Dina Blagojević with Serbia faces Germany in a World Cup qualifier. Irina Pando has two matches with Switzerland against Lithuania and Moldova. Lara Marti was also originally due to be in the Switzerland squad but the 21-year-old had to drop out of the internationals due to an injury to her right ankle.
Sylwia Matysik and Poland play Belgium and Armenia, while Lilla Turányi and Dóra Zeller are set to be in action for Hungary against Scotland and Spain. Milena Nikolić is with Bosnia and Herzegovina for the games against Montenegro and Malta.
New signing Lisanne Gräwe and Sofie Zdebel are in the Germany Women's U19 squad for the qualifiers to the 2022 U19 European Championships. Germany will be based in Volgograd where they play three qualifiers against Slovenia, Russia and Belgium.
Dina Blagojevic (Serbia – World Cup qualifier):
21.09, 16.00 CEST, Germany vs Serbia (Chemnitz)
Irina Pando (Switzerland – World Cup qualifiers):
17.09, 19.00 CEST: Switzerland vs Lithuania (Thun)
21.09, 19.00 CEST: Moldova vs Switzerland (Chisinau)
Sylwia Matysik (Poland – World Cup qualifiers):
17.09, 19.00 CEST: Poland vs Belgium (Danzig)
21.09, 17.30 CEST: Armenia vs Poland (Yerevan)
Lilla Turányi, Dóra Zeller (Hungary – World Cup qualifiers):
17.09, 20.00 CEST: Hungary vs Scotland (Budapest)
21.09, 20.00 CEST: Hungary vs Spain (Budapest)
Milena Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina – World Cup qualifiers):
17.09, 16.00 CEST: Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Montenegro (Zenica)
21.09, 18.30 CEST: Malta vs Bosnia-Herzegovina (Ta’ Qali)
Lisanne Gräwe, Sofie Zdebel (Germany U19s – Euro qualifiers):
15.09, 11.00 CEST, Germany vs Slovenia (Volgograd)
18.09, 11.00 CEST, Germany vs Russia (Volgograd)
21.09, 12.00 CEST, Belgium vs Germany (Volgograd)
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