06 JAN 99: Women's world
championships: Ten more places to be determined
During the past weekend some more places for the
1999 Womens World Championships in Norway (and Denmark) were played out on two
continents. At the European Championships in the Netherlands Hungary, Austria, Poland and
Germany ended up in places three to six and thus qualified directly for the title matches
in Scandinavia (European Champion Norway and runner-up Denmark had already been determined
as participants). The Asian continent will be represented at the WC by Korea, China, the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Japan. These teams ended up in places one to
four at the Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, which counted as WC qualifiers.
Thus 14 out of 24 participants in the 1999
Womens World Championships have been determined so far. The current situation
presents itself as follows:
Women NOR (28/11-12/12/1999)
World Champions: Denmark
Organiser: Norway
Asia: Korea, China, D.P.R. Korea, Japan
Africa: Angola, Congo, Ivory Coast
Europe: Hungary, Austria, Poland, Germany
(another seven European places will be played out in qualifying tournaments between
January and March 1999)
Oceania: Australia
Panamerica: (Three Panamerican participants
will be determined at the championships in Argentina in March '99.)