Officials gather while teams start final preparations

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 Saturday's summary.

The 2012 Women's EHF European Championship in Serbia (4 to 16 December) is just days 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.

FYR Macedonia with mixed emotions
FYR Macedonia is aware of its role as an outsider at the EHF EURO 2012 in Serbia, but also hopes to surprise some of the rivals in preliminary phase and to be among the 12 best teams. More

EHF officials gather in Belgrade
On the eve of the 2012 Women's EHF European Championship in Serbia the tournament's referees and officials gathered in Belgrade for the latest update on the procedures, guidelines and standards to be implemented. More

Hungary deal with injury problems
Hungary's last training camp before the start of the Women's EHF EURO was not a lucky place for Krisztina Triscsuk. The Russian-born player had already come to Szeged with some problems to one of her legs before a sudden pain during a training session forced her off the court. More