After a wierd aim in opposition to Spain on Friday afternoon, it’s clear that the Swedes U16 will attain fifth place within the European Open Championship.
– It was enjoyable to see that so many gamers have taken accountability, stated nationwide staff captain Caroline Friberg when she summarized the event.
A snowy loss to Spain within the ultimate match of the principle spherical dashed Sweden’s U16 girls’s hopes of an opportunity to play for the medals within the European Open. An opportunity for revenge in opposition to the identical opponents will seem ultimately although, when each groups must spend the remainder of the event combating within the placement video games.
First, nonetheless, was Iceland, and, when the Swedish women picked up the tempo, they did not have sufficient to problem Blågult.
– At first it was a bit troublesome for us to get into the sport. We nonetheless thought we had good management, however they had been good at getting the ball in and it was a troublesome sport. Bodily, they had been additionally a bit smaller than, for instance, Spain, France and Hungary who confronted us within the earlier video games, so it took some time for our women to comprehend that they wanted their energy, pace and use the scale. At the start of the second half, we confirmed how we had been going to do it, stated Caroline Friberg.
Sweden received the match 30–25 and superior to the match for fifth and sixth place within the event. In the meantime, Spain had received by a wierd aim (21-20) in opposition to Norway, which meant that the long-awaited return was scheduled for Friday at 13:30 in Valhalla.
– Once we knew that we needed to both face Spain or Norway, the very first thing our women shouted was that they wished Spain to get revenge. That they had no worry and actually confirmed that they wished to face them once more.
In the principle spherical, Spain received by two objectives, however now it was the ladies from Sweden who had the sting on their facet and managed to win 20-19 after 5 balls again on the break.
The primary competitors for the brand new U16 nationwide staff on the ladies’s staff has been intense with eight video games in 5 days. When wins and losses had been added, he ended up ending fifth out of twenty taking part international locations.
– Should you keep in mind that dropping two balls (in opposition to Spain) meant that we got here final in our group in the principle spherical, I feel it was good to complete with two wins. In a number of video games, we’ve got proven confidence after we had been down and both turned video games round or stored going.
– When there have been ten minutes left within the final sport, I feel we had been down by 5, however everybody within the staff was completely positive that it could be attainable to show round. We took it one ball at a time and ultimately managed to win. There may be at all times a dedication and it’s completely great with this group.
The European Open in Gothenburg was solely the start of this age group within the context of the nationwide staff. The following assortment is already ready within the autumn.
– I feel we’ve got set a very good basis for the longer term. The ladies have taken to it in a great way and we’ve got one thing actually good to construct on. It’s a welcoming and protected group, so if some gamers are modified in the long run, I feel we are able to keep the arrogance that this explicit group has proven.
– Each on and off the sector, it was seen that the ladies get pleasure from handball. They’ve proven that they’re very proficient and that they do quite a lot of insults. It feels very enjoyable, thrilling and thrilling to work with these gamers, sums up nationwide staff captain Friberg.
EUROPEAN OPEN I GÖTEBORG U16-DAM
COMPLETE GAMES:
Sweden – Poland 23–18 (13–6)
Swedish aim scorers: Isabella Herlitz 4, Ebba Olsson 4, Clara Lund 3, Maja Ström 3, Nora Linder 3, Alva Ahlgren 2, Nora Cederkvarn, Lisa Elmblad, Elsa Bergkvist, Siri Karlsson.
Turkey–Sweden 12–25 (9–14)
Swedish aim scorers: Clara Lund 5, Ebba Olsson 3, Olivia Rosenqvist 3, Maja Ström 3, Nora Linder 3, Isabella Herlitz 2, Isabella Åström 2, Elin Holmstedt, Alva Ahlgren, Siri Karlsson, Hanne Högquist.
Portugal – Sweden 13–16 (6–8)
Swedish aim scorers: Ebba Olsson 5, Elsa Bergkvist 3, Isabella Herlitz 2, Clara Lund 2, Maja Ström 2, Elin Holmstedt, Siri Karlsson.
Sweden–France 13–17 (8–10)
Swedish aim scorers: Clara Lund 3, Elsa Bergkvist 3, Ebba Olsson 2, Nora Linder 2, Elin Holmstedt, Alva Ahlgren, Nora Cederkvarn.
Schedule: 1) France, 8 factors // 2) Sweden, 6 factors // 3) Portugal, 4 factors // 4) Poland, 2 factors // 5) Turkey, 0 factors
KEY PARTS:
Sweden–Hungary 22–21 (9–13)
Swedish aim scorers: Olivia Rosenqvist 4, Alva Ahlgren 4, Isabella Åström 3, Clara Lund 3, Hanne Högquist 3, Nora Linder 2, Isabella Herlitz, Maja Ström, Elsa Bergkvist.
Spain – Sweden 25–23 (11–11)
Swedish aim scorers: Nora Cederkvarn 5, Lisa Elmblad 5, Isabella Herlitz 2, Alva Ahlgren 2, Hanne Högquist 2, Nora Linder 2, Elin Holmstedt, Olivia Rosenqvist, Clara Lund, Maja Ström, Elsa Bergkvist.
Schedule: 1) Hungary, 4 factors // 2) France, 4 factors // 3) Spain, 2 factors // 4) Sweden, 2 factors
Positional video games 5-8:
Iceland–Sweden 25–30 (11–13)
Swedish Guests: Clara Lund 5, Alva Ahlgren 5, Elin Holmstedt 4, Ebba Olsson 4, Elsa Bergkvist 3, Isabella Herlitz 2, Nora Linder 2, Olivia Rosenqvist, Maja Ström, Lisa Elmblad, Siri Karlsson, Hanne Högquist.
Sweden – Spain 20–19 (5–10)
Swedish guests: Ebba Olsson 5, Isabella Åström 4, Lisa Elmblad 4, Clara Lund 2, Nora Linder 2, Alva Ahlgren, Nora Cederkvarn, Elsa Bergkvist.
Textual content: Erik Malmqvist
Picture: Daniel Stiller, Bildbyrån
2024-07-06 10:09:14
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