Summary of the 1st round of European Championship

On Friday and Saturday, a total of 8 matches were held in the first round of the European Championship in Poland. For us, the Hungary-Montenegro game in the group D was the most important one, which ended with our 6-goal victory. In the Hungarian team, Gergő Iváncsik scored 4 goals; László Nagy ended with 1 goal, while Schuch Timuzsin had a significant role in defending before Roland Mikler who gave 31% effectiveness saving 13 shots and was chosen as the game’s best player. The other game of our group ended up as it had been expected; the runner-up of the previous Championship the Danish team defeated the Russians with 6 goals.

 

 

Hungary – Montenegro 32-27 (16-12) – scorers:

Hungary: Bánhidi 7, Jamali 5, Ancsin 5, Iváncsik G. 4, Faluvégi és Bodó 3-3, Zubai 2, Pásztor, Nagy és Borsos 1-1

Montenegro: Borozan 7, Cavor és Grbovic 5-5, Sevaljevic 4, Lipovina 3, Vujovic 2, Melic 1

 

Denmark – Russia 31-25 (13-13) – scorers:

Denmark: Hansen, Damgaard és Mensah 4-4, Christiansen, Nöddesbo és Lauge 3-3, Svan Hanssen, Lindberg, Eggert és Mölgaard 2-2, H. Toft Hansen és Balling 1-1

Russia: Shelmenko 5, Soroka 4, Atman, Dibirov, Gorbok és Zhitnikov 3-3, Chernoivanov és Kovalev 2-2

 

The matches of group C were also held on Saturday and some players of Veszprém got to play in the two games. During the Sweden-Slovenian game, Andreas Nilsson did not contribute to the Swedish victory, while Gasper Marguc scored 2 goals for his team which decreased the 8-goal gap in the second half and almost overtook the Northern team. In the other match the Spanish team gained victory over Germany, Cristian Ugalde scored 1 goal.

 

 

Sweden – Slovenia 23-21 (16-9) – scorers:

Sweden: Ekberg 4, Kallman, L. Nilsson és Cederholm 3-3, Konradsson, Petersen, Östlund és Nielsen 2-2, Stenmalm és Jakobsson 1-1

Slovenia: Gaber 5, Gajic 4, Marguc, Cingesar, Zorman és Zarabec 2-2, Blagotinsek, Kavticnik Miklavcic és Bombac 1-1

 

Spain – Germany 32-29 (18-15) – scorers:

Spain: Rivera 7, Tomas 6, Del Arco, Guardiola, Maqueda és Canellas 3-3, Gurbindo 2, Ugalde, Aginagalde, Morros, García és Entrerrios 1-1

Germany: Dissinger 6, Reichmann 5, E. Schmidt és Fäth 4, Weinhold 3, Pekeler és Pieczkowski 2-2, Dahmke, Lemke és Wiede 1-1

 

On Friday, on the first day of the tournament the title defender France gained a 7-goal victory over Macedonia in the group A even if the game seemed to be ended with a draw 15 minutes before the end. The hosts defeated Serbia in an extremely tight game thanks to Szmal saving the penalty in the end.

  

France – Macedonia 30-23 (12-12) – scorers:

France: Sorhaindo 6, Porte 5, Mahé és Guigou 4-4, Abalo és L. Karabatic 3-3, N. Karabatic és Narcisse 2-2, Fabregas 1

Macedonia: Lazarov 9, Manaskov 5, Georgievski 4, Mirkulovski 2, Kuzmanovski, Pribak és Stoilov 1-1

 

Poland – Serbia 29-28 (14-15) – scorers:

Poland: M. Jurecki 7, Lijewski 4, Krajewski, B. Jurecki, Bielecki és Daszek 3-3, Glinski, Syprzak és Szyba 2-2

Serbia: Nenadic és Nikcevic 7, Sesum és Zelenovic 4-4, Djukic és Rnic 2-2, Marsenic és Beljanski 1-1

 

In the group B Mirko Alilovic played in the Croatian team which could win over Belarus with 6 goals. Ivan Sliskovic contributed to the victory of our Southern neighbor country. The other match of the group was much tighter but with the leadership of Aron Palmarsson scoring 8 goals Iceland won against Norway with 1 goal thanks to the last goal of Sigurdsson scored 10 seconds before the end.

 

 

Croatia – Belarus 27-21 (15-15) – scorers:

Croatia: Strlek 9, Cupic és Kopljar 5-5, Sliskovic 4, Brozovic, Karacic, Mamic és Sebetic 1-1

Belarus: Rutenka 8, Shylovich 7, Yurinok 3, Babichev, Nikulenkau és Pukhouski 1-1

 

Iceland – Norway 26-25 (10-11) – scorers:

Iceland: Palmarsson 8, Sigurdsson 6, Petersson és Atlason 3-3, Svavarsson és Gunnarsson 2-2, Kristjansson és Hallgrimsson 1-1

Norway: Björnsen 7, Sagosen, Tönnesen, Jöndal, Reinkind és Hansen 3-3, O’Sullivan 2, Lindboe 1

 

The contests continue with the games of “A” and “B”. Hungary is going to play against Russia today at 6 PM.

  

 

Photos: pol2016.ehf-euro.com