Battle for World Championship places
Battle for World Championship places
The first leg of the 2011 Men’s World Championship Qualification Play-off Europe took place in nine countries over the past weekend.
1st leg:
| Austria vs Netherlands | 31 : 15 |
| Norway vs Lithuania | 27 : 19 |
| Slovenia vs Hungary | 27 : 25 |
| Germany vs Greece | 25 : 20 |
| Slovakia vs Ukraine | 25 : 30 |
| Serbia vs Czech Republic | 27 : 23 |
| Romania vs Russia | 28 : 32 |
| Denmark vs Switzerland | 32 : 27 |
| Portugal vs Spain | 26 : 27 |
The return games will be played between 18 – 20 June 2010.
Places booked for Sweden
Title holder France and the host nation Sweden are set for the 2011 World Championship. The four best teams from the EHF EURO 2010 in Austria are also directly qualified. As France was one of them, this adds Poland, Iceland and Croatia.
From other Continents, Japan, South Korea, Bahrain (Asia), Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria (Africa) and Australia qualified.
The remaining 12 teams will face last qualification matches: 9 tickets are reserved for Europe, 3 for the Pan-American continent.
Final Tournament Info
The Final Tournament Draw will be held in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 9 July 2010. Four Preliminary Round Groups with six teams each will be drawn.
This 2011 Men’s World Handball Championships will take place in Sweden between 13 – 30 January. The eight playing venues are Malmö (final venue), Lund, Kristianstad, Göteborg, Skövde, Jönköping, Linköping and Norrköping. Tickets are on sale already.
Find all details on http://www.handball2011.com/
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