2020 European Championship - Denmark & Norway

[matt_]

http://www.eurohandball.com/2017/article/020218/00-00

Herning and the 14,000-capacity Boxen Arena in Denmark as well as Stavanger and its Idrettshall, Trondheim with a newly constructed arena and the 13,000-capacity Telenor in Norway's capital Oslo are the four venue and host cities included in the bid.

Group A and Group B in the preliminary round will be played on alternate days in Herning. Trondheim in Norway - also on alternating days - hosts the preliminary round for Groups C and D.

The main round will take place in Herning and Stavanger and the finals will take place in Oslo's Telenor Arena.

Any info, how many teams will play? I've heard they remain at 16, but it was while ago and not a official source

[Wbk]

Any info, how many teams will play? I've heard they remain at 16, but it was while ago and not a official source

Women's EUROs to stay with 16 teams at least for 2020 and 2022.

"It was agreed that the proposal for an expansion of the Women’s EHF EURO to 24 teams from 2024 would be examined further."

http://www.eurohandball.com/article/031 ... 8+in+Paris

[Wbk]

First infos about the qualification. Norway and Denmark as organisers are already qualified.


Qualification Phase 1

Will be staged in a tournament format from 31 May to 2 June 2019.

Participating teams: Israel, Finland, Greece, Luxembourg

The draw to determine the right to organise the tournament will take place on 20 March 2019 at the EHF Office in Vienna.


Qualification Phase 2

European Handball Federation has released the pots for the qualifiers which will feature 28 teams:
Pot 1: France, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Romania, Montenegro, Germany
Pot 2: Serbia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain, Slovenia, Poland, Croatia
Pot 3: Austria, Belarus, Slovakia, Turkey, Macedonia, Ukraine, Italy
Pot 4: Switzerland, Iceland, Portugal, Lithuania, Faroe Islands, Kosovo, Winner Qualifiers Phase 1

The teams will be drawn to seven groups of four teams each. The first two teams of each group will qualify for the final tournament.

The draw takes place on Thursday 4 April at 18:00 hrs in the Scandic Copenhagen Hotel in Copenhagen.

Playing dates for qualifiers and final tournament:
Round 1: 25/26 September 2019
Round 2: 28/29 September 2019
Round 3: 25/26 March 2020
Round 4: 27/28 March 2020
Round 5: 27/28 May 2020
Round 6: 31 May 2020 (according to the applicable regulations, all matches will throw off at 16:00 hrs Vienna time)


Final tournament

The Women’s EHF EURO 2020 takes place in Norway and Denmark from 4 to 20 December 2020.


Source: http://eurohandball.com/article/032286/

[Wbk]

Qualification Phase 2
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The draw takes place on Thursday 4 April at 18:00 hrs in the Scandic Copenhagen Hotel in Copenhagen.

Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOdSVWRGVWg

[Germanicus]

What has happened in the Netherlands?
There are tickets available for the play Netherlands - Austria. I bought one last week. For the EC Qualifications two years ago were tickets usually sold out in 24 hours.

[dutchfan]

What has happened in the Netherlands?
There are tickets available for the play Netherlands - Austria. I bought one last week. For the EC Qualifications two years ago were tickets usually sold out in 24 hours.

I thought that they were already sold out, going to buy tickets now xD. Maybe because of the holidays that it's not selling fast

[dutchfan]

The 23-player squad for the EC qualifications against Austria and Greece:
GK: Rinka Duijndam (BVB), Tess Wester (Odense)
LW: Martine Smeets (Molde), Zoë Sprengers (VOC), Bo van Wetering (TuS Metzingen)
LB: Lois Abbingh (Rostov Don), Kelly Dulfer (BVB), Jessy Kramer (Toulon), Estavana Polman (Team Esbjerg), Inger Smits (BVB)
CB: Delaila Amega (TuS Metzingen), Larissa Nüsser (KBH)
RB: Sarah Dekker (RB/RW, Bensheim Auerbach),Laura van der Heijden (Bietigheim), Dione Housheer (NFH), Anouk Nieuwenweg (Chambray Touraine), Tessa van Zijl (Blomberg-Lippe)
RW: Debbie Bont (KBH), Angela Malestein (Bietigheim)
P: Merel Freriks (BVB), Tamara Haggerty (TuS Metzingen), Danick Snelder (FTC), Nikita van der Vliet (VOC)

I think Abbingh and Polman will play often on CB since Amega is still injured and i doubt that she will be ready in time. Also i'm surprised that Knippenborg got no place in the team.

The final team will be anounced before 9 september.

https://www.handbal.nl/blog/2019/08/23/ ... -selectie/
Also there will be extra places for the match against Austria, because the selling went well so there are extra tickets available xD

[HB9]

I think Knippenborg is still injured.

[dutchfan]

I think Knippenborg is still injured.

