Denmark and Germany seek revenge en route to the M20 EHF EURO 2024 final
After an exciting final main round day on Thursday, Men's 20 EHF EURO 2024 in Slovenia has reached its semi-finals stage. Portugal, Germany, Denmark and Spain all hope for a place in Sunday's final, while the other teams will try to end their participation on a high through cross matches.
- Portugal are the only semi-finalists still undefeated in the tournament, while Germany are the only team who have entered the semi-finals with a total of two losses and only one win in the main round
- In the preliminary round Portugal beat Germany in a low-scoring match (21:17), with goalkeepers Höler and Rêma Marques impressing
- Denmark and Spain have had a similar path to the semi-finals. They won their first four matches, then lost one and on Thursday recovered with quality displays against Norway and Iceland, respectively
- This will be a rematch of last year's IHF Men’s Youth World Championship final, when Spain outmuscled Denmark 28:23 in Varazdin, Croatia
- Cross matches 5-8: Austria - Norway (12), Sweden - Iceland (14:20)/ 9-12: Hungary - North Macedonia (14:20), France - Croatia (16:40)
- Cross matches 13-16: Romania - Serbia (12), Slovenia - Poland (19)/ 17-20: Switzerland - Czechia (12), Faroe Islands - Italy (19)/ 21-24: Israel - Montenegro (14:20), Greece - Ukraine (16:40)
- Race for top scorer is heating up as Norway's Patrick Anderson (57) has caught up with Óli Mittún from the Faroe Islands (58). Slovenia's Nace Zajc follows with 44 goals
We were sad after the loss to Sweden, but we still had everything in our own hands. We know how good we are and we showed that against Norway. Today we want revenge for last year's loss in the final of IHF Men’s Youth World Championship.
It's an enormous pleasure to represent Portugal here. We are so happy to be in the semi-finals. I believe our main strengths are defence and fight. We are good as a team.
