The EURO for handball players, hosted by Denmark, Norway and Sweden, started on Thursday with the victories of Spain, Norway, Germany and Denmark.
They are in Herning The Spaniards defeated the Serbs with great difficulty (29-27) after leading literally the whole game, with a maximum of five goals difference. However, in the last ten minutes, there were only two differences for the Spaniards, who kept that advantage until the end and saved it for the first victory in this difficult group.
Abel Serdio (6) and Ian Tarrafeta (6) led the Spaniards, and for the Serbs, who had as many as ten seven-pointers in the game, the best was Uroš Kojadinović with six goals.
It is in this group GermanyEuropean champion from 2004 and 2016, won Austria 30-27. The Germans had a slight advantage throughout the first half, and in the first 30 minutes they scored four goals. In the second half, they led most of the game with a five-goal difference, but the Austrians managed to reduce the deficit to -2, but failed to take full advantage of certain weaker moments in the German game.
Johannes Golla he contributed seven goals for the Germans, a Lukas Zerbe six, while they stood out for Austria Sebastian Frimmel with nine and Jakob Nigg with seven goals.
They are in Oslo The French easily obtained the Czech Republic with a 14-goal difference (42-28), scoring as many as 42 goals, and confirmed that they are one of the biggest favorites for gold. The French have Melwyn Richardson, Dylan Nahi and Elohim Prandi with six goals each, and the Czechs were led by Petr Široki with five goals.
It is in this group Norway won Ukraine with 39-22. For the Norwegians, Alex Blonz and Patrick Anderson scored 7 goals each, and Igor Turchenko led the Ukrainians with five.
Croatia on Saturday he plays in Malmo with Georgia. The two best teams from each of the six groups go to the second round, where 12 teams will play in groups I and II, with the two best teams from each group going to the semi-finals, while the third-placed teams will play for fifth place.
All medal matches will be held in Herning, Denmark.
(Hina | Photo: EHF, Eva Manhart / collectivef)
