Group A

Denmark - Netherlands (10:18) 24:29

The Netherlands remained also in their last match of the preliminary round undefeated and won against Denmark 29:24. The Dutch women already took the lead in the first half (18:10), so that their coach agreed to some breaks for his players, which gave the Danish team indeed the opportunity to score, but never endangered the forthcoming victory of the Netherlands. Lois Abbingh from the Dutch team was once more the most successful player by scoring nine goals. Both teams qualified for the quarterfinals.

Group C

Kazakhstan - Sweden (8:19) 24:40

An average performance was enough to secure Sweden the victory in Group C. In their final preliminary round match they defeated newcomer Kazakhstan and won clearly at a score of 40:24. With 8:0 points they are ranked among the favorites for the title. With eight goals Linea Claeson was the best scorer of the Swedish team.