Ah didn't knew she was injured, thanx for letting me know

[HB9]

http://www.handbalinside.nl/uitnodiging ... f-signaal/

Amega missed the European Championship in France due to her severe knee injury.

Who writes this stuff?

[dutchfan]

http://www.handbalinside.nl/uitnodiging-amega-is-positief-signaal/

Amega missed the European Championship in France due to her severe knee injury.

Who writes this stuff?

An idiot... Someone already responded that it's wrong

[dutchfan]

The 16 player squad from the Netherlands for the qualifications:
1 Lois Abbingh, Rostov on Don (RUS)
2 Debbie Bont, København Håndbold (DEN)
3 Rinka Duijndam, Borussia Dortmund (GER)
4 Kelly Dulfer, Borussia Dortmund (GER)
5 Merel Freriks, Borussia Dortmund (GER)
6 Laura van der Heijden, SG BBM Bietigheim (GER)
7 Dione Housheer, Nykobing (DEN)
8 Jessy Kramer, Toulon Saint Cyr Var Handball (FRA)
9 Angela Malestein, SG BBM Bietigheim (GER)
10 Larissa Nüsser, København Håndbold (DEN)
11 Estavana Polman, Team Esbjerg (DEN)
12 Martine Smeets, Molde HK (NOR)
13 Inger Smits, Borussia Dortmund (GER)
14 Danick Snelder, FTC Rail-Cargo Hungaria (HUN)
15 Tess Wester, Odense Handbold (DEN)
16 Bo van Wetering, TuS Metzingen (GER)

Amega and van der Vliet will join in training
https://www.handbalstartpunt.nl/nieuws/ ... atieduels/

[will4104]

The Hungarian squad for the clashes against Lithuania and Italy:

Keepers: BÍRÓ Blanka (FTC), JANURIK Kinga (Érd), KISS Éva (ETO)
Right wings: FALUVÉGI Dorottya (ETO), LUKÁCS Viktória (FTC)
Right backs: HÁMORI Konszuéla (Váci NKSE), KISS Nikoletta (Érd), KLUJBER Katrin (FTC), TOMORI Zsuzsanna (Siófok KC)
Centre backs: KOVACSICS Anikó (FTC), TÓTH Gabriella (Érd)
Line players: SZABÓ Laura (Érd), PÁSZTOR Noémi (FTC), TÓVIZI Petra (DVSC)
Left backs: HÁFRA Noémi (FTC), KLIVINYI Kinga (FTC), KOPECZ Barbara (Békéscsabai ENKSE)
Left wings: KAZAI Anita (DKKA), MÁRTON Gréta (FTC), SCHATZL Nadine (FTC)

[dutchfan]

Update Netherlands: Martine Smeeds is still injured and will be replaced by Zoë Sprengers

[Serbhandall]

The Serbian squad for the games against Switzerland and Slovakia:

1. Jovana Risovic GK
2. Kristina Graovac GK
3. Katarina Tomasevic GK
4. Sanja Radosavljevic LW
5. Timea Milosevic LW
6. Dijana Radojevic LW
7. Dragana Cvijic LP
8. Sladjana Pop-Lazic LP
9. Jovana Milojevic LP
10. Zeljka Nikolic RW
11. Ana Kojic RW
12. Jovana Stoiljkovic LB
13. Marija Obradovic LB
14. Sanja Vujovic LB
15. Jelena Trifunovic LB
16. Tamara Radojevic CB
17. Kristina Liscevic CB
18. Jelena Lavko RB
19. Andjela Janjusevic RB
20. Dijana Stevin RB

[Joana]

So I guess the universe is going to implode if Andrea Lekić and Kristina Liščević find themselves on the same team.

[John]

Montenegro:


Goalkeepers – Marina Rajčić and Anastasija Babović (Budućnost) , Marta Batinović (Ramnicu Valcea, Romania).

Left wings - Majda Mehmedović (Budućnost), Ivona Pavićević (Corona Brasov, Romania), Dijana Mugoša (Podravka, Croatia).

Right wings - Jovanka Radičević (Budućnost), Dijana Ujkić (Magura Cisnadie, Romania), Anastasija Marsenić (somewhere in Denmark )

Line players - Ema Ramusović and Tatjana Brnović (Budućnost), Bobana Klikovac (Craiova, Romania).

Backs - Đurđina Jauković , Milena Raičević , Nikolina Knežević (Budućnost), Jelena Despotović (Debrecen, Hungary), Itana Grbić and Andrea Klikovac (CSM Bucuresti, Romania), Katarina Bulatović (Gyori Audi ETO, Hungary), Đurđina Malović (FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria, Hungary).

