The Latvian women’s handball team gave way to the Greek national team in the second game of the first round of the European Championship qualification tournament on Saturday.
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The Latvian national team in the second game of group B with 17:34 (8:17) gave way to the housewives of the Greek national team.
The most productive guest team with four goals was Madara Cibuļska, three “goals” for Žanete Kukarāne, Krista Minova and Kristīne Dzenīte.
The day before, the Latvian national team was scheduled to play with Italy, but due to flight problems, the team received a technical loss of 0:10
In the last game of the qualifying tournament on Sunday at 1 pm, the Latvian national team will meet with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
With two losses, the Latvian national team has lost hope of entering the second qualifying round. The leader of Group B after two games with four points is Greece, Italy has gained two points each, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina, but Latvia is in beige.
Last year’s champion, the Norwegian women’s handball team, automatically secured a place in the final tournament. Together with the organizers of the 2022 European Championships, Slovenia, Northern Macedonia and Montenegro will not have to participate in the qualification cycle. This means that the opportunity to fight for entry into the final tournament will be for the remaining 12 places.
The qualification will take place in two rounds. As in the final tournament, in the second round of the European Championship qualification, 21 teams have provided automatic seats, evaluating the results of last year’s European Championship, as well as the ranking of the national teams of the European Handball Federation (EHF).
In total, 24 teams will participate in the second round of the 2022 European Championship – 21 teams that have won an automatic place in this qualifying round, as well as three teams that will win their groups in the first qualifying round. The games will take place in six groups of four teams each.
The Latvian national team will play the first round of the qualifying tournament in Greece.
In the first qualifying round, 11 teams will participate, which will compete in two groups of four teams, as well as in one group of three teams.
In addition to the above samples, the Faroe Islands, Portugal, Kosovo, Israel, Finland and Luxembourg will participate in the first round of qualification.
It was previously planned that the first qualifying games would take place in April, but due to the spread of the Covid-19 virus, it was decided that at least the first qualifying round would be played in the so-called “bubbles” or runner-up format. Thus, all the first round games of the European Championship will take place from May 31 to June 6.
16 teams will play in the final tournament of the 2022 European Championship.
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