Romania’s men’s handball team lost at home to Austria 35-30 (19-17) in the fifth round of Group 4 of the 2024 European Championship qualifying tournament.

Romania is still not sure of qualifying for the 2024 European Championship in men’s handball

The Tricolors can secure qualification with a win, but remain in contention for the final tournament, where they have not been since 1996.

The main scorers of the game were Nistor 7 goals, Humet 5, Kuduz 4, Bilyk 7 in Romania, Zivkovic 6, Wagner 5 in Austria.

According to the results, the leader Austria, which previously qualified for the final tournament, has 10 points, and Romania is in 2nd place out of 4. Also on Wednesday, there will be a match between the teams that occupy 3-4 places in the group. , Faroe Islands – Ukraine, both 2 points each.

At the last stage of the group on Sunday, Romania will play away to Ukraine (in Germany), and Austria will play at home to the Faroe Islands.

In the first matches of group 4, the “tricolors” won the results: 26-28 and 25-17 against the Faroe Islands, 32-36 against Austria and 34-26 against Ukraine.

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. The two best teams from the eight previous groups, as well as four more teams from the 3rd place with the best ranking, will enter the 32 teams in the final tournament.

Four teams qualified directly: hosts Germany, along with 2022 runners-up Sweden, Spain and Denmark. France also qualified on Saturday night after a 30-27 win over Poland, looking to reach the final tournament for the 16th time in a row.

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, according to News.ro.