20:19
The entrance ceremony has just begun.
20:05
Moldovans Igor and Alexei Covalciuc were assigned to referee this match. EHF delegate is Lidija Bojic-Cacic from Croatia; Janko Pozeznik from Slovenia is used as an observer.
19:53
With their second victory at this European Championship, however, the team of national coach Markus Gaugisch only prevented the early end of the race for the semi-finals; she also has to win against the French today. Alongside Norway, the Olympic champions are the only team so far without losing points. After defeating North Macedonia (24:14), Romania (35:21) and the Netherlands (26:24) in the preliminary round, they finished off Montenegro 27:19 the day before yesterday.
19:45
The DHB selection had only just averted the preliminary round and was due to the lackluster opening win against the Poles (25:23) due to the defeats against hosts Montenegro (25:29) and Spain (21:23) with 0:4 points in the main round group II, she showed by far her best tournament performance on Friday against the Netherlands. Thanks to many ball wins, the German handball players were able to play an impressive game of speed and surprisingly beat Oranje 36:28.
19:34
Good evening from Skopje! The German handball players want to keep their chance of making it into the semi-finals in the second European Championship main round match against Olympic champions France. The throw-off in the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.