2008 Women’s European Championship Draw

2008 Women’s European Championship Draw

The draw for the EHF Euro 2008 Final Round, which will be held from 2 to 14 December 2008 in FYR Macedonia, took place in the Ancient Amphitheatre in Ohrid today. The draw took place on the location of the Ohrid Summer Festival.

The preliminary round and main round matches of the EHF Euro 2008 will be played in Skopje and Ohrid. The placement match, the semi-finals and finals in Skopje.

Here are the results of the draw together with the assignment of the respective venues:

The preliminary round matches will be the following (two groups playing on 2., 4. and 6 December, the two other groups playing on 3., 5. and 7 December):

The detailed match schedule, with the individual match details and the exact playing times will be published by the EHF in August following the coordination of TV requirements.

The teams ranked 1 to 3 in each group qualify for the main round. The results from the matches against teams which also qualify for the main round remain valid for the ranking of the main round.

Each team in the main round plays against each team which qualified from the parallel group.

For more details on the 2008 Women's European Championship in FYR Macedonia check out www.ehf-euro.com.