EURO 2008 Draw
The DRAW for the EHF Euro 2008 Final Round in FYR Macedonia took place in the Ancient Amphitheatre in Ohrid on 20 July 2008.
The draw took place on the location of the Ohrid Summer Festival.
The preliminary round and main round matches of the EHF Euro 2008 will be played in Skopje and Ohrid. The placement match, the semi-finals and finals in Skopje.
Here are the results of the draw:
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
France | Norway | Russia | Germany |
Hungary | Portugal | Sweden | Croatia |
Denmark | Spain | Austria | FYR Macedonia |
Romania | Ukraine | Belarus | Serbia |
The preliminary round matches will be the following (two groups playing on 2., 4. and 6 December, the two other groups playing on 3., 5. and 7 December):
Day | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
02./03.12.2008 | FRA v DEN HUN v ROU | NOR v ESP POR v UKR | RUS v AUT SWE v BLR | GER v MKD CRO v SRB |
04./05.12.2008 | ROU v FRA DEN v HUN | UKR v NOR ESP v POR | BLR v RUS AUT v SWE | SRB v GER MKD v CRO |
06./07.12.2008 | FRA v HUN DEN v ROU | NOR v POR ESP v UKR | RUS v SWE AUT v BLR | GER v CRO MKD v SRB |
You can find the official playing schedule by clicking below. This schedule includes the dates and times for the preliminary round, main round, semi-finals, placement matches and finals.
Official playing schedule for EURO 2008 in FYR Macedonia
The EHF reserves the right to change the playing schedule and the match order on the respective playing days due to TV transmission requirements.
The teams ranked 1 to 3 in each group qualify for the main round. The results from the matches against teams which also qualify for the main round remain valid for the ranking of the main round.
Each team in the main round plays against each team which qualified from the parallel group.
