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23.07.2018, 08:22 DAY 3 REVIEW: The third and final matchday of the Men’s 20 EHF EURO Preliminary Round in Slovenia saw confirmation of which teams will go through to the main round and which go into the intermediate round. |
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France squeeze through, Scandinavian sadnessThe third and final matchday of the Men’s 20 EHF EURO Preliminary Round in Slovenia saw confirmation of which teams will go through to the main round and which go into the intermediate round.
Slovenia, Germany, Iceland and Serbia (Group M1) and Spain, Portugal, France and Croatia (Group M2) will now play in the main round, while Sweden, Israel, Norway, Romania, Poland, Denmark, Hungary and Russia play for 9-16 places in the intermediate round onwards.
Sweden did win though, against Romania 40:31, but the damage had already been done in the previous game.
Poland beat Russia to confirm their third place and it was clear early on as they led by 10 at the break (19:9) to eventually win 36:28.
Portugal were already confirmed as group winners and took some time to get going against bottom team Hungary, finding themselves one behind at the break (13:12), but led by tournament top-scorer, Diogo Silva with seven goals, they turned it around to win by one.
Silva is tied as tournament top-scorer with his 28 goals matched by Slovenia’s Grega Ocvirk. With the main round and the intermediate round commencing, the battle for the European spots at the Men’s 21 World Championship 2019 in Spain has also begun. Besides Spain as organiser of the Men’s 21 World Championship, ten more teams from the Men’s 20 EHF EURO 2018 in Slovenia will directly qualify for the 24-nation event. This means that all teams who have reached the main round (Germany, Slovenia, Iceland, Serbia, Spain, Portugal, Croatia and France) are already qualified. Additionally, the teams ranked 9 to 11 will also qualify directly, granting additional importance to the cross and placement matches which will be played on 27 and 28 July.
RESULTS – DAY THREE The full playing schedule can be found HERE, and all games are free and live on ehfTV.com. TEXT: EHF |
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