2011 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship

The 2011 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship was the tenth edition of the European Women's U-17 Handball Championship. It took place in the Czech Republic, in two host cities, Brno and Zlín, from June 23 to July 3. Sixteen teams participated on the tournament, including the fifteen qualifying winners and the host nation. Denmark was the defending champion and reached the final this time as well, but fell short against Russia by a single goal.

2011 European U-17 Handball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	23 June – 3 July
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Celine Michielsen (NED)
Best player	Nadia Offendal (DEN)
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The tournament also served as the qualification for the forthcoming Youth World Championship. Top seven ranked countries have won the right to represent Europe on the event next year, joined by host nation Montenegro.^[1]

Venues

Two cities have been selected to host the European championship, Brno and Zlín.

Brno	Brno Zlín	Zlín
Sportovní hala Vodova Capacity: 5,000		Sportovní hala Euronics Capacity: 2,000

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 8 April 2011 in the EHF headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The teams were allocated to four pots of four, with the eight qualifying group winners put in the first two pots, followed by the host country Czech Republic and the second placed teams in the other two pots.^[2]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Denmark  Russia  Norway  France	Hungary  Romania  Sweden  Spain	Czech Republic  Netherlands  Germany  Croatia	Austria  Slovakia  Poland  Portugal

Preliminary round

The sixteen teams were divided into four groups of 4. Top two teams from each group advanced to the Main round to compete for the 1–8 places, while third and fourth placed teams continued the tournament in the Intermediate round, fighting for the 9–16 places.^[1]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	91	55	+36	6
Sweden	3	2	0	1	62	64	−2	4
Germany	3	1	0	2	69	81	−12	2
Austria	3	0	0	3	62	88	−26	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 June 2011 12:30	Russia	33 – 23	Germany	Sportovní hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 130 Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (Slovakia)
	Pankovichenko 7	(15–12)	Weigel 8
	2× 2×	(Report)	3× 4×

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23 June 2011 14:30	Sweden	24 – 20	Austria	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 150 Referees: Gutowska, Gutowska (Poland)
	Hejel 6	(9–8)	Kernbichler 6
	3× 4×	(Report)	3× 3×

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24 June 2011 13:00	Austria	21 – 32	Russia	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Referees: Prastalo, Todorović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
	Kietaibl 6	(11–17)	Chernova 6
	1× 8×	(Report)	3× 3×

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24 June 2011 15:00	Germany	18 – 27	Sweden	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (Lithuania)
	Schnack 6	(9–13)	Berndtsson, Nordström 5
	3× 5×	(Report)	2× 2×

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26 June 2011 13:00	Russia	26 – 11	Sweden	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín
	Chernova, Denikaeva, Pankovichenko 5	(12–5)	Mässing 4
	1× 1×	(Report)	2× 3×

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26 June 2011 15:00	Germany	28 – 21	Austria	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (Slovakia)
	Schnack 6	(15–12)	Berisha, Kietaibl 4
	2× 3×	(Report)	2× 4×

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	96	69	+27	6
Romania	3	2	0	1	89	88	+1	4
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	81	93	−12	2
Portugal	3	0	0	3	73	89	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 June 2011 16:30	Romania	30 – 29	Portugal	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Referees: Crnojevic, Radic (Croatia)
	Gavrila	(17–11)	Costa
	2× 8× 1×	(Report)	2× 4×

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23 June 2011 19:15	Denmark	33 – 26	Czech Republic	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 700 Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (Lithuania)
	Larsen, Meyer 6	(18–14)	Jačková, Nygrýnová 6
	3× 3×	(Report)	3× 5×

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24 June 2011 17:00	Portugal	18 – 32	Denmark	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (Slovakia)
	Costa 6	(10–16)	Werngreen-Nielsen 5
	1× 4×	(Report)	3× 5×

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24 June 2011 19:00	Czech Republic	28 – 34	Romania	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 800 Referees: Gutowska, Gutowska (Poland)
	Dufková, Nygrýnová 5	(12–23)	Perianu 13
	3× 1×	(Report)	3× 5×

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26 June 2011 17:00	Denmark	31 – 25	Romania	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Referees: Crnojevic, Radic (Croatia)
	Offendal 9	(15–15)	Pricopi 7
	2× 1×	(Report)	2× 4×

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26 June 2011 19:00	Czech Republic	27 – 26	Portugal	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (Lithuania)
	Nygrýnová 7	(13–11)	Fernandes, Soares, Valente 5
	3× 6×	(Report)	3× 8×

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	3	0	0	99	75	+24	6
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	84	82	+2	4
Spain	3	1	0	2	82	92	−10	2
Poland	3	0	0	3	63	79	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 June 2011 12:30	Norway	39 – 33	Netherlands	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Nastase, Stancu (Romania)
	Arntzen 6	(25–10)	Struijs, Michielsen 6
	3× 2×	(Report)	2× 2×

