The Hungarians convincingly defeated (36:27) the Swiss handball players on their field, ensuring their participation in the 11th European Masters final tournament in a row. Miklos Rosta scored ten goals for the Hungarian national team.
At the end of April, Hungary and Switzerland still have one game each against Lithuania and Georgia. In the game held in Klaipeda, the Lithuanians partially took revenge (35:27) against Georgia for the heavy defeat (18:32) in the mutual duel in Tbilisi. Gerds Babarsks scored 11 times effectively for the Lithuanian national team.
The fourth victory in as many games was earned by the leader of the first group, Portugal. who made an eight-goal breakthrough at the end of the first half and at the beginning of the second half, reaching a relatively comfortable 18:11 from the score of 10:11. Filip Kuzmanovski’s ten goals did not save the North Macedonians from their second loss.
Blaž Janc’s ten accurate shots contributed to Slovenia’s victory (37:30) over the Montenegrin national team.
In the third group, Iceland won a convincing revenge (28:19) over the Czech Republic, and Israel rehabilitated Estonians (29:27) for the loss experienced in Tallinn, significantly reducing the chances of the Estonian national team to qualify for the final tournament.
The Dutch handball players did not score a goal in the final ten minutes of the match (!), letting go of a two-goal lead (25:23) and drawing (25:25) against Croatia. Thus, for at least a month and a half, the honor of the leader of the fifth group will be the national team of Greece, which once again managed (26:24) with the Belgians.
All the winners of the first two places, as well as the four statistically highest third place holders, will enter the final tournament of the European Masters.
The fourth round of the 2024 European Handball Championship qualification
| Gr. | The game | The result |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Turkey – Luxembourg | 31:20 (17:8) |
| Portugal – North Macedonia | 32:27 (15:11) | |
| 2. | Slovakia – Finland | 32:25 (13:14) |
| Norway – Serbia | 35:25 (17:12) | |
| 3. | Iceland – Czech Republic | 28:19 (15:12) |
| Israel – Estonia | 29:27 (15:13) | |
| 4. | Romania – Faroe Islands | 25:17 (14:10) |
| Austria – Ukraine | 31:28 (11:14) | |
| 5. | Greece – Belgium | 26:24 (13:12) |
| Croatia – Netherlands | 25:25 (14:15) | |
| 6. | Lithuania – Georgia | 35:27 (13:9) |
| Hungary – Switzerland | 36:27 (16:10) | |
| 7. | Bosnia and Herzegovina – Kosovo | 25:18 (10:7) |
| Slovenia – Montenegro | 37:30 (18:16) | |
| 8. | France – Poland | 30:27 (16:14) |
| Latvia – Italy | 23:29 (12:14) |
Overall evaluation of the third stage of qualification
| Group 1 | +/- | P | Group 2 | +/- | P | Group 3 | +/- | P | Group 4 | +/- | P | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | +39 | 8 | Norway | +34 | 6 | Iceland | +29 | 6 | Austria | +16 | 8 | ||||||
| North Macedonia | +12 | 4 | Serbia | +7 | 6 | Czech Republic | +14 | 6 | Romania | +10 | 4 | ||||||
| Turkey | -25 | 2 | Slovakia | -14 | 2 | Estonia | -20 | 2 | Ukraine | -11 | 2 | ||||||
| Luxembourg | -26 | 0 | Finland | -27 | 2 | Israel | -25 | 2 | Faroe Islands | -12 | 2 | ||||||
| 5th group | +/- | P | Group 6 | +/- | P | Group 7 | +/- | P | Group 8 | +/- | P | ||||||
| Greece | 0 | 6 | Hungary | +44 | 8 | Slovenia | +23 | 8 | In France | +41 | 8 | ||||||
| The Netherlands | +2 | 5 | Switzerland | -12 | 4 | Montenegro | +10 | 4 | Poland | +12 | 4 | ||||||
| Croatia | +6 | 5 | Georgia | -12 | 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -9 | 4 | Italy | +1 | 4 | ||||||
| Belgium | -8 | 0 | Lithuania | -20 | 2 | Chuang | -24 | 0 | Latvia | -54 | 0 |
