Even on Sunday evening, Denmark and Sweden qualified for the semi-finals of the 16th European Championship for handball players, which is why they saved up tonight.
Slovenia and Norway took advantage of that - the "country" defeated the Danes (28:25) and took 3rd place from Portugal, who drew with the Netherlands (33:33), while the "Vikings" were convincing against the Swedes (33:23). .
Christian Horzen scored six goals in the victory over the world champion, and Alex Vlach scored five. Among the reserves in Nikolaj Jakobsen's team, Niklas Kirkeleke and Lukas Jergensen were the best with six goals each.
Aleksandre Blonz led the Norwegians to victory with 11 goals, on the other side Lukas Sandel was the most effective with only four.
With the victory over Denmark, Uroš Bregar's team won the match for 5th place, but also definitely secured qualification for the Olympic Games.
The Slovenians could also go to the qualifiers as the 10th-placed team from the World Championship, and for that it is necessary for Sweden, Germany or Hungary to win a medal at the EHF Euro, and for Egypt to become the champion of Africa.
If that happens, then Austria and Iceland will compete with Portugal, which is very close to qualifying for the Olympics, to go to Paris tomorrow. That match will be refereed by Ivan Pavićević and Miloš Ražnatović from Cetinje.
The "Fishermen" need to beat the Austrians by at least five points, and they can with any result, but then Hungary would have to at least draw with France.
The favorite for the semi-finals from group 1 is Germany, which has one point more than Hungary and Austria, and at the end of the day they play with a tired Croatia...
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