In term 20th-29th of September 2013, the Final Men’s European Championships tournament will be organized. We already know 13 team which have been granted participation in the event. These are: Denmark, Poland (co-host) and Serbia (2009 European Champion), Italy (Vice-Champion), Russia (ranked four), Slovakia (ranked five) and Bulgaria (ranked six), as well as the team which won in the qualification tournaments - Belarus (group A), the Netherlands (group B), Czech Republic (group C), Finland (group D), Germany (group E) and France (group F).
Teams ranked second in the above mentioned tournaments, in May 2013, will play in the playoffs and fight for three last places in the tournament. In three pairs we will see: Croatia-Slovenia, Greece-Belgium, Turkey-Latvia.
The official drawing of groups for the final tournament of the European Championships will take place on the 15th of October 2012 in Copenhagen. The representatives of media who are willing to participate, are kindly asked to send their application on the e-mail address of the Press Officer of the 2013 Men’s ECH’s final tournament in Denmark, Jakob Hansen – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., (if the application with Copenhagen hotel room reservation) - deadline is on the 1st of October 2012, (if without hotel reservation) – then deadline is on the 10th of October 2012.
Speaking of the Women’s ECH – the final tournament will be held in term 6th -14th of September 2013 in Germany and Switzerland. The following teams will participate in the event: Germany, Switzerland (host), Serbia (gold medal of the ECH), Turkey (bronze medal of the ECH), Italy (ranked four), Poland (ranked five) and Russia (ranked six), as well as the teams which won the right of participation in the qualification tournaments: Spain (group A), the Netherland (group B), Azerbaijan (C), Croatia (D), Belgium (E) and Bulgaria (F).
The teams ranked second in their groups will fight for three last places in the tournament during the playoffs. Ukraina-France, Romania-Czech Republic, Belarus-Slovakia.
Women’s ECH’ drawing of lots will be held on the 6th October 2012, in Zurich. Media representatives are welcome to perform accreditation procedures for the drawing of lots ceremony of the Women’s European Championships tournament till the 1st of October 2012.
Accreditation form – link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dEwtWVdYOURSSnFBN3JadjRFdmZab1E6MA