
 
 Poland27
 
12 August – 15:00 (Arnhem)
 
 Hungary23
 
 Hungary28
 
 
 Ukraine22
 
15th place final
 
 
13 August – 12:30 (Arnhem)
 
 
 Slovenia25
 
 
 Ukraine20

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
  Report  
12 August 2011
15:00
Hungary  28–22  Ukraine Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 55
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (Cyprus)
Klivinyi 8 (15–14) Metelska 5
  Report   

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
  Report  

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
  Report  

Placement round 9–12

Bracket

 
Cross matches9th place final
 
      
 
12 August – 17:30 (Arnhem)
 
 
 Russia38
 
13 August – 20:00 (Arnhem)
 
 Germany26
 
 Russia29
 
12 August – 20:00 (Arnhem)
 
 France23
 
 France20
 
 
 Norway19
 
11th place final
 
 
13 August – 17:30 (Arnhem)
 
 
 Germany32
 
 
 Norway20

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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  

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
  Report  

Placement round 5–8

Bracket

 
Cross matches5th place final
 
      
 
12 August – 12:30 (Rotterdam)
 
 
 Romania30
 
13 August – 17:30 (Rotterdam)
 
 Croatia29
 
 Romania20
 
12 August – 15:00 (Rotterdam)
 
 Sweden30
 
 Sweden32
 
 
 Spain25
 
7th place final
 
 
13 August – 15:00 (Rotterdam)
 
 
 Croatia28
 
 
 Spain26

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
  Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  

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
  Report  

Final round

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
12 August – 17:30 (Rotterdam)
 
 
 Denmark29
 
14 August – 17:30 (Rotterdam)
 
 Austria17
 
 Netherlands27
 
12 August – 20:00 (Rotterdam)
 
 Denmark29
 
 Netherlands42
 
 
 Serbia33
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
14 August – 15:00 (Rotterdam)
 
 
 Serbia28
 
 
 Austria34

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
Report  
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
  Report  

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
  Report  

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
  Report  

Rankings and awardees

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