Denmark and Hungary name squads while countdown focus shifts to Germany

Every afternoon the European Handball Federation publishes a brief summary of the stories that have gone online on the EHF EURO 2012's dedicated website ehf-euro.com. This is the weekend's and Monday's summary.

The 2012 Women's EHF European Championship in Serbia (4 to 16 December) is just a week away and while the countdown to the throw-off continues to tick down, the number of stories on the host nation and the 16 participating teams steadily increases.


Woltering: Humble Germans have learnt their lesson
Reaching the EHF EURO 2008 semi-final in FYR Macedonia was the most recent major success of the German women’s team.
In the previous two tournaments the downswing continued rapidly, and the German coach and players remain humble before the start of the 2012 EHF EURO in Serbia. Click here.

Pytlick nominates 16 plus one
17 names were given, when Denmark´s national coach Jan Pytlick announced his squad for the EHF EURO 2012 Tuesday afternoon. Of course, Pytlick is well aware that he can only have a squad consisting of 16 players at the tournament, and at the press conference, where the squad was announced, he explained the reasoning behind announcing 17 players. Click here.

Bøhn names Hungary squad
Karl Erik Bøhn, the Norwegian coach of the Hungarian national team has named his team for the EHF EURO 2012.
Left back of the team, Zsuzsanna Tomori has just been elected for the best Hungarian player of 2012 by the Hungarian Handball Federation. Click here.

Setting new benchmarks
Infront Sports & Media, marketing and media partner of the European Handball Federation, has sealed six Official Sponsorship agreements for the tournament as well as for the first time, a Data and Timing Partner, with Toshiba being the first brand to sign-up. The EHF EURO will be broadcast to more than 160 territories and streamed live on YouTube. Click here.