42 days before the first match at the World Women's Handball Championship, the Montenegrin women's handball team will begin their battle for a place in the new European Championship.
The "Lionesses" will begin their EHF Euro 2026 qualifiers on October 15th against Portugal and three days later in a duel with the Faroe Islands, and head coach Suzana Lazović has announced the list of players she is counting on for those duels.
There were no new names on it, so the former pivot opted mostly for proven players who performed at the last European Championship, but also those who in April, through Portugal, secured a place in the World Cup, which begins on November 26th in Germany and the Netherlands.
The new match against Portugal on October 15th will be played in Podgorica, followed by a duel with the Faroe Islands in Torshavn.
The rival in qualifying group 4 is also Iceland, and since Montenegro's quality is known compared to its rivals, but also the fact that the two best teams (maybe even the third) are going to the Euro, it is clear that it would be an unprecedented miracle if the "lionesses" do not find themselves in the tournament organized by the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey at the end of 2026.
The qualifiers will feature 24 teams divided into six groups, with the top two teams from each group and the four best third-placed teams advancing. In addition to the hosts, three top-placed teams from the previous championship have already secured their place at the Euro: Norway, Denmark and Hungary.
List:
Goalkeepers: Armel Atingre, Marija Marsenić, Andrea Škerović.
Wings: Dijana Trivić, Ivona Pavicevic, Nina Bulatovic.
Pivots: Tatjana Brnović, Ivana Godeč, Andrijana Tatar.
Backs: Đurđina Jauković, Elena Mitrović, Ilda Kapić, Matea Pletikosić, Marija Božović, Jelena Vukčević, Natalija Lekić, Tanja Ivanović and Katarina Džaferović.
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