The groups of the 2024 European Men’s Handball Championship were drawn in Düsseldorf. The Hungarian national team was placed in a quartet with Iceland, Serbia and Montenegro, and will play its matches in Munich.
| The Hungarian national handball team did not face easy opponents (Photo: Károly Árvai) |
HANDBALL
MEN’S EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2024
LOTTERY (Düsseldorf)
GROUP A (Berlin)
Germany
France
North Macedonia
Switzerland
GROUP B (Mannheim)
Spain
Austria
Croatia
Romania
GROUP C (Munich)
Iceland
HUNGARY
Serbia
Montenegro
GROUP D (Berlin)
Norway
Slovenia
Poland
Faroese
E-GROUP (Mannheim)
Sweden
Netherlands
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Georgia
GROUP F (Munich)
Denmark
Portugal
Czech Republic
Greece
*The German-Swiss opening match will be held in Düsseldorf
Group matches of the Hungarian national team:
Friday, January 12
Hungary-Montenegro
Sunday, January 14
Hungary-Serbia
January 16, Tuesday
Hungary-Iceland
Between 10 and 28 January 2024 in six cities in Germany (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Köln, Mannheim, Munich) the qualification for the continental competition ended on Sunday, after which the EHF announced the division of the hats.
The 24 teams were divided into six groups. It was already known before the draw that the German national team was in Group A in Düsseldorf and Berlin, Croatia in Group B in Mannheim, Iceland in Group C in Munich, Norway in Group D in Berlin, and the defending European champion Sweden in Mannheim It will be placed in Group E, and the world champion Denmark will be placed in Group F in Munich. The semi-finals will be held in Cologne and Hamburg, and the final stage of the tournament will be held in Cologne.
The draw began after the welcoming speeches, but before that the renewed European Championship trophy was also presented. The Hungarian national team was placed in Group C with Iceland, Serbia and Montenegro, and will play its matches in Munich. If our team advances to the semi-finals, France, Germany or even Spain can face each other there… The Hungarian national team will meet Montenegro, Serbia and Iceland in the group stage in that order, and then they can play in the semi-finals in Cologne if they advance.
Among their three opponents, the Hungarians last met Iceland: at the World Championship in January, the best of the northern island nation led by six goals, but in the end, Máté Lékai won 30-28.
Incidentally, the opening match of the European Championship (Germany-Switzerland) is hosted by the Düsseldorf football stadium, where the organizers aim to set a world record and attract more than 50,000 spectators to the match. At the lottery, the German association announced that 40,000 tickets had already been sold!
This will be the 16th men’s continental tournament and the 14th in which the Hungarian national team will also participate. His best result so far is the sixth place in 1998, and the worst is the most recent 15th place in January of last year.
Special star guests also participated and helped with the draw: two-time European champion Lars Christiansen of Denmark, world champion Julen Aguinagalde of Spain, Olympic champion Joel Abati of France and world champion Dominik Klein of Germany.
We have special guests for tomorrow’s draw
Julen Aguinagalde
Joel Abati
Lars Christiansen
Dominik KleinDüsseldorf 17:45 CEST
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2024 MEN’S EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP HATS
Hat 1: Sweden, Spain, Denmark, France, Norway, Iceland
Hat 2: Germany, Netherlands, Slovenia, HUNGARY, Portugal, Austria
Hat 3: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia, North Macedonia
Hat 4: Switzerland, Romania, Montenegro, Greece, Georgia, Faroe Islands
The draw for the European Championship will be held on May 10, from 5:45 p.m. in Düsseldorf.
2023-05-10 16:32:03
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