Foreshadow: European Championship

European Men’s Handball Championship, whose title defender is France, has begun with the matches of the “A” and “B” group. Hungary begins the tournament on Saturday at 6 PM in the game against Montenegro being in the “D” group whose matches will take place in Gdansk. The games of our national team will be broadcasted on channel M4, while some of other matches can be seen on Sport1 or Sport2.

 

 

The stakes are high for the players of Coach Talant Dujsebajev because in case of giving great performance, we have the chance to get into the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. For this purpose there are steps to follow:

- In case of winning the European Championship or ending up as a runner-up, we would qualify for the Olympic Games automatically.

- In order to get into the qualifying tournament of the Olympics, only one of the following countries may overtake us: Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Belarus, Norway, Sweden, Russian, and Montenegro.

  

As we informed you, our team is going to play against Montenegro first, then against Russia on Monday, 6 PM. In the last round, our opponent team will be the runner-up of the European Championship Denmark on January 20, at 8 PM.

  

The first three teams from each group get into two groups of the semi-final. Our points gained in the games against our opponents in the first round will be taken to the next group round. In the second round, we would play against the first three teams of the “C” group, and then we can fight for the 5th – 8th place or the the final game.

 

 

MVM Veszprém will be represented by the following players: László Nagy, Gergő Iváncsik, Timuzsin Schuch, and Roland Mikler. A total of 10 players from Veszprém have travelled to the tournament in Poland.

 

 

The list of the players from Hungary:

Goalkeepers: Roland Mikler (MVM Veszprém), László Bartucz (Csurgói KK)

Right wings: Ákos Pásztor (Grundfos Tatabánya), Péter Hornyák (Csurgói KK)

Right backs: Gábor Ancsin (MOL-Pick Szeged), László Nagy (MVM Veszprém)

Playmakers: Rudolf Faluvégi (Csurgói KK), Kornél Nagy (Dunkerque HBGL – Franciaország) Pivot players: Bence Bánhidi (Balatonfüred), Schuch Timuzsin (MVM Veszprém), Szabolcs Zubai (MOL-Pick Szeged)

Left backs: Richárd Bodó (Grundfos Tatabánya), Tamás Borsos (Ceglédi KKSE), Dzsamali Iman (IFK Kristianstad – Svédország)

Left wings: Tibor Gazdag (Csurgói KK), Gergő Iváncsik (MVM Veszprém)

 

 

Finally, let us take a look at the four groups, including the names of the players from MVM Veszprém.

 

„A” group: France, Poland, Macedonia and Serbia

„B” group: Croatia (Alilovic és Sliskovic), Iceland (Palmarsson), Belarus and Norway

„C” group: Spain (Ugalde), Sweden (Nilsson), Germany and Slovenia (Marguc)

„D” group: Denmark, Hungary (Nagy, Iváncsik Schuch, Mikler), Belarus and Montenegro

  

After each round, you can read short summaries on our website.

Go for it, Hungary!

 

 

Photos: Official Facebook page of Hungarian national handball team