20:26
The national anthems sound.
20:20
The entrance ceremony has just begun.
20:13
With Mirza Kurtagic and Mattias Wetterwik, the EHF appointed referees from Sweden to referee this game. Supervisor is the Spaniard Carmen Manchado Lopez. The German Jutta Ehrmann-Wolf is used as an observer.
20:09
As a result of the perfect preliminary round and the clear main round success against the Netherlands (34:24) the day before yesterday, the ambitious French suffered a severe setback by losing 21:29 to the Icelanders. Because of this slip, the Bleus not only have to beat outsiders Montenegro to progress today, but also need at least one point against world champions Denmark the day after tomorrow if Iceland wins against the south-eastern Europeans.
20:05
For the Zlatni lavovi (Golden Lions), who beat both the North Macedonians (28:24) and the Slovenians (33:32) in the preliminary round as a result of their opening defeat against Denmark (21:30), the sixth participation in a European championship is irrelevant the outcome of the last two performances in the second phase of the competition was a success. In the main round, before the most recent defeat against the Netherlands (30:34), they managed to triumph over the Croatian team (32:26), a real highlight in the association’s short history.
19:56
The fact that Iceland surprisingly lost to the Croatians (22:23) during the day and the Danish team won as expected against the Netherlands (23:35) is advantageous for the national teams from Montenegro and France, who are challenged in the evening game: During the While it is still mathematically possible for the Southeast Europeans to reach the preliminary round, the reigning Olympic champion can consolidate second place in the main round group I.
19:47
Good evening from Budapest! Compared to the Montenegrins, the French team wants to improve their chances of reaching the semi-finals of the European Championship. The fourth-to-last game in the main round group I should start at 8:30 p.m.