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
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates4–14 August
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Denmark (3rd title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Austria
Fourth place Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored2,893 (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 edit

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 edit

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 and 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Group A edit

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: [citation needed]

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

Group B edit

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: [citation needed]

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

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: [citation needed]

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
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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
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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
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5 August 2011
20:00
Croatia   28–28   Hungary Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bernet, Wick (Switzerland)
Milič 8 (11–11) Hornyák 10
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7 August 2011
16:00
Denmark   31–22   Hungary Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 200
Referees: Bernet, Wick (Switzerland)
Burgaard 8 (18–10) Klivinyi 11
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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
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Group D edit

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: [citation needed]

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×  Report   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
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5 August 2011
18:00
Serbia   33–31   France MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: Panayides, Andreou (Cyprus)
Georgijev 8 (17–18) Coatanea 9
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5 August 2011
20:00
Sweden   27–25   Germany MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 200
Referees: Covalciuc, Covalciuc (Moldova)
Adler 9 (15–12) Minevskaja 7
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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
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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×  Report   3× 

Intermediate round edit

Group I1 edit

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: [citation needed]

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×  Report   2× 
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×  Report   4× 
10 August 2011
18:00
Ukraine   21–30   Russia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 150
Metelska 7 (12–18) Dmitrieva 9
  4×  1×  Report   1× 
10 August 2011
20:00
Norway   26–21   Slovenia IISPA Almelo, Almelo
Attendance: 300
Wahlquist 10 (16–8) Barič 6
  3×  Report   3× 

Group I2 edit

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: [citation needed]

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
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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×  Report   8×  1× 
10 August 2011
18:00
Germany   26–20   Hungary Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 100
Minevskaja 8 (11–12) Hornyák 6
  3×  Report   5× 
10 August 2011
20:00
France   29–30   Poland Sportcentrum Leek, Leek
Attendance: 150
Lombardo 9 (11–21) Królikowska, M. Mączka 6
  7×  Report   5× 

Main round edit

Group M1 edit

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: [citation needed]

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×  Report   4× 
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×  Report   3× 
10 August 2011
18:00
Austria   24–22   Romania Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 750
Frey 8 (10–14) Buceschi 8
  5×  Report   7× 
10 August 2011
20:00
Netherlands   29–26   Spain Sportcentrum Valkenhuizen, Arnhem
Attendance: 1,300
Abbingh 9 (15–15) Sempere Herrera 8
  4×  Report   3× 

Group M2 edit

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: [citation needed]

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×  Report   5× 
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×  Report   1× 
10 August 2011
18:00
Sweden   25–26   Denmark MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 350
Adler 8 (13–12) Strangholt 7
  5×  1×  Report   3× 
10 August 2011
20:00
Serbia   29–23   Croatia MECC Maastricht, Maastricht
Attendance: 350
Georgijev, I. Popović 6 (14–16) Toto 6
  7×  1×  Report   3× 

Placement round 13–16 edit

Bracket edit

 
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 edit

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×  Report   4× 
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×  Report   8×  1× 

15th place final edit

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×  Report   2× 

13th place final edit

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×  Report   2× 

Placement round 9–12 edit

Bracket edit

 
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 edit

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×  Report   5× 
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×  Report   1× 

11th place final edit

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×  Report   2× 

9th place final edit

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×  Report   6× 

Placement round 5–8 edit

Bracket edit

 
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 edit

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×  Report   5× 
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×  Report   4× 

7th place final edit

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×  Report   3× 

5th place final edit

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×  Report   4× 

Final round edit

Bracket edit

 
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 edit

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   2× 
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×  Report   4× 

Bronze medal match edit

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×  Report   3× 

Final edit

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×  Report   2× 

Rankings and awardees edit

References edit

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External links edit