Romania’s men’s handball team, coached by Javi Pascual, lost 36-32 (18-11) away to Austria in the first match of the Euro 2024 preliminary group 4.
Dynamo player Ante Kuduz, who was recently naturalized and was called up to the Romanian national team for the first time, could not be included in the official game protocol, as his ID card and passport were not issued in time for registration in the Ukrainian National Football League.
The main scorers of the Romanian national team in Graz were Negru – 10 goals, Humet – 6, Grigorash – 5, and Weber – 12 goals for the hosts.
In the other first match of group 4 Ukraine – Faroe Islands 29-24.
The second game will take place on Sunday in Bucharest against Ukraine (17:30). Then there are disputes with the Faroe Islands (March 8 and 11, 2023), respectively, returns with Austria (April 26) and Ukraine (April 30).
Of 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 qualify directly: host Germany along with 2022 medalists Sweden, Spain and Denmark, writes News.ro.
Source: Hot News RO
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