Decisive stage at Women’s 2011 Beach Handball EURO

Like in Preliminary Round, the matches of the women’s tournament were very close as many teams perform on a very high level, and every team could be beaten by any other. A big part of the group matches of Placement Round 9-14 and the complete Main Round were played today. The results from the Main Round defined the fixtures for tomorrow’s quarterfinals.

Main Round

Group 1

The games between the four teams were extremely tight and led to a lot of shoot-outs. The title defenders from 2009, Italy, were the unlucky ones, as they performed very well in their matches, but ended up with too little points and on place 3. Turkey played well but ended on fourth place and can expect a very hard quarterfinal against the winners from the other group, Norway. In the last game of this group Denmark beat Croatia and took the group victory.

Group 1 – Final Standings
1.Denmark
2.Croatia
3.Italy
4.Turkey

Group 2

Norway and Hungary had already played their duel in the Preliminary Round, which Norway had won. That victory decided the group, as Spain turned out to be unlucky. The Spaniards played very strongly both against Hungary and Norway, and were in the lead for a long time, but lost both games in shoot-outs. Poland are a positive surprise in this tournament despite their three defeats, as they have shown impressive game-play.

Group 2 – Final Standings
1.Norway
2.Hungary
3.Spain
4.Poland

Placement Round 9-14 – Standings

In today’s three matches Ukraine, FYR Macedonia and Switzerland could collect two more points, which puts all three in the top spots. The last three matches of the Placement Round 9-14 will be played tomorrow on 08 July 2011.

1.Ukraine
2.FYR Macedonia
3.Switzerland
4.Cyprus
5.Serbia
6.Greece

Quarterfinals

All quarterfinal matches will be played simultaneously at 10:00 hrs. Later on the same day the placement matches 5-8 and the semi-finals will follow. The final will be played on Saturday 09 July 2011 at 17:30 hrs.

Denmark vs. Poland
Turkey vs. Norway
Croatia vs. Spain
Italy vs. Hungary

Live Stream

The major event is broadcast on a free-of-charge live web stream. It features live coverage of all matches from Court 1. The live web stream can be viewed at:
www.ebhc2011.com/live-stream/

In order to embed the Live Stream on your website please use the following code:

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Further information

Find all results of the Women’s 2011 European Beach Handball Championship here.

Find photos and more info on the Official Event Website
http://www.ebhc2011.com/