[Bob The Monter]

Polish NT squad for the games against Faroe Islands (home) and Ukraine (away) :

Goalkeepers: Adrianna Płaczek (Nantes), Weronika Gawlik (MKS Perła Lublin), Monika Maliczkiewicz (Zagłębie Lubin)

Backs: Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc (Bietigheim), Monika Kobylińska (Brest), Małgorzata Buklarewicz (Zagłębie Lubin), Aleksandra Zych (Borussia Dortmund), Adrianna Nowicka (Piłka Ręczna Koszalin), Kinga Achruk, Małgorzata Stasiak, Aleksandra Rosiak, Marta Gęga (all MKS Perła Lublin),

Left Wings: Kinga Grzyb, Daria Zawistowska (both Zagłębie Lubin) Bogna Sobiech (Borussia Dortmund)

Right Wings: Adrianna Górna (Zagłębie Lubin), Aneta Łabuda (MKS Perła Lublin), Katarzyna Janiszewska (Metzingen)

Line players: Sylwia Matuszczyk, Joanna Szarawaga (both MKS Perła Lublin), Joanna Drabik (Siofok)

[masch1]

Anastasija Marsenić[/b] (somewhere in Denmark )

Looks like she’s in Virum-Sorgenfri?
https://www.holdsport.net/klub/virum-so ... lere--1330

[will4104]

The Spanish selection who will face Greece and Austria in the first two rounds of the qualification consists of the following players:

Keepers: Silvia Navarro (Rocasa Gran Canaria), Mercedes Castellanos (Super Amara Bera Bera)
Centre backs: Alicia Fernández (HCM Ramnicu Valcea), Silvia Arderius (Super Amara Bera Bera), Ana Isabel Martínez (Balonmano Elche)
Left backs: Alexandrina Cabral (Nantes Atlantique Handball), Lara González (ES Besançon).
Right backs: Almudena Rodríguez (HC Thüringer), Mireya González (HCM Ramnicu Valcea).
Left wings: Soledad López (Rincón Fertilidad Málaga), Jennifer Gutiérrez (Balonmano Elche).
Right wings: Carmen Martín (CSM Bucuresti), Marta López (HCM Ramnicu Valcea).
Line players: Ainhoa Hernández (Zubileta Evolution Zuazo), Eli Cesáreo (Super Amara Bera Bera), María Núñez (ES Besançon).

[Bo$ko]

Anastasija Marsenić[/b] (somewhere in Denmark )

Looks like she’s in Virum-Sorgenfri?
https://www.holdsport.net/klub/virum-so ... lere--1330

Yes, exactly. Montenegrin version of A.Vyakhireva... Hope she'll avoid injuries.

[HB9]

A whole lot of qualifying games popped up on ehfTV: https://www.ehftv.com/int/livestream-schedule

Didn't have the time to check if it's all the games...but for sure it's a lot we can watch.

[LucianK]

Romania's squad for the next matches:

GK: Ciucă, Dumanska (both from Vâlcea), Dedu (CSM)
LW: Ardean-Elisei (Bistrița), Florica (Vâlcea), Iuganu-Popa (Buzău)
LB: Adespii-Molnar (Vâlcea), Neagu, Perianu (both from CSM), Polocoșer (Baia Mare), Tiron (Brăila)
CB: Buceschi, Laslo (both from Brașov), Popa (Baia Mare), Zamfirescu (Vâlcea)
RB: Bucur (Brașov)
RW: Moisă-Chiper (CSM), Udriștioiu (Brăila)
LP: Băcăoanu (Vâlcea), Ostase (Slatina), Pintea (CSM)

https://frh.ro/stire.php?id=1322

[Doru Delavale]

Romania's squad for the next matches:

GK: Ciucă, Dumanska (both from Vâlcea), Dedu (CSM)
LW: Ardean-Elisei (Bistrița), Florica (Vâlcea), Iuganu-Popa (Buzău)
LB: Adespii-Molnar (Vâlcea), Neagu, Perianu (both from CSM), Polocoșer (Baia Mare), Tiron (Brăila)
CB: Buceschi, Laslo (both from Brașov), Popa (Baia Mare), Zamfirescu (Vâlcea)
RB: Bucur (Brașov)
RW: Moisă-Chiper (CSM), Udriștioiu (Brăila)
LP: Băcăoanu (Vâlcea), Ostase (Slatina), Pintea (CSM)

https://frh.ro/stire.php?id=1322

For Christ sake, not Popa-Iuganu again !?! And where is Sorina Tirca ?
Will play Neagu on Valcea -CSM and Ro - Ukraine ?? ...first time ( after surgery ) in official matches ? ?? Not a good idea I think . She must begin to play step by step some easy official matches few minutes and then grow minutes in progressive mood in tough matches.

PS : GSP think Neagu will not play and aserted that Tirca is injured...

[dutchfan]

Another update for the Dutch squad:
Polman still isn't recovered from her knee injury and Knippenborg will replace her.