After disasterous start and negative surprise for their fans against Finland, Austria made a small come-back to qualification process by important away win in Sarajevo. At the end, Thomas Bauer was the man of the match with 17 saves in triumph over Bosnia and Herzegovina 23:22 (9:11).
In the first match of the Group, Spain had pleasant journey to Finladn 36:21.
BIH – Austria 22:23 (11:9)
BIH : Marko Tarabochia (6), Marin Vegar (5), Faruk Vrazalic (3), Marko Panic (3), Muhamed Toromanovic (2), Tomislav Nuic (2), Vladimir Vranjes (1)
Austria : Robert Weber (6), Raul Santos (5), Nikola Bilyk (4), Max Hermann (3), Alexander Hermann (1), Janko Bozovic (1), Gerald Zeiner (1), Wilhelm Jelinek (1), Romas Kirveliavicius (1)
STANDINGS:
Spain 4
Austria 2
Finland 2
BIH 0
PHOTO: OHB/PUCHER
