The Olympic Games in Beijing arrived too soon after the restoration of independence for the "lionesses" to appear at them, but when they first got the chance to be part of the biggest sports spectacle, they never let it go.
After London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Montenegrin handball players start tomorrow the battles for the fourth Games in a row, for the lights of Paris and for the continuation of continuity...
Although there may have been a certain change in the generation of the "lionesses", they know very well how the Olympic qualifications are solved, while the same could not be said for their rivals in the tournament that starts in Ulm - Germany and Slovenia, because Paraguay, after all, is the second or third class of the world handball.
Our women's handball players will go to Bavaria to qualify for the fourth Games in a row, and Germany has hosted the pre-Olympic tournament just as many throughout history.
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times Germany took part in the Olympic Games - its greatest success was in 1984 and 1992, when it was ranked fourth
More precisely, that selection skipped all three of the last editions of the Games where Montenegro appeared, so Beijing remains the last city where this selection appeared below the Olympic rounds. And she does not remember that tournament fondly, because she was 11th out of a total of 12 selections that performed in the Chinese capital.
Of the national teams for the tournament in Ulm, only Montenegro has an Olympic medal, the unforgettable silver from London, while Germany was once close to the honor - in Barcelona in 1992, when it was defeated by the United team, which was made up of players from the former Soviet Union, in the match for bronze. .
Apart from the capital cities of Catalonia and Beijing, Germany also participated in the Games in Los Angeles in 1984 and Atlanta in 1996.
During the Olympic Games in the "city of angels" she was only one of the rivals who had to bow to the class of the future champion of Yugoslavia, led by the legendary Montenegrins Zorica Pavićević, sisters Lily i Svetlana Mugoša...
And while Germany has an Olympic history, Slovenia, led by ours Dragan Adzic, has the desire to make history in Ulm and qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time.
Adžić became an Olympic legend with Montenegro back in London, and now he could become the same in Slovenia.
The biggest success of this selection was under the leadership of Adžić, when it took eighth place at the European Championship, which it organized together with Montenegro and North Macedonia two years ago.
Two tickets to Paris are waiting in the German city on the Danube - if you look at tradition, one would have to end up in the hands of the "lionesses".
"Lice" at the tournament in Ulm
Thursday
Montenegro - Paraguay (20.15:XNUMX p.m.)
Saturday
Montenegro - Germany (14.15:XNUMX p.m.)
Sunday
Montenegro - Slovenia (16.00:XNUMX)
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