European Junior qualifiers for European Junior Championships Tbilisi 2014

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European Junior qualifiers down to finals

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Saturday 10 May 2014, 21:10

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Tim Hartog

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© Marcel ter Bals

With the tickets for the U19 European Junior Championships in the bags the qualification tournaments semi-finalists battled for a spot in the finals on Saturday. In group A it was the final game of the day that brought some excitement as Romania stunned Slovakia and the Maltese crowd by recovering from 3-0 opening quarter deficit and still trailing 3-1 at half-time to win 5-6. All because of a huge third session thanks to 4 unanswered goals which turned around the game. It was even followed by the first goal of the final term for the 3-6 lead before Slovakia tried for a comeback by scoring twice, both in the final two minutes, but the Romanians held on to win by close margin. They will now face Greece who dominated Ukraine in the first semi-final 4-13. The 5th/6th place ranking match saw Great Britain and host Malta meet again. After the 6-6 tie in the group stage encounter this time Malta avoided last place by beating the Brits 8-11. In group B both group stage winners were eliminated in the semi-finals Turkey fell to Germany 7-11 followed by home side France being knocked off by the Netherlands 5-7.

2014 European Junior (19 & under) Championships
Tbilisi, Georgia24-31 August, 2014

Qualification tournaments

Group A (played in Gzira, Malta)

A1: Greece, Great Britain, Malta
A2: Israel, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine

Wednesday, 7 May:

18.00: Greece vs. Great Britain 17-4 (4-1, 3-0, 3-0, 7-3)
19.30: Romania vs. Israel 18-4 (5-0, 6-0, 4-3, 3-1)
21.00: Ukraine vs. Slovakia 6-13 (2-4, 0-4, 3-2, 1-3)

Thursday, 8 May:

10.00: Slovakia vs. Romania 11-13 (4-1, 2-4, 2-6, 2-2)
11.15: Israel vs. Ukraine 4-27 (2-7, 0-6, 1-8, 1-6)
12.30: Malta vs. Great Britain 6-6 (1-0, 2-5, 0-1, 3-0)

18.00: Romania vs. Ukraine 10-4 (1-0, 5-1, 2-2, 2-1)
19.15: Greece vs. Malta 17-3 (4-0, 4-1, 4-0, 5-2)
20.30: Slovakia vs. Israel 23-7 (8-0, 3-1, 6-2, 6-4)

Friday, 9 May:

18.00: Greece (1st A1) vs. Israel (4th A2) 17-3 (6-0, 4-2, 3-1, 4-0) - M1
19.15: Great Britain (2nd A1) vs. Ukraine (3rd A2) 7-13 (0-3, 3-5, 2-3, 2-2) - M2
20.30: Slovakia (2nd A2) vs. Malta (3rd A1) 15-3 (3-1, 5-0, 3-0, 4-2) - M3

Saturday, 10 May:

12.45: Great Britain (Loser M2) vs. Malta (Loser M3) 8-11 (4-3, 1-3, 2-1, 1-4) - 5th / 6th place
14.00: Ukraine (Winner M2) vs. Greece (Winner M1) 4-13 (1-3, 1-4, 1-4, 1-2) - SF1
15.15: Slovakia (Winner M3) vs. Romania (1st A2) 5-6 (3-0, 0-1, 0-4, 2-1) - SF2

Sunday, 11 May:

10.00: Ukraine (Loser SF1) vs. Slovakia (Loser SF2) - 3rd / 4th place
11.15: Greece (Winner SF1) vs. Romania (Winner SF2) - 1st / 2nd place

Group B (played in La Rochelle, France)

B1: Turkey, Belarus, the Netherlands
B2: Germany, France, Slovenia, Portugal

Wednesday, 7 May:

18.45: Turkey vs. the Netherlands 7-6 (5-0, 2-3, 0-1, 0-2)
20.00: France vs. Slovenia 21-6 (4-2, 7-1, 5-0, 5-3)
21.15: Germany vs. Portugal 21-3 (5-0, 3-3, 7-0, 6-0)

Thursday, 8 May:

08.00: Belarus vs. the Netherlands 5-12 (0-2, 1-2, 2-5, 2-3)
09.30: Slovenia vs. Germany 3-17 (0-1, 3-5, 0-6, 0-5)
11.00: France vs. Portugal 17-5 (7-3, 4-0, 3-1, 3-1)

18.00: Slovenia vs. Portugal 21-9
19.30: France vs. Germany 14-7 (4-1, 3-1, 4-2, 3-3)
21.00: Turkey vs. Belarus 15-7 (4-1, 4-2, 2-3, 5-1)

Friday, 9 May:

14.30: Turkey (1st B1) vs. Portugal (4th B2) 20-7 (2-2, 4-1, 9-4, 5-0) - QF1
16.00: The Netherlands (2nd B1) vs. Slovenia (3rd B2) 12-5 (3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-2) - QF2
17.30: Germany (2nd B2) vs. Belarus (3rd B1) 10-7 (4-3, 1-2, 2-1, 3-1) - QF3

Saturday, 10 May:

18.00: Slovenia (Loser QF2) vs. Belarus (Loser QF3) - 5th / 6th place
19.30: Turkey (Winner QF1) vs. Germany (Winner QF3) 7-11 (2-5, 2-2, 1-2, 2-2) - SF1
21.00: France (1st B2) vs. The Netherlands (Winner QF2) 5-7 (1-1, 0-2, 2-2, 2-2) - SF2

Sunday, 11 May:

09.00: Turkey (Loser SF1) vs. France (Loser SF2) - 3rd / 4th place
10.30: Germany (Winner SF1) vs. The Netherlands (Winner SF2) - 1st / 2nd place

Top 4 (semi-finalists) of each group qualified for European Junior Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.