VIDEO + PHOTO France – Norway, the grand final of the European Women’s Handball Championship

• Russia finished the competition in fifth place.
• The small final is scheduled for Sunday, starting at 4:30 p.m. The grand final will also be played on Sunday at 5:00 p.m.

Norway – Denmark 27-24. Saved on Monday

Led by the Danes, 13-10, the Norwegians had an impressive second half, winning 17-11.

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Impressive duel between Denmark and Norway, in the second semi-final of Euro 2020. The big favorite, Norway, was cornered in the first half by very motivated and grumpy Danes.

The goalkeeper Sandra Toft did wonders between the posts, in defense the Danes took out the “shields” as if the most gallant team in the world pedaled in goal. Denmark entered the booths with a 13-10 lead. But what is a three-goal advantage when playing for Norway?

It was even 14-10 and then the Viking roller started. Draw at 14 and the game was under control. It was the turn of the Norwegian defense to stand out. After 48 minutes of play, Denmark seemed to suffer some confusion and fell to an acceptable level of Jesper Jensen. Norway took a five-goal lead and had qualification in their pocket.

For Norway, the final follows with France, the teams that reached the last act without knowing defeat. The two teams met three more times in a grand final, but in the World Championship. The score is now 2-1. Denmark will play for bronze, with Croatia, and are clearly a huge favorite. But how the Danes played in this tournament, it is clear that they will have a difficult word to say about the semicircle for years to come!

FRANCE – CROATIA 30-19. The beautiful dream is over

Croatia, the surprise of Euro 2020, hit the European title in the face of a wall. Russia finished in fifth place without coach Ambros Martin sent off.

Croatia had no chance in the semi-finals of the European Championship against France. The match stakes overwhelmed the Croats who started the match extremely shy and scared. Olivier Krumbholz’s team flew over the field in the first half. With a concrete defense, with an incredible goalkeeper, Amandine Leynaud, the European champions received only 5 goals! Instead, they scored 15. Croatia hit the crossbars of the French goal 7 times to the despair of coach Nenad Sostarici.

The Croatian heroines, who had won 5 matches so far, were completely annihilated. Inter Micijevici and Larissa Kalaus were completely annihilated, and in the goal Tea Pijevici caught only 7 balls. In the second half, the Croats played a little better, but France had already changed the lines. The headlines rested and were already thinking about the grand final on Sunday. The second consecutive continental final for France. Croatia’s beautiful dream is over, but the opportunity to fight for the bronze medal remains, on Sunday at 16:30.

RUSSIA – NETHERLANDS 33-27. 5th place, without Ambros Martin

Russia defeated the Netherlands 33-27 in the match for fifth place at Euro 2020. It was the former European runner-up’s first match without coach Ambros Martin on the bench. The Spaniard, who had left the Romanian national team to take over Russia, was expelled from the Russian federation after missing qualification in the semifinals. “He said he is focused on two teams: the Russian team and the family. I made a deliberate decision to give him the opportunity to focus on the second team, his family. As a father of three, I understand. May you go with your family and be happy! “Said the president of the Russian Handball Federation, Sergei Shishkarev for the Russian agency ITAR-TASS.

Alexei Alekseev sat on the Russian bench yesterday and the Russian team did very well. He defeated the world champion without problems. It remains to be seen who will be Russia’s new coach, but Shishkarev has announced that Evgheni Trefilov will certainly not be there, because his health no longer allows it.

Final classification of main group I:

Team	matches	goal difference	puncture
1. France	5	132-121	9
2. Denmark	5	136-111	8
3. Russia	5	136-129	7
4. Montenegro	5	122-127	3
5. Spain	5	120-140	2
6. Sweden	5	121-139	1

Final classification of main group II:

Team	matches	goal difference	puncture
1. Norway	5	170-114	10
2. Croatia	5	124-123	8
3. Holland	5	141-134	6
4. Germany	5	124-137	4
5. Hungary	5	118-140	2
6. Romania	5	107-136	0

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