5th-7th day of European Championship main round

The matches of the first group were held on Monday. Surprisingly, Norway lost point against Macedonia because they ended the game with a draw (31:31). In the other game the host team of Poland gained a 5-goal victory over Belarus making their dream of main round come true.

 

 

Macedonia – Norway 31:31 (17:13) – scorers:

Macedonia: K. Lazarov 11, Manaskov 5, Mirkulovski 3, Georgievski, F. Lazarov, Pribak és Stoilov 2-2, Kuzmanovski, Mitkov, Mojsovski és Peshevski 1-1

Norway: Björnsen 6, Joendal 5, Lie Hansen, Hykkerud és Sagosen 4-4, Reinkind 3, Myrhol és O'Sullivan 2-2, Tönnesen 1

 

Poland – Belarus 32:27 (19:13) – scorers:

Poland: Jurecki 9, Szyba 6, Daszek 5, Syprzak 3, Bielecki, Chrapkowski, Grabarczyk és Wisniewski 2-2, Krajewski 1

Belarus: Shylovich 6, Pukhouski 5, Karalek, Kulesh és Yurynok 4-4, Khadkevich 3, Baranau 1

  

The games of the second group were held on Tuesday. The first one was the game between Hungary and Spain. The Hungarian team performed its best in the tournament but the Spanish team managed to overtake and gained a 2-goal victory in the end. Among the players from Veszprém, László Nagy scored 9 goals, Gergő Iváncsik and Schuch Timuzsin scored once, while Roland Mikler ended up with 13 savings (33% effectiveness).

This match was followed by the Nordic derby between Denmark and Sweden which ended with a draw and to which Andreas Nilsson contributed with 5 goals.

  

 

Spain – Hungary 31:29 (15:15) – scorers:

Spain: Rivera 5, Canellas, Raul Entrerrios, Robledo és Tomas 4-4, Dujshebaev és Ugalde 3-3, Aguinagalde 2, Gurbindo és Maqueda 1-1

Hungary: Nagy L. 9, Nagy K. 5, Bodó és Jamali 3-3, Bánhidi és Gazdag 2-2, Ancsin, Faluvégi, Iváncsik, Schuch és Zubai 1-1

 

Sweden – Denmark 28:28 (13:15) – scorers:

Sweden: Jakobsson, A. Nilsson és Zachrisson 5-5, Källman és Östlund 4-4, J. Nielsen és L. Nilsson 2-2, Stenmalm 1

Denmark: Nielsen 7, M. Hansen 5, Mensah és Eggert 4-4, Christiansen 3, Lindberg 2, Mortensen, Svan és Toft Hansen 1-1

  

The next day Hungary played again but unfortunately that was their last game in the European Championship. We suffered an 8-goal defeat against Sweden and ended the Championship in the 12th place. László Nagy scored 2 goals, while Schuch and Iváncsik ended with 1 goal. Mikler saved 6 shots. On the other side Andreas Nilsson scored once.

In the other match of the second group, Spain defeated Russia and qualified into the semi-final. Germany also got into the next round since they gained victory over Denmark even if they missed the injured Weinhold and Dissinger.

  

 

Sweden – Hungary 22:14 (10:7) – scorers:

Sweden: L. Nilsson és Östlund 5, Jakobsson 3, Källman, Konradsson és Petersen 2-2, Ekberg, A. Nilsson és Stenmalm 1-1

Hungary: Bodo 5, Hornyák 3, Nagy L. 2, Ancsin, Gazdag, Iváncsik és Schuch 1-1

 

Germany – Denmark 25:23 (12:13) – scorers:

Germany Schmidt, Strobel 1-1

Denmark: M. Hansen 7, Eggert 6, Nielsen 3, Mensah Larsen, Lindberg és Svan 2-2, Christiansen 1

 

Spain – Russia 25:23 (11:12) – scorers:

Spain: Rivera 11, Tomas 6, Maqueda 3, Raul Entrerrios 2, Aguinagalde, Canellas, Gedeon Guardiola 1-1

Russia: Dibirov 5, Atman 4, Kovalev és Shelmenko 3-3, Buzmakov, Chipurin és Gorbok 2-2, Kalarash és Zhitnikov 1-1

 

On the last day of the main round there were some surprising turns as well. After Belarus defeated Macedonia, Norway gained triumph over title defender France. The other surprise was the enormous 14-goal victory of Poland over our Southern neighbors (Sliskovic – 4 goals). As a result, Norway and Croatia are among the 4 best teams.

 

 

Macedonia – Belarus 29:30 (13:14) – scorers:

Macedonia: K. Lazarov 10, Manaskov 4, Georgievski és Pribak 3-3, Mojsovski, Ojleski, Peshevski és Stoilov 2-2, Markovski1

Belarus: Pukhouski 11, Kulesh és Yurynok 5-5, Khadkevich 4, Baranau 3, Karalek 2

 

France – Norway 24:29 (11:12) – scorers:

France: Narcisse 7, Guigou 5, Abalo 4, N. Karabatic és Porte 3-3, Mahe és Nyokas 1-1 Norway: Tönnesen 6, Björnsen 5, Lie Hansen, Joendal, Myrhol és Sagosen 4-4, Hykkerud 2

 

Poland – Croatia 23:37 (10:15) – scorers:

Poand: Bielecki és Daszek 4-4, Krajewski, Szyba és Wisniewski 3-3, Glinski 2, Chrapkowski, Jurecki, Konitz és Syprzak1

Croatia: Strlek 11, Maric 7, Horvat 5, Cupic és Sliskovic 4-4, Kopljar 3, Sebetic 2, Duvnjak 1

  

Further matches of the tournament:

Game for the 7th place: January 29., 4 PM: Poland - Sweden

Game for the 5th place: January 29., 6:30 PM: France - Denmark

First semi-final: January 29., 6:30 PM: Norway - Germany

Second semi-final: January 29., 9 PM: Spain - Croatia

Bronze game: January 31., 3 PM

Final: January 31. 5:30 PM

 

In the second semi-final three of our players are going to participate, Cristian Ugalde is going to clash with Mirko Alilovic and Ivan Sliskovic. It means that players from MVM Veszprém will participate in the European Championship final.