The pre-qualification battles for World Championship 2017 in France began on Wednesday! Six groups with 22 teams will find their winners until January 20, who will play at WCh 2017 Play-Off next June.
Lithuania and Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrated expexted wins at the start of the competition. Italy showed strong performance against Finland 27:19, Austria had serious challenge to outplay Romania 27:24, while Greece underperformed in Latvia 31:22.
Belgium made troubles to Czech Republic 32:34.
RESULTS.
GROUP 1:
KOS VS Lithuania 26:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina VS Slovakia 29:25
GROUP 2:
Italy – Finland 27:19
Austria – Romania 27:24
GROUP 3:
Latvia – Greece 31:22
Cyprus – Ukraine 13:27
GROUP 4 (Thursday):
Portugal – Estonia 17.15
Israel – Georgia 19.30
GROUP 5:
Czech Republic – Belgium 34:32
GROUP 6:
Netherlands – Luxembourg 26:20
