22.01.2014, 10:49
Top class semi-final pairings set

REVIEW: The EHF EURO 2014 hosts will meet Croatia, while the reigning Olympic winners will face current world champions in Friday's semi-finals

Top class semi-final pairings set

Croatia and Spain joined Denmark and France on the list of the EHF EURO 2014 semi-finalist completing the heavy-weights line-up for the medal race.

The reigning world champions from Spain clinched their berth by an impressive 33:22 win over FYR Macedonia in Herning and they will face the London 2012 Olympic winners from France on Friday.

The last ticket to the semi-finals have been secured by Croatia as they beat Poland 31:28 in a decisive and very tense encounter of Group II in Aarhus. Croatians made it to the top four of the continent for the sixth time in a row and will meet the defending champions and the tournament's hosts Denmark in the second semi-final.

France suffered their first defeat of the tournamet against Sweden (28:30), but this result had no effect on their top position in the group. Denmark remained the last team with a perfect record of six victories from six matches as they defeated Iceland 32:23.

In other matches Austria beat Hungary 25:24 and Russia overcame Belarus 39:33 in the highest scoring game of the tournament so far.

Apart from the semi-finalists only Poland and Iceland do not pack for the home journey as they will play for the 5th place on Friday.

Read more on the official website of the EHF EURO 2014.
 

TEXT: EHF / br