The first 4 days in European Championship main round

Semi-final group round matches of the European Championship have begun. On Thursday two games of the first group were held; both of them ended with glorious victories. Practically, France won over Belarus in the first half so they could let themselves be less focused in the second half. The Croatian team gained a confident victory over Macedonia to which Ivan Sliskovic – as the most productive player of his team – contributed with 6 goals, while Mirko Alilovic with 11 savings (37% effectiveness).

 

 

France – Belarus 34:23 (20:5) – scorers:

France: N. Karabatic 9, Derot és Remili 5-5, Narcisse 4, Kounkoud 3, Fabregas, Mahe és Sorhaindo 2-2, Guigou és L. Karabatic 1-1

Belarus: Khadkevich 9, Pukhouski 4, Baranau 3, Babichev és Yurynok 2-2, Karalek,

Nikulenkau és Shylovich 1-1

 

Macedonia – Croatia 24:34 (13:17) - scorers

Macedonia: Manaskov 7, Kuzmanovski 4, Georgievski és Stoilov 3-3, Mitkov, Mojsovski és Ojleski 2-2, Mirkulovski 1

Croatia: Sliskovic 6, Strlek és Maric 5-5, Horvat, Karacic, Kopljar és Mamic 3-3, Duvnjak és Sebetic 2-2, Cupic és Gojun 1-1

 

In the second round, Germany gained a 10-goal victory against Hungary on Friday. In the Hungarian team László Nagy from MVM Veszprém scored 3 goals. In the other match, Sweden and Russia had been playing equally which resulted in a draw (28:28). Andreas Nilsson scored once for the Nordic team.

 

 

Germany - Hungary 29:19 (17:9) – scorers:

Germany: Wiede 6, Reichmann 5, Dahmke, Weindhold és Fäth 3-3, Kohlbacher, Pekeler és Sellin 2-2, Dissinger, Ernst és Pieczkowski 1-1

Hungary: Jamali, Nagy K. és Nagy L. 3-3, Ancsin, Bánhidi, Bodó és Hornyák 2-2, Pásztor és Zubai 1-1

 

Sweden – Russia 28:28 (15:15) – scorers:

Sweden: Jakobsson 9, Källman 5, Östlund 4, Ekberg 3, Konradsson, L. Nilsson 2-2, Nielsen, A. Nilsson és Zachrisson 1-1

Russia: Dibirov 7, Zhitnikov 4, Gorbok, Shelmenko, Shishkarev és Soroka 3-3, Chernoivanov 2,

Atman, Chipurin és Kalarash 1-1

  

On Saturday the game between France and Croatia was held. The match was ended with the surprisingly big 8-goal triumph of the team of Karabatic; Omeyer contributed to the victory with 16 saves and even a full-coart goal. In the Croatian team Sliskovic ended up with 6 goals, while Alilovic with 7 saves. The second game also ended with an unexpected result since the excellent team of Poland suffered defeat by Norway in front of 14600 spectators in Krakow.

  

 

France – Croatia 32:24 (16:10) – scorers:

France: Abalo 6, Guigou 5, Narcisse, Porte és Sorhaindo 4-4, L. Karabatic és N. Karabatic 3-3, Nyokas 1, Remili és Omeyer 1-1

Croatia: Duvnjak 5, Horvat, Kopljar, Kovacevic, Sliskovic 3-3, Brozovic, Sebetic és Strlek 2-2, Karacic 1

 

Poland – Norway 28:30 (15:16) – scorers:

Poland: Bielecki 10, Jurecki 9, Szyba 3, Daszek. Lijewski és Syprzak 2-2

Norway: Lie Hansen 8, Tönnesen 6, Joendal 5, Björnsen és Sagosen 4-4, Myrhol, O'Sullivan és Reinkind 1-1

  

The games of the 2nd group were held on Sunday. Germany continued its successful series and gained a 1-goal victory against Russia. Denmark has still continued its 100% performance and defeated Spain with 4 goals. Cristian Ugalde scored 2 goals for the Spanish team.

 

 

Germany – Russia 25:24 (17:16) – scorers:

Germany: Dissinger 7, Schmidt 6, Reichmann 5, Fäth és Weinhold 4-4, Dahmke 2, Kohlbacher és Wiede 1-1

Russia: Dibirov 7, Chipurin 5, Zhitnikov 4, Atman és Gorbok 3-3, Chernoivanov és Kovalev 2-2, Buzmakov, Shelmenko és Shishkarev 1-1

 

Spain – Denmark 23:27 (14:11) – scorers:

Spain: Raul Entrerrios és Rivera 4-4, Maqueda és Tomas 3-3, Aguinagalde és Ugalde 2-2, Canellas, Del Arco, Dujshebaev, Robledo és Morros 1-1

Denmark: Nielsen 6, Nöddesbo 5, Eggert és M. Hansen 3-3, Christiansen, Svan és Toft Hansen 2-2, Mensah Larsen, Lindberg, Mollgaard Jensen és Mortensen 1-1

 

Photos: pol2016.ehf-euro.com