Current world champions, 2024 Olympic silver medallists and semi-finalists at the last Women’s EHF EURO — France were the favourites to take the victory in the last game for group C, and they lived up to that status with a powerful win, 28:16, against Portugal. The victory meant France finished the preliminary round with a perfect run of wins, as they also defeated Poland decisively and earned a narrow victory over Spain. They now progress to the main round in Debrecen along with Poland.