Slovakia and Malta finish in second place - Budapest 2014 qualifiers day 4 results

The opening match of day 3 in group A saw Great Britain convincingly defeating the Czech Republic 17-4. The final day in the Georgian capital will see an interesting conclusion of the 2014 qualification phase round 1 as three sides are looking to finish with the first two. Sunday's opening battle between Great Britain and Slovakia could proove to be decisive in the race for the two spots in the second round. The 2012 Olympic Games hosts will need a win to keep hopes of continuation towards Budapest alive. Meanwhile in Odens, Denmark the dominant Russians prooved to be the main candidate to make it all the way to the 2014 European Championships recording a blowout 5-21 win over Portugal on Saturday. They followed the example set by Malta who made no secret of their intention to make it to the next round crushing Bulgaria 24-7. Today's results are as follows:

2014 European Championships
July 13-26, 2014
Budapest, Hungary

Qualification - round 1

Group A in Tblisi, Georgia

Thursday April 4, 2013
17.00 Slovakia vs. Poland 11-1 (4-0, 3-0, 3-1, 1-0)
18.30 Georgia vs. Great Britain 12-3 (3-0, 6-1, 1-0, 2-2)

Friday April 5, 2013
10.00 Czech Republic vs. Slovakia 3-12 (0-3, 0-3, 1-4, 2-2)
11.30 Poland vs. Great Britain 3-11 (1-3, 1-3, 0-4, 1-1)
18.30 Georgia vs. Slovakia 7-7 (3-2, 2-3, 1-2, 1-0)
20.00 Czech Republic vs. Poland 5-8 (3-3, 0-1, 2-2, 0-1)

Saturday April 6, 2013
17.00 Great Britain vs. Czech Republic 17-4
18.30 Georgia vs. Poland 16-10

Sunday April 7, 2013
11.00 Slovakia vs. Great Britain
12.30 Georgia vs. Czech Republic


Group C in Odense, Denmark

Thursday April 4, 2013
15.00: Bulgaria vs. Israel 6-17
17.00: Malta vs. Portugal 16-8 (6-0, 4-3, 4-3, 2-2)
19.00: Denmark vs. Russia 4-22 (0-4, 1-3, 1-6, 2-9)

Friday April 5, 2013
08.30: Israel vs. Portugal 6-9 (3-3, 1-2, 0-2, 2-2)
10.30: Denmark vs. Bulgaria 19-11
12.30: Russia vs. Malta 20-8 (4-0, 6-0, 6-5, 4-3)

16.00: Bulgaria vs. Portugal 7-18 (1-6, 2-2, 3-5, 1-5)
18.00: Israel vs. Russia 5-23
20.00: Denmark vs. Malta 10-11

Saturday April 6, 2014
16.00: Malta vs. Bulgaria 24-7
18.00: Portugal vs. Russia 5-21 (3-4, 0-4, 2-6, 0-7)
20.00: Denmark vs. Israel 6-13

Sunday April 7, 2014
09.00: Malta vs. Israel
11.00: Russia vs. Bulgaria
13.00: Denmark vs. Portugal

N.b.: times mentioned are local time