The CEV Vice-president Renato Arena, the Romanian Olympic Committee’s Chief Andu Epuran and Secretary General Viorel Manole participated in the ceremony of the drawing of lots. The zonal phase has been divided into four tournaments, each with participation of six teams representing a country.
The next phase for the polish team will take place in Illichivsk (Ukraine) in term 24th -26th of June 2011. The polish teams (women) will play against: Great Britain, Switzerland, Finland, Ukraine and Serbia. Whereas, the polish teams (men) will face: Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ukraine and Sweden.
The winners of the tournaments will get a direct qualification to the final of the Continental Cup 2012. Furthermore, the countries ranked 2nd , 3rd , 4th and 5th will get qualification to the semifinal of the Continental Cup 2012.
Definitely worth mentioning is the fact that the first phase of the continental qualifications performed in Illichivsk, in term 4th -5th of September 2010, has been won by the polish team (men) defeating the Czech Republic 2:1, in the final match (Fijałek / Prudel (POL) vs. Tichy / Dumek (CZE) (14:21, 21:15, 15:7). The polish team (women) also had its triumph after the gold set won with the Czech Republic 1:0 (Sowała/ Urban (POL) vs. Novakova / Tobiasova (CZE) (17:15).
Let’s hope this time Illichivsk will also be fortunate.
