Romania’s men’s handball team, coached by Javi Pascual, defeated Ukraine 34:26 in the second match of the preliminary group 4 of the 2024 European Championship.

Javi PascualPhoto: David Ramirez / Zuma Press / Profimedia

Hryhorash (9 goals) and Negru (7) were the main scorers for Romania, while Turchenko (6 goals) stood out for the Ukrainians.

In another match of the second stage, also on Sunday, the Faroe Islands take on Austria.

In the debut match of Group 4, the tricolors under the leadership of Javi Pascual were defeated by the Austrian national team with a score of 36-32 (18-11), so they have 2 points after the first two stages.

This is followed by disputes with the Faroe Islands (March 8 and 11, 2023), respectively, returns with Austria (April 26) and Ukraine (April 30).

Know:

  • From the 32 national teams at the start of the qualification, 20 will receive a “ticket” to the final tournament in 2024, which will be hosted by Germany from January 10 to 28.
  • Four teams qualified directly: hosts Germany, along with 2022 runners-up Sweden, Spain and Denmark.

The Romanian national team last participated in the final tournament of the European Championship in 1996, when it took 9th place out of 12 participating teams, writes News.ro.