DRAWING OF LOTS FOR FINAL ROUND COMPLETED

Women's Junior European Championship 2006

Metz/Luxembourg, June 17, 2006. The drawing of lots for the Final Round of the women’s Junior European Championships, which will take place from 26th August to 3rd September 2006, took place in Metz (FRA) this morning.

From 26th August to 3rd September the sixteen best women’s Under-19 European teams - out of a total of 33 participating teams - will face each other in two separate pools of six teams, one pool being played in Metz and the other in St. Dié-des-Vosges (FRA). It will be the first appearance of the 2002 and 2004 titleholder Italy, 2004 runner-up Serbia Montenegro, 2004 bronze medallist Russia and host team France, who were already automatically qualified for the Final Round. They will be challenged by the eight teams that qualified from the four qualification pools at the end of May this year, namely Croatia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey, Belgium, Czech Republic and the Netherlands. Pool I consists of Italy, France, Belgium, Belarus, Czech Republic and Croatia who will compete in a single round robin event in St. Dié-des-Vosges. To view the match schedule of the women’s Pool I please click here. Serbia Montenegro, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Netherlands and Poland will play in Metz. To view the match schedule of the women’s Pool II please click here.

For more information please view the competition website at www.volleyeuro2006.com and/or www.cev.lu 

The eight qualifying teams to reach the Final Round of the men’s Junior European Championships are Poland, Slovakia, France, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belgium, Ukraine and Italy, who will meet the defending under-20 men’s European champion and host of the Final Round Russia, the 2004 runner-up Netherlands, the 2004 bronze medal winner Germany as well as Serbia Montenegro who finished fourth in the previous edition.

Women’s Junior European Championship 2006, 26 August - 3 September, France

Pool I: BEL, BLR, CRO, CZE, FRA, ITA
Pool II: NED, POL, RUS, SCG, TUR, UKR

Men’s Junior European Championship 2006, 6-14 September, Russia

Participating teams: BEL, BUL, FRA, GER, ITA, NED, POL, RUS, SCG, SLO, SVK, UKR

More on the web at www.cev.lu

Enjoy & Be There:

23 June 2006: Indesit European Champions’ League 2006/07, Drawing of Lots, Vienna, Austria.
19-20 August 2006: European League 2006, Final Four, Izmir, Turkey.
26 August - 03 September 2006: Junior European Championship 2006, Women Final Round, St. Dié and Metz, France.
06-14 September 2006: Junior European Championship 2006, Men Final Round, Kazan, Russia.
26 September - 01 October 2006: FIVB Grand Prix Qualification, Varna, Bulgaria.