The International Handball Federation is offering free live streaming of all 3 Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournaments this Fri-Sat. The top 2 finishers in each tournament will qualify for the 2008 Olympics.

Link to matches: http://eurovision2.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=b048d0a2723395c8da5a7fae75931104d77a9b37
(Internet Explorer is required)

Note: Make sure you double check your calculations in figuring out what time each match will be played in your time zone.
– Leipzig and Nimes are located in the Central European Time (CET), while Bucharest is one hour ahead of CET.
– Daylight Savings Time has already started in North America, but starts on Sunday in Europe.

For example on the US East Coast, the matches in Germany and France will be 5 hours ahead on Fri/Sat and 6 hours ahead on Sunday. Whereas the matches in Romania will be 6 hours ahead on Fri/Sat and 7 hours ahead on Sunday.

Local times are listed first, US East Coast is in parentheses.

Tournament 1 (Leipzig, Germany)
Date Time Teams
28/03/2008
17:30 CRO – CUB (12:30)**(Cuba is an unknown quantity- Can they keep up with the Europeans?)
19:30 GER – SWE (14:30)

29/03/2008
13:30 SWE – CUB (8:30)
15:40 GER – CRO (10:40)

30/03/2008
13:00 SWE – CRO (7:00) ** (projected battle for 2nd place)
15:10 CUB – GER (9:10)

Tournament 2 (Bucharest, Romania)
Date Time Teams
28/03/2008
15:00 HUN – POL (9:00)** (projected battle for 2nd place)
17:00 ROU – JPN (11:00)

29/03/2008
15:00 JPN – POL (9:00)
17:00 ROU – HUN (11:00)

30/03/2008
15:00 JPN – HUN (8:00)
17:00 POL – ROU (10:00)

Tournament 3 (Nimes, France)
Date Time Teams
28/03/2008
17:00 KOR – CGO (12:00)
19:00 FRA – CIV (14:00)

29/03/2008
16:00 CIV – CGO (11:00)
18:00 FRA – KOR (13:00)

30/03/2008
15:00 CIV – KOR (9:00)
17:00 CGO – FRA (11:00)