The Croatian men’s handball team will begin their performance in the second round of the European Championship hosted by Denmark, Norway and Sweden with a match against Iceland, which starts at 3:30 p.m.
The chosen ones opened the competition with victories over Georgia and the Netherlandsbut the defeat by Sweden in Group E of the first part of the championship meant that they went to the second round they do not transfer any points. Four more games await them in Group II, all of which will be played in Malmö.
At the start of the second round, Croatia will compete with Icelandthe national team of coach Dagur Sigurdsson, the former captain of the Icelandic national team.
Iceland completed the first part of the competition without errorregistering three wins in three meetings. At the opening of the championship, the Icelanders convincingly defeated Italy with a score of 39:26, then they won against Poland 31:23, and in the decisive duel for the transfer of points they narrowly beat Hungary with 24:23.
They are one of the best teams in the tournament, but they have their own problems even though they took two points. U are in a better positionbut we saw through the competition that things can change quickly. Also, they know that last year they had four, five wins in a row and were relegated. They also have the problem of losing Jonsson, an important player. We’ll see what they change tactically, that’s the big questionsaid Sigurdsson.
After Iceland, Croatia will play against Switzerland January 25, vs of Slovenia on January 27, and the performance in Group II will conclude on January 28 with a match against of Hungary.
The two best national teams will qualify for the semi-finals, while the third-placed team will play for fifth place against the third-placed team from Group I. The host of the final is Herning.
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