• 2012 European Championship winners Montenegro were not the favorites for the match, but they started it perfectly, building a 6-1 advantage in the first minutes. Shortly before halftime, the Spanish women managed to get closer, increasing the intrigue. However, a convincing start to the second half allowed Montenegro to secure success and take a big step towards participation in the second stage.
• Jovanka Radičević and Džurdžina Jauković scored five goals for the Montenegrins. Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa scored the same number of times for Spain, but she also made ten shots.
• In the second game of Subgroup D, Germany eliminated a four-goal deficit (7:11), as well as made a 7:1 breakthrough at the end of the first half and at the beginning of the second half, defeating the Polish handball players (25:23) in an intense battle.
• It should be mentioned that during the final 3:20 minutes of the match, only the German women shot effectively, the excellent performance of the German goalkeeper Katarina Filteri, who saved 12 of the 34 shots of the opponents tonight.
• Alina Greizels made eight of 11 shots for the Germans. Magda Balsam scored five goals for the Polish team.
• In the most intriguing game of subgroup C in the capital of North Macedonia, Skopje, the 2016 European Championship vice-champion Netherlands blew a five-goal lead (24:19) in the final 13 minutes of the match, but managed to defeat (29:28) Romania.
• Laura van der Heyden of the Netherlands put the ball in the net seven times.
• The host North Macedonians scored the first five goals of the game, capitulating without serious expectations (14:24) in front of the Olympic champion, as well as European and world vice-champion France.
European Women’s Handball Championship, group stage
| The date | Gr. | The game | Rez./Laiks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04.11. | A | Hungary – Switzerland | 33:28 (12:14) |
| Norway – Croatia | 32:23 (16:14) | ||
| B | Denmark – Slovenia | 26:28 (15:14) | |
| Sweden – Serbia | 27:21 (14:9) | ||
| 05.11. | C | France – North Macedonia | 24:14 (12:5) |
| Netherlands – Romania | 29:28 (14:12) | ||
| D | Montenegro – Spain | 30:23 (12:9) | |
| Poland – Germany | 23:25 (12:11) | ||
| 06.11. | A | Croatia – Hungary | 19:00 |
| Switzerland – Norway | 21:30 | ||
| B | Slovenia – Sweden | 19:00 | |
| Serbia – Denmark | 21:30 | ||
| 07.11. | C | North Macedonia – Netherlands | 19:00 |
| Romania – France | 21:30 | ||
| D | Germany – Montenegro | 19:00 | |
| Spain – Poland | 21:30 | ||
| 08.11. | A | Croatia – Switzerland | 19:00 |
| Norway – Hungary | 21:30 | ||
| B | Slovenia – Serbia | 19:00 | |
| Denmark – Sweden | 21:30 | ||
| 09.11. | C | North Macedonia – Romania | 19:00 |
| France – Netherlands | 21:30 | ||
| D | Poland – Montenegro | 19:00 | |
| Germany – Spain | 21:30 |
Used sources:
https://ehfeuro.eurohandball.com/wo…