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23 June 2011 14:30	Spain	25 – 23	Poland	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Vujacic, Kazanegra (Montenegro)
	Elecegui Fernandez 5	(14–12)	Janiszewska 5
	2×	(Report)	3× 4×

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24 June 2011 13:00	Poland	16 – 26	Norway	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Silva, Alfonso (Portugal)
	Janiszewska, Gutkowska 3	(7–13)	Oftedal 9
	3× 3×	(Report)	3× 3×

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24 June 2011 15:00	Netherlands	35 – 31	Spain	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Frieser, Frieser (Czech Republic)
	Michielsen 7	(20–17)	Elecegui Fernandez 12
	1× 1×	(Report)	2× 1×

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26 June 2011 13:00	Norway	34 – 26	Spain	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 150
	Venn 9	(16–10)	Elecegui Fernandez 6
	3× 2×	(Report)	2× 2×

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26 June 2011 15:00	Netherlands	28 - 24	Poland	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Silva, Alfonso (Portugal)
	Michielsen 11	(13-13)	Janiszewska 6
	3× 7×	(Report)	2× 3×

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	0	99	69	+30	6
France	3	2	0	1	81	64	+17	4
Croatia	3	1	0	2	47	65	−18	2
Slovakia	3	0	0	3	35	61	−26	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

23 June 2011 16:30	France	27 – 21	Croatia	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Frieser, Frieser (Czech Republic)
	Agathe 10	(11–8)	Dragišić 8
	3× 4×	(Report)	3× 1×

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23 June 2011 19:15	Hungary	33 – 20	Slovakia	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Dimkova, Lyubenova (Bulgaria)
	Korsós 6	(13–7)	Kostelná 6
	3× 5×	(Report)	2× 2×

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24 June 2011 17:00	Slovakia	15 – 31	France	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Vujacic, Kazanegra (Montenegro)
	Kostelná 6	(10–16)	Frecon 8
	2× 2×	(Report)	3× 5×

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24 June 2011 19:00	Croatia	26 – 38	Hungary	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 150 Referees: Nastase, Stancu (Romania)
	Kuzman 5	(12–20)	Bárány 9
	2× 2×	(Report)	3× 4×

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26 June 2011 17:00	France	23 – 28	Hungary	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 150 Referees: Frieser, Frieser (Czech Republic)
	Agathe 4	(8–19)	Sirián 7
	2× 6× 1×	(Report)	2× 7×

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26 June 2011 19:00	Croatia	30 – 16	Slovakia	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Dimkova, Lyubenova (Bulgaria)
	Dragišić 7	(16–9)	Kostelná 5
	3× 3×	(Report)	2× 5×

Intermediate round

Group I1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	89	78	+11	5
Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	82	77	+5	5
Portugal	3	1	0	2	84	86	−2	2
Austria	3	0	0	3	70	84	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 June 2011 13:00	Austria	22 – 25	Portugal	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 120 Referees: Prastalo, Todorovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
	Kietaibl, Berisha 4	(13–10)	Lopes 5
	3× 2×	(Report)	3× 5×

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28 June 2011 15:00	Germany	24 – 24	Czech Republic	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (Lithuania)
	Weigel 6	(8–11)	Pokorná 7
	3× 4× 1×	(Report)	3× 1× 1×

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29 June 2011 13:00	Portugal	33 – 37	Germany	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (Slovakia)
	Lopes, Rogrigues 6	(16–21)	Putuke, Rode 7
	2× 5×	(Report)	1× 3×

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29 June 2011 15:00	Austria	27 – 31	Czech Republic	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 400 Referees: Gutowska, Gutowska (Poland)
	Schimon 6	(10–20)	Fryčáková 8
	3× 4× 1×	(Report)	2× 5×

Group I2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	0	89	59	+30	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	67	79	−12	4
Poland	3	1	0	2	74	74	0	2
Slovakia	3	0	0	3	62	80	−18	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 June 2011 13:00	Poland	24 – 21	Slovakia	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Silva, Afonso (Portugal)
	Kozimur 13	(9–10)	Kostelná 5
	3× 4×	(Report)	3× 7×

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28 June 2011 15:00	Spain	16 – 31	Croatia	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 130 Referees: Frieser, Frieser (Czech Republic)
	Elecegui Fernandez 7	(6–17)	Vrkljan, Dragišić 7
	2× 3×	(Report)	3× 4×

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29 June 2011 13:00	Slovakia	25 – 26	Spain	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 300 Referees: Silva, Afonso (Portugal)
	Kostelná 6	(13–11)	Lopez Artuñedo, Gil de la Vega 5
	2× 2×	(Report)	3× 3×

