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The losing Lithuanian team scored 2 points from 3 matches in the tournament in North Macedonia and took third place in the group.
The hosts, the Macedonians, who won all three matches, and the Icelanders, who came second, entered the next stage of the selection, and the Lithuanian team ranked fourth in the Greek group.
In the fateful game with Iceland, the Lithuanians fell into the pit at the start of the match and the rivals had a tangible advantage in the middle of the first half – 10: 3. The Icelandic team, who had a great attack during the rest of the first half half, only increased their lead even further: 19: 9.
In the second half, the rivals’ advantage had risen to fourteen goals (27:13 and 26:12), but the Lithuanian team managed to reduce the lag. Still, the Lithuanians failed to restore the intrigue and the Icelandic handball team won the decisive battle with a 10-goal lead: 33:23.
VIDEO: ISL – LTU
In this match, the Lithuanian team was in a 14-player rotation, as Aušra Šponė was injured in the first match with Greece, and Martyna Vaitkutė was eliminated from the rankings just before the team battles, which she stayed in Lithuania and He did not go to North Macedonia.
Due to the difficult situation of the pandemic, most of our country’s handball players who play abroad were unable to help Lithuania in this selection competition.
In the match with Iceland, Rita Repečkaitė was the most productive of the Lithuanian team, scoring 8 goals, Dovilė Ilčiukaitė added 5 accurate shots, Silvija Mackonytė and Karolina Sparnauskaitė – 3 each, Emilė Aglinskaitė, Grėta Burkaitė, Jūratkaitė and Greinskaitė.
Nugalėtojoms Lovisa Thompson įmetė 6 įvarčius, Tinna Bjorgvinsdottir, Birna Haraldsdottir, Asdis Gudmundsdottir, Rut Junsdottir, Sigridur Hauksdottir – po 4, Ragnheidur Juliusdottir, Eva Davidsdottir Harpalfadottir Harpalfadottir.
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