At the occasion of the 10th Ordinary EHF Congress, the 8 groups of the qualification to the Women’s 17 European Championships in the Czech Republic 2011 were drawn. Seven groups of four teams and one group of three teams were decided.

15 teams will qualify for the final tournament, the eight group winners plus the teams ranked second in the groups 1-7.

Group 1
Denmark
Serbia
Austria
Turkey

Group 2
Spain
Croatia
Switzerland
Iceland

Group 3
Sweden
Slovakia
Finland
Belarus

Group 4
Norway
Germany
Bulgaria
Azerbaijan

Group 5
Hungary
Lithuania
Poland
Greece

Group 6
Netherlands
Romania
Armenia
Israel

Group 7
Russia
FYR Macedonia
Montenegro
Portugal

Group 8
France
Slovenia
Ukraine

The right to organise the Women’s 17 ECh 2011 qualification tournaments was awarded to the teams drawn into row four. As teams which were awarded with the right to organise the 2009 Women’s 17 European Championship qualification do not have the right to be the organiser again, this gives us the following right holders:

Group 1: Turkey, Group 2: Iceland, Group 3: Belarus, Group 4: Azerbaijan, Group 5: Greece, Group 6: Israel, Group 7: Portugal and Group 8: France (as Slovenia was the organiser the last time)

If the national teams in row 4 of each group decline to organise the tournament, the right is passed on to the teams in row 2 (or row 1 in the group 8), then row number 1 (or row 3 in the group 8) and finally row 3.

The eight tournaments will take place on 25 – 27 March 2011, the final tournament is played in the Czech Republic on 23 June – 3 July 2011.