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29 June 2011 15:00	Poland	27 – 28	Croatia	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Nastase, Stancu (Romania)
	Kozimur, Gutkowska 6	(15–12)	Milosavljević 9
	2× 5×	(Report)	2× 5×

Main round

Group M1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	89	63	+26	6
Denmark	3	2	0	1	88	80	+8	4
Romania	3	0	1	2	75	87	−12	1
Sweden	3	0	1	2	59	81	−22	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 June 2011 17:00	Sweden	24 – 24	Romania	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Referees: Vujacic, Kazanegra (Montenegro)
	Mässing 5	(14–11)	Pricopi 8
	3× 7×	(Report)	2× 3×

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28 June 2011 19:00	Russia	31 – 26	Denmark	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (Slovakia)
	Vyakhireva 8	(16–13)	Hansen 10
	3× 8× 1×	(Report)	2× 4×

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29 June 2011 17:00	Romania	26 – 32	Russia	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 300 Referees: Frieser, Frieser (Czech Republic)
	Perianu 8	(14–14)	Bogdanova 8
	3× 8×	(Report)	1× 5×

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29 June 2011 19:00	Sweden	24 – 31	Denmark	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 350 Referees: Crnojevic, Kostecki Radic (Croatia)
	Petrén 7	(8–15)	Meyer 5
	3× 6×	(Report)	2× 1×

Group M2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	3	3	0	0	89	81	+8	6
Hungary	3	2	0	1	84	79	+5	4
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	90	89	+1	2
France	3	0	0	3	65	79	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 June 2011 17:00	Netherlands	29 – 21	France	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 200 Referees: Nastase, Stancu (Romania)
	Wilmsen 7	(13–13)	Frecon 9
	3× 7×	(Report)	1× 6×

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28 June 2011 19:00	Norway	28 – 27	Hungary	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 200 Referees: Crnojevic, Kostecki Radic (Croatia)
	Oftedal 7	(14–14)	Szekerczés 7
	2× 6×	(Report)	2× 2×

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29 June 2011 17:00	France	21 – 22	Norway	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 600 Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (Lithuania)
	Frecon 4	(8–11)	Venn 4
	3× 4×	(Report)	3× 2×

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29 June 2011 19:00	Netherlands	28 – 29	Hungary	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 250 Referees: Vujacic, Kazanegra (Montenegro)
	Michielsen 12	(16–15)	Tóth 12
	2× 3×	(Report)	3× 5×

Placement round 13–16

Bracket

	Cross matches				13th place final
	1 July 2011 – Zlín
	Portugal	32
					2 July 2011 – Zlín
	Slovakia	24
					Portugal	31
	1 July 2011 – Zlín
					Austria	28
	Poland	24
	Austria	33
					15th place final
					2 July 2011 – Zlín
					Slovakia	23
					Poland	31

Cross matches

1 July 2011 13:00	Portugal	32 – 24	Slovakia	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 100 Referees: Prastalo, Todorovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
	Costa 10	(17–12)	Königová, Spaková 6
	3× 1×	(Report)	3× 3×

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1 July 2011 15:00	Poland	24 – 33	Austria	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 90 Referees: Vujacic, Kazanegra (Montenegro)
	Kozimur 7	(15–15)	Berisha 8
	2× 4×	(Report)	3× 6×

15th place final

2 July 2011 13:00	Slovakia	23 – 31	Poland	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 60 Referees: Prastalo, Todorovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
	Klučková 7	(8–17)	Gutkowska, Tomczyk 7
	3× 2×	(Report)	3× 4×

13th place final

2 July 2011 15:00	Portugal	31 – 28	Austria	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 200 Referees: Nastase, Stancu (Romania)
	Faleiro, Soares 7	(15–14)	Berisha 8
	2× 8×	(Report)	2× 6×

Placement round 9–12

Bracket

	Cross matches				9th place final
	1 July 2011 – Zlín
	Germany	31
					2 July 2011 – Zlín
	Spain	27
					Germany	25
	1 July 2011 – Zlín
					Croatia	30
	Croatia	29
	Czech Republic	26
					11th place final
					2 July 2011 – Zlín
					Spain	21
					Czech Republic	20

Cross matches

1 July 2011 18:00	Germany	31 – 27	Spain	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 300 Referees: Nastase, Stancu (Romania)
	Putzke 6	(20–11)	Elecegui Fernandez 10
	3× 5×	(Report)	3× 7×

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1 July 2011 20:30	Croatia	29 – 26	Czech Republic	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 250 Referees: Silva, Afonso (Portugal)
	Dragišić, Milosavljević 6	(17–15)	Jačková, Malá 6
	2× 4× 1×	(Report)	3× 3×

