Trophy holders Norway reached the semi-finals of the 2022 European Women’s Handball Championship with a 26-23 win over Slovenia in Group I on Monday.

Norway reached the semifinals of the European Women’s Handball Championship

The Norse had a tough game against a surprising Dragan Adzic team (who led most of the game, last time 21-20), but they managed to pull out the win in the final minutes.

Henny Reystad scored ten goals and was named the best player of the match.

Hungary will meet Sweden in the same group from 21:30.

Thanks to this success (the fifth in a row from this final tournament), Norway has 8 points and can not lose the place in the semi-finals before the last stage, for which the games Norway – Denmark, Croatia – Sweden and Hungary – Slovenia are scheduled.

European Women’s Handball Championship – Rating Main Group I

1. Norway (goal difference 117-93) 8 points

2. Denmark (106-95) 6

3. Slovenia (99-103) 4

4. Sweden (81-74) 2 (-1 game)

5. Croatia (79-102) 2

6. Hungary (67-82) 0 (-1 match).

CE Handball (f): Speech of selector Florentin Pera before the match Romania – Montenegro

Know:

• The first two places in the main groups, who will play a cross-match on November 18, enter the semi-finals. The medal matches will take place on November 20.

• The 2022 European champion automatically qualifies for the 2024 Olympics as well as the 2023 World Championships, while the European silver and bronze medalists also qualify for the World Championships. Next year’s WC will be held from November 30 to December 17 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, writes Nes.ro.

• The Romanian national team is participating in the EC final tournament for the 14th time. In the 2020 edition, Romania took 12th place, the lowest ranking in the history of its participation. The best result was obtained at the 2010 competition – a bronze medal.

• The title of European champion belongs to Norway, who won it for the eighth time at the 2020 tournament.