11th place final

2 July 2011 18:00	Spain	21 – 20	Czech Republic	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 500 Referees: Vujacic, Kazanegra (Montenegro)
	Elecegui Fernandez 5	(9–9)	Malá 6
	3× 3×	(Report)	2× 2×

9th place final

2 July 2011 20:30	Germany	25 – 30	Croatia	Sportovní Hala Euronics, Zlín Attendance: 100 Referees: Gutowska, Gutowska (Poland)
	Schombel 6	(12–12)	Dragišić 7
	3× 3×	(Report)	2× 4× 1×

Placement round 5–8

Bracket

	Cross matches				5th place final
	1 July 2011 – Brno
	Romania	26
					3 July 2011 – Brno
	France	27
					France	20
	1 July 2011 – Brno
					Sweden	18
	Netherlands	26
	Sweden	30
					7th place final
					3 July 2011 – Brno
					Romania	35
					Netherlands	29

Cross matches

1 July 2011 13:00	Romania	26 – 27	France	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Crnojevic, Kostecki Radic (Croatia)
	Safta 8	(13–10)	Agathe 10
	2× 6×	(Report)	3× 4× 1×

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1 July 2011 15:30	Netherlands	26 – 30	Sweden	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 150 Referees: Kijauskaite, Zaliene (Lithuania)
	Michielsen 7	(13–12)	Petrén 9
	3× 6×	(Report)	3× 5× 1×

7th place final

3 July 2011 12:30	Romania	35 – 29	Netherlands	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 210 Referees: Frieser, Frieser (Czech Republic)
	Perianu 8	(9–9)	Michielsen 7
	3× 3×	(Report)	3× 2× 1×

5th place final

3 July 2011 12:30	France	20 – 18	Sweden	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 100 Referees: Nastase, Stancu (Romania)
	Frecon 8	(12–11)	Petrén, Gustin 4
	2× 1×	(Report)	3× 2× 1×

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	1 July 2011 – Brno
	Russia	24
					3 July 2011 – Brno
	Hungary	22
					Russia	24
	1 July 2011 – Brno
					Denmark	23
	Norway	22
	Denmark	29
					Bronze medal match
					3 July 2011 – Brno
					Hungary	16
					Norway	28

Semifinals

1 July 2011 18:00	Russia	24 – 22	Hungary	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 400 Referees: Mandak, Rudinsky (Slovakia)
	Denikaeva, Vedekhina, Vyakhireva 4	(14–10)	Tóth 7
	2× 4×	(Report)	3× 8×

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1 July 2011 20:30	Norway	22 – 29	Denmark	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 300 Referees: Frieser, Frieser (Czech Republic)
	Bjaaland, Oftedal 5	(11–18)	Jensen 8
	3× 2×	(Report)	1× 2×

Bronze medal match

3 July 2011 15:00	Hungary	16 – 28	Norway	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Vujacic, Kazanegra (Montenegro)
	Tóth 5	(12–12)	Oftedal 7
	3× 5× 1×	(Report)	3× 3×

Final

3 July 2011 17:30	Russia	24 – 23	Denmark	Sportovní hala Vodova, Brno Attendance: 700 Referees: Crnojevic, Kostecki Radic (Croatia)
	Denikaeva, Ikhneva, Vyakhireva 4	(14–11)	Larsen 5
	2× 4×	(Report)	3× 6× 1×

Rankings and awardees

Final ranking  Russia  Denmark  Norway 4  Hungary 5  France 6  Sweden 7  Romania 8  Netherlands 9  Croatia 10  Germany 11  Spain 12  Czech Republic 13  Portugal 14  Austria 15  Poland 16  Slovakia Teams that are advanced to the 2012 World Women's Youth Handball Championship are highlighted with green.

2011 Women's Youth Handball European Champions Russia All Star Team Goalkeeper:  Evelina Anoshkina (RUS) Left Wing:  Kristin Venn (NOR) Left Back:  Gabriela Perianu (ROU) Playmaker:  Nadia Offendal (DEN) Pivot:  Celine Michielsen (NED) Right Back:  Nadja Lærke Jensen (DEN) Right Wing:  Anna Vyakhireva (RUS) Other awards Top Scorer:  Celine Michielsen (NED) Best Defence Player:  Polina Vedekhina (RUS) Most Valuable Player:  Nadia Offendal (DEN) Source: euro2011.cz

References

1. "Women's 17 European Championship 2011". European Handball Federation. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
2. "Women's 17 European Championship 2011 Draw". European Handball Federation. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.

External links

• Official site
• Tournament page on the European Handball Federation official